It was a jampacked episode Saturday with the news of SIU parting ways with men's basketball coach Bryan Mullins, both Meridian and Benton are competing for boys basketball state titles Saturday, and they found time to slip in some Cardinals and NFL talk too.

 

Herrin's Presli Karnes is staying close to home after signing her letter of intent to play volleyball at John A. Logan College on Tuesday afternoon.  Listen to John Homan's interviews with Karnes, her coach Karen Jurich, and Logan Volleyball coach Bill Burnside:

 

00:00 Presli Karnes

02:33 Karen Jurich

04:25 Bill Burnside

 
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The Vienna Eagles were selected as the Team of the Week in Week 10 of the season after a huge win over Christopher.  Matt Varney caught up with Eagles coach Steve Dreher last week when presenting the team with their award and talked about the season and the transforming culture in the Vienna program:

 
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The Du Quoin Indians were selected as the Team of the Week after a 28-14 win over Murphysboro that improved them to 5-4 on the season and earned them the 10 seed in the 3A Southern Bracket of the IHSA Playoffs.  Coach Derek Beard spoke with Matt Varney on the victory, earning a high seed for a 5-4 team, and their opponent in the first round: Carlinville

 
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