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The Galesburg Silver Streaks girls basketball team has won the Coles County Holiday Tournament after defeating the defending champion Teutopolis Lady Wooden Shoes, 45-34. The Silver Streaks battled back from a 11-point second quarter deficit to ultimately win by 11 points of their own. The Streaks avenged their loss from last year's loss to T-Town to take the tournament crown. Galesburg finished t...

The Galesburg Silver Streaks girls basketball team continued the Coles County Holiday Tournament on Saturday with a win over the Marion Wildcats, 64-40. Marion battled the Silver Streaks throughout the first half; however Galesburg was able to enforce their will in the second half to get their third win of the tournament. The Streaks improve to 14-1 on the season and extend their win-streak to 8 g...

The Galesburg Silver Streaks girls basketball team won their second game on Saturday for the Coles County Holiday Tournament. The Streaks put on a great defense performance in the first half allowing just 8 points to the host Mattoon and would ride that for a 56-27 victory. After a season high seventh straight victory, Galesburg is now 13-1 on the season and improve to 2-0 in the tournament. Gales...

The Galesburg Silver Streaks girls basketball team returned to the court after a week-long break to play their first game of the Coles County Holiday Tournament. After a fast start that saw them up by 23 at the end of the 1st quarter, the Streaks defeated the Danville Vikings by 41 points, 61-20. Galesburg has now improved to 12-1 for the season and continue a 6-game winning streak. 11 Silver Stre...

The Galesburg Silver Streaks boys basketball team lost their second consecutive game in as many days when they fell to the Bettendorf Bulldogs, 62-31. The game was apart of the annual Illinois-Iowa shootout held on the campus of Augustana College. With the win, Bettendorf assured that Iowa schools would win the overall tournament for the tenth straight season as Iowa went to 4-0 against Illinois s...

The Galesburg Silver Streaks boys basketball team fell to the Quincy Blue Devils Friday night, 45-41. In this Western Big 6 showdown, Galesburg led for the entire game but missed multiple opportunities to build on their lead. A three-pointer from the Blue Devils would kickstart an 11-2 run that gave Quincy a lead they would not relinquish. The Streaks are 5-3 on the season and 1-3 in conference pl...

The Galesburg Silver Streaks girls basketball team returned to Western Big 6  action Thursday night with a commanding victory over the Geneseo Maple Leafs, 73-32. The Streaks got off to a fast start and never looked back as the duration of the fourth quarter was played on a running clock. Galesburg is now on a 5-game winning streak as they improve to 11-1 on the season and 5-1 in the conference. T...

The Galesburg Silver Streaks boys basketball team came back from 13 points to defeat the Burlington Grayhounds, 62-53. After a sluggish first half, the Streaks found themselves down 47-34 in the third quarter; however, they outscored Burlington 28-6 the rest of the way to improve their record to 5-2 on the season. The Streaks were led in scoring by Cesaire Bile with 20 points. Keigen Crummer notch...

The Galesburg Silver Streaks girls basketball team took on the Peoria Notre Dame Irish in an early marquee matchup for the season. The Streaks used their speed as a blueprint from the very start to wear down the Irish for a 51-37 victory. The win puts Galesburg at 10-1 on the season. Sophomore Zaniyah Carter led the Streaks with 12 points. Ella Herchenroder added 10, Jozalyn Kilgore had 7, and Khl...

It was a commanding Western Big 6 win for the Galesburg girls basketball team as they traveled to United Township on a snowy Saturday morning and came away with a 62 - 17 victory over the Panthers. The Silver Streaks are now 9 - 1 on the season and 4 - 1 in conference play. A pair of sophomores led the way in scoring for Galesburg with Zaniyah Carter scoring 16 points and Ellie Johnson finished wi...

Friday night, the Galesburg boys basketball team closed out a tough stretch of home games in the Western Big 6 with about as difficult of a loss  as they could imagine. The Silver Streaks lost a 10-point second half lead and falling down the stretch to the United Township Panthers, 46 - 43. Galesburg is now 4 - 2 overall and 1 - 2 in the Western Big 6. Probably the biggest story of the game that w...

It was a thrilling Western Big 6 conference match-up Thursday night at John Thiel Gym as the Galesburg girls basketball team battled the Quincy Blue Devils. With no time left on the clock at the end of the 4th quarter, Quincy made 3 free throws to tie the Streaks and push the game to overtime. The game ended up going into double overtime but the Silver Streaks came away with a hard-earned victory...

The Galesburg boys basketball team faced its first serious challenge of the season, and unfortunately, did not pass the test. The Silver Streaks fell to the Rock Island Rocks, one of the highly-ranked teams in class 4A,  80 - 45. The teams were tied a couple of times early in the first quarter, but the Streaks never led in the game.  The Rocks were leading 11 - 9 when they scored 11 straight unans...

