Several boys basketball players from the Sauk Valley area were recognized on the Three Rivers all-conference teams.

Dixon sophomore Darius Harrington led five local players who were named to the Big Northern all-conference boys basketball team, the league announced Tuesday.

Morrison senior forward Shelby Veltrop was named to a pair of all-state teams last week, as she was an honorable mention selection by the Associated Press, and a second-team pick by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association.

SVM Athlete of the Week Zane Pannell, a Fulton senior, just won a medal at the IHSA Individual Wrestling State Tournament for the second straight season, adding a third-place medal at 170 pounds to the fifth-place medal he won at that weight last year.

The Sauk Valley women's basketball team defeated College of DuPage 73-66 on Monday night in a nonconference game in Dixon.

As new champions were crowned Saturday at the IHSA Wrestling Individual State Finals in Champaign, Newman junior Carter Rude, who placed sixth last year at 126 pounds, settled for second place after he lost a 6-2 decision to Benton’s Mason Tieffel in Class 1A at 138 pounds.

Although they fell short in their championship quest Thursday or Friday, four Sauk Valley area wrestlers wrestled back to top-five finishes Saturday at the State Farm Center in the IHSA Individual State Finals medal round.

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The University of Illinois in Champaign hosted the IHSA state wrestling individual finals Saturday.

Newman junior Carter Rude advanced to the 138-pound title match Friday night at the IHSA Individual State Finals in Champaign, winning a 10-2 major decision against Auburn’s Dresden Grimm in the semifinal round. He'll wrestle for the state title on Saturday night.