WRMJ Sports

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor opens the show looking back at Riverdale clinching the TRAC West softball championship with a win over Rockridge, local girls track and field sectional results and state qualifiers, Orion winning the TRAC boys track and field title, and providing a brief update on Sherrard's football coaching search. Then, Mercer County girls track and field coach Lara Swanson jo...

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor opens the show discussing results from the TRAC girls track and field meet and recapping the local IHSA 2A postseason brackets for baseball and softball, which were released earlier in the week. Then, Ty is joined by a trio of Sherrard coaches who won conference championships this week... Sherrard girls track and field coach Todd Volkert (24:22) Orion-Sherrard-Ca...

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor opens the show discussing Sherrard's football coaching search, the past week's important results, and previews and projects this week's postseason seed for the local baseball and softball sub-sectionals. Mercer County boys' track and field coach Emily Voller joins the show to discuss the program's strong start to the season and its win at the Mick Louck Invitatio...

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor & Ty Taylor discuss the week in local sports and look ahead at what's to come in the second half of the local spring sports season - after opening the show looking forward to Tess Taylor (Jim's daughter & Ty's sister) and Zac Anderson's wedding later in the day. Then, 2020 Mercer County High School grad and current Amoby baseball coach Cade Sharp joins t...

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor are joined by retiring Rockridge School District educators Tom and Katy Hasson to discuss their 33-year careers. Then, Jim and Ty close the show discussing local sports results from the past week (1:06:15).

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor open the show by discussing the opening week of baseball and softball conference games in the TRAC West. They then discuss separate pieces of proposed legislation that aim to ban the use of Native American mascots for high schools in the state and clarify IHSA policy on transgender participation in the state series. Then, Rockridge grad and WIU sof...

WRMJ's play-by-play broadcast of Rockridge's 6-5 walk-off win in high school softball from April 10, 2025

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor are joined by Sherrard High School football coach Brandon Johnston to begin the show. He's leading the new CORE Leadership program at the school. He discusses the program's first year in-depth and also talks about the landscape of Sherrard and small-school football. Then, Jim and Ty recap the week in local sports and discuss the baseball and softba...

WRMJ's play-by-play broadcast of Sherrard's 5-4 win over 1A No. 1 West Central from April 3, 2025.

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor open the show discussing the first couple weeks of the spring sports season. Then, Mercer County softball coach and athletic director Dustin Murray joins the program to talk about the Golden Eagles' 5-0 start, the state of the TRAC, the new IHSA enrollment classification policy, and more. (24:49) WCCI's Brian Reusch and Jim speak about legislation...

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor break down and react to the changes to the IHSA's enrollment classification policy that were announced this week. Then, Rockridge grad and reigning Big Ten Freshman of the Week in softball Kendra Lewis joins the show to talk about the strong start to her career at the University of Wisconsin. (35:38) Jim and WCCI's Brian Reusch also discuss the enr...

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor broadcast live from the State Farm Center and the IHSA Boys Basketball State Finals. They are joined by IHSA Assistant Executive Director and boys basketball administrator Chris Schwarz (15:22) and IHSA Assistant Executive Director Matt Troha (45:58) Schwarz and Troha discuss the boys basketball state tournament, address the public/private issue an...

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor recap Sherrard's season-ending 62-49 loss to Manual in the sectional championship game and reflect on a memorable season for the Tigers.

WRMJ's play-by-play broadcast of Sherrard's 65-63 overtime win over Tri-Valley in the semifinal of the 2A Sherrard Sectional on March 5, 2025.

On Sportsline this week Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor open the show recapping Sherrard's 75-64 regional championship win over Orion and Rockridge's 42-41 regional championship loss to Macomb Friday. Then, Ty talks will all four head coaches of the teams that qualified for the 2A Sherrard Sectional. Sherrard's Alex Johnson (40:32) Tri-Valley's Todd Kagel (55:20) Manual's Marvin Jordan (1:06:28) Macomb's...

WRMJ's play-by-play broadcast of Sherrard's 75-64 win over Orion in the championship game of the 2A Mercer County Regional on Feb. 28, 2025.

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor open the show taking a look at the IHSA Individual Wrestling State Finals and the boys and girls basketball postseasons. Then, Benton High School boys basketball coach Ron Winemiller joins the show to discuss 2A basketball in the southern part of the state with the top four ranked teams in the final AP poll feeding into the Carterville Sectional. (...

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor open the show by offering their condolences and reflecting on the tragic loss of Pittsfield High School freshman girls basketball standout Reese Ramsey this week. Then, Jim and Ty discuss Sherrard clinching the TRAC West boys basketball title, react to the IHSA boys basketball regional brackets, and preview the girls basketball postseason, which ti...

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor recap Mercer County's upset of Rockridge Friday and the rest of the TRAC West boys basketball action this week. They also discuss the week of girls basketball with Sherrard winning the TRAC West title and Mercer County knocking off Riverdale. Then, Jim & Ty project the local 2A boys basketball sub-sectional seeds, which will be out this week, a...

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor open the show talking with new Mercer County high school football coach Fred Lucas. Then, Jim and Ty discuss Friday's wild night of TRAC basketball that saw Orion, Rockridge and Mercer County get road wins in tight games. (33:56)

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor recap Friday's Sherrard win over Rockridge. Bob Mitton joins the show to discuss this weekend's 42nd annual Bob Mitton Invite. (46:19) Then WCCI's Brian Reusch talks with Jim about 8-man football's number of teams stalling in the state on their weekly segment (1:02:24).

WRMJ's play-by-play broadcast of Sherrard's 40-39 win over Rockridge in an instant classic from Jan. 24, 2025.

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor open the show discussing this week's Three Rivers Athletic Conference boys basketball results and look ahead to Rockridge=East Peoria and Sherrard-Dyett at the Brickhouse Shootout Saturday. Then, Brickhouse Shootout manager Scott Verstraete joins the show to talk with Jim about the shootout field and more. (47:21) WCCI's Brian Reusch talks with Jim...

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor take stock of the TRAC West in boys and girls basketball at the midway point of the season. Then, Jim is joined by Princeton wrestling coach Steve Amy to discuss this weekend's 61st annual Princeton Invitational Tournament (PIT). (36:07)

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor open the show discussing Rockridge's boys basketball game against UT and former head Andy Saey and preview Saturday's 2A showdown between Sherrard and West Hancock. Aaron Britton (Nesto Hoops) joins the show to talk all things IHSA 2A boys basketball at the midway point of the season. (43:56) WCCI's Brian Resuch talks with Jim to discuss the IHSA b...