Baseball: Leafs Roll To Finish Off Memphis Trip, Home Opener This Saturday

March 20-22 - 2025 PG USA Classic - USA Stadium Complex - Millington, TN

March 20 - Belleville Althoff, IL 3 Maple Leafs 2

March 21 - Memphis University, TN 9 Maple Leafs 6

March 21 - Mattoon, IL 3 Maple Leafs 2 (8 inn.)

March 22 - Maple Leafs 21 Tipton Christian, TN 0

Underclass Scores
03/17 - JV 11 Kewanee 1
03/22 - Sherrard 12 Freshmen 8
03/22 - Sherrard 15 Freshmen 13
03/24 - Freshmen 10 Monmouth United 0

Next Up (Varsity)
03/26 - 4:30pm: at LaSalle-Peru
03/27 - 4:30pm: at Rockridge
03/29 - 11:00am: vs Spring Valley Hall (Game 1)
03/29 - 1:00pm: vs Spring Valley Hall (Game 2)

Next Up (Soph)
03/26 - 4:30pm: vs LaSalle-Peru (at Stone Field)
03/27 - 4:30pm: vs Rockridge (at Stone Field)
03/29 - 11:00am: at Spring Valley Hall (Game 1)
03/29 - 1:00pm: at Spring Valley Hall (Game 2)

Next Up (Freshmen)
03/26 - 4:30pm: vs LaSalle-Peru (at JFE)
03/28 - 4:30pm: at Washington

Baseball: 2025 Maple Leaf Rosters & Schedules

Rosters
Varsity
Head Coach: Kyle Bess
Assistant Coaches: Erik Brudos, Tom Rusk, & Jeff Weller
2: Cooper Ries
4: Reid Brodersen
5: Cameron Melchert
6: Jacob Holley
7: Aiden Brudos
8: Jackson McAvoy
9: Michael Peterson
10: Ethan Galloway
11: Brody Clementz
12: Brock Marshall
13: Reade Murphy
14: Kruiz Ludwig
15: Kolten Schmoll-Burton
16: Alex Moe
17: Christopher Berry
18: Keaton Ariano
19: Lambeau Janczak
20: Jaydon Burrage
21: Payton Hofer
24: Ethan Brown
29: Brennan Lambin
99: Kale Whitaker

Sophomores
Head Coach: Jeremy May
Assistant Coaches: Mason Verscheure
10: Ethan Galloway
18: Keaton Ariano
19: Lambeau Janczak
20: Jaydon Burrage
24: Ethan Brown
34: Griffin DeWolfe
35: Wyatt Bruce
41: Maddox Jansen
42: Eli Palmer
43: Kie Smith

Freshmen
Head Coach: Tim Gronski
Assistant Coach: Gannon Newkirk
36: Bryce Diehl
38: Gavin Gillespie
47: Jordan Calloway
48: Jayden Wheaton
49: Caden VandeVoorde
50: Keagan Ginther
51: Cyrus Babcock
52: Austen Kane
53: Mason Emerick
54: Ian McShane
55: Brayden Cox
56: Luca Turigliatti
57: Kellen VanKerrebroeck
58: Harrison Conley
65: Kanon Boster
70: Tanner Massingill
75: Quin Nichols
80: Luke Snodgrass
85: Ethan Leetch
90: Sage Windisch

