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The Galesburg Silver Streaks football team ended their season on the road at Moline with a loss to the Western Big 6 Conference Champion Maroons, 63-6. The Streaks finish the 2025 season with a record of 2-7. With 8 seconds left in the 1st half, Shawn Taylor saved a score by chasing down Stanlee Golden of the Maroons on a breakaway run. Taylor prevented Moline from scoring another touchdown when h...

A tough loss on Senior Night for the Galesburg Silver Streaks football team on Friday night to the Rock Island Rocks, 41-6. The Streaks are 2-6 with one more game in the season next Friday. It was a disheartening end to the home schedule for the Streaks, and an even more disheartening end to the night as tensions and tempers flared during the handshake line after the game. In the 2nd quarter, Kevi...

The Galesburg Silver Streaks football team suffered a loss on the road at Quincy on Friday night, 22-44. Galesburg quarterback Grady Hickey, who left the game early with an injury, rushed for 38 yards on 5 carries. In the air air, Grady was 8 for 21 with 138 yards passing, including a touchdown and 2 interceptions, with one being a pick-six. Cory McGee rushed for 29 yards on 9 carries, Prosper Are...

After a couple of weeks on the road, the Galesburg Silver Streaks football team returned home Friday night for a Western Big 6 match-up against the Geneseo Maple Leafs and ended up suffering their third loss on the season, 38-20. The Silver Streaks racked up 131-yards rushing in the game. Grady Hickey had 11 carries for 17 yards, Corey McGee 9 carries for 37 yards with 2 touchdowns, Bradley Eaton...

The Galesburg High School Silver Streaks football team was shut-out on the road at Sterling Friday night, 48 - 0. The Streaks are now 2 - 3 on the season and 1 - 2  in the Western Big 6 Conference. The Streaks didn't have a single running play in the second half, everything was through the air for the most part when they did have the ball. Galesburg was mostly on defense due to three turnovers in...

The Galesburg High School Silver Streaks football team got their first Western Big 6 win under Head Coach Shawn Hickey when they traveled to Augustana College Friday night to take on the Alleman Pioneers. The Streaks put up 26 points in the 4th quarter alone and came away with a 54 - 22 win. They are now 2 - 2 on the season and 1 - 1  in the Western Big 6 Conference. Galesburg had 474 yards of off...

The Galesburg High School Silver Streaks football team fell on Homecoming night to United Township, 56 - 16. Galesburg's Antwon Walker was named the Dave's Autobody Crunch Time Player of the Game. The two touchdowns for the Streaks were receptions by Antwon, and he had a third TD reception reversed by the referees. He finished with 7 receptions overall for 110 yards. Bradley Eaton had two catches,...

The Galesburg High School Silver Streaks football team got their first win of the season on the road in a hard-earned, well-played game against the Limestone Rockets, 42 - 25.  The Streaks even their season at 1-1. Galesburg finished with 144-yards on the ground, 186-yards passing and 333-yards of total offense. Grady Hickey completed 10 of 20 passes with one touchdown. Antwon Walker had five rece...

The Galesburg Silver Streaks football team had their 2025 season home opener against Dunlap cut short due to lighting. The game was called with 33.8 seconds remaining in the 3rd quarter with Dunlap leading the Silver Streaks 44 - 0, so it already was a running clock game, and that ended up being the final score. Dunlap dominated the game right from the get-go, scoring on most of their first half p...

The season came to an end for the Galesburg High School boys basketball team in the Regional Semifinal game at Dunlap Tuesday night. The Streaks fell to the 5th ranked team in Class 3A, the Morton Potters, 63 - 24. Galesburg got only 3 shots off in the 2nd quarter and trailed by 17 at halftime, and then Morton started the 3rd quarter with a scoring blitz of 12 points that put the game away with a...

The 2024-25 season came to an end for the GHS Silver Streaks boys basketball team in their Regional Semifinal match-up with the Morton Potters Wednesday (2/26) night. Following the game, as he has done all season long, Head Coach Chad Thompson joined WGIL's Brad Bennewitz and Jason Wessels during the postgame broadcast to discuss the game and the future of Silver Streaks basketball.

After going into halftime down 19 points, the Galesburg High School girls basketball team came out in the 2nd half with resiliency and an incredible effort that got them as close as 4 points, but ran out of time for the comeback versus the #1 ranked team in Class 3A, the Washington Panthers.  Galesburg's season comes to an end in the Sectional Semifinal match-up at Ottawa Township Tuesday night wi...

