G-A JV baseball team falls to C-S
The Galesburg-Augusta JV baseball team couldn’t overcome 11 walks and four errors in a 14-7 loss to Climax-Scotts May 24.
The four errors led to four unearned runs for the G-A JVs, now 8-1-1. G-A pitchers also hit three batters and threw two wild pitches.
G-A was led by Nolan Brewer’s two hits.
Starting pitcher Kameron Prince suffered the loss, allowing seven earned runs, four hits and four walks to go with one strike out in one inning pitched.
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Galesburg-Augusta 105 100 0 - 7- 7- 4
G-A hits: Nate Ewart 1, Nolan Brewer 2, Alex Krugh 1 (2 RBI), Kameron Prince 1 (2 RBI), Jonah Ranes 1 (double), Wes Hoffman 1
Other G-A RBI: Jaden Fawcett 2
G-A stolen bases: Nate Ewert 2, Nolan Brewer 1
Losing pitcher: Kameron Prince - 1 IP, 4 hits, 7 earned runs, 4 walks, 1 strikeout
Jaden Fawcett - 2.1 IP, 0 hits, 2 earned runs, 4 walks, 3 strikeouts
Wes Hoffman - 3.2 IP, 3 hits, 1 earned run, 3 walks, 6 strikeouts
Tennis team wraps up season with
8th place finish at regionals
The Galesburg-Augusta girls tennis team finished eighth in the nine-team Division 4 Regionals hosted by Jackson Lumen Christi May 16.
The Lady Rams did not have a player advance to the State Finals.
G-A totaled two points. Lansing Catholic were regional champions with 25 points.
Karlee Nigg, at No. 2 singles, won her first round match 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-2 over Onsted’s Bianca Miller, and Lauren Gates, at No. 4 singles, won her first match 6-2, 6-0 over Hillsdale’s Aleighna Zubryckyj to secure G-A’s two points.
Gates then lost to eventual flight champion, Brooklyn Columbia Central’s Lily Ellison, 6-2, 6-0 in the second round and Nigg fell to Brooklyn Columbia Central’s Morgan Fausz, 6-1, 6-1 in the second round.
Peyton Newton, at No. 3 singles, had a first round bye before falling to Jackson Lumen Christi’s Libby Reese, 3-6, 1-6.
Division 4 Regionals May 15 At Jackson Lumen Christi
1-Lansing Catholic, 25, 2-Jackson Lumen Christi, 21, 3-Brooklyn Columbia Central, 16, 4-Lake Odessa Lakewood, 14
Bronson7, 5-Lansing Christian School, 6, 6-Onsted, 4, 7-Hillsdale, 3, 8-Galesburg-Augusta, 2, 9-Leslie, 0
G-A Results
Singles:
No. 1 - Jasmine Stewart, Lake Odessa Lakewood def. Grace Carter, Galesburg-Augusta, 6-1 , 6-0
No. 2 - Karlee Nigg, Galesburg-Augusta, Def. Bianca Miller, Onsted, 67-(2), 6-4, 6-2; Morgan Fausz, Brooklyn Columbia Central, Def. Karlee Nigg, Galesburg-Augusta, 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 - Libby Reese, Jackson Lumen Christi def. Peyton Newton, Galesburg-Augusta, 6-3 , 6-1
No. 4 - Lauren Gates, Galesburg-Augusta def. Aleighna Zubryckyj, Hillsdale, 6-2 , 6-0
No. 4 - Lily Ellison, Brooklyn Columbia Central def. Lauren Gates, Galesburg-Augusta, 6-2 , 6-0
G-A falls to Holland Black River
The Galesburg-Augusta tennis team dropped its final regular season match May 14, 7-1 to Holland Black River on the road.
Lauren Gates, with a 2-6, 6-2, 10-8 win at No. 4 singles, recorded G-A’s lone win.
The Lady Rams forfeited all four doubles matches.
