IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson spoke with Matt Varney about some of the burning questions surrounding Illinois High School Athletics during the era of COVID-19.  Why must IHSA ask for control of decision-making back when they are not a government entity? How can basketball players play while being expected to wear a face mask?  Is there any hope for fall sports like football, volleyball, and boy's soccer returning this fall?  All those and more questions were answered in this interview.

 

Ian Walters has spent nearly two months with the Miners after an exciting SIU Baseball season earlier this year.  Walters speaks with John Homan about the Miners' 7 game winning streak, the transition from college to pro ball, and more:

 
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Zac Westcott retired the first 19 batters he faced in Tuesday night's series opener against the West Division leading Florence Y'alls.  That performance led to a 5-1 victory.  Hear comments from both Westcott and skipper Mike Pinto after the game:

 

Zac Westcott w/ John Homan 0:00

Mike Pinto w/ Dave McKenize 1:52

 
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Photo from Zach Boyden-Holmes from  The Register

Mike Murphy and Scott Hudson discussed the Field of Dreams game from last week and looked at other novelty games in sports:

 
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