Drake Lansman

Rock Falls boys basketball won in 2OT, Fulton beat Forreston, Fulton girls had a big win over Polo, Eastland won, Sterling boys bowling won and more in Tuesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Here is the 2024 Sauk Valley All-Area Football Team.

Dixon boys wrestling beat Sterling, Sterling girls bowling improved to 9-0 after a win over Dixon, Eastland and Milledgeville boys basketball won, Newman, Sterling and Oregon girls basketball won and more in Monday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Polo High School senior Cheyenna Wilkins will be representing Team USA at a national fastpitch softball tournament in the Netherlands this weekend from Jan. 17-19.

Sterling High School graduate Grace Egan recently transferred to the Wisconsin volleyball team. As a redshirt freshman at Ohio State last season, she had a career-high 22 kills against the Badgers.

Oregon wrestling won the Polo invite, Dixon, Eastland and Amboy girls basketball won, Rock Falls boys bounced back, Oregon and Forreston won and more in Saturday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Facing a Davenport North team with two of the top senior recruits in the country in Divine Bourrage (LSU) and Journey Houston (Iowa), the Sterling girls basketball team had a learning experience in a loss in the Illinois vs. Iowa Shootout finale on Saturday.

Sterling senior basketball player Kaedon Phillips, who scored a career-high 31 points in a win over Rochelle on Jan. 4, is the Sauk Valley Athlete of the Week in an online vote. He is averaging almost 19 points per game this season. Here is his Q&A with Drake Lansman.

Dixon and Sterling boys basketball had wins, A-FC girls beat Milledgeville, Polo beat Morrison, Amboy beat Fulton and more in Friday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Oregon held on for a Big Northern Conference road win at Rock Falls as the Hawks made impact plays down the stretch in a 55-53 win.

Fulton boys basketball beat Morrison, Eastland beat Polo, A-FC beat Amboy, Dixon boys bowling beat Sterling, Sterling and Dixon girls bowling won and more in Thursday's Sauk Valley roundup.

The Sterling girls basketball team showed it can win in the clutch after Thursday's 60-57 overtime win at Rock Island. 'I just think our kids made plays at the end that maybe the last few years we wouldn’t have been able to make.'

The first Associated Press high school basketball rankings of 2025 were released on Wednesday, with the Eastland boys ranked No. 5 in Class 1A and the Sterling girls ranked No. 8 in Class 3A. The Dixon girls are also still receiving votes.

Newman and Rock Falls boys hoops won, Dixon fell at home, Polo, Oregon and Eastland girls won, Rock Falls wrestling beat Sterling at more in Wednesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Eastland boys beat Amboy, Forreston beat Polo, Morrison beat A-FC, Rock Falls and Oregon girls fell, Sterling boys swimming won, Dixon boys and girls bowling beat Oregon, Sterling girls bowling is 7-0 and more in Tuesday's Sauk Valley roundup.