Boys cross country
Dixon wins Big Northern Conference meet: The Dukes had a whopping seven runners in the Top 15 as Dean Geiger (15:32.7), Ethan Carter (15:33.2) and Averick Wiseman (15:33.7) took the top three spots. The Dukes tallied 18 points to edge Lutheran (70), Rockford Christian (90) and Byron (94). Alonzo Bautista (5th), Bentlee Lawrenz (7th), Brody Hopper (10th) and Abram Garcia (11th) earned all-conference.
Gustavo Flores and Michael Kopitas finished 17th and 18th for Rock Falls, which took sixth (175).
Chayse Rosenblom took 45th to lead Oregon.
Girls cross country
Dixon’s Brynleigh Davis takes second at BNC meet: Davis, a freshman, finished in 18:35 just behind Winnebago’s Molly Webb (18:34.2). Oregon’s Anya Anaya (19:29.4) took seventh and Madeline Rogers was 14th. Dixon’s Audrina Setchell was 10th and Lily Haws was 15th. Ashley Rodriguez was 12th for Rock Falls.
Volleyball
Newman takes fourth at Eastland tournament: The Comets beat Rock Falls (21-19, 16-21, 15-11) and Milledgeville (15-21, 21-17, 15-8), and fell to Durand (21-14, 21-9), Orangeville (21-16, 21-19) and Stockton (25-20, 25-13). Brooklyn Smith had 61 assists, Bella Lanning had 23 kills, Lauren McClain had 26 digs and Amaya Gomez had 33 digs.
Eastland lost to Lena-Winslow (16-21, 21-16, 15-9), Riverdale (21-19, 21-13, 15-12) and Stockton (21-16, 21-7), and beat Oregon (21-18, 21-14) and Rock Falls (25-15, 25-17). Jade Hammer had 39 kills, Keara Kaus had 81 assists and Emerson Mlakar (five aces, eight blocks) had 28 kills.
Milledgeville’s Kennedy Livengood and Rock Falls’ Kaltrina Lecaj earned all-tournament. Le-Win won the tournament after beating Durand 30-28, 25-18, 15-11.
Boys soccer
Dixon 2, Morris 0: The seventh-seeded Dukes advanced to Wednesday’s Class 2A Morris Regional semifinal against second-seeded Sycamore.
Girls tennis
Dixon takes second at Belvidere North Sectional: The Duchesses tallied 18 points as Brooklyn Arjes was singles runner-up to qualify for state. Jenna Mustapha and Maddie Emmole also qualified for state after taking fourth in doubles. Sycamore (23) was team champion.
Sterling takes fifth at Geneseo Sectional: Sterling tallied eighth points as Geneseo (23) won the title. Newman had two points to take ninth.