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Very special guests coming to the Ballin4God Talk Show for our big EPISODE 30.We were joined by Army combat veteran Kris Taft, Navy veteran and former Blue Angels member Victor Munoz, and Franklin County Sheriff Kyle Bacon as they shared stories of service, faith, family, and what it means to be an American. We also welcomed Benton Rangerettes head coach Dave Brown along with returning players Kin...

Very special guests joined us for this episode of the Ballin4God Talk Show. We had 2022 Johnston City graduate Austin Brown on the show after his time playing college football with the Wisconsin Badgers and his recent opportunity with the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent (UDFA). Brown’s story is one that a lot of our local athletes in Southern Illinois can look up to. He went from Joh...

Ballin4God Talk Show episode 28 features Pinckneyville head coach and athletic director Matt Laur alongside his son Ty Laur, a 2026 Pinckneyville graduate and plays for the SIU Salukis basketball team. Matt Laur talks about his journey from South Central High School to becoming one of the top NAIA players of his era at McKendree, his professional opportunities, coaching stops and now leading one o...

We had the battery of Caidence Phillips & Colbie Bennett on the Talk Show after wrapping up their senior seasons where they won the IHSA 2A State Championship. They beat Seneca in the championship game 3-1, and finished their season 39-1. We got to award Phillips with her Player Of The Year shirt, along with Bennett a Player Of The Week Shirt. Below are some cool stats from the last four years of...

Preview of the SICA All-Star Game in Marion. That game will be played Friday, June 12th at 7:30 PM at Marion High School. I have posted the rosters for both teams on Facebook & Instagram. Also recap of Pinckneyville baseball Elite Eight run, finishing 24-11. This was originally supposed to be a live show, but due to technical difficulties we moves to this to a recorded showPinckneyville baseba...

Hunter Whitecotton joins the show to talk about the growth of Southern Focus, a brand that started as Whitecotton Photography and is starting to evolve into one of the top sports media names in Southern Illinois. He gives a lot of credit to the people have helped, and a few of those names are Ryan Zeigler, John Homan, Darren Kinnard, and many more. Hunter discusses his new affiliations with River...

This week on the Ballin4God Talk Show, we feature three of the top players from the DuQuoin Indians baseball team: senior Layne Pyron and juniors Max Zimmerman and Cy Craft. All three players have been nominated for Ballin4God Player of the Week this season, with Zimmerman recently winning after a huge week at the plate. Each player plays a major role on the mound for DuQuoin. Pyron is committed t...

This week’s episode features new Woodlawn Cardinals boys basketball head coach Brian Gamber. Gamber previously coached at Woodlawn from 2016-20, where he posted a 96-34 record and won three regional titles. He later spent time as the head men’s basketball coach at Rend Lake College and has served the past two seasons as an assistant coach for the Mount Vernon Rams boys basketball team. Our second...

On this week’s episode of the Ballin4God podcast, we had two seniors from the Carterville Lions softball team, Caidence Phillips and Taryn Ford. Both are elite softball players, not just in our area, but across the country. Ford is committed to Wichita State and is a pitcher and utility player. Phillips is committed to Illinois as a pitcher-only player. They talked about the success of Carterville...

What a fun show it was for our twenty-first episode of the Ballin4God Talk Show. We had three juniors from the Harrisburg Bulldogs baseball teams: Aidan Hankins, Ian Crabb, and Rylan Palmer. They talked about how their season is going so far, what the key to success is, and what it is like to be a part of the Bulldog family. Palmer also won our Ballin4God Player Of The Week a couple of weeks ago....

On this week’s Episode 20 of the Ballin4God Podcast, we featured two segments. In the first, Russell Conwell interviewed Pinckneyville track & field athletes Christian Queen and Brody Wilt. Queen competes in the 400-meter dash, while Wilt is primarily a long jumper and triple jumper. Wilt is committed to Purdue Fort Wayne. Then our second interview, which we were very excited for, was with the fir...

Filmed episode 19 of the Ballin4God Talk Show, brought to you by Rend Lake Cabins In The Woods. We had the head coach of the Carterville Lions softball team, Will Capie, and his son, Drake Capie, who played football and is a current member of the Lions baseball team. Both teams are on fire as the softball is 20-0, and the baseball is 15-3. SPONSORS: ALL STARS-N-STITCHES REND LAKE CABINS IN THE WOO...

