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         Sports Links NOTES FROM THE PRESSBOX BY FRANK McCULLOUGH
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WE'LL PUBLISH THE REST OF THE HISTORY OF GIBSON CITY v. PAXTON FOOTBALL NEXT WEEK! GIBSON CITY SPORTS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE'S NAMED -- (8-01-2008) At a recent meeting, the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School Sports Hall of Fame Committee selected the following for induction October 3rd at the GCMS Homecoming football game: 1957 Gibson City Greyhound Football Team Coached by Bill Gross, the varsity Greyhounds were undefeated at 10-0. Lisa Noble - Gibson City High School Class of 1993 Four-year letter winner in basketball and tennis. Tennis Captain her Junior and Senior seasons at Gibson City. Scholarship to Western Illinois University. Steve Mueller - Melvin-Sibley Class of 1983 Earned 13 Varsity Letters for the Rams. Averaged 21.6 points-per-game as a Junior. Went on to play basketball and football at Eureka College. THE HISTORY OF GIBSON CITY-PAXTON FOOTBALL -- by Tom Benefiel (7-27-08) OUR THANKS TO GCMS HEAD BASKETBALL COACH RYAN TOMPKINS FOR COMPILING THE STATISTICS The 2008 season marks the 87th consecutive year a football team from Gibson City and Paxton have played (including the Greyhounds' 1957 forfeit win). The rivalry has been going on consecutively since the 1922 season, but was first played before the turn of the 20th century. There have been at least 118 meetings (116 regular season, two IHSA playoffs) between the two teams since 1910. For many of the pre-World War II seasons, Drummer High and Paxton High played two games. Some years one game was on Armistice (November 11th) Day, the other held on Thanksgiving. In later years there would be an earlier meeting with the second game coming on Armistice Day. Both schools did this one last time after the war was over in 1945. School names have evolved over the years. While known originally as Gibson High until 1910, the Greyhounds became Drummer Township High School from 1911 until rural school consolidation changed the name to Gibson City High School in 1948. The current consolidation with Melvin-Sibley precipitated a change to the GCMS Falcons in 1993. Paxton High School and their Mustangs mascot would endure during the entire series until 1990 when they became the Paxton-Buckley-Loda Panthers. Until changes in class size and conference participation separated the schools, the "big game" of the year was a meeting of both football teams at the end of the season.
2008-09 ENROLLMENTS AND CLASSES ANNOUNCED BY IHSA -- by Tom Benefiel (7-18-08) The Illinois High School Association has released their class breakdowns for the next calendar school year.
ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION SETS FOOTBALL ENROLLMENT GUIDELINES -- by Tom Benefiel (7-4-08) These are the "football enrollments" and tentative football classes for the 2008 football season as set by the Illinois High School Association for the Heart of Illinois Conference. These classifications are not final but are provided as a reference for coaches, players, and fans to use throughout the season. The final classes are not determined until the last day of the season when the 256-team playoff field is set. The Falcons' only non-conference opponent, Paxton-Buckley-Loda has a football enrollment of 491 students and is listed as a Class 3A school.
IHSA ANNOUNCES 2008 FOOTBALL SCHEDULES -- by Tom Benefiel (6-27-08)
CLICK ON EACH SCHOOL'S LOGO FOR IHSA INFORMATION
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