Schedules
Varsity (Home Games In Bold - Schedule Subject To Change)
03/20/2025 L - 2-1 Belleville Althoff (at Memphis, TN)
03/21/2025 3:45pm vs Memphis University School (at Memphis, TN)
03/22/2025 TBA (at Memphis, TN)
03/22/2025 TBA (at Memphis, TN)
03/26/2025 4:30 at La Salle-Peru
03/27/2025 4:30 at Rockridge
03/29/2025 11:00 Hall (DH)
03/31/2025 4:30 Quincy
04/01/2025 4:30 at Orion
04/02/2025 4:00 at Quincy
04/04/2025 4:30 Macomb
04/07/2025 4:30 Moline
04/09/2025 4:30 at Moline
04/10/2025 4:30 at Metamora
04/12/2025 11:00 at Lisle Benet
04/14/2025 4:30 Alleman
04/16/2025 4:30 at Alleman
04/18/2025 4:30 at Bloomington
04/21/2025 4:30 at Rock Island
04/23/2025 4:30 Rock Island
04/24/2025 4:30 vs Dunlap High School (Peoria - Dozer Field)
04/26/2025 10:00 at Pleasant Plains Baseball Invite
04/28/2025 4:30 Galesburg
04/30/2025 4:30 at Galesburg
05/03/2025 11:00 Dakota
05/05/2025 4:30 at United Township
05/06/2025 4:30 Kewanee High School
05/07/2025 4:30 United Township
05/09/2025 4:15 at Morton
05/12/2025 4:30 at Sterling
05/14/2025 4:30 Sterling
05/15/2025 4:30 at Mercer County
05/20/2025 4:30 La Salle-Peru
05/22/2025 4:30 at Ottawa
05/23/2025 4:30 Joliet Catholic

Sophomore (Home Games In Bold - Schedule Subject To Change)
03/17/2025 4:30pm Kewanee
03/19/2025 4:30pm at Ottawa
03/26/2025 4:30pm LaSalle-Peru
03/27/2025 4:30pm Rockridge
03/29/2025 11:00am at Spring Valley Hall (DH)
03/31/2025 4:30pm Quincy
04/01/2025 6:30pm at Orion
04/02/2025 4:00pm at Quincy
04/04/2025 4:30pm Macomb
04/07/2205 4:30pm Moline
04/09/2025 4:30pm at Moline
04/10/2025 4:30pm at Metamora
04/12/2025 11:00am at Lisle Benet (DH)
04/14/2025 4:30pm Alleman
04/16/2025 4:30pm at Alleman
04/21/2025 4:30pm at Rock Island
04/23/2025 4:30pm Rock Island
04/24/2025 4:30pm Dunlap
04/28/2025 4:30pm Galesburg
04/30/2025 4:30pm at Galesburg
05/03/2025 11:00am Dakota (DH)
05/05/2025 4:30pm at United Township
05/06/2025 4:30pm at Kewanee
05/07/2025 4:30pm United Township
05/09/2025 4:15pm at Morton
05/12/2025 4:30pm at Sterling
05/14/2025 4:30pm Sterling
05/15/2025 4:30pm at Mercer County
05/20/2025 4:30pm at LaSalle-Peru
05/22/2025 4:30pm Ottawa

Freshmen (Home Games In Bold - Schedule Subject To Change)
03/19/2025 4:30pm at Ottawa
03/22/2025 11:00am Sherrard (DH)
03/24/2025 4:30pm Monmouth United
03/26/2025 4:30pm LaSalle-Peru
03/28/2025 4:30pm at Washington
04/02/2025 4:30pm Rockridge
04/03/2025 4:30pm at Metamora
04/04/2025 4:30pm at Monmouth United
04/08/2025 4:30pm at Macomb
04/09/2025 4:30pm Annawan-Wethersfield
04/15/2025 4:30pm at United Township
04/17/2025 4:30pm at Moline
04/18/2025 4:30pm at Rockridge
04/23/2025 4:30pm at Chillicothe IVC
04/24/2025 4:30pm Dunlap
04/25/2025 4:30pm Sterling (DH - 5 Inning Games)
05/01/2025 4:30pm Moline
05/02/2025 4:30pm Galesburg (DH - 5 Inning Games)
05/07/2025 4:30pm United Township
05/09/2025 4:30pm Macomb
05/14/2025 4:30pm at Annawan-Wethersfield
05/16/2025 4:30pm Rock Island (DH - 5 Inning Games)
05/20/2025 4:30pm at La Salle-Peru
05/21/2025 6:00pm Davenport Assumption
05/22/2025 4:30pm Ottawa
05/23/2025 4:30pm at Sterling (DH - 5 Inning Games)

