Edge of Your Seat Podcast

We are over halfway through the 2022-23 basketball season, but memories of the 2021-22 IHSA Class 2A State Tournament still run rampant. EOYS is joined by then-Fieldcrest senior Ella Goodrich, now at Monmouth University, Knights coach Mitch Neally, and Brent McKinney, a former Mendota coach who took Pana to the tournament and played Fieldcrest in the third-place game. Intro: New sponsor First Stat...

DREAMWAVE is back at the Knights of Columbus in LaSalle for Nevermore at 3 p.m. Dec. 10. The show will feature wrestling icon Raven and many others including L-P graduate Mike Hartenbower, who spoke with us about the show and much more. Intro: Getting caught up on scores and accomplishments from around the area.

Marc Mero, former professional wrestler for WWE and WCW as well as a Golden Gloves Boxing Champion, visited Putnam County to drop some words of wisdom. Mero is on a world tour speaking to students about life and how all the bad things you see on TV can happen in real life and to anyone. We also spoke with PC principal Dustin Schrank about getting Mero to the school. Intro: Volleyball and football...

Fall sports are ending and winter sports are beginning. It's that time! On this episode we speak with La Salle-Peru girl bowlers Isabella Weber, Olivia Weber, and Lady Cavaliers coach Jim McCabe, Amboy senior golfer Wes Wilson, and Amboy-LaMoille-Ohio football coach Scott Payne. Intro: Monster break down of cross country postseason

The Amboy-LaMoille-Ohio football team is doing something it hasn't done since 1984, playing for a state title. The Clippers take on West Central at 7 p.m. Friday (TODAY) at Monmouth College in the Illinois 8-Man Football Championship.

We Segway through softball with Abby Edwards (30:22) and Mack Leonard (37:31), who have a Dwight connection and both play NCAA softball in the ACC, golf via Dixon junior Katie Drew (44:50) and DHS coach Lee Eastman as Drew finished tied for fifth in the state, and we end in translation with Princeton football coach Ryan Pearson (55:01) and a pregame interview for the Class 3A Quarterfinal matchup...

The high school football playoffs are underway and the Princeton Tigers are ready to roar as a No. 1 seed in the Class 3A bracket. Joining us are senior QB Teegan Davis, PHS coach Ryan Pearson (twice), and Mendota Ford General Manager and Princeton native, Skee Hartman. Intro: Catching up on boys soccer, girls tennis, volleyball, football scores and accomplishments.

Arika Richardson talks about her time as part of the La Salle-Peru and Parkland College volleyball teams before she started her freshman year at Indiana State University. Then we're joined by Roanoke-Benson senior DJ Norman who finished 13th at the IHSA State Meet and R-B coach Kyle Fellner. Intro: High school playoffs are in full swing with boys soccer and girls tennis. Also, Week 8 and insight i...

Before the school year started two long term coaches, directors, Mr. everythings at their previous schools, found themselves representing different schools. Tom McGunnigal and St. Bede had parted ways. Jeff Parsons was made an offer he couldn't refuse at Fulton. By time the 2021-22 school year was over, McGunnigal was hired by Annawan-Wethersfield and Parsons accepted Fulton's offer. We spoke to t...

Tim Cottingim has the best of both worlds. He's the IVCC men's soccer coach until after practice or a game. Then he puts on the smile of a restaurant owner and chef hat at Iniga Pizzeria Napoletana. Intro: Boys and Girls state golf, start of boys soccer regionals, NFL, MLB Playoffs

Action-packed show as EOYS chatted with Hall quarterback Mac Resetich, Hall football coach Randy Tieman, and Princeton football coach Ryan Pearson. Intro: Week 6 & 7 football scores, boys and girls golf playoffs, and the Grab Bag including Brett Favre, Dolphins/Tua, Loretta Lynn, NBA in Las Vegas, and Tony LaRussa.

On the last episode of EOYS, La Salle-Peru graduate Christian Soderholm spoke to us while he was playing professional basketball at the island, Malta. In the second part, Soderholm returned after his season to talk about his experience and what's next for him. Intro: Football week's 4 and 5, IHSA sports rundown, Grab Bag featuring Aaron Judge, NFL, Michael Jordan's expensive jersey, and more.

Christian Soderholm played basketball overseas on the island of Malta last season. We caught up with during the season and after. Part 1 shares tales of his trip while he's overseas. Intro: New computer means EOYS is back, IHSA roundup, Illinois Valley outside of the valley, Grab Bag.

