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College football: Prophetstown native Heflin enjoys Senior Day as Iowa Hawkeye

Prophetstown native Heflin enjoys Senior Day as Iowa Hawkeye → Read More

Ending to 2019-20 sports year bitter, not sweet

Tonight should have been the most fun night we here in the SVM sports department have on an annual basis. → Read More

Faley, Sterling quartet not as nervous for big stage this year

Faley will swim in the 200 and 500 freestyle races in today’s preliminaries, and will be joined at Evanston Township High School by five Sterling swimmers in eight other races. The Dixon sophomore, swimming for the Byron co-op, feels much more at ease as he ponders this weekend’s trip to the suburbs. “I definitely feel I’ll be better prepared this year,” he said. “Last year I was so nervous in… → Read More

Memorable season continues for Sterling junior Rodriguez

“This year started out so good, and it just keeps getting better,” Rodriguez said. “I don’t know if I can ever beat the year I had last fall, it’s just been so amazing.” The Sterling junior is the first libero to win the award, established in 1985 “to recognize the nation’s most outstanding high school student-athletes for their athletic excellence, academic achievement and exemplary character.”… → Read More

Dixon overcomes cold shooting to rally past SV

The Duchesses (19-5, 6-1 BNC) turned to their defense and inside game to rally from an eight-point third quarter deficit and take sole possession of first place in the conference. “It was a cold shooting night, but props to Stillman,” Dixon coach Luke Ravlin said. “They knew how to defend when they needed to, and they made some changes that made it hard for us. But we worked through it, we kept… → Read More

Swimming: Water Warriors start season in record-setting fashion

The Sterling boys swimming team was looking forward to a strong start to the 2019-20 season. → Read More

Sterling junior helps Team USA win U18 world championship

But the pièce de résistance – at least so far for the 16-year-old – was added just last weekend. Rodriguez started at libero for Team USA’s U18 Girls Youth National Team at the FIVB World Championship in Ismailia, Egypt, where the U.S. won the gold medal – USA Volleyball’s first gold medal in an age-group World Championship for either gender. “It’s just amazing to me that it had never been done,… → Read More

Sterling overcomes slow start, rallies past Sycamore at Musgrove

After looking out of sorts in the first set, Sterling (6-2) started to play like Warriors fans have become accustomed to in recent years in the second and third sets. “We really had to kick it in and work hard, just focus on what we were doing and really motivate each other,” freshman Grace Egan said. With the second set tied 7-7, Sterling scored six of the next seven points to take its first… → Read More

Experienced Newman squad looks to build on last season

After winning a Class 1A regional title on their home floor last year, the Comets advanced to the sectional championship, where they lost to Durand. But just getting a taste of the Sweet 16 is enough for this group to want another bite at it. “We set the bar higher and higher every year, and we set it really high last year,” Newman senior libero Erin Kelly said. “We definitely want to beat what… → Read More

Rock Falls senior hitter commits to play at Evansville

The Rock Falls senior hitter announced via Twitter that she will continue her athletic and academic career at Evansville University next year. There were several reasons why the Purple Aces stood out to Moeller. “I love the coaches and the team; they were very inviting and welcoming to me,” she said. “Also, Evansville was voted as [one of] the best schools in the Midwest academically, and it’s… → Read More

Sterling rising junior commits to play at South Florida

“Last summer we drove through campus and it was just so beautiful,” Borum said. “Then just last week, I went to a camp there, and I got to spend some more time there, and it just felt like home.” Borum is the third of four sisters to commit to play volleyball in college, and she joins older sister Josi as a Division I commit. Oldest sister Jay will be a senior this fall at Illinois-Springfield,… → Read More

Rodriguez to play for Team USA in Egypt

“There was never anything the coaches did where you could tell who they liked and were thinking about keeping,” Rodriguez said Sunday evening, after her return to Sterling from the tryouts. “I remember one of the days, they told us some of our stats, and I had some pretty good stats, so I called my mom and said, ‘I’m playing really good, and I think I’m doing what I need to, but I still don’t… → Read More

They’re here! Time for football schedules

Well, football fans, it was once again Christmas in June on Wednesday afternoon. → Read More

Dixonite still processing being drafted

After getting a phone call from the Mavericks and hearing his named called on ESPN, Roby hugged his family amidst loud cheers from the folks at his draft watch party. “It’s still kind of hard for me to handle,” Roby said. “It’s just been really crazy, and my phone’s been going off nonstop. It probably won’t even sink in until I’m at that first NBA practice.” The trade is not yet official – and… → Read More

Basketball: Sterling, Rock Falls trios happy to be teammates, not foes

For their entire athletic lives, the Rock Falls Rockets and Sterling Golden Warriors have been butting heads on the fields and courts of the Sauk Valley. → Read More

Softball: Sycamore grabs early lead, tops Rock Falls for regional title

“Some days, you connect and you can string things together and you make it happen, and some days you don’t,” Rock Falls coach Kris Smith said. “Today it just didn’t happen for us.” A big reason why was Sycamore pitcher Faith Reynolds. The senior mixed in a devastating changeup with an accurate riseball, and moved the pitches around the zone effectively. The Rockets (23-9) never seemed to be able… → Read More

RF comes back to beat Boylan in regional semi

The Rockets (23-8) advance to the regional final against Sycamore. “These girls showed a lot of grit,” coach Kris Smith said. “They’re fighters. In the past, maybe this team falls apart. But this group has gone through so much together, they trust each other so much, they knew they didn’t want to go out like that. “All my seniors, they just really want to win. When you’ve got a whole group of… → Read More

Two-out RBIs help Newman answer early Eastland surge in win

Ethan Behrens had three RBIs from the sixth spot in the order, and Mason Glaudel – who didn’t find out until right before the game that he would hit in the ninth spot as DH – had a big two-run single to give the Comets a 5-2 lead they wouldn’t relinquish. “We talk a lot about the bottom of the order getting some production,” Newman coach Dan Crawford said. “So we dropped Behrens down to… → Read More

Dixon scores on passed ball in ninth inning to beat Rock Falls

“Coach just told me that when the ball kicks, you’ve got to go, so I saw it kick away and I went,” Heckert said. “We haven’t won a conference championship since 2000 or so, but we just came up clutch. I just took advantage of the situation, and it’s all we could ask for.” Offense was at a premium all game, as Long struck out 14 without a walk while giving up one run and six hits in 6 1/3… → Read More

Sterling answers after LP’s fast start to win at home

“It doesn’t change the way we play when we get behind,” senior right fielder Jordan Thormeyer said. “We’re a pretty level-headed team; we just go in there and do what we’re supposed to do, try and get hits. All of our hitters play off each other, and we just go in there and try to have quality at-bats, and it usually plays well for us.” It certainly did Friday afternoon. Amayia Hernandez drew a… → Read More