VanKerrebroeck Finishes 3rd At GHS F/S Invite

October 3 - Country View GC
Final Standings
Moline 161
Geneseo 182
Rock Island 195
Alleman 205
Sterling 212
Geneseo B 231

GHS Results
t-3rd: Kellen VanKerrebroeck (42 / +6)
t-6th: Carter Dickey (44 / +8)
t-8th: Eli Palmer (46 / +10)
16th: Ian Catour (50 / +14)
t-19th: Jack Gehling (54 / +18)
23rd: Lucas Rodriguez (55 / +19)
t-26th: Tyler Gerstel (59 / +23)
t-26th: Aiden DeCap (59 / +23)
t-26th: Tyler Massingill (59 / +23)
t-31st: Raidyn Allison (63 / +27)
33rd: Grant Bjorkman (69 / +33)

Lady Leafs Sweep Rock Island

September 30 - GHS Courts
Lady Leafs 9 Rock Island 0
Singles
G-Addi Snodgrass defeated RI-Leah Kitterman 6-4, 6-3
G-Madison Reade defeated RI-Averi Vroman 6-2, 6-1
G-Kendyl Wassenhove defeated RI-Elaina Adlfinger 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
G-Addi Snodgrass/Lily Taylor defeated RI-Leah Kitterman/Averi Vroman 6-1, 6-3
G-Madison Reade/Kendyl Wassenhove defeated RI-Elaina Adlfinger/Layla Rice 6-1, 6-1
G-Annie Maxwell/Stella Smith defeated RI-Abia Ndayishimiye/Blessing Jabbah 6-1, 6-2

Leafs Take 3rd At Sterling Regional, Advance To Sectionals

October 2 - 2A Sterling Regional - Emerald Hill GC
GHS Results
1st: Bryson VanHoutte (80 / +8)
9th: Kwin Van Kerrebroeck (84 / +12)
14th: Elijah Ford (88 / +16)
18th: Grady Bernahl (91 / +19)
21st: Ashton Veloz (94 / +22)
32nd: Drew Kelly (97 / +25)

Final Standings
Dixon 336 (Advances to Sectional)
Byron 338 (Advances to Sectional)
Geneseo 343 (Advances To Sectional)
Sterling 351
Princeton 355
Rochelle 355
Rock Falls 385
Stillman Valley 409
Kewanee 421

The Leafs will compete at the 2A Maple Park Kaneland Sectional. The meet will take place on Monday October 7th at the Hughes Creek Golf Course in Elburn.

Lady Leafs Finish 5th At Galesburg Regional.....DeGrave, Roberts, & Seei Advance

October 1 - Galesburg Regional - Lake Bracken CC
GHS Results
14th: Claire DeGrave (93 / +22) Advances
15th: Keely Roberts (94 / +23) Advances
22nd: Olivia Seei (99 / +28) Advances
38th: Katy Wilson (107 / +36)
48th: Lillian Bellagamba (112 / +41)
49th: Shay Schehl (113 / +42)

DeGrave, Roberts, & Seei will compete at the 2A Normal University Sectional. The meet will take place on Monday October 7th at the Weibring Golf Club in Normal.

Final Standings
Dunlap 344
Morton 366
Pekin 374
Moline 390
Geneseo 393
Quincy 414
Rock Island 420
Washington 425
Galesburg 449
Bartonville (Limestone) 479
Jacksonville 479
Peoria (Richwoods) 324* (3 golfers)
East Peoria 339* (3 golfers)

Veloz Earns Medalist, Leafs Victorious Over Orion In Regular Season Finale

September 30 - Oakwood CC
Maple Leafs 162 Orion 185

GHS Results
1st: Ashton Veloz (38)
2nd: Bryson VanHoutte (39)
4th: Kwin VanKerrebroeck (42)
5th: Elijah Ford (43 )
6th: Drew Kelly (44)
9th: Grady Bernahl (48)

JV 176 Orion 203
t-1st: Owen Parker (43)
t-3rd: Kellen VanKerrebroeck (44)
t-3rd: Brody Clementz (44)
t-7th: Dylan Cotty (45)
9th: Matthew Johnson (49)
t-10th: Carter Dickey (52)

BRAKEdown - Leafs 'Finish' One And Look For Another

By Keith Brake
Geneseo Current

One in a row! And we'll take it!

The goals against Galesburg were to finish plays, finish drives, and finish the game.

Missions accomplished in Geneseo's 28-21 win over Galesburg last Friday at Bob Reade Field.

The Leafs absorbed a 350-yard, three-touchdown assault from Silver Streaks running back Jamar Range.

“We found a way,” said Geneseo Coach Matt Furlong.

The “finish” by the Leafs was an 80-yard scoring drive, that took more than four minutes and ended with 1:14 left to play on an option run right by quarterback Jackson McAvoy.

