Time Capsule- 2000 Register-Mail

This is a look back at some clippings from the Galesburg Register-Mail from November, 1999 thru March 2000. 

Maytag announces closing Plant 2.

Paige Bueckers Is Great But

UConn had a tremendous run to the NCAA Championship. Such things are debatable but I am not sure any team has ever been so dominate in the Final Four. UConn clearly was the best team in America!!

Paige Bueckers was the star of UConn and is one of the all-time most exciting college players. She will enter any debate on best all-time college players. And she is projected to be the #1 draft pick in the WNBA draft, which will be in on Monday, April 14. 

Bueckers is great but Sara Strong is the player that really impressed me. Strong is a 6’2” freshman. I am not saying Strong is better than Bueckers but it is a question to revisit in few years. 

Streaks Scrapbook- 1960’s- The Glory Days by Jay Redfern (1988)

On March 19, 1988, Jay Redfern wrote three articles looking at Silver Streaks basketball in the 1960’s, and the fifteen years since John Thiel coached. 

To give you background, Galesburg basketball from 1956 thru 1970 had won 79% of their games, and had gone to State 8 times during this period. By the mid-‘60’s, people were complaining about why the GHS Gym had been built so small. 

By 1988, Galesburg had gone 13 years without a State appearance. Previously the Streaks longest drought had been 10 years from 1921-1931. 

In the articles, Jay interviews- Barry Swanson, John Thiel, Ralph Cannon, Frank Dexter, Dale Kelley, Dave Wood, Jim Reinebach, Dave Peck, Jimmie Carr, Chuck Bednar, Lyle Snyder, and David Gunderson.

The three articles are:

Glory Days- 1960’s Made Galesburg Famous in Illinois for Streak Basketball

Will It Ever Be the Same?

GHS Looking To Increase Attendance

Jon Scheyer- Sit or Stand on Sideline?

Today most coaches stand on the sideline the entire game. They feel standing allows them freedom to move up and down the sideline to yell instructions. I am sure they feel their activity as a coach can help them “energize” their players, and make it more likely that as coaches they are heard.

A major problem if the head coach stands the entire time on the sideline, they often shut their assistants out of the game. An assistant may see something but not be able to really share it until a time out, then they have about 15 seconds to express their thought before the head coach needs to go into the huddle. 

Streaks Boys Basketball Coaches Thru History

All The Coaches

1903-4- Turk West (Student)

1904-5- Maynard Swanson (Student)

1905-6- Henry Aldrich (Student)

1906-7- Arthur Bridge (Student)

1907-8- Lee Allensworth (Student)

1908-9- Ed Adams (Student)

1909-10- Clarence Jordan (Student)

1910-12- T.W. Callahan

1912-3- Hayes

1913-6- T.W. Callahan

1916-7- Wilmoth

1917-8- Blum

1918-9- Buck

1919-20- Peters

1920-3- Kieth

Old School Coaches- How Can I Get More Playing Time?

This Week’s Question

In the Spring, players may ask the coach, “How can I get more playing time next year?” It is a reasonable and important question. An athlete wants to know what their off-season focus needs to be. The Old School Coaches share their response to the question. 

Streaks Scrapbook- Mike Trueblood (2000)

Galesburg has had some great sports writers who have given Streaks’ fans insight into the players and the games. Mike Trueblood was long-time editor of the Register-Mail.

I want to share four articles that Mike wrote in 2000 when the girls basketball team was making a run to State.