As we look back at the spring 2023 season before turning a page to next school year, here are five things that stood out the last few months in boys tennis and girls soccer.

The Big Northern and Three Rivers Conferences announce their baseball all-conference teams, while the TRAC also releases its softball team and the BNC names its girls soccer squad.

Several local league release their 2023 all-conference teams for spring sports.

Sterling's Brecken Peterson and Newman's Logan Palmer each placed top 4 on Day 2 of the Rochelle tennis sectional, while Fulton baseball rolled to a regional title against Forreston, and Rock Falls baseball and Oregon softball fell in regional championship games on Saturday.

The Dixon girls soccer team rolled to a 6-0 win over Belvidere in the Class 2A Boylan Regional semifinals on Tuesday evening in Rockford, with six different Duchesses scoring goals.

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The Indian Creek girls soccer team had a one-win season more recently than its last regional title. That changed on Friday when the Timberwolves knocked off Oregon 2-1 to win the Class 1A Indian Creek Regional, its first regional crown since 2014.

Senior pitcher Katie Thatcher pitcher her first career perfect game Wednesday, sending the Rock Falls softball team past Oregon. The Sterling baseball & softball teams also won, and the Dixon & Rock falls baseball teams picked up BNC victories.

The Dixon Duchesses made Senior Night one to remember for their five seniors in a rivalry game against Sterling on Tuesday afternoon at A.C. Bowers Field. Four of the five Dixon seniors scored goals, and the fifth dished four assists in a 9-0 victory over the Golden Warriors.