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| Streak
sophomores finish season 14-7 |
5/15 - Perhaps it was
appropriate that in a spring filled with rain-outs, the GHS
sophomore baseball team would end their season Tuesday with
yet another rain-out.
Actually, Tuesday's rain-out was a
doubleheader as the young Streaks were scheduled to play
both Canton and Limestone at Sundberg Field. Neither game
will be made up as several of the sophomores will play on
with the varsity.
Coach Jake Miller's crew finished 14-7,
overall and 4-4 in conference play. The Streaks' games
against Quincy were not played, leaving them two games short
of a full Western Big 6 campaign. |
| GHS ends
conference season with split |
5/12 - (ROCK ISLAND) With the
Western Big 6 championship already decided, GHS' varsity
baseball team finished their league campaign Saturday with a
doubleheader split at Rock Island.
The Streaks won in eight
innings in the opener 5-4 and then dropped the nightcap in
five innings 12-1. GHS' boys may see Rock Island again in
the IHSA Regional a couple of weeks down the road. |
| GHS
sophomores rebound to gain spit |
5/12 - (ROCK ISLAND) After
suffering a painful loss in the first game, Saturday, the
GHS sophomore baseball team broke out the big sticks to
split their final conference doubleheader at Rock Island. The Streaks fell 4-3, but took the nightcap 13-8.
GHS held a
3-0 lead, going into the bottom of the seventh, but saw the
Rocks score four runs to take the victory. Starting pitcher
Tanner Libby was tagged with the loss. Alex Lozano hit a
homerun in the opener for the Streaks.
In the nightcap,
Caleb Diefendorf pitched four and a third innings to pick up
the win. He got plenty of offensive support and strong
pitching relief from Gernant and Shearer. GHS had two
grandslam homeruns in the game, one each by Lozano and Shey
Sibley.
With the split, the Streak sophomores moved to 14-7
on the season. They finished conference play 4-4. On
Tuesday, the sophomores will play their final games at home.
They will take on Canton at 4:30 and Limestone at 6:30 p.m. |
| Streak
sophs top East Peoria |
5/11 - GHS' sophomore baseball
team rallied to defeat East Peoria 11-6, here Friday. It was
the second time the Streaks have beat E.P. this spring.
With
the win, coach Jake Miller's crew moved to 13-7 on the
season. Brian Gernant got the pitching victory in relief of
started Matt Lundeen. Austin Shearer led the winners at the
plate with three hits, including a double and the go-ahead
RBI. |
| Streak
sophs stop Rocks in five innings |
5/10 - After seeing some
exceptional Moline pitching Wednesday, Rock Island's
pitching didn't measure-up, Thursday, as GHS' sophomore
baseball team exploded for a 14-1 five-inning rout.
With the non-conference win, the
young Streaks moved to 12-7 on the season. They will host |
East Peoria, Friday, before traveling
to Rock Island for the Western Big 6conference doubleheader Saturday at
10 a.m.
Caleb Weaver was dealing on the mound for the GHS sophs. He allowed just one run in the first inning and then
blanked the Rocks the rest of the way. He struck out four,
while allowing two hits.
GHS took control with a six-run
first inning and then added four in the third and four more
in the fourth. Shey Sibley hit a three-run homer to spark
the Streaks' four-run third inning. Rock Island errors
combined with four GHS hits fueled the first inning
outburst. In the fourth, Bo Merritt and Austin Shearer both
hit doubles.
GHS had 10 hits in the contest. Jordan Sadiq,
Sibley, Brian Gernant and Merritt had two hits apiece.
Weaver added another double and Tanner Libby, a single. |
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Moline hands Streak sophs
another loss |
5/9 - Moline's sophomore
baseball team defeated the GHS sophs for the third time this
season, Wednesday, as took control early and limited the
Streaks' offense in an 8-3 victory.
With the loss, the GHS sophs fell to 11-7 on the season.
Moline' Thomas Lindauer
opened the game with a double and the Maroons plated three
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in the
first inning before GHS starting pitcher Austin
Shearer struck out a pair to leave two more Moline baserunners in scoring position.
The visitors added solo
runs in the third, fourth and fifth to go ahead 6-0 before
the Streaks could get on the scoreboard. In the bottom of
the fifth, Ben Schneider singled with one out and scored on
a wild throw to first on Shey Sibley's infield hit. Brian
Gernant then singled home Sibley.
With the score cut to 6-2
things looked better for the Streaks, but only temporarily.
The Maroons added two more runs in the sixth to regain their
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run in their
final at bat as Gernant was hit by a pitch with the bases
loaded to force in a run. That, however, was all the home
team could muster.
