2024 GMS Softball Regular Season Schedule & Scores

Home Games In Bold - Schedule Subject To Change

Season Complete! Leafs finish 9-2-1

Pruett Finishes 21st At Nationals, Solid Outing At Junior Gold

2024 GHS graduate Landen Pruett finished 21st at the US High School Bowling National Championships on June 9-10 in Lancaster, PA. In July, Pruett competed at the Junior Gold Championships in Detroit where he advanced through the qualifying round before finishing 191st overall out of over 3,000 competitors.

Landen Pruett (Photo By Geneseo Current)

Geneseo Park District Gators Defeat Rochelle in Swim Meet

By Claudia Loucks
Geneseo Current

Lucy Walck . Contributed Photo

Henry Pratt. Contributed Photo

The Geneseo Park District Gators Swim Team defeated the Rochelle Rays in a recent home swim meet held at the John & Carla Edwards Aquatic Center. After scoring all races with a 5, 3, 1-point scoring for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, the Gators win the meet.

GATORS – 279

ROCHELLE - 176

Coach Gina Schweitzer commented, “The kids all swam great and fast. I loved seeing them cheer each other on. A big thanks to our timers and starter who kept the meet flowing along! It was a great meet!”

The Gators Swim Team is open to swimmers who are six years of age and older.

To All Incoming Youth Football Players - From Geneseo Youth Football

Geneseo Youth Football started over 65 years ago to introduce football to boys in the 5th through 7th grades. The program is self‑supporting through donations from area businesses, foundations and other individuals in our community. At this time, we are preparing and planning our 2024 fall season.

In order to plan for the total number of teams and players per team, we ask you to register now using the online registration using this link, https://forms.gle/BAKcRKSWtghhs23a8. There is no cost to register and the only cost to play is $1 for the mouthguard. We would appreciate you completing the registration process no later than July 1, 2024.

We have outlined answers to some questions you might have on the next attachment as well as some dates for the upcoming season. This should help clarify when things happen and how the league operates.

For all first year players, regardless of grade, tryouts are required. Each tryout session will last approximately 30-45 minutes, depending on numbers, for all coaches to see how each player performs in a series of drills. Plastic/molded cleats are recommended but not required. Players only need to attend one of the tryout days.

We look forward to another successful football season and watching your player grow!

Thank you.

GENESEO YOUTH FOOTBALL, INC. ‑ BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Ray Hanson, Bill Dale, Tom Curnyn, Larry Ward, Scott Himmelman,Brad Toone, Eric Henderson, Mike Laingen and Tyler Mackey

Four Leafs Cap Tennis Season At State

The 2024 Maple Leafs season came to a close last weekend in Palatine as Sam Mosbarger, Eric States, Ben Robinson, & Jacob Nelson competed in the IHSA 1A State Championships. Mosbarger & States reached the second round by defeating the team of Arya Govula/Sam Hendricks of Elgin Academy before getting bumped to the consolation bracket by Maurice Neuman and Adam Tang of Chicago University. Neuman & Tang eventually finished fourth overall. Full results below. Congrats Leafs on a fantastic season!

Doubles Championship Bracket - First Round
Marcus Kocher/Carter Seaman (Olney Richland Co) defeated Ben Robinson/Jacob Nelson (Geneseo) 6-1, 6-4
Sam Mosbarger/Eric States (Geneseo) defeated Arya Govula/Samuel Hendricks (Elgin Academy) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles Championship Bracket - Second Round
Maurice Neuman/Adam Tang (Chicago University) defeated Sam Mosbarger/Eric States (Geneseo) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles Consolation Bracket - First Round
Daniel Dyer/Alex Strong (Quincy Notre Dame) defeated Ben Robinson/Jacob Nelson (Geneseo) 6-4, 6-1

Doubles Consolation Bracket - Second Round
Charlie Hale/Hudson Ward (Chicago DePaul) defeated Sam Mosbarger/Eric States (Geneseo) 7-5, 1-6, (10-6)

Schaad Caps Off GHS Career With A State Championship, Salisbury & Kehoe Finish 7th

At Eastern Illinois University on Saturday, GHS Senior Cooper Schaad finished off his GHS track & field career by winning the IHSA 2A State Championship in pole vault! With a successful attempt of 4.81m on the third jump off, he bested Tony Keene of Harrisburg to claim the title. Schaad finished in the top ten at state in each of his four seasons as he took third the previous two seasons and ninth in his freshman year.

