Edge of Your Seat Podcast

Scott Payne (34:00) talks about his Clippers not having a Homecoming game and Week 5. St. Bede alumna Hallie McGuire (40:51) chats on her career as she is now playing volleyball for Kentucky Wesleyan. Randy Tieman (53:04) and the Red Devils are ready for Week 5 opponent, the undefeated Kewanee Boilermakers. Intro: Win/Lose/Stat

Week 4 of the high school football season features the Hall-Putnam County Red Devils at the Mendota Trojans. It is the Trojan's Homecoming game, which will have both squads ready for a great game. Red Devils coach Randy Tieman (9:02) gave us a preview.

Christian Soderholm returned to the Illinois Valley after playing pro basketball in Australia from Feb. to Aug. He chats about his time down under. IVCC men's soccer coach Tim Cottinjim (1:10:51) chats about the Eagles season. Amboy-LaMoille-Ohio football coach Scott Payne (1:19.28) is leading his team into Homecoming week. Intro: MLB, Win/Lose/Stat (10:29), Bring it Back with Marvin Gaye's Let's...

Christian Soderholm (44:53) has played basketball all over the world including from Feb.-Aug. of 2023 when he was in Australia. We talked to him before and after; this chat is before. Also joining us is Mendota boys golf coach David Ross (1:14:00) to talk about this year's team. Intro: NFL brief (2:06), Win/Lose/Stat (15:35, Sept. 5-Sept. 9).

:LOADED SHOW with five guests! Amboy-LaMoille-Ohio football coach Scott Payne (47:28)), Hall-Putnam County football coach Randy Tieman (53:22), Mendota boys soccer representatives Jonathan Cortez (1:00:50), coach Rey Arteaga (1:18:31), and coach Nick Myers (1:34:42). Intro: Mix & Match (8:35, college football, R.I.P. Jimmy Buffett and Steve Harwell, Nick Bosa, Joe Burrow), Win/Lose/Stat (1:34....

We are joined by Hall-Putnam County football coach Randy Tieman and Amboy-LaMoille-Ohio coach Scott Payne as they talk about their Week 1 and Week 2 games.

Over the last two seasons, the Putnam County baseball teams have been expecting and performing great seasons. We spoke with Chris Newsome (51:37) after the 2022 season and about fall baseball as the football coop with Hall has halted the 2023 fall, now-graduated Andrew Pyszka (1:21:43) after the 2022 season, and Jackson McDonald (1:35.55) a week before the 2023 postseason. Intro: R.I.P.s (3:55, Te...

Double the fun! First, Hall-Putnam County football coach Randy Tieman (13:58) previews the 2023 Red Devils' season. Then Finn Sessler (20:13), a young man from Mendota, talks about the Roller Coaster Challenge, Taekwondo, and everything else he does. Intro: Mix & Match (5:07, James Harden, Shohei Ohtani, White Sox, Stephen Strasburg)

IVCC Athletic Director Cory Tomasson (55:53) discusses why the junior college in Oglesby canceled the 2023-24 women's basketball season. Also, he talks about other programs such as the new cross country teams, soccer, volleyball, men's basketball, and softball. Intro: The first Win/Lose/Stat of the 2023-24 school year (9:25) and Bring it Back with Paul Simon's 1972 self-titled album (20:52)

Yamilet Aguirre (32:08) finished second in the 120-pound weight class at last year's girls wrestling IHSA State Meet. Now, a senior, the Yorkville Fox is hungry to win a state title. Coach Kevin Roth shares his background and how girls wrestling is growing. Intro: Back-to-back awesome weekends (Dreamwave, Band of Horses, Cincinnati, Mendota Sweet Corn Festival), Mix and Match (12:45, Barbie Movie,...

Now-graduated Ashton Pecher (47:39) and Kyler Lapp (56:59) chat about the Hall baseball team's run to a Class 2A Super Sectional the past spring. What a season! Intro: Bring it Back (10:38) dives into Usher's 2004 classic album, "Confessions"

Buff Bagwell, of WCW and NWO fame, talks about the DREAMWAVE Wrestling Double Shot Weekend at 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 4-5, at the La Salle Knights of Columbus. Bagwell (20:08) tells us, "I'm Buff and still the stuff".

Granville's Caleb Dzierzynski (37:34)i won the Championship Flite and Mendota's Pat Kerchner (41:45) won the B-Flight at the Illinois Valley Men's Golf Championship held July 29-30. Both champs chatted about their rounds and the amazing golf weekend. Intro: Mix & Match (15:05 - R.I.P. Pee Wee Herman, NFL running backs, Jake Burger), Keep it Rolling (24:12 - Dope, Shark Tale, Cocaine Bear, High...

July 30, 2023 will be known as J.A. Day in Peru, Illinois as it was the day J.A. Happ Field was named at Washington Park. The St. Bede Hall of Famer, Illinois Valley NewsTribune Hall of Famer, MLB 2008 World Series Champion, and 2018 MLB All-Star spoke with us (15:39) after the ceremony and expressed his gratitude toward the Illinois Valley.

The chat vault finally let this one escape! Princeton athletes and choir singers, then-seniors Drew Harp (15:03) and Katie Bates (42:32), as well as Princeton band director Brandon Crawford (27:58), spoke to us last June about being athletes and singers. Crawford is always recruiting more athletes to join the PHS choir and band.

Drip Fest returns to the Country Ranch, on Rt. 251 between Mendota and Peru, for the third time. However, this edition is different as it's two days, Friday, July 28 and Saturday, July 29. Promoter Marc Lopez (23:50) gives all the details about the fest made for local entertainers and local fans. Intro: Mix and Match (Ayo Dosunmu, Steph Curry, Commanders, Bronny James, NFL preseason injuries, R.I....

DeKalb cross country coach Mike Wolf and runners Riley Newport and Jacob Barraza (1:11:02) join us after the senior and sophomore ran at the state meet. They also qualified for state in track. The Barbs were quick to the finish line. Intro: Bring it Back with 2-Pac's 1996 double-disc classic, All Eyez on Me (12:52)

There were many new faces at St. Bede Academy to start off the 2022-23 school year. Not just new students, but Nick McLaughlin (20:55)) took over as principal, Mike Armato (33:58) became the new athletic director, and Stephanie Mickley (53:15) was the new coach for the girls basketball team. They spoke about their background and expectations with new roles. What the Bruins were able to do on all p...

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Mariah Hobson (20:14) graduated from Princeton this year, but not before setting the girls soccer all-time scoring record with 107 goals. Oh, and she broke the old record with a torn ACL.Also, Steve Hanson (31:00) was named the new La Salle-Peru athletic director. The Mendota native and former Mendota AD is ready for his next challenge. Intro: Keep It Rolling (7:32) talks and ranks six titles.

The question in the title was the first question Eric Soderholm's biological mother asked him when they spoke for the first time. Soderholm, who was 55 at the time, answered yes with sincerity. Then they had to connect the dots. Soderholm, from the La Salle/Peru area, fills in all the details (45:48).Intro: Mix and Match (USA invades London, Blackhawks in NHL draft/offseason, Bulls and NBA offseas...

Yorkville senior Dale Horstman (43:58) finished 18th at the IHSA Boys Bowling State Tournament and has an opportunity to bowl and play baseball in college. Foxes coach Kendall Sims (57:09) was proud of her team for setting school records and advancing to state as a team. Intro: Win/Lose/Stat for 3A/4A baseball and softball state tournaments (9:44), Bring it Back: Loretta Lynn's Coal Miner's Daught...

The Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp have become a staple of the area in just a short time as they are in their third season at Veterans Park in Peru. IVPS General Manager June Keeley (13:59) spoke with us in the offseason about the changes to the stadium and the desire to stay in the Illinois Valley.