Sophomores End Season With Win Over Moline

The Sophomores were able to win the season finale against Moline and finish with a record of 17-13. Galesburg was able to give the Maroons 2 of their 4 losses on the season. I have posted the sophomore stats on the right side of the page. The summer schedule for the younger summer team is also posted on the side.

Streaks Score 3 in the 7th to Beat Washington 8-7

After a rough conference doubleheader over the weekend, the Sophs were able to rebound and win a nonconference contest at Washington on Tuesday. Ryan Osborn and Dylan Klinck provided the offensive punch early for the streaks. Osborn had a double, triple, and scored 2 runs. Klinck drove home 3 runs with a 2 out double in the 4th inning to make the score 5-2. Washington was able to take advantage of some defensive miscues and take a 7-5 lead entering the 7th inning. After the leadoff hitter was retired, Klinck was able to coax a hit by pitch to reach base. Peyton Isaacson and Nick Foster followed with infield singles. After a passed ball scored Klinck and advanced the runners to 2nd and 3rd, Matt Kohl then drove 2 runs home with a single up the middle. Isaacson then came in and retired the only 3 batters he faced for his 2nd save of the season. The streaks move to 11-10 on the season and host Rock Island in a conference doubleheader this Saturday at 11:00 am.

Freshman and Sophomore Games Cancelled for Friday 4/13

The Sophomore game with Metamora and the Freshman game at Alwood have been cancelled for this evening. No make up has been scheduled yet.

Sophs fail to put away UT in game 1, salvage split with 6-0 win in game 2

United Township managed to get 4 runs across the plate with 2 outs in the bottom of the 5th inning. Galesburg failed to add to a 3 run lead and spoiled 4 scoreless innings from Jake Thompson to start the opening game of the conference doubleheader. Galesburg failed to respond and dropped the opener 4-3.

The offense was quiet early in game 2 before Bryce Dejaynes was able to score Ryan Osborn from 2nd base on an error from UT. We were able to build on the lead in the 6th inning and get some insurance runs for Nick Foster who threw 6 scoreless innings before giving way to Peyton Isaacson who threw a scoreless 7th for the Streaks who are now 9-5 on the season.

Sophs struggle against strong pitching against Canton, Quiet bats and Errors cost streaks against PND

Nick Foster was the lone streak to get a hit off of Canton in the 3-0 loss in game 1 of Saturday's doubleheader with Canton. Game 2 was much different with the streaks pounding out 12 hits in a 14-1, 5 inning win. Jake Thompson had the big blow in the 2nd inning with a bases loaded triple with an error that allowed him to score as well. Nick Foster threw 4 innings, allowing only 1 run on 3 hits.

Monday night started well for the streaks with Cal Morling throwing 5 scoreless innings and the offense putting up 3 runs over the first 2 frames. Then the offense went quiet the rest of the game while PND took advantage of 3 galesburg errors in the last 2 innings as well as executing 2 squeeze plays to score 6 runs over the final 2 innings and win 6-3.

The Sophomores make the trip to Limestone tonight, while the freshman host Moline.

Sophs go on the road beat East Peoria

Cal Morling threw 5 strong innings before Jake Thompson and Nick Foster finished up the final 2 innings of a 4-2 victory over East Peoria for the 6-2 Silver Streaks. Logan Davis and Nick Foster were each 2-3 on the day. Davis had 2 RBI while Foster had a double and scored 3 times. The sophomores play a doubleheader at 10:00 am on Saturday at Canton.

Geneseo handles adverse conditions, beat sophs; Freshman pound Rocky

It was a cold and windy day and a strong pitching performance that quieted the sophomore bats Monday night. Logan Davis got the start and the loss for Galesburg who fell to 5-2 on the season. Bryce Dejaynes was 3-3 for the streaks.

The freshman had far more success and defeated Rock Island 17-7 in their first game of the season.

Sophomores beat Sherrard, Sweep Morton

The sophomores overcame a couple of scares from the weather and came away with a 3 to 2 victory over Sherrard on Thursday and a 7-3 and 5-0 sweep of Morton on Saturday.

Chris Anderson drove in 2 runs on Thursday night and Jake Thompson earned the win with a scoreless inning of relief. Peyton Isaacson earned the save.

Game 1 on Saturday at Morton's beautiful new field saw Galesburg score 3 runs in the first and never look back as Jake Thompson threw 6 innings, giving up 2 runs, 1 earned. Todd Motz had 3 hits in game 1.

Game 2 saw Nick Foster and Cal Morling combine for a 3 hit shutout.Peyton Isaacson, Ryan Osborn, and Todd Motz all had doubles for the Streaks who bettered their record to 5-1 on the season.

Sophs Beat Macomb 30-8

We were able to put up runs early and often against the bombers. The Streaks built a 14-0 lead after hitting for 2 innings by getting a couple drag bunts down from Chris Anderson and Logan Davis as well as agressive baserunning from several players.
Bryce Dejaynes got the start for the Streaks and made quick work of the Bombers in the first thanks to a good throw and relay by Anderson and Davis after Anderson misplayed a ball for a double before throwing the runner out at third trying for a triple. Dejaynes ran into some trouble in the bottom of the second and had some trouble finding the strike zone. Cal Morling came in to relieve him and got out of the inning as well as throwing a third inning where he only gave up one run on a day when the wind was blowing out and a lot of runs would be scored.