The 2024-25 season came to an end for the GHS Silver Streaks girls basketball team in their Sectional Semifinal match-up with the Washington Panthers Tuesday (2/25) night. Following the game, as she has done all season long, Head Coach Lexi Demott joined WGIL's Mitch McVey and Jason Wessels during the postgame broadcast to discuss the game and look back at an incredible season for the Streaks.

Monday night at John Thiel Gym in the Regional Quarterfinal game, the Galesburg High School boys basketball team got their third win of the year over the Geneseo Maple Leafs, 65 - 45. It was the third straight year that Galesburg has won against Geneseo in the opening Regional game and the 17th consecutive victory over Geneseo going back to the 2016-17 season. The Silver Streaks advance to the Reg...

GHS Silver Streaks basketball player Demetrius Watson joined WGIL's Brad Bennewitz and Jason Wessels during the postgame broadcast following the Regional Quarterfinal win over Geneseo on February 24, 2025.

The Galesburg High School girls basketball team clinched the Regional Championship with a 45 - 37 win over the Dunlap Eagles Thursday night at Peoria Richwoods. The Silver Streaks now advance to the Sectional Semifinal game next Tuesday (2/25) night at Ottawa Township where they will take on Washington. Coach Lexi Demott has led the Silver Streaks to a Regional Title in her first year as head coac...

In the Regional Semifinal game Tuesday night at Peoria Richwoods, the Galesburg High School girls basketball team completed a season sweep of Geneseo by defeating the Maple Leafs for the third time by a final score of 49 - 36. The Streaks advance to the Regional Finals versus the #3 seed Dunlap Eagles at Peoria Richwoods Thursday (2/20) night. Galesburg finished the night 18 of 55 from the field,...

The Galesburg Silver Streaks boys basketball team finished off the regular season on the road with a start-to-finish victory over the Rock Island Alleman Pioneers, 56 - 35. The Streaks end the regular season with a 10 - 21 record and 4 - 10, finishing in 6th place, in the Western Big 6 Conference. The Silver Streaks shot 26 of 72 from the field, 2 of 16 from three-point range, and 2 of 4 from the...

Friday night at John Thiel Gym, the Galesburg boys basketball team got the win over Geneseo on Senior Night, 64 - 29. The Silver Streaks are now 9 - 21 on the season and 3 - 10 in the Western Big 6. The Streaks will wrap up the regular season Tuesday night on the road when they take on Rock Island Alleman. Then Galesburg will host Geneseo yet again on Monday, February 24, at John Thiel Gym for the...

Prior to the Galesburg High School boys basketball game versus Geneseo at John Thiel Gym on Friday, February 14, 2025, the GHS Swirl Court was introduced and the senior athletes were recognized during the Senior Night ceremony.

Following the Senior Night game vs Geneseo on Friday, February 14, 2025, Galesburg High School senior and basketball player, James Crock-Keefer, joined WGIL's Brad Bennewitz and Jason Wessels for a quick conversation during the postgame broadcast.

The Galesburg High School girls basketball team finished the regular season with a match-up against the Alleman Pioneers and Senior Night at John Thiel Gym Thursday night. The Silver Streaks came out strong and led the entire way to a 52 - 27 win over the Pioneers. With the victory, Galesburg clinched 2nd place in the Western Big 6 conference to wrap up the regular season. Galesburg shot 20 of 43...

The Galesburg boys basketball team traveled to Sterling Tuesday night for a Western Big 6 match-up and suffered a 66 - 46 loss to the Golden Warriors. Sterling led the entire game as Galesburg struggled with their shooting and were hampered with foul trouble as well. The Silver Streaks drop to 2 - 10 in conference play and 8 - 21 on the season overall. Galesburg shot 18 of 54 from the field, 4 of...

The Galesburg Silver Streaks girls basketball team lost to Rock Island, 50 - 47, at John Thiel Gym on Saturday in a Western Big 6 match-up. The loss takes the Streaks out of contention of tying for the conference title with Sterling, who are now the outright conference champs. The Silver Streaks struggled getting the ball in the basket, shooting only 16 of 67 from the field, missing 51 shots. The...

John Thiel Gym hosted a Western Big 6 match-up Friday night between the Galesburg Silver Streaks and the team ranked 12th in the state, the Moline Maroons. The Streaks were in the battle until about 2-1/2 minutes left in the 3rd quarter when turnovers and missed opportunities expanded the points gap beyond the point of no return. Moline went on to win, 76 - 48, but the game was a much better effor...