Sterling Preps

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.

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.

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 Dixon baseball team used a big sixth inning to pull away from Route 2 rival Sterling on Tuesday at Gartner Park, winning 16-7 in a game that took nearly three hours to complete.

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.

ROCHELLE – The Rockford Boylan girls soccer team came out firing Tuesday in its Class 2A Rochelle Regional semifinal against Sterling and never looked back in an 8-0 victory.

The Milledgeville baseball team eked out a 7-6 regional quarterfinal win over Morrison with two runs in the bottom of the seventh on Monday, while AFC baseball rolled to a six-inning regional quarterfinal win over Polo.

Dixon and Sterling go head to head Tuesday on the diamond in Sterling.

The Dixon baseball team improved to 21-1 with a pair of wins over Rochelle at home Saturday, while the Dixon softball team defeated Byron but fell to North Boone. The Newman baseball and softball teams defeated Morrison.

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.

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

Before lightning delayed the finish of the Western Big 6 Conference boys track & field meet Friday, the host Sterling Golden Warriors won conference championships in the 4x800 relay and 3200 meters.

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

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.