Girls bowling teams from Ottawa, Streator Dixon, L-P, Mendota Hall and St. Bede girls all competed in the L-P Cavalier Classic on Saturday Dec. 20, 2025 at the Illinois Valley Super Bowl in Peru.
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Sterling meets Rochelle in the girls basketball 3A regional semifinal Monday, Feb. 17, 2025 hosted by Sterling High School. Sterling won 68-35 and will play Plano on Thursday.
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Dixon, Sterling, Oregon and Erie-Prophetstown competed Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in the girls bowling regional at Plum Hollow in Dixon. Sterling took second to advance to the sectional as a team along with Oregon's Carli Bailey.
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Sterling's Sarah Doughty looks to be the top local bowler at this Friday's Dixon Regional, where Dixon, Erie-Prophetstown and Oregon are also competing. Doughty and the Golden Warriors were Dixon Invitational champions the last time they competed at Plum Hollow this season.
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Sterling hosts Galesburg in girls bowling Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025.
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Morrison junior Camryn Veltrop became the first girls basketball player in school history to be named first-team all-state by the Associated Press and IBCA, and former E-P football standout Jase Grunder received his first varsity letter at Central College. Plus more local sports.
Polo and Newman girls basketball each picked up quarterfinal wins Saturday as part of the Class 1A West Carroll Regional. Plus more local results in Saturday's roundup.
Sterling freshman Sarah Doughty won the Sterling girls bowling regional, while wrestlers from Oregon, Amboy, Polo and West Carroll advanced from various regionals on Saturday. Plus more in our local sports roundup.
The Polo boys and girls basketball teams both defeated Milledgeville, while the Newman girls basketball team fell to Princeton on Thursday. Plus more in our local sports roundup.
Newman topped Morrison, Polo beat Forreston, and Ashton-Franklin Center routed Milledgeville in girls basketball games on Wednesday. Plus more in our local sports roundup.
Sterling freshman Sarah Doughty took the Western Big 6 girls bowling title with a 1,271 six-game series, while the Newman girls basketball team rolled to a nonconference win over Oregon on Monday. Plus more in our local sports roundup.
The Ashton-Franklin Center girls basketball team took down Polo, while the Oregon wrestling team went 1-1 at the Genoa-Kingston triangular on Thursday. Plus more in our local sports roundup.
Rock Falls beat Rochelle 100-78, Newman downed Alleman, and Amboy took care of Polo in boys basketball games on Wednesday. Plus more in our local sports roundup.
Newman boys basketball senior Lucas Simpson broke his own school scoring record with 47 points in a win over Bureau Valley, and Newman girls basketball senior Jess Johns surpassed 1,000 career points in a loss to Bureau Valley on Thursday. Plus more in our local sports roundup.
The Sterling boys basketball team went 2-0 at the Sterling MLK Classic, the Sterling girls bowling team won its six-team MLK Invite, and the Eastland boys basketball team went 1-1 at the Pecatonica MLK Tournament on Monday.
The Eastland boys basketball team topped Forreston, the Morrison girls basketball team rolled past Orion, and the Sterling girls bowling team edged Dixon on Monday. Plus more in our local sports roundup.
Newman senior forward Jess Johns surpassed 1,000 career rebounds, the Sterling girls basketball team edged Rock Island, and the Newman wrestling team went 2-0 at the Dakota triangular on Thursday. Plus more in our local sports roundup.