Ty Reynolds - Shaw Local News Network correspondent

Rock Falls controlled the ball and the clock in the first half, but an inability to score allowed Illinois Valley Central to pull away in the second half for a 28-0 win on Friday night at Hinders Field

Dixon jumped out to big leads in both sets, then pulled away down the stretch after Oregon runs to win their Big Northern Conference match 25-18, 25-13 on Thursday night at Lancaster Gym.

Newman built a big lead in the first set, then had to come back to win the second set in a 25-18, 25-19 win over Mendota in their Three Rivers East match Tuesday.

Dixon dominated both sides of the ball in a 55-0 Homecoming victory over Big Northern Conference foe Stillman Valley on Friday night at A.C. Bowers Field. Dixon's defense has not given up a point in four straight games

In an atmosphere reminiscent of the postseason, Dixon scratched out a 25-22, 23-25, 25-17 win over a scrappy Newman squad in their nonconference rivalry match Thursday.

Dixon built on its halftime lead Monday against Oregon, as senior Jack Redell netted a hat trick in a 4-1 victory at A.C. Bowers Field.

Dixon had a punt return touchdown for its first score, then opened the second half with a kickoff return touchdown on the way to a 56-0 win over Oregon in their Big Northern Conference game Friday night at Landers-Loomis Field

Dixon jumped out to quick leads in both sets and never trailed in a 25-18, 25-13 win over Stillman Valley on Thursday evening at Lancaster Gym to stay unbeaten in Big Northern Conference play.

Newman never trailed after getting ahead early in the first set of a 25-20, 25-13 win over visiting Mercer County in a Three Rivers Conference crossover match Wednesday in Sterling.

Maurice De La Cruz had Sterling's best rushing game in almost three years, Dixon was dominant again, Newman's Matthew Blackert led the Comets to 4-0 and more in this week's Sauk Valley football notes for Week 4.

After a defensive slugfest in the first half, Milledgeville answered Polo's third-quarter score with three straight touchdowns in a 28-6 victory in the Battle for the Blacktop on Friday night in Polo.

Dixon rallied from three-point deficits five different times in the decisive third set to steal the momentum that Rock Falls had seized late in the first set and pull out a girls volleyball win at Lancaster Gym.

Newman bounced back from an opening-set loss to defeat Kewanee 21-25, 25-19, 25-17 in a Three Rivers West match Tuesday night in Sterling.

Dixon scored on all 10 possessions in its home opener Friday night, defeating Big Northern Conference foe Rock Falls 70-0 at A.C Bowers Field

After falling behind early in the opening set, Newman roared back to win and then carried that momentum to a big lead in the second set in a 25-23, 25-13 win over Oregon on Thursday.