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.

Wednesday brought about an update from the Illinois High School Association that was disappointing to most throughout the state.  Matt Varney met up with Carbondale Terriers football coach Bryan Lee to talk about his reaction to the update, the potential for football getting moved in to a summer season in May/June, they discuss the outlook for the current roster and some of the big names on it, and Matt makes sure to get Coach Lee's Super Bowl pick: