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IHSA Regional
Richwoods stops Streaks in 8 innings |
5/24 - (PEORIA) In a closely
matched Regional final, Peoria Richwoods got the break they
needed to slip past the GHS varsity baseball team 4-3 in
eight innings, Saturday.
With the victory, the host Knights
(20-12) advance to the IHSA 3A Sectional at Galesburg this
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week. For the Streaks,
the crushing loss ended their winning streak and their
season. GHS' junior-dominated crew finish 16-19.
The Streaks took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the
second inning on a passed ball. Richwoods eventually tied
the score with a solo run in the top of the third and added
two more in the fourth to grab a 3-1 advantage. The Streaks
scored solo runs in the fourth and sixth innings to erase
the deficit.
There was a good chance for the Streaks to grab
regain the lead in the sixth, but Richwoods limited the
damage to one run.
Kyle Hunter took over on the mound for
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Tanner Libby
gave the Streaks six solid innings with eight strikeouts.
Hunter went two innings and was tough, striking out six and
walking none. Richwoods' managed two 40-foot scratch infield hits
and made the one in the top of the eighth inning count as
the baserunner stole second and on an attempted steal of
third, scored when the to the base got away.
GHS responded
with two hits in the bottom of the eighth and had both
runners on with one out. However, a fly ball and ground out
ended the contest.
Jake Milligan, Mark Mason and Ben
Schneider had two hits apiece to lead the Streaks' eight-hit
attack. Schneider and Brian Gernant both had doubles. |
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IHSA Regional
Big inning
keys Streaks past Irish |
| 5/22 - (PEORIA) A six-run
second inning and solid pitching from Kyle Hunter helped
GHS' varsity baseball team win 8-6 over Peoria Notre Dame at
Richwoods, Thursday. |
With the victory, the Streaks (16-18)
advance to Saturday's IHSA 3A Regional championship game
against either host Richwoods or Woodruff. That game will
begin at 11 a.m.
Thursday, Hunter gave GHS six strong
innings on the mound, allowing just three runs on five hits.
He walked three and struck out nine. In the seventh inning,
the Streaks needed two relievers to get final three outs
against a stubborn Irish crew. Caleb Weaver walked the first
two batters and gave way to Mark Mason who walked another
and allowed one hit before getting the third out.
In the
second inning uprising, Tanner Libby opened the frame
reaching on an error. One out later, Brian Gernant walked
and Ben Schneider singled in the Streaks first run. A walk
to Jake Milligan loaded the bases for Kyle McGee who
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homerun over the
leftfield fence. Hunter then followed with a "no-doubt" solo
shot.
Notre Dame got back two runs in top of the third, but
GHS' boys extended their lead to 7-2 with another run in the
bottom of the frame. Both teams score solo runs in the sixth
and the Streaks took an 8-2 advantage into the final inning.
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Notre Dame's Jake Alexander took the pitching loss, going
five and a third innings. He gave up all eight runs, walked
eight and struck out nine.
GHS out-hit Notre Dame 7 to 6.
Milligan and Hunter had two hits apiece. McGee, Weaver and
Schneider had one each. |
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L-P to end regular season |
5/19 - (PERU) GHS' varsity
baseball team jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first inning
and never looked back en route to a 10-6 victory at
LaSalle-Peru, Monday.
With their fourth win in a row, the
Streaks wrapped up the regular season 15-18. They will take
on Peoria Notre Dame in the 4 p.m. game Thursday night at
the IHSA Regional at Peoria Richwoods.
Caleb Diefendorf
enjoyed the offensive support and went six innings on the
mound for the victory. He struck out two, scattered seven
hits and allowed just two earned runs. Michael Jordan
pitched the seventh and the victim of a couple of Streak
errors that led to four Cavalier runs.
After the big first
inning, GHS - playing without seniors Mark Mason and Kyle
McGee back home for Senior Awards Night - added solo runs in the second, sixth and seventh
innings. L-P scored one run in both the fifth and sixth
innings and four in their final at bats.
The Streaks out-hit
L-P 14 to 8 in the contest. Tanner Libby led GHS, going
3-for-4 at the plate. Ben Schneider and Brian Gernant added
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Streaks Classic
Weaver comes through again |
5/17 - It wasn't the way Coach
Arnie Gonzalez had hoped his GHS varsity baseball team would
swing the bats Saturday morning, but one swing of Caleb
Weaver's made the difference in a 5-4 victory over Champaign
Central in the Streaks Classic.