The Galesburg girls basketball team traveled to Wharton Field House for a Western Big 6 battle with Moline and came away with the win, 52 - 42, over the Maroons. The Streaks are 7 - 1 on the season, and 2 - 1 in conference play. With an incredible effort in the game, Taylor Herchenroder was named the Dave's Auto Body Crunch Time Player of the Game. She led the Silver Streaks in scoring with 14 poi...

The Galesburg boys basketball team passed its first road-test of the season, opening their Western Big 6 Conference season with a 75 - 55 win on the road at Rock Island Alleman. Galesburg is 4 - 0 on the season and 1 - 0 in conference play. The Silver Streaks led the entire game, but Alleman as energetic, organized, and as fundamental as an Alleman team we've seen, came out shooting the ball in bu...

The Galesburg girls basketball team suffered their first loss of the season in a Western Big 6 match-up at Sterling High School, falling 47 - 42 to the Golden Warriors. Galesburg is now 6-1 on the season and 1-1 in conference play. Leading the way for the Silver Streaks was Zaniyah Carter with 9 points, Ella Herchenroder scored 8 points, and Jozalyn Kilgore finished with 7 points. Overall Galesbur...

The Galesburg High School boys basketball team finished off a successful three-game homestand with a 63 - 42 victory over the visiting Pekin Dragons. The Silver Streaks out-scored the Dragons 14 - 0 to finish off the first half. They opened up a four-point lead to an eighteen-point lead by halftime and were never threatened the rest of the way. Jaxon Wyatt was the offensive catalyst in the 2nd qua...

The Galesburg Silver Streaks girls basketball team moved to 6 - 0 on the season Tuesday night when they traveled to Dunlap High School and picked-up a 51 - 37 victory over the Eagles. Leading the way for the Streaks was Jozalyn Kilgore with 13 points. Ella Herchenroder scored 11 points, and Lily Furrow finished with 8 points. Overall the team was 16 of 41 from the field, 3 of 12 from beyond the ar...

The GHS boys basketball team dominated against the Madison Trojans at the Galesburg Thanksgiving Tournament Friday night. The Silver Streaks won, 69 - 25. That ended up being a premature end to the tournament as all of the games for Saturday (11/29) were canceled due to the impending winter storm. It was a team effort with balanced scoring and rebounding by Galesburg. Once again, Cesaire Bile led...

In their first game under new head coach Taylor Thiel, the Silver Streaks boys team beat the Limestone Rockets, 86-60. The game was tight throughout the first quarter, but a 10-2 run in the second energized the team for the rest of the way. Three Silver Streaks finished with 20 or more points on the night. Cesaire Bile led the Streaks with 23 points and added 7 rebounds. Jaxon Wyatt contributed wi...

In their first Western Big 6 Conference game, the Silver Streaks girls basketball team defeated the Alleman Pioneers, 58-23. The Streaks extend their undefeated start to the season to five games and add a conference win to that record. Zaniyah Carter led the team in scoring with 11 points. Taylor Herchenroder, Grace Herchenroder, and Eleanor Johnson scored 9 points each and Jozalyn Kilgore added 7...

In their second game of the day on Saturday at the Thanksgiving Tournament at John Thiel Gym, the Silver Streaks girls basketball team extended their undefeated start to the season to 4 games with a win over the Springfield Senators, 78 - 56. A true team effort in the scoring for the Streaks with 10 players scoring in the game.  Zaniyah Carter led the way with 18 points, both Taylor Herchenroder a...

The GHS girls basketball team continued play in their own Thanksgiving Tournament at John Thiel Gym Saturday morning against Metamora. It was a back and forth game to begin with and Galesburg trailed for the first time this season, but only briefly. The Silver Streaks went on a 28 - 7 run the rest of the 1st half and went on to handily win over the Redbirds, 59 - 43. Jozalyn Kilgore led the way in...

The Silver Streaks girls basketball team began play in the Galesburg Thanksgiving Tournament at John Thiel Gym Friday night with a win over the Robinson Maroons, 49 - 24. Galesburg is 2 - 0 on the season. In scoring, Lily Furrow led the way for the Streaks with 11 points, Jozalyn Kilgore scored 10, Ella Herchenroder finished with 9, and Sophia Kisler scored 6 points. Overall, Galesburg was 21 of 5...

The Galesburg Silver Streaks girls basketball team started the 2025-26 season with a commanding win over Camp Point Central, 66-33. It was a balanced effort by the Streaks with their defensive pressure generating 25 turnovers, and on the other end of the court, 11 Streaks scored points and 3 were in double-digits. Jozalyn Kilgore led the Silver Streaks with 14 points, Zeniyah Carter finished with...