On the final Sportsline of 2024-25, Ty Taylor opens the show reacting to Sherrard naming Dan McGuire its next varsity football coach, recaps the season-ending losses for Sherrard in the softball and baseball sectional semifinals this week, and touches on results from the IHSA State Boys Track and Field Meet.

New Sherrard football coach Dan McGuire joins the show to discuss taking over the program (18:53).

Then, Ty counts down his favorite five games out of the 134 the station covered during the 2024-25 school year with highlights from each of the selections (50:21).

Thanks for following along in 2024-25!

Sportsline returns Aug. 23.

WRMJ's play-by-play broadcast of Sherrard's 5-4 walk-off win over Rockridge in the championship game of the 2A Monmouth-Rosevilel Regional on May 24, 2025

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor opens the show recapping Sherrard's 2-1 thrilling regional championship softball win from Friday and looks ahead to Saturday's Sherrard-Rockridge regional championship baseball match-up on Saturday.

Sherrard baseball coach Nick Basala (23:57) and Rockridge baseball coach Justin Chisholm (34:01) join the show to preview the game.

Then, Ty speaks with new Mercer County High School principal Joel Zaiser, who was hired earlier in the week (43:30).

WRMJ's play-by-play broadcast of Sherrard's 2-1 win in eight innings over Rockridge in the championship game of the 2A Farmington Regional on May 23, 2025.

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor opens the show looking back at Riverdale clinching the TRAC West softball championship with a win over Rockridge, local girls track and field sectional results and state qualifiers, Orion winning the TRAC boys track and field title, and providing a brief update on Sherrard's football coaching search.

Then, Mercer County girls track and field coach Lara Swanson joins the show to discuss the Golden Eagles' sectional championship win from earlier in the week (16:28).

Ty previews the local softball postseason by talking with Sherrard head coach Josh Starkweather (26:26), Rockridge head coach Scott Durbin (37:14), and Mercer County head coach Dustin Murray (48:34).

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor opens the show discussing results from the TRAC girls track and field meet and recapping the local IHSA 2A postseason brackets for baseball and softball, which were released earlier in the week.

Then, Ty is joined by a trio of Sherrard coaches who won conference championships this week...

• Sherrard girls track and field coach Todd Volkert (24:22)
• Orion-Sherrard-Cambridge girls soccer coach Rick Cline (40:07)
• Sherrard baseball coach Nick Basala (58:48)

On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor opens the show discussing Sherrard's football coaching search, the past week's important results, and previews and projects this week's postseason seed for the local baseball and softball sub-sectionals.

Mercer County boys' track and field coach Emily Voller joins the show to discuss the program's strong start to the season and its win at the Mick Louck Invitational on Tuesday (24:36).

Then, Ty talks with new Bureau Valley football Pat Elder about making the move from Ridgewood, what he thinks he can take from 8-man football and apply to 11-man football, and more (40:09).

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor & Ty Taylor discuss the week in local sports and look ahead at what's to come in the second half of the local spring sports season - after opening the show looking forward to Tess Taylor (Jim's daughter & Ty's sister) and Zac Anderson's wedding later in the day.

Then, 2020 Mercer County High School grad and current Amoby baseball coach Cade Sharp joins the show to discuss his transition to coaching varsity baseball in his first year out of college, growing up around baseball in his family, and much more. (34:56)

WCCI's Brian Reusch speaks with Jim this week about Sports Illustrated's bracket of best high school mascots in the country (1:01:35).