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In the week’s edition of the Inside the Lines High School Sports Podcast with Jim Powers. We continue to talk with some of the outstanding spring sports coaches. First, Jim talks with Eureka Head Baseball Coach James Daffron about the Wildcats season thus far and how even the teams are in the area. We then chat with St. Louis University High School Head Water Polo coach John Penilla about the Jr. Bills having the top seed in the upcoming state playoffs. Finally, Duchesne Girls Soccer Head Coach Pat Turner talks about the great season for the Pioneers and how deep the field is in Class 3.

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“Hanging with Big Walt” Keith Tkachuk on Blues game 1 win over the Minnesota Wild, David Perron's big night, Spurgeon hit, and Matthew Tkachuk's huge season.

An exciting week for the Cardinals, both good and bad. A few losses to the Mets- one with Scherzer dominating. But the team bounced back with a win, a fight and an Ankiel-esque throw from Dylan Carlson. We visit with Ben Frederickson about it all this morning. What do we make of the baseball issue and players getting hit by pitches? Blues wrap up the regular season tonight fighting for home ice advantage. We get Ben's thoughts on tonight and playoffs next week. He says Husso in goal for game one. Yuri Collins is back at SLU. Ben gives us details on that and the NIL money. MIzzou basketball and football recruiting insights too. Listen here:

A visit here with Martin Kilcoyne about his recent trip to Dick Vermeil's ranch in Pennsylvania. They talked about Coach Vermeil's career, his property, his wife, the Hall of Fame and so much more. We also talk about the Cardinals so far this season and millet muffins.

In this week’s edition of the Inside the Lines High School Sports Podcast, Jim Powers continues to chat with some of the outstanding spring sports coaches in the area. First, Jim catches up with Edwardsville Head Baseball Coach Tim Funkhouser and the incredible start that the Tigers are on. We then talk with the Head Track and Field Coach at Westminster, Larry Minner, about his Wildcats and the state of track and field in the area. Fort Zumwalt South Head Girls’ Soccer Coach LeAnne Sanders then joins the show  to talk about the Bulldogs and their outstanding season so far.

 

Dan and Brian get into the Mets series at Busch. There’s a prospect at Double -A that is hitting for power and getting the attention of minor league baseball. Also, what’s the latest on Liberatore and Gorman. All covered here.

“The Kilcoyne Conversation” with Jim Woodcock, former Blues executive. Also PR work with Cardinals, and Rams.  Behind the scenes when Mike Keenan was fired, and Stan Kroenke keeping Shad Khan from buying Rams.

“The Kilcoyne Conversation” with the Cardinals former closer and NL saves leader, Jason Motte. We talk about coaching CBC Memphis, 2011 run, Strikeout Cancer success.

Long visit here with Ben Frederickson of stltoday.com on the Cardinals. How do we evaluate Paul DeJong and Paul Goldschmidt's lack of offense thus far? Stats say it's too early to tell even though fans are clamoring for Nolan Gorman. We talk about the Molina/Knizner split and the outlook for time behind the plate moving forward. Ben gives his thoughts on Marmol's first few weeks managing too.

What about the Yuri Collins situation? Ben details the move to Tennessee and why he thinks it may not favor Collins' style of play. We preview the Blues goalie situation for the playoffs and is Berube benches Binnington. Listen here:

In this week’s edition of the Inside the Lines Podcast with Jim Powers, we talk about all the great things happening on the field and the activities in the state. We first catch up with the Director of Communications Jason West from the Missouri High School Activities Association about the outstanding things that are going on with Speech and Debate, Music, and Scholar Bowl that will happen over the next three weeks around the state. We then talk with Annie Wayland from Parkway West about the great start for the Longhorns girls’ soccer team. We finish up with Tim Haffner from De Smet about the Spartans boys’ volleyball team and their outstanding start to the year.