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Get caught up on news, sports and features from the Sauk Valley for the week of May 4-10, 2024.

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Oregon takes on Rock Falls in softball May 6, 2024

There weren’t too many zeroes put up on the scoreboard Monday when Rock Falls hosted Oregon in a Big Northern Conference softball clash.The teams combined for 32 runs, 31 hits and 26 RBIs as the Hawks avenged a loss earlier this season with a 21-11 win in six innings.

In yet another tight game between longtime Three Rivers rivals Newman and Morrison, the Fillies answered the Comets' comeback with a clutch hit by Emery Brewer in the 10th inning to pick up a 7-5 win on Friday afternoon in Sterling.

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Morrison heads into Sterling to take on the Newman softball team Friday, May, 3, 2024. Morrison took the game 7-5 in 10 innings.

Dixon senior Ava Valk, who had a triple, double, single and drove in a run in the Duchesses’ 7-2 win over Byron, is the Sauk Valley Media Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Shaw Media Group Editor Joshua Welge.

The Rock Falls softball team downed Dixon, and the Newman and Amboy baseball teams were victorious. Plus more in Tuesday's SVM area roundup.

The Newman and Sterling baseball teams won, while the Dixon baseball and softball teams lost. Those results and more in Monday's SVM area roundup.

Princeton freshman Avah Oertel had a game to remember Monday against Newman. In a 10-2 Three Rivers East win over the rival Comets, she went 2 for 2 with a pair of two-run home runs and two walks.