The Sterling, Polo and Fulton boys basketball teams picked up wins, while the Oregon boys bowling team won its own tournament on Saturday. Plus more in our high school sports roundup.

Update of the Colmone Classic at Hall for Saturday, Dec. 2

For the third time in three years, the Dixon Dukes are Carson DeJarnatt Tournament champions. At the 45th annual wrestling tournament at Musgrove Fieldhouse on Saturday, Sterling, Dixon, Newman, Fulton and Rock Falls faced off in a nine-team field.

Princeton is the two-time defending champion, defeating Pontiac, 62-57, in the 2022 title game, and L-P, 66-62 in 2021.

In a battle of Western Big 6 unbeatens, 3-point shooting, clutch free throws and defense proved to be the difference-makers. Sterling rallied to a three-point halftime lead, then held off a furious Moline charge late in the fourth quarter for a 76-72 win Friday night.

The Oregon boys and girls basketball teams lost to Genoa-Kingston, the Morrison boys basketball team defeated Wethersfield, and the Dixon boys bowling team topped South Beloit in Friday high school sports action.

Erie-Prophetstown topped Orion and Morrison fell to Riverdale in girls basketball, while Sterling rolled past Dixon in girls bowling on Thursday. Plus more in our high school sports roundup.

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Sterling hosts Moline in a boys basketball match-up Friday, Dec. 1, 2023.

Dixon trailed La Salle-Peru by five points after the opening quarter Thursday night at Lancaster Gym but rallied to take the lead in the second quarter and dominated the second half to remain undefeated on the season.