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The Galesburg Boys basketball team finished off a 28 win regular season with an 85 – 58 win at Limestone the final score making it sound a lot easier than it really was. Late in the 3rd

  The Galesburg Silver Streaks wrapped up Western Big 6 Conference play with a big 81-56 win over Rock Island at Rock Island. Jaylin McCants led the Streaks 18th double double on the season scoring 23 points

The Galesburg Silver Streaks boys basketball team secured its first outright Western Big 6 Conference championship in 22 years Friday night,  holding off a scrappy Moline Maroons team 48-43 at Wharton Fieldhouse. The game was in doubt

Recap of the game from WGIL’s Brad Bennewitz: In a highly anticipated 1st place showdown in the Western Big 6 on Tuesday night, the Galesburg boys basketball team got off to a tough start against the Geneseo Maple

Here is a recap of the game from WGIL’s Brad Bennewitz: The Galesburg boys basketball team won for the 19th time in 20 games, this time another continuous clock game, which didn’t happen until late in the

A big second quarter propelled the Galesburg Silver Streaks to their 23rd victory of the season and 18th in the last 19 games with their 63-35 win over United Township, enacting revenge for a lost to the

The Galesburg boys basketball team found out just how tough it is to win on the road in the Western Big 6, but they prevailed in the end 65-58 at Sterling. The Silver Streaks had as much

The Galesburg Boys Basketball team maintains its hold on 1st place of the Western Big 6 conference knocking off the Quincy Blue Devils 66 – 52 behind a couple of career nights for some Silver Streaks. Jaylin

The Galesburg Silver Streaks, ranked #9 in Class 3A, saw its 15-game win streak come to an end Saturday with a heart-breaking loss at the Chicago Orr Shootout, as Chikere Nwosu knocked down a 26-foot three-pointer at

Here is a recap of the game from WGIL’s Brad Bennewitz: “The Galesburg boys basketball team won easily at Rock Island Alleman 90-41 last night, marking their 15th consecutive victory to go to 20-2 on the season.

The Galesburg Silver Streaks boys basketball team won a Western Big 6 Conference make-up game showdown Monday at John Thiel Gym, outlasting the Rock Island Rocks 73-62, snapping the Rocks’ eight-game winning streak, while improving their own winning

The Galesburg Silver Streaks got off to a quick start Saturday in their annual Martin Luther King Tournament, scoring the first nine points against the Chicago Comer College Prep High School Catamounts from the Noble Division of

  The Galesburg Silver Streak Boys basketball team got off to a slow start in the first half of tonight’s game against the visiting Morton Potters and was down 4 points at the half. The Streaks scored

The Galesburg boys basketball team didn’t trail the entire night in a 71-50 win at Geneseo. But don’t let that be the story for you. The Silver Streaks were locked in a 6 point battle late in

The Galesburg Boys Basketball team‘s defense fueled the offense in an explosive first quarter Friday, outscoring the Mt. Zion Braves 27-4 in that quarter, en route to a 66-26 running clock victory at the Taylorville Holiday Tournament.

Here is a recap of the game from WGIL’s Brad Bennewitz: “The Silver Streaks struggled with a slow start of a first quarter in a victory against Moline last night, but it was a 9-0 run late

  The Galesburg Silver Streaks varsity boys basketball team played well in the first half at Macomb Monday night, taking a 39-25 lead.  But, it was the early minutes of the third quarter that really secured the

Here’s a recap of the game from WGIL’s Brad Bennewitz: The Galesburg boys basketball team rebounded nicely after trailing the entire game at East Moline on Friday night came back and led virtually the entire game in