The Doghouse
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.
Episodes
Six and two never tastes so sweet and it also comes with a whole lot of math. We’re looking at where Sikeston sits in the district standings, how playoff points really work, why margin of victory caps out, and what has to happen for the Bulldogs to land a top seed and earn more home-field advantage. If you’ve ever stared at a bracket and thought, “How are they even calculating this?”, we talk...
A small-town podcast can lead to a global conversation fast. After a 42-6 Bulldogs win and a quick tour of Sikeston athletics, we sit down with Sikeston native Mollie Buckler, now Senior Director of Grower and International Relations for USA Rice, to talk about the real engine behind Southeast Missouri: agriculture and the rice industry.
Mollie walks us through her path from Mizzou and education policy to agr...
A high school football season can feel like a roller coaster, but we try to keep it honest and constructive. We open by reacting to Sikeston’s loss at Farmington, why the final score doesn’t tell the whole story early, and what we think has to tighten up fast. We also look ahead to Poplar Bluff at home and talk standings, class points, and why you can’t overlook anybody when you’re still buil...
A 4-1 homecoming Saturday hits different when you can feel the town behind it. We open with Sikeston’s big night, the energy around the tailgate, and why a strong football start can set the tone for an entire school year. We also tip our cap to a soccer team sitting at 13-0 and staring down a tougher stretch that will show just how high the ceiling is. If you care about Sikeston Bulldogs athletics, Southeast M...
You can feel it when a town gets a win it needed. We open by soaking in that Bulldogs energy after beating Cape, tipping our hat to an undefeated boys’ soccer squad, and talking through what a 3-1 start can do for belief, momentum, and the kind of Friday night atmosphere Coach May is asking for. We also get personal for a minute, because real life shows up fast: Micah shares how much better he feels after a re...
One bad swing can ruin four great holes, and that’s exactly why golf is so brutal and so addictive. After we unpack what we saw in the Bulldogs’ matchup with the top-ranked Jackson Indians, we shift from Friday night lights to fairways and talk with Sikeston Bulldogs golf coach Marvin Whitson about what it really takes to build confident high school golfers.
Marvin coaches both the boys and girls ...
A pick six on the first play can make you think a game will be easy. Friday night against Dexter proved the opposite and that’s why we love it. We break down a tense Bulldogs win that turns into overtime, talk through the momentum swings, and spotlight the moments that mattered most, from special teams sparks to defensive stands that show real growth. Starting 2-0 for the first time since 2021 feels good, but ...
The score says 32-7, but the bigger story is what it took to get there. We’re back with a special audio-only “Episode 83.5” of The Dog House, reacting to Sikeston Bulldogs football opening night against Park Hills and the signs that this team is taking a real step forward under Coach May. We talk through the things that actually win high school football games: a defensive front that owns short yard...
The internet was once easy to dismiss, until it became the force that reshaped local journalism, politics, and everyday life. We sit down with Mike Jensen, a Sikeston native who spent nearly five decades in the newspaper business and helped shape what became the Standard Democrat, to talk about what it means to document a town while you’re living in it.
Mike walks us from the era of manual typewriters, ...
A coach with 450 plus wins does not talk about magic plays first. He talks about defense, relationships, and the kind of work that shows up when the legs are tired and the season gets tight. We sit down with Jimmy Lincoln, a Sikeston graduate whose basketball journey runs from small Missouri schools to Division I staffs at Northwestern State and Austin Peay, then back home as head coach and athletic director at Leop...
You’ve watched a close game swing on one call and thought, “How do they miss that?” Now flip the view. We’re joined by two of the most experienced voices on the other side of the whistle: Joe Baldwin and Joe Bill Davis, longtime high school sports officials who’ve spent decades working basketball, baseball, and volleyball across Southeast Missouri. Between them, they’ve logged rou...
Hope is easy to talk about and harder to live, until you meet people who treat it like a verb. We’re joined by Mari Ann Moyers, co-director of Spread Hope Now, and Jill Hopson, director of Hope 180, to share how a local, faith-based nonprofit in Sikeston, Missouri turns everyday generosity into crisis support that actually changes lives.
We dig into how Spread Hope Now starts with simple service project...
A superintendent who once sat in the same classrooms he now leads changes the whole feel of a school district. We talk with Andy McGill, the new superintendent of Sikeston R6, about what it means to come home as the first Sikeston High School graduate to hold the top job and to do it while raising his own kids in the district. From the start, Andy makes it clear that leadership is not about ego; it is about serving ...
A rodeo this big does not “just happen” because the calendar flips to August. We sit down with current rodeo chairman Isaac Quick, current co-chair John Leible, and past chairman Jeremiah Quick to unpack how the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo is planned, built, and run by an army of volunteers who treat the grounds like a second home. Two weeks out, they are juggling weather, workdays, fences, new buildi...
He got cut in junior high, barely played until his senior year, then suddenly turned into an all-state player with a Division I offer after a massive growth spurt. That’s where Chad Allen’s story starts, and it only gets wilder from there. We talk with the Dexter Bearcats head boys basketball coach about the long road from Three Rivers College to Division I basketball with the Memphis Tigers, plus what i...
You see the strike call. You hear the crowd. What you do not see is everything it takes to earn the right to be there in the first place. We’re joined by Joseph Baldwin, a Division I softball umpire who has worked his way up through years of reps, mentorship, and camps where the right evaluators can change your trajectory with a few handwritten notes.
Joseph walks us through the real ladder of col...
When people hear “school resource officer,” they usually think security first. We wanted to go deeper, so we brought in Officers Nason Lane and Tyler Rowe from the Sikeston Department of Public Safety to explain what the SRO role actually looks like day to day: building relationships, mentoring kids who are having a rough season, supporting staff, and stepping in when a real criminal issue shows up. If y...
A pitcher can go undefeated and still learn the hardest lessons after the wins. We’re joined by Jamie Johnson, principal at East Prairie High School and a longtime coach who’s lived nearly every side of the game: Senath-Hornersville All-State dominance, Division I baseball at Murray State, American Legion championships, scouting connections, and now summer nights with the Fighting Squirrels. Jamie brings...
A town doesn’t keep its identity by accident. It keeps it because people choose to serve, teach, lead, and stay, year after year, even when they could go somewhere “bigger.” That’s why we’re honored to welcome Roger Sherman, one of Sikeston, Missouri’s most respected educators and community leaders, to The Dog House.
Roger takes us back to his roots near Lilbourn, then into...
A perfect football field does not happen by accident, and it definitely does not happen on a tight deadline after a tornado. We sit down with De Bizzell of Green Grass Guys to get the real behind-the-scenes story of how Sikeston’s athletic fields are built, repaired, and kept game-ready when the weather, the calendar, and traffic all work against you.
De takes us through his third-generation business ba...
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