With his team trailing 4-2
with two outs in the bottom of the sixth, Weaver - the man
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homers Friday night -
drove a double in the gap with the bases loaded to
score three runs and give GHS a lead they would not
relinquish. Kyle Hunter, who came in relief of Tanner
Libby in the top of the sixth, picked up the win by
holding Central scoreless the rest of the way.
Offense
was hard for the Streaks to come by against Central's Kollin
Marquart. The Maroon pitcher allowed just four hits to the
Streaks and face only three batters in batter of his six
innings of work. He struck out only one.
GHS broke a
scoreless tie in the bottom of the third when Ben Schneider
singled with two out, stole second and scored on an error on
Jacob Milligan's ground ball. Libby allowed only two hits
through the first four innings, but ran into trouble in the
fifth. Once again, the Streaks' recent fielding woes came
into play. An error to open the inning lead to a walk and an
RBI single by Mark Potaky. A ground out scored another run
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couple of stolen
bases led to Champaign's four-run uprising.
In the Streaks' sixth,
singles by Milligan and Mark Mason and a walk loaded the
bases. Austin Schearer was then hit by a pitch to force in a
run and keep the bases loaded for Weaver to do his magic.
With the win, the Streaks move to 14-18.
They will leave a number of the seniors at home Monday for
Senior Awards Night and take the rest of the squad to
LaSalle-Peru for a Regional tune-up contest,
starting at 5 p.m. |
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Streaks Classic
Streaks
rally past Sterling |
5/16 - Caleb Weaver hit two
homeruns and drove in five runs to help the GHS varsity
baseball team defeat Sterling 9-7, here Friday.
With the
Streaks Classic victory, the Streaks moved their season
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Saturday morning at 9:30 a.m. on Sundberg Field.
Weaver's
second two-run shot was the key to a late GHS rally that
ultimately delivered the win. The Streaks took a 6-4 lead
with three runs in the bottom of the fourth, but saw the
visiting Warriors erase their deficit and take a 7-6 lead
into the bottom of the sixth.
In the sixth, Rogue Schott
walked to open the frame and Weaver smacked his homer to
vault GHS into an 8-7 lead. The Streaks added another
insurance run with two outs.
Jacob Milligan got the pitching
victory for GHS in relief. He worked one-plus inning before
yielding the mound to Brian Gernant in seventh. Gernant
struck out two and got the final outs.
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Kyle Hunter, including a homerun, and Schott. Gernant had
the other hit, which drove in a run. Sterling out-hit the
Streaks 10 to 8, but kept everything in the ballpark. |
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Senior Day
Streaks
win in 11 innings |
5/15 - Blake Carr singled in
the winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning to lift the
GHS varsity baseball team to a 12-11 non-conference victory
over Peoria Richwoods, here Thursday.
Carr's slap past the
firstbaseman with the bases loaded and one out scored Rogue
Schott to end what was a wild Senior Day effort for the
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committed 12 fielding
errors in a game that saw them fall behind, take the
lead, let Richwoods send it into extra innings and then
give up a four-run 10th inning, only to tie it with four and
send the contest to the 11th for the win.
Caleb Weaver, the
fourth Streak pitcher on the day picked up the win tossing
the final three innings. He struck out four. Errors were a
huge problem for the Streaks as in total, they surrendered
just one earned run on the day. Michael Jordan started the
game and went three-plus innings. Caleb Diefendorf went
three and a third and Austin Shearer, one and a third before
giving way to Weaver.
Richwoods jumped out to a 6-0 lead in
the contest, scoring a pair of runs in the first, second and
fourth innings before GHS rallied to score five in the
fifth. The Streaks then took the lead in the sixth with two
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Richwoods plated
the tying run and score remained that way until the 10th
when both teams exchanged four-spots.
In the 11th, Schott
singled to start the inning for the Streaks and was
sacrificed into scoring position by Weaver, who also reached
on an error. Brian Gernant then sacrificed both men into
scoring position and Tanner Libby received an intentional
walk to load the bases for Carr's heroics.
Weaver and Libby
led the GHS attack with three hits apiece. Jacob Milligan,
Mark Mason, Kyle Hunter and Gernant had two each and
Shearer, Carr and Schott had one apiece.
Prior to the game,
which lasted over three hours, the GHS seniors were
introduced. The seniors included: McGee, Mason, Jordan,
Mitch Ausdenmoore, Hunter and Steve Godsill.
