Matt Varney got on the phone with several area basketball coaches Tuesday evening when the news came out that Governor J.B. Pritzker and IDPH had raised basketball from a medium-risk sports to a high-risk sport.    Take a listen to how area coaches reacted to the news:

0:16 - Murphysboro Basketball coach Daryl Murphy

4:24 - Benton Basketball coach Ron Winemiller

10:21 - Nashville Basketball coach Wayne Harre

17:27 - Herrin Basketball coach Sayler Shurtz

23:37 - Pinckneyville Basketball coach Bob Waggoner

27:25 - Sesser-Valier Basketball coach Shane Garner

33:00 - Harrisburg Girls Basketball coach Jake Stewart

40:01 - Carbondale Basketball coach Jim Miller

 

Murf and Hudson talked Saturday about the changing landscape in College Football and the hot button topics of the NFL:

 
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Pete Gordon and Rick Hayes sat down together Friday morning to discuss some of the hot button topics in IHSA basketball right now, looking back at Coach Gordon's first year at West Frankfort after coming from Thompsonville, and look forward to this coming year with the hopes basketball actually does happen in Illinois.

 
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Mike Murphy and Ron Hines catch up with the skipper Kyle Suprenant, righty Hale Sims, and infielder Mike Carey of Logan Baseball who are 12-o on the year so far!

 
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