West Carroll Preps

The Dixon Dukes basketball team won its Big Northern Conference opener on the road Thursday night, defeating Byron 59-50. Rock Falls' boys lost 55-37 in Winnebago. And the Dixon girls bowled past Sterling at Blackhawk Lanes, 2,662-2,333.

The Sterling boys basketball team defeated Rochelle 71-62 on Tuesday night in a road game, while the Sterling girls fell to Winnebago at home. The Oregon boys and girls basketball teams both won on the road, while the Newman wrestling team picked up a pair of wins in Savanna.

The Rock Falls girls basketball team shut down Sandwich for a 47-16 win on Tuesday night, while the Sterling girls fell 66-33 to Alleman. On the mat, Dixon's wrestlers swept a season-opening triangular, while Sterling topped Erie-Prophetstown 36-33.

The Sauk Valley Community College volleyball team defeated Terra State 25-23, 22-25, 25-20, 28-26 in the fifth-place match on Saturday afternoon at the NJCAA Division II National Championships, matching the program's highest finish from last year. In girls basketball Saturday, the Dixon Duchesses won the title at the Oregon Tip-Off Tournament.

The Sauk Valley Community College volleyball team split its first two matches at the NJCAA Division II National Championships in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, winning the opener but falling in a hard-fought five sets in the quarterfinals.

The Dixon girls basketball team ran its offensive sets well and played solid defense Wednesday night against West Carroll. And while the open shots didn’t fall as well as they likely will later in the season, the Duchesses still dominated in a 34-16 win over the Thunder in the season opener at the Oregon Tip-Off Tournament in the Blackhawk Center.

The AFC Raiders and Bureau Valley Storm both won their opening regional matches Monday, with AFC advancing in 1A in Ashton, and BV moving on in 2A in Manlius.

The Dixon volleyball team cruised to a 25-8, 25-14 win over North Boone on Thursday at Lancaster Gym to pick up its first Big Northern Conference win of the season.

Sterling's Dale Johnson took third at the 39-team Peoria Invite on Saturday, while Rock Falls' Tayli Hultin won the Pretzel Invite in Freeport.