2024 GHS Athletic Hall Of Fame - Class Of 2024

Chris Ford

Chris Ford was a key figure in GHS athletics for three years. While he helped the 1977 Maple Leaf basketball team win the first Regional Championship in the history of the school, it was the on gridiron where he excelled for three years. A two-time All-NCIC selection, he gained All-State honors as a senior. He was a three-year starter on teams that were 39-1, and collected three consecutive State Championships. He followed his high school career with four years at Augustana College, again with All-Conference honors and an All-Amereican selection as a senior. Chris has continued to share his talents as a coach at Christian Hope Academy and has served on the National Fellowship of Christian Athletes Football Board.

Lori (Hofer) Boldt

Lori (Hofer) Boldt was a three-peat standout at GHS for four years and added track as a fourth effort as well. In volleyball, she was All-Conference for two years and was chosen as MVP her senior year. During her three year varsity softball tenure, she again gained All-Conference honors after her senior year. On the basketball court she was a four year varsity performer, again earning All-Conference honors twice. After her senior year, Lori was chosen as the GHS Female Athlete Of The Year. After GHS, Lori entered the University of Illinois where she participated in volleyball and basketball.

Autumn (Bassett) Heap

Autumn (Bassett) Heap began her interest in golf at an early age, crediting her initial interest to her family outings at the Geneseo Country Club, beginning in 7th grade. Autumn played softball at GHS, but her focus continued to be golf. She played during summers at the Club and credits Julie (VerHeecke) Frels with helping her, especially with her short game. While in high school, she continued to play in summer tournaments, became a four year varsity letter winner and was the first GHS female golfer to excel in the postseason. She won the IHSA Regional, carding a 77, establishing a school record. Autumn led her team to the State Tournament, the very first GHS Golf team, boys or girls, to do so. That team finished 4th in the State, with Autumn placing 7th individually. After GHS, Autumn took her game to the collegiate level, playing at Illinois State University

Todd Akers

Todd Akers was a three sport athlete at GHS, winning All-Conference honors in both football and basketball where he was also named to the Quad-City and Kewanee Hog Fest All-Star teams. However, his highest honors were on the track where he ran the hurdles, and in the field, where he triple jumped, long jumped and high jumped, and was a four year letter winner. He was the NCIC High Jump Champ and qualified for the State Finals twice. Todd’s GHS record of 6’11” still stands after more than three decades. He received a track scholarship to the University of Illinois where he placed 6th in the Big Ten Outdoor Meet and also began competing in the javelin and the decathlon. After the U of I, he has become a National Registered Paramedic and is a certified search and rescue diver.

Marc Motzer

Marc Motzer was a three sport standout at GHS beginning in wrestling his freshman year when he was a NCIC Conference Champion, on his way to becoming a four year varsity performer. On the football field, he was a two year starter at quarterback, passed for 1,000 yards, was twice an All-NCIC selection, and was named to the Quad-City All-Star team and played a key role on the 1990 IHSA Football State Runner-up squad. Marc was a starter on the GHS Baseball team for three years, again earning NCIC honors and was named the Quad-City outstanding defensive player of the year. He topped off his GHS days by being awarded the John McCormick award as the outstanding Male Athlete of the Year. After GHS, Marc went to Kirkland College where he was a two-year starter and helped lead them to the JUCO World Series. He followed Kirkwood with a stint at Iowa State as a two year starter. After his collegiate days, Marc played with multiple professional teams and was invited to camp with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Allison (Farrell) Cooney

Allison (Farrell) Cooney began a career on the golf course as a GHS freshman that would distinguish her in high school and later at Western Illinois University. At GHS, she was named to the All-Metro golf team four years running, and was All-Conference as a junior and a senior, was named MVP for three years, and was chosen as area Pacesetter. Allison was regional champion her senior year, carding a 78 for the win. Allison's finish at the Sectional meet her senior year qualified her for State. After her GHS days, Allison continued her golf career at Western Illinois University with significant accomplishments on the links consistently for four years accompanied by Summit League All-Academic honors and was named a Distinguished Scholar. During the summer of 2024, Allison teamed with her dad to win the Father/Daughter Invitational Tournament in Kerry, Ireland.

