Eastland Preps

Here is the 2022 Sauk Valley Media All-Area Baseball Team, along with the season's final stats leaderboard.

Here is the 2022 Sauk Valley Media All-Area Softball Team, along with the season's final stats leaderboard.

Sterling senior Alejandro Arellano and Forreston senior Mason Fox will play in the 48th annual Illinois Shrine Game, to be held Saturday, June 18 at Tucci Stadium on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington.

Rock Falls native Jake Junis continued his strong season for the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night, while several area conferences announced their postseason all-conference teams within the past week.

The Newman, Erie-Prophetstown and Forreston softball teams won regional titles Friday, as did the Fulton baseball team. Locals also fared well at the 1A Rochelle boys tennis sectional.

Out of the eight Sauk Valley-area boys track and field teams that competed at the Class 1A Erie Sectional at Wayne Hein Field on Thursday, seven will have a representative at the IHSA Boys State Track & Field championships in Charleston next week.

Mia Trampel struck out 13 in a four-hitter to lead the Oregon softball team past rival Byron 8-0 in a Class 2A Rock Falls Regional semifinal on Wednesday afternoon.

Mia Trampel struck out 13 in a four-hitter to lead the Oregon softball team past rival Byron 8-0 in a Class 2A Rock Falls Regional semifinal on Wednesday afternoon.

The Rock Falls and Newman softball teams both won regional semifinal games Tuesday, and will play for championships on Friday. Erie-Prophetstown, Polo, Eastland, Fulton and Forreston also advanced to regional championship games with wins.

The Newman softball team lost its Three Rivers East finale on the road Friday, while Rock Falls jumped out to a big lead before its game in Galesburg was called off due to inclement weather.

Local teams from the Three Rivers and Northwest Upstate Illini competed in the boys track & field conference meets on Thursday.

The Erie-Prophetstown and Fulton girls track & field teams are sending large contingents to next week's Class 1A state meet in Charleston after strong performances t the Bureau Valley Sectional on Wednesday. Newman and the Amboy co-op also had state qualifiers.

The Dixon baseball team won a five-inning Big Northern game against Oregon on Wednesday, while Fulton topped Stelring at Lumberkings Stadium in Clinton, Iowa. In softball action, Sterling, Dixon and Newman all picked up victories.

The Newman baseball and softball teams both won big in nonconference games Monday, as the baseball Comets beat Mercer County 13-0 in Aledo, and the softball Comets beat Pecatonica 10-0 at home. Meanwhile, the Dixon tennis team notched a 4-1 win over Rock Island.

The Dixon, Rock Falls and Oregon girls track & field teams competed at the Big Northern Conference Meet on Thursday night in Rockford, and the three local teams finished 3-4-5 in the final team standings.