Sophomores Beat Moline in 8 innings, Earn Split of Opening Weekend

The GHS sophomore baseball team beat Moline in 8 innings on Saturday when Josh Fliss drove home Bryce Reid with the game winning single. Galesburg showed a lot of resiliancy after giving up a 4-1 lead. They overcame a 3 run deficit to tie the game in the bottom of the 7th and trailed by a run before scoring two in the bottom of the 8th to win. Peyton Isaacson earned the win despite having a blown save in 3 innings of relief.

In the first game of the day, Normal West beat the streaks 5-3. Galesburg only had 1 baserunner over the first 4 innings and failed to score until the 6th inning. Jake Thompson took the loss for the streaks. After throwing 3 scorelesss innings before he ran into trouble in the 4th inning

We showed a lot of potential in our first games, but we've got a lot of work to do.We showed that when we get the ball on the ground and throw strikes we can be successful, but we need to do that on a more consstent basis. I'm looking forward to our first freshman game on Monday against Sherrard at 4:30.

Back from hiatus

With baseball season just three months away, I will begin posting on our Streaks baseball blog.  Again, the purpose of this forum is for information  about all things related to GHS baseball and high school athletics in general.  Soon, I will have our off-season workout schedule posted and hitting times available.

Go Streaks! 

Post 285 earns state birth with 3rd division championship

Galesburg was already assured a spot in the State Tournament because they are the hosts for the 6 team tournament that starts Wednesday at Jim Sundberg field, but they showed some character and fought through some tough conditions in Jerseyville to win 3 out of 4 games including the final championship game over rival Rock Island.

The final state tournament field is not yet set because of some bad weather in the cook county tournament. Elgin will play either Palatine, Arlingotn Heights, or Elk Grove at noon Wednesday, Rock Island will play Matoon at 3:30, and Galesburg will play Alton at 7:00 pm.

Post 285 overcomes first round defeat from Quincy, Wins 5th straight district title

Post 285 showed some character and the ability to overcome some adversity to win 5 elimination games in 3 days. It took a total team effort which included complete game pitching performances from Tyler Farrell and Tim Rossel on Saturday as well as clutch game winning hits from Seth Morling and Jesse Hines during the tournament. The biggest blow of the tournament was probably the 2 run homerun off the bat of Nate Olin that tied the elimination game against Quincy in the 8th inning Friday.

Galesburg moves on to the 3rd division tournament at Jerseyville's Illini Middle School. Galesburg opens against Eldred on Tuesday at 3:30 pm. This is the same team that defeated Galesburg in the opening round of the division tournament last year.

Tuesday's schedule at Jerseyville includes three games, opening with Washington vs. Rock Island at noon. The winner of that game comes back at 7 to take on Jerseyville. The tourney continues with games at 3:30 p.m. and 7 on both Wednesday and Thursday with the title game set for noon Friday.

District 15 Tournament starts Tuesday at Canton

Post 285 finished the regular season with a record of 30-10. We open up district play against a quality Quincy team at 1:30 pm in Canton. The winner will face Farmington at the same time and place on Wednesday afternoon.

Military Night Wednesday against Moline

Wednesday night at 7:30 pm at Sundburg Field, Post 285 will host Moline in a match up between the defending state and Great Lakes region champion and the 20 - 6 Galesburg Post 285 team. This will be a good warm up for the top level competition at the Leo Brunner Invite this weekend at Moline.

Pizza House Meet and Greet Tonight

Post 285 Baseball will be hosting a meet and greet tonight from 5:00 - 8:00 pm at the Pizza House. Please help support Post 285 Baseball and enjoy some great food and talk with the players. We greatly appreciate your support.

Post 285 has successful Wheaton Tournament, Washington Tournament this weekend

Galesburg Post 285 went 4-1 this weekend facing some of the best teams in the region at the Wheaton Tournament. Galesburg's only loss came in the opening game of the tournament in a 7-6 loss to Midland Michigan which won the Legion National Tournament in 2009. Tim Rossell, Nick Milligan, Colton Crain, and Chris Fields all had strong starts and wins for post 285.

Post 285 also swept Farmington Tuesday night, and beat Oneida earlier tonight. The rest of the week's schedule includes 6:00 pm @ Geneseo Thursday, and 5:30 pm Friday night against Macomb at Sundberg Field.

This weekend's Washington Tournament schedule is Sat 5:00 pm Matoon, 8:00 Washington, Sunday 12:00 Rock Island, 3:00 Limestone.

Tonights game against Peoria has been cancelled

Tonight's game, has been canceled due to wet field conditions and more poor weather forecast for tonight. We will resume playing with a 9 inning contest tomorrow night at 5:30 at Canton.

Review of Week 1

We just finished our first full week of the 2011 season with a home split of a doubleheader with Milan. It has been probably the most interesting opening week in the 4 seasons that I have been a coach for Post 285 Baseball. We currently sit at 9-4 as we have a couple more games to tune up for the Wheaton Tournament this weekend.

MLB Draft

Congratulations to former Galesburg High School and Post 285 pitcher Kyle Hunter for being drafted for the third time. He was taken in the 31st round by the Seattle Mariners. Tyler Farrell, who just finished his senior year at GHS and is currently playing for Post 285 was also drafted in the 43rd round by the New York Yankees.