MUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN: Summer Breakdown
Since the Cardinals are terrible, Schuck and Ben are going on podcast hiatus for the month of July. So they close out the 2022-23 local sports calendar and get you ready for 2023-24.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN for June 23
Schuck and Ben talk about how sports guys handle covering Pepsi Little People’s and their top five: Favorite movie lines.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN: Addi Zanger joins the guys
Ben Marth and Addi Zanger, the newest face on the Muddy River Sports staff, join Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman to talk about the Muddy River Showcase and their five favorite summer songs.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN: Closing the book on the year in high school sports
The local high school sports year is done, except for next weekend’s Muddy River Showcase at John Wood Community College, of course, so what’s next? Schuck and Ben break it down.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN: Mount Rushmores
Schuck and Ben talk about the Mount Rushmores, or four bests, from Quincy sports.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN: What sport would you like to try?
Matt Schuckman and Ben Marth talk about the latest local sports topics and discuss what sport would they like to try that they haven’t yet. Pickleball, anyone?
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN: QU Baseball=Good, Cardinals Baseball=Bad
Ben Marth and Matt Schuckman talk about how good Quincy University baseball is and how terrible the St. Louis Cardinals are right now. They also let you know who they want to tell the story of their lives.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN: College Athletes
Schuck and Ben talk about their favorite all-time college athletes to watch.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN: What the Schuck is wrong with the Cardinals?
Matt Schuckman and Ben Marth discuss what is wrong with the Cardinals and how much longer can they scuffle along before changes need to be made?
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN: Spring is in the air
Schuck and Ben kick around what they like to do when the weather is nice as well as get you caught up on the local sports action.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN: A tradition unlike any other…
Schuck and Ben talk about best sports trophies and which local spring sports teams could possibly make deep playoff runs.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN: Hello, baseball!
Matt Schuckman and Ben Marth discuss opening day and their five favorite St. Louis Cardinals.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN: Ben’s Back
Matt Schuckman and Ben Marth talk about the NCAA Tournament, spring sports and their favorite rappers.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN: NCAA Tourney talk with Schuck, David and Ron
Muddy Buddies unite! Matt Schuckman, David Adam and Ron Kinscherf help you last-minute bracket stuffers get it done.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN: Wrapping up prep basketball and the best minor league baseball nicknames
Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman wraps up the high school basketball season with Ben Marth, and they discuss their top minor league baseball team nicknames.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN: The postseason herd thins
Matt Schuckman and Ben Marth breakdown the heavy area postseason hoops action this week and talk about how Eric Orne and his Quincy Notre Dame dynasty should be recognized.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN: David Adam and Ben Marth
David Adam pinch hits for Matt Schuckman and he and Ben Marth kick around the Super Bowl flag, the Cardinals Spring Training and getting ready for postseason hoops.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN for February 1
Matt Schuckman and Ben Marth take a look at the week that was and the week that will be.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN: Quincy Shootout postmortem and play-by-play guys
Matt Schuckman and Ben Marth look back at the Quincy Shootout and talk about their favorite sports play-by-play guys.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN: Quincy Shootout
Matt Schuckman and Ben Marth preview this weekend’s Quincy Shootout, featuring some of the best high school basketball teams in the country.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN: January 12
Matt Schuckman and Ben Marth take a look at the week that was and the weekend upcoming in local sports.
Read MoreWhat the Schuck?: Ron Kinscherf
The Muddy River Odd Couple talk about local hoops and coaching.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN: Ben Marth
Ben Marth will now be a regular on Muddy River Breakdown to…break it down…with Schuck Daddy!
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN PODCAST: November 10
Schuck Daddy and DOB prepare for the changing of the seasons…sports seasons, that is.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN: October 27
Schuck Daddy and DOB get you ready for high school football playoffs on this week’s Breakdown.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN: Remembering Hooch
With Schuck Daddy and DOB…also…special guest stars Ben Marth and the dreamy Tyler Tomlinson…all honoring HOOCH!
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN PODCAST: Oct. 12
Happy birthday, Don O’Brien! Happy (belated) Birthday, Schuck Daddy! The birthday boys in their birthday suits (KIDDING) break down soccer, golf and football while wondering what the heck the IHSA is thinking.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN PODCAST: SCHUCK’S SOCCER SHOW
Very special guest star Tyler Tomlinson, Culver-Stockton Women’s Soccer coach, helps Matt Schuckman pick his EPL team. Don O’Brien, diehard Tottenham Hotspur fan, joins in the fun.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN PODCAST: Sept. 28
Matt Schuckman and Don O’Brien get you caught up as some fall sports get ready for postseason (already?) and football reaches the halfway mark.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN PODCAST: Sept. 21 2022
QUINCY — Outside of watching Scott Van Pelt host SportsCenter and the game coverage ESPN provides, Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman and Don O’Brien discuss how they have veered away from watching the sports network and what other television program pique their interest on this week’s Muddy River Breakdown.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN PODCAST: August 30, 2022
Schuck and DOB give us a postmortem on the opening night of high school football and look ahead to a busy week of all fall sports.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN PODCAST: August 24, 2022
Matt Schuckman and Don O’Brien are ready for game week as high school sports kick into high gear.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN for August 17
Matt Schuckman and Don O’Brien talk a little college football.
Read MoreWHAT THE SCHUCK: Chris Duerr, 8-12-22
Two men who stuck it out covering local sports for more than nine months talk about the upcoming fall sports season. Matt Schuckman and Chris Duerr’s combined years of local sports coverage…206 years. Amazing.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN for August 11, 2022
Schuck Daddy and DOB talk about the start of fall sports season as practices are underway.
