Rock Falls boys win at Orion in 20T: Tuesday’s Sauk Valley roundup

Boys basketball

Rock Falls 88, Orion 80 (2OT): Kuitim Heald led the Rockets with 28 points, and Cole Mulnix had 21 in the road win Tuesday. Neo Menendez scored nine of his 17 points in overtime for the Rockets (13-6).

Fulton 57, Forreston 49: The Steamers won a third straight game as Landen Leu had a team-high 19 points, Jacob Voss scored 13 and Braeden Brennan had 10 for Fulton (8-10, 2-0 NUIC South). Kendall Erdmann led Forreston (11-8, 1-3) with 19 points, and Connor Politsch had 13. Fulton outscored Forreston 19-8 in the first quarter.

Mendota 64, Newman 42: Mendota pulled away with a 25-8 third-quarter advantage in the home win. George Jungerman led the Comets with seven points.

Rochelle 83, Oregon 55: The Hawks lost in the road contest to fall to 10-8 overall.

Girls basketball

Fulton 47, Polo 46: The Steamers (5-10, 2-3 NUIC South) outscored the Marcos (10-6, 3-2) 17-10 in the fourth quarter to earn a conference win. Kylie Smither had 12 points, Chloe Wilkin had 11, Wrenn Coffey had 10 and Breleigh Hayton had three 3-pointers for Fulton.

Camrynn Jones was 15 of 17 at the free-throw line and led Polo with 20 points.

Eastland 61, Morrison 30: Olivia Klinefelter led Eastland with 24 points, and Tatum Grim added 13 in the road win.

Kaylee Pruis led Morrison with 18 points.

Boys bowling

Sterling 3,188, Erie-Prophetstown 2,902: Bryce Kooy’s 592 series led Sterling, and Jacob Prevo’s 589 was next best. Prevo also had the high game of 217. Jaqin Glines rolled a 591 to lead the Panthers.

Dakota 3,644, Oregon 3,643: The Hawks fell by one pin on the last shot of the regular season. Ethan Smice’s 632 series led Oregon, with Matthew Stahl (628) and RJ Keene (627) right behind. Gavvin Surmo added a 617 for Oregon.

Dixon 3,513, Rock Island 3,333: The Dukes improved to 12-0 in duals as Wyatt Miller led the way with a 744 series and 254 game. Daniel Sotelo added a 603.

Girls bowling

Dakota 2,122, Oregon 2,055: Katlyn Miller’s 521 was the high series for Oregon. Carli Bailey’s 458 was second best for the Hawks.

Boys swimming

DeKalb 113, Sterling 51: Sterling’s Conner Porter had second-place finishes in the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle, Patrick Riley was runner-up in the 200 individual medley, Eugene Frump took second in the 100 breaststroke and Lucas Porter was runner-up in the 100 backstroke.

Boys wrestling

Morrison splits two: Morrison beat Rockridge 52-27 and fell to Galesburg 48-29 in dual action. Kamden White gained a forfeit win and a pin in 22 seconds at 132 pounds for Morrison.