Metro East Sports Podcast

Metro East Sports Podcast


Latest Episodes

Season 5; Episode 10. Featuring: Bubba Pauli; Coach Derek Reckmann with Chase Knebel and Jake Otttensmeier.
April 08, 2024

This show kicks off with motocross rider, team owner, and coach, Jake Pauli. Pauli is back in the studio to discuss the growth of his team, the daily preparation necessary to compete at a world-class level, and the injury which nearly ended his career. N

Season 5; Episode 9. Featuring: Coach Joe Pearce; Coach Will Dunlap and Coach Zac Bilyeu; Coach John Denney and Bill Roseberry.
April 01, 2024

This show is all about the coaches! Marion High School Boys Tennis Coach Joe Pearce joins the show remotely to talk about winning the JD Miller Sportsmanship Award at the Edwardsville Invitational last weekend. Pearce, a first-year coach, talks about crea

Season 5; Episode 8. Featuring: Coach Deserea Howard, Jarius Powers, and Kyoko Proctor; Rick Daleen; and, Cole McClusky, AJ Sutberry, and Blase Kurwicki.
March 25, 2024

The Alton Redbirds Girls Basketball team is represented in the studio in the first slot, as Coach Deserea Howard makes her first appearance on the show, and she is joined by star players Jarius Powers and Kyoko Proctor. Coach Howard talks about all the th

Season 5; Episode 7. Featuring: Don Viviano; Dalton Brown; Keaton Anderson, Patrick Driscoll, and Evan Driscoll; Avery Boehm and Coach Breezy Gober.
March 18, 2024

This episode begins with a visit from one of our great partners, Don Viviano, of Viviano Heating and Cooling. A life-long resident of the Metro-East, Viviano shares his passion for providing the best service to his HVAC customers in the Metro East. Next u

Season 5; Episode 6. Featuring: Coach Jim Warnecke with Ashton Zobrist and Ethan Greenwald; Adam Reiniger; and Coach Jack Carmody.
March 11, 2024

Award winners only in this show! This episode begins with the MESPY winners for 5A Football Team of the Year, the Highland Bulldogs, who are represented by Head Coach Jim Warnecke and players Ethan Greenwald and Ashton Zobrist. Warnecke explains his ph

Season 5; Episode 5. Featuring: Kai Vetter and Coach Jason Walker; Anna Hall; Stewart Cumberland and Devon Alexander.
March 04, 2024

This episode features hometown heroes and a former world champion trying to make a difference in the lives of others. Edwardsville HS Hockey Coach Jason Walker is in the studio to accept the MESPY for Hockey Team of the Year. He is joined by his goalie Ka

Season 5; Episode 4. Featuring: Maia Rowe and Bella Hartman; Coach Jim Jackson, Brendan Smith, and Gibson Hunt.
February 26, 2024

Edwardsville High School finished 2nd in the "large school" division this season. This was a program-high for the Tigers, and in the studio to discuss their MESPY-winning season are Maia Rowe and Bella Hartman. The two seniors talk about what at

Season 5; Episode 3. Featuring: Bryce Griffin and Coach Jeremy Christeson; Jason Dowell, Brenden Rayle and Coach EJ Brooks; and Steven Stock.
February 20, 2024

This show begins with the MESPY for 2A Wrestler of the Year and state champion, Bryce Griffin of Civic Memorial HS. Griffin details his thoughts going into his final high school match, what attracted him to the sport, and why he chose to continue wrestlin

Season 5; Episode 2. Featuring: Grace Maxfield and Caryn Mefford; Chad Rakers, Addie Lampe, and Addison Nenninger; Jon Burnett; Dr. Arthur Langston, Tayla Phillips, and Norah Swaim; and Dan Brynildsen
February 13, 2024

This show boasts a new record for MOST guests--10! Caryn Mefford of My Pocket CEO begins the show, as she presents the Charitable Champion Award for February to Grace Maxfield of Granite City HS. Maxfield is a leader in the classroom and on the cheer team

Season 5; Episode 1. Featuring: Derek Jarman and Nick Smith; Dylan Dudley; Rob Milazzo, Tom Blaha, and James Herring.
February 06, 2024

In this first episode of Season 5, Civic Memorial's longest-tenured Coach, Derek Jarman, and new Head Football and current Head Baseball Coach, Nick Smith, are in the studio to talk about the big changes on the horizon for their school. Jarman talks a