Maple Leafs Top Sherrard & Knoxville In Season Opener

Maple Leafs 161 Sherrard 201 Knoxville 207
Bryson VanHoutte shot a 39 to earn medalist as the 2024 GHS Boys Golf team kicked off the season at Lake Bracken in Galesburg on Tuesday August 20th. Finishing just one stroke behind was Drew Kelly.

Full GHS Results
1st: Bryson VanHoutee (39)
2nd: Drew Kelly (40)
t-3rd: Kwin VanKerrebroeck (41)
t-3rd: Ashton Veloz (41)
6th: Eli Ford (42)
t-7th: Kellen VanKerrebroeck (48)

Leafs Scrimmage Friday and YOU Can Be There!

By Keith Brake
Geneseo Current

“Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it's time to turn on the Green Machine!”

What? On Friday, Aug. 23, you say? That's a week early! The boys need more time to get ready. . .

Well, scrimmages against eastern Iowa power program Pleasant Valley may help Geneseo do just that.

Gates at Bob Reade Field will open at 4:15 p.m. Friday, for an event that will start at 5.

Admission will be a freewill donation to benefit the GHS athletic department.

All levels of the PV and Geneseo programs will be involved. And, these scrimmages will replace the traditional Green-White scrimmage game, at least for this year.

“It's a new format that I think will benefit our football program,” said Geneseo Athletic Director Joe Nichols in a press release. “We'll see our first-team players go against Pleasant Valley's starters, and the same with our second stringers.”

“It will be a nice challenge for our student-athletes and provide a little bit of a measuring stick as we preparre for the season-opener on Aug. 30,” he said.

Here's the schedule for the night:

5 p.m. - Frosh-soph scrimmage, with 48 total plays.

6:10 p.m. - Junior varsity, with 32 total plays.

6:35 p.m. - Varsity teams, with 40 total plays over four 10-play segments.

After the scrimmages, cheerleaders are to be introduced and there will be an autograph night.

The Green Machine hosts Chicago Comer in the opener on Aug. 30, visits Clinton, Wis., the next week, and then comes back home for the Western Big Six opener against Moline.

Lady Leafs Golf Open Season With Victory Over Sterling

Lady Leafs 192 Sterling 202
The 2024 GHS Girls Golf team opened up the season on Monday afternoon at the Geneseo Country Club with a 192-202 win over Sterling. Olivia Seei (43) earned medalist in the victory followed by Keely Roberts (45).

Full GHS Results
1st: Olivia Seei (43)
2nd: Keely Roberts (45)
6th: Katy Wilson (51)
7th: Claire Degrave (53)
10th: Shay Schehl (57)
15th: Lillian Bellagamba (63)
17th: Gretchen Fuelling (69)
20th: Paysli Christ (78)