Galesburg Half Marathon Express

Posted by galesburgsports on June 3, 2012
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The first ever  of its kind, the Galesburg Half Marathon Express, a 5K and a 1 Mile Fun Run event filled Simmons Street this morning. Race Day images coming soon!

Galesburg defeats Ottawa 9-7 in 3A Baseball Sectional Semi-Final

Posted by galesburgsports on May 30, 2012
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Galesburg (WP) Timothy Rossell 7-IP, 9-K, 0-BB, 9-H, 7-R. Ottawa (LP) Jonah Morris 4-IP, 4-K, 6-BB, 3-H, 7-R. Top Hitters: Galesburg Tanner Guss 2-3 (2B), Ottawa – Miguel Hermosillo (HR), Brandon Ahlstrom 2-3, Brazon Wheeler 2-3 (2B), Nicholas Harsted 2-3. Galesburg will play Lasalle-Peru for the Sectional Championship on Saturday June 2 at 11:00 a.m.

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Galesburg defeats Dunlap 7-1 to Claim the IHSA 3A Regional Baseball Championship

Posted by galesburgsports on May 27, 2012
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Tim Rossell

Galesburg’s Coach Arnie Gonzalez sent his ace, #18 Tim Rossell,  to the mound Saturday morning at Sunberg Field, his plan, simple, expand their season by one more game.

Number 18′s plan, not as simple, it’s my home field and you’re not going to beat me or my team today. What Coach Gonzales and Pitcher Rossell “may” have forgotten was the courtesy sign on the road into Sunberg Field for the Dunlap Eagles regarding his ace’s breaking ball.

Several Eagle batters were over heard with descriptive words for Rossell’s breaking ball and those that were left hit-less could only shake their head at a fast ball that would suddenly change directions just as it reached the plate.

Strike 3

Now mix that thought in with his fast ball, a change up, and you’ve got batters swinging at balls in the dirt, or for the most part, just listening to the umpire yell STRIKE 3. Rossell pitched a scoreless game, well except for the unearned run that came in part from an outfield error.
The Silver Streaks didn’t leave it all up to their pitcher to win this do-or-die game. The team brought their hitting bats and used them frequently on Dunlap’s pitcher Andrew Frankenreider. He started out with 1 2/3 innings that looked like the Silver Streaks were in for a tough day. Then I dunno if it was Andrew’s concentration that got the best of him or if the Streaks figured out his ball movement, but whenever Frankenreider (or any Eagle pitcher) would get 2 outs on the Streaks, Galesburg would step up and not allow him to close out the inning.

Missed Sign

Missed Sign

The Streaks played good ball…well except for the missed sign with runners on third and second that led to a “double play” for Dunlap by way of 2 Galesburg runners doing their best Benny Hill routine.
Overall a good momentum builder  for Galesburg going into the LaSalle/Peru IHSA 3A sectional against Ottawa on Wednesday at 6:00 pm. With Ottawa being just a stone’s throw away from LaSalle, I’m sure the Streaks will will be hearing a “home team” Ottawa crowd throughout their game. You can see more images of Galesburg and Dunlap here.

IHSA 3A Regional Baseball Tournament Dunlap vs Peoria Peoria Notre Dame

Posted by galesburgsports on May 24, 2012
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Dunlap defeats Peoria Notre Dame 3-0.

IHSA 3A Regional Baseball Tournament Galesburg vs Peoria Richwoods

Posted by galesburgsports on May 24, 2012
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Illinois high school baseball teams are now in a 1 game series for the rest of this year and Coach Arnie Gonzalez may have breathed a little easier after his Silver Streaks showed up to the semi-finals of the IHSA 3A regional baseball tournament with baseball fundamentals subconsciously on their mind in yesterday’s match-up with the Peoria Richwoods Knights . Pitching and hitting were most likely what the crowd may have noticed in 7 innings of play, but myself, I enjoyed not seeing those irritating “unforced” errors that make coaches spit blood and cause teammates to look down in disgust while kicking at the dirt. Galesburg’s Carson Cheesman for the most part had nice control, but seemed to be a bit pumped up for the game, and at times, was throwing high to the Peoria batters. Richwoods’ pitcher Zach Boland (has a great pick off move to 1st base) had the Streaks sort of stymied for the first few innings while still providing his team a chance to come back from 2-0, but after seeing a few of  his pitches, the Streaks soon got in a “swing” and started pounding out hits when needed, not a bunch of long ball doubles, triples or clear the fence type of hits, but just keep the ball in play…you know those annoying, GPS guided, speed demons that get just pass the leather of the defender’s outstretched arm kind of hits that just wear your opponent down.  Galesburg’s “Feeling the Force” Luke Ryan came in to close out the final inning for the Streaks. Galesburg defeats Peoria 7-0 and will play Dunlap on Saturday at 11:00 (AM for those living in a different world) at Sundberg Field. See more images here.

Galesburg Silver Streaks Classic Baseball

Posted by galesburgsports on May 19, 2012
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The Galesburg Silver Streaks defeat the East Peoria Raiders 9-2.

IHSA 2A Regional Soccer Championship Game

Posted by galesburgsports on May 19, 2012
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The Dunlap Eagles Girls Soccer Team soared into Galesburg to meet the Silver Streaks in the title match of the Galesburg IHSA 2A regional soccer playoffs Friday evening.  Galesburg was on its heels throughout most of the game, due in part to the Eagles’ ball movement, dominant size and speed. Galesburg’s coach Janelle Dodge may have been silently hoping for a lightning shorten game after the aggressive Eagles led 3-0 at the half, but she did her best to keep the girls focused and motivated going into the second half of play. However, the Eagles countered whenever the Streaks tried to implement their coach’s game plans for their comeback in the final 40 minutes. The Dunlap Eagle go on to defeat the Galesburg Silver Streaks 6-0. 19 images below with more images coming soon!