Rock Falls Preps

Rock Falls and Oregon met on the regional final Friday, May 20, 2022. The Oregon Hawks shut out the Rockets 6-0.

The Newman baseball team grabbed an early lead and went on to defeat Pearl City 5-1 on Thursday in a Class 1A Newman Regional semifinal in Sterling.

Burlington Central, Kaneland, Princeton and Sycamore took the top four sports on Wednesday at the Class 2A Rochelle Boys Track and Field Sectional, while Sauk Valley athletes qualified for state in eight events.

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.

Dillon Schueler's walk-off RBI bloop single in the bottom of the seventh inning sent the Rock Falls baseball team to a 4-3 win over Oregon in their Class 1A Byron Regional quarterfinal on Monday night in Rock Falls.

A beautiful spring day, two rivals battling on the softball diamond, and a pair of games that came down to the wire. Who could ask for anything better? Sterling hosted Rock Falls in a nonconference doubleheader Saturday, winning 8-5 in Game 1 and 4-3 in 11 innings in Game 2.

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.

Sterling and Rock Falls meet for two on the diamond in Sterling Saturday, May 14, 2022. Sterling took game one 8-5.

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

Since joining the Big Northern in the 2014-15 school year, Dixon has won every boys track & field conference meet contested. Holding off two of the state’s premier class 1A programs in Rockford Christian and Winnebago, the Dukes prevailed again Thursday at Landers-Loomis Field.

In a classic Twin Cities rivalry game Thursday, the Sterling and Rock Falls baseball teams battled back and forth for bragging rights. The Rockets led early, then the Golden Warriors rallied ... then answered after Rock Falls re-took the lead for a 9-7 Sterling victory.

Sterling, Dixon, Rock Falls, LaSalle-Peru, Princeton, Sandwich, Plano, Streator and Ottawa athletes compete for a chance at state Wednesday, May 11, 2022 in Geneseo.

Athletes from Sterling, Dixon and Rock Falls qualified for next week's IHSA Class 2A State Track & Field Meet out of the Geneseo Sectional on Wednesday.

The twin city rivals hit the diamond Thursday, May 12, 2022. The Warriors took the game 9-7.

In a game full of crazy plays and nifty pitching, the Dixon softball team got the clutch hit both teams were looking for Tuesday, as Sam Tourtillott’s two-run home run in the top of the 10th inning propelled the Duchesses past Rock Falls 5-3 in a Big Northern Conference clash.