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Friday, November 21, 2025

1976 Sandburg Womens Basketball: From Startup to State Champs

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1975-6 Carl Sandburg Women’s Basketball Team After Title IX’s passage in 1972, Illinois high schools and colleges scrambled to start up wome...
Thursday, November 20, 2025

Athletes’ Insights- Laughs, Lunch, and Thrillers

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  This week the athletes weigh in on studying, toughest classes, funniest teachers, best school lunch, exciting game attended as a fan, and ...

Massey Quiz #21- Silver Streak Basketball Players

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This week’s quiz is twenty Galesburg HS basketball players. I will give you a picture and you tell who that play is.  The answers are at the...
Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Streaks Alumni Profile: Jerome Townsell 1993

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Today’s Streaks Alumni Profile is Jerome Townsell from the GHS class of 1993. He was part of an exciting time for Silver Streaks basketball....

HOF Insights: Preparing Team for Pressure Situations

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PREPARING TEAM FOR PRESSURE- The tradition for many football teams is to hold four fingers at the start of the 4th quarter. I assume to indi...

Coaches’ Corner- Offenses vs 1-3-1 Non-Trapping Zone

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Coach Anderson and I look at some ideas for attacking a 1-3-1 zone- one that is not trapping. 
Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Illinois Winningest Schools- Girls & Boys Basketball Wins Combined

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There may be schools who should be on this list but the school has not submitted records to the IHSA. These are total from the beginning of ...

Parents Share Playbook for Making Sports a Positive Experience- Part 2

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The Woods- Mike, Sara, Ryan I asked some parents to share their experiences helping their sons/daughters have a positive experience in athle...

Parents Share Playbook for Making Sports a Positive Experience

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Dave and Sandy Wood Participation in high school athletics can provide an opportunity for young people to develop important life skills- lea...
Monday, November 17, 2025

Andie Allison Leibach Credits Parents for Positive Sports Journey

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Winter sports seasons are starting up. Parents can play such positive role in their son’s/daughter’s sports experience. This week I have a s...
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Illinois Winningest Boys Basketball Programs

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The totals are supplied by Steve Allen of the IBCA and from the IHSA school records. If your school should be on this list and is not, it is...
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Sunday, November 16, 2025

Streaks Alumni Profile: Zach Shay 1994

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Today’s Streaks Alumni Profile catches up with Zach Shay from the class of 1994. Zach had a great athletic career at GHS. He was able as a s...

History- Illinois Winningest Girls Basketball Programs

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Totals thru 2024-5 seasons.  Thanks to Steve Allen from the IBCA for the work he does in tabulating schools and wins. If you believe your sc...

Streaks Girls Basketball- Looking for Another Great Year

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Basketball season is here! The Silver Streaks girls basketball team had a great year last year going 24-8. The good news is that 7 of the to...
Saturday, November 15, 2025

1913 Galesburg: State Champs with Best Player in the State

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Not the Silver Streaks The 1913 Galesburg basketball team was not the Silver Streaks. The nickname of the Silver Streaks was not coined unti...