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.