Meet the Streaks will take on the Titans when the Galesburg High School football teams conduct their preseason scrimmages Friday night at Van Dyke Field.
Galesburg will square off against Monmouth-Roseville in freshman, junior varsity and varsity football scrimmages Friday. A new IHSA policy that allows “Week 0” scrimmages against opposing schools the week prior to the regular season kickoff.
Galesburg opens the 2024 regular season Aug. 30 at Dunlap.
Scrimmage times Friday for Meet the Streaks vs. Titans will be 6:10 p.m. for freshmen, 6:45 p.m. for the junior varsity and 8:25 p.m. for the varsity.
“For both us and Monmouth-Roseville, we want to focus on getting used to game speed and game reps,” said Shawn Hickey, interim head football coach for Galesburg. “I’d rather for us to feel game speed this Friday, instead of having to feel it in Week 1 and have to make adjustments at halftime against Dunlap.”
Hickey said he’s pleased to see numbers continue to rise in the program, noting the overall number of players at the freshman to varsity levels have increased from the mid-40s to around 70.
District 205 Athletic Director Nick Young announced this week the Streaks home opener against Limestone has been moved to Saturday, Sept. 7 due to issues of securing officials to work the night before. The freshman game will start at 11 a.m. Sept. 7, while the varsity kickoff is set for 1 p.m.
WGIL will once again broadcast all Streaks varsity football games in 2024 on 93.7 FM, 1400 AM WGIL, and streaming on wgil.com and the WGIL app.
Meet the Streaks festivities get underway at 5:30 p.m. Friday in the south end zone of F&B Bank Stadium with a team autograph session for varsity GHS varsity athletes.
Galesburg’s seventh/eighth grade football team will scrimmage at 5:35 p.m. Friday.
Other activities Friday include:
- The Gadets will perform at 6:35 p.m.
- GHS Band halftime show at 7:15 p.m.
- Introduction of all GHS fall sports teams at 7:30 p.m.
- Introduction of Streaks varsity football team at 9 p.m.
2024 Streaks schedule
Week 1 – At Dunlap, Aug. 30
Week 2 – Limestone, Sept. 7
Week 3 – Morrison, Sept. 13
Week 4 – Sterling, Sept. 20
Week 5 – At Geneseo, Sept. 27
Week 6 – Quincy, Oct. 4
Week 7 – At Rock Island, Oct. 11
Week 8 – Moline, Oct. 18
Week 9 – At UTHS, Oct. 25
