Coaches often make tweaks to their offense or defense in the off-season, but sometimes coaches find it necessary to make significant changes to their systems. This week on “HOF Insights,” I asked how the coaches implemented major changes in the off-season.
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| Coach Andrea Sampson |
Andrea Sampson graduated from Galesburg HS in 2019. She was a star in both basketball and softball during her Silver Streaks years. After graduating, Andrea went to Eastern Illinois University, where she played softball for the Panthers.
Andrea chose to return to Galesburg to teach PE at GHS. This year, she was named to be the head coach of the Streaks softball team. Sampson brings the same toughness and competitiveness as a coach that she exhibited as a star athlete. In addition, she brings the knowledge and experience gained as a college athlete.
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| Author, Jim Wyman |
Everybody runs some kind of zoom action for a shooter. This is a counter to the zoom action- taking the shooter the opposite way.
Today’s Streaks Alumni Profile features Barney Olson of the GHS Class of 1985.
This week’s question for the coaches has to with adjustments they would make to the shot clock. What adjustments would you make to accommodate the shot clock? Would you make any changes in your offensive or defensive strategies? Would you plan to do specific things in your practices.
In this quiz, I will give you a topic, and list four people or four places. You need to figure which of the four does not belong with the other three.
For example:
Topic: Hamburgers
Ketchup, Mustard, Pickles, Tomato Soup
Answer: Tomato Soup doesn’t fit, the other things would be condiments on hamburgers.
Today’s Streaks Alumni Profile features Shayli Florine from GHS Class of 2016.
My observations from another week of basketball and another week of retirement…
I have put together a list of great players, who Galesburg played. This is NOT a list of the best players that Galesburg has played- it is just a list!!
I am going to give you a player’s or a coach’s picture and the player’s or coach’s high school, then you name who the player is. Get out a pad of paper- the correct answers are at the end. Please share your score in the comments- type your name and your score. Good luck!
This winter with both Amy and I retired, we have spent a lot of time in Tulsa following the Tulsa Golden Hurricane men’s basketball team. It gives us an opportunity to see our son, Allen at work. How many people get a chance to “go to work” with their son.
The real joy of our visits to Tulsa has been spending some time with Allen and his wife, Elizabeth. We love our Tulsa visits, it has become our second home.
When we found out the American Conference Tournament was to be held in Birmingham, we decided to take a road trip. We couldn’t pass up watching our Tulsa Golden Hurricane. And my nephew and his family also live in Tulsa. So we decided to have a family reunion.
NCAA March Madness is an exciting time of the year. Many have been busy studying teams this week to fill out their brackets. And once our brackets are put together, we are anxious to watch the teams.
One other thing that will be intriguing is to become familiar with the top players. Most NBA Draft Projections have the top ten players taken being college freshmen- so players we may not have seen. I know I want to get a chance to watch these top prospects. Here is a kind of composite list from several different draft experts:
I have fifteen Galesburg pictures of the past and present. There may be pictures of places, people, monuments, parts of buildings, and even more. The quiz is designed to celebrate how wonderful Galesburg is, and test your knowledge of our community. Enjoy and have fun!!
The answers are at the end of the quiz. Keep track of your score and read exactly what your score indicates. If you would like- share your score on the Facebook or Massey Blog under the comments.
Today’s Streaks Alumni Profile features Derek Brackett from the GHS Class of 2013.
Derek has carved out an impressive career in strength and conditioning. He worked his way up the ladder, and today is working with elite athletes. He works with young athletes as well as with top college and pro athletes. He engineers programs to meet their specific needs as athletes.
Owen Muelder is the Director of the Galesburg Colony Underground Railroad Center at Knox College. The Knox College “Freedom Center” was established as part of the National Park Service’s “Network to Freedom” program in 2006. In addition, it has been sanctioned by the Underground Railroad Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Knox Center has national recognition, and Owen is considered one of the leading scholars on the Underground Railroad.
This is my thoughts on another week of basketball and retirement…
Today’s Streaks Alumni Profile features Jeremy Kleine (1989) and Molly (White) Kleine (1991).
This quiz is testing your knowledge of music of the 1980’s. I will give you a song title, and you need to come up with who was the person or group that sang it in the ‘80’s.
The answers are at the end of the quiz. Keep track of your score and read exactly what your score indicates. If you would like- share your score on the Facebook or Massey Blog under the comments.
If you sang any of these songs in Karaoke, give yourself an extra point for that song.
In the early 1970’s, two Galesburg High School teachers came up with a plan to team teach a course combining U.S. History and American Literature. Joe Patterson was the English half of the team, and Hal Devore was the history half of the team.
I had the good fortune to student-teach for Hal Devore in the Fall of 1973, so I had the opportunity to get an inside look at their plan and their approach. My role was more one of observation as opposed to being in front of the classroom.
Today’s Streaks Alumni Profile features Jessica Howard from the GHS Class of 2011.
