Edge of Your Seat Podcast

Hunter Holdcraft, La Salle-Peru graduate and DREAMWAVE wrestler, talks to us before and after the June 17 DREAMWAVE show presented by Lou's LaGrotto, Nothin' But a Good Time. Holdcraft and his tag team partner 12 Gaige fought for the DREAMWAVE Tag Team Championship. Intro: Mix and Match (NBA Draft, Chris Paul, Bradley Beal, Marcus Smart, Draymond Green, Khris Middleton, Ja Morant), R.I.P. Iron Shi...

Mendota native Jamie Kromm has played or coached basketball almost her entire life. After a break in the game, she is getting back to the court as a player, coach, and teacher with Kamp Kromm. The camp will run June 19-22. Sign up now!!!!

The St. Bede softball won the 2023 IHSA Class 1A State Championship!!! We are joined by SBA junior Reagan Stoudt (19:56), coach Shawn Sons (26:45), junior Ella Hermes (49:43), freshman Lily Bosnich (51:27), and senior Addie Bontz (54:50) as they share moments from the state semifinal and final, and the emotions that came with them. Intro: Win/Lose/Stat (8:14) crowns all girls soccer champions as w...

The Class 1A IHSA State Semifinal between the Henry-Senachwine and Newman baseball teams is noon on Friday at Dozer Park in Peoria. We spoke to Newman coach Kenny Koerner and junior Brendan Tunink, and H-S coach Max Kirbach and senior Colton Williams about the big game. Intro: Stats and facts about the H-S Mallards and Newman Comets

The St. Bede softball team kicks off the Class 1A IHSA State Tournament at 10 a.m. Friday. We chat with juniors Bella Pinter and Ella Hermes, and coach Shawn Sons about making the tournament and the first game against Goreville. They also share Mudita. Intro: Stats and facts on both SBA and Goreville softball teams

We are getting to the end of the spring postseason where success from our local teams continues to pile up. Amboy boys track coach Jeramey Wittenauer (43:23) discusses his 1600 relay team advancing to the IHSA State Meet. Payton Dye (50:16), Hall junior pitcher, chats with us after Hall won the sectional semifinal. St. Bede softball coach Shawn Sons (53:13) is thrilled when the Lady Bruins punch a...

We're at the field for this episode as St. Bede coach Shawn Sons (37:31) chatted with us after the Lady Bruins won a sectional semifinal to advance to the championship on May 26. Also La Salle-Peru senior Taylor Martyn and coach Randy Huebbe (41:48) show their enthusiasm about the postseason. Intro: NBA/NHL postseason (14.5 seconds), Win/Lose/Stat (8:58)

Both the La Salle-Peru boys basketball program and the St. Bede softball team are in their next chapters. L-P hired John Senica (48:33) as its next boys hoops coach and SBA coach Shawn Sons (1:01:18), senior Madelyn Torrance (1:04:49), and the Lady Bruins won a regional championship Saturday to advance them to May 23rd's Class 1A St. Bede Sectional semifinal. Intro: Win/Lose/Stat (8:00) breaks dow...

Amboy Junior Elly Jones (50:19) is at the IHSA State Track and Field Meet competing in the triple jump and the 100-meter hurdles, miraculously, as she was injured two weeks before the sectional. She tells the story and so does Amboy-LaMoille girls track coach Michael Robinson (1:01.12).Intro: Win/Lose/Stat dives into IHSA girls soccer, baseball, and softball postseasons (8:46) and Mix and Match (3...

The Illinois Valley had many girls tennis state qualifiers this fall including Dixon's Grace Ferguson and Leah Kruel (1:09:53), Ottawa's Jenna Smithmeyer and Rylee O'Fallon (1:18:47), and Sycamore's Abby Golembiewski and Elisabeth Kleckner (1:28:48). We're also joined by Ottawa coach Steve Johnson and Sycamore senior Abby Bourdage. Intro: End of regular season Win/Lose/Stat (7:43) and Spring Posts...

No need for a long intro with five amazing guests. Pete Marx (9:01), Ottawa wrestling coach, was inducted into the 2022 IWCOA Hall of Fame. Coal City girls tennis coach Matt Leman (22:58) and Coal City junior Abby Stiles (38:49) talk about her second trip to state. We wrap up the show talking to Newman volleyball coach Debbi Kelly and senior Katie Grennan (48:05) about finishing fourth at the IHSA...

The Little Ten Conference featured two new boys basketball coaches this season at LaMoille and DePue. They just so happened to be brothers as Chance Blumhorst (1:05.15) took over the Lions and Trae Blumhorst (1:26.06) became the new Little Giants lead man. They both talk about the experience and playing against their brother's team four times. Congratulations to Chance Blumhorst and his wife Jessi...

