Byron scored in all but one inning, and Andrew Talbert allowed just four baserunners in a one-hitter in a 10-0, five-inning win over Oregon in Saturday's Class 2A Stillman Valley Regional championship.

Trailing Alleman by five runs going into the bottom of the sixth inning, Daniel Kelly's speech helped spark an eight-run rally as Newman held on to win 10-7 and earn a fifth straight regional title.

Forreston-Polo edged defending state champion Winnebago by three points to win the Class 1A Oregon Sectional title on Friday. F-P and Oregon each had state qualifiers advance.

Sterling’s Abby Ryan and Kaelee Varden advanced to Saturday's state high jump finals. Sterling's Aron Rivera and Newman's Joel Rhodes qualified for state tennis, Milledgeville and Oregon softball fell in the regional finals and more in Friday's Sauk Valley roundup.

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Byron beats Oregon 10-0 in five innings to take the Stillman Valley Class 2A Regional title Saturday, May 24, 2025.

Evan Bushman earned the win as Newman held off Erie-Prophetstown to advance to Saturday's Class 2A Alleman Regional final. The Comets will face the Pioneers, who pulled away from Morrison in a 12-2 win.

With eight runs in the first two innings of its Class 1A home regional final, the Fulton Steamers cruised to their second straight 20-win season and first postseason plaque since 2018.

Sterling scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning to come back and beat Dixon 3-2 on Friday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Field in Page Park.

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Dixon hosts Sterling Friday, May 23, 2025. Sterling won 3-2 by scoring three in the top of the seventh.