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Bettendorf’s Aaron Wiley previews the North Scott game

Bettendorf practice photo

 

ESPN Radio/QCSportsNet play by play announcer Dallon Christensen spoke with Bettendorf head football coach Aaron Wiley ahead of the Bulldogs’ key Iowa 4A district showdown with North Scott. KBOB 1170 AM will air the game Friday night with the pregame show starting at 7 PM.

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Jim Taylor on big-time small-town sports and his latest honor

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Jim Taylor (l) and Dallon Christensen calling the Davenport Assumption-Cedar Rapids Xavier game at Brady Street Stadium on September 4, 2014

I had the opportunity to interview one of my best friends in the media business for ESPN Radio/QCSportsNet’s Friday Night Football coverage. Jim Taylor is the news and sports director at WRMJ-FM in Aledo, IL. Jim is the long-time voice of WRMJ’s high school football and basketball coverage, and he has also covered numerous IHSA state championship events for the IHSA’s state championship network. A media lifer, Jim is a regular presence at Sherrard, Rockridge, Mercer County, and Orion events.

Jim and I cover the following items in this interview, which will also air during our football games this Friday night.

  • WRMJ’s “Classic Game of the Week” airing each Thursday night
  • His recent commendation as an IHSA Distinguished Media Service Award winner
  • The power of high school sports to bring communities together, particularly during tragic events like last weekend’s car accident claiming the lives of two former Orion High School basketball players
  • What it’s like to broadcast his son’s high school football games.

 

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Steve Batterson talks Iowa Hawkeye and Big Ten football

Dallon Christensen had the chance to talk with Quad City Times writer Steve Batterson earlier this week. Steve covers the Iowa Hawkeye beat for the Times, and we discussed the Hawkeyes’ first two games, the state of the Big Ten, and Iowa’s upcoming rivalry game against Iowa State.

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Dixon blazing his own path at English Valleys

English Valleys basketball

I had the opportunity to interview Westmer graduate and first-year English Valleys head basketball coach Derek Dixon a few weeks ago. Derek served on Brian Hutton’s staff at Mercer County and earned his first varsity head coaching job in the small Eastern Iowa school district about 45 minutes from Iowa City. Derek talks about his influences, how he built the values for the program, and what it means to him to have his first teaching and head coaching job at English Valleys.

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