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Thursday night at John Thiel Gymnasium, the Galesburg High School girls basketball team bounced back after suffering their first conference loss a week ago with a big win over the Moline Maroons, 52-33. The Streaks get the season sweep against the Maroons and are now 7-1 in Western Big 6 Conference play and 18-4 on the season.

Galesburg shot 19 of 46 from the field, 7 of 19 from the 3-point line, and 7 of 11 from the charity stripe. They grabbed 34 rebounds, had 15 assists but also committed 15 turnovers in the game. The Streaks were led in scoring by Josslyn Peck with 11 points, Ella Herchenroder scored 9 points, Jozalyn Kilgore finished with 8 points and Taylor Herchenroder contributed 6 points.

Crunch time for Galesburg came in the first quarter, with senior Josslyn Peck providing the spark that the Streaks needed and earning the Dave's Auto Body Crunch Time Player of the Game award. Josslyn contributed 7 points in that first quarter, and finished the game with 11 points, 5 rebounds, a couple of steals and a big block.

In their next to last non-conference game of the regular season, the Galesburg High School boys basketball team fell to the Limestone Rockets, 71-54. The Rockets led the entire game. The Silver Streaks came close a couple of times of at least tying the game, but Limestone never relented, scoring 42 points in the 2nd half. Galesburg is now 8 - 15 on the season.

The Streaks shot 19 of 38 from the field, 2 of 8 from beyond the arc, and 14 of 21 from the free throw line. The team had 22 rebounds, 5 assists and committed 16 turnovers. Only two Streaks players scored in double-figures, Cesaire Bile with 16 points and Jackson Crock Sibbing with 10.

In the third quarter, Cesaire Bile almost single-handedly kept the Streaks in the game, and for that was named the Dave's Auto Body Crunch Time Player of the Game.  Cesaire scored 11 points in that quarter, and finished with a career-high 16 points. He also grabbed 4 rebounds, 3 of which were offensive, and a steal.

GHS Silver Streaks basketball player Jackson Crock Sibbing joined WGIL's Brad Bennewitz and Jason Wessels during the postgame broadcast following the win over Alleman on January 17, 2025.

It's back-to-back wins for the Galesburg boys basketball team as they dominated Friday night in a Western Big 6 match-up against the Alleman Pioneers at John Thiel Gym. The Silver Streaks won 81-39 and are now 7-13 on the season and 2-5 in the conference.

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Galesburg scored the first 6 points and with a couple of big double-digit scoring runs, they had a 43-16 lead at the half. They started the 2nd half with another 13-0 run, and never looked back. The Silver Streaks shot 33 of 58 from the field, 9 of 22 from the three-point line, and 4 of 8 from the charity stripe. They had a commanding 40 rebounds in the game along with 16 assists and only 10 turnovers. Jackson Crock Sibbing led the way in scoring with 22 points, including six 3-pointers, Jaxon Wyatt scored 11 along with 5 rebounds, Leslie Kelley finished with 10 points, Cesaire Bile contributed 8, and both Tobi Kivunina and Rahkim McCellan scored 7 points. Ethan Oxley put up 6 points and led the Streaks in rebounds with 10.

Coming off the bench, Jackson Crock Sibbing was named the Dave's Auto Body Crunch Time Player of the Game. JCS was a big contributor to the several scoring runs that the Streaks had in the game, finishing with 22 points, the most he has scored in a varsity conference game.

Jackson joined WGIL's Brad Bennewitz and Jason Wessels during the postgame broadcast. Click the Player below to listen to their conversation:

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In a hard-fought game Thursday night at Sterling High School, the Galesburg girls basketball team fell to the Sterling Golden Warriors for their first loss in Western Big 6 Conference play this season, 56-50. The Silver Streaks are now 17-4 on the season and 6-1 in the conference. Galesburg and Sterling are now tied for 1st in the conference. Galesburg won when they played Sterling earlier in the season.

