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Boys basketball
Newark 49, Hall 48 (OT): In Friday’s final day of pool play in the inaugural Serena Huskers Hardwood Tip-Off, the Norsemen scored their first win of the young season in thrilling fashion.
Dylan Long poured in 22 points to lead Newark, with Reggie Chapman (six points, 10 assists), Payton Wills (10 points, nine rebounds) and Cody Kulbartz (11 points, eight rebounds) also pacing the Norsemen.
Sandwich 57, Dundee-Crown 43: In Sycamore’s Strombom Holiday Tournament, the Indians (1-1) advanced to the consolation title game versus Dixon led by three players scoring in double figures.
Dom Rome popped in 14 points to go with his seven rebounds and four assists. Quinn Rome added 10 points and three blocked shots, with Nick Michalek scoring 13 points.
Indian Creek 42, Leland 20: At the Ashton-Franklin Center Tournament, the Panthers were defeated despite seven points from Declan Brennan and eight rebounds courtesy of Geno Schwager.
Streator 50, Princeton 32; Streator 41, Oak Forest 38: In the final day of pool play in Ottawa’s Shootin’ the Rock, the Bulldogs won a pair of games to punch their ticket to the championship.
Nolan Lukach led Streator in the morning win over Princeton with a 26-point, 13-rebound double-double.
The Bulldogs then needed to rally from down 34-17 at halftime and 38-24 with just over five minutes left in the third quarter against Oak Forest, doing so with defense. Streator held the Bengals scoreless the final 13:12, Isaiah Weibel getting a steal and dribbling out the clock to end it.
Lukach provided 14 points and nine rebounds. Matt Williamson finished with 10 points and nine rebounds, with Weibel adding eight points and six rebounds.
Ottawa 60, Sterling 50 (OT): In the final day of pool play in the Shootin’ the Rock, the host Pirates were forced to overtime, but a 3-pointer by Aric Threadgill a minute in off a nifty pass from Hezekiah Joachim, then an and-1 by Owen Sanders gave the hosts the upper hand. From there, two free throws each by Threadgill, Sanders and Kyler Araujo helped close out the victory.
Threadgill finished with a game-high 24 points – including five 3s – and six rebounds, with Joachim adding 14 points and five assists, and Sanders 13 points and eight rebounds. Araujo posted nine points and seven rebounds.
Girls bowling
Streator opens season: In the Plainfield Central Invitational at Town & Country Lanes, the Bowlin’ Bulldogs placed 15th of 23 teams with a team score of 4,007.
Leading Streator on the day over the six games rolled were junior Lily Michael (953 series, 176 high game), senior Lyla Gengler (859 series, 190 high game) and junior Madi Bedeker (847 series, 169 high game).