Ram Sports

G-A softball team will face K-Christian
in tournament opener


After closing the regular season with a game at Climax-Scotts May 22 and a doubleheader at Loy Norrix May 28, the Galesburg-Augusta varsity softball team will begin district tournament action June 1 at noon against Kalamazoo Christian at Parchment.

Parchment and Comstock square off in a pre-district game May 28 and the winner will play Delton-Kellogg in the other semifinal district game June 1 at 10 a.m. The district championship game is scheduled to take place June 1 at 2 p.m. at Parchment.

The Lady Rams saw their record drop to 5-18-1 with a 19-4 loss to Kalamazoo Hackett and 11-10 setback to Allegan in the SAC Tournament May 18 at Loy Norrix.
Details of the two games were not available.

Jaidyn Klimp lone state finals
qualifier for G-A


Galesburg-Augusta junior Jaidyn Klimp was the lone State Finals qualifier for the Rams at the Division 3 Regionals hosted by Hillsdale High School.

Klimp qualified for the State Finals in the 200-meter dash with a second place finish and career best time of 26.98, and the 400-meter dash with a second place finish and time of 59.99, which was the second fastest time of her career.

Klimp battled through a disappointing long jump event when she had a regard foul by stepping over the board in the preliminaries, preventing her from an opportunity to advance to the state finals in that event. G-A coach Paul Schab said the coaching staff estimated Klimp’s jumps were between 16 and 17 feet, which would have put her in a position to either win or qualify for the state finals.

After finishing first in the 200-meter dash preliminaries with a personal record time of 26.91, Klimp settled for a second place finish with a time of 26.98, .96 seconds behind the first place finisher.

While she did not qualify for the state finals, G-A sophomore Caitlyn Valadez earned  the first regional medal of her career with a fifth place finish in the shot put competition. Schab notes Valadez moved up from qualifying in ninth place in the preliminaries by throwing a second career best 31’8.50” in the finals to become a medalist.

The G-A girls finished 12th out of 15 teams with 23 points. Jackson Lumen Christi were regional champions with 90 points and Hillsdale won the mens event with 111 points.

The G-A boys finished 15th out of 15 teams with three points.

G-A junior Carter Stevens had G-A’s highest finish at the event, finishing seventh in the 1600-meter run with a personal record time of 4:50.49.

Landon Bouchard also had a personal record time of 2:04.31 for an eighth place finish in the 800-meter run, just .75 seconds away from qualifying for the state finals.

G-A senior John Klimp did not compete in the regionals due to a previous commitment.

Division 3 Regionals at Hillsdale High School

Women
1. Jackson Lumen Christian, 90, 2. Grass Lake, 80.33, 3. Hillsdale, 66.33, 4. Union City, 63, 5. Homer, 61, 6. Quincy, 54 7. Napoleon, 51, 8. Hanover-Horton, 45, 9. Springport, 36, 10. Constantine, 34, 11. Jonesville, 26, 12. Galesburg-Augusta, 23, 13. Brooklyn Columbia Central, 18.33, 14. Bronson, 14, 15. Michigan Center, 1
G-A Results
Q=State Qualifier
200 Meters - Finals: 2. Jaidyn Klimp, 26.98a (0.0)Q; 400 Meters - Finals: 2. Jaidyn Klimp, 59.99aQ; 300m Hurdles - 30” - Finals: 15. Ellesa Callender, 54.77a; Shot Put - 4kg - Finals: 5. Caitlyn Valadez, 31-08.50; High Jump - Finals: 5. Jaidyn Klimp, 4-09.00

Men
1. Hillsdale, 111, 2. Jonesville, 79, 3. Constantine, 77, 4. Napoleon, 67.5, 5. Union City, 58, 6. Hanover-Horton, 54, 7. Springport, 45.5, 8. Michigan Center, 37.5, 9. Quincy, 35, 10. Jackson Lumen Christi, 28, 11. Homer, 26, 12. Bronson, 22.5, 13. Brooklyn Columbia, Central 15, 14. Grass Lake, 4 15. Galesburg-Augusta, 3
G-A Results
400 Meters - Finals: 20. Owen Pfeiffer, 58.26a; 800 Meter - Finals: 8. Landon Bouchard, 2:04.31aPR; 1600 Meters - Finals: 7. Carter Stevens, 4:50.49aPR; 3200 Meters - Finals: 11. Carter Stevens, 10:49.79aSR; 20. Nick Stevens, 12:29.53aPR; 4x100 Relay - Finals: 13. Galesburg-Augusta (Gregory Buckner, Adam Hubbard, Levi Born, Jeremiah Mann), 47.59a; 4x800 Relay - Finals: 9. Galesburg-Augusta (Landon Bouchard, Owen Pfeiffer, Carter Stevens, Nick Stevens), 9:14.29a; Shot Put - 12lb - Finals: 27. Milo Schwendinger, 31-03.50, 29. Bradley Hubbard, 30-07.50; High Jump - Finals: Jeremiah Mann, NH

G-A baseball team hopes to
rebound from recent skid


The Galesburg-Augusta varsity baseball team entered play May 21 with its first losing streak of the season after the team dropped four straight games recently.

G-A saw its record lowered to 15-7 after two losses to Marcellus (17-4 and 5-4) and setbacks against Kalamazoo Christian (6-3) and Watervliet (10-0) in the SAC Tournament at Watervliet.

