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Rock Falls senior Aydan Goff reached 1,000 career points in a win over Stillman Valley, and the Oregon wrestling team won the Stillman Valley Holiday Tournament on Saturday. Plus more in our local sports roundup.
For a while, it looked like Saturday’s first-round Forreston Holiday Tournament game between Newman and Forreston would be a close one. In the third quarter, the Comets erased all doubt, cruising to a 58-38 win.
Sterling used a relentless defense and scored the first 14 points of the second half to build a big lead in a 58-38 victory over rival Rock Falls in the Day 1 finale of the 24th annual Sterling Shootout on Saturday evening at Musgrove Fieldhouse.
For her record-setting senior season that led the Rock Falls Rockets to a third-place finish at the Class 2A State Finals, outside hitter Claire Bickett is the 2023 Sauk Valley Media Volleyball Player of the Year.
For guiding the Rock Falls Rockets to a third-place finish at the Class 2A State Finals in the final season of her 26-year tenure, Sheila Pillars is the 2023 Sauk Valley Media Volleyball Coach of the Year.
Amboy basketball and wrestling come up big. Dixon and Sterling win in basketball: Sauk Valley Media sports roundup for Friday, Dec, 15, 2023.
Sterling senior Brenden Stanley bowled the second perfect game in program history to lead a dual-meet win, while the Morrison girls basketball team took second at the Pearl City Tournament. That and more in Thursday's roundup.
Ball movement and ball control were the name of the game for Dixon Thursday night against Stillman Valley at Lancaster Gym. Dishing 20 assists and committing only one turnover, the Dukes won the BNC showdown 62-24.
Both the Princeton Tigresses and Newman Comets played an up-tempo brand of basketball in their TRAC East meeting Thursday night in Sterling, and it was Princeton eventually pulling out a 56-50 victory.
Hall will host both boys and girls Class 2A regionals
The Sterling girls and boys bowling teams picked up wins, while the AFC girls basketball team rolled over Oregon at the Pearl City Tournament. That and more in Wednesday's roundup.
The Newman girls basketball team beat Orion and the Dixon wrestling team went 2-0 at the Stillman Valley triangular on Tuesday. That and more in our local sports roundup.
Aggressive play on both ends of the court led to a huge second-quarter surge Tuesday night, as Rock Falls hit its shots and ratcheted up their defensive pressure to build a lead and eventually pull away to defeat Oregon 73-42.
Jess Johns filled up the stat book Monday with 20 points, nine rebounds and nine steals in a Three Rivers Athletic Conference road win for Newman girls basketball at Mendota. That and more in Monday's roundup.
Morrison's Camryn Veltrop poured in 21 points and surpassed 1,000 career points Saturday as the Fillies earned a 52-44 win over Ashton-Franklin Center. Plus read more local results in Saturday's roundup.