The touchdown was the first in the second half a game by Geneseo since the season opener against Chicago Comer.

Range, who is listed at 5-11 and 180-pounds, is a piece of football work. He follows his blocking and does some intricate hip-hop cutting. Defenders reach for him and after he isn't there, he hits the afterburners and he really is gone.

Furlong recited a short list of Chicagoland backs he had faced over 19 years. “Range would be on that list, toward the top,” the coach said. “The thing we didn't note on the films we saw was his strength.”

Galesburg didn't go to him on two key plays late in the game. A quarterback sack by Kye Weinzierl put the Streaks back on the 20-yard line, whereupon a 37-yard field goal attempt into a stiff north wind didn't make it.

Later, a fourth-down pass toward the boundary was low and batted down by the Leafs.

Furlong admitted the Geneseo staff was surprised – and happy - when Galesburg didn't call on Range then in its hour of need.

Galesburg outrushed Geneseo by about 100 yards, but with the Leafs nearing 300 on the ground, that's not so bad.

Halfback Weinzierl and fullback Kolten Schmoll-Burton did some heavy running, especially on Geneseo's 80-yard winning drive.

This week, it's on to Sterling, where a pair of 3-2 teams with playoff aspirations collide over the ball.

Furlong said the Leafs “defended the pass pretty well” against Galesburg, which does have some playmakers on the edges.

They'll likely get a bigger dose of that against Sterling quarterback Drew Nettleton, who threw for a school-record five touchdowns in the Golden Warriors' 40-3 win over Galesburg a couple weeks ago.

Furlong knows Geneseo's recent history against Sterling, an old NCIC Northeast rival that remains the only WB6 team the Leafs haven't beaten since both teams entered the conference.

Sterling has won nine in a row over Geneseo, limiting the Leafs to one touchdown – or less – in eight of them.

“They're aggressive. They play box-heavy on defense,” the coach said.

“They take things away from you.”

“We're excited to play Sterling,” Furlong said, noting he hopes Geneseo's changed offensive schemes this season can isolate some Warriors on a defensive island during the game.

“But first, we've got a mental block we need to get past here,” said the coach.

“Sterling is well-coached, and it appears they're getting better as the season goes along,” he said.

“We overcame some adversity against Galesburg,” said Geneseo's coach. “It wasn't our best game, but we got some stops on defense. . . and we closed it out. The kids were excited.”

Lady Leafs Rally Past Rock Island, Take 2nd At Kaneland Invite

September 26 - Rock Island High School
Lady Leafs 20-25, 25-11, 25-14 Rock Island

Digs
Lizzie Rapps 18
Ava DeSplinter 11
Kailee Williams 8
Katherine Barickman 5

Aces
Elli Barickman 6
Katie VanDeWoestyne 2

Assists
K. Barickman 33
E. Barickman 2

Block Assists
E. Barickman 4
Rapps 2
Williams 2

Kills
Williams 14
E. Barickman 9
Rapps 9
VanDeWoestyne 5

Underclass Scores
Sophomores 25-17, 25-23 Rock Island
Rock Island 25-23, 25-17 Freshmen

September 28 - Kaneland Invite - Kaneland High School
Lady Leafs 25-23, 25-18 Batavia
Lady Leafs 25-12, 25-17 Naperville (Neuqua Valley)
Lady Leafs 25-23, 25-22 Woodstock (North)
Kaneland 25-19, 17-25, 15-10 Lady Leafs

The Lady Leafs Sophomore team won the Rock Falls Tournament on Saturday as well!

Brooklyn Smith Takes 3rd At Sterling Rock River Run, Gehl 4th

September 28 - Sterling Rock River Run - Hoover Park
GHS Girls Varsity Results (7th Overall)
 3rd: Brooklyn Smith (19:19.70)
43rd: Elanor DeBlieck (22:20.90)
45th: Jeslen Rink (22:23.90)
80th: Kady Fouts (23:58.00)
101st: Bella Curcuru (25:16.70)
117th: Racheal Roodhouse (26:06.10)
120th: Hope Kuster (26:15.60)
134th: Jessa Gramling (27:39.50)

GHS Boys Varsity Results (9th Overall)
4th: Dylan Gehl (16:10.70)
8th: Jaxson Sottos (16:24.70)
61st: Kaden Elmer (17:55.10)
72nd: Graysen Carlson (18:08.80)
78th: Aidan Bries (18:25.00)
103rd: Max Johnson (19:05.20)
122nd: Rylan Lambert (19:52.20)
127th: Christian Haney (20:10.40)
129th: Jacob Taylor (20:14.30)
150th: Calvin Bell (21:02.40)
158th: Tyler Holtzen (21:34.90)
163rd: Connor Douglas (21:49.80)
165th: Shane Bagby (21:54.10)

