March 31, 2003
With the season now complete, we are now able to update our record books, share some awards and bring closure to another fantastic season.  Amanda Gunther and Annie Parkin were selected to the Western Big 6 All-Conference team this year.  Junior Jenna Bicego was an honorable mention candidate.  Amanda Gunther was also selected to the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association All-State team for 2003.  The senior forward finished her career with 949 total points, good for #11 on the all-time career scoring list and she hauled in a career 465 rebounds ranking her #12 in that category.  Congratulations Amanda, Annie and Jenna.

March 4, 2003
Tickets for Friday's class AA girls' state finals will be on sale to GHS students on Tuesday, March 4 at 7:15 am across from the ticket office.  Students must present their current GHS ID card to purchase a ticket.

Tickets will be on sale to GHS Girls' Basketball season ticket holders on Wednesday March 5 from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm in the north corridor of the high school.  Fans will not be allowed to get in line until after school is dismissed at 2:40 pm.  A pass holder may purchase a limit of 4 tickets.  A person must have one All-Sport pass or Girls Basketball season ticket for each ticket purchased.  All remaining tickets will be available to the general public after 5:30 pm in the ticket office until 8:00 pm Wednesday night.  There will not be any sales after Wednesday.

GHS faculty and staff may sign up of a maximum of 2 tickets for Friday's game in the athletic office on Tuesday from 7:30 am until 4:00 pm.

Reserved seat tickets in the lower level are $9, while general admission tickets in the upper level are $7.  Game time on Friday is 1:45 pm against Oak Park (Fenwick).

State T-Shirts will be available at GHS bookroom starting on Tuesday afternoon.  Shirts will also available in Wednesday's ticket lines.

February 28, 2003
Tickets for Monday's game in DeKalb with Rockford (Boylan) are available in the GHS athletic office (309-343-9830).  Tickets are $5.00 and all seats are reserved.  Monday's super-sectional game will be the first supersectional ever played in NIU's Convocation Center which seats 10,000.  Plenty of tickets will be available.

A fan bus sponsored by the GHS Booster Club will be available for Monday's game in DeKalb with Rockford (Boylan).  For more information, contact the GHS athletic office at 309-343-9830.

Sectional Championship T-shirts will be available at GHS.  Proceeds will help fund the girls basketball program as they try once again to make the state finals.  Contact the GHS athletic office for details (309-343-9830).

February 20, 2003
Sophomore Michelle Dennison advanced in the three-point shooting contest nailing 8 three pointers out of 15.  She will shoot before Monday's Galesburg-Sycamore matchup in the East Moline Sectional.  She will shoot at approximately 6:45 pm.

February 19, 2003
A fan bus sponsored by the GHS Booster Club will be available for Thursday's game with Ottawa.  The bus will leave once again from the west circle drive at 4:30 pm.  The cost of the trip is $16 and does not include the price of admission to Ottawa High School.  For more information, contact the GHS athletic office at 309-343-9830 or Amy B. at 309-341-2113.

February 15, 2003
Perfection....The sophomore team capped an undefeated season on Thursday night downing Peoria (Manual) 75-24 to finish 23-0 on the season.  The team set or tied 19 team records along the way and won by an average of 28 points a game.  Pretty impressive.  The 23 wins marks the best season record posted by a team at Galesburg High School that went undefeated on the year.  Congratulations sophomores on achieving competitive excellence!

Undefeated t-shirts are available for $10 and can be obtained by contacting the GHS athletic office at 309-343-9830.

Regional action begins on Tuesday as the Streaks will take their 27-3 record into regional play at Ottawa.  Game time is 6:00 pm and they will play the winner of Monday's Streator/Minooka game.  Doors will open at 4:45 pm while the 3-point shooting contest will begin at 5:15 pm.  There will be no advance sale of tickets.  All tickets are general admission and tickets are $3.00.

The Booster Club is sponsoring a fan bus to Ottawa.  The bus will leave at 3:15 pm and will leave from the west circle drive.  Cost of the bus is $16 and does not include a ticket to the game.  Sign up by contacting the GHS athletic office at 309-343-9830.

February 9, 2003
With the win over Hillcrest on Saturday, the Galesburg Silver Streaks moved to 26-3 on the season going into Thursday's final home game of the season.  Thursday will also mark our Senior Night celebration as we honor the seven seniors who have been so instrumental to the success of our season thus far.  Alison Bauchman, Casey Berry, Erin Bruner, Amanda Gunther, Elizabeth Hauslein, Erin Line, and Annie Parkin will all be recognized for their contributions to the girls basketball program over the last 4 years.

In the sophomore contest last Saturday, the sophomore team improved to 22-0 and set two more team records along the way.  In the 92-64 win, the team set a record for number of points scored in a game breaking the previous high of 85 set earlier this year against Chicago (Maria).  Freshman Libby White's 12 assists gave her the single game assist record.  Congratulations Libby.

