Mendota dug itself a first-quarter hole that it couldn’t climb out of in absorbing a 54-24 setback to Princeton in a Three Rivers Conference girls’ varsity basketball contest on Dec. 7 at Princeton.

The Mendota wrestling team posted a 1-1 record in a triangular meet against West Carroll and Rockridge on Dec. 7 at Edgington.

MENDOTA – Mendota is still looking for its first conference win after Sterling Newman took out the Lady Trojans, 59-23, in a Three Rivers Conference matchup on Dec. 11 at the MHS gym.

SPRING VALLEY – The Mendota sophomore boys’ basketball team claimed a 62-28 victory over Hall in its final game of the Colmone Classic on Dec. 7 at Spring Valley.

SPRINGFIELD – Hunters in Illinois took a preliminary total of 76,232 deer during the seven-day 2023 Illinois firearm deer season that concluded Dec. 3.