WRMJ Sports

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show by recapping the first round of the IHSA football playoffs, which featured only one TRAC team (Newman advances). Then, they dive into some of the notable by-law amendment proposals that were brought forward by IHSA member schools earlier in the week. Then, Ty talks with Shelbyville High School Football Coach Bill Duckett. The Rams are...

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show discussing Quincy's historic 88-84 win over Goode in the 6A playoffs on Friday, before diving into a preview of Orion-Stockton and Rockridge-Newman. Then, Camp Point Central Football Coach and Athletic Director Brad Dixon joins the show to discuss the by-law amendement that he has helped submit that aims to undo the expanded IHSA play...

WRMJ's play-by-play broadcast of Orion's 21-20 win over LeRoy in the Opening Round of the 2026 IHSA Class 1A Football Playoffs on Oct. 24, 2026 *Rebroadcast excludes pre-game coverage

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show by reacting to this week's news that the IHSA's competitive balance committee is recommending a policy change to create separate paths in the state series for team-bracketed sports, ensuring that only one non-boundaried school can advance to the semifinal round. Then, they discuss the opening round of the football playoffs. IHSA Execu...

WRMJ's 35th annual Pigskin Playoff Preview Guests on the show: Rockridge head coach Sam Graves Riverdale head coach Guy Dierikx Orion head coach Matt McClean El Paso-Gridley head coach Tanner Benedict Fulton head coach Patrick Lower

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show with a recap of Week 9 around the TRAC and discuss what it impact the results could have on the playoff fied. Then, Friday Night Drive's Steve Soucie joins the show to dive into the latest small school projections, Rockridge's likelihood of being in the 1A field, Mercer County's chances to qualify for the postseason with two wins, the...

***Note: Due to a technical issue, portions of this week's Sportsline program, which airs live at 9 a.m. each week, were corrupted and could not be recovered for upload to our podcast. Our live interview with Mercer County head coach Fred Lucas and our closing segment, presented by Boswell Construction, with a rundown of results from the state-ranked teams were unfortunately wiped out. We apologiz...

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show recapping the Friday night portion of the Week 7 TRAC Schedule and briefly preview Saturday afternoon's matchup between Riverdale and Newman. Mercer County head coach Fred Lucas (29:03), Orion head coach Matt McClean (49:32), and Rockridge head coach Sam Graves (1:04:35) join the program to recap their Week 7 results. Ty and Jim close...

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show recapping Week 6 of the high school football season in the TRAC. Then, Mercer County head coach Fred Lucas, Rockridge head coach Sam Graves, and Kewanee head coach Matt Taylor join the show. Ty and Jim close the show looking at the final scores from the 1A-3A state-ranked teams and look ahead to Saturday afternoon's matchup between Or...

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show recapping Week 5 in the TRAC, which was highlighted by Riverdale defeating Rockridge in an undefeated state-ranked showdown in Port Byron. Guests on this week's program include Mercer County head coach Fred Lucas (30:47), Rockridge head coach Sam Graves (47:25), Riverdale head coach Guy Dierikx (1:02:44), and Orion head coach Matt McC...

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show reacting to another competitive week of games around the TRAC. They're joined this week by Mercer County head coach Fred Lucas (28:30), Rockridge head coach Sam Graves (52:39), Orion head coach Matt McClean (1:12:30), and Riverdale head coach Guy Dierikx (1:23:06). At the end of the show, Jim gives his weekly rundown of the 1A-3A stat...

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show reacting to another competitive week of games around the TRAC. Later in the show, Mercer County head coach Fred Lucas (29:53), Rockridge head coach Sam Graves (46:22), Orion head coach Matt McClean (1:03:26), and Fulton head coach Pat Lower (1:17:08), join the program. Lower, an Aledo High School grad, won his 100th career game this w...

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show reacting to Sherrard High School's decision to cancel the remainder of its varsity football season and recap Week 2 results from the TRAC. Later, Sherrard High School Principal Alex Johnson joined the show to provide insight on the decision. (59:38) Mercer County head coach Fred Lucas (30:11), Orion head coach Matt McClean (43:41), an...

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor react to a long and exciting opening night of the 2026 high school football season in the TRAC. They are joined by Mercer County head coach Fred Lucas (30:51), Orion head coach Matt McClean (50:35), and Rockridge head coach Sam Graves (1:04:08). At the end of the show, Ty and Jim look ahead to a couple of Saturday night games in the conference and...

On the first Sportsline episode of the 2026-27 school year, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor preview the upcoming high school football season around the Three Rivers Athletic Conference (TRAC). They open the show discussing the new expanded playoff format in high school football, before moving into an overview of each team in the conference. Then, Ty previews the upcoming season with the following local c...

WRMJ's play-by-play broadcast (pre-game excluded) of Rockridge's 13-3 win over IVC in the championship of the 2026 IHSA 2A Mercer County Baseball Regional.

On the final Sportsline of the 2025-26 school year, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show by previewing Saturday's 2A baseball regional championship between Rockridge and IVC, recapping the local softball sectional championships, and previewing Ty's conversation with Sherrard grad and UIC pitcher Aidan Terronez. Then, Aidan Terronez joins the show to talk about his freshman season at UIC, qualify...

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show discussing the local regional week of high school softball and touch on the local competitors who advanced to the finals at the IHSA Girls State Track and Field Meet. Then, Friday Night Drive's Steve Soucie joins the show to discuss his expectations for the expanded playoff field in the 2026 high school football season, what more team...

WRMJ's play-by-play broadcast (pre-game excluded) of Sherrard's 10-8 comeback win over Alleman in the semifinals of the 2026 IHSA 2A Alleman Softball Regional.

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show recapping the girls sectional and boys TRAC conference track and field results, and previewing the upcoming IHSA softball postseason. Then, Mercer County High School assistant boys basketball coach Morgan Braucht joins the show to discuss the history of the Mercer County Basketball Tournament, which ran from 1921-1943, and featured hi...

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show discussing conference championships this week, won by Sherrard (girls track), Rockridge (baseball), and Riverdale (softball), react to the postseason softball brackets, touch on Rockridge's classification enrollment for next school year, hit on some local basketball notes, and react to Pat Rangel returning to Alleman to take over the...

On Sportsline this week Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show previewing Jim's conversation with 2015 Rockridge grad Luke Johnson, who was hired by the Washington Commanders as a defensive quality control coach in February and discuss the TRAC West baseball and softball conference championship races coming down the stretch, Then, Jim talks with Johnson about his journey to the NFL, his role with...

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show discussing the past week of local sports results and dive into discussion items from the most recent IHSA Competitive Balance Committee meeting. Then, Mercer County High School girls track and field coach Lara Swanson joins the program with the Golden Eagles hosting the annual Mick Louck Invite on Tuesday. (47:00)

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show recapping the Rockridge-Mercer County and Sherrard-Riverdale softball series this week, before previewing their conversation with Wethersfield High School girls basketball coach Todd Hansen by discussing the continuing trend of declining participation in girls basketball. Then, Wethersfield girls basketball coach Todd Hansen joins the...

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show discussing the newly formed IHSA competitive balance committee, which seeks to address disparities between public and private schools in interscholastic competition. Then, they recap the opening week of TRAC West baseball and softball conference games, including the two WRMJ softball broadcasts between Sherrard and Rockridge this week...