The Dixon girls finished with a share of the Big Northern Conference title after falling short at Stillman Valley on Saturday. The Duchesses, Cardinals and Byron all finished with one loss in BNC play.
Sterling won its first Western Big 6 Conference title outright in its sixth year in the league after a win over Moline paired with a Galesburg loss on Saturday afternoon. 'It’s very exciting to move up in the Western Big 6.'
Newman's Three Rivers East contest was called in the third quarter as a Kewanee player was taken off the court on a stretcher Thursday night. The Comets won 54-29.
Morrison senior Camryn Veltrop recently passed her older sister Shelby as the program's all-time leading rebounder and set the free throw record. Camryn is also Morrison's all-time leading scorer, boys or girls, after passing Rod Bush.
Sterling hosts UT in girls basketball Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. Sterling won big 77-22.
Newman hosts Kewanee Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in girls basketball. Newman was leading 54-29 when the game was called late in the third due to an injury to a Kewanee player.
Sterling's Delali Amankwa had the game winning shot in a 42-40 win over Quincy to help keep the Golden Warriors in first place in the Western Big 6 Conference with three games to go.
Dixon senior forward Hallie Williamson went a perfect 7 for 7 from the field in the third quarter to help the Duchesses pull away from Big Northern Conference rival Rock Falls in a 57-27 win Friday on Senior Night at Lancaster Gym.
Sterling senior wrestler Zyan Westbrook, who won the Bob Lueders invite title at 132 pounds and is 26-2 this season, is the Sauk Valley Athlete of the Week in an online vote. 'He will succeed at whatever he puts his efforts towards.'