The Rock Falls and Dixon volleyball teams both cruised to straight-sets wins in Big Northern Conference road matches on Tuesday, while Oregon rallied to win a BNC match at home. Sterling lost in three tight sets in a Western Big match in Rock Island.

Sterling's Dale Johnson took third out of 292 runners at the Peoria Cross Country Invite, and the Sterling swimming & diving team topped a six-team field at the UT Sprint Invite.

Led by medalist Landon Meyers, Fulton took the team title at the Class 1A Galena Regional on Wednesday at Galena Golf Club. Meyers shot an 82 to win by a stroke, and all xis Steamers finished in the top 30.

The Newman volleyball team defeated St. Bede in straight sets Tuesday to stay undefeated in the Three Rivers East, while Sterling lost to Moline in a Western Big 6 road match. Erie-Prophetstown's boys and girls cross country teams both took second place at the Three Rivers Meet.

Two weeks after finishing second on the same course, Rock Falls' Hana Ford won the Rock River Run on Saturday at Hoover Park in Sterling, while the Dixon Duchesses placed nine runners in the top 50 to win the team title by 85 points.

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High school cross country runners compete at Woodlawn School during the Rock River Run on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022.

The Dixon boys golf team took third at the Big Northern Conference Meet on Wednesday at Timber Pointe, while the Sterling girls swam past United Township at the Duis Center, and Erie-Prophetstown, Eastland and Forreston won conference matches in volleyball.

The Newman boys golf team finished second at the Three Rivers Conference Meet on Tuesday afternoon at Highland Springs in Rock Island. Meanwhile, the Sterling boys finished fifth at the Western Big 6 Meet at Bunker Links in Galesburg.

The Rock Falls volleyball team couldn't keep up with Genoa-Kingston in a straight-sets loss Thursday in a Big Northern match at Tabor Gym. Meanwhile, the Newman boys golfers won a triangular, and the Sterling boys soccer team cruised past Princeton at home.