Dixon rallied to win the opening set, then slowly pulled away in the second to win at Winnebago 25-22, 25-18 and claim the outright Big Northern Conference title on Tuesday night.

Host and top-seeded Marmion had six different goal scorers to get an 8-0 win over No. 8 Plano, while fourth-seeded Aurora Central Catholic used two early goals to secure a 3-0 victory over sixth-seeded Dixon in a pair of Class 2A regional semifinal games.

Oregon boys soccer advanced to Friday's regional final against Byron as Ivan Hernandez scored three goals. Eastland and Milledgeville volleyball won and more in Tuesday's Sauk Valley roundup.

After dropping the first set to visiting Hall on Tuesday, Newman took control in the middle set before holding off the Red Devils is a 23-25, 25-15, 25-21 Three Rivers East win on senior night.

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Oregon advanced to the Class 1A Byron Regional final on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025 by defeating North Boone 6-3. Oregon will face top-seeded Byron on Friday at 6.

A number of local runners had success at the IESA state cross country finals Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, in Normal. The Dixon Reagan girls were fourth as a team in Class 3A and Rock Falls East Coloma's Bentlee Lawrenz was the overall winner.

The Dixon American Legion will be serving beef and noodles, vegetable, roll, salad and dessert from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, 2025.

The TALK-LINE interview for Oct. 21 featured Dixon Mayor Glen Hughes with an update on city issues, including increasing the Dixon Police Department staff from 30 to 31 employees.

People are invited to bring their donations of non-perishable, unexpired food items and toiletries to Cornerstone's main office at 550 W. Meadows Drive in Freeport.