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| Local Sports Roundup -- 9/16/9 |
High School Girls Golf
Galesburg High School bounced back from a pair of losses on Tuesday by defeating Washington in a non-conference dual meet Wednesday afternoon at Lake Bracken.
GHS outshot the Panthers 167-227. Jessica Lieber fired a 39 for the Streaks to earn medalist honors. Teammate Marissa Vinson was next with a 42.
Lily Anderson led the Galesburg junior varsity team with a 58.
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Knoxville suffered its first loss of the season against Rock Island Alleman in the Quad Cities.
The Pioneers won by 13 shots (181-194). The Blue Bullets' Abby Ball carded a 40 to finish as the medalist. Teammate Taylor Thompson was next with a 43.
Knoxville's record is now 4-1.
High School Boys Golf
Ridgewood edged Stark County by four strokes (183-187) at Lake Calhoun
Aledo downed Farmington by five strokes (182-187) at Canton Country Club
Kewanee (165) won a three-team meet against Canton (171) and Princeville (209) at Baker Park
High School Volleyball
Quincy spoiled Galesburg's Western Big Six opener.
The Blue Devils (12-1, 2-0) beat the Silver Streaks (2-6, 0-1) in two games: 25-10, 25-11.
Jorden Thomas led Galesburg with 4 kills. Amy Blucker added 3 blocks, Sara Baker had 3 digs and 8 assists and Sydney Edwards had 3 digs.
Galesburg plays next in Saturday's Western Big Six Quad.
Quincy also won the sophomore and freshman matches in two games.
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Wethersfield defeated Williamsfield in two games (25-14, 25-12).
Tessa Swedmen led the Flying Geese (5-6) with 12 kills and 6 digs. Shelby Steger contributed 10 assists, 4 kills and 5 digs.
Billtown (3-7) was led by Emily Newell's 4 kills and 4 assists. She also had a service ace.
Wethersfield won the freshman/sophomore match in three games.
High School Football
Galesburg High School's freshman team lost to Rock Island Alleman 30-6.
The Pioneers jumped out to a 16-0 first quarter lead and scored the rest of their points in the second quarter.
The Streaks (1-2) scored in the fourth quarter on a Brandon Cervantez 14-yard touchdown run.
Galesburg plays Rock Island on September 26th.
Local College Sports
-Volleyball-
Carl Sandburg College lost in three straight sets to Kishwaukee College, the fourth ranked team in the nation.
The Kougars won with scores of 25-13, 25-8 and 25-13. The Chargers were led by Malinda Anderson and Brooke Thompson with 3 kills apiece. Trisha Beswick added 7 assists.
The Chargers play again Saturday in the Augustana Viking Invitational Tournament.
-Women's Soccer-
Iowa Wesleyan defeated Knox College 3-2 in overtime to put a damper on the Prairie Fire's home opener.
Knox got goals from Danielle Roeder and Emma Swanson. Goalie Alex Rauland had 21 saves for Knox. |
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