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Preview of the 47th Annual Lions Club All-Star Game at Rend Lake College, featuring many of the top area senior basketball players for boys and girls in Southern Illinois. We also had Brian Murley and JR Russell of Blackcats Network, as well as Dave Severin and Shane Hawkins, together discussing what this all-star game really means, its significance, and sharing some old stories, while also lookin...

In Episode 16 of the Ballin4God Talk Show just before supersectional night. The episode features seven members of the Benton Rangers, including the starting five and assistant coaches Jason Hobbs and Lucas Roberts. The Benton Rangers take on the Quincy Notre Dame Raiders tonight at 7:00 PM at the Banterra Center in Carbondale in the 2A Supersectional. We were also planning to have some of the Gore...

After all of the regional championships have now wrapped up, we now set our eyes on the IHSA Sectionals. We have many remaining teams left. Trico hosts the 1A sectional, where Goreville, Hardin County, Waltonville, and Sparta will face off. In Nashville, a lot of familiar foes with Benton, Breese Central, Carterville, and the host Nashville. Then in 3A, the Centralia Orphans are at the Waterloo se...

We will start uploading each episode at 6 PM instead of 4 PM each week. We had three segments on this week’s episode. The first segment was with head coach of the Anna-Jonesboro Wildcats basketball team Mike Chamness and junior Kaleb Gore of the Wildcats. Gore recently went off for 55 points and 12 three-pointers in their win against West Frankfort. Our second segment was with the Porter Boys. Dre...

On this week's episode of the Ballin4God Talk Show, we had three different segments. Lee Bennett of Centralia, Nick, Tommy, Bobby King of Goreville, JR Russell, and Brian Murley of Blackcats Network. Our first segment was with Blackcats Network, Brian Murley, and JR Russell, the voice of everything Goreville Blackcats. They talked about their start, and what is going on in Blackcats country cu...

We had Coach Ron Winemiller on after he won his 400th career game as head boys basketball coach. 344 of those wins have come at Benton, and the 400th career came against one of his best friends Mike Chamness at Anna-Jonesboro 66-45.Our second segment was with senior Cale Maurer from Mt. Vernon, and head coach of the Mt. Vernon Rams basketball team Tim Holloway. The Rams currently sit at 18-7 on th...

We are back after a one week hyaistus. Due to the winter weather, we took a week off, but this week we were at Joe's Pizza and Pasta in Benton, Illinois, our sponsor for Ballin4God Player Of The Week. Speaking of Player Of The Week, we featured two of our winners on this episode with juniors Witten Devor from Waltonville and Zach Snow from Carterville. Alongside Devor was his head coach of the...

We are here at Rich Herrin Gymnasium hosting our first ever live show. This will take the place of this week’s podcast episode. It will be Episode 11 with me and Travis together, and we will have all sorts of guests on the show. Comment in the live chat, and we will try to respond. FOLLOW US: Instagram: @B4G_SILTwitter: @B4G_SILFacebook: Ballin4GodTikTok: B4G_SILTimestamps: 10:55 - Jim Muir 55:41...

We filmed Episode 10 of the Ballin4God Talk Show. In this episode we had Nathaniel Marlow on and honestly we talked about God pretty much the whole time he was on. He shared his story, his faith, and how his relationship with God has helped him through basketball and just life in general. We also talked about him breaking the Webber scoring record and what that meant to him and his family. Later i...

We were joined by Carterville head coach Shane Hawkins and his son, senior standout Colton Hawkins, who he also coaches at Carterville. We also welcomed Benton graduates and twin brothers AJ and Lucas Kinsman, multi-sport athletes who recently wrapped up their high school careers. AJ is now competing in shot put at Illinois State. Timestamps:00:00 - Intro05:50 - AJ & Lucas Kinsman1:07:40 - Shane H...

In Episode 8 of the B4G Talk Show, Grady Furlow joins the show to break down Southern Illinois high school boys basketball, with a heavy focus on holiday tournament action across the region. We recap key matchups, highlight standout performances, and discuss what these tournaments reveal about teams heading into the heart of the season. As always, the conversation also centers on faith and how God...

Merry Christmas to you all. We filmed the Christmas Special this week, featuring five different segments and thirteen total guests. We kicked things off with Rob Blondi and Bobby Blondi, then brought on the Wheeler clan with Tom Wheeler, Hunter Wheeler, and Dhana Wheeler. From there, we sat down with Bob Pankey, the new lead pastor at Whittington Church who is heavily involved in FCA.We also featu...