Senior Kaden Salisbury ended his GHS run with a seventh place finish in the discus with a throw of 48.07m. Salisbury also competed in the shot put prelims (14.82m) on Friday with a 22nd place finish. Sophomore Cedric Kehoe competed in the 300m Hurdles where he earned 7th place with a time of 40.21.

Also competing in the state finals on Friday were Luke Johnsen in discus (25th/40.15m), Brayden Combs (29th/5.71m), Jake Rapps in 100m hurdles (12th/15.08) & 300m Hurdles (14th/41.21). The 4x400 relay team of Max Johnson, Jackson VanHyfte, Gavin Hintgen, & Kehoe finished 25th with a time of 3:32.52.

2A State Championships - Day 2 - May 25
Pole Vault
1st: Cooper Schaad (4.81m - State Champion!)

Discus
7th: Kaden Salisbury (48.07m)

300m Hurdles
9th: Cedric Kehoe (40.21)

Kaden Salisbury (Photo Submitted)

Jake Rapps (Photo Submitted)

2A State Championships - Day 1 - May 24
Pole Vault
T-1st: Cooper Schaad (4.10m - Advances)

Discus
5th: Kaden Salisbury (48.07m - Advances)
25th: Luke Johnsen (40.15m)

Shot Put
22nd: Kaden Salisbury (14.82m)

Long Jump
29th: Brayden Combs (5.71m)

100m Hurdles
12th: Jake Rapps (15.08)

300m Hurdles
7th: Cedric Kehoe (40.11 - Advances)
14th: Jake Rapps (41.21)

4x400 Relay
25th: Max Johnson, Jackson VanHyfte, Gavin Hintgen, Cedric Kehoe (3:32.52)

Host Eagles End Lady Leafs Season

The Lady Leafs season came to an end on Tuesday evening as regional host Dunlap jumped out to a 4-0 first inning lead over the GHS and never looked back as the Eagles went on to win 11-1 in the 3A Regional Semifinals. Sidney Spindel capped off her GHS career with a homer for the Leafs only hit of the game. The Lady Leafs finish the regular season with a 21-15 overall record.

Dunlap 11 Lady Leafs 1 - May 21 - 3A Regional Semfinals

Final Regular Season Standings (WB6, Overall)
Sterling (13-1, 22-5)
United Township (12-2, 22-11)
Rock Island (9-5, 14-11-1)
Geneseo (8-6, 21-16)
Moline (7-7, 19-11)
Quincy (4-10, 17-15)
Alleman (2-12, 6-21)
Galesburg (1-13, 3-29)

Knights Walk it Off, End Leafs Season

A Richwoods walk-off single brought the Maple Leafs 2024 season to a close on Monday evening at the 3A Regional Quarterfinals in Peoria . After falling behind 2-0 early in the contest, GHS rallied in the 4th with an RBI single by Logan Palmer followed by a Kye Weinzierl sacrifice fly to tie it up at 2. A Jackson McAvoy RBI triple in the 5th gave GHS a brief 3-2 lead but the Knights would tied it up in the bottom half of the inning before walking it off with a single in the 7th. Maple Leafs finish the season with an overall record of 16-19 (4-10 WB6).

Peoria Richwoods 4 Maple Leafs 3 - May 20 - 3A Regional Quarterfinals

Final Regular Season Standings (WB6, Overall)
United Township (12-2, 21-7)
Rock Island (11-3, 22-9)
Moline (10-4, 15-17)
Galesburg (8-6, 21-14)
Quincy (6-8, 13-16)
Sterling (5-9, 12-16-1)
Geneseo (4-10, 16-18)
Alleman (0-14, 7-28)

Leafs Rally Over Ottawa, End Regular Season On A Strong Note

Following a 2-0 setback at Galesburg on Tuesday afternoon, the Leafs got it going on Thursday when old conference foe Ottawa made the trip to Stone Field. Trailing by three heading into the bottom of the 7th, the Leafs rallied to pull out the 8-7 win following a Kruiz Ludwig walk-off double which scored Brennan Lambin. Ludwig went 3-5 with a homer in addition to his game winning two bagger with three batted in.

