Dixon beat Rockford Christian in BNC action as Brody Nicklaus scored 18 points. Milledgeville, Oregon and Forreston boys picked up wins, Sterling girls bowling is 5-0 and more in Wednesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Sterling boys wrestling beat Fulton 40-39, Newman boys basketball won, Dixon boys bowling is 3-0 and more in Tuesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

IHSA Proposal 19 was passed by a majority of member schools in an IHSA schoolwide vote. Its implementation will increase the number of playoff qualifiers from 256 teams to 384 teams.

Z'Viyon Martin's 3-pointer with two seconds left completed Rock Falls' 15-point comeback against Mendota on Monday.

Dixon's Ahmyrie McGowan scored 20 points in a 43-32 loss to 7-0 Morton. Oregon and Rock Falls girls won, Oregon boys basketball fell to Byron and more in Monday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Sterling graduate Grace Egan had nine kills, two aces and a block as the Wisconsin volleyball team beat Texas to advance to Thursday's NCAA Final Four.

Dixon's Riley Paredes won his weight class as the Dukes were third at Mount Prospect. Rock Falls' Logan Thome and Sterling's Cael Lyons took first at the Riverdale invite, Newman boys basketball won, Eastland and Polo girls went 2-0 and more in Saturday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Sterling freshman DeAndre Maas scored a career-high 25 points in a win at Quincy. Newman wrestler Blair Grennan went 4-0 in Pontiac, Oregon boys basketball is 6-0 and more in Friday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Newman boys basketball hit 14 3-pointers against Amboy to improve to 6-0. Sterling boys swimming won, Dixon girls bowling won and more in Thursday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Sterling never trailed in its Western Big 6 game against rival Geneseo on Thursday at Musgrove Fieldhouse, using big runs in the first and third quarter to pull away for a 61-40 victory.

Column: With only a few short days to prepare for the championship games, which were rescheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 3, the DeKalb County Convention and Visitors Bureau team stepped up to assist

Sterling wrestling split a triangular as Cael Lyons had two pins. E-P boys wrestling beat Polo, Morrison had two wins, Forreston and Polo girls basketball had wins and more in Wednesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Dixon scored the first 21 points of the game and used a suffocating defense to defeat Kaneland 35-16 on Wednesday night at Lancaster Gym.

Proposal 19 is on the ballot with a submission that proposes that the playoff field be expanded by 16 teams in each classification with a total of 384 teams qualifying for the postseason. Steve Soucie's uses 2025 data to project what the format could look like.

The CCL/ESCC announced its new alignment for the 2026 and 2027 seasons with many of the league's 24 teams finding themselves in different division than before.

Sterling girls wrestling beat Galesburg 33-24 as Viviana Torres won an 8-7 decision. Sterling boys basketball fell at Moline, Oregon boys wrestling beat E-P and more in Tuesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Rock Falls beat Putnam County 62-43 as Cole Heald scored 14 points. Dixon boys basketball fell 96-75 to Rochelle, Dixon girls are 7-0 and more in Monday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Dixon boys wrestling won Sterling's Carson DeJarnatt Invitational behind four first-place finishes. Sterling's Sarah Doughty won the Oregon bowling invite for the third straight year and more in Saturday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Sterling used big runs to close the first half and start the second half to break open a close game and pull away from Geneseo for a 77-47 win in their Western Big 6 opener Friday at Musgrove Fieldhouse.

Oregon's Aniyah Sarver scored 24 points in a win over Polo. Easltand girls basketball beat Amboy, Sterling girls bowling beat Dixon, Oregon wrestling had two wins and more in Thursday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Join hosts Matt Rodewald and Steve Soucie as they recap the Illinois high school football state championship games for Class 8A-5A

Newman basketball beat Bureau Valley 59-48 as John Rowzee led the way with 18 points. Sterling wrestling and Dixon boys bowling also had wins in Wednesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Kewanee overcame an aggressive Dixon defense to pull out a 66-62 road win in Tuesday night's nonconference game at Lancaster Gym.

