Playing a scrappy Erie-Prophetstown team on the road in a defensive struggle, Newman had to grind out a 38-22 Three Rivers East win. Gisselle Martin led the Comets with 16 points.

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.

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The Sterling girls basketball hosts Geneseo at Musgrove Fieldhouse in Sterling. The action took place on Thursday, December 11, 2025.

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.

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The Dixon Duchesses rolled to a 35 to 16 win over Kaneland Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025.

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.