Andrej Stojakovic scored 21 points and No. 3 Illinois beat 11th-seeded VCU 76-55 on Saturday to advance to the Sweet 16 for the second time in three seasons under coach Brad Underwood.

Dixon boys and girls track & field both had invite wins. Dixon, Milledgeville and Forreston baseball also won. On the softball diamond, Sterling beat Erie-Prophetstown 9-1 in Saturday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Batavia baseball and softball won their first games of the season, and both St. Charles girls' soccer teams won their opener in the Rose Augsburg Drach Invitational. That and more in the Kane County Chronicle Saturday roundup

Collin LaCount singled in the tying and go-ahead runs as Glenbard East rallied with three runs in the seventh to beat Willowbrook, three Lyons baseball pitchers combined on a two-hit shutout of Naperville Central, and Mia Mardjtetko struck out eight in Lemont's win over Oswego.

Oswego East softball won big in its season opener, Oswego baseball rolled to a win plus Southwest Prairie Conference girls indoor track in Saturday's roundup.

Naz Dean doubled home two runs in the eighth to power DeKalb to a win over Hall, Maddie Swanson got a shutout and scored as Genoa-Kingston won its opener, Hunter Kriese shut down Marmion in DeKalb's opener and more in the roundup.

Lemont stunned defending Class 4A softball champ Oswego, Joliet West baseball won twice in southern Illinois and more in Saturday's Herald-News Roundup.

Halie Olson homered to lead off the bottom of the first inning, and freshman Ally Croegaert hit a walk-off, three-run homer in her first varsity at-bat in Morris' 17-0 win over Plainfield South.

Dixon grad Harvest Day, along with Morrison grads Shelby and Camryn Veltrop were named to the All-Arrowhead Conference women's basketball team for Sauk Valley. Camryn was also named first-team all-region after leading it with 20.6 points per game.