Don Fredericks

Over more than three decades, Don Fredericks established a career resume at GHS that goes far beyond the overwhelming number of successes that his teams rang up. The numbers alone reflect only a small portion of his contribution to our school and community. Don's focus has always been on the student, not what he or she accomplished on the track or in the field, but their personal growth as a person, how they treat themselves and others with the dignity they deserve. While Don's athletes' accomplishments read like a litany of excellence, those who have had the privilege of his influence, from his very early days at GHS until the present, remember and speak of his conduct towards everyone, regardless of athletic success. Don Fredericks set the highest standard of character possible.

2007-2008 Maple Leafs Basketball Team

The 2007-2008 Maple Leafs Basketball team, coached by GHS grad Brad Storm was a senior dominated squad that was ranked all year in the State top 20 and topped their season with 20 wins. They began the season by winning a championship of their own Thanksgiving Tourney and finished it off with a trip to the Sweet 16. In the interim, they played to a second place finish in the rugged NCIC Conference, won two games at the prestigious Pekin Holiday Tournament, and reached the Championship game in the Iowa/Illinois Shootout, falling in triple overtime to the top team from Iowa. In the postseason, the Maple Leafs were Regional Champions and qualified for the Sectional finals, placing them in the Sweet 16 for only the second time in Maple Leafs Basketball history.

Geneseo Youth Baseball and Softball Complexes Get Many Improvements - By Claudia Loucks

By Claudia Loucks
Geneseo Current

Below the new scoreboard are representatives of the organizations that helped made the improvements happen, (The Geneseo Foundation and the Francis G. & Betty J. Miller Foundation) including from left, Mark Breeden, Brett Lohman, John DuBois, Tyler Mackey, Rob Galloway, Manny Rivera, Jesse Dobbels, Bob Petit, James Mickley, Andy Thurman and Kane Causemaker. (Photo By Claudia Loucks)

Recent improvements have been made to the baseball and softball complexes on South Chicago St. in Geneseo.

According to James Mickley, president of Geneseo Youth Baseball & Softball (GYBS), there has been $350,000 worth of capital improvements to the complexes…”The Geneseo Foundation and Francis G . & Betty J. Miller Foundation supported the projects financially and GYBS gathered the support of local businessmen and volunteers to make these capital improvements a reality.”

The amount of the grant from the Geneseo Foundation was $100,000 and another $100,000 came from the Francis G. & Betty J. Miller Foundation.

JFE building made possible with grants are, from left, Rob Galloway, John DuBois, Tyler Mackey, Mark Breeden, Jesse Dobbels, James Mickley, Manny Rivera, Kane Causemaker and Bob Pettit. (Photo By Claudia Loucks)

The new building at JFE was finished in the spring of 2024, and will serve as a storage and team facility. It also offers new bathrooms as the old bathrooms were taken down at Bollen Field. Bob Pettit led the building project, which was supported by many volunteers.

Funds from the grants also were used to update the batting cages at the complex, and update team equipment for the youth baseball and softball teams.

Bollen Field building improvements made possible through grants, are from left, Kane Causemaker, Bob Pettit, Andy Thurman, Manny Rivera, James Mickley, Brett Lohman, John Dubois, Rob Galloway, Jesse Dobbels and Tyler Mackey.

Mickley said the final phase of the project will be the new backstop fencing at the large diamond on Bollen Field, which is scheduled to be complete in the fall of 2024….”The capital improvements will benefit the 600+ players and their families who participate in baseball and softball programs each year.