Pretz win in thriller

More on this 51-50 win for the Freeport boys basketball team at The Journal-Standard Web site and on Joey's Above the Fold

Sterling in the house

Freeport's boys basketball team has had a bit of a rivalry with Sterling in the past few years.

Two seasons ago, Sterling took the Pretzels out of the IHSA Class 2A Rock Falls Regional semifinal. Last year, Freeport beat Sterling on the Golden Warriors' home court, 50-42.

But in the Dixon Regional final, Freeport again lost in the first game of the playoffs.

Tonight, Freeport will try to beat Sterling again in the regular season, as regional seeding is coming ever closer.

The Pretzels and host-Golden Warriors are in the same regional again this season.

Pretzels drop to sixth in Class 3A

The Freeport girls basketball team (22-3, 13-0 NIC-10) dropped to sixth place in the Associated Press Girls Prep Poll after a loss this weekend to Monroe, 52-41, in Wisconsin.

Montini (23-4) is ranked fifth, while Peoria Richwoods has risen all the way up to No. 2, sitting on top of a 26-2 record.

The Pretzels had a tough weekend, with back-to-back games with Auburn and Monroe -- two teams that have been very physical this season.

Last night the Pretzels beat Hononegah, 53-33, and are now just three games away from winning the conference title and remain undefeated in the NIC-10 for the second year in a row.

Tonight, the Pretzels face Guilford on the road.