Milledgeville’s Knutti advances to sectionals
Milledgeville senior Haley Knutti, golfing for the Eastland-Milledgeville co-op, fired an 88 at the Class 1A Lena-Winslow Regional on Wednesday to qualify for next week’s Byron Sectional.
Knutti’s score at Wolf Hollow Golf Course was topped by only two players: Elizibeth Blomgren of Rockford Lutheran and Elizibeth Curtiss of Byron, both of whom shot 84.
Teams advancing to the Byron Sectional are Rockford Lutheran (402), Stillman Valley (411) and Byron (413).
Peru St. Bede Regional: Bureau Valley finished sixth among seven teams at Spring Creek Golf Course with a 556 team total. The top three teams were Rock Island Alleman (390), Somonauk (425) and Peru St. Bede (442), and they’ll next see action at the Byron Sectional.
Abby Nielsen led BV with a 115. The medalist was Alleman’s Abby Frideres with 84.
Cross Country
Dixon boys, girls win at Streator: The Dukes scored a perfect 15 and the Duchesses had a 17 in a quadrangular on the road.
Zach Payne (16:49), Ross Kavanagh (17:00), Roy Hummel (17:13), Spencer Hill (17:16) and Aaron Grady (17:23) swept the top five spots in the boys race as Dixon beat Mendota (46 points), Streator (71) and Somonauk (78).
The only other full girls team at the meet was Mendota, who Dixon defeated 17-38. Haley Thorpe won the 3-mile race in 18:50, while teammates Megan Burger (20:08) and Tiara Sondgeroth (20:30) finished 2-3.
Rockets second at Byron: The Rock Falls boys and girls teams each finished second at the Byron Handicap.
On the girls side, Byron took first among six teams with 18 points. Rounding out the field were Rock Falls (70), Hampshire (75), Kaneland (77), Bureau Valley (162) and North Boone (174). The Rockets’ Cynthia Vazquez was 13th in 22:00.
On the boys side, Kaneland won with 22 points. The Knights were followed by Rock Falls (51), Byron (71), Bureau Valley (93), North Boone (146), Hampshire (181) and Genoa-Kingston (208). The Rockets’ Brandt Cole was third in 18:04.
Volleyball
West Carroll 2, Pearl City 0: Becca Fritz had eight kills to lead the Thunder to a 25-22, 25-15 win in Savanna.
Also for West Carroll, Kelsey Bull had five kills and Chelsey Sipe added four.
Milledgeville 2, Forreston 0: Keali Engelkens had 11 digs, six kills and three blocks to lead the Missiles past the visiting Cardinals.
Also for Milledgeville, Taylor Kent had 10 blocks, four digs and three kills; Andrea Herin had 22 assists and four aces; Brianna Herin had nine kills and seven digs; and Becka Whitmarsh added six kills, four blocks and four digs.
Girls tennis
Dixon 9, Morris 0: The Duchesses warmed up for today’s makeup match with Sterling by blanking the Redskins in Morris.
Thea Baldwin, Jenny Guenther, Mandy Kent, Holly Faivre, Kayla Wilson and Spencer Smith won singles and doubles matches for Dixon (14-2, 7-1 NCIC).
College volleyball
Rock Valley 3, Sauk Valley 0: The Skyhawks put up a fight against the No. 2 team in the nation but came up short in a nonconference match at home.
“I thought the girls adjusted well and kept working hard,” said Sauk coach Dawn Naylon after her team’s 25-12, 25-22, 25-18 loss. “We improved throughout the entire match and had a great effort on offense and defense.”
Maryssa Howell led Sauk with 15 digs and Sophia Aponte had five kills. Kaitlyn Kielsmeier, Alicia Eastman and Elyce Naylon added four kills each for the Skyhawks.
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