Dixon won the BIg Northern Conference meet and Forreston took third at the NUIC meet. That and more in the roundup.

Newman sophomore Garet Wolfe, who had two hits and four RBIs and scattered six hits with one strikeout in a 14-3 win over Princeton, is the Sauk Valley Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is his Q&A with Shaw Media Group Editor Joshua Welge.

Fulton won the Class 1A Bureau Valley Sectional on Wednesday, while Newman, Erie-Prophetstown, Bureau Valley and Amboy are also sending athletes to state.

Sterling won the Class 2A Rochelle Sectional despite not having an individual champ, Mendota and Genoa-Kingston both had individual freshman champions, Sycamore had a surprise pole vault champ and Sandwich's Sunny Weber kept up her domination.

Ethan Kessler threw a no-hitter as Eastland beat Galena in five innings. And more baseball and softball scores in Wednesday's Sauk Valley Media sports roundup.

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Teams from Amboy, Ashton-Franklin Center, DePue, Earlville, Erie-Prophetstown, Putnam County, Henry-Senachwine, Bureau Valley, Milledgeville, Morrison, Marquette, St. Bede, Indian Creek, Hall and Newman competed in the Class 1A girls track and field Sectional on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at Bureau Valley High School.

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Several area girls track teams including Sycamore, Genoa-Kingston, Dixon, Sterling, Rock Falls, Sandwich, Plano and Mendota competed Wednesday in the Class 2A Rochelle Sectional .

Sienna Stingley leads Sterling softball to shutout win in the Sauk Valley Media sports roundup.

The Sterling Golden Warriors defeated Princeton 5-2 in what would be best described as an efficient game that was completed in less than an hour and a half.