Edge of Your Seat Podcast

TJ Orlandi has been a long-time Red Devil as he cheered for them as a kid before becoming one himself and graduating from Hall in 1996. Now, he's the girls basketball coach and ready to leave a lasting first impression. Orlandi talks about everything Hall including his player Hanah Hart scoring her 1000th career point.  Host Brandon LaChance discusses the newest soon-to-be New England Patriots sca...

La Salle-Peru boys basketball coach Jim Cherveny joins host Brandon LaChance to talk Cavaliers hoops, technology in 2019 such as phones, Snap Chat and Call of Duty, and the sports community in the Illinois Valley. Also, corrections and R.I.P Juice Wrld.  ENJOY!!!!

Mendota picked up a 44-32 win over Princeton in a non-conference game Saturday in Mendota. Host Brandon LaChance talks with Mendota junior Amellia Bromenschenkel, PHS coach Tiffany Gonfigam and MHS coach John Hansen. Bromo talks about scoring over 1,000 points and passing her sisters on the MHS all-time scoring list. Gonigam and Hansen both talk about their teams and what they've seen so far this...

Justin Jacobson began his first high school head coaching gig with the Mendota boys basketball team at the Seneca Thanksgiving Tournament. We talk Trojans, Thanksgiving and plenty of hoops with Jacobson! Host Brandon LaChance laughs at the LeBron James and James Harden no call/call, is thrilled with the Chicago Bears win against the Dallas Cowboys and talks some college hoops with Ohio State/North...

Princeton football coach Ryan Pearson had plenty of praise for his Tigers after an 11-2 season and a trip to the IHSA Class 3A semifinals. He also spoke about Thanksgiving and the recovery of his father, Tom Pearson, who fell 20-plus feet off of a later and was in ICU. Before the conversation with Pearson, Brandon LaChance shares his thoughts of the Carolina Panthers firing coach Ron Rivera not be...

Fieldcrest football coach Derek Schneeman chats about the Knights reaching the Class 2A semifinal and the football tradition the squad has built at the co-op high school and its communities. Before Schneeman shares his coaching staff, players and their 12-1 season including snapping Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley's 31-game winning streak, co-host Brandon LaChance breaks down his trip to Rosemont to wat...

Fieldcrest alumnus Drew Barth talks about his career with Fieldcrest and Eureka and he shares his excitement about this year's Knights.

Princeton senior offensive lineman and linebacker Matt Cihocki discusses Saturday's Class 3A IHSA semifinal football contest against Byron. Cihocki also talks about his love for hockey and the Chicago Blackhawks and his concerns with the Chicago Bears. ENJOY!!

Fieldcrest senior offensive lineman and defensive lineman Mason Faulk talked about Saturday's IHSA semifinal on the gridiron, strawberries, and concrete.  Co-host Brandon LaChance sends a shout out to Peyton Heagy and her performance at state swimming, the Fieldcrest and Princeton football teams -- which both play in semifinals Saturday -- and he talks about Chester Weger. If you don't know who he...

La Salle-Peru sophomore Peyton Heagy qualified for Saturday's girls swimming IHSA State Meet in two events. She joins Edge of Your Seat Podcast to talk about the experience and her life in swimming.  Also, co-host Brandon LaChance talks about a few iconic NBA players in Carmelo Anthony's return and Vince Carter's legacy. ENJOY!!!!!!

Mendota alumna Nickey Edgcomb joins the podcast to discuss rugby, SIU, being a butcher who is a vegan and much more. Edgcomb just wrapped up the fall rugby season with the Chicago Lions, which have earned a spot in nationals during the spring.  ENJOY!!! 

This episode of Edge of Your Seat Podcast has a little bit of everything. With La Salle-Peru senior runner and swimmer Ashley Heagy, we chat about cookies, dogs, bullet journaling and even some sports. Fieldcrest senior left tackle Cam Milashoski breaks down the Knights Class 2A quarterfinal game and how the team has gelled all year. ENJOY!

