Next Friday will mark the start of the high school football season, and after 26 years, it will mark the end of my time at WSIL. I have chosen to head down a new path, and I’m absolutely stoked for the opportunity ahead! More on that in the days to come.
Darren Kinnard
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River Radio Digital Sports Director
00:00- The Nashville Hornets are your 2A State Champs after beating Monticello 32-31. Saxton Hoepker scored with :20, and the Hornets made a final defensive stand to win it!
- Former Nashville Hornet Royce Newman goes in the 4th round to Green Bay.🚨 THE PICK IS IN 🚨 With the 142nd pick in the 2021 #NFLDraft, the #Packers select Mississippi T/G Royce Newman! #PackersDraft | @SiriusXMNFL
- Excited for this announcement!Beginning this fall, WSIL is the broadcasting home for Illinois high school football and basketball championship games wsiltv.com/story/40790518…
- Nashville is headed back to DeKalb for the 2A State Championship game beating Decatur St. Teresa 37-35.
- In case you missed it this morning on @wqrl, I will be joining the Withers Radio crew. We are going to hit the ground running...and start HS football pre and postgame radio shows Friday night! Section 618 Tailgate will debut at 6:00 Friday as we get you ready for week 2!
- Congrats to Rodney Watson and the Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles who are headed to the D2 Final Four thanks to a 94-84 win over West Texas A&M. USI will play the winner of Queens (NC) and Point Loma tomorrow in the semis.
- This was sent to me by an admin on the IHSA Zoom and confirmed by another
GIF - So let me get this straight, we will now see teams potentially go all over the state for the football playoffs regardless of round, but we can't seed an entire basketball sectional?
- How bout them Dawgs! #Salukis
- In both games I covered today, I saw senior sons and coaching dads (1 head coach, 1 asst coach) share long hugs after the sons walked off the floor for the last time. No matter what the last 5 1/2 weeks was like or what might've been missing...those moments are irreplaceable.
- Nashville is headed to the 2A state championship game with a 31-24 2OT win over DePaul Coll Prep. The Hornets did not lead until early in the 2nd OT. Nashville will face Monticello Saturday between 12:30-1:00 for the title.







