The Jungle - The Official Sports Podcast of Edwardsville High School

Tune in to learn about what it takes to become a state champ, how to get started and keep improving everyday at the track, and learn about the unique sport of trap shooting.

In this weeks episode we hear about the future of the EHS girls basketball team. Brianna Miller shares how she balances field hockey and marching band at the same time. Shelby Lee and Lucy Goebel talk about the volleyball off season and their personal goals for this season.

In this episode we learn a lot from Blakely Hockett how she uses hard work and determination to be as successful as she is. Emily goes into detail about what it takes to be a brilliant cyclist and how to be a trap shooter.

Episode 3 features a lot of new freshman and some club members where we learn all about the interests of the incoming class of 2028 and what it is like to be in some of the clubs at EHS.

Episode 2 Features two pro tennis players who talk about what it takes to get to the next level. We learn about the highs and lows of being a professional tennis player. Mia helps give a better understanding of what is going on behind the scenes at the Edwardsville Futures Men's Tennis Tournament.

King Allen and Kylie Peel discuss what there collegiate careers hold for them and further into the future. We also go all the way back to the first time when they started playing sports and what EHS means to them!

The King and Queen have arrived! Edwardsville coaches nominated these two stars, AJ Tillman and Ellie Neath, for their excellence on and off the field. Join us as we discuss their journey to this point. Finally our inaugural male and female coaches of the year Kelsey Pickering (Football) and Kristina Johnson (Field Hockey) discuss their first years as head coaches for Edwardsville.

Join us as we talk about coach Brian Young's first year as the head coach of the girls' basketball team, and Molly Peel's experience on the girls' basketball team. Julia Harris and Eliona Selimi talk about their goals for next tennis season.

Explore the wide world of tennis and band with Isaac Chleboun. Venture into the vast terrain of boys basketball with Carter Whisenand and Tucker Lindstedt.

Dive into the heart of the sports community with this episode's guests. This episode we sit down with a local store owner, professional world-ranked ax thrower, and coach, as well as a director for the RiverBender! Get the inside scoop of the business of sports and the stories behind the headlines!

Embark on a journey through the jungle as we discuss unified athletics at Edwardsville High School. Discover the unsung heroes of EHS sports, our Edwardsville Brodcasting boys Tennyson Rose and Thomas Almos. Finally, explore the intricate story of player, coach, actor, and brand owner, Sean Roundtree and his incredible and motivational story.

In this episode, we're diving into the exciting world of girls golf and boys soccer! Join us in exploring the challenges, triumphs, and inspiring stories of these talented athletes.

Join us in this episode as we chat hockey with single season scoring record holder, Luke Thomilson. Embark on a journey of dribbles and giggles with girls basketball players, Lydia Struble and Molly Peel. Finally, we conclude with a fun segment discussing football and cornhole with Drew Angle.

Episode 23 features guests, Rico Rodriguez, Christopher Roberts, Tayla Philips, Genevieve Dykstra, Emmalee Ostrowski, Jocelyn Williams, and Leo Rulo. Christopher and Robert talked about their upcoming ultimate frisbee season. Tayla and Genevive talk about their past wrestling seasons and future plans. Emmalee, Jocelyn, and Leo talk about their experience in color guard.

Join us as we talk sports with our principal, Dr. Steve Stuart. We also discussed this recent season of wrestling with two of our top wrestlers, Levi Wilkinson and Blake Mink. Finally, we had the opportunity to converse with two of our senior dancers here at EHS, Kylie Johnson and Alayna Turner-Cole.

Episode 20 features our first guest Alec Marchetto. Alec plays baseball, and had the state winning pitch! Our second guest features Billy Woods who is a writer for most EHS sports!! Our last guests feature Ellie Hughes, Maia Rowe, and Bella Hartman. They are all cheerleaders, and played 2nd AT STATE!!

Episode 20 is our SPECIAL EDITION hall of fame episode. We feature hall of fame inductees, Jason Boyd, Rachel Coonrod, Jeff Hornberger, Joe Allaria, Sam Fink, and Michael Brazier who talk about their memories and athletic accomplishments at EHS.

Episode 19 features Grace Hughes and Thea Dimitroff talk about they talked about their goals for the upcoming soccer season. Kristina Johnson talks about her experiences as the field hockey coach.

Episode 18 features Steven Moore and Kaylon Bursey, they talk about their past football season and future plans. Colin Donaldson talks about his history in volleyball and sets goals for the upcoming season. Sophie Shapiro talks about her love for basketball and her great relationship with her teammates.

Episode 17 features our first guest Schaefer Bates who played boys tennis last year and was co rookie of the year for 2022. Our second guest features Rick Brewer who does the official photography for EHS. Rick also takes senior photos! rickspicsphotography.com

Episode 16 features our first guest Jaylinn Bell who does girls track, and talks about her goals for this season, and what she competes in. She also made state as a freshman!!! Our second guest features Joey DeMare who is one of EHS' best football players! Joey also does cornhole for EHS! GO JOIN CORNHOLE!!! (every friday 2pm)

Episode 15 features our first guest Mrs. Wooten, who is a Spanish teacher here at EHS. She also does the score keeping for boys and girls volleyball, and basketball. Our second guest feature Jayla Gathing who plays girls volleyball for EHS. She plays both varsity and JV.

Episode 14 features our first guest officer Thompson who talks about how he protects our school. He's been protecting our school for 17 years! Our second guests feature Alec Marchetto and Evan Moore who both play baseball for EHS. Alec talks about his game winning pitch to win state!

Episode 13 features our first guest Mclaren Seaton who does diving, and talks about how she is the only girl on the dive team at EHS! Our second guests feature our hockey coach Mr. Tucker, and our varsity player Zach Cohn. They both talk about how their season is going, and their plan to go to nationals.

Episode 12 features our first guests Joe Liston and Ryan McNabnay who play boys volleyball and talk about what their goals are for their junior year. Our second guests feature Abby Hayes, and Lydia Blind who do girls wrestling and talk about what wrestling is all about.