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Monday, March 5, 2018

Roger Bannister

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Roger Bannister passed away yesterday. Bannister on May 6, 1954 became the first person to break the 4 minute by running 3:59.4. In my hum...
Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Brad Bennewitz- Voice of the Streaks

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My grandparents lived in Galesburg. They had a second floor apartment at 153 East North St. They had no TV until the late 1960’s. They ha...
Friday, December 8, 2017

Jimmie Carr- I Was So Excited I Couldn't Sleep

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Jimmie Carr as a senior  The 1959 Streaks basketball team was ranked #1 for much of the year, and went onto take Third in State. ...
Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Rainee Sibley- Energy Giver

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  Rainee Sibly graduated from Galesburg HS in 2013, and from Illinois State University in 2017. Today she is working in Galesburg in the ...
Friday, December 1, 2017

Hungate- Girls Basketball Dynasty

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Mary Kay Hungate   There have been many good girls basketball teams in western Illinois over the last 40 years. And there have been some...
Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Whitney (Snyder) Martino- Leadership

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Whitney (Snyder) Martino has been an assistant principal at Aurora West High School since 2011. It is not a surprise for Whitney to be in...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Jaque (Howard) Gohlinghorst- Going in GHS Hall of Fame

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Jaque as starting point guard on Elite 8 team. Jaque (Howard) Gohlinghorst is going into the GHS Athletic Hall of Fame this weekend. Ja...
Monday, November 20, 2017

Mike Hellenthal- Looking Back at WB6

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Mike Hellenthal started coaching at Quincy in the early 1970’s, and was there for the Leggett years. He then moved to Galesburg as Athlet...
Sunday, November 12, 2017

First Season

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  1977-8 the Streaks girls’ basketball team had a pretty good season. There was not a two class system, so the Streaks won their Regional ...

Vicki (Fields) Stewart- Athlete, Mom, Coach

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Vicki #10. Vicki Fields (now Vicki Stewart) graduated in 1989 from Galesburg High School. She started as a guard on the 1988 team wh...
Thursday, November 9, 2017

Isaiah Peachey- Teaching in the City

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Steve & Isaiah Peachey riding to girls basketball game. Isaiah Peachey was around the girl’s basketball program as he grew up with ...
Friday, October 27, 2017

My Rules Changes

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Every year they come up with new rules changes. Some are good, some are not. Usually coaches are initially not happy with change- it requi...
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My Dad

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This is written for me, not for you. Today is my dad's birthday. I have been looking at some pictures and thinking about my dad. So...
Thursday, October 26, 2017

Good Chemistry

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The greater the team chemistry- the greater the joy from victory! Basketball practices start next week. At the start of the season, t...
Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Eric Smith- Coach's Kid

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Eric Smith is presently the head boys coach at Alton High School. He grew up in Iowa as a coach’s son. He was a long-time assistant at Ga...