The Doghouse

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The Doghouse is a community-first sports and storytelling podcast rooted in Sikeston, Missouri. What starts with Bulldogs basketball often turns into something bigger: the people, the programs, and the moments that shape a town. Each episode blends real game breakdowns, behind-the-scenes perspective, and conversations with coaches, athletes, alumni, local leaders, and difference-makers across Southeast Missouri. If you care about Bulldog Nation and the stories that make Sikeston feel like home, you’re in the right place.

  1. 4D AGO

    Ep 67 - Jayvon and Jayvion Biles, The Biles Twins - Faith, Fire and the Final Call

    Send us Fan Mail They watched their house burn, walked inside to grab what mattered, and still showed up that night to officiate a championship game. That one decision tells you almost everything about Jayvon and Javion Biles, the Charleston High School twins who’ve been lighting up the region with faith, leadership, and a work ethic that feels rare at any age.  We sit down with the Biles twins to talk about what it really takes to be young officials in today’s high school sports world, how they handle criticism from the stands, and why they see officiating, worship, and preaching as part of the same mission. They share the behind-the-scenes story of traveling for games, learning the craft, and keeping their identity grounded when everyone has an opinion. If you care about sports officiating, youth leadership, and positive small-town community stories in Sikeston Missouri and beyond, this conversation delivers both perspective and practical wisdom.  We also dig into their next chapter: Lincoln University, criminal justice, and a long-term goal of joining the Missouri State Highway Patrol while continuing to officiate at higher levels. Along the way, they break down what they want younger kids to learn from them: be yourself, start now, and keep your word when it costs you.  If this story challenges you or encourages you, subscribe to The Dog House, share the episode with a friend, and leave us a review so more people can find these kinds of voices. 👉 Subscribe, rate, and share The Doghouse — your home for Sikeston Bulldogs and everything Sikeston. 🎧 Listen: Apple | Spotify | Amazon Music | Buzzsprout | iHeartRadio 🌐 Visit: thedoghouse.buzzsprout.com 📱 Follow: Facebook | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube  ✉️ Contact: doghouse.sikeston@gmail.com

    1h 42m

  2. APR 25

    Ep 66 - Perry Harper - A Broadway-Trained Performer Returns Home To Give Students A Stage

    Send us Fan Mail A quiet auditorium can tell you a lot about a town, and a packed one can tell you even more. We sit down with Perry Harper, worship pastor at Miner Baptist Church and a performer whose road runs through the University of Alabama, professional theater, and Sight & Sound Theatre in Branson, to talk about why he and his wife Amy are pouring their time into bringing Charleston High School theater back to life. Perry pulls back the curtain on what big-time live production really takes: year-long contracts, relentless show schedules, and the kind of stagecraft that makes Bible stories feel fully immersive. Then we follow the turning point that brought his family home to Southeast Missouri after COVID, and how that return turned into a mission to give students more ways to belong. If you care about performing arts education, community theater, or building confidence through public speaking and teamwork, this story lands close to home. We also get into the day-to-day of worship leadership, from planning and mentoring to using modern worship tech and tracks with the right balance of organisation and room to move. And of course, we talk Charleston’s comeback production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella at the Clara Drinkwater Newnam Auditorium, including the May 1 and May 3 performances, the Little Princess Tea Party fundraiser, and how to grab seats through Eventbrite. If you believe a rising tide lifts all boats, this is one practical way to raise it. Subscribe, leave a review, share the show with a friend, and then tell us, what local event would you show up for if you knew it would change a kid’s future? 👉 Subscribe, rate, and share The Doghouse — your home for Sikeston Bulldogs and everything Sikeston. 🎧 Listen: Apple | Spotify | Amazon Music | Buzzsprout | iHeartRadio 🌐 Visit: thedoghouse.buzzsprout.com 📱 Follow: Facebook | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube  ✉️ Contact: doghouse.sikeston@gmail.com

    1h 51m

  3. APR 18

    Ep 65 - Parker Long - From Sikeston Standout To College Coach At Three Rivers

    Send us Fan Mail A lot of basketball stories sound clean when you tell them later. Parker Long doesn’t tell it that way. He’s a former Sikeston Bulldog standout who’s now coaching at Three Rivers College, and he walks with us through the real stuff: the pressure of arriving from Alabama, the shock of Sikeston’s standards, the joy of a town that shows up for you, and the moments when you realize you’ll never get that exact kind of support again. We talk recruiting and the messy middle between “big dreams” and real opportunities. Parker breaks down elite camps, Division II respect, Division I expectations, transfer rules, and the transfer portal reality where your phone blows up while the business side stays cold. He’s honest about times he lost focus, what injuries did to his confidence, and why opportunity and fit matter as much as talent. If you care about high school basketball recruiting, college hoops development, or what it takes to earn minutes, you’ll hear the parts most people skip. Then the story turns toward coaching. Parker explains the shift from player ego to serving the team, how to build trust with athletes, why culture starts with who you recruit, and what he’s learning as he helps rebuild a JUCO roster. We also hit quick hitters on the best players he’s played with and against, the toughest practices, and the Sikeston memories that still stick. Subscribe to The Doghouse, leave a review, and share this with a friend who loves Sikeston basketball and real coaching talk. What’s one lesson sports taught you the hard way? 👉 Subscribe, rate, and share The Doghouse — your home for Sikeston Bulldogs and everything Sikeston. 🎧 Listen: Apple | Spotify | Amazon Music | Buzzsprout | iHeartRadio 🌐 Visit: thedoghouse.buzzsprout.com 📱 Follow: Facebook | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube  ✉️ Contact: doghouse.sikeston@gmail.com

