Stories about Oregon high school sports
The 2024 high school baseball season is underway. After a little over two weeks, teams are showing glimpses of their potential. Here’s a look at some of the top Sauk Valley area baseball teams so far.
The Dixon softball and Newman baseball teams won road games, while the Oregon girls soccer team stayed undefeated. Plus more in Thursday's roundup.
A 10-run second inning. A strong all-around defensive effort. Oregon had all the answers against Amboy on Thursday in a 12-1 five-inning nonconference win.
Amboy heads north to Oregon to take on the Hawks' in baseball Thursday, March 21, 2024. Oregon won 12-1.
The Polo baseball and softball teams downed Pearl City, while the Sterling softball team lost its first game of the season. Plus more in Wednesday's roundup.
The Dixon and Rock Falls baseball teams won nonconference games, while the Sterling baseball and Rock Falls softball teams lost nonconference contests. Those and more in Tuesday's roundup.
Check out the team-by-team baseball preview with top returners, newcomers and information about Sauk Valley area teams for the 2024 season.
Check out the team-by-team softball preview with top returners, newcomers and information about Sauk Valley area teams for the 2024 season.
The Sterling softball team scored 11 times over the final two innings to improve to 4-0 on the season Saturday with a 15-5 win over Erie-Prophetstown. Read about that and much more in Saturday's local roundup.
Here's a look at the 2023-24 SVM Boys Basketball All-Area Team.
Here's a look at the 2023-24 SVM Girls Basketball All-Area Team.
The Sterling baseball and softball teams both won close nonconference home games, while Oregon softball routed River Ridge/Scales Mound on Thursday.
Sienna Stingley fired a four-hit complete-game shutout to open the season for Sterling softball and Dixon baseball won a close opener at East Moline. Those and more in Tuesday's roundup.
Morrison junior Camryn Veltrop became the first girls basketball player in school history to be named first-team all-state by the Associated Press and IBCA, and former E-P football standout Jase Grunder received his first varsity letter at Central College. Plus more local sports.
At the Class 1A Byron Sectional on Feb. 10, Oregon senior wrestler Quentin Berry qualified for the IHSA Boys Individual State Finals for the first time with a second-place finish at 190. Berry has been voted the Sauk Valley Media Athlete of the Week by readers for Feb. 5-11.