Notre Dame men's basketball public announcer Nick Deranek joins co-hosts Brandon LaChance and Tony Milus to talk about the Fighting Irish, the World Series, and the Chicago Bears. In a conversation taking place before the Bears and Lions game, Tony Milus breaks down a situation that actually took place during the game. Is it a lose/lose situation? We will see this week when the Bears play the Los...

Veterans Day is always an important holiday! Edge of Your Seat Podcast was lucky enough to attend a special ceremony for Private First Class Rylee Klema. Klema graduated from Mendota in 2018 after leading the Lady Trojans to their first softball regional title. After the ceremony, she talked about her time at Mendota, what she is doing for schooling and her time as a member of the Army Reserve.

The second week of the Class 3A playoffs saw a huge football rivalry as Princeton and Hall went to war. Princeton won the tightly contested battle. Edge of Your Seat Podcast spoke with Princeton junior quarterback Tyler Gibson, listened in on the Tigers' huddle after the game and talked to Hall coach Randy Tieman. ENJOY!

Princeton's Ronde Worrels, Hall's Grant Resetich, and Fieldcrest's Kenton Castrejon talk playoff football with co-hosts Brandon LaChance and Tony Milus. Worrels and Resetich discuss the huge rivalry between Hall and Princeton as it continues in the second round of the Class 3A playoffs, while Castrejon chats about Fieldcrest and their battle with Elgin St. Edward in Class 2A. Lots of awesome momen...

Earlville boys soccer coach Larry Heiden answers all kinds of questions about his Red Raiders after they made a sectional final for the second straight season. Heiden is super stoked about his team and shared his enthusiasm with Edge of Your Seat co-hosts Brandon LaChance and Tony Milus.   LaChance breaks down the Chicago Bears and the Chicago Bulls and has a few Illinois Valley updates.   ENJOY!!...

Hall senior Marshall Walk and the Red Devils football team are ready to go to war Saturday (today) in the first round of the playoffs. Walk talks about the team's rushing attack with Cole Wozniak, Austin Heinecke and himself. Also, there is talk about other local football teams in the playoffs and a "WOW" moment with LeBron James and Luka Doncic. ENJOY!

La Salle-Peru seniors Ame Ernat and Olivia Ernat and junior Lauren Klein competed at the IHSA State Tournament last weekend. In three separate interviews, co-hosts Brandon LaChance and Tony Milus chatted with them about their state experience. Also, LaChance shares a life-changing memory and respect is paid to John Witherspoon.

Football is on the brain! First, co-hosts Brandon LaChance and Tony Milus discuss the Chicago Bears - the one-point loss to the Los Angeles Chargers and what's next for Mitchell Trubisky, Eddy Pineiro and Matt Nagy. Then, the guys chat with La Salle-Peru football coach Jose Medina about the Cavaliers making the playoffs for the first time since 2009, Saturday's first-round game against better-seed...

Co-hosts Brandon LaChance and Tony Milus talk Illinois Valley sports as the fall season winds down. S-Dub makes his grand debut and brings some topics for the guys to discuss. Who will be the World Series MVP, which living athlete would the guys like to meet and much more!

From golfing with a potato masher and a Wiffle ball to countless hours swinging clubs to becoming a four-time IHSA State Meet qualifier, Ian Roach shares some of his golf legacy with co-hosts Brandon LaChance and Tony Milus. Yes, we used the word legacy for a senior in high school. Check out the episode for a great chat with a great young man!

Co-hosts Brandon LaChance and Tony Milus talk about Mendota boys soccer defeating DePue-Hall for its third regional title in four years with interviews from MHS goalkeeper Yanni Karahalios and coach Nick Myers, and D-H coach Martin Moreno.  Milus and LaChance also talk World Series, White Sox improving, Cubs falling apart and the disappointing Bears. As in every show, they speak about a few brief...