On Thursday night, as the sophomore team goes for it's undefeated season, WAIK will broadcast the game live starting at 6pm Central time to help honor their accomplishments and efforts throughout the year.

February 7, 2003
The combination of Galesburg's sophomore and varsity 20-0 sweep of the Western Big 6 conference may be the first time that any conference team has accomplished the feat.  Several teams have had one team or the other go undefeated in the conference but never has both teams been in that situation.  

February 2, 2003
In yesterday's 65-52 win at Sterling, the GHS sophomores moved to 20-0 on the season and were backed by LaToya Wright's record setting day.  The sophomore forward threw down 35 points and collected 17 rebounds.  Her 35 points beat Ashley Shepherd's mark of 34 points in a December 22, 1998 game vs. Peoria Manual.  The 17 rebounds she gathered ties a sophomore rebounding record set by four former Streaks players (Ashley Shepherd, Katie McCants, Gina Miller, and Heather Aten).  Congratulations LaToya!

Galesburg will open its final home stand of the season on Thursday, February, 6.  The 3 game home stand will truly be the last of the year, as Galesburg has been assigned to the Ottawa Regional when state series play begins on February 17.

January 24, 2003
With their wins at Quincy last night, the sophomores and the varsity both won the outright Western Big 6 championships.  The sophomores took a 69-34 matchup with the Blue Devils to clinch the title while the varsity beat Quincy 63-40.  This year's sophomore conference title marks the third consecutive conference title for the sophomore Streaks, and their sixth since the 92-93 season.  For the varsity, it is the 11th conference title.

January 20, 2003
Both the varsity and sophomores won their respective divisions of the Galesburg/Dunlap MLK Tournament.  The varsity went a perfect 5-0 through the tournament while the sophomores went 4-0 through their division.  On the way to the championship in the varsity division, the Streaks posted wins over two ranked teams according to the statewide AP poll, Champaign (Centennial) and Peoria (Notre Dame).

January 12, 2003
After one weekend of play, Galesburg, Peoria (Notre Dame), and Dunlap, all remain unbeaten in the varsity portion of the Galesburg/ Dunlap Martin Luther King Tournament .  Galesburg had a come from behind win over Olympia (55-43) on Saturday afternoon then had a resounding 14 point win over #7 ranked Champaign (Centennial) (67-53) before a boisterous, energized crowd.

The GHS sophomores went 2-0 in their portion of the tournament with a 65-47 win over Olympia and a 68-49 win over Champaign Centennial.  The win over Olympia gave sophomore coach Michael Rux his 200th win for his career.  In his 13th season, he is now 201-56 (.781) and 86-39 (.741) in the Western Big 6, since joining the staff in 1990. The sophomores are now 14-0 on the season.  

January 8, 2003
Senior Amanda Gunther was named to the State Farm Holiday Classic All-Tournament Team.  She was joined by:
Nicci Cooper, Urbana
Stephanie Lovingood, Peoria Richwoods
Emily Markovich, Peoria Notre Dame
Megan Scaggs, Mt. Zion
Meredith Curtin, Taylorville
It marks the second time Amanda has received all-tournament recognition.  Amanda was also selected to the Streaks Classic All-Tournament team in November.  Congratulations Amanda.

Two of Galesburg's next three opponents are against ranked teams.  On Thursday, January 9, 2003, Galesburg will travel to Rock Island (Alleman) to take on the Pioneers who received votes in this week's Class A poll.  Alleman already has wins over Carthage (twice), Rockridge and Orion who have all been ranked in Class A.  Then on Saturday, January 11, 2003, the Streaks take on 7th ranked Champaign (Centennial) at 7:30 pm in Thiel Gym.

December 14, 2002
The GHS sophomores tied a sophomore record for points in a game with 85 in Saturday's win over Chicago (Maria).  It ties a record set on December 21, 1995 in a win at Rock Island over the Rocks.

December 11, 2002
The Streaks debut at #14 in the initial statewide poll put out by the AP.  On tap this week is Rock Island and Chicago (Maria).  Both games are in Galesburg.

December 5, 2002
With the win over Quincy, Galesburg takes sole possession of first place in the Western Big 6 Conference in the early going of the conference race.  

The GHS sophomores set a sophomore rebounding record on Thursday night collecting 51 rebounds over Quincy eclipsing the mark set on November 22, 1994 in a game vs. Rock Island (Alleman) with 50 boards.  Leading the way was Michelle Zolper's 8 boards.

December 1, 2002
For complete results of the Streaks Classic including the All-Tournament Team click on the Streaks Classic link.  

Congratulations to Streaks great, Molly Watson.  She was inducted into the GHS Hall of Fame on November 30, 2002.  As of her induction date, Molly is 4th in career steals (305), 2nd in assists (571), 5th in FT% (.741), 2nd in 3-pointers made (153), 6th in 3-point % (.368), 8th in games played (115), and 4th in total points (1430).  Molly is the first person ever inducted into the GHS Hall of Fame on the first ballot after the mandatory 5-year waiting period.  Congratulations Molly.