Galesburg-Augusta - 1, Holland Black River - 7
Singles:
No. 1 - Daniela Adrian, Holland Black River def. Grace Carter, Galesburg-Augusta, 6-0 , 6-0
No. 2 - Ayla Meier, Holland Black River def. Karlee Nigg, Galesburg-Augusta, 6-2 , 6-0
No. 3 - Chloe Weiss, Holland Black River def. Peyton Newton, Galesburg-Augusta, 6-2 , 6-0
No. 4 - Lauren Gates, Galesburg-Augusta def. Savanna Thelen, Holland Black River, 6-2 , 2-6 , 8-10
Doubles:
No. 1 - Isabella Davis, Holland Black River - Eva Sampedro, Holland Black River def. Default, Galesburg-Augusta - Default, Galesburg-Augusta
No. 2 - Sophia Davis, Holland Black River - Kate Tingey, Holland Black River def. Default, Galesburg-Augusta - Default, Galesburg-Augusta
No. 3 - Ellis Hanneken, Holland Black River - Aitana Sanchez Reig, Holland Black River def. Default, Galesburg-Augusta - Default, Galesburg-Augusta
No. 4 - Lindsey Cook, Holland Black River - Lily Jackson, Holland Black River def. Default, Galesburg-Augusta - Default, Galesburg-Augusta
Lady Rams held without a hit
in 17-2 loss to C-S
The Galesburg-Augusta varsity softball team struck first but could not manage a hit and watched Climax-Scotts come storming back in a 17-2 loss to the Panthers in the Cross River Rivalry game at C-S May 22.
G-A, now 5-19-1, scored two runs in the top of the first when Rhyann Wilson and Maureen McBride were hit by pitches, Wilson scored on a pass ball and McBride scored on a ground out.
C-S responded with a seven-run first inning and then tacked on two runs in the second and eight more in the third for a three-inning win.
Wilson had four stolen bases for G-A.
Liliana Thompson suffered the loss, allowing eight hits, 11 earned runs, and 10 walks in three innings pitched. She strick out two batters.
G-A begins district tournament action June 1 at noon against Kalamazoo Christian at Parchment.
Galesburg-Augusta 200 - 2-0-3
Climax-Scotts 728 - 17-8-2
G-A hits: 0
G-A stolen bases: Rhyann Wilson 4
Losing pitcher: Liliana Thompson 3 IP, 8 hits, 17 runs, 11 earned runs, 10 walks, 2 strikeouts
Rams drop cross river rivalry game at C-S
The Galesburg-Augusta varsity baseball team dropped its first game to Climax-Scotts in the Cross River Rivalry Game series May 22, 2-0 at C-S.
G-A, now 17-8, had won the first four contests entering the May 22 game.
The Rams ran into tough pitching, as C-S’ Gavin Eyre allowed just Ethan Gibson’s sixth inning single.
G-A’s best opportunity came in the top of the sixth inning when the Rams put two runners on base with one out. Gibson singled with one out, he stole second on a pickoff attempt and then Alex Krugh
walked. Nolan Brewer hit a deep fly ball to center field that was caught by Jacob Sheets, however Gibson was doubled off second base.
Krugh pitched the first three innings and allowed two hits, two earned runs and four walks with eight strikeouts.
Nolan Brewer had an impressive relief stint, pitching three innings and allowing one hit and two walks with three strikeouts.
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Climax-Scotts 200 000 x - 2-4-2
G-A, now 17-8, had won the first four contests entering the May 22 game.
The Rams ran into tough pitching, as C-S’ Gavin Eyre allowed just Ethan Gibson’s sixth inning single.
G-A’s best opportunity came in the top of the sixth inning when the Rams put two runners on base with one out. Gibson singled with one out, he stole second on a pickoff attempt and then Alex Krugh
walked. Nolan Brewer hit a deep fly ball to center field that was caught by Jacob Sheets, however Gibson was doubled off second base.
Krugh pitched the first three innings and allowed two hits, two earned runs and four walks with eight strikeouts.