Read MoreMUDDY RIVER BREAKDOWN: Eighinger’s Adams County Speedway update
The Bard of the Bullring, the Twain of the Track, the Dickens of the Dirt…Steve Eighinger, updates us on trackburgers and who’s hot at the Adams County Speedway.
Read MoreStevie Mud: The Broadway Bullring is back, baby!
Muddy River Sports Publisher Bob Gough talks to the Bard of the Bullring about the roaring return of dirt track racing to Quincy with the Adams County Speedway.
Read MoreWhat the Schuck? April 29: Chris Duerr, KHQA
Matt Schuckman and Chris Duerr slog their way through a muddy Spring sports season.
Read MoreWhat the Schuck: Talking Baseball with Ben Marth
Matt gets us ready for opening day with former television sportscaster Ben Marth, who also played a little college baseball himself.
Read MoreWhat the Schuck? Chris Duerr, KHQA
Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman breaks it down with KHQA Sports Guru Chris Duerr and tries not to get slapped after making a hair joke.
Read MoreWhat the Schuck? for February 16: Chris Duerr, KHQA
he two titans of local sports talk about the Quincy University basketball coaching search and who looks good heading into girls and boys basketball’s postseason.
Read MoreMuddy River Breakdown: Remembering Harry Wagy
David Adam talks with longtime area broadcaster Jack Hull about the late basketball coach and broadcaster Harry Wagy, who passed away on January 10.
Read MoreWhat the Schuck: Bob Gough
The guru of the Muddy Buddies talks with Matt Schuckman about getting Muddy River off the ground and what’s in store for 2022.
Read MoreWhat the Schuck? Zach Richardson KHQA
Matt Schuckman spends some time with Zach Richardson, the KHQA weekend sports anchor who went from being a Louisiana Bulldog to a Truman State Bulldog and now is learning the trade from the best in the biz in Chris Duerr.
Read MoreMuddy River Breakdown: 10-28
Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman and Muddy River News Editor David Adam, who also dabbles in sports, talk about QND’s home playoff game and other topics as high school football playoffs begin this weekend.
Read MoreWhat the Schuck? Chris Duerr for 10-28
Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman and KHQA-TV Sports Director talk about their favorite time of the year…high school football playoff time.
Read MoreWhat the Schuck? – Two Big Knuckleheads
Matt Schuckman, editor of Muddy River Sports, and David Adam, editor of Muddy River News, get together to talk about the final week of the high school football regular season, the upcoming playoffs, Quincy Notre Dame’s chances in the state soccer playoffs and the best place to get a bite to eat in Alton.
Read MoreMuddy River Breakdown: Emergency Cardinals podcast about Mike Shildt firing with Looten, Atwell and Adam
Cardinals nation was shocked Thursday afternoon with the news of the firing of manager Mike Shildt. Longtime Cardinals fans Steve Looten and Pat Atwell join Muddy River News editor David Adam (another longtime Cardinals fan) to discuss why this happened, was it the right thing to do and who the choices are to replace Shildt.
Read MoreWhat the Schuck with David Adam
Matt Schuckman, editor of Muddy River Sports, and David Adam, editor of Muddy River News, talk about the football playoff hopes of QHS and QND, a problem at the IHSA state golf tournament that needs to be fixed and the upcoming eighth week of the high school football season — but they are interrupted with…
Read MoreWhat the Schuck? October 7, 2021
Matt Schuckman and David Adam talk high school football heading into Week 7.
Read MoreWhat the Schuck? Schuckman and Adam
Matt joins us remotely as he and David break down the local sports scene.
Read MoreSchuck on a Truck: Culver-Stockton College senior offensive tackle Andrew Rupcich
Matt Schuckman chats with Culver-Stockton All-American Andrew Rupchich and the dean of Heart of America Conference SID’s John Schild.
Read MoreMuddy River Breakdown: Chris Duerr
KHQA-TV’s Sports Czar Chris Duerr joins Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman to talk about a monster week in local high school football.
Read MoreWhat the Schuck? Two knuckleheads…or Schuckleheads?
Muddy River Sports/News Editors Matt Schuckman and David Adam talk high school sports and other assorted topics.
Read MoreMuddy River Breakdown: Two Big Knuckleheads
Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman and MRN Editor David Adam talk about Chick-Fil-A, Imo’s Pizza, places to eat in the Quad Cities and … oh, yes, a little high school football as the season enters its fourth week.
Read MoreMuddy River Breakdown with Will Conerly
Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman talks with Will Conerly, the voice of Quincy University athletics, to talk about the promise shown by the QU football team, the start of GLVC play for the men’s and women’s soccer teams and the high expectations for the women’s volleyball team.
Read MoreWhat the Schuck? with Ben Marth
Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman talks with former WGEM sports director Ben Marth about life as a football dad, life away from the camera and memories from their days on the radio together.
Read MoreMuddy River Breakdown with David Adam
Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman and MRN Editor David Adam get together to talk about the first two weeks of the high school football season and what to expect during the third week.
Read MoreMuddy River Breakdown: Chris Duerr, KHQA
The two titans of local sports sit down and talk sports and other stuff. They will be doing their respective Martin and Lewis (or Key and Peale for this era) schtick every other week on Muddy River Breakdown.
Read MoreSit down with the AD: Brad Hoyt, JWCC
Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman sits down with Brad Hoyt who is the basketball coach and athletic director of John Wood Community College.
Read MoreWhat the Schuck? We birthed a new baby
Muddy River Sports Publisher/GM Bob Gough talks to Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman about watching the new Website come online.
Read MoreMuddy River Breakdown: Josh Rabe, Quincy University
Muddy River Sports Editor Matt Schuckman talks it over with Quincy University Athletic Director Josh Rabe
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