Oregon Preps

Sterling's Alice Sotelo saved her best for last at the IHSA State Finals on May 21, leaping 11.36 meters (32 feet, 4 1/2 inches) to win the Class 2A state title. For her stellar junior season, Sotelo is the 2022 Sauk Valley Media Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year.

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.

Rock Falls native Jakob Junis will miss the next 4 to 6 weeks of the season after suffering a hamstring injury in his last start for the San Francisco Giants last Friday.

After a spring spent competing hard against each other, baseball players from the Big Northern Conference got to team up for a change Monday night at the annual Big Northern vs. NIC-10 All-Star Game at Rockford Rivets Stadium.

Several local baseball players will be participating in the annual Big Northern vs. NIC-10 all-star game on Monday at Rockford Rivets Stadium.

In a spring filled with so much craziness, was there any doubt that it would have a wacky ending?

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.

Local athletes fared well Saturday at the IHSA State Track & Field Championships in Charleston, with five top-five finishes at O'Brien Field.

For a handful of Sauk Valley area boys track & field athletes, the dream of winning a state title continued Thursday in the IHSA Class 1A State Track & Field prelims at O’Brien Field in Charleston. Four individuals and two relay teams advanced to Saturday’s finals.

Rock Falls native and current San Francisco Giants pitcher Jakob Junis has started four games in the month of May, allowing a total of 10 earned runs in 22 2/3 innings.

Richmond-Burton's Taylor Davison hit a go-ahead solo home run in the bottom of the sixth inning to send the Rockets past Oregon 2-1 in their Class 2A Richmond-Burton Sectional semifinal on Tuesday afternoon.

Richmond-Burton’s Taylor Davison hit a go-ahead home run in the bottom of the sixth inning, Hailey Holtz threw a no-hitter, and the Rockets beat Oregon, 2-1, in their Class 2A Richmond-Burton Sectional semifinal on Tuesday.

Oregon senior Jenae Bothe won the Class 1A state championship in the shot put at the IHSA State Track & Field Meet on Saturday in Charleston, capping her Hawks career with a picture-perfect ending.

Oregon senior Jenae Bothe won the Class 1A state championship in the shot put at the IHSA State Track & Field Meet on Saturday in Charleston, capping her Hawks career with a picture-perfect ending.