Gernant had two hits to lead the Streaks
six-hit attack. Moline pounded out 12 hits. The Maroons got
solid pitching from starter Sam Wilveer and reliever Paul
Mills. The pair combined for 12 strikeouts.
The busy week
continues for the GHS sophs, Thursday, when they host Rock
Island in a non-conference game. |
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Late rally pushes Streak sophs
past Macomb |
5/8 - Matt Lundeen was in
command on the mound, but needed to wait for his teammates
to get things together offensively in Tuesday's GHS
sophomore baseball team's 7-2 victory over Macomb.
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Streaks scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning
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With the win, the GHS sophs moved their season record to 11-6.
Lundeen spotted
the visiting Bombers two runs in the first inning, but then
shut them out the rest of the way. He only allowed three
hits in the contest and struck out one. Nearly all the
Macomb outs were ground outs.
The Streaks also scored two
runs in the first inning, but then struggled to get another
run across the plate until the sixth. Ben Schneider led off
that inning with a hit. Bunts from Corey Verseman and Jordan
Lieber and Ben LaFollette getting hit by a pitch loaded the
bases with one out. Shey Sibley then hit one through the
pulled-in infield to score the go-ahead run. A hit by Blake
Carr brought two more runs and Jordan Sadiq finished things
off with his fourth hit of the day - a two-run single.
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Streaks got two hits
from Carr and one each from Sibley, Jake Anderson and
Schneider.
Wednesday, the GHS sophs will host Moline in a
non-conference game. That game will be played on the varsity
field due to the make-up girls soccer match. |
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Moline sweeps GHS sophomores |
5/5 - GHS' sophomore baseball
team fell twice to Moline, here Saturday, 4-1 and 7-2.
With
the losses, the young Streaks saw their Western Big 6 record
dip to 3-3 and their overall mark fall to 10-6.
The first game was a
tight battle that saw the two teams tied 1-1, heading
into the seventh inning.
Moline put together a
threat in that frame as they had baserunners on second
and third with two outs. An intentional walk loaded the
bases. On an 0-2 pitch, the next batter ripped a double that
cleared the bases.
Tanner Libby, who had the only RBI for
the Streaks, took the complete pitching loss.
GHS' boys had
a difficult time recovering from the game-one
heartbreaker. Moline hit the ball well and took advantage
of some Streak errors to take the nightcap by five runs.
Offensively, GHS scored both runs on wild pitches. The
losing pitcher was Caleb Diefendorf. He left the game with
the bases loaded and no outs in the fourth. The score was
tied 2-2 at the time. Caleb Weaver came on in relief in
that tough situation and could not stop the Maroons from
taking the lead for good. |
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Streak
sophomores pound U.T. |
5/3 - (SILVIS) GHS' sophomore
baseball team won their fourth straight contest by the
10-run rule, Thursday, as they beat United Township 11-1.
The Streak sophs swept the season
series from the Panthers. Austin Shearer picked up the
pitching victory in the run-shortened contest. Caleb Weaver
smacked a long homerun to spearhead the GHS attack. |
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Sophs roll
past Peoria Richwoods |
5/2 - With three more games
remaining in a five-game week, GHS' sophomore baseball team
did themselves a favor in regard to pitching by using just
five innings to defeat Peoria Richwoods 11-1, here
Wednesday.
Caleb Diefendorf was in total control on the
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in the
first three innings. he struck out five, including the
final three men he faced. Richwoods had one hit off the big
righthander, but that baserunner was erased in a doubleplay.
Brian Gernant tossed the final two innings and allowed
unearned one.
The Streaks got after it offensively from the
start. Jake Milligan led-off with a double, Shey Sibley
singled and Gernant slammed a homerun for a quick 3-0 lead.
Thirteen batters would go to the plate for the home team in
the bottom of the first as GHS' boys took a 7-0 lead.
Alex
Lozano drove in another run for the Streaks in the second
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Richwoods
picked up their solo run in the top of the fifth.
In the
bottom of the fifth, the Streaks ended the contest with a
three-spot. Sibley and Gernant both singled to open the
frame and Jordan Sadiq doubled to score one run. Austin
Shearer then lofted a deep sacrifice fly to right center to
drive in another run. Bo Merritt then hit a walk-off RBI
single to right, scoring the Streaks' 11th run.
Gernant went 4-for-4 at the plate to lead the potent GHS
attack. Sibley, Sadiq and Lozano had two hits apiece.
Milligan, Shearer, Ben Schneider and Ben LaFollette also
chipped in hits.