DREAMWAVE Wrestling Anniversary VIII presented by Lou's LaGrotto is TONIGHT (April 22)!!! We are joined by reigning DREAMWAVE Heavyweight Champion Christian Rose, who takes on a wrestler previously known in other promotions as Johnny Morrison. The show was sold out 39 days ago!!!!Intro; No edits!

We start this episode a little different, with a chat, as we hear from Scot Banks (56.0), who owns the Victory Lanes Bowling Alley. Him and his wife Stacey have put in 17 years and are now ready to sell the thriving business. Then We The Least (30:53), a Christian band formed in Mendota now polishing its craft in Nashville, join to talk about mild sauce, the Nashville experience, a near fatal show...

The Ottawa Wolfpack wrestling club shined through the different ranks this year. Mayson Munson is on this episode twice. First (35:19) as a sixth grader in 2022 when he won an IESA state championship. He returns (43:53) as a seventh grader and a winner of his second title with Ottawa Central. Beau Thompson (49:36), also a member of the Wolfpack, became the first Seneca wrestler in town history to...

We touch down on all different topic surfaces in this show with First State Bank's Chief Marketing Officer Jan Phalen (1:03:45), Mendota native and CrossFit/exercise guru Marco Mandujano (1:20:47), and Joe Masini (1:42:10), who will be the Mendota High School principal next school year. Intro: Mix and Match (8:27) breaks down NCAA Tournament, Aaron Rodgers, Bulls, and MLB Opening Day. Win/Lose/Sta...

The Princeton boys basketball team bought in to a system and played with the mentality of "We Not Me" this season as the Tigers finished 32-3, won a regional title, and received accomplished and awards. Coach Jason Smith (1:01:35) and seniors Grady Thompson (1:14:12) and Teegan Davis (1:22:26) join EOYS to talk about the season as it was going on. Intro: Bring it Back returns breaking down an Otis...

Loaded show with four amazing guests. Kewanee senior Mya Mirocha (50:55) finished tied for eighth at this year's IHSA Girls Golf State Meet. KHS golf coach Ryan Hansen (with Mirocha) talks about how you coach a great player and his family legacy with Boilermaker golf. La Salle-Peru senior Carlie Miller (1:05:30) qualified for state yet again and won a match at the biggest weekend of the year. Lege...

Basketball and the golf is the theme as of late. On this show, EOYS is joined by Grey Giovanine to talk about his father Chips Giovanine, who was a legendary high school basketball coach at many schools in the Illinois Valley including La Salle-Peru. Grey also talks about his college coaching career. Geneseo junior Hayden Moore chats about his second-place finish at the IHSA State Boys Golf Meet i...

Grady Jones called winning the boys bowling IESA State Championship with Holy Cross in Mendota last year the best day of his life. Coaches, John Holland and Matt Novak, thought it was a special moment, too. Also Devin Masters joined us to talk Super Bowl LVII. Intro: Win/Lose/Stat, NBA Trade Deadline, DREAMWAVE

Football and wrestling talk takes us to life lessons! Mendota Ford General and Sales Manager, Skee Hartmann, chats with us about the NFL Playoffs and DREAMWAVE wrestler Christian Rose is ready for Feb. 11's show where he fights for his third DW title.

When you speak to a member of the 1988 St. Bede baseball team, they all have a story to tell in their own different way that they can all title the same, "The Run". The 1988 Bruins won the IHSA Class 1A State Championship during a time when there were only two classes, everyone on the team were friends, and the coach taught valuable lessons. On the podcast: Eric Bubelis, Eric "Kro" Krogulski, Brad...

Double dose of awesomeness as we spoke with Shaw Media photographer Scott Anderson about taking photos at a Chicago Bears game and Ottawa junior golfer, Drake Kaufman, about qualifying for the IHSA State Meet for the third time.

Shea Reisel, who graduated from Somonauk in May and now competes for Campbellsville University, became a pioneer for girls high school wrestling last season when she won a state championship at the first ever IHSA girls wrestling state meet. We have two guests as Hall sophomore Landen Plym chats about his first experience at the IHSA boys golf state meet this past fall.

Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp recorded a 38-21 season and a playoff appearance this summer. Our guests Brandon Schroeder and Lucas Burris, both La Salle-Peru graduates, were there for the ride as Schroeder was an intern and Burris has been the voice of the Pistol Shrimp for two years. We talk about the team and so much more! Intro: NFL Wild Card Weekend, Bulls beat Warriors, high school sports run...