There hasn't been a DREAMWAVE Wrestling show since 2016. This all changes on Aug. 20 as Jay Repsel and Lou's LaGrotto have teamed up to bring DREAMWAVE back to the wrestling mats. Who will be the first champion since 2016? To find out, you'll have to go to the show! Intro: Illinois high school sports are back, LeBron James, DeShaun Watson, Fantastic Beats, Grumpy Old Men, Seinfield.

Australian blues guitarist, Michael Charles, is bringing his 60-plus years of music to Blues, Bears & BBQ at the Yogi Bear RV Resort from 7:30-10 p.m., Aug. 13 at 970 Green Wing Rd, Amboy, Ill. Charles has been Grammy elected 10 times, is a Grammy voter, and has released 30-plus albums and singles. If you like stories, name drops, life lessons, laughs, and music...this is the pod for you!

When Paul Hart enrolled at St. Bede as a freshman, he set a goal to become the Bruins' all-time scoring leader. After reaching 1,000 points as a sophomore he was well on his way until Covid-19 took a year from him. It didn't matter as he finished with 1,811 points to pass J.A. Happ (1,459), and after this chat, Katie Carls (1,471), to be the all-time top Bruin. Intro: R.I.P. Olivia Newton-John, IH...

Nate Stubler, 2017 La Salle-Peru graduate and 2017 bowling state champion, bowled his last tournament in a St. Ambrose uniform in May. He is now getting ready for the Professional Bowling Association and adult life as an accountant. Stubler tells some great stories and gives special thanks. Intro: IHSA State Baseball

Did you know Disney was a second-rate movie production company in the 1980s? Did you know the book behind the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit was rejected 110 times? Guess what merger Steven Spielberg was able to pull off? If Bob Hoskins wasn't the original Eddie Valiant, who was? Does Bugs Bunny have a contract? Who influenced Jessica Rabbit's hair-do? These questions, the story behind Who Framed R...

Midwest rapper IL Boi joined Edge of Your Seat Podcast for the second time in grand fashion as EOYS was at his G.M.B. album release party at 5BAR in Beloit, Wis. The show wasn't just for IL Boi as he used it as a showcase for six other artists also. We spoke to every single one of them: IL Boi (29:34), Juicce Monroe (39:46), R3d On3 (43:00), All Day Jay (48:01), Syn'Cear Yourz (51:16), Bilbro$e Ba...

Surf Internet has made it's way to northern Illinois. The Surf trucks and the construction crews with Surf hardhats are digging up soil to infiltrate households and businesses with fiber optic internet. What is fiber optic? How much will it cost? Is it fast internet? How does Surf Internet compare to competitors such as Xfinity and Mediacom? How does it benefit the customer? How is it installed? A...

Jeff Boyer, coach of the Byron football team, has had great seasons with the Tigers. But nothing like this past season when the Tigers went 14-0 and won the Class 3A IHSA State Championship. Here is fuel for the Football Jones. Intro: Girls state track, rapid-fire grab bag

...is Ronde Worrels! The Princeton alumnus didn't gel with the Northern Illinois University football team last season, so he went home. Now he has a new team, a new home, and is ready to make the same noise he did for the Tigers on the college stage.

Dual dose of Illinois Valley and University of Illinois awesomeness this time around as we're joined by Bret Dannis, St. Bede alumnus and Illini hurdler, and Mike Turk, a Mendota native who just finished his 17th year as Illinois track coach. We talk track, schooling, careers, Game of Thrones, and way more.

John Hall talks to us about DeKalb County United, a semi-pro soccer club that plays at Northern Illinois University. Soccer has been growing in the United States over the last few years, and Hall and DeKalb County United (formed in 2018) want the sport to reach its highest peak in Illinois. Intro: Rest in Peace Aunt Shirley and Bob Lanier, NHL playoffs, NBA playoffs, IHSA playoffs kick off with Gi...

Rylee Klema went through a lot of emotions last week. She pitched Game 2 of her Senior Night doubleheader with Rockford University on Sunday. Then played her last four road games Tuesday and Wednesday. On Thursday, she grabbed her bags and deployed with the Army. Intro: New sponsor Supreme Safety by Sure Step, NBA Playoffs, NFL Draft, Boxing