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Spring Sports Preview

Spring Sports Preview

Braden Birdsley, Sports Reporter March 6, 2025

Baseball:  Key Returners: Seniors Braden Birdsley, Drew Nettleton, and Bryce Hartman Rivalries: Geneseo, Dixon, and United Township Captains: Birdsley, Nettleton, and Hartman  Senior Lincoln...

Winter Sports Review

Winter Sports Review

Braden Birdsley, Sports Editor March 6, 2025

Boys Basketball: Record: 16-16 Key Contributors: Seniors Kaedon Phillips, Nicolas Battaglia, and Maddux Osborn Accomplishments: Battaglia made the most threes in a single game with nine. Phillips...

Schmidt commits to Spoon River

Schmidt commits to Spoon River

Presley Winters, News Reporter March 5, 2025

  Senior Aalin Schmidt is continuing his cross country and track career at Spoon River College. Spoon River is located in Canton, Illinois, and is a two-year year community college founded in 1959.   As...

Boys track prepares for season

Boys track prepares for season

Emmanuel Arreola, News reporter March 4, 2025

  Track practice for indoor season has started in January and the competitive season is in the progress of starting. The practice for most of February is four days a week, Monday through Thursday, from...

SHS Chess regroups for the 24-25 Season

SHS Chess regroups for the 24-25 Season

Delali Amankwa, Sports Editor February 11, 2025

 Sterling High School's Chess Team has had a fun season so far this year. Coached by head coach Joel Penne and assistant coaches Mike Gottemoller and Tyler Hansen, the team has recorded 15 wins and 10...

Girls basketball participates in Byron tournament

Girls basketball participates in Byron tournament

Nia Harris, News Reporter January 31, 2025

  The Sterling Golden Warrior girls basketball team is turning into a new chapter by participating in Byron High School’s Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) tournament for the first time January 18-20. This...

Sterling Boys Basketball Reaches 1500 Wins

Sterling Boys Basketball Reaches 1500 Wins

Delali Amankwa, Sports Editor January 24, 2025

 On January 4, 2025, Varsity Boys Basketball kicked off the new year by reaching a new milestone of 1500 program wins. They accomplished this milestone after their win against the Rochelle Hubs, 91-74.   The...

Golden Warriors compete over winter break

Golden Warriors compete over winter break

Mya Lira, News Reporter January 24, 2025

  Winter break was a time for most students to take a well-needed break to spend time with friends, family, celebrate holidays, and completely shut their brains off from school. However, for S.H.S. athletes,...

Amankwa commits to UW-Platteville

Amankwa commits to UW-Platteville

Kaedon Phillips, News Reporter December 17, 2024

    Senior Merrick Amankwa, a standout volleyball player from Sterling High School, has officially committed to the University of Wisconsin-Platteville to continue her academic and athletic career....

Sophomore Kiralyn Fisher dances with the 5-6 age group. The dance team members got to choose which age group they wanted to be with.

S.H.S. Dance Team hosts Kiddie Camp

Lillian Reaver, Design Editor December 17, 2024

  On Friday, December 13, the S.H.S. Dance Team held their annual kiddie camp performance. They danced during halftime at the boys varsity basketball game. Their theme this year was Winter Wonderland.    Kiddie...

Senior Zyan Westbrook gets his hand raised after winning a match. Westbrook would go on to win the championship match.

Westbrook wins Carson DeJarnatt for fourth time

Braden Birdsley, Sports Editor December 17, 2024

 Senior wrestler Zyan Westbrook entered the record books during the Carson DeJarnatt tournament after he won his weight class for the fourth straight year. Westbrook is only the ninth wrestler in Sterling...

SHS Winter Sports Preview

Braden Birdsley, Sports Editor November 22, 2024

Boys Basketball:  Key Returners: Seniors Kaedon Phillips, Nicolas Battaglia, and Maddux Osborn  Promising Newcomer: Sophomore Quincy Maas  Rivalries: Moline, Rock Island, and United Township  Captains:...

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