Brad Norman joined Murphysboro earlier this spring as Head Golf Coach and assistant basketball coach.  He took the reins on Wednesday at the Benton Summer Shootout and led the Red Devils to a 2-1 record in pool play, getting wins over Jerseyville and Freeburg.  He and the voice of the Red Devils, Matt Varney, discussed the day and joining the program:

Murphysboro has lost three of their five games this season but coach Gary Carter is hopeful that his young team can head to Metropolis on Friday night and finish the year on a high note and at .500.  Hear Coach Carter talk about that and more with the voice of the Red Devils, Matt Varney.  Hear tonight's game on 91.1 WDBX:

Pete Gordon and Rick Hayes sat down together Friday morning to discuss some of the hot button topics in IHSA basketball right now, looking back at Coach Gordon's first year at West Frankfort after coming from Thompsonville, and look forward to this coming year with the hopes basketball actually does happen in Illinois.