The Dixon girls bowling team finished second at the Dixon Regional with a total pinfall of 5,141 on Saturday at Plum Hollow, advancing the entire team to the Decatur Sectional. Sterling will send a pair of individuals, while Oregon's Ava Wight won the Freeport Regional title.

On Saturday at the 1A Riverdale Regional, 14 locals kept their seasons going by earning berths at next weekend’s sectional tournament. Many more saw their seasons end, including nine who came up one match short of continuing.

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Local wrestlers from seven area schools fared well at the 1A Riverdale Regional on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023 in Port Byron.

Of its 13 participants in their own Class 2A wrestling regional on Saturday at Musgrove Fieldhouse, 10 Sterling wrestlers made it to the medal round, and nine of them punched their ticket to next weekend’s Rochelle Sectional to give the Warriors third place as a team.

15 area wrestlers advanced out of the Class 1A Polo Regional at Eastland High School on Saturday, with six coming from Oregon and five from Dixon.

The Dixon boys basketball team used a third-quarter surge to post a 60-56 win over Genoa-Kingston in a Big Northern Conference road game Friday night, while the Sterling boys saw a halftime lead disappear in a 74-63 loss to United Township in East Moline.

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Local teams Sterling, Dixon, Erie-Prophetstown, LaSalle-Peru and others meet at Plum Hollow in Dixon Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023 for bowling regionals.

The Rockford Lutheran Crusaders hit five 3-pointers and built a 16-point lead in the first quarter Friday night, and after running the fast break repeatedly for the next three quarters, they cruised to a 91-67 Big Northern Conference win over the Rock Falls Rockets at Tabor Gym.

Polo was able to get going on both ends of the court after going into halftime tied with Ashton-Franklin Center on Friday night, and used a fourth-quarter surge to pull away for a 67-49 NUIC South win at home.