Nolan Brewer had an impressive relief stint, pitching three innings and allowing one hit and two walks with three strikeouts.
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G-A’s Ethan Gibson gets set to apply the tag on C-S base runner Tyler Smith during action May 22 at C-S Jr./Sr. High School.
(Photo by Bruce Rolfe)Rams sweep Athens
The Rams swept a doubleheader against Athens May 21, 15-4 and 14-4.
G-A coach Tim Prince received strong pitching in both games, as two pitchers combined on a two-hitter in the first game and four pitchers teamed up for a one-hitter in the second game.
Ethan Gibson earned the win in relief in the first game, allowing no hits and three walks with six strikeouts in three and one-third innings pitched.
Starting pitcher Nate Eward allowed both Athens hits in one and two-thirds innings pitched.
Gibson had a big game at the plate, collecting three hits including a double and he drove in five runs.
Gibson earned the win in relief in the second game as well, allowing no hits and no walks with one strikeout in two-thirds of an inning pitched.
G-A pounded out 10 hits, with Alex Krugh and Nate Ewert each collecting two hits and one RBI and Nolan Brewer driving in two runs with a pair of hits.
Game 1
Athens 220 00 - 4-2-5
Galesburg-Augusta 047 40 - 15-8-5
Game 2
Athens 220 00 - 4-1-3
Galesburg-Augusta 451 04 - 14-10-1
The Rams swept a doubleheader against Athens May 21, 15-4 and 14-4.
G-A coach Tim Prince received strong pitching in both games, as two pitchers combined on a two-hitter in the first game and four pitchers teamed up for a one-hitter in the second game.
Ethan Gibson earned the win in relief in the first game, allowing no hits and three walks with six strikeouts in three and one-third innings pitched.
Starting pitcher Nate Eward allowed both Athens hits in one and two-thirds innings pitched.
Gibson had a big game at the plate, collecting three hits including a double and he drove in five runs.
Gibson earned the win in relief in the second game as well, allowing no hits and no walks with one strikeout in two-thirds of an inning pitched.
G-A pounded out 10 hits, with Alex Krugh and Nate Ewert each collecting two hits and one RBI and Nolan Brewer driving in two runs with a pair of hits.
Game 1
Athens 220 00 - 4-2-5
Galesburg-Augusta 047 40 - 15-8-5
Game 2
Athens 220 00 - 4-1-3
Galesburg-Augusta 451 04 - 14-10-1
Two G-A records fall at SAC Championships
By Dale Martin
While both the Galesburg-Augusta boys and girls track teams finished in the middle of the pack at the SAC Championships at Gobles May 21, both teams enjoyed some memorable moments.
Two long standing G-A records fell at the meet, the girls set five personal records and the boys had four personal records.
The first school record to fall was the men’s 4x200-meter relay. The previous record was established 38 years ago in 1986 by Nate Kitchen, Dave Meadows, Troy Pierce and Rory Stace at 1:33.5. After just falling short breaking the record three times this season, John Klimp, Ben Smeltzer, Adam Hubbard and Levi Born bettered the mark with a time of 1:33.12 for the boys’ lone first place finish at the event.
The second record to fall was also set 38 years ago in 1986. Sue Walters Arrick set the women’s 200-meter dash record with a time of 26.5 seconds. Ram junior, Jaidyn Klimp set the new record with a personal record time of 26.17 seconds for a second place finish at the SAC Championships.
The 1978 and 79 seasons were very special for the G-A track teams. The women set records in the 100-meter dash, 200-meter. dash, 400-meter. dash, 800-meter run, 100-meter high hurdles, 4x200-meter relay, 4x400-meter relay and high jump. That’s 8 records of the 17 events. The men set records in the 1600-meter and 3200-meter runs and the 300-meter hurdles during that same time period.
Klimp record the Lady Rams’ lone first place finish at the SAC Championships, sporting a personal record distance of 16’7.25” in the long jump.
