Lady Leaf Grapplers Finish 5th At Minooka Tourney!

2023-24 Lady Leafs Wrestling Team (Photo Submitted)

Molly Snyder - 1st Place! (Photo Submitted)

The 2023-24 Lady Leaf wrestling team started off the season in strong fashion at the Minooka Girls Thanksgiving Throwdown on Wednesday November 22! With 185 points, GHS finished 5th overall out of 23 teams with 9 of 15 wrestlers placing in the top 5! Finishing ahead of the Lady Leafs were West Aurora (286), host Minooka (262), Lockport (246.5), & Tinley Park Andrew (226).

GHS Varsity Top 5
100: Molly Snyder - 1st Place
135: Grace Schilling - 4th Place
125: Lydia King - 5th Place
130: Bella Curcuru - 5th Place
145: Gia Ritter - 5th Place
190: Aj Juarez - 5th Place

GHS JV Top 5
145: Lauren Piquard - 1st Place
130: Emily Bopes - 3rd Place
170: Macy Litherland - 3rd Place

Also competing for varsity were Rachel Roodhouse (120), Reagan Bopes (140), Sophie Bellagamba (155), & Molly Neumann (170). Lily Roodhouse (140) and Madelynn Roberts (155) also competed for JV.

Next Up: Saturday November 25 at the Rockford East Girls Invite! Event begins at 9:00am.

One in a Row!

By Keith Brake
Geneseo Current

And Geneseo's varsity boys basketball team will take this new winning streak, thank you.

The Leafs began the Ryan Hill coaching era with a 58-41 win over the Erie-Prophetstown co-op team on Monday evening, Nov. 20.

It was the first game of the season, and it was part of the Geneseo Thanksgiving Tournament.

Geneseo didn't win a boys basketball game all of last season. That led to the dismissal of former Coach Brad Storm, and the hiring of Hill, who had been coaching at Davenport Central.

The Leafs showed a fast-moving defense and the ability to move the ball quickly on offense and hit shots from the wings in taking a 42-21 halftime lead.

The Panthers got more pressure on the ball after halftime and played their best quarter, outscoring Geneseo 16-8 to cut the Leaf lead to 50-37.

That gave Geneseo a chance to work on a time-killing weave on offense.

The Leafs wound up outscoring Erie-Prophetstown 8-4 in the fourth quarter to pull away to the 17-point victory.

There were some celebratory hugs as the Geneseo regulars came out in the closing seconds.

The tourney continues for Geneseo on Wednesday, Nov. 22, when the Leafs host Kewanee.

Dylan Gehl Finishes 7th At State As GHS XC Concludes The 2023 Season!

2023 GHS Boys Cross Country Team State Finalists (Photo Submitted)

GHS Freshmen Brooklyn Smith Prepares To Begin The State Race. (Photo Submitted)

The Geneseo High School Boys Cross Country team capped off their season with an 18th place finish (446 points) at the IHSA 2A State Finals this past Saturday in Peoria. Marion High School (112 points) were winners of the championship. Junior Dylan Gehl earned himself a state medal with his 7th place finish and also set the second best GHS Boys XC time at Detweiller Park with a 14:48.36. Dan Chenoweth holds the top time of 14:24 which was set during the state finals in 2006. Also competing for the Maple Leafs were Sam Mosbarger (3rd/15:14.89), Jaxson Sottos (131st/16:10.65), Jack Kreiss (186th/16:48.23), Max Johnson (194th/16:53.58), Kaden Elmer (200th/17:00.59), & Aidan Bries (205th/17:06.19).

Brooklyn Smith concluded an impressive freshman season for the Lady Leafs as she finished 56th overall at last Saturdays 2A State Finals. With the time of 18:28.54, Smith finished 11th out of the 56 freshman runners. A bright future is ahead for Brooklyn and the Lady Leafs!