Fenwick defeated East St. Louis 38-28 on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025 in Hancock Stadium at Illinois State University in Normal.

Polo's Elsa Monaco scored 15 points in a 44-43 win over Amboy. Newman girls fell, Dixon girls bowling won and more in Tuesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Wheaton St. Francis defeated Providence Catholic 39-35 to win the Class 5A State championship on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025 in Hancock Stadium at Illinois State University in Normal.

The loss of back-to-back impactful senior classes the last two seasons means the Dixon Dukes are looking for a lot of new players to step up this season.

Eastland boys basketball beat Forreston 46-44 in overtime as Parker Krogman scored 16 points. Sterling's Sarah Doughty bowled a 722 and more in Monday's Sauk Valley roundup.

The Class 7A/8A state football title games have been rescheduled for Wednesday afternoon and evening at Northern Illinois University

Dixon, Newman and Rock Falls boys basketball all won in Friday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Wilmington won its third state title in the last five years and fourth in program history after downing Maroa-Forsyth 42-6 in the IHSA Class 2A State championship game on Friday.

The Class 5A/6A games have been rescheduled for Tuesday night at Illinois State University

The experienced Dixon Duchesses have adjusted their playing style this season to account for a lack of size on the interior. They are off to a 5-0 start.

Can anyone stop the Wilmington freight train? State championship game regular Maroa-Forysth seems poised to give it its best shot. Steve Soucie previews Friday's Class 2A title game between Wilmington and Maroa-Forsyth.

Byron and Tolono Unity square up Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, at Hancock Stadium at Illinois State University for the 3A football title. Byron won a barnburner 56-50.

Wilmington and Maroa-Forsyth face off Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, at Hancock Stadium at Illinois State University for the 2A football title. Wilmington won 42-6.

Lena-Winslow and Brown County take the field Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, at Hancock Stadium at Illinois State University for the 1A football title. Lena-Winslow took the win 58-13.

Oregon boys basketball is 2-0 after Cooper Johnson and Benny Olalde combined for 37 points. Rock Falls fell in the closing seconds, West Carroll beat Milledgeville, Polo's Cam Jones scored 25 and more in Wednesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Mount Carmel was an expected team in the Class 8A final, its opponent however, Oswego, would classify as a surprise. Steve Soucie previews Saturday's Class 8A title game.

It's an all CCL/ESCC final in Class 7A where favored Brother Rice has run through the field with fervor while St. Rita is the only team still playing that had four regular season losses. Steve Soucie previews Saturday's Class 7A title game.

It's not surprise to see East St. Louis in the state title game and most expected a CCL/ESCC team to be battling them. There is one, but it probably isn't the team most though it would be. Steve Soucie previews Saturday's Class 6A title game.

Dixon girls basketball beat Cuba City to improve to 5-0. Oregon girls also won, E-P beat Rock Falls, Sterling boys wrestling won, Oregon boys bowling beat Dixon and more in Tuesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Newman used a huge first-half run to pull away from Fulton in a 64-27 nonconference win over its former Three Rivers Conference foe Tuesday in Sterling.

Dixon’s Brody Nicklaus scored 26 points in a road loss to Geneseo to open the season. Sterling and Rock Falls boys also fell on the road, Oregon won, Milledgeville and Eastland girls won, and more in Monday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Dixon won the Oregon tournament after beating Rockford Christian 51-30. Newman beat Oregon for third behind 27 points from Gisselle Martin, Amboy's Alexa McKendry scored 24 in a win over AFC and more in Saturday's Sauk Valley roundup.

Wilmington defeated El Paso-Gridley 41-0 in IHSA Class 2A semifinal playoff football on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025.

Here are the championship game pairings for the 2025 IHSA playoffs.

Here is the list of scores from semifinal-round games in the IHSA football playoffs.

Eastland girls basketball improved to 3-0 at the Forreston tournament, while Oregon and Newman picked up wins at Oregon in Friday's Sauk Valley roundup.

The Sauk Valley Skyhawks finished the season 30-14 after going 1-2 at the NJCAA Division II Tournament.