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On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show by looking back at Rockridge's season-ending second-round playoff loss to Tri-Valley last week and previewing the Class 1A-3A quarterfinals.

Then, they discuss Sherrard football coach Dan McGuire retiring and Sherrard girls track and field coach Todd Volkert earning a selection into the ITCCCA Hall of Fame.

Ty and Jim close the opening segment by previewing the local girls basketball season.

This week, Rockridge girls basketball coach Kyle Chandler (47:10), Sherrard girls basketball coach Doug Swanson (56:54), Mercer County girls basketball coach (1:09:48) join...

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show by previewing Saturday's IHSA 2A second-round playoff match-up between Rockridge and Tri-Valley, before looking around at the rest of the 2A and local matchups.

They then discuss Riverdale's wild sectional championship volleyball win on Thursday, which saw the Rams win the second and third sets after two coaches were ejected. They close the opening segment by covering Annawan's decision to cancel its 2025-26 girls basketball season.

Then, El Paso-Gridley football coach Tanner Benedict joins the show to help preview the Rockridge-Tri-Valley game. (1:02:27)

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show by previewing Saturday's IHSA 2A second-round playoff match-up between Rockridge and Tri-Valley, before looking around at the rest of the 2A and local matchups.

They then discuss Riverdale's wild sectional championship volleyball win on Thursday, which saw the Rams win the second and third sets after two coaches were ejected. They close the opening segment by covering Annawan's decision to cancel its 2025-26 girls basketball season.

Then, El Paso-Gridley football coach Tanner Benedict joins the show to help preview the Rockridge-Tri-Valley game.

WRMJ's play-by-play broadcast of Rockridge's 56-12 win over Illini West in the first round of the 2025 Class 2A playoffs.

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor preview Rockridge vs Illini West in the first round of the Class 2A IHSA football playoffs.

Then, Mercer County High School Athletic Director Dustin Murray joined the program to discuss Roxana High School's proposal to regionalize football scheduling and expand the football postseason. (28:40)

Ty Taylor, Jim Taylor and Monte Smith break down the IHSA football brackets and speak with local coaches on the 2025 WRMJ Pigskin Playoff Preview.

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On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show discussing Week 9 of the high school football season in the TRAC and look ahead to the playoffs.

Then, Friday Night Drive's Steve Soucie joins the show to give the latest bracket projection breakdown in the 1A, 2A and 3A fields. (39:49)

In a special Sportsline interview, Ty Taylor speaks with Roxana High School Athletic Director Mark Briggs and Assistant Principal Adam Miller about a proposal they authored to the IHSA that would expand the high school football playoffs from 256 qualifiers to 384 qualifers and alter regular season scheduling to a "flexed regional" format.

For an overview of the proposal, click here.

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show recapping Rockridge's 48-12 win over Monmouth-Roseville this week.

Later in the show, they discuss the rest of the games around the conference and look ahead to the playoff picture. (33:42)

At the end of the show this week, they talk about a proposal that will likely be voted on this year that would change IHSA football to a regional-based schedule and expand the playoffs from 256 qualifiers to 384 next season, and discuss Alleman football's recent forfeits and future in the Western Big 6. (1:44:15)

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On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor recaps Week 7 of the high school football season around the TRAC.

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On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor recaps Week 6 of the high school football season around the TRAC.

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On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor recaps Week 5 of the high school football season around the TRAC.

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On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor recaps Week 4 of the high school football season, which marked the first week of divisional games in the TRAC.

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On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor recaps Week 3 of the high school football season, which marked the first week of divisional games in the TRAC.

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On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor recaps Week 2 of the high school football season around the TRAC.

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On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor recaps Week 1 of the high school football season around the TRAC.

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On the first Sportsline of the 2025-26 school year, Ty Taylor opens the show previewing the upcoming season in the Three Rivers Athletic Conference, which is expected to be extremely competitive.

Then, Ty talks with Orion head coach Chip Filler (28:00), Sherrard head coach Dan McGuire (43:22), Rockridge head coach Sam Graves (57:07), and Mercer County head coach Fred Lucas (1:14:24) to preview their respective seasons.

On the final Sportsline of 2024-25, Ty Taylor opens the show reacting to Sherrard naming Dan McGuire its next varsity football coach, recaps the season-ending losses for Sherrard in the softball and baseball sectional semifinals this week, and touches on results from the IHSA State Boys Track and Field Meet.

New Sherrard football coach Dan McGuire joins the show to discuss taking over the program (18:53).

Then, Ty counts down his favorite five games out of the 134 the station covered during the 2024-25 school year with highlights from each of the selections (50:21).

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WRMJ's play-by-play broadcast of Sherrard's 5-4 walk-off win over Rockridge in the championship game of the 2A Monmouth-Rosevilel Regional on May 24, 2025

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor opens the show recapping Sherrard's 2-1 thrilling regional championship softball win from Friday and looks ahead to Saturday's Sherrard-Rockridge regional championship baseball match-up on Saturday.

Sherrard baseball coach Nick Basala (23:57) and Rockridge baseball coach Justin Chisholm (34:01) join the show to preview the game.

Then, Ty speaks with new Mercer County High School principal Joel Zaiser, who was hired earlier in the week (43:30).

WRMJ's play-by-play broadcast of Sherrard's 2-1 win in eight innings over Rockridge in the championship game of the 2A Farmington Regional on May 23, 2025.

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor opens the show looking back at Riverdale clinching the TRAC West softball championship with a win over Rockridge, local girls track and field sectional results and state qualifiers, Orion winning the TRAC boys track and field title, and providing a brief update on Sherrard's football coaching search.

