WRMJ Sports

WRMJ Sportsline: Softball Regional Championship Week & Steve Soucie On Expectations For Expanded IHSA Football Playoffs

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show discussing the local regional week of high school softball and touch on the local competitors who advanced to the finals at the IHSA Girls State Track and Field Meet. Then, Friday Night Drive's Steve Soucie joins the show to discuss his expectations for the expanded playoff field in the 2026 high school football season, what more teams means for the cutoff enrollments for each classification, the statewide approval/disapproval of the change, how long he thinks this system will be in place for and more. (30:15)

FULL GAME: Sherrard vs Alleman - 2A Softball Regional Semifinal, May 20, 2026

WRMJ's play-by-play broadcast (pre-game excluded) of Sherrard's 10-8 comeback win over Alleman in the semifinals of the 2026 IHSA 2A Alleman Softball Regional.

WRMJ Sportsline: Mercer County Basketball Tournament History with Morgan Braucht

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show recapping the girls sectional and boys TRAC conference track and field results, and previewing the upcoming IHSA softball postseason. Then, Mercer County High School assistant boys basketball coach Morgan Braucht joins the show to discuss the history of the Mercer County Basketball Tournament, which ran from 1921-1943, and featured high schools from each town in the county (20:44)

WRMJ Sportsline: Conference Championship Conversations With Todd Volkert & Justin Chisholm, Postseason Baseball/Softball Talk, & Pat Rangel Returns To Alleman

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show discussing conference championships this week, won by Sherrard (girls track), Rockridge (baseball), and Riverdale (softball), react to the postseason softball brackets, touch on Rockridge's classification enrollment for next school year, hit on some local basketball notes, and react to Pat Rangel returning to Alleman to take over the boys basketball program. Then, Sherrard girls track and field coach Todd Volkert (1:10:45) and Rockridge baseball coach Justin Chisholm (1:22:16) join the program. Ty and Jim close the show with a local baseball sub-sectional seeding projection and look ahead to the theme for next week's show. (1:32:29)

WRMJ Sportsline: Conference Baseball/Softball Races, Postseason Softball Seeding Projection & Rockridge Grad Luke Johnson Talks NFL Coaching Opportunity

On Sportsline this week Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show previewing Jim's conversation with 2015 Rockridge grad Luke Johnson, who was hired by the Washington Commanders as a defensive quality control coach in February and discuss the TRAC West baseball and softball conference championship races coming down the stretch, Then, Jim talks with Johnson about his journey to the NFL, his role with the Commanders, memories from Rockridge and more (38:16). Ty and Jim close the show projecting the local softball sub-sectional seeds, which will be released this coming week. (1:08:50)