Dixon Preps

The Sterling wrestling team placed sixth at the eight-team Western Big 6 Conference Meet on Saturday in Quincy, claiming one individual title, two runner-up finishes, a third place and five fourths.

Neither of the two locals who competed at the IHSA Boys Bowling State Meet on Friday advanced to Day 2 at St. Clair Bowl in O’Fallon. Dixon sophomore Clark Bonnewell finished 75th with a 1,185m and Oregon sophomore Gavvin Surmo was 101st with a 1,121.

The Dixon wrestling team claimed its fourth consecutive Big Northern Conference championship with a triangular sweep Thursday night in Byron, defeating Winnebago 66-9 and the host Tigers 54-15.

The Dixon Dukes got off to a sluggish shooting start Thursday night against the Winnebago Indians, and although they never found a consistent shooting stroke, they did just enough offensively to grind out a 41-35 Big Northern Conference win at Lancaster Gym.

The IHSA Boys Bowling State Meet will be a new experience for Dixon’s Clark Bonnewell and Oregon’s Gavvin Surmo. But the two sophomores, who both qualified for state at Saturday’s sectional in Rockford, have had a lot of new experiences the past few year

Winnebago comes into Dixon to take on the Dukes Jan. 26, 2023.

Byron led by as many as eight early in the fourth quarter, but Dixon battled back before coming up just short in a 35-34 loss at Lancaster Gym. It was an instant classic between two undefeated Big Northern Conference rivals.

Byrons heads into Dixon for a key Big Northern basketball matchup Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Byron won a nail biter 35-34.

The Dixon boys basketball team opened the second half with an 8-0 run and never looked back Monday night in a 61-49 win over Sycamore in a nonconference road game. It's the Dukes first win over the Spartans since Feb. 1989, snapping a six-game skid in the series.

Harvest Day had a big game to power Dixon to a win over DeKalb, which was powered by 29 points off the bench by Ariana Smith and Brytasia Long.

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The Dixon girls basketball team traveled to DeKalb Monday night to take on the Barbs.

Oregon’s Gavvin Surmo and Dixon’s Clark Bonnewell both placed in the top 13 individually Saturday at the Rockford Guilford Sectional, and earned two of the seven individual advancing spots for next weekend’s state tournament at St. Clair Bowl in O’Fallon.

Shut-down defense combined with frequent post feeds – most often to senior forwards Ella Govig and Harvest Day – and a dash of fast-break scoring and free throws, the Dixon Duchesses rolled to a 42-11 road win over the Oregon Hawks on Saturday night at the Blackhawk Center.

The Dixon Dukes led Rockford Lutheran by six points midway through the third quarter Friday night, but the Crusaders scored 11 of the next 13 points to take the lead, then held on for a 61-58 Big Northern Conference win at Lancaster Gym.