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Team of the Week Podcast: Week 2, Carterville Lions - Shane Hawkins 02/25/2021

The Carterville Lions were selected as the Week 2 Southern Illinois Healthcare Team of the Week after they beat Pinckneyville and followed that game up with a convincing win at Sparta.  Hear Coach Shane Hawkins speak with Matt Varney about that and more!

 
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Team of the Week Podcast: Week 1, Christopher Bearcats - Eric Stallman 02/25/202...

The first team selected as the Southern Illinois Healthcare Team of the Week this year was the Christopher Bearcats just after they knocked off an undefeated Goreville team.  Hear Matt Varney and Coach Eric Stallman talk about that win and more in this podcast!

 
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Bachelor Update: And then there were three...

It was 4 hometown dates on last night's Bachelor on ABC.  Matt James survived a sky-diving trip, but his date, Rachel, had a hard landing.  Bri's mom and Rachel's dad have a hard time believing Matt.  Serena took herself out of the competition.  And, Michelle's family was great!  All this and more as my wife joined me on the #KiTC Morning Show this morning!  The final 3 moving forward to the season finale are Bri, Michelle, and Rachel!

 
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Talkin Vols Podcast: Detrick Reeves Jr. scores 10 in Logan debut, joins postgame...

The much anticipated debut of Detrick Reeves Jr. happened Thursday night in #4 John A. Logan's 92-64 win over Wabash Valley.  Reeves finished the game with 10 points, six of which game on a pair of 3's, and four rebounds.  He joined the postgame show with Mike Murphy and Matt Varney to discuss his first game of his Logan career and the team as it begins to reach full throttle...

 
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Aunt Verna's Snow Poem

My Aunt Verna hates the snow so much, she wrote a poem about it!

 
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Pledge of Allegiance Kid of the Day: Eli and Alexandra Weidner 2-16-21

It’s the Pledge of Allegiance Kid-of-the-Day!  Now parents, you can send in a video of your child doing to the pledge to our New Country Z100 Facebook page!  Please include their name, town, and where they go to school!  We’ll use the audio from your video message to share your kid’s pledge with everyone listening!

It's Tuesday, February 16th, and our pledge of allegiance is being brought to us by Eli and Alexandra Weidner from Washington Elementary School in Marion!

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Bachelor Update: Down to the Final Four for Matt James

Big things happening on the most-unrealistic-reality show on TV, ABC's the Bachelor.  We are down to the final four, but getting there took some work for Matt.  In case you missed it, my wife joined me on the show this morning with her predictions!

 
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LISTEN: Nick Hill talks preparing for conference opener @ North Dakota

Matt Varney and Nick Hill spoke Monday on Coach's weekly teleconference about the upcoming matchup with North Dakota.  No QB controversy, getting to be the first team to welcome North Dakota to the conference, and preparing in Carbondale in an expected snowy and cold week were topics of discussion:

 

 
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LISTEN: Bryan Mullins talks struggles through COVID season, Illinois State

On Friday's teleconference, Matt Varney talked about the team's struggles through this Valley season and previewed Illinois State a bit:

 
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LISTEN: Kyle Smithpeters on Vols postgame show after limiting Vincennes to 41

Thursday the #6 John A. Logan Volunteers limited #8 Vincennes to just 41 points in a 53-41 contest.  That ended up being the lowest point total by a Vincennes team since 1951.  Mike Murphy found a way to talk with the traveling head coach of the Vols on the broadcast's postgame show and get his thoughts on the win:

 
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