On our season premiere, we overcame some early technical difficulties (2020!) and got to spend a few minutes with Saluki athletic director Liz Jarnigan.

 

IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson spoke with Matt Varney about some of the burning questions surrounding Illinois High School Athletics during the era of COVID-19.  Why must IHSA ask for control of decision-making back when they are not a government entity? How can basketball players play while being expected to wear a face mask?  Is there any hope for fall sports like football, volleyball, and boy's soccer returning this fall?  All those and more questions were answered in this interview.

 
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The Murphysboro Red Devils were selected as the Team of the Week in Week 1 of the Football season after the Red Devils outlasted Carbondale 46-43 in a triple overtime thriller.  The voice of the Red Devils, Matt Varney, spoke with Coach Gary Carter about  how the offense is developing as conference action in the SIRR approaches, their Week 3 opponent Carterville, and more:

 
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The battle-tested Dawgs are back in the FCS Playoffs, and head coach Nick Hill found some time to talk to us about their first-round matchup with Weber State this Saturday.

 
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