Girls wrestling
Erie-Prophetstown takes fifth at East Peoria invite: The Panthers tallied 93 points at the invite among 39 teams.
Senior Nevada Wells was the 110-pound champion and sophomore Rozlyn Mosher was the 120-pound champion. Sophomore Taytum Jacobs took fourth at 105.
Locals compete at Barb City Invitational: Sterling was the top area finisher at the 38-team invite after taking 16th with 140.5 points.
Sterling’s Baylee Nehring beat Newman’s Lynorah Hansen in the fifth-place match at 100 pounds.
Newman was 21st, Oregon was 27th, Polo was 29th and Rock Falls was 34th in the team standings.
At 100 pounds, Oregon’s Kimber Ege was 13th. Kendra Ege took fourth at 110.
Newman’s Blair Grennan took fifth at 115.
At 120, Newman’s Randelle McKay was 12th, Oregon’s Rae Shafer was 13th and Sterling’s Valhalla Donoho was 20th.
At 125, Sterling’s Charlotte Tyne was 19th.
At 130, Newman’s Kaylee Benyo was ninth and BreyLynn Munz was 21st.
At 135, Polo’s Kinsley Ryia was 16th.
At 140, Rock Falls’ Akira Schick took third as the No. 12 seed. Polo’s Aubrey Herndon was ninth.
At 145, Sterling’s Vivianna Torres took fifth. Oregon’s Ellie Strehl was 21st.
At 170, Polo’s Kaelin Bellows took 19th.
At 190, Sterling’s Lillian Tunk was sixth.
At 235, Sterling’s Arianna Tamayo was fourth.
Boys bowling
Sterling takes ninth in Geneseo: At the Lee Lohman Invitational, Sterling tallied a 4,248 total. Grady Witmer led Sterling with a 1,042 series and 215 high game.
Men’s college cross country
Sauk Valley wraps up season at national meet: At the NJCAA Division II meet at John Hunt Cross Country Park in Huntsville, Alabama, freshman Adrian Gallardo finished the 8K race with a time of 31:22.8, good for 297th. Classmate Ziggy Coon (32:03.6) was 313th after a personal best.
“They have run well all season long and it was a great experience for both of them to run on a championship course,” coach Nick Hartz said. “I am super proud of all the athletes, and I was happy to see them have this great experience.”
Women’s college cross country
Skyhawks close season at NJCAAs: In the women’s 5K race, sophomore Kailee Sweikar led the team with a time of 21:06.1 to take 134th. Emma Mussche (22:51.8) was 234th, Brenna Burlack (23:53.6) was 275th, Ava McFalls (24:10.3) was 285th, Grace Johnson (25:30.3) was 303rd and Presley O’Bryant (26:24.8) was 309th. SVCC was 40th as a team.
“It was a great day for the kids to compete at the National Championships,” coach Nick Hartz said. “They ran their hearts out and did a wonderful job. I am very proud of them.”