Photo Credit: Paul Brinker Photography

Murphysboro athletic director Len Novara is getting ready for retirement at the end of the 2023-24 school year.  He and Matt Varney sat down and talked about the Red Devil football program and how things have changed in his 23 years as Murphysboro AD.

 

Monday night, Benton girls' basketball star Ensley Tedeschi signed her letter of intent to play for John A. Logan women's basketball.  Matt Varney was at Rich Herrin Gymnasium and talked with both Tedeschi and coach of the Lady Vols, Amanda Shelby, about the signing, joining other local stars at Logan, and more:

 

Ensley Tedeschi: 00:00

Amanda Shelby: 03:05

 
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Matt Varney sat down with the new coach of the Pinckneyville Panthers, Matt Laur, on Friday – just days after the former Freeburg coach was hired by the Pinckneyville school board as their next Athletic Director, Dean of Students, and head boys’ basketball coach.  They covered a variety of topics including the history of Pinckneyville basketball, how daunting is it to step in to the role of Panthers head coach, his son Ty who will join the team, how he plans to run the team, and a whole lot more:

 
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Saluki men's basketball coach Bryan Mullins discussed the team rebounding from their first conference loss, the game vs. Northern Iowa, and playing 3 games in the upcoming 5 days with Matt Varney Friday morning:

 
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