Metro East Sports Podcast

Metro East Sports Podcast


Season 5; Episode 35. Featuring: Coach Doug Zerjal and Annyca Wilson; and, Coach Addaya Moore.

October 21, 2024

This episode focuses on two local girls high school programs: Belleville East Flag Football and Mascoutah Basketball.


The show begins with Coach Doug Zerjal, who began the girls flag football program at BE. Zerjal, who is currently the Boys Defensive Coordinator, could not suppress his desire to help start football for the girls at East, and he knew who he wanted to help lead his program, Annyca Wilson. Wilson, currently a senior, was the team's starting quarterback. Wilson shares her experience being on one of the two first girls football teams in the Metro East. The Lancers are in the studio to accept their MESPY for Girls Flag Football Team of the Year, and Wilson describes the improvement in the team throughout the year along with what she loves about the sport.


Next up, Addaya Moore comes from a basketball family, and the first-year head coach at Mascoutah, talks about how her dad helped shape her coaching philosophy, and she shares her excitement about taking over the program. Moore discusses her coaching style, her playing career, and why she choose to switch to Mascoutah this year.