G-A drops both games at SAC Tournament

The Rams struggled to get on track offensively in both losses in the SAC Tournament May 18.

The Rams scratched out five hits in the 6-3 loss to Kalamazoo Christian.

G-A pitchers struggled with control issues, with starting and losing pitcher Jaden Fawcett allowing eight walks, four earned runs and four hits in four and one-third innings.
The Rams managed just four hits in a 10-0 loss to Watervliet in the second game.

Ethan Gibson suffered the loss on the mound, allowing eight hits, five earned runs and two walks in three and one-third innings pitched. He struck out one batter.

SAC Tournament At Watervliet

Game 1
Galesburg-Augusta.   002 000 1 - 3-5-2
Kalamazoo Christian 111 030 x - 6-5-4
G-A hits: Ethan Gibson 1, Alex Krugh 1, Colin Hatton 1 (1 RBI), Jonah Ranes 1 (1 RBI), Wes Hoffman 1
G-A stolen bases: Ethan Gibson 2, Nolan Brewer 1
Other G-A RBI: Nolan Brewer 1
Losing pitcher: Jaden Fawcett - 4.1 IP, 4 hits, 6 runs, 4 earned runs, 8 walks, 1 strikeout
Nolan Brewer - 1.2 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs, 1 walk, 1 strikeout

Game 2
Galesburg-Augusta 000 000 -  0 - 4-4
Watervliet               214 003 - 10-11-0
G-A hits: Ethan Gibson 1, Alex Krugh 1, Colin Hatton 1 (double), Wes Hoffman 1
Losing pitcher: Ethan Gibson - 3.1 IP, 8 hits, 7 runs, 5 earned runs, 2 walks, 1 strikeout
Wes Hoffman - 1.2 IP, 3 hits, 3 runs, 1 earned run, 0 walks, 2 strikeouts

G-A can’t overcome errors in 2 losses to Marcellus

The Rams committed six errors in a 17-4 loss to Marcellus in the first game of a doubleheader and then had five more miscues in a 5-4 loss in the second game.

The six errors in the first game led to five unearned runs, however Marcellus’ 17-hit attack was also a big factor in the loss.

G-A only managed three hits.

Kameron Prince was tagged with the loss after he allowed three hits, three earned runs, and three walks in two innings pitched. He struck out three batters.

The G-A offense was held to five hits in the second game and five more G-A errors led to three unearned Marcellus runs.

Kameron Prince had two hits and two RBI to lead G-A at the plate.

Wes Hoffman suffered the loss in relief. He gave up one hit in two-thirds of an inning.

Game 1
Marcellus                 224 81 - 17-17-1
Galesburg-Augusta 202 00 -   4- 3-6
G-A hits: Alex Krugh 1, Kameron Prince 1 (2 RBI), Jonah Ranes 1 (double, 1 RBI)
G-A stolen bases: Ethan Gibson 1, Colin Hatton 1
Losing pitcher: Kameron Prince - 2 IP, 3 hits, 5 runs, 3 earned runs, 3 walks, 3 strikeouts
Nate Ewert - 3 IP, 14 hits, 12 runs, 8 earned runs, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts

Game 2
Marcellus                003 000 2 - 5-5-0
Galesburg-Augusta 000 030 1 - 4-5-5
G-A hits: Ethan Gibson 1, Colin Hatton 1 (double, 1 RBI), Kameron Prince 2 (2 RBI), Wes Hoffman 1 (double)
Other G-A RBI: Alex Krugh 1
Sacrifice fly: Alex Krugh
G-A stolen bases: Ethan Gibson 2
Starting pitcher: Alex Krugh - 4 IP, 4 hits, 3 runs, 0 earned runs, 2 walks, 8 strikeouts
Jaden Fawcett - 1.1 IP, 0 hits, 0 runs, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts
Ethan Gibson - 1.0 IP, 0 hits, 2 runs, 2 earned runs, 2 walks, 1 strikeout
Losing pitcher: Wes Hoffman - 0.2 IP, 1 hit, 0 earned runs, 0 walks, 0 strikeouts

JVs remain undefeated


Jonah Ranes threw a four-inning no-hitter, helping the Galesburg-Augusta JV baseball team to a 15-0 win over Holland Black River May 16.

The Rams improved to 8-0-1 with the win.

Ranes, who improved to 2-0, struck out seven and walked four batters.

Kameron Prince had an impressive game at the plate, ringing out three hits including a double with five RBI.

Wes Hoffman, Jonah Ranes and Jaden Fawcett each collected two hits and drove in one run.

Holland Black River 000 0 -  0 - 0-5
Galesburg-Augusta   338 1 - 15-12-2
G-A hits: Ethan Gibson 1 (triple, 1 RBI), Wes Hoffman 2 (1 RBI), Jonah Ranes 2 (1 RBI), Kameron Prince 3 (double, 5 RBI), Jaden Fawcett 2 (1 RBI), Nate Ewart 1 (double, 1 RBI), Alex Krugh 1 (home run, 1 RBI)
G-A stolen bases: Colton Robertson 1, Wes Hoffman 1, Ethan Gibson 1
Winning pitcher: Jonah Ranes - 4 IP, 0 hits, 0 runs, 4 walks, 7 strikeouts