Galesburg High School

Parker Holland (8) races to cut off Monmouth-Roseville’s Oscar Amador during Galesburg’s 2-0 win Oct. 4.

Boys soccer: Galesburg 2, Monmouth-Roseville 0
Galesburg soccer coach Phil Redington is pleased with the progress of his team as it approaches a .500 winning percentage and prepares for the postseason.

The Silver Streaks shut out visiting Monmouth-Roseville 2-0 on Oct. 4, improving their record to 6-7-1 with six games remaining before the Oct. 17 regional tournament. The win was the team’s third in a row.

In the game, Alex Kamesa scored in the first half. Galesburg added an insurance goal in the second half after a high kick from downfield by goalkeeper Michi Flores was caught in the wind and sailed just over the top of the Monmouth-Roseville goalie. The goal was credited to Flores.

Alex Kamesa goes flying in his attempt to stop Monmouth-Roseville from scoring during Galesburg’s match Oct. 4.

“Monmouth is always a physical team; they play great soccer,” Redington said. “We knew that if we could pass the ball around them and not get into those confrontations, those physical battles, that we would be just fine. So a lot of our movements and patterns in last night’s practice — really the whole week — has been in creating space that’s five and six yards big. But we’re not going to have those physical confrontations.”

The Silver Streaks will play six games over the next 12 days.

“We’re so young; it’s taken 10, 12 games to embed thoughts, philosophies, how we want to play,” Redington said of his team’s progress. “And starting four sophomores and two freshmen at times does that. The other thing that we’ve dealt with is injuries and eligibility.”

Redington said he has used 11 different starting lineups in the 14 games played so far.

“The big goal is to continue to push,” he said. “We know we’re playing Rock Island in the regional semifinal with the winner likely to play Richwoods, so we certainly like the regional seeding that we got for where we were at at the time, and we’ll just have to see where things fall.”

Galesburg plays at Quincy on Oct. 7, then returns home to face Washington on Oct. 9 and Pekin on Oct. 11.

Volleyball: Galesburg 1 win, 1 loss
The Galesburg volleyball team split its two matches during the week of Sept. 29 to Oct. 3.

The Silver Streaks defeated visiting Alleman Sept. 30, 25-10, 25-22.

Taylor Adams and Evelin Guel had two aces each, Taylor Herchenroder led in assists, Guel led in digs, and Ava Marty and Macey Huft had four kills each.

At Rock Island Oct. 2, the Streaks lost 23-25, 10-25 to finish the week with an overall record of 7-11.

Sophia Kisler had two aces, Taylor Herchenroder and Evelin Guel led in assists, and Taylor Adams led in kills.

Galesburg has two home matches this week. United Township comes to town Oct. 7 followed by Quincy Oct. 9.

Carl Sandburg College

Volleyball: Sandburg 2-2 at Grand Rapids Raider Challenge
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Sandburg volleyball team split its four matches at the Grand Rapids Raider Challenge on Saturday and Sunday.

The Chargers (13-14) opened with victories Saturday over Lakeland and Lake Michigan before coming up short in matches Sunday against Mott and Muskegon.

Oct. 4
Sandburg def. Lakeland 26-24, 25-20, 25-9
Sandburg def. Lake Michigan 17-25, 25-18, 25-21, 24-26, 15-7

Oct. 5
Mott def. Sandburg 25-16, 15-25, 25-18, 25-14
Muskegon def. Sandburg 25-13, 25-13, 25-20

The Chargers are at Highland on Oct. 8.

Men’s soccer: Sandburg 2, Oakton 0
The Sandburg men’s soccer team stayed hot as it earned a 2-0 win on Oct. 4 at Oakton in Des Plaines to give the Chargers their fifth straight victory.

Sandburg (8-2-2) also remained unbeaten in its last seven matches, going 5-0-2 during that stretch.

The Chargers scored a goal in each half as they picked up the road victory over the Owls. Craig Sewell got Sandburg on the board as he scored in the 25th minute. Sandburg added an insurance goal in the 70th minute on Mateo Figueroa’s strike.

Saturday marked the fifth time this season the Chargers did not allow a goal. Three of those shutouts have come in the last four games.

Up next for the Chargers is a game at Black Hawk on Oct. 7.

Knox College

Football: Chicago 52, Knox 0
The Knox football team struggled to contain the University of Chicago on Oct. 4 at the Knosher Bowl as the Maroons defeated the Prairie Fire 52-0 to remain undefeated (3-0) in the Midwest Conference and improve to 3-1 on the season. Knox, which was held to 159 total yards, dropped to 1-3 overall and 1-2 in the league.

The Prairie Fire ground game, which was averaging 174 yards a game entering the day, was limited to 67 yards on 38 attempts. Junior wide receiver Mario Byrd had the most success for Knox, catching four of Reese Miller’s eight completions for 63 yards, including a 43-yard bomb.

Sophomore linebacker Chase Caldwell and first-year safety Jay Edgeston each had six tackles to lead the Prairie Fire defense.

Miller ended his day 8-of-19 for 92 yards passing, to go with 22 yards on 12 rushes.

Knox will play at the Knosher Bowl again Oct. 11 for its homecoming game when Grinnell College (1-3, 1-2 MWC) comes to town. The Pioneers had their struggles as well, losing at home to Monmouth College 49-9. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.

Volleyball: Illinois College 3, Knox 0
Knox College volleyball opened play in the Midwest Conference with a home tilt against Illinois College at Memorial Gymnasium on Oct. 3, but the Lady Blues played the role of rude guest by sweeping the match 25-20, 25-2, 25-18.

Laura Kaiser led the attack for Illinois College (5-12, 1-0 MWC) with 14 kills without an error, while sophomore Maria Jabor Jahn paced the Prairie Fire (2-18, 0-1 MWC) with six kills.

Elle Haddon, senior libero Sam Black and setter Zoe Thunhurst each had eight digs, while Thunhurst added 10 assists.

Knox continues its eight-match homestand at 7 p.m. Oct. 7 with an opportunity to sweep the season series from Rockford University (2-7). The Prairie Fire earned a five-set victory over the Regents on Sept. 23 in Rockford.

Cross country: Knox men, women 15th
The Knox College cross country teams competed at the Dan Huston Invite on Oct. 3 hosted by Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, with nearly 300 men starting the 8K race and more than 200 women competing in the 6K.

The Knox men placed 15th out of the 16 teams in the field, while the women were 15th of 15. Wartburg won the men’s 8K with 23 points while 28th-ranked Cornell College was the victor in the women’s 6K.

Senior Lance Miller had the best finish for the men’s team in 26th place, while first-year Elsie Conwell paced the women in 94th.

Second-ranked Wartburg, with nearly 60 runners on its men’s roster, claimed 15 of the top 25 times, with Miller crossing the tape next in 25:50.0. The one Prairie Fire runner to run a season-best time was senior Elliott Varnum in 31:02.7, about eight seconds faster than his last race and Knox’s third-best time on the day. Only Miller and sophomore Misha Ratner (29:20.2, 174th) posted lower times.

Conwell, like Miller, continued to lead her team across the finish line, completing the course in 26:00.2. Next to cross the tape was junior Cecilia Goodin in 27:10.9 (a season best), followed by her classmate Alenis Rios with a season-best time as well in 29:40.4. And first-year Nikki Walsh, running in her second collegiate 6K race, shaved nearly three minutes off her time in 34:21.6.

Knox will next run at the Augustana Interregional meet at 11 a.m. Oct. 18.