While she did not advance out of the preliminaries, Brooklyn James set a personal record in the 100-meter dash with a time of 14.32. She also set a personal record in the long jump with a distance of 12’4.25”.
Ellesa Callender set a personal record in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 53.49.
While they didn’t make it out of the preliminaries, Ben and Caden Smeltzer set personal records in the 200-meter dash with times of 24.16 and 25.29 respectively.
The boys 4x100-meter relay team made up of Levi Born, Adam Hubbard, Ben Smeltzer, Caden Smeltzer had their best time of the year (46.11) and Jeremiah Mann set a new personal record in the high jump with a height of 5’8”.
G-A coach Paul Schab said Carter Stevens, in the 1600-meter and 3200-meter runs and Landon Bouchard, in the 800-meter run, had good runs in some hot conditions and scored points for G-A.
While both the Galesburg-Augusta boys and girls track teams finished in the middle of the pack at the SAC Championships at Gobles May 21, both teams enjoyed some memorable moments.
Two long standing G-A records fell at the meet, the girls set five personal records and the boys had four personal records.
The first school record to fall was the men’s 4x200-meter relay. The previous record was established 38 years ago in 1986 by Nate Kitchen, Dave Meadows, Troy Pierce and Rory Stace at 1:33.5. After just falling short breaking the record three times this season, John Klimp, Ben Smeltzer, Adam Hubbard and Levi Born bettered the mark with a time of 1:33.12 for the boys’ lone first place finish at the event.
The second record to fall was also set 38 years ago in 1986. Sue Walters Arrick set the women’s 200-meter dash record with a time of 26.5 seconds. Ram junior, Jaidyn Klimp set the new record with a personal record time of 26.17 seconds for a second place finish at the SAC Championships.
The 1978 and 79 seasons were very special for the G-A track teams. The women set records in the 100-meter dash, 200-meter. dash, 400-meter. dash, 800-meter run, 100-meter high hurdles, 4x200-meter relay, 4x400-meter relay and high jump. That’s 8 records of the 17 events. The men set records in the 1600-meter and 3200-meter runs and the 300-meter hurdles during that same time period.
Klimp record the Lady Rams’ lone first place finish at the SAC Championships, sporting a personal record distance of 16’7.25” in the long jump.
While she did not advance out of the preliminaries, Brooklyn James set a personal record in the 100-meter dash with a time of 14.32. She also set a personal record in the long jump with a distance of 12’4.25”.
Ellesa Callender set a personal record in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 53.49.
While they didn’t make it out of the preliminaries, Ben and Caden Smeltzer set personal records in the 200-meter dash with times of 24.16 and 25.29 respectively.
The boys 4x100-meter relay team made up of Levi Born, Adam Hubbard, Ben Smeltzer, Caden Smeltzer had their best time of the year (46.11) and Jeremiah Mann set a new personal record in the high jump with a height of 5’8”.
G-A coach Paul Schab said Carter Stevens, in the 1600-meter and 3200-meter runs and Landon Bouchard, in the 800-meter run, had good runs in some hot conditions and scored points for G-A.
The G-A 4x200-meter relay team from left Levi Born, Ben Smeltzer, Adam Hubbard and John Klimp, set a new school record in the event at the SAC Championships with a time of 1:33.12.