GHS Girls Fresh/Soph Results
 10th: Evelyn DeBaene (21:50.50)
14th: Ayla Schultz (22:23.10)
26th: Jacey Gehl (24:03.90)
32nd: Stella Allison (25:00.40)

GHS Boys Fresh/Soph Results (8th Overall)
 35th: Jack Kreiss (19:28.60)
36th: Micah Johnson (19:30.40)
37th: Greyson Claerhout (19:30.70)
53rd: Alex Aleman (20:28.00)
115th: Patrick Versluis (23:57.00)
120th: Rylan Carlson (24:16.40)

Maple Leafs Victorious On Senior Night, Finish 8th At Sterling Invite

September 25 - Country View GC
Maple Leafs 149 UTHS 194

GHS Results
 1st: Bryson VanHoutte (33 / -3)
2nd: Kwin VanKerrebroeck (37 / +1)
3rd: Elijah Ford (39 / +3)
4th: Drew Kelly (40 / +4)
5th: Grady Bernahl (44 / +8)
7th: Ashton Veloz (47 / +11)

September 26 - Sherrard - Country View GC
Maple Leafs 153 Sherrard 189

GHS Results
 1st: Bryson VanHoutte (34 / -2)
2nd: Kwin VanKerrebroeck (39 / +3)
t-3rd: Elijah Ford (40 / +4)
t-3rd: Ashton Veloz (40 / +4)
5th: Drew Kelly (43 / +7)
7th: Grady Bernahl (45 / +9)

JV Results
Maple Leafs 174 Sherrard 128 (2 golfers)
 1st: Owen Parker (40 / +4)
2nd: Dylan Cotty (42 / +6)
3rd: Brody Clementz (45 / +9)
4th: Carter Dickey (47 / +11)
t-5th: Aiden Brudos (51 / +15)
t-5th: Kellen VanKerrebroeck (51 / +15)

September 28 - Sterling Invite - Emerald Hill GC
Final Standings
Riverdale 312
Sterling 335
DeKalb 336
Dixon 336
Sycamore 341
Rock Island 342
Maple Park (Kaneland) 351
Geneseo 352
Rochelle 363
Yorkville (Parkview) 391
Sherrard 400
United Township 446

GHS Results
4th: Bryson VanHoutte (76 / +4)
23rd: Ashton Veloz (88 / +16)
t-38th: Kwin VanKerrebroeck (94 / +22)
t-38th: Elijah Ford (94 / +22)
43rd: Drew Kelly (96 / +24)
57th: Grady Bernahl (103 / +31)

Lady Leafs Swing Their Way Past Alleman, Come Up Short In Dixon

September 23 - Riverside Park
Lady Leafs 7 Alleman 2

Singles
RIA-Mary Reagan defeated G-Addi Snodgrass 6-2, 6-1
RIA-Kate Walsh defeated G-Madison Reade 6-2, 7-5
G-Kendyl Wassenhove defeated RIA-Hannah Andrews 6-4, 7-6 (3)

Doubles
G-Madison Reade/Kendyl Wassenhove defeated RIA-Maddie Vrana/Kate Walsh 6-0, 6-1
G-Annie Maxwell/Stella Smith defeated RIA-Hannah Andrews/Jolin Pottkamp 6-0, 6-1
G-Addi Snodgrass/Lily Taylor defeated RIA-Mary Reagan/Maggie Reagan 6-4, 7-5

September 26 - Dixon High School
Dixon 3 Lady Leafs 2
Singles
D-Grace Ferguson defeated G-Jenny Parsons 6-0, 6-0
D-Addison Arjes defeated G-Erica DeDecker 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
D-Rachel Lance/Brooklyn Arjes defeated G-Addi Snodgrass/Lily Taylor 6-2, 7-5
G-Madison Reade/Kendyl Wassenhove defeated D-Arielle Tefiku/Jenna Mustapha 6-2, 6-2
G-Annie Maxwell/Stella Smith defeated D-Lily Herrera/Joely Ortgieson 6-3, 6-1

Green Machine Ends Two Game Skid, Hold Off Galesburg To Pick Up First WB6 Win

September 27 - Bob Reade Field
Green Machine 28 Galesburg 21

1st Quarter
Ga-Jamar Range 64 yard run (PAT) (0-7)
G-VanHyfte 9 yard run (Holke PAT) (7-7)
Ga-Range 80 yard run (PAT) (7-14)
G-Kolten Schmoll-Burton 5 yard run (Holke PAT) (14-14)

2nd Quarter
G-Schmoll-Burton 8 yard run (Holke PAT) (21-14)

3rd Quarter
Ga-Range 1 yard run (PAT) (21-21)

4th Quarter
G-McAvoy 7 yard run (Holke PAT) (28-21)

Underclass Score
Freshmen 21 Galesburg 14