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The Sterling and Dixon girls basketball teams are both still in the hunt for conference titles after wins, Polo beat Fulton, Morrison boys beat Amboy, Eastland beat Milledgeville and more in Thursday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Senior forward Darius Harrington became Dixon's new all-time leading scorer after passing Beau Bailey with a 25-point performance in a 62-40 win over Oregon on Tuesday at the Blackhawk Center.

Eddie Jones eclipsed 1,000 career points in an Amboy win, Sterling and Eastland won, Fulton boys beat Morrison, Newman girls fell, Eastland beat Rock Falls and more in Tuesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Dixon girls basketball won, Newman fell at No. 2 Stillman Valley, E-P beat Morrison, Sterling girls bowling took second at the Big 6 Meet and more in Monday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Rock Falls, Amboy and Eastland boys basketball won, Cam Jones scored 29 in a Polo win, Sarah Doughty helped Sterling bowling win the Dixon invite, a number of girls wrestlers advanced to the sectional round and more in Saturday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Dance teams performed during the IHSA State Dance competition on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025 at Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington.

Dixon senior forward Hallie Williamson went a perfect 7 for 7 from the field in the third quarter to help the Duchesses pull away from Big Northern Conference rival Rock Falls in a 57-27 win Friday on Senior Night at Lancaster Gym.

Zyan Westbrook was the 132-pound champion and Sterling had three other top three finishes at the Big 6 meet, Sterling and Newman boys basketball fell, Fulton beat Milledgeville and more in Friday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Dixon is in third place at the state bowling meet after Friday's games and Wyatt Miller is in third individually. Oregon is also in 11th place and will compete on Saturday for the first time.

As AP Class 3A No. 6-ranked Sterling was scoring its most points this millennium in an 84-28 win over Geneseo on Thursday night, Quincy hit a late 3-pointer to beat Galesburg and put the Golden Warriors atop the Western Big 6 standings all by themselves.

Dixon boys wrestling won the BNC title with a win over Oregon, Dixon and Newman girls basketball had road wins, Morrison's Camryn Veltrop scored 26 in a fourth straight win, Dixon girls bowling won, Sterling boys swimming beat Byron and more in Thursday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Newman ended the game right where it started Wednesday against Erie-Prophetstown. The Comets built a big lead with a huge opening run, then pulled away with a second-half surge for a 65-39 Three Rivers East victory.

Fulton boys basketball beat A-FC, Polo beat Morrison, Milledgeville beat Amboy, Forreston beat Pearl City, Sterling girls bowling and boys wrestling won and more in Wednesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Newman's Brooklyn Smith hit a game-winning trey at St. Bede, Dixon won at G-K, Camryn Veltrop scored 25 points in Morrison's third straight win, Polo beat Milledgeville, Eastland beat Fulton, Fulton boys beat Polo, Sterling lost and more in Tuesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Morrison's Asher Ernst scored 25 points in a win over Milledgeville, Newman fell to Le-Win, Oregon beat Amboy, Eastland got its 20th win, Forreston and Fulton girls won, the Sterling and Oregon girls bowling teams won and more in Monday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Amboy graduate and Illinois Wesleyan senior Mallory Powers was named the CCIW Student-Athlete of the Week on Monday after scoring a career-high 21 points last week for the undefeated and second-ranked Titans.

The first time Dixon played Byron at Lancaster Gym this season, the Duchesses fell behind early and never found their rhythm. But they turned the tables on the Tigers on Saturday, using a smothering defense and a controlled offense to pick up a 47-36 Big Northern Conference win.

The Dixon and Oregon boys bowling teams both advanced to state next weekend as Dixon's Wyatt Miller was sectional champion. Polo's Cam Jones eclipsed 1,000 points, Forreston's Kendall Erdmann scored 35, Sterling boys swimming took third and more in Saturday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Dixon and Rock Falls boys basketball had road wins, Moline fell to Moline, the Morrison girls won a second straight, Eastland beat Amboy, Fulton beat Milledgeville and more in Friday's Sauk Valley roundup.

The Newman girls basketball team rolled to a home win, Eastland boys beat Fulton, Milledgeville beat A-FC, Amboy beat Polo, Forreston won, Sterling boys wrestling and swimming won and more in Thursday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Newman boys basketball beat Morrison, Dixon girls lost at Rockford Auburn 34-33, Oregon beat Fulton in OT, Olivia Klinefelter had a triple-double in an Eastland win and more in Wednesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

In a tie game late in the third quarter, Dixon flipped a switch Wednesday night against La Salle-Peru. The Dukes used a huge run to end the third quarter and start the fourth to pull away for a 56-40 victory over the Cavaliers at Lancaster Gym.