(Photo by Dale Martin)SAC Championships at Gobles
Men’s
1. Kalamazoo Hackett, 118, 2. Constantine, 107, 3. Delton-Kellogg, 72, 4. Schoolcraft, 60, 5. Coloma, 47, 6. Gobles, 45, 7. Galesburg-Augusta, 37.5, 8. Parchment, 35.5, 9. Bridgman, 35, 10. Saugatuck, 21, 10. Fennville, 21, 12. South Haven, 19, 12. Kalamazoo Christian, 19, 14. Holland Black River, 16, 15. Lawton, 5, 16. Allegan, 4
G-A Results
400 Meters - Finals: 5. John Klimp,51.93SR, 22. Owen Pfeiffer, 59.38; 800 Meters - Finals: 5. Landon Bouchard, 2:04.60; 1600 Meters - Finals: 5. Carter Stevens, 4:54.55, 33. Nick Stevens, 6:03.07; 3200 Meters - Finals: 7. Carter Stevens, 10:57.28; 300m Hurdles - 36” - Finals: 19. Ethan Thomas, 48.80; 4x100 Relay - Finals: 4. Galesburg-Augusta (Levi Born, Adam Hubbard, Ben Smeltzer, Caden Smeltzer, 46.11; 4x200 Relay - Finals: 1. Galesburg-Augusta (Levi Born, Adam Hubbard, Ben Smeltzer, John Klimp), 1:33.32; 4x400 Relay - Finals: 4x800 Relay - Finals: 5. Galesburg-Augusta (Landon Bouchard, Owen Pfeiffer, Carter Stevens, Nick Stevens), 9:26.49; Shot Put - 12lb - Finals: 31. Milo Schwendinger, 31’ 3.5, John Klimp, SCR; Discus - 1.6kg - Finals: 14. John Klimp, 101’ 8, 26. Luke Dennis, 86’ 1; High Jump - Finals Field Series: 4. Jeremiah Mann, 5’ 8PR, Conor Bortolussi, SCR; Long Jump - Finals: 21. Gregory Buckner, 16’ 6.5, 23. Jeremiah Mann, 16’ 3
Women’s
1. Saugatuck, 96, 2. Gobles, 77, 3. Kalamazoo Hackett, 68, 4. Schoolcraft, 54.5, 5. Kalamazoo Christian, 54, 6. Bridgman, 42, 7. Constantine, 39, 8. Allegan, 38, 9. Galesburg-Augusta, 35, 10. Delton-Kellogg, 29, 11. Watervliet, 28, 12. Lawton, 26, 13. Fennville, 23, 14. South Haven, 18.5, 15. Coloma, 14, 16. Martin, 12, 17. Parchment, 8
G-A Results
200 Meters - Finals: 2. Jaidyn Klimp, 26.07PR; 400 Meters - Finals: 2. Jaidyn Klimp, 59.84; 300m Hurdles - 30” - Finals: 8. Ellesa Callender, 53.49PR; Shot Put - 4kg - Finals: 7. Caitlyn Valadez, 30’ 11, 24. Holley Coburn, 24’ 0.5; Discus - 1kg - Finals: 15. Ellesa Callender, 75’ 0, 16. Caitlyn Valadez, 74’ 10; High Jump - Finals Field Series: 3. Jaidyn Klimp, 5’ 0; Long Jump - Finals: 1. Jaidyn Klimp, 16’ 7.25PR; 22. Brooklyn James, 12’ 4.25PR
Men’s
1. Kalamazoo Hackett, 118, 2. Constantine, 107, 3. Delton-Kellogg, 72, 4. Schoolcraft, 60, 5. Coloma, 47, 6. Gobles, 45, 7. Galesburg-Augusta, 37.5, 8. Parchment, 35.5, 9. Bridgman, 35, 10. Saugatuck, 21, 10. Fennville, 21, 12. South Haven, 19, 12. Kalamazoo Christian, 19, 14. Holland Black River, 16, 15. Lawton, 5, 16. Allegan, 4
G-A Results
400 Meters - Finals: 5. John Klimp,51.93SR, 22. Owen Pfeiffer, 59.38; 800 Meters - Finals: 5. Landon Bouchard, 2:04.60; 1600 Meters - Finals: 5. Carter Stevens, 4:54.55, 33. Nick Stevens, 6:03.07; 3200 Meters - Finals: 7. Carter Stevens, 10:57.28; 300m Hurdles - 36” - Finals: 19. Ethan Thomas, 48.80; 4x100 Relay - Finals: 4. Galesburg-Augusta (Levi Born, Adam Hubbard, Ben Smeltzer, Caden Smeltzer, 46.11; 4x200 Relay - Finals: 1. Galesburg-Augusta (Levi Born, Adam Hubbard, Ben Smeltzer, John Klimp), 1:33.32; 4x400 Relay - Finals: 4x800 Relay - Finals: 5. Galesburg-Augusta (Landon Bouchard, Owen Pfeiffer, Carter Stevens, Nick Stevens), 9:26.49; Shot Put - 12lb - Finals: 31. Milo Schwendinger, 31’ 3.5, John Klimp, SCR; Discus - 1.6kg - Finals: 14. John Klimp, 101’ 8, 26. Luke Dennis, 86’ 1; High Jump - Finals Field Series: 4. Jeremiah Mann, 5’ 8PR, Conor Bortolussi, SCR; Long Jump - Finals: 21. Gregory Buckner, 16’ 6.5, 23. Jeremiah Mann, 16’ 3