November 24, 2002
After one weekend of play, the Streaks Classic records look like this:
Alleman (0-3)
Carthage (1-2)
Galesburg (3-0)
Olney (1-2)
Peoria (HS) (1-2)
Richwoods (3-0)

The schedule for Friday, November 29, 2002, has been changed due to Carthage's football team advancing to the Class 2A Football State Championship Game on Friday night.  As a result, the Alleman-Carthage game scheduled for Friday at 10:30 am, has been moved to Saturday, November 30, 2002, at 3:00 pm. (Streaks Classic schedule)

The sophomore game scheduled for Friday, November 29, 2002 with Peoria (Richwoods) at 8:45 am, has been moved back to a 10:15 start do to the schedule change of the Alleman-Carthage matchup.


November 21, 2002
With the tip-off for the 2002 regular season less than 24 hours away, it is all systems go.  As part of a joint effort with WAIK and the Galesburg Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, WAIK radio will broadcast Streaks games over the internet.  Listeners can activate the system by going to http://www.visitgalesburg.com/ just prior to tip-off to catch all the action.

November 10, 2002

On Thursday, November 14, 2002, the girls basketball program will hold a Spaghetti Supper and Silent Auction in conjunction with their Meet the Streaks pre season scrimmages.  The Silent Auction will include an autographed basketball from 2002 Men's NCAA Division I champion Maryland Terrapins head coach Gary Williams, 2002 Women's NCAA Division I champion Connecticut Huskies head coach Geno Auriemma, and an autographed basketball of the 2002 varsity girls basketball team.  Tickets for the spaghetti dinner are $6.00 for adults and $3.00 for children under 10 and will be held in the GHS cafeteria from 5:30 pm till 7:15 pm.

The Streaks will hold their pre season Meet the Streaks scrimmage on Thursday, November 14, 2002, with the freshman team starting at 6:00 pm, sophomores at 6:45 pm, and varsity at 7:30 pm in John Thiel Gym.  Admission to the scrimmage is a 6-pack of pop, all-sport, or water per family.

November 5, 2002

All three levels of Streaks basketball opened the season yesterday with all reporting healthy numbers.  Coach Evan Massey greeted 20 varsity candidates at 6:30 am Monday morning, while Coach Jay Barshinger welcomed 13 freshman candidates to his opening workout at 3:00 pm.  The sophomores worked out 14 sophomore candidates to their beginning practice at 5:30 pm.


October 27, 2002

Freshman assistant coach Cari Gehring has announced that she has decided not to coach basketball this winter.  She is leaving to spend more time with her family.  She will continue to teach science at GHS.  Taking her place will be former Streak Sara Wood.

Sara Wood rejoins the Galesburg basketball family as the freshman assistant coach. Sara returns after a stellar high school and college playing career. Sara played for the Streaks from 1992-1996 and is currently #10 on the Streaks career list in steals (209), #3 in career assists (395), #14 in career shooting percentage (.464 - 313-675), #14 in career 3-point shooting percentage (.323 - 21-74), #12 in career free throw percentage (.691 - 170-246), #11 in career games played (101), and #15 in career total points (817).

From there Sara went on to play at (Division III) Beloit College and (NAIA) Benedictine College in Atchinson, KS, earning her degree there in 2000. Sara is currently finishing her masters in Exercise Physiology at Western Illinois University. Her duties will be in assisting freshman coach Jay Barshinger in practice and games.


August 18, 2002

Galesburg has announced its 2002-2003 girls basketball schedule .  Galesburg tips off it's season on Friday, November 22 and will once again open with Peoria (HS) like it did last year as part of the Streaks Classic.  New to this year's Streaks Classic is Olney (East Richland) who finished ranked #19 in Class AA last year.  Olympia and Streator are new entries in the Martin Luther King Tournament.  Streator was a regular season opponent last year.  New to the regular season schedule is Buffalo Grove, a school that won the Class AA state title in 1999-2000.  The Streaks will travel to the Chicagoland area twice this year.  Saturday, December 7, at Park Ridge (Maine South) and again on Saturday December 21, at Buffalo Grove.  Galesburg will entertain two Chicagoland schools as well.  Saturday, December 14, vs. Chicago (Maria) and Saturday, February 8 vs. Country Club Hills (Hillcrest).  Galesburg will once again play (at) Sterling and (vs.) Peoria (Manual) as part of their nonconference schedule.  The Western Big 6 portion of the schedule begins on Tuesday, November 26 at Moline, an Elite Eight qualifier last season.

August 15, 2002

All of the links should now be updated.  It was a big switch to this new site and I think I have everything back to where it should be.  If you find something that is not working, please let me know.  Thanks.

August 14, 2002

Well I went back to our old view.  I was having too many problems loading graphics into different browsers, so until I can figure that out, its back to the old view.

August 13, 2002

It is your turn to vote again .  This year we would like to know which game your are most excited about this season.  The season is just around the corner so vote early and vote often.