Boys Basketball- Rock Falls Shootout, Dixon Girls Basketball Wins (Scoreboard)

Local Sports Weekend Scoreboard (1/2/2026 and 1/3/2026) Boys Basketball Rock Falls Shootout: Geneseo 57 Rock Falls 55 Sterling Newman 62 Rockford Christian 44 Kewanee 55 Winnebago 54 Oregon 71 Bureau Valley 39 Other Scores: Rochelle 70
Photos: Hawks battle Cardinals in girls basketball action

The Forreston Cardinals hosted the Oregon Hawks in an afternoon game at Forreston High School on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026.
Newman boys basketball hits 14 3s in win: Saturday’s Sauk Valley Roundup

Newman boys basketball hit 14 3-pointers in a win over Rockford Christian. Rock Falls boys fell at home, Dixon girls beat Morris and more in Saturday’s Sauk Valley roundup.
Newman boys basketball hits 14 3s in win: Saturday’s Sauk Valley Roundup

Newman boys basketball hit 14 3-pointers in a win over Rockford Christian. Rock Falls boys fell at home, Dixon girls beat Morris and more in Saturday’s Sauk Valley roundup.
Rochelle boys basketball pulls away from Sterling after third-quarter run

Rochelle beat Sterling 70-57 after the Golden Warriors’ run made it a one-point game. Van Gerber scored a game-high 24 points to help the Hubs respond.
Rochelle boys basketball pulls away from Sterling after third-quarter run

Rochelle beat Sterling 70-57 after the Golden Warriors’ run made it a one-point game. Van Gerber scored a game-high 24 points to help the Hubs respond.
7 Sauk Valley-area students named to UW-Whitewater’s fall 2025 dean’s list

The following seven area students were named to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s dean’s list for the 2025 fall semester.
Port Byron engineering student ‘orbits’ earth

Campbell Brock, a mechanical engineering major from Port Byron, was one of several members of the Space Raiders, Milwaukee School of Engineering’s Lunabotics student organization, who were recently featured on a low-orbit space satellite.
Trial for Stillman Valley man accused in 2016 deaths of ex-wife, son to begin Monday

Duane Meyer, 43, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated arson and one count of concealment of a homicidal death in connection with an Oct. 19, 2016, Byron house fire.
Prophetstown library names Christmas Coloring Contest winner

The Henry C. Adams Memorial Library, 209 W. Third St., Prophetstown, held a Christmas Coloring Contest that started Nov. 26 and the winner was announced Dec. 29.