Women’s
1. Saugatuck, 96, 2. Gobles, 77, 3. Kalamazoo Hackett, 68, 4. Schoolcraft, 54.5, 5. Kalamazoo Christian, 54, 6. Bridgman, 42, 7. Constantine, 39, 8. Allegan, 38, 9. Galesburg-Augusta, 35, 10. Delton-Kellogg, 29, 11. Watervliet, 28, 12. Lawton, 26, 13. Fennville, 23, 14. South Haven, 18.5, 15. Coloma, 14, 16. Martin, 12, 17. Parchment, 8
G-A Results
200 Meters - Finals: 2. Jaidyn Klimp, 26.07PR; 400 Meters - Finals: 2. Jaidyn Klimp, 59.84; 300m Hurdles - 30” - Finals: 8. Ellesa Callender, 53.49PR; Shot Put - 4kg - Finals: 7. Caitlyn Valadez, 30’ 11, 24. Holley Coburn, 24’ 0.5; Discus - 1kg - Finals: 15. Ellesa Callender, 75’ 0, 16. Caitlyn Valadez, 74’ 10; High Jump - Finals Field Series: 3. Jaidyn Klimp, 5’ 0; Long Jump - Finals: 1. Jaidyn Klimp, 16’ 7.25PR; 22. Brooklyn James, 12’ 4.25PR
Jaidyn Klimp aiming for all-state medals
By Bruce Rolfe
Galesburg-Augusta High School junior Jaidyn Klimp has already earned an all-state medal in the 400-meter dash, however at this year’s Division 3 State Finals at Kent City June 1 the Ram junior will not only be aiming for another all-state medal in the same event, but vying for a top eight finish and all-state medal in the 200-meter dash as well.
Klimp is the lone State Finals qualifier for the Rams.
G-A coach Paul Schab feels Klimp is peaking at the right time, but said, “we have some work to do to get ready for state finals.”
Galesburg-Augusta High School junior Jaidyn Klimp has already earned an all-state medal in the 400-meter dash, however at this year’s Division 3 State Finals at Kent City June 1 the Ram junior will not only be aiming for another all-state medal in the same event, but vying for a top eight finish and all-state medal in the 200-meter dash as well.
Klimp is the lone State Finals qualifier for the Rams.
G-A coach Paul Schab feels Klimp is peaking at the right time, but said, “we have some work to do to get ready for state finals.”
Klimp qualified for the State Finals in the 200-meter dash with a second place finish at the regionals and career best time of 26.98, and the 400-meter dash with a second place finish and time of 59.99 at the regionals, which was the second fastest time of her career.
Klimp will be the 13th seed out of a field of 33 runners in the 200-meter dash. The 8th seed has a time of 26.53.
The G-A junior will be the seventh seed in the 400-meter dash with a time of 59.99.
“Jaidyn’s times in both events put her in a very good position to medal again,” adds the Ram coach.
Klimp also qualified for the state finals in the 400-meter dash last year when she earned an all-state medal with a fifth place finish and personal record time of 59.68.
Klimp was a state finalist in the 400-meter dash her freshman year, finishing in 12th place with a time of 1:01.44, just under two seconds behind the eighth place winner.
