With the high school boys tennis season getting underway, here is a look at the 2024 spring season for the Dixon Dukes, Newman Comets and Sterling Golden Warriors.
Westwood’s 18U team, made up of eight players from Sterling, Dixon, Newman, Geneseo and La Salle-Peru high schools, earned its highest finish at the tournament in its fifth time qualifying for the event.
A group of local tennis players finished off a strong summer with their best performance yet. Team Westwood placed seventh at the United States Tennis Association’s Junior Team Tennis Midwest Sectional last month in Indianapolis.
As we look back at the spring 2023 season before turning a page to next school year, here are five things that stood out the last few months in boys tennis and girls soccer.
Several local league release their 2023 all-conference teams for spring sports.
Sterling junior Brecken Peterson lost his opening match Friday on the second day of the meet in the Chicago suburbs, falling 6-3, 6-0 to Chicago U-High's Dash Smith in the consolation fourth round.
For the second straight year, Sterling’s Brecken Peterson has advanced to Day 2 of the IHSA Class 1A Boys Tennis State Meet.
A pair of local boys tennis players punched their tickets to the IHSA Class 1A State Tournament at last weekend’s Rochelle Sectional. Sterling junior Brecken Peterson has been there before – twice, in fact – while Newman junior Logan Palmer is eagerly anticipating his first trip.
Sterling's Brecken Peterson and Newman's Logan Palmer each placed top 4 on Day 2 of the Rochelle tennis sectional, while Fulton baseball rolled to a regional title against Forreston, and Rock Falls baseball and Oregon softball fell in regional championship games on Saturday.