Get caught up on news, sports and features from last week in the Sauk Valley.

Sterling's Palumbo keeps hard-hitting Antioch at bay in a 2-0 win in the 3A Kaneland Suopersectional to send the Golden Warriors to the state softball tournament for the third time in program history.

The Newman baseball team came up just short of a trip to the state tournament, falling to Newark 5-3 in 9 innings in a Class 2A supersectional at Rivets Stadium in Rockford on Monday.

Newman and Newark battled for 9 innings in Monday's supersectional with the Norsemen of Newark coming out on top 5-3.

Wrestlers punched tickets to sectional and got a feel for a tournament setup on Sunday at Sandwich

The host Erie-Prophetstown Panthers won four events at the 1A boys track sectional, while Morrison won three events and put up three more state-qualifying marks

The Forreston-Polo boys track & field co-op won its third sectional title in the last four seasons on Friday night, claiming the crown at the 1A Winnebago Sectional.

Dixon's Jade Miller got one last run at the Class 2A Girls Track and Field State Meet, while other local girls got their first tastes of the state experience.

Dukes' offense struggles against Maple Leafs