Not the way we envisioned

I needed to wait a day to write this.  It would not have been productive if I tried to write about the game last night.  Too many emotions involved.  Disappointment at the way we played.  Anger at the officiating.  Sympathy towards the guys leaving.  Embarrassment at the way we chose to react to tough situations.  Sadness because of the fact that I may not get to see a few of these guys again for a long time.  And what will make this worse is that next week, when I am at the field and getting it ready for the sectional games, I will go through all of these emotions again.  It truly is a disheartening situation.  However...

10,000 Hits on the blog!

I would like to say a big thank you for those out there still reading.  It has been an enjoyable endeavour for me to do this blog.  I hope that it has been, and will continue to be, a source of information and entertainment for the readers as they follow Streaks baseball.  I hope to continue seeing your support as the Streaks will attempt to achieve their most important goal of the season...to make it to Joliet.

Go Streaks!

Regional Game is postponed

We will play tomorrow at 4:30 in Geneseo.

Streaks finish regular season with a loss to PND

In a perfect scenario, I would like to win every single time out.  Competitiveness is a driving force not easily removed for some people.  (It can also cause problems...ask my wife)  Ideally, the coaches would like to go into the post season on a high note.  That didn't happen as the Streaks lost to PND by a score of 4-0...running their regular season record to 26-9.  However, in this particular situation, I think the bigger picture was more important than the individual game.

Streaks Classic Weekend Post

I am going to keep this post very short.  The Streaks went 2-1 in our own weekender.  We lost to Dunlap 7-4, beat Springfield Southeast 18-0 and won a wild one against East Peoria 16-15.  Obviously we have our issues right now handling the baseball.  We hit rock bottom (hopefully) against East Peoria on Saturday.  We don't know any other way to fix it except to just keep at it.  It is a 100% sure thing that the coaching staff will not give up...and that is all we want in return. 

For some reason though...I have a different feeling after the E.P. game.

 Like things are about to turn around.

 I hope so.

 See you on Monday versus PND (yes again)!

Go Streaks 

Sophomores end season at 14-14 with loss to Moline

We battled back and made it a competitive game, but the early 4-0 hole that we dug ourselves was too much to overcome a solid Moline team. With the loss, we end the season with a 14-14 record.

Galesburg defeats Peoria Notre Dame

On a beautiful May evening, Galesburg got by Notre Dame by a score of 12-3.  Austin Gernant got the victory while the Streaks ran their record to 24-6.  The victory was not without its problems though...

Bats Go Cold as Sophomores Lose Final Home Game to Canton 5-4

Jake Hannam got the start for Galesburg and threw pretty well after a shaky first inning where he surrendered 3 runs to the Little Giants. Our offense responded by scoring a run without having a hit in the first inning. We remained hitless until the 6th inning when we had 4 consecutive hits to start the inning including an RBI double from Chans Sugden. Our bats again went cold as we popped the ball up in the infield 3 times and struck out looking to end the game. On the day, we struck out 12 times, several of them looking. We saw some decent pitching last night, but it wasn't as good as we saw last Thursday or will see tomorrow against Moline. We need to get better at putting the ball in play and forcing the defense to work.

I look forward to seeing most of you at the banquet tonight and at our final game of the season tomorrow at Moline.

Weird baseball play poll

I have coached high school baseball now for the better part of 10 years.  Though not as long as other coaches, I feel like I have witnessed just about anything that can happen on the field.  This season, though, has presented a multitude of situations that are...for lack of a better word...very weird. 

Galesburg versus Macomb

Tonight the Streaks defeated a nice Macomb Bombers squad by a score of 6-1.  This moves the Streaks record to 23-6.

Streaks rained out at Metamora

Galesburg was washed out after two innings of play at Metamora Friday.  We have also learned the Metamora has cancelled their weekend round-robin altogether.  So, coach Gonzalez has worked some magic and added a couple of games to our schedule starting tomorrow. 

Galesburg will play U-High at home tomorrow starting at 12:00.  It is scheduled for one game but could turn into a double-header.  The coaches will discuss that more tomorrow.  Also, we are playing Macomb High School on Monday at home starting at 4:30. 

It is so important that we keep playing games.  We need to establish some rhythm and get our pitching staff some work.  If the weather holds off, this will be a very good thing for us.  Also, nobody will be complaining about not having to ride to bus to Metamora.  If you have nothing going on tomorrow, come out and take advantage of an unscheduled home game.

Go Streaks!

