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100:21

WRMJ Sportsline: IHSA Executive Director Craig...

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2026/02/14

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show reacting to the vote from IHSA member schools that approved moving the start of football practice up to Aug. 5. They also discussed the newly released IHSA boys basketball pairings, preview the girls basketball postseason, and recap Friday's TRAC West boys basketball games.Then, IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson joins the show to speak about the start of football practice moving up, SMAC's role, the IHSA using an RPI ranking system

114:42

WRMJ Sportsline: IHSA Football By-Law Voting Latest...

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2026/02/07

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show discussing Friday night's TRAC West boys basketball results and reacting to the local IHSA girls basketball regional brackets that were released this week.Then, they dive into the current by-law amendment IHSA member schools are voting on that aims to push the start of football practice up to Aug. 5, which adds on to a proposal that passed in December that expanded the playoffs and moved Week 1 of the season up one week. (23:30)Camp

116:06

WRMJ Sportsline: Sherrard Sweeps Orion, IHSA Football...

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2026/01/31

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show reacting to Friday's 61-51 Sherrard win over Orion in boys basketball to take control of the TRAC West race. Then, they discuss the voting process that's ongoing for IHSA member schools to decide whether or not to move the official start of football practice up to Aug. 5.IHSA Assistant Executive Director Sam Knox joins the program, in a conversation recorded last month, to talk about the changes coming to the 2026 IHSA football season

97:05

WRMJ Sportsline: Midseason Check-In With Nesto Hoops

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2026/01/24

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show reacting to some of the noteworthy results from the past week.Then, Aaron Britton (@NestoHoops on X) joins the program to talk about some of his top observations from 1A and 2A basketball so far this season. (52:40)

105:34

WRMJ Sportsline: Halfway Point Of TRAC Basketball &...

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2026/01/17

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show reacting to Friday's battle between Sherrard and Mercer County and the rest of the TRAC West basketball results from the week. They also touch on WRMJ's wrestling broadcast from Thursday.Then, Scott Verstraete joins the program to discuss this weekend's Brickhouse Shootout (47:39).In the final segment, Ty and Jim react to the upcoming vote to move the start of the IHSA football calendar to Aug. 5.

85:15

WRMJ Sportsline: Big Week Of TRAC Basketball & Jay...

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2026/01/10

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the program reacting to a big week in the TRAC West girls and boys basketball conference races.Then, Riverdale girls basketball coach Jay Hatch joins the show to discuss reaching the 600 career win milestone this week and his career that has spanned more than three decades as a varsity girls basketball coach. (54:19)

100:14

WRMJ Sportsline: Chip Filler Exit Interview

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2026/01/03

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor are joined in studio by former Orion High School football Chip Filler, who looks back at his career.

95:45

WRMJ Sportsline: 2025 Holiday Special With Glen Cook...

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2025/12/20

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor are joined by Glen Cook and Bill Breeden for our annual holiday show.Happy holidays!

43:53

WRMJ Sportsline Special: IHSA Assistant Executive...

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2025/12/19

Ty Taylor is joined by IHSA Assistant Executive Director Sam Knox, who oversees football, to discuss this week's announcement of the IHSA football playoffs expanding and the season moving up a week.They discuss what the addition of 128 teams to the postseason aims to fix, if it will be successful in doing so, why the proposal passed, the feedback the IHSA has initially received, the impact the Sports Advisory Committee (SMAC's) non-endorsement had on the propsal still being able to be voted on, if

110:39

WRMJ Sportsline: Mike Hutchins Holiday Classic...

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2025/12/13

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor were joined in-studio by Sherrard boys basketball coach Alex Johnson and Mike Hutchins Holiday Classic Tournament Director Eric Hutchins to preview this year's field and reveal the bracket for the 2025 event.Then, Ty talks with Byron boys basketball coach Matt Huels (44:23), Princeton boys basketball coach Jason Smith (55;19), and Annawan boys basketball coach Alex Coppejans (1:02:50).Ty and Jim close the show by looking ahead to the tournament and

87:45

WRMJ Sportsline: TRAC West Boys Basketball Openers,...

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2025/12/06

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor (appearing from Chicago), opened the show recapping the first night of TRAC West boys basketball on Friday and discussed longtime Orion High School football coach Chip Filler's decision to step away from the program.Then, Filler joins the show in a conversation recorded Friday night just a few hours after he made the decision to resign (30:52).Later in the program, Ty looks ahead at the 2025-26 wrestling season with Rockridge head coach Lucas Smith

113:37

WRMJ Sportsline: IHSA Football State Championship &...

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2025/11/29

On Sportsline this week Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show recapping the 1A-4A IHSA football state championship games and the opening week of local boys high school basketball.Then, talk through the 12 by-law amendment proposals that IHSA member schools will be voting on this month (49:46).Orion High School assistant boys basketball coach Travis Anderson, a 2011 graduate of the school, joins the show this week to speak about the meaning of the 10 & 32 Tip-Off Classic, which is named after

131:09

WRMJ Sportsline: TRAC West Boys Basketball Preview

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2025/11/22

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show discussing the IHSA football semifinals and react to the first week of the local girls basketball season.Then, they dive into a preview of the TRAC West boys basketball season.Guests this week:Orion boys basketball coach Larry Anderson (1:04:52)Rockridge boys basketball coach Jordan Harris (1:22:28)Mercer County boys basketball coach Tim Sedam (1:36:34)Sherrard boys basketball coach Alex Johnson (1:48:22)

88:50

WRMJ Sportsline: Girls Basketball Preview, IHSA...

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2025/11/15

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

83:14

WRMJ Sportsline: Rockridge-Tri-Valley Preview, Wild...

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2025/11/08

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,

83:14

WRMJ Sportsline: Rockridge-Tri-Valley Preview, Wild...

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2025/11/08

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

189:15

FULL GAME: Illini West @ Rockridge - 2A Football...

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2025/11/02

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.

88:31

WRMJ Sportsline: Round 1 Playoff Football Preview,...

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2025/11/01

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)

205:50

2025 WRMJ Pigskin Playoff Preview

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2025/10/26

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.Ty talks with the following local coaches:Rockridge's Sam GravesIllini West's Jacob CalvinMonmouth-Roseville's Jeremy AdolphsonNewman's Mike LeMayFarmington's Toby VallasErie-Prophetstown's Tyler WhitebreadRiverdale's Guy DierikxPrinceton's Ryan Pearson

98:12

WRMJ Sportsline: Playoff Bracket Latest With Steve...

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2025/10/25

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)

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