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Gibson City (G.C.-Melvin-Sibley) (32-2)


School Information

Name: Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School
City: Gibson City
County: Ford
Classification Enrollment: 312
Nickname: Falcons
Colors: Red/Black
Conference: Heart of Illinois
Superintendent: Jeremy Darnell
Principal: Chris Garard
Athletic Director: Mike Allen
Head Coach: Ryan Tompkins
Assistant Coaches: AJ Richard, Robert Dinkins, Michael Schwenk
Athletic Trainer: Ashley Lambert
Captain:
Managers: Adam Conway, Alex Williams, Nathan Giroux
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Monticello, 45-43, in Regional Final

Roster

  
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.
2 *Caleb Bleich F 5-11 165 Sr.
3 *Ryland Holt F 6-5 200 Sr.
4 *Ben Freehill G 6-1 165 Sr.
5 Tanner Cribbett G 6-0 140 Jr.
11 *Connor Birky G 6-2 180 Sr.
12 Lane Short F 6-2 210 Sr.
13 Josh Bleich F 6-2 230 Sr.
15 Chris Hood G 5-11 175 Sr.
20 Nathan Garard G 5-11 180 Sr.
21 *Bryce Barnes G-F 6-2 225 Sr.
23 Cade Elliott G 6-0 165 Jr.
24 Spencer Meenen F 6-1 160 Jr.
25 Jordan Blake F 6-1 240 Jr.
32 Nick Culler F 6-0 180 Jr.
50 Jordan Lee F 5-11 245 Jr.
55 Alex Meece C 6-0 260 Jr.

Statistics

  
Name G FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA Pts Avg Reb Ast
Bryce Barnes 31 163 360 29 86 81 123 436 14.1 218 122
Connor Birky 34 143 306 71 165 72 91 429 12.6 115 72
Jordan Blake 20 10 30 1 7 4 7 25 1.3 25 5
Caleb Bleich 34 81 180 16 47 33 50 211 6.2 150 84
Josh Bleich 16 4 13 0 0 3 7 11 0.7 19 1
Tanner Cribbett 1 2 3 2 3 1 2 7 7.0 2 0
Nick Culler 12 1 3 0 2 0 0 2 0.2 3 0
Cade Elliott 22 14 33 5 16 7 13 40 1.8 21 11
Ben Freehill 30 60 178 25 86 11 17 156 5.2 85 86
Nathan Garard 31 23 53 4 14 9 14 59 1.9 21 28
Ryland Holt 31 169 321 16 53 91 125 445 14.4 296 82
Chris Hood 21 5 19 0 6 2 6 12 0.6 15 13
Jordan Lee 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 2
Alex Meece 17 5 9 0 0 0 0 10 0.6 6 1
Spencer Meenen 17 1 5 0 0 1 2 3 0.2 10 1
Lane Short 27 43 105 2 9 9 23 97 3.6 65 20

Scores

Date Opponent W/L Own Opp
GCMS Thanksgiving Tournament
11/19 Gilman (Iroquois West) W 80 51
11/21 Fairbury (Prairie Central) L 50 59
11/21 Fisher L 57 66
11/24 LeRoy W 74 63
11/30 Flanagan (F.-Cornell) W 53 34
12/4 Downs (Tri-Valley) W 58 42
12/11 Paxton (P.-Buckley-Loda) W 61 37
12/14 Farmer City (Blue Ridge) W 53 22
12/20 Fisher W 69 43
Monticello Holiday Hoopla
12/26 Argenta (A.-Oreana) W 62 33
12/27 Neoga W 79 59
12/27 Tuscola W 63 45
12/29 Paxton (P.-Buckley-Loda) W 61 49
1/4 Tremont W 72 55
1/5 Hoopeston (H. Area) W 66 47
1/8 El Paso (E.P.-Gridley) W 58 50
1/11 Heyworth W 74 49
1/15 Cissna Park W 48 41
1/18 Mackinaw (Deer Creek-M.) W 41 37
McLean County Tournament
1/22 Downs (Tri-Valley) W 61 41
1/25 Minonk (Fieldcrest) W 57 45
1/26 El Paso (E.P.-Gridley) W 40 36
2/1 Colfax (Ridgeview) W 65 45
2/5 Watseka W 48 35
2/8 Eureka W 57 52
2/9 Champaign (St. Thomas More) W 73 62
2/12 LeRoy W 60 43
2/13 Minonk (Fieldcrest) W 49 48
2/15 Lexington W 67 42
Monticello Regional
2/19 Champaign (St. Thomas More) W 63 43
2/22 Monticello W 63 52
Tolono (Unity) Sectional
2/27 Tuscola W 50 30
3/1 Bloomington (Central Catholic) W 58 53
Springfield (UIS) Super-Sectional
3/5 Pleasant Plains W 52 37

Head Coach Ryan Tompkins

  
Year W-L
Gibson City (G.C.-Melvin-Sibley)
2002-2003 5-23
2003-2004 14-14
2004-2005 18-10
2005-2006 24-4
2006-2007 20-8
2007-2008 14-16
2008-2009 15-16
2009-2010 11-17
2010-2011 2-25
2011-2012 2-25
2012-2013 7-20
2013-2014 15-14
2014-2015 15-14
2015-2016 12-17
2016-2017 22-9
2017-2018 25-4
2018-2019 32-2
17 yrs. 253-238

Tournament History

This is the first tournament appearance for Gibson City (G.C.-Melvin-Sibley).