Then, Mercer County girls track and field coach Lara Swanson joins the show to discuss the Golden Eagles' sectional championship win from earlier in the week (16:28).

Ty previews the local softball postseason by talking with Sherrard head coach Josh Starkweather (26:26), Rockridge head...

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor opens the show discussing results from the TRAC girls track and field meet and recapping the local IHSA 2A postseason brackets for baseball and softball, which were released earlier in the week.

Then, Ty is joined by a trio of Sherrard coaches who won conference championships this week...

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor opens the show discussing Sherrard's football coaching search, the past week's important results, and previews and projects this week's postseason seed for the local baseball and softball sub-sectionals.

Mercer County boys' track and field coach Emily Voller joins the show to discuss the program's strong start to the season and its win at the Mick Louck Invitational on Tuesday (24:36).

Then, Ty talks with new Bureau Valley football Pat Elder about making the move from Ridgewood, what he thinks he can take from 8-man football and apply to 11-man football...

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor & Ty Taylor discuss the week in local sports and look ahead at what's to come in the second half of the local spring sports season - after opening the show looking forward to Tess Taylor (Jim's daughter & Ty's sister) and Zac Anderson's wedding later in the day.

Then, 2020 Mercer County High School grad and current Amoby baseball coach Cade Sharp joins the show to discuss his transition to coaching varsity baseball in his first year out of college, growing up around baseball in his family, and much more. (34:56)

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On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor are joined by retiring Rockridge School District educators Tom and Katy Hasson to discuss their 33-year careers.

Then, Jim and Ty close the show discussing local sports results from the past week (1:06:15).

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor open the show by discussing the opening week of baseball and softball conference games in the TRAC West. They then discuss separate pieces of proposed legislation that aim to ban the use of Native American mascots for high schools in the state and clarify IHSA policy on transgender participation in the state series.

Then, Rockridge grad and WIU softball standout Payton Brown joins the show to discuss her record-tying three-home run performance against Tennessee State and more. (35:42)

WCCI's Brian Reusch speaks with Jim about the Native...

WRMJ's play-by-play broadcast of Rockridge's 6-5 walk-off win in high school softball from April 10, 2025

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor are joined by Sherrard High School football coach Brandon Johnston to begin the show. He's leading the new CORE Leadership program at the school. He discusses the program's first year in-depth and also talks about the landscape of Sherrard and small-school football.

Then, Jim and Ty recap the week in local sports and discuss the baseball and softball postseason assignments, which were released by the IHSA this week. (58:20)

WRMJ's play-by-play broadcast of Sherrard's 5-4 win over 1A No. 1 West Central from April 3, 2025.

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor open the show discussing the first couple weeks of the spring sports season.

Then, Mercer County softball coach and athletic director Dustin Murray joins the program to talk about the Golden Eagles' 5-0 start, the state of the TRAC, the new IHSA enrollment classification policy, and more. (24:49)

WCCI's Brian Reusch and Jim speak about legislation introduced in the Illinois General Assembly that aims to allow IHSA student-athletes to play school sponsored sports and club sports simultaneously. (1:10:35)

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor break down and react to the changes to the IHSA's enrollment classification policy that were announced this week.

Then, Rockridge grad and reigning Big Ten Freshman of the Week in softball Kendra Lewis joins the show to talk about the strong start to her career at the University of Wisconsin. (35:38)

Jim and WCCI's Brian Reusch also discuss the enrollment classification policy on their segment this week. (48:45)

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor broadcast live from the State Farm Center and the IHSA Boys Basketball State Finals.

They are joined by IHSA Assistant Executive Director and boys basketball administrator Chris Schwarz (15:22) and IHSA Assistant Executive Director Matt Troha (45:58)

Schwarz and Troha discuss the boys basketball state tournament, address the public/private issue and more.

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor recap Sherrard's season-ending 62-49 loss to Manual in the sectional championship game and reflect on a memorable season for the Tigers.

WRMJ's play-by-play broadcast of Sherrard's 65-63 overtime win over Tri-Valley in the semifinal of the 2A Sherrard Sectional on March 5, 2025.

On Sportsline this week Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor open the show recapping Sherrard's 75-64 regional championship win over Orion and Rockridge's 42-41 regional championship loss to Macomb Friday.

Then, Ty talks will all four head coaches of the teams that qualified for the 2A Sherrard Sectional.

WRMJ's play-by-play broadcast of Sherrard's 75-64 win over Orion in the championship game of the 2A Mercer County Regional on Feb. 28, 2025.

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor open the show taking a look at the IHSA Individual Wrestling State Finals and the boys and girls basketball postseasons.

Then, Benton High School boys basketball coach Ron Winemiller joins the show to discuss 2A basketball in the southern part of the state with the top four ranked teams in the final AP poll feeding into the Carterville Sectional. (54:10)

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor open the show by offering their condolences and reflecting on the tragic loss of Pittsfield High School freshman girls basketball standout Reese Ramsey this week.

Then, Jim and Ty discuss Sherrard clinching the TRAC West boys basketball title, react to the IHSA boys basketball regional brackets, and preview the girls basketball postseason, which tips off Saturday.

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor recap Mercer County's upset of Rockridge Friday and the rest of the TRAC West boys basketball action this week. They also discuss the week of girls basketball with Sherrard winning the TRAC West title and Mercer County knocking off Riverdale.

Then, Jim & Ty project the local 2A boys basketball sub-sectional seeds, which will be out this week, and react to the girls basketball postseason pairings.

Dave Nanninga joins the show to disucss the Illinois High School Glory Days celebrating its 20th year. (50:45)

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