The Lady Thunder’s Abby Maike dribbles around Warren’s Jessica Williams during Thursday evening basketball action in Savanna. (PA photo/Craig Lang)
December 5
(G) Eastland at Warren
(B) Dakota at Polo
December 6
(G) Warren at West Carroll
(G) Morrison at Bureau Valley
(B) East Dubuque at Eastland
(B) Orangeville at Milledgeville
(B) River Ridge at Stockton
(B) Freeport Aquin at Pectonica
December 7
(G) Pearl City at Eastland
(G) AFC at Milledgeville
West Carroll’s Leashia Larson grabs a loose ball with a group of Warren defenders guarding her. The Lady Warriors went on to take the victory. (PA photo/Craig Lang)
(G) East Dubuque at West Carroll
(G) River Ridge at Le-Win
(B) Morrison at Bureau Valley
(G) Belvidere North at Freeport
(B) Freeport at Belvidere North
December 8
(G) Eastland, River Ridge, Freeport Aquin, Pearl City at Pearl City Tournament
(G) Forreston at Polo
(B) Morrison, Milledgeville, Pearl City, Polo, River Ridge, Forreston at Forreston Tournament
(B) Eastland, West Carroll at West Carroll Tournament
December 10
(G) Milledgeville, West Carroll, Forreston, Polo at Polo Tournament
(G) Eastland, River Ridge, Freeport Aquin, Pearl City at Pearl City Tournament
(B) Morrison, Milledgeville, Pearl City, Polo, River Ridge, Freeport Aquin, Forreston at Forreston Tournament
(B) Eastland, West Carroll at West Carroll Tournament
Pearl City’s Cody Kluck takes the ball down the lane to the hoop during action at the Forreston Holiday Tourney on Saturday night. Cody led the Wolves with fourteen points, but Winnebago claimed the 56-35 win. (PA photo/Craig Lang)
Varsity Girls Basketball Scores
November 26
Fulton 56 Mercer County 33
Peru St. Bede 53 Sterling Newman 37
Dakota 38 Stockton 35
Pecatonica 50 Durand 40
November 27
Rockford Boylan 64 Freeport 61 (OT)
Rock Island 67 Sterling 52
November 29
Galena 44 West Carroll 33
Orangeville 43 Milledgeville 42 (OT)
November 30
Sterling 38 Geneseo 27
Rockford Lutheran 50 Rock Falls 38
The Wolve’s Devin Schiess is cut off and looks for an open teammate during Saturday night’s game against Winnebago in Forreston. Devin and Pearl City fell to the Indians 56-35. (PA photo/Craig Lang)
Dixon 49 Streator 36
Oregon 49 Stillman Valley 41
December 1
Eastland Shootout
Eastland 51 Winnebago 37
Varsity Boys Basketball Scores
November 27
Kewanee 76 Fulton 45
Sterling Newman 51 Amboy 33
Riverdale 73 Morrison 42
November 30
Rock Falls 66 Burlington Central 58
Dixon 57 Amboy 55
Kewanee 71 Morrison 68
December 1
Forreston 40 Milledgeville 28
Forreston’s Brett Carlson looks for an opening with a Wildcat defender covering him during Forreston tourney action. Brett scored a dozen points in the River Ridge six point overtime victory. (PA photo/Craig Lang)
Freeport Aquin 55 Polo 38
Erie 40 Fulton 37
Sterling Newman 72 Bureau Valley 21
Rock Island Alleman 54 Rock Falls 37
Amboy 30 Dixon 20
Eastland Shootout
Fulton Unity 43 Rockford Keith 35
River Ridge 67 Princeton 55
Indian Creek 69 Milledgeville 42
Warren 44 Annawan 35
Orion 44 West Carroll 36
Winnebago 64 Eastland 47
Wrestling Results
November 27
River Ridge Wildcat Tony Hernandez splits the Forreston defenders on his way to the hoop during Saturday night’s action at the Forreston Holiday Tourney. Tony scored eight points in the River Ridge 51-45 overtime win.
(PA photo/Craig Lang)
Byron 42 West Carroll 30
November 30
Riverdale 40 West Carroll 36
Mercer County 45 West Carroll 28
West Carroll 64 Rock Island Alleman 9
December 1
Rock Falls 45 Oregon 21
Rock Falls 39 Polo 28
Rock Falls 48 Belvidere North 29
Northwest Upstate Illini All-Conference Football Teams
Northwest Division
Quarterback – First Team
Evan Heer, Le-Win, Austin Long, Galena
Honorable Mention
Tim Vandenburgh – EPC, Brett Carlson – Forreston
Running Back – First Team
Bryan Kraft – Forreston (unanimous), Austin Mancosky – Forreston, Tevin Sellers – Forreston, Matt Ryan – Dakota
Honorable Mention
Ben Thomas – EPC, Tylor Henneman – Forreston, Robert Salgado – Galena, Jesse Sinagra – Galena
Tight End – First Team
Skylar Paulson – EPC (unanimous), Tyler Long – Galena
Honorable Mention
Jordan Eilders – Le-Win, Jon Ibarra – Forreston
Offensive Line – First team
Austin Young – EPC (unanimous), Jacob Adams – Forreston (unanimous), Michael Schultz – Galena (unanimous), Boden Brandt – EPC, Aiden Carr – Forreston, Pat Foley – Le-Win
Honorable Mention
Tyler Westerman – West Carroll, Kade McNeely – Galena
Center – First Team
Nick Perez – Forreston
Honorable Mention
Alex Dunlavey – Le-Win
Defensive Line – First Team
Billy Luning – Galena (unanimous), Austin Young – EPC, Nick Perez – Forreston, Jordan Eilders – Le-Win, O’Shay Smith – Le-Win