Sophomores Lose 2 to Moline

We lost 2 tough, hard fought games to Moline on Thursday night. This was the series that decided the sophomore conference race with each team coming in with only 1 conference loss. Sadly we ended up on the wrong side of a 5-1, 1-0 sweep. Carson Cheesman and Drake Sykes threw well, but Moline was able to capitalize on some defensive miscues in each game to score enough runs for Defrieze and Brill who both threw complete game victories. Brill threw a no hitter in game 2 while walking six.

We haven't seen any pitching this year that was anywhere close to as good as we saw lastnight. We need to get better at fighting off tough pitches and putting the ball in play with 2 strikes. We get a chance to improve tonight against East Peoria.

Galesburg versus Moline

First of all, sorry for the delay in this post...the blogger site has been down for about the last 24 hours. 
Secondly, I am going to keep this short and sweet. For those not there, Galesburg was swept by scores of 6-2 and 1-0.   The coaching staff is, of course, disappointed in our performance yesterday, however, we are extremely proud of the efforts that our kids put forth.  It certainly was not an attitude or effort deficiency that caused the losses.  Sometimes the ball just doesn't bounce your way.  And, that was truly the case on Thursday evening.  Especially game two.  Congratulations to Nick Milligan for throwing his first career no-hitter.  He deserved better.

"Sometimes you gotta lose before your win"   We will be better because of these games.  They are disappointed as I see them walking the halls today.  But, they are going to stick together and come out better in the end.  Thanks for a fantastic showing of support at Sundberg Field.  Our guys deserve it.

Go Streaks

Some interesting stats about the big game

Here are the conference rankings in a few interesting categories.  These are courtesy of qconline.com

Streaks defeat PND

Like coach said...it wasn't pretty but the job eventually got done.  Galesburg beat Peoria Notre Dame by a score of 17-9. 

Some pictures from our trip to Wrigley

What an enjoyable game.  (Except for the Cubs' loss)  It was nice to hear that this was the first visit to Wrigley Field for some of our guys.  Whether you are a Cubs fan or not, it is a piece of baseball  history.  I hope our guys enjoyed the day. 

Here are a few pictures I took from our trip to Wrigley Field on Sunday.  Enjoy

Varsity earns the sweep at Alleman

It was an absolutely perfect day for baseball!  And, the performance of  the Streaks on the baseball field matched the quality of the day in general as Galesburg defeated Alleman by scores of 14-2 and 10-5.  

Sophomores Sweep at Alleman

Two strong pitching performances led to a sweep over Alleman including 10-2 and 6-4 victories that leaves Galesburg with a season record of 14-9 and 5-1 in the conference heading into Thursday's doubleheader with Moline.

Sophomores Need Extra Innings to Beat UT

After building a 4 run lead in the rain through 2.5 innings, the weather cleared up and our bats went cold as we only managed 1 run over the next 4 innings and with a couple of walks and defensive miscues found ourselves tied 5-5 after 7 innings. We found a way to get out of our funk and score two in the 8th to win 7-5.

Tough night for the Streaks

On an afternoon where not much seemed to go right, from the weather to our play, the Streaks dropped a non-conference game with U.T. by the score of 4-1.

Doing some field work

Here are some photos of our guys doing a little field work last week.

Sophomores Defeat Richwoods at Home

Getting to play at home for just the 5th time in 20 games this season, we responded well against Peoria Richwoods scoring 9 runs in the 2nd inning and winning 11-0.

Streaks defeat Morton 3-1

On a day that seemed like winter was making a final attempt at hanging on, the Streaks bats were just as cold.  But, it was just enough as Galesburg moved their record to 19-3 with the victory.

Prep Baseball Report Rankings 05-02-11

Galesburg moves up to #14

"JV" game scheduled with United for today has been cancelled

Sophomores Salvage Split at Rock Island

Everything was looking pretty good going into the bottom of the fifth inning of game one. We were up 6-0 thanks to 4 solid innings on the mound from Carson Cheesman and clutch hits and agressive baserunning up and down our lineup. Then in the fifth inning we reverted back to some of the bad habits that we've had in previous games and allowed Rock Island to tie the game up thanks to a couple errors, walks and 2 hits. We regrouped to take the lead 8-6 only to give them five more runs in the bottom of the inning and lose the game 11-8. Luckily the rain that they were calling for never came and we had a chance to redeem ourselves and win game two 22-10.

Stats are updated through Friday's double header with Rock Island