In the first Talkin Vols of 2024, Mike Murphy previewed a week filled with Lincoln Trail and Vincennes with John A. Logan men's basketball coach Tyler Smithpeters.
In the first Talkin Vols of 2024, Mike Murphy previewed a week filled with Lincoln Trail and Vincennes with John A. Logan men's basketball coach Tyler Smithpeters.
The Benton Rangers picked up a 62-18 win over West Frankfort in Week 7 to be named the John A. Logan College Team of the Week! Rangers head coach Justin Groves talked with Matt Varney about the team's big win, the upcoming game against Pinckneyville, and more!
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:
The Vienna Eagles were selected as the Team of the Week in Week 10 of the season after a huge win over Christopher. Matt Varney caught up with Eagles coach Steve Dreher last week when presenting the team with their award and talked about the season and the transforming culture in the Vienna program: