West Carroll Preps

The Dixon girls bowling team swept Dakota in a home match at Plum Hollow, while the Newman girls basketball team fell to Hall on the road on Monday night.

The Dixon wrestling team claimed its fourth consecutive Big Northern Conference championship with a triangular sweep Thursday night in Byron, defeating Winnebago 66-9 and the host Tigers 54-15.

Oregon’s Gavvin Surmo and Dixon’s Clark Bonnewell both placed in the top 13 individually Saturday at the Rockford Guilford Sectional, and earned two of the seven individual advancing spots for next weekend’s state tournament at St. Clair Bowl in O’Fallon.

The Polo girls basketball team rolled past Milledgeville at home, while the Dixon girls lost a close road game to St. Viator.

The Dixon girls basketball team rolled to a nonconference win at home Tuesday night, while the Sterling girls lost at home. The Newman boys went on the road and picked up a Three Rivers East victory, while the Rock Falls wrestlers won a dual at home.

The Rock Falls girls basketball team doubled up Riverdale on the road, while the Dixon wrestling team dominated Genoa-Kingston in Genoa on Wednesday night.

The Dixon girls basketball team rolled to a 50-17 win over North Boone in a Big Northern Conference game Saturday night at Lancaster Gym. Meanwhile, the Oregon wrestling team won the Polo Invitational title, crowning three champions and adding four runners-up.

The Dixon boys basketball team hit the road Friday night and defeated South Beloit 49-37 in a nonconference game, while the Newman boys built a 16-point halftime lead in a 64-55 win over Hall in a Three Rivers East game in Sterling.

The Sterling girls basketball team dropped a Western Big 6 road game Thursday night, falling 65-40 to Galesburg, ranked No. 9 in this week's Associated Press Class 3A poll.

The Amboy girls basketball team defeated Polo 50-37 in an NUIC South road game Wednesday night, while the Erie-Prophetstown and Morrison wrestling teams split triangulars on the road.

The Sterling boys basketball team avenged last year's Taylorville Holiday Tournament title-game loss to Mt. Zion with a 62-56 win over the Braves on Thursday to win the championship this year.

The Sterling boys basketball team won its pool at the Taylorville tournament, while the Rock Falls boys won and the girls lost at the State Farm Classic. The Dixon boys lost their opener at the Effingham-Teutopolis tournament, and the Newman girls won their Amboy tourney opener.

S=The Sterling boys basketball team won its tournament opener in Taylorville on a last-second shot by Andre Klaver, while Newman won a pair of games to advance to the championship bracket at the Warkins Classic. Rock Falls dropped its opener at the State Farm Center.

With impending weather on Thursday, the final day of the Polo Christmas Classic was held Wednesday with a quadruple-header for the championship, third-, fifth- and seventh-place games. Forreston topped Newman for third, while Oregon defeated Polo for fifth.

The Morrison girls basketball team jumped out to an early lead, then pulled away from Erie-Prophetstown for a Three Rivers West win Tuesday night at home. Meanwhile, the Amboy girls beat Bureau Valley, and the Dixon and Oregon wrestling teams both swept triangulars.