    2h 3m

  4. APR 11

    Ep 64 - Will Holifield - Final Four and Fatherhood

    Send us Fan Mail A Final Four run is already rare. Add a newborn arriving in the middle of it, and you get a story our town will tell for a long time. We’re joined by Sikeston Bulldogs basketball assistant coach Will Holifield, a key voice behind the toughness, discipline, and pace that define this program, and he takes us inside the season that ends on the state’s biggest stage in Missouri high school basketball. From hospital logistics to film prep, it’s a real look at how championships collide with real life.  We dig into what fans don’t always see: replacing five senior starters, building new leaders, and getting buy-in from players who step into bigger roles than they expected. Coach Holifield explains how an undersized group solves rebounding and physicality, why certain December tournaments exposed weaknesses that later became strengths, and which gritty road games helped the Bulldogs believe they could make noise in March.  We also get nerdy in the best way. We talk skill development, the Villanova-inspired “Nova” jump stop that helps players finish in traffic without forcing charges, and how modern scouting tools like Hudl Assist and Synergy analytics can sharpen preparation without slowing players down. Then we relive the emotional quarterfinal breakthrough against Vianney and what it means when former Bulldogs flood the stands and the floor to celebrate together. If you love Sikeston, SEMO hoops, or building a winning culture the right way, this one’s for you. Subscribe, leave a review, and share the show with one Bulldog fan who needs to hear it. 👉 Subscribe, rate, and share The Doghouse — your home for Sikeston Bulldogs and everything Sikeston. 🎧 Listen: Apple | Spotify | Amazon Music | Buzzsprout | iHeartRadio 🌐 Visit: thedoghouse.buzzsprout.com 📱 Follow: Facebook | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube  ✉️ Contact: doghouse.sikeston@gmail.com

    1h 42m

  5. APR 4

    Ep 63 - Dr. Ken Holloway: The Barker Of Bulldog Nation

    Send us Fan Mail You’ve heard a loud gym before, but you haven’t heard Sikeston until you’ve heard The Barker. Ken Holloway is one of the most familiar faces in Bulldog Nation, and his bark has become a rallying point that players and fans recognize instantly as support. We sit down with Ken to learn how a pastor from St Louis ends up in southeast Missouri, finds his place in the community, and turns a simple idea into a tradition that helps define the game-day atmosphere.  Ken walks us through the real story, from being invited to preach at West End Baptist Church to meeting Maxine and building a life that makes Sikeston home. He also shares why small town community feels different than big city life, how neighborly accountability shapes kids, and why having one high school can create a rare kind of school pride and togetherness. If you love high school basketball, small town culture, and the way sports can bring people together across every difference, this conversation hits deep.  We also talk faith and purpose, including the moments that shaped Ken’s calling, plus his years working at Ford and the unexpected way that job became ministry too. The big takeaway is simple and challenging: community doesn’t happen by accident, it’s built by committed people who keep showing up. Subscribe, share with a Bulldog fan, and leave a review so more people can find The Doghouse. 👉 Subscribe, rate, and share The Doghouse — your home for Sikeston Bulldogs and everything Sikeston. 🎧 Listen: Apple | Spotify | Amazon Music | Buzzsprout | iHeartRadio 🌐 Visit: thedoghouse.buzzsprout.com 📱 Follow: Facebook | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube  ✉️ Contact: doghouse.sikeston@gmail.com

    1h 27m

  6. MAR 28

    Ep 62 - Erwin Porter - How A Local Author Captured Southeast Missouri High School Hoops

    Send us Fan Mail Bootheel basketball has a reputation across Missouri for a reason, and we wanted to get the story behind that reputation from someone who’s been determined to preserve it. We’re joined by Erwin Porter, local author and basketball historian, to talk about his book Bootheel Basketball: A Half Century of Hoops Supremacy and what it takes to document the programs, coaches, players, and seasons that built southeast Missouri high school basketball into a lasting tradition. We get into the choices every historian has to make: where the Bootheel “line in the sand” really belongs, which schools and conferences fit the culture, and why trying to cover all of southeast Missouri would turn one readable book into an encyclopedia. Erwin walks us through the research process, the people who helped, and what he learned by sitting down with legendary 500-win coaches who can still recall specific nights, matchups, and heartbreak losses like they happened yesterday. From there, we talk style of play and why “Bootheel basketball” is recognized statewide: conditioning, tempo, tenacious defense, and a physical edge that can change how games are officiated once you get deeper into state play. We also chase a few fun rabbits on playoff formats, travel, and the shot clock, then come back to the bigger point: high school basketball is still one of the best ways to unify a town. Erwin also previews his next book, focused on notable players and what happens after the final buzzer, because the real win is using the lessons of the game to build a life. If you care about Sikeston Bulldogs pride, southeast Missouri sports history, and the stories that made these gyms special, hit play, subscribe, leave a review, and share the show with someone who grew up on Bootheel basketball. 👉 Subscribe, rate, and share The Doghouse — your home for Sikeston Bulldogs and everything Sikeston. 🎧 Listen: Apple | Spotify | Amazon Music | Buzzsprout | iHeartRadio 🌐 Visit: thedoghouse.buzzsprout.com 📱 Follow: Facebook | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube  ✉️ Contact: doghouse.sikeston@gmail.com