It was offensive rebounds for 2nd chance points and solid shooting from the free throw line that clinched it for Sterling. They pulled down 34 rebounds, 13 of which were offensive, and scored 17 of 22 free-throws. Galesburg shot 19 of 51 from the field, 7 of 19 from beyond the arc, and 5 of 9 from the free-throw line. The Streaks had 27 rebounds and 12 assists along with 19 turnovers. Galesburg was led in scoring by Ella Herchenroder with 14 points, Joz Kilgore with 11, Zaniyah Carter and Khloe May both scored 6 coming off the bench, and Josslyn Peck scored 4 points.

Jozalyn Kilgore played with heart and determination, especially in her defensive work against Sterling's 6-foot 3-inch Madison Austin who has already committed to playing Division I college basketball at Illinois State, and was named the Dave's Auto Body Crunch Time Player of the Game. Jozalyn scored 11 points, pulled down 7 rebounds and had a couple of steals in the game.

Tuesday night, the Galesburg Silver Streaks boys basketball team put themselves in the win column in the Western Big 6 Conference for the first time this season with a 58-46 win over Geneseo, who fell to 0-16 on the season. The Streaks out-scored the Maple Leafs in each quarter, including a 13-0 run in the 4th quarter which clinched the victory. With that win on the road, the Galesburg boys improve to 6-13 on the season and 1-5 in the conference.

It was truly a team effort for the Silver Streaks who shot 24 of 46 from the field, 3 of 13 from beyond the arc, and 5 of 8 free throws. The team had 28 rebounds, 15 assists and just 7 turnovers. Galesburg was led in scoring by Jaxon Wyatt with 22 points, Jackson Crock Sibbing with 15 points, Cesaire Bile scored 7 points in his first varsity start, and Keigen Crummer and Leslie Kelley both scored 4 points. Leslie also had 6 assists and Keigen had 4 assists along with 4 steals.

With aggressive determination, Jaxon Wyatt scored a career high 22 points, along with 9 rebounds, and was named the Dave's Auto Body Crunch Time Player of the Game for the Silver Streaks.

Saturday (1/11) afternoon, the Galesburg Silver Streaks girls basketball team traveled to LaSalle-Peru Township High School and came away with a dominating 49 - 14 win over the Cavaliers. The Streaks are now 17 - 3 on the season.

It was another defensive juggernaut by the Silver Streaks who caused the Cavaliers to turn the ball over 34 times.

Galesburg had balanced scoring among several players including Ella Herchenroder with 9 points, Cora Johnson scored 7 points, Zaniyah Carter and Lily Furrow both contributed 6 points. Overall the Streaks were 21 of 49 from the field, 5 of 18 from the 3-point line, and 2 0f 6 from the free throw line. They had 24 rebounds, 13 assists and 18 turnovers.

Crunch time for the Streaks came in the 1st quarter of this game, and coming off the bench providing the spark that the team needed was Zaniyah Carter with very aggressive defensive play and sharp ball passing among many other contributions. Zaniyah finished with 6 points, 3 assists, 5 steals and was named the Dave's Auto Body Crunch Time Player of the Game.

The Galesburg boys basketball team is still in search of their first Western Big 6 Conference win this season after falling to the Sterling Golden Warriors on Friday (1/10) night, 58 - 41. The Streaks are now 5-13 on the season and 0-5 in conference play.

Sterling led the entire game after scoring the first 6 points. The Streaks came back in the 2nd quarter with several opportunities to tie the game or take the lead, but just couldn't out-pace the Golden Warriors, despite their poor shooting in the 1st half. Sterling was only 6 of 26 in the first half. But despite only being down 3 points at the half, Galesburg came out in the 3rd quarter shooting only 2 of 15 while Sterling went on a 10 - 3 run and never looked back. It ended up a 17-point loss for the Streaks that felt like a major lost opportunity.

Jaxon Wyatt was the clear-cut choice for the Dave's Auto Body Crunch Time Player of the Game for the Silver Streaks. Jaxon finished with 16 points, including a couple of 3-pointers, 8 rebounds, and a solid defensive effort. When things were going the best for the Streaks in the game tonight, it seemed to be because Jaxon was involved.