GHS finished off the regular season with a busy Salute To Service Saturday as they hosted Moline followed by East Peoria. The Leafs jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead over the Maroons en route to a 10-2 victory. Ludwig, AJ Weller, Connor Mitchell, & Kale Whitaker each doubled in the win. In the nightcap, the Leafs again jumped out to a quick lead and held off a late East Peoria rally to finish up the regular season with a 10-8 win. Weller was 2-4 with a homer while Whitaker went 3-4 with a triple. Brennan Lambin gave up two runs on five hits while striking out four as he picked up the win on the mound.

Next Up: #9 seeded Leafs will travel to Peoria Richwoods on Monday to take on #8 Peoria Richwoods in the 3A Regional Quarterfinals (4:30pm). The winner will move on to face #2 Dunlap on Wednesday in Galesburg.

Galesburg 2 Maple Leafs 0 - May 14

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Maple Leafs 8 Ottawa 7 - May 16

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Maple Leafs 10 Moline 2 - May 18

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Maple Leafs 10 East Peoria 8 - May 18

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JV Scores
Leafs 8 Ottawa 4
Freeport 8 Leafs 7

Lady Leafs Complete Regular Season, Will Take On Dunlap In Regionals

On May 14, the Lady Leafs kicked off the final week of the regular season with a wild 15-13 win over LaSalle-Peru on Senior Night. Sidney Spindel went 3-5 with three doubles and two driven in. Avery Kennedy tripled while Lynn Cotty and Madisyn Buysse each added a double in the win. The following day, GHS jumped out to an 8-2 lead and never looked back in a 10-3 victory over visiting Ottawa. Emily Bopes and Kyah Newell each recorded two hits while driving in a combined six of the ten runs.

Western Big 6 Champion Sterling came to JFE on Thursday to wrap up WB6 play with a 5-0 win over the Lady Leafs. The regular season concluded on Saturday in Moline as the Leafs took part in the Super Duals. Machesney Park Harlem picked up a 1-0 win over GHS but the Lady Leafs came right back later in the day to defeat Bartonville Limestone 5-0. Talisa Thomas pitched a complete game as she gave up just six runs over the course of 7 innings while striking out 6.

Next Up: #5 seeded Lady Leafs will travel to Dunlap on Tuesday (6:00pm) to take on the #3 Eagles in the IHSA 3A Regional Semifinals. The winner will face #2 Pontiac or #8 Galesburg on Friday in Dunlap.

Lady Leafs 15 LaSalle-Peru 13 - May 14

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Lady Leafs 10 Ottawa 3 - May 15

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Sterling 5 Lady Leafs 0 - May 16

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Machesney Park Harlem 1 Lady Leafs 0 - May 18

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Lady Leafs 5 Bartonville Limestone 0 - May 18

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JV Scores
Lady Leafs 3 Ottawa 2
Lady Leafs 23 Sterling 13

Lady Leafs Defeat Galesburg, Season Ends At The Hands Of PND

The Lady Leafs opened the post season on Tuesday May 14 at the GHS pitch with a resounding 7-0 victory over Galesburg in the IHSA 2A Regional Semifinals. Ava DeSplinter, Mia Kelly, & Caiya Holke each added two goals with Lily Taylor adding one. The #4 seeded Leafs advanced to face top seed and perennial power Peoria Notre Dame on Friday May 17. A DeSplinter goal midway through the first period gave GHS a 1-0 lead but the Lady Irish rallied to tie the game by intermission. PND took control in the second half on their way to a 6-2 victory to win the regional title. The Lady Leafs finish the season 9-10 overall.