    1h 41m

  7. MAR 24

    Ep 61 - Sikeston Bulldogs Postseason Wrap Up - A Season Worth Remembering, A Standard Worth Chasing

    Send us Fan Mail 29 wins doesn’t happen by accident, and neither does a Final Four run. We sit down for a full postseason wrap-up of Sikeston Bulldogs basketball, from the late-night ride home and that first wave of “it’s over” melancholy to the pride that hits when you realize how rare a season like 29-3 really is in Missouri high school basketball. The record matters, but what stays with us is the way this team and this town showed up for each other all year.  We unpack the defining stretches of the season and the moments that shaped the run: the defensive toughness that showed up against Scott City, the statement win at Jackson, and the hard-earned Final Four victory over Raytown South. Then we get honest about the championship matchup with MICDS, where size, length, and athleticism made every clean look feel expensive. Instead of living in excuses, we talk about what the loss teaches, what it takes to get back, and why the best programs treat setbacks as fuel.  We also give the seniors their flowers and tell the stories behind the stat lines: Kobe’s rise into a complete leader, Ben James’ comeback through injury and surgery, Jaharis’ gritty work against bigger posts, and the unselfish team basketball that produced the biggest shot of the year. Along the way, we shout out the coaches, student section, boosters, staff, and behind-the-scenes helpers who make the machine run and keep Sikeston basketball a point of community pride.  If you care about winning culture, player development, and what small-town basketball can look like at its best, this conversation is for you. Subscribe to The Dog House, share this with a Bulldog fan, and leave us a review with your favorite moment from the season. 👉 Subscribe, rate, and share The Doghouse — your home for Sikeston Bulldogs and everything Sikeston. 🎧 Listen: Apple | Spotify | Amazon Music | Buzzsprout | iHeartRadio 🌐 Visit: thedoghouse.buzzsprout.com 📱 Follow: Facebook | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube  ✉️ Contact: doghouse.sikeston@gmail.com

    1h 35m

  8. MAR 15

    Ep 60 - Jim McMillen, Chief Department of Public Safety

    Send us Fan Mail Four teams left. One town still standing. We are still buzzing from the Vianney game and the way our Bulldogs found a way when everything tightened up late. We break down the biggest moments, the stat lines that tell the real story, and the seniors who keep making winning plays even when the spotlight is blazing. If you’re following Missouri high school basketball, MSHSAA Class 5, or searching for the Sikeston Bulldogs Final Four run, this one captures the feeling of a whole community leaning into the same dream. Then we bring you a conversation that matters just as much off the court. Chief Jim McMillen of the Sikeston Department of Public Safety sits down with us to talk about what “public safety” really means in our town, why the move to 12-hour shifts helps retention, and how their in-house academy speeds up training when staffing gets tight. We get into community policing, leadership, and the reality of building a culture where service is the point and accountability is non-negotiable. We also go deep on mental health crisis calls, crisis intervention training, and the hard truth that we can’t arrest our way out of every social problem while still protecting victims and enforcing the law. Chief McMillen shares how trust is rebuilt, how technology like ShotSpotter fits into modern policing, and what residents can do that actually helps, from showing up to reporting what they see and hear. If you care about small-town life, public safety, and a team making noise on the biggest stage, hit play, subscribe, leave a review, and share this with someone who loves Sikeston stories. 👉 Subscribe, rate, and share The Doghouse — your home for Sikeston Bulldogs and everything Sikeston. 🎧 Listen: Apple | Spotify | Amazon Music | Buzzsprout | iHeartRadio 🌐 Visit: thedoghouse.buzzsprout.com 📱 Follow: Facebook | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube  ✉️ Contact: doghouse.sikeston@gmail.com

    2h 42m
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About

The Doghouse is a community-first sports and storytelling podcast rooted in Sikeston, Missouri. What starts with Bulldogs basketball often turns into something bigger: the people, the programs, and the moments that shape a town. Each episode blends real game breakdowns, behind-the-scenes perspective, and conversations with coaches, athletes, alumni, local leaders, and difference-makers across Southeast Missouri. If you care about Bulldog Nation and the stories that make Sikeston feel like home, you’re in the right place.

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  • Creator
    6tanner89
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    68
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Doghouse
  • Show Website
    The Doghouse

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