Area roundup: Oregon girls golf takes second at home tournament, Newman tennis wins five matches at home tournament

Dixon’s Katie Drew took third overall Saturday at the Oregon Girls Invitational at Sunset Golf Course, firing an 81. Oregon’s Ava Hackman placed fourth, recording a round of 83. Polo’s Kamryn Stockton shot a 96 for seventh place.

Other Duchesses competing Saturday were Zoey Williams (132), Kiana Olalde (133) and Saida Bajrami (151).

Oregon finished second as a team at 417. Rockford-Boylan ran away with the team title at 342. Polo took seventh with a 487, and Dixon was ninth with a 497.

Erie-Prophetstown, which finished 10th, was led by Isabella Johnston with a 135 and Taylor Wilson with a 136. Jaelin Hawkins had a 141, Lillian McWilliams had a 144, Hannah Huisman shot a 145, and McKenzie Winckler added a 147 for the Panthers.

Alivia Schmidt had a round of 125 for Polo, Anna Faivre fired a 127, and Avery Faivre added a 139.

Lexi Davis was the second-best Hawk, recording a round of 106. Aniyah Sarver shot a 108, Sarah Eckardt shot a 120, Kendra Ehrler fired a 130 and Hailey Becker added a 133.

Ellie Rude paced Newman with a 105, while Sophia Ely added a 131.

Volleyball

Sterling takes title in Rockford: The Golden Warriors went 3-0-2 and won the championship at the Rockford Jefferson tournament.

Sterling (4-1-2) opened with a 25-20, 25-23 win over Rockford Christian, then split with both Marian Central Catholic (21-25, 25-23) and Vernon Hills (28-27, 14-25). The Warriors then defeated Rockford East 25-9, 25-21, before topping Woodstock 25-28, 26-24 in the title match.

Boys soccer

Dixon 3rd in Streator: The Dukes went 2-1 at the 28th annual Streator Invitational, and finished third after a point-system tiebreaker.

Dixon lost 1-0 to Limestone, but defeated Streator 1-0 and Newark 4-0. Limestone and Streator also finished 2-1, with Streator taking the title due to the tiebreaker system (the Bulldogs scored the most goals with 7), and Limestone placing second because of its head-to-head win over the Dukes.

Kristian Prather scored the lone goal in the win over Streator, and assisted on Jayvian Herwig’s goal against Newark. Michael O’Neal, Jacob Duet and Hayden Yingling also scored goals against the Norsemen, and Quade Richards and Walker Tilton dished assists.

“I was happy the way we recovered and came back strong after losing our first game. We had high expectations coming here today, and after losing a tough match 1-0, came back and played very well in the final two,” Dixon coach Josh Brigl said. “We didn’t get the title we were looking for, but I think we had a lot of positives from today we’ll take into starting our conference schedule this week.”

Sterling 2nd in Oregon: The Golden Warriors advanced to the championship match at the Oregon Hawk Classic, but lost 3-0 to Mendota to finish in second place.

After a win and a tie on Friday, Sterling (3-2-1) defeated Woodstock 2-1 and lost to Richmond-Burton 2-0 in its first two games Saturday.

Oregon finished fourth, tying 1-1 with Hinckley-Big Rock before falling to Orion 1-0. The Hawks, who went 2-0 on Friday, then lost 2-1 in overtime to Orion in the third-place game.

Girls tennis

Newman Invite: At No. 1 singles, Newman’s Emma Oswalt earned wins against Princeton’s Kailee Winner (6-2, 7-5) and Kewanee’s Noelia Martinez (7-5, 6-4), and lost to Belvidere’s Lory Lopez 6-2, 6-2.

At No. 2 singles, Newman’s Maria Ardis fell to Mendota’s Natalia Salinas 6-4, 6-0.

At No. 1 doubles, Newman’s Joy Zigler and Julia Rhodes picked up wins against Kewanee’s Rachel DeRycke and Whitney Minton 6-2, 6-1, and St. Bede’s Alyssa Shirz and Brianna Torres 6-2, 6-2; and lost to Guilford’s Mackenzie Larson and Amelia Runne 6-1, 6-1.

At No. 2 doubles, Newman’s Emily Beattie and Laurel Chavera beat Kewanee’s Natalie Maxon and Harper Gillespie 6-2, 6-3, and lost a pair of games to St. Bede’s Mia Morrow and Alyssa Shirz (7-5, 6-4), and to Belvidere’s Jennifer Espinoza and Riley Freeman (6-1, 6-3).

Guilford took the team title with 12 points. Newman tied for fourth with five points.

Sterling swept at home: The Golden Warriors dropped a pair of 3-2 decisions, falling to Geneseo and United Township in a Western Big 6 triangular.

Ellie Aitken won 6-4, 6-2 at No. 1 singles, and Eva Dillon won 6-4, 6-3 at No. 2 singles against the Maple Leafs.

Aitken was a 6-1, 6-0 winner at No. 1 singles against United Township, and Layla Tablante and Riley Dunn teamed up for a 6-3, 6-0 win at No. 1 doubles.

Boys golf

Geneseo Invite: Cam O’Brien shot an 84 to lead Sterling in the 18-hole round at TPC Deere Run in Silvis.