Lucy Oetting scored 23 points to help lead Newman to a 56-29 win over Oregon and the Forreston boys fell at Dakota in Tuesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Dixon's Darius Harrington scored a career-high 46 points, Sterling girls bowling won its MLK invite as Sarah Doughty was individual champion, Sterling girls basketball split two games, Sterling boys went 0-2 and more in Monday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Dixon girls basketball won twice, Sterling split two games in Byron, Eastland and Rock Falls boys basketball won, Oregon boys bowling advanced to the sectional round as a team and more in Saturday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Dixon boys bowling advanced to the sectional round as Daniel Sotelo and David Laird took second and third, Sterling's David Oelrichs and Bryce Kooy advanced, Sterling boys basketball won, Gus Mumford's 27 points helped Polo beat Milledgeville and more in Friday's SVM roundup.

Newman used its aggressive 1-3-1 half-court zone to speed up Hall, and hit 3-pointers and fast-break layups on the offensive end in one of their most complete performances of the season for a 71-49 Three Rivers East victory at home.

Lots of energy and aggressiveness on both ends of the court set the tone for Dixon on Thursday night at the Blackhawk Center.

The Sterling girls basketball team beat Galesburg 56-50 to tie for the Big 6 lead at 7-1. Eastland and Fulton girls also won, along with the Dixon boys and more in Thursday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Amboy boys basketball rallied to beat Morrison, Eastland beat Milledgeville, Polo beat A-FC, Dixon boys bowling finished 13-0 in dual meets, and more in Wednesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Once United Township built the lead, it wasn’t about to give it back to Sterling. The Golden Warriors fell behind early and never recovered in a 68-59 loss to the Panthers in a Western Big 6 game Tuesday night at Musgrove Fieldhouse.

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.

The stats don’t tell the whole story about Eli Davidson. They only scratch the surface as to how big an impact he had for thew Class 4A quarterfinalists. He is the 2024 Sauk Valley Media Football Player of the Year.

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.

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.

As Darius Harrington continued his climb on the all-time Dixon scoring list, every single one of his teammates played a part in Saturday afternoon’s 65-47 win over Elk Grove at Lancaster Gym.

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.

Trailing by two at the break, Newman scored the first 10 points of the second half and never trailed again in a 65-55 victory over visiting Kewanee in a Three Rivers Conference East Division game Friday night.

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.

Newman Central Catholic fended off a rally attempt in the second half by Eastland and eventually ran away for a 56-30 victory.

Newman boys basketball beat Amboy, Dixon won, Pearl City girls beat West Carroll, Newman lost and more in Monday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Sterling notched win No. 1,500 as Kaedon Phillips scored a career-high 31 points, Rock Falls fell to Princeton, Eastland beat Forreston, Dixon wrestling went 4-0, Oregon bowling had a big day and more in Saturday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Fulton battled Lena-Winslow as Jacob Voss scored 21 points, Polo girls fell short to Genoa-Kingston, Oregon fell to Rockford Christian and more in Friday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Oregon's Gavvin Surmo had the top series at Dixon's Toughman Tournament as the Hawks took second behind state power Harlem. The Dukes were third and Sterling took 12th in a strong field on Thursday.

Here are the Sauk Valley senior bowling results for the month of December at Plum Hollow.

Forreston's Kendall Erdmann scored 25 points in a comeback win, Fulton's Jacob Huisenga had a game-winning shot, Bureau Valley and E-P girls won and more in Monday's Sauk Valley roundup.

As expected, Saturday’s third-place game at the Dixon Holiday Classic between rivals Sterling and Dixon was dominated by hard-nosed defense and all-out hustle.cBut the difference was the Golden Warriors’ ability to get out and score in transition in a 44-18 victory.

Dixon's Darius Harrington set three tournament records as the Dukes won a consolation championship, Sterling was runner-up at Taylorville, Eastland won a consolation championship at State Farm, Amboy had a third-place finish and more in Saturday's Sauk Valley roundup.

The Sterling boys advanced to Saturday's Taylorville tournament championship, Dixon won two, Rock Falls and Eastland won at State Farm, Kadyn Haage hit a Bureau Valley school record seven 3-pointers and more in Friday's Sauk Valley roundup.