Polo's Zandra Vock medaled in sixth place in the Girls Senior 115 Division at the 2024 IKWF Senior/Novice State Championships at the BMO Center in Rockford earlier this month.
Oregon jumped ahead 4-0 but a late rally by Amboy took down the Hawks 6-4.
The Byron Indoor Classic was held on Saturday, March 16, with several Tiger and Lady Tiger athletes setting new PRs and leading both teams to strong finishes.
Letrese Buisker, daughter of Erich and Jannelle Buisker, signed a letter of intent to participate on the track team at Eastern Illinois University.
Byron High School track and field athlete Tim Starwalt set a new PR time of 4:35.35 to finish 51st out of nearly 100 runners in the 1600-meter run during the Batavia Distance Madness meet on Friday, March 8.
Two Hawk Wrestling Club athletes were in Decatur for the 2024 Intermediate/Bantam State Championships over the weekend.
Byron High School senior guard Ryan Tucker was honored as an IBCA All-State First Team honoree during the IHSA State Championship tournament in Champaign over the weekend.
The Oregon Junior High wrestling team sent five athletes to the IESA State Championships at the NIU Convocation Center in DeKalb over the weekend.
The Byron Xtreme Wrestling Club sent five athletes to the IKWF Senior/Novice State Championships at the BMO Center in Rockford over the weekend.
The Byron High School boys basketball team returned from Champaign and held a state trophy celebration on Sunday afternoon.
While it wasn’t the storybook ending that Byron was hoping for, the Tigers are returning home from Champaign with a state trophy in boys basketball for the first time ever.
The Byron Tigers held a brief one-point lead midway through the fourth quarter of their IHSA 2A Boys Basketball State Semifinal game against Benton on Thursday evening.
The Byron Tigers have smothered opponents with their defense throughout the postseason, but it was their balance and efficiency on offense that fueled their effort during Monday’s IHSA 2A Super Sectional Boys Basketball Championship at Sterling High School.
As it has done throughout the entire postseason, Byron’s defense was the deciding factor on Friday evening, when the No. 1 seeded Tigers battled the No. 4 seeded Princeton Tigers in the IHSA 2A Mendota Sectional Boys Basketball Championship game.
Several Ogle County boys basketball players earned NUIC All-Conference honors for the 2023-24 season. Polo’s Brock Soltow took home First-Team All-NUIC honors, while Polo’s Carter Merdian received Second-Team All-NUIC honors.
Three Oregon Hawk wrestlers competed in the IWCOA Fresh-Soph Regional at DeKalb on Sunday, Feb. 25, with two athletes medaling and advancing to the sectional tournament in Sterling.
The Byron Xtreme Wrestling Club competed in the IKWF North Regional on Sunday, Feb. 25.
The Polo High School girls basketball team had two student-athletes take home NUIC All-Conference honors for the 2023-24 season.
An 11-0 run from Port Byron Riverdale tested the Byron Tiger basketball team during the fourth quarter of the IHSA 2A Mendota Sectional Semifinal matchup on Wednesday.
The Byron basketball team began its road to the sectional tournament at the IHSA 2A Genoa-Kingston Regional, where the No. 1 seeded Tigers showed dominance in each of their games to take home their first regional championship since the 2017-18 season.
The Forreston High School varsity boys basketball team took down AFC 55-31 on Friday, Feb. 16.
The Byron High School co-op swimming and diving team competed in the IHSA Sectional competition earlier this month.
Members of the Byron High School Tiger and Lady Tiger basketball programs spent time reading to local grade-schoolers on Friday, Feb. 16.
The Stillman Valley Wrestling Club earned the second-place trophy during the 2024 Milton Monster Mash on Feb. 18, when the team took second out of 50 clubs in the region.
The Byron High School varsity wrestling team faced off with Marian Central Catholic during the IHSA 1A Dual Sectional meet at Newman Central Catholic on Tuesday.