2A Regional Semifinals - May 14
Lady Leafs 7 Galesburg 0
Goals
Ava DeSplinter 2
Mia Kelly 2
Caiya Holke 2
Lily Taylor 1

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2A Regional Championship - May 17
Peoria Notre Dame 6 Lady Leafs 2
Goals
Ava DeSplinter 2

Two Championships For Marshall As Lady Leafs Conclude Season At State

Double Champion! Olivia Marshall picked up not one….but two titles at the IHSA 2A State Championships this weekend at Eastern Illinois University! With a toss of 13.21m, she finished ahead of Carmyn Huston of Monmouth-Roseville by nearly a full meter. In discus, Marshall threw 42.51m which was a full four meters ahead of runner up Elsie Williamson of Taylorville. Also competing in the Saturday finals were Brooke Boone (9th - long jump), Jocelyn Cechowicz (11th - pole Vault), Madison Reade (13th - high jump), and Brooklyn Smith (19th - 3200m).

2A State Championships - Day 2 - May 18
Shot Put - Finals
1st: Olivia Marshall (13.21 - State Champion!)

Discus - Finals
1st: Olivia Marshall (42.51 - State Champion!)

Long Jump - Finals
9th: Brooke Boone (5.00m)

Pole Vault - Finals
11th: Jocelyn Cechowicz (2.95m)

High Jump - Finals
13th: Madison Reade (1.50m)

3200m
19th: Brooklyn Smith (11:56.13)

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2A State Championships - Day 1 - May 17
Shot Put - Day 1
1st: Olivia Marshall (12.44m - Advances)

Discus - Day 1
1st: Olivia Marshall (40.72m - Advances)

Pole Vault - Prelims
8th: Jocelyn Cechowicz (3.10m - Advances)
NH: Johnna Shoemaker

Long Jump - Prelims
8th: Brooke Boone (5.00m - Advances)

High Jump - Prelims
12th: Madison Reade (1.53m - Advances)

1600m - Prelims
28th: Brooklyn Smith (5:31.98)

State Bound! Mosbarger & States Win Sectional, Robinson & Nelson 4th

Sam Mosbarger and Eric States won the sectional doubles championship on Saturday May 18 at Freeport High School! In the final round, they defeated Logan Palmer/Joel Rhodes of Sterling Newman to win the title. This was the second championship for Mosbarger as he also won it with Alex Slaymaker in 2023. Not far behind them was the team of Ben Robinson and Jacob Nelson who earned third place with a victory over Chase Baird/Dominic Reagan of Alleman. The Leafs as a team ended the tournament with a solid third place finish and Mosbarger, States, Robinson, & Nelson now advance to next weekends IHSA State Championships. The tournament will take place May 23 - 25 at Palatine High School and surrounding area courts.

Singles - First Round
Owen Helm (Freeport) defeated Joe Versluis (Geneseo) 6-0, 6-0
Ben Temple (Rockford Lutheran) defeated Dru Curcuru (Geneseo) 6-0, 6-1

Doubles - First Round
Sam Mosbarger/Eric States (Geneseo) (Bye)
Ben Robinson/Eric Nelson (Geneseo) (Bye)

Doubles - Second Round
Sam Mosebarger/Eric States (Geneseo) defeated Landon Horn/Doug Johnson (Rockford Lutheran) 6-1, 6-0
Ben Robinson/Eric Nelson (Geneseo) defeated Cooper Bennet/Will Georgis (Rockford Boylan) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles - Third Round
Sam Mosbarger/Eric States (Geneseo) defeated Caden De Jong/Alex Cuatlatl (Freeport) 6-2, 7-5
Ben Robinson/Jacob Nelson (Geneseo) defeated Carlos Delavin/Diego Robles Sanchez (Freeport) 1-6, 6-1, 6-2

Doubles - Semifinals
Sam Mosbarger/Eric States (Geneseo) defeated Chase Baird/Dominic Reagan (Alleman) 6-2, 6-3
Logan Palmer/Joel Rhodes (Sterling Newman) defeated Ben Robinson/Jacob Nelson (Geneseo) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1

Doubles - 3rd Place
Chase Baird/Dominic Reagan (Alleman) defeated Ben Robinson/Jacob Nelson (Geneseo) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles - Championship
Sam Mosbarger/Eric States (Geneseo) defeated Logan Palmer/Joel Rhodes (Sterling Newman) 6-3, 6-4