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Monday, October 7, 2024

It's Official- Albert & Elbert Kimbrough Field House

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It is exciting that the District #205 School Board voted on Monday night to name the GHS Fieldhouse- The Albert and Elbert Kimbrough Fieldho...
Sunday, October 6, 2024

Gyms- Girls Deserve The Best

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I saw a picture on social media of the UTHS girls basketball team in an open gym in the school’s main gym. The floor had been redone evident...
Thursday, October 3, 2024

Streaks Scrapbook- 1997 Girls 4th in State

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1997- Fourth in State     33-2    (State Rank #2) The Streaks headed into the 1997-8 season after the 3rd in State finish by the 1995-6 team...
Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Friday Fotos- 1997 Relentless Press

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This is one of my all-time favorite pictures. This was the Galesburg press creating a turnover vs. Taylorville in the semi-finals at State i...

Strategy- 1997 Molly Watson’s Play

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As coaches, sometimes we think that offensively we need to make it complicated to “fool the defense,” or we need multiple plays to “trick th...

Faith and Coaching

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In conversations with Thom Sigel, I became aware of the FCA Coach's Huddle that he is a part of. Earlier, I did an interview with Thom w...
Monday, September 30, 2024

Favorite Gyms- Ranked by Coaches, Players, Fans

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There are many great high school gyms in Illinois. Every coach, every player, and every fan probably believes they have the best gym in Illi...
Sunday, September 29, 2024

Evelyn Meredith- The Coach’s Wife

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There are a lot of people needed to make a successful basketball team- players, coaches, managers, parents of players, and fans. Perhaps one...
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Saturday, September 28, 2024

Streaks Scrapbook- 1957 Boys Elite 8

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1957- Boys-Elite 8      23-7                          (State Rank-Unranked) To understand the 1957 Silver Streaks, and more importantly to u...
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Thursday, September 26, 2024

Friday Fotos- 1957 Albert & Elbert Kimbrough

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Kimbroughs with legendary, Coach CC VanDyke Albert and Elbert Kimbrough were 1957 graduates of GHS, and are considered by many to have been ...
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Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Strategy- 1957 Streaks 23 vs Rock Island 21

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Throughout the history of the game of basketball, coaches have wanted to use a strategy of “stalling” or “delaying” if they were to get a le...
Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Old School Coaches- Locker Room Motivation

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I am hoping to do this segment- "Old School Coaches" on a regular basis. I have put together a crew of retired coaches, who were h...

College, WNBA, NBA Coaches- Experience Needed To Get Hired

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I decided to take a look at the experience level of the coaches in NBA, WNBA, Women’s Big Ten, and Men’s Big Ten. I realize there are differ...
Monday, September 23, 2024

Galesburg JH Tips Off

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The Galesburg JH Girls Basketball teams will get started with their seasons this week. There schedule for the first two weeks looks like thi...
Sunday, September 22, 2024

Strategy- Fever Offense

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This is some simple things the Fever run at the end of transition.  #0= Mitchell #1= Smith #7= Boston #10= Hull #22= Clark