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A tough loss on Senior Night for the Galesburg Silver Streaks football team on Friday night to the Rock Island Rocks, 41-6. The Streaks are 2-6 with one more game in the season next Friday.

It was a disheartening end to the home schedule for the Streaks, and an even more disheartening end to the night as tensions and tempers flared during the handshake line after the game.

In the 2nd quarter, Kevin Phillips forced a Rock Island fumble on a punt return. He also had the lone score for the Streaks with a 61-yard touchdown reception. And for that, Kevin Phillips was named the Dave's Autobody Crunch Time Player of the Game!

2026 Seniors on the Galesburg High School football team:

• #3  Shawn Taylor  WR/DB
• #4  Demetrius Watson  WR/DB
• #5  Ayden Clark  TE/DL
• #8  Drew Hickey  WR/LB
• #10  Bradley Eaton  WR/DB
• #11  Rayvone Taylor  WR/LB
• #21  Joshua Larkin  WR/DB
• #52  Dallin Junious  OL/DL
• #55  LaVant Ritenour  OL/DL
• #66  Pierre Welcome  OL/DL
• #72  Davion Collins  OL/DL
• #73  Darion White  OL/DL
• #83  James Bidingua
• #83  Levi Schroder  K

The Galesburg Silver Streaks football team suffered a loss on the road at Quincy on Friday night, 22-44.

Galesburg quarterback Grady Hickey, who left the game early with an injury, rushed for 38 yards on 5 carries. In the air air, Grady was 8 for 21 with 138 yards passing, including a touchdown and 2 interceptions, with one being a pick-six. Cory McGee rushed for 29 yards on 9 carries, Prosper Aremu had 3 carries for 10 yards, Kevin Phillips had 3 carries for 7 yards, and Day'Vion Jones had a couple of carries for 5 yards.

Antwon Walker, who also left the game with an injury, had 4 receptions for 98 yards, including a 46 yard touchdown reception. Antwon also had a 78 yard kickoff return. Shawn Taylor had his first reception of the season for 5 yards. Bradley Eaton finished with a couple of catches for 15 yards and Kevin Phillips had a 19 yard catch. The Silver Streaks had 7 penalties for 70 yards.

On defense and in his first game back from injury, Drew Hickey got an interception for the Silver Streaks.

In the 2nd quarter after just giving up a score, the Silver Streaks were faced with a 3rd and 13. Grady Hickey rolled out to the right, decided to tuck it and run, and ended up getting the first down. Two plays later, Grady connected with Antwon for a touchdown, and with the two-point conversion, Galesburg took the lead and the momentum for the moment. For those sequences of plays, Grady Hickey was named the Dave's Autobody Crunch Time Player of the Game!

Next week, the Silver Streaks are back home for Senior Night as they take on Rock Island.

After a couple of weeks on the road, the Galesburg Silver Streaks football team returned home Friday night for a Western Big 6 match-up against the Geneseo Maple Leafs and ended up suffering their third loss on the season, 38-20.

The Silver Streaks racked up 131-yards rushing in the game. Grady Hickey had 11 carries for 17 yards, Corey McGee 9 carries for 37 yards with 2 touchdowns, Bradley Eaton had 35-yards rushing, including a touchdown. Kevin Phillips carried the ball 6 times for 39-yards, and Prosper Aremu had a couple of carries for 3 yards.

In the air, Grady Hickey finished the night with 17 of 28 passing for 168 yards. Bradley Eaton had 5 receptions for 59 yards, Demetrius Watson with five catches for 47 yards, Antwon Walker 4 receptions for 37-yards, Corey McGee had 2 catches for 8-yards, Ayden Clark snagged a 13-yard reception, and Zacheriah Smith had a reception for 8-yards.

The Streaks were penalized 7 times for 35-yards, they were 4 of 10 on 3rd downs, and 1 of 2 on 4th downs.

With their renewed energy coming out of half-time for the Silver Streaks, all of the candidates for the Dave's Autobody Crunch Time Player of the Game had big moments in the 2nd half. Kevin Phillips helped keep a critical drive alive when the Streaks were down 24-6. Galesburg started the drive on their 10 yard line, and on a 4th down play, Phillips broke free to get the needed yards to keep the drive alive. It ended up being a 14-play drive resulting in a touchdown and kept the game competitive at that point in the 3rd quarter. So Kevin Phillips receives his first Dave's Autobody Crunch Time Player of the Game award!

The Silver Streaks are back on the road next week when the head to Quincy Notre Dame.