Polo Preps

The Rock Falls boys won both of their Friday games at the Geneseo tournament, while the Dixon and Sterling boys lost their tournament games.

The Rock Falls girls basketball team jumped out to an early lead and never looked back in a 51-25 win over Sandwich on Tuesday at Tabor Gym, while the Sterling girls dropped their Western Big 6 opener 52-23 to Alleman at Musgrove Fieldhouse.

As the aggressors from the start Tuesday night, the Oregon Hawks built a big lead and never looked back in a 42-27 nonconference win over the Polo Marcos at the Blackhawk Center.

Oregon hosts Polo Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022 in early season girls basketball action. Oregon beat Polo 42-27.

After playing close in the first half, Amboy's six-man rotation wore down and Polo took advantage for a 50-28 season-opening win over the Clippers on Monday night at the AFC Thanksgiving Tournament.

The Amboy and Oregon girls basketball teams picked up victories on the opening night of the Oregon Tip-Off Tournament on Wednesday, while the Sterling, Rock Falls and Newman girls teams lost at the Geneseo Thanksgiving Tournament.

The Morrison girls rolled past Polo in a nonconference game, while the Milledgeville girls edged Durand in NUIC play.

In one of the most agonizing, gut-wrenching playoff losses possible on Saturday, Polo scored with 42 seconds left to take the lead, only to see West Central score as time expired to win their Illinois 8-Man Football Associaiton state semifinal 50-48.

Sterling visits to-seeded Sycamore in a Class 5A showdown, while Fulton hosts Lena-Winslow and Forreston hosts Dakota in a pair of NUIC quarterfinals in 1A. Polo and Amboy-LaMoille-Ohio both play home games in the Illinois 8-Man Football Association semifinals.

Polo puts together back-to-back scores to win 38-32

In a back-and-forth battle in Saturday’s Illinois 8-Man Football Association quarterfinal in Cambridge, the Polo Marcos managed to put together back-to-back scores to pull out a 38-32 win over Ridgewood.

Sterling junior Dale Johnson placed second in the Class 2A boys race at the IHSA Cross Country State Finals on Saturday at Detweiller Park in Peoria, highlighting a solid showing by the large contingent of Sauk Valley area runners.

Sterling visits Chicago Goode in a 5A game Friday, while Forreston hosts Chicago Hope Academy in a 1A game Saturday. Forreston plays at Rockford Lutheran in a 1A game on Saturday, while eight-man teams Amboy-LaMoille-Ohio, Milledgeville and Polo all hit the road Saturday.

Polo senior Carson Jones as been a consistent finisher at or near the top of cross country races all season long, and has qualified for the Class 1A state meet this weekend at Detweiller Park in Peoria.

Runners earn berths for the state meet next weekend.