Wednesday it was signing day for several high school athletes. Elverado Softball's Morgan Bernardini verbally committed to Mississippi State early in September 2020 and more than a year later she made it official. Morgan talked with Matt Varney after signing her letter of intent about the decision:
Herrin's Presli Karnes is staying close to home after signing her letter of intent to play volleyball at John A. Logan College on Tuesday afternoon. Listen to John Homan's interviews with Karnes, her coach Karen Jurich, and Logan Volleyball coach Bill Burnside:
00:00 Presli Karnes
02:33 Karen Jurich
04:25 Bill Burnside
Matt Varney sat down with the new coach of the Pinckneyville Panthers, Matt Laur, on Friday - just days after the former Freeburg coach was hired by the Pinckneyville school board as their next Athletic Director, Dean of Students, and head boys' basketball coach. They covered a variety of topics including the history of Pinckneyville basketball, how daunting is it to step in to the role of Panthers head coach, his son Ty who will join the team, how he plans to run the team, and a whole lot more:
It was a jampacked episode Saturday with the news of SIU parting ways with men's basketball coach Bryan Mullins, both Meridian and Benton are competing for boys basketball state titles Saturday, and they found time to slip in some Cardinals and NFL talk too.
