Milledgeville’s Caleb Skoog drives by a Polo defender during Friday night’s boys action in Milledgeville. The Marcos held on to edge the Missiles by nine points. (PA photo/Craig Lang)
River Ridge/Scales Mound’s Katie Schnitzler drives the baseline as Aquin’s Sophie Brunner guards her. The Lady Wildcats battled hard all game long but fell to the Lady Bulldogs 40-36 in the championship game of the River Ridge Sectional on Thursday night. (PA photo/Craig Lang)
Milledgeville Missile Kaleb Ebersole drives to the basket as Polo Marco Brad Cavanaugh goes for the block. Kaleb and the Missiles trailed big early in the game but came back to close the gap as Polo took the narrow 72-63 victory. (PA photo/Craig Lang)
Lady Wildcat Morgan Wheelwright brings the ball upcourt during Thursday evening’s sectional championship game in Hanover. Morgan and teammate Rachel Streight led the Lady Wildcats with eleven points each. River Ridge/Scales Mound’s season ended at 18-11 with the narrow four point loss. (PA photo/Craig Lang)
Class 1A Girls Basketball Sectional
River Ridge Sectional
February 11
Freeport Aquin 49 Prophetstown 44
February 12
River Ridge/Scales Mound 48 Rockford Christian Life 30
February 14
Freeport Aquin 40 River Ridge/Scales Mound 36
Class 2A Girls Basketball Sectional
Somonauk Sectional
February 11
Peru St. Bede 47 Aurora Christian 41
Byron 69 Port Byron/Riverdale 36
February 14
Byron 58 Peru St. Bede 38
Class 3A Girls Basketball Regionals
Sterling Regional
February 11
Dixon 51 Mendota 45
February 12
Rochelle 45 Dixon 36
Sterling 50 Rock Falls 43 (OT)
February 14
Sterling 47 Rochelle 44
Stillman Valley Regional
February 11
Stillman Valley 49 Harvard 36
February 13
Rockford Lutheran 67 Stillman Valley 22
Freeport 59 Belvidere 32
February 15
Rockford Lutheran 75 Freeport 55
Boys Basketball Scores
February 11
Forreston 52 Orangeville 35
Scales Mound 39 Galena 28
February 12
Sterling Newman 70 Morrison 40
Freeport Aquin 73 Milledgeville 58
Forreston 66 AFC 36
Le-Win 56 Stockton 51
Polo 52 Indian Creek 51
Pecatonica 56 Durand 48
February 13
Forreston 58 South Beloit 41
East Dubuque 55 River Ridge 46
Le-Win 54 Durand 47
Freeport Aquin 84 Rockford Christian Life 75
February 14
Polo 81 AFC 54
February 15
Polo 72 Milledgeville 63
West Carroll 73 Pearl City 54
Dakota 59 Durand 52
Rockford Jefferson 62 Freeport 54
February 16
Rockton Hononegah 58 Freeport 26
Class1A Wrestling Sectional
Oregon Sectional
106 Pounds – Hunter Webb, Sterling Newman (5th)
126 Pounds – Jake Snow, Sterling Newman (2nd)
132 Pounds – Zach Hartman, West Carroll (2nd)
Brandon Ahlgrim, Sterling Newman (5th)
138 Pounds – Austin McPeak, Le-Win (3rd)
Stephen Adamecz, Sterling Newman (4th)
145 Pounds – Quincy Kalkbrenner, Le-Win (2nd)
152 Pounds – Bryce Ivery, Sterling Newman (3rd)
TJ Knutson, Le-Win (4th)
160 Pounds – Brian Bahrs, Sterling Newman (1st)
182 Pounds – Logan Staver, Le-Win (1st)
Jacob Klein, West Carroll (4th)
195 Pounds – Calvin Harridge, Morrison (4th)
Class 2A Wrestling Sectional
Rochelle Sectional
113 Pounds – Isaac Anderson, Sterling (4th)
182 Pounds – Armond Hollins, Freeport (3rd)
195 Pounds – Josh Villarreal, Sterling (5th)
285 Pounds – Curtis Lilly, Sterling (2nd)
Kendall Parker, Freeport (4th)
Class 1A Wrestling State Final Results
At Champaign
February 14
Preliminaries
106 Pounds
Brandon McCullough (Erie) def. Victor Kalaher (Litchfield) M-Dec. 14-5
Brady Wise (Byron) def. Chaston Womack (Vandalia) Fall 5:13
113 Pounds
Jarrid Braunagel (Belleville Althoff) def. Alec Henze (Dakota) Fall 3:25
Carlos Gutierrez (Rock Falls) def. Garrett Brachbill (Shelbyville) Dec. 7-5
120 Pounds
Josh Alber (Dakota) def. Brock Barnhill (Auburn) Fall 3:16
Jose Abitua (Stillman Valley) def. Chase Worthey (Benton) Fall 1:40