On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor (appearing from Chicago), opened the show recapping the first night of TRAC West boys basketball on Friday and discussed longtime Orion High School football coach Chip Filler's decision to step away from the program.

Then, Filler joins the show in a conversation recorded Friday night just a few hours after he made the decision to resign (30:52).

Later in the program, Ty looks ahead at the 2025-26 wrestling season with Rockridge head coach Lucas Smith (43:05), Sherrard head coach Jeff Garrett (58:50), and Mercer County head coach Jeremy Finch (1:09:19).

On Sportsline this week Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show recapping the 1A-4A IHSA football state championship games and the opening week of local boys high school basketball.

Then, talk through the 12 by-law amendment proposals that IHSA member schools will be voting on this month (49:46).

Orion High School assistant boys basketball coach Travis Anderson, a 2011 graduate of the school, joins the show this week to speak about the meaning of the 10 & 32 Tip-Off Classic, which is named after his late teammates and friends Danny DeBacker and Andy Adams. (1:32:44).

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show discussing the IHSA football semifinals and react to the first week of the local girls basketball season.

Then, they dive into a preview of the TRAC West boys basketball season.

Guests this week:

• Orion boys basketball coach Larry Anderson (1:04:52)
• Rockridge boys basketball coach Jordan Harris (1:22:28)
• Mercer County boys basketball coach Tim Sedam (1:36:34)
• Sherrard boys basketball coach Alex Johnson (1:48:22)

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show by looking back at Rockridge's season-ending second-round playoff loss to Tri-Valley last week and previewing the Class 1A-3A quarterfinals.

Then, they discuss Sherrard football coach Dan McGuire retiring and Sherrard girls track and field coach Todd Volkert earning a selection into the ITCCCA Hall of Fame.

Ty and Jim close the opening segment by previewing the local girls basketball season.

This week, Rockridge girls basketball coach Kyle Chandler (47:10), Sherrard girls basketball coach Doug Swanson (56:54), Mercer County girls basketball coach (1:09:48) join the show.

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show by previewing Saturday's IHSA 2A second-round playoff match-up between Rockridge and Tri-Valley, before looking around at the rest of the 2A and local matchups.

They then discuss Riverdale's wild sectional championship volleyball win on Thursday, which saw the Rams win the second and third sets after two coaches were ejected. They close the opening segment by covering Annawan's decision to cancel its 2025-26 girls basketball season.

Then, El Paso-Gridley football coach Tanner Benedict joins the show to help preview the Rockridge-Tri-Valley game. (1:02:27)

WRMJ's play-by-play broadcast of Rockridge's 56-12 win over Illini West in the first round of the 2025 Class 2A playoffs.

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor preview Rockridge vs Illini West in the first round of the Class 2A IHSA football playoffs.

Then, Mercer County High School Athletic Director Dustin Murray joined the program to discuss Roxana High School's proposal to regionalize football scheduling and expand the football postseason. (28:40)

Ty Taylor, Jim Taylor and Monte Smith break down the IHSA football brackets and speak with local coaches on the 2025 WRMJ Pigskin Playoff Preview.

Ty talks with the following local coaches:

• Rockridge's Sam Graves
• Illini West's Jacob Calvin
• Monmouth-Roseville's Jeremy Adolphson
• Newman's Mike LeMay
• Farmington's Toby Vallas
• Erie-Prophetstown's Tyler Whitebread
• Riverdale's Guy Dierikx
• Princeton's Ryan Pearson

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show discussing Week 9 of the high school football season in the TRAC and look ahead to the playoffs.

Then, Friday Night Drive's Steve Soucie joins the show to give the latest bracket projection breakdown in the 1A, 2A and 3A fields. (39:49)

In a special Sportsline interview, Ty Taylor speaks with Roxana High School Athletic Director Mark Briggs and Assistant Principal Adam Miller about a proposal they authored to the IHSA that would expand the high school football playoffs from 256 qualifiers to 384 qualifers and alter regular season scheduling to a "flexed regional" format.

For an overview of the proposal, click here.