Thursday, the Streak sophs, now 9-4 on the
season, will travel to Silvis to take on United Township in
a non-conference game. |
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Streak sophs walk past Geneseo |
| 4/30 - After scoring 30 runs
against Canton, Friday, there was a good chance the GHS
sophomore baseball would not reach that total against
Geneseo, Monday. The young Streaks did dominate, however,
with a more "modest" 14-0 five-inning win over the visiting
Maple Leafs. |
The victory moved GHS' sophomores season record to
8-4.
Tanner Libby was "in the zone" as he earned the
pitching victory for the Streaks. He did not allow Geneseo a
hit in his three innings of work, which included four
strikeouts. Matt Lundeen pitched the final two innings,
allowing just two hits, while preserving the shutout.
GHS
scored six runs in the second inning and four in both the
third and fourth frames. Alex Lozano was 3-for-3 at the
plate to lead the Streaks. Libby and Austin Shearer also had
key hits and Geneseo's pitchers walked a total of 14
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and Thursday they will travel to East Moline to take on
United Township in a non-conference game. On Saturday, Coach
Jake Miller's crew will return to conference action at home against Moline.
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GHS sophomores pound Canton |
| 4/27 - (CANTON) Knowing that
their conference doubleheader with Quincy was cancelled,
GHS' sophomore baseball scored a weekend's worth of runs in
a 30-6 thrashing of Canton, Friday.
Despite coach
Jake Miller's efforts to keep the score down, the Streaks
simply wouldn't be denied at the plate. Caleb Weaver, Shey Sibley and Corey
Verseman all hit homeruns and Jordan Sadiq, the DH, was
4-for-4 in the contest.
Caleb Diefendorf went the distance
on the mound for the win.
With the win, the Streak
sophomores moved to 7-4 on the season. Monday, the GHS
sophs will host Geneseo at 4:30 p.m.
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| GHS sophs
can't overcome early deficit |
4/24 - Washington scored six
runs in the second inning to take an 8-2 lead and never
looked back against the GHS sophomore baseball team, here
Tuesday, in a 13-8 decision.
With the non-conference loss,
the young Streaks fell to 6-4 on the season. Austin Shearer
took the pitching loss for the Streaks. Washington benefited
from several GHS fielding errors in the fateful second.
The
Panthers added two more runs in the third and three more int
he fourth. The Streaks put together a four-run fifth inning
and added another run in the sixth, but that was all the
rally they could muster.
Jordan Sadiq and Blake Carr had two
hits each to lead the GHS boys at the plate.
The GHS
sophomores' game with Moline scheduled for Wednesday has
been moved to May 9th. Their next contest will be a make-up
Friday at Canton. They travel to Quincy Saturday for a
league doubleheader. |
| Streak sophs sweep United
Township |
4/21 - GHS' sophomore baseball team looked
to be on a mission Saturday as they made shook off their
recent "collapses" to sweep Western Big 6 foe United
Township 7-1 and 8-6 at home.
With the wins, coach Jake
Miller's crew moved to 3-1 in conference play and 6-3,
overall.
The first game of the day took just an hour and
fifteen minutes to play. GHS took the lead in the bottom of
the second inning when Caleb Weaver singled and eventually
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single by
Alex Lozano. U.T. tied the score
in the top of the fourth using the same formula as the
Streaks. Two basehits and a sacrifice but knotted the
contest at 1-1.
It didn't stay that way for long, however.
as Lozano opened the GHS side of the inning with a double.
Matt Lundeen drove in Lozano with a single and Jake Milligan
also singled to put two on for Shey Sibley, who promptly
homered. Tanner Libby made it "back-to-back jacks" has he
follow with another big fly over the fence. That concluded
the scoring in the opener.
Libby picked up the pitching
victory with some relief help from Weaver. U.T. was limited
to just three hits in the contest. GHS had 10 hits. Lozano
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had two hits apiece. Libby,
Milligan and Lundeen added one each.
In the
nightcap, the Streaks had a couple of anxious moments toward
the end, but were able to stay in front of the Panthers to
seal the sweep.
U.T. took a 2-0 lead with solo runs in the
first two innings before the Streak offense got in gear.
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Lozano
ignited things with another double. Bo Merritt
and Blake Carr both singled to bring home two runs and
tie the score. U.T. regained the lead briefly with a run in the
third, but GHS plated five runs in the bottom of the frame
to take control. The Streaks had five straight hits in the
frame, including doubles by Libby and Weaver.
The Panthers
scored two in the sixth to cut the deficit to 7-5, but GHS
added another run in their side to give Weaver, the closer,
a three-run cushion heading into the seventh. The visitors
managed one run before Weaver ended things with a strikeout.
In the nightcap, the Streaks had nine hits. Lozano and Carr
had two apiece. Milligan, Sibley, Libby, Weaver and Merritt
had one each. Caleb Diefendorf pitched into the sixth inning
to pick up the victory.
Tuesday, the GHS sophomores will host
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non-conference contest. The game will be played on Sundberg Field due to the home girls soccer match.
They have a make-up game at Canton next Friday and then
travel to Quincy for another conference doubleheader next
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| Dunlap rallies past
GHS sophomores |
4/17 - (DUNLAP) GHS' sophomore baseball
team couldn't hold their lead Tuesday as they lost an 11-10
decision at Dunlap.
With the loss, the Streaks fell to 4-3
on the season. Their non-conference game scheduled for
Washington Thursday has been cancelled to allow the Panthers
to make-up a conference game.
GHS' boys scored most of their
runs early in the contest. Bo Merritt took the pitching loss
for the Streaks. Leading hitters were were Tanner Libby,
Blake Carr and Austin Shearer. |
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Streak
sophomores roll past Richwoods |
4/16 - (PEORIA) It took only five innings
for GHS' sophomore baseball team to pick-up their fourth win
of the season. The young Streaks topped Peoria Richwoods
11-1, Monday, in a game under the lights.
Austin Shearer
picked up the pitching victory with plenty of offensive
support. He worked three innings, allowed one run, struck
out three and walked none. Brian Gernant earned the save,
tossing two scoreless frames.
Blake Carr and Matt Lundeen
both had two hits to lead the Streaks. Shey Sibley had a hit
and three stolen bases.
Tuesday, GHS' sophomores will travel
to Dunlap for a 4:30 p.m. contest. Thursday's scheduled
non-conference game at Washington has been cancelled as the
Panthers will use that date for a conference make-up. |
| Streak sophomores split
with Alleman |
4/14 - (MOLINE) GHS' sophomore baseball
team followed the varsity's lead, Saturday, as they split
with Alleman in their Western Big 6 opener. The young
Streaks won the first game 8-6, but dropped the nightcap
13-8.
In the first game, Tanner Libby picked up the pitching
victory. He went six innings and struck out five. Caleb
Weaver earned the save with his seventh inning efforts.
Brian Gernant went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBI's
to lead the Streaks' attack. Austin Shearer executed a
suicide squeeze bunt to start a four-run rally in the
fourth.
Game two, like the varsity's game two, was a tough
one to lose. GHS' sophs led by early, but eventually fell to
an Alleman comeback. Bo Merritt took the pitching loss in
relief of starting pitcher Caleb Diefendorf, who left in the
fourth with a lead. The Streaks led 7-1 in the third inning,
but Alleman sent 14 batters to the plate in the fourth to
take control. Gernant was the hitting leader for GHS, going
2-for-3 with another double. Jake Milligan and Libby each
collected two hits.
With the split, GHS' sophs moved to 3-2
on the season. They play at Peoria Richwoods, Monday, in a
6:30 p.m. contest. |
| Pekin rallies to nip
Streak sophomores |
4/10 - (PEKIN) GHS' sophomore baseball team
couldn't hold on to their lead Tuesday as they lost a 9-8
decision at Pekin. The host Dragons scored two runs with two
outs in the bottom of the seventh to take the victory.
The
clutch two-run single completed a Pekin comeback from an 8-1
deficit earlier in the contest. Jake Milligan took the
pitching loss for the Streaks.
Freshman Bo Merritt
hit a homerun to highlight the Streaks' effort. For the GHS sophs, it was
the first loss of the season. They fell to 2-1. Wednesday,
weather-permitting, they will travel to Sherrard for a 4:30
p.m. contest. It will be a make-up from an earlier rain-out. |
| GHS sophs pick up win at
East Peoria |
3/29 - (EAST PEORIA) Brian Gernant hit a
two-run homer to lead the GHS sophomore baseball team to a
5-2 victory at East Peoria, Thursday.
With the win, the
young Streaks moved to 2-0 on the early season. Caleb
Diefendorf picked up the pitching victory.
Saturday,
weather-permitting, the GHS sophs wil travel to Canton for a
10 a.m. doubleheader. |
| GHS sophs
top Morton in season opener |
3/27 - (MORTON) After four rainouts, GHS'
sophomore baseball team finally opened their season,
Tuesday, with an 11-2 victory at Morton.
Originally
scheduled to play a doubleheader at Morton this past
Saturday, he Streaks showed they were ready to kick off the
2007 campaign. Tanner Libby earned the pitching victory with
some relief help from Matt Lundeen and Jake Milligan.
Brian Gernant broke out the big stick and led the
Streak offensive attack
with two hits, including a homerun, and five RBIs.
If the
weather cooperates, the GHS sophs will travel to East Peoria
Thursday for a single game and Canton Saturday for a
doubleheader. |
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