Boys Bowling

The Sterling Golden Warriors placed third at the boys bowling sectional held at Blackhawk Lanes on Saturday to advance to next week's Hononegah Sectional. Dixon, Oregon and Erie-Prophetstown also had individuals qualify for the sectional.

Camryn and Shelby Veltrop combined for 38 points to lift the Morrison girls basketball team to a 61-36 win over host Orion in a Three Rivers West contest Thursday night. Also, the Sterling girls lost to Alleman at home, while the Amboy girls defeated AFC; the Sterling boys swimmers beat Dunlap to remain undefeated; the Newman wrestlers swept a Three Rivers triangular in Port Byron.

The Morrison girls basketball team jumped out to a big lead early and defeated Newman 71-17 in a Three Rivers Conference crossover game Wednesday night in Morrison.

The Rock Falls boys basketball team jumped out to a big lead early and went on to defeat Orion 55-41 in a nonconference game Tuesday night at Tabor Gym. Meanwhile, the Rock Falls girls lost a nip-and-tuck game at Wharton Fieldhouse, as Moline outscored the Rockets by four points in overtime to win 53-49.

La Salle-Peru — led by Ethan Picco and Chance Hank — held off a late charge from Sycamore to claim the I-8 Conference Meet title.

The Dixon girls bowling team defeated rival Sterling 2,908-2,497 on Monday evening at Plum Hollow Lanes. Meanwhile, the Newman and Morrison girls basketball teams lost Three Rivers contests, and the Amboy girls defeated Forreston in a makeup game from last month.

The Morrison girls basketball team opened the Northwest Illinois Girls Basketball Shootout on Saturday in Lanark with a 56-38 victory over Dakota, while the Eastland Cougars rallied to beat Byron 52-47 later in the day.

The Dixon girls basketball team pulled away in the third quarter for a 40-33 win over Lena-Winslow on Thursday night in a nonconference win in Lena. The Milledgeville and Eastyland boys basketball teams won NUIC South games, while the Dixon wrestlers defeated Princeton, and the Sterling boys bowlers rolled past Sycamore.

The Newman boys basketball team built an early lead and pulled away slowly from there Tuesday night, defeating St. Bede 79-65 in a Three Rivers East win in Sterling.

The Sterling boys bowling team hosted rival Dixon on Monday at Blackhawk Lanes, and defeated the Dukes 3,184-3,125. The Golden Warriors won all three games by 35 pins or fewer: they took Game 1 979-927, Game 2 1,086-1,051, and Game 3 1,119-1,102.