Former Galesburg High School girls basketball coach Evan Massey shares his insights on the game and other topics through his Massey Basketball blog, featured here on WGIL.
Galesburg High School has had an exciting history of boys and girls basketball. There have been some great teams and some great players thru the years. There are many wonderful Silver Streaks fans, and this is a quiz to test your knowledge. No cheating!!
Get out a pad of paper to write your answers on.
Question 1: Which of the following individuals played for Coach John Thiel, and also was on Coach Thiel’s coaching staff?
A — Barry Swanson | B — Dave Peck | C — Gary Bruington | D — Frank Dexter
Question 2: All of the following GHS grads were All-Conference at Knox College. Which one of them also was on a Midwest Conference Championship team at Knox?
A — Dave Wood | B — Mark Junk | C — Otis Cowan | D — Dave Woodward
Question 3: Which Galesburg coach won the Illinois State Championship?
A — Gerald Phillips | B — Frank Adams | C — E.W. Hayes | D — T.W. Callahan
Question 4: Which of the following does not fit with the other three?
A — Bumpy Nixon | B — Ralph Cannon | C — Mike Davis | D — Bob Coe
Question 5: Which of the following players was GHS’s All-Time Leading Career Scorer when they graduated?
A — Eric Johnson | B — Mike Campbell | C — James Reinebach | D — Clay Britton
Question 6: Which GHS basketball coach played for Dawdie Hawkins when in high school?
A — Gordie Kinkead | B — Mike Jaskoski | C — Marv Cochran | D — Gary Bruington
Question 7: Which of the following was not a great transfer for GHS?
A — Larry Woods | B — Latoya Wright | C — Bumpy Nixon | D — Rod Thompson
Question 8: Who was the longest tenured coach in Galesburg boys basketball?
A — John Thiel | B — Frank Adams | C — Barry Swanson | D — Gerald Phillips
Question 9: In 1957, Galesburg boys basketball started four African-Americans, Albert Kimbrough, Elbert Kimbrough, Al Williams, and Jimmy Range. Who was the fifth starter?
A — Bobby Hoffman | B — Russ Lind | C — Mike Owens | D — Ralph Cannon
Question 10: Which individual does not fit with the others?
A — Amy Crisman | B — Debbie Roberts | C — Cookie Rosine | D — Lesa Moore
Question 11: Galesburg varsity girls and boys teams played some home games at other places besides Steele Gym or Thiel Gym. Which of these gyms never hosted either a Streaks girls or boys varsity home game?
A — Galesburg Armory | B — Knox Memorial Gym | C — Kimbrough FH | D — Wicall Gym
Question 12: Which of the following played together but were not in the same graduating class?
A — Byron Thierry and Eric Johnson | B — Jason Shay and Elmer Dickerson | C — Scott Kelley and Mike Campbell | D — James Reinebach and Rueben Triplett
Question 13: Which of these teams set an IHSA record?
A — 1957 Boys: Fewest points allowed per game | B — 1968 Boys: Most points scored per game | C — 2011 Girls: Most made threes during season | D — 1999: Most free throws made in season
Question 14: How many coaches in boys and girls basketball history have coached more than 10 years?
A — 8 | B — 6 | C — 5 | D — 4
Question 15: For most of GHS history, it was a three-year school. Who was the first freshman in GHS history to make a basket in a varsity game?
A — Mark Junk | B — Shannon Johnson | C — Sean Hanlon | D — Tiffany Sibley
Question 16: Which of these players did not play for the University of Illinois?
A — Doug Mills | B — Mike Owens | C — Ann Henderson | D — Bonny Apsey
Question 17: Which team beat Galesburg at State but did not go on to win the State Championship?
A — 1964 Boys vs. Cobden | B — 1976 Boys vs. Morgan Park | C — 1956 Boys vs. Rockford West | D — 1996 Girls vs. Stevenson
Question 18: Who scored the most points in one season?
A — Dale Kelley | B — Joey Range | C — Sarah Larson | D — Tiffany Sibley
Question 19: Which GHS grad coached on Jerry Leggett’s staff?
A — Ryan Webber | B — Thom Sigel | C — Eric Doss | D — Frank Dexter
Question 20: Which player played the most varsity games in Galesburg history?
A — Sarah Larson | B — Megan Pacheco | C — Joey Range | D — Grant Gibson
Question 21: Who did the 1959 team lose to at the State Tourney?
A — West Rockford | B — Collinsville | C — West Frankfort | D — West Aurora
Question 22: As a coach, who won a Regional at Galesburg and an NCAA tourney game at Knox College?
A — Frank Adams | B — Gerald Phillips | C — Harley Knosher | D — Evan Massey
Question 23: Who is the All-Time Career Scoring Leader in boys basketball?
A — Grant Gibson | B — Bumpy Nixon | C — Joey Range | D — Ethan Meeker
Question 24: Who is the All-Time Career Scoring Leader in girls basketball?
A — Kiarra Kilgore | B — Sarah Larson | C — Molly Watson | D — Tiffany Sibley
Question 25: Which siblings scored the most total points between the two of them?
A — Jordan and Molly Watson | B — Eric and Shannon Johnson | C — Jason and Beau Shay | D — Megan and Sarah Pacheco
The Answers
1 — C. Gary Bruington
2 — D. Dave Woodward
3 — C. E.W. Hayes
4 — C. Mike Davis played after the other three graduated.
5 — A. Eric Johnson was the All-Time Leading Scorer when he graduated.
6 — C. Marv Cochran played for Hawkins, then later was assistant girls basketball coach at Galesburg.
7 — A. Larry Woods transferred into Costa in 1966.
8 — D. Gerald Phillips coached at GHS for 21 years.
9 — A. Bobby Hoffman
10 — B. Debbie Roberts — the other three all played together.
11 — D. Wicall Gym. Boys Varsity had played in the Armory. Boys and Girls Varsity played in Kimbrough FH during Covid. Girls Varsity played games at Knox Memorial Gym.
12 — A. Thierry and Johnson were in different graduating classes.
13 — C. 2011 — Most threes made in season.
14 — C. Gerald Phillips, John Thiel, Barry Swanson, Mike Reynolds, Evan Massey
15 — B. Shannon Johnson
16 — B. Mike Owens played for Bradley.
17 — A. Cobden lost to Pekin in the Championship game.
18 — A. Dale Kelley — 813 points, 1966.
19 — D. Frank Dexter
20 — A. Sarah Larson — 135 games.
21 — D. West Aurora
22 — A. Frank Adams
23 — C. Joey Range
24 — A. Kiarra Kilgore
25 — D. Megan and Sarah Pacheco — 2,705 combined points.
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