On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show discussing the IHSA wrestling state finals, recapping the regional week of IHSA girls basketball, and looking ahead to the IHSA boys basketball postseason, which tips off on Monday.

Then, Monte Smith joins the program from Champaign to recap the first two days of the IHSA Wrestling State Finals and set the table for the final day of competition. (44:15)

New Orion football coach Matt McClean is also a guest on the show this week. (1:00:07)

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show reacting to the vote from IHSA member schools that approved moving the start of football practice up to Aug. 5. They also discussed the newly released IHSA boys basketball pairings, preview the girls basketball postseason, and recap Friday's TRAC West boys basketball games.

Then, IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson joins the show to speak about the start of football practice moving up, SMAC's role, the IHSA using an RPI ranking system for boys volleyball postseason seeds this spring, if that could happen in other sports, the potential use of replay reviews at the IHSA State Finals, IHSA transfer rules, and more. (46:40)

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show discussing Friday night's TRAC West boys basketball results and reacting to the local IHSA girls basketball regional brackets that were released this week.

Then, they dive into the current by-law amendment IHSA member schools are voting on that aims to push the start of football practice up to Aug. 5, which adds on to a proposal that passed in December that expanded the playoffs and moved Week 1 of the season up one week. (23:30)

Camp Point Central football Brad Dixon (32:17), who opposed the original proposal, and Paxton-Buckley-Loda football coach Josh Pritchard (1:04:43), who supported the original proposal both join the show.

Ty and Jim close the show by giving a seeding projection for the local 2A boys basketball sub-sectional, which will be released this week. (1:28:26)

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show reacting to Friday's 61-51 Sherrard win over Orion in boys basketball to take control of the TRAC West race.

Then, they discuss the voting process that's ongoing for IHSA member schools to decide whether or not to move the official start of football practice up to Aug. 5.

IHSA Assistant Executive Director Sam Knox joins the program, in a conversation recorded last month, to talk about the changes coming to the 2026 IHSA football season. (1:00:46)

Ty and Jim close the show reacting to the local girls basketball results this week and give a seeding projection for the local IHSA girls basketball 2A sub-sectional. (1:04:24)

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show reacting to some of the noteworthy results from the past week.

Then, Aaron Britton (@NestoHoops on X) joins the program to talk about some of his top observations from 1A and 2A basketball so far this season. (52:40)

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show reacting to Friday's battle between Sherrard and Mercer County and the rest of the TRAC West basketball results from the week. They also touch on WRMJ's wrestling broadcast from Thursday.

Then, Scott Verstraete joins the program to discuss this weekend's Brickhouse Shootout (47:39).

In the final segment, Ty and Jim react to the upcoming vote to move the start of the IHSA football calendar to Aug. 5.

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the program reacting to a big week in the TRAC West girls and boys basketball conference races.

Then, Riverdale girls basketball coach Jay Hatch joins the show to discuss reaching the 600 career win milestone this week and his career that has spanned more than three decades as a varsity girls basketball coach. (54:19)

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor are joined in studio by former Orion High School football Chip Filler, who looks back at his career.