Friday, the Streaks
(12-18) will host their annual Classic. The home team's first game
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| Big inning
sends Geneseo past Streaks |
5/12 - (GENESEO) Scoring six runs in the
fourth inning, Geneseo handed GHS' varsity
baseball team a 7-3 non-conference loss,
Monday.
Caleb Weaver took the pitching loss,
despite allowing just two earned runs. He
allowed seven hits, walked three and struck
out four in 3 2/3 innings of work.
The
Streaks had seven hits in the game,
including two each from Kyle Hunter and
Rogue Schott. Tanner Libby drove in two runs
and Hunter also had an RBI.
GHS' varsity,
now 11-18 on the season, will host Metamora
Tuesday.
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Pontiac Tournament
Streaks stumble to 4th place |
5/10 - (PONTIAC) After falling
in eight innings on Friday night, the GHS varsity baseball
team split a pair of games Saturday to place fourth in the
Pontiac Tournament.
In the tournament opener, the Streaks
scored five runs in the bottom of the second inning to grab
a 5-2 lead. Pontiac eventually erased the deficit with three
runs in the sixth. GHS tied the contest 7-7 with a solo run
in the sixth. The score remained knotted until Pontiac
pushed across two run in the top of the eighth. The Streaks
loaded the bases with one out in their final at bat, but two
strikeouts preserved the win for the host Indians.
GHS'
Tanner Libby pitched well at times and no decision. Caleb
Weaver took the loss in relief. The Streaks out-hit the
Indians 14 to 11 in the contest.
On Saturday, GHS picked up
a 5-1 victory in the 11 a.m. game against Roanoke-Benson.
Mark Mason gave the Streaks a solid pitching performance for
the win.
In the third place game, the Streaks lost to
Bloomington Catholic Central 9-1. Monday, the Streaks will
travel to Geneseo for a make-up game. Tuesday, they will
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carries Streaks |
5/1 - GHS' varsity baseball
team scored seven runs in the first two innings and made
that scoring just enough to get past United Township 7-6,
here Thursday, in a non-conference game.
With the win, the
Streaks improved their season record to 10-11 heading into
Saturday's Western Big 6 finale against league-leading
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had bounced the Streaks out of the conference race with a
doubleheader sweep earlier in the season.
GHS starting
pitcher Caleb Diefendorf earned the win, pitching into the
fourth inning. He allowed six hits and five runs. He walked
just one and struck out three. Relief pitchers Michael
Jordan, Austin Shearer and Caleb Weaver (save) combined to
allow just one run in final three innings. That run came on
a solo homerun by Adam Becht.
A double to lead off the
contest by Jacob Milligan helped the Streaks plate three
runs in the bottom of the first inning, Mark Mason and Caleb
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also had doubles
in the frame. Kyle McGee's three-run homer was the big blow
in the GHS four-run second inning. Milligan also had an RBI
single.
U.T. scored solo runs in
the second and fifth innings and put together a four-run
fourth that eventually chased Diefendorf from the mound.
Both teams finished with nine hits. Milligan and Ben
Schneider had two apiece for the Streaks and McGee, Brian
Gernant, Weaver, Tanner Libby and Mason had one each. |
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Moline
bats too much for Streaks |
| 4/29 - Tuesday's
game did not count in the Western Big 6 standings, but GHS'
varsity baseball team will has to find some way to control
Moline's bats Saturday when they square off in their
conference doubleheader at Moline. The Maroons pounded out
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With the
loss, the Streaks fell to 9-11 on the season.
Jacob Milligan took the pitching
loss for the Streaks, allowing three runs in the first
inning. GHS trailed 3-1 when he yielded the mound to Austin
Shearer. The Maroons touched Shearer for two runs and
Mark Mason for two more. Caleb Weaver pitched the
seventh and gave up three more runs on four hits.
While Moline was
enjoying their trips to the plate, GHS struggled to scrape
up solo runs in the first and fifth innings on five total
hits. Weaver drove in the first run with a double and Kyle
McGee singled in the other. GHS left the bases loaded,
trailing 5-2 after McGee's RBI in the fifth.
Moline's Gabe
Favela retired the Streaks in order in four innings.
Meanwhile, Moline's lead-off man Thomas Lindauer had a big game, going
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runs. Grant Jasper, Mark Thomas and Dylan Warren had two
hits apiece.
Collecting hits for the
Streaks were Milligan, McGee, Weaver, Shearer and Ben
Schneider.
Thursday, the GHS varsity will face another WB 6
opponent in a non-conference game as they host United
Township. The Panthers swept the Streaks in their league
doubleheader earlier this month. |
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2008 Season Summary |
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