Prep Sports Weekly Podcast 4-29-21

Prep Sports Weekly for April 29, 2021 featured five local athletes and two coaches who are currently involved in Spring Sports. Members of the undefeated Jackson Timberwolves baseball team: Zach Ediger (Everett CC), Ryan Contreras (Everett CC) and Evan Canfield (Edmonds CC) joined the show to talk about their season and where they are heading to college. Mariner junior softball pitcher Alexis Slater and her Head Coach, Nathan Beachy, were our interview guests for segment two.  Alexis struck out 21 batters in the Marauders 1-0 victory over Lynnwood last week and her 134 strikeouts on the season, currently rank 3rd in the state. Our... Read More.

Prep Sports Weekly Podcast 4-22-21

  Prep Sports Weekly for April 22, 2021 featured a handful of the top Class of 2021 Track & Field Athletes from Wesco. We heard from Arlington High School Head Coach Judd Hunter and one of his top performers, Jaden Roskelley.  Jaden currently has the best long jump in the state in 2021 and ranks 3rd in the 110 meter hurdles. In segment #2, we spoke to the 2019 3A Girls Shot Put State Champion, Kiana Lino of Shorecrest.  Kiana is having another outstanding season as a shot put and discus thrower and also plans to play basketball for the Scots next... Read More.

Prep Sports Weekly Podcast 4-15-21

Prep Sports Weekly for Thursday April 15th paid tribute to longtime Everett Public Schools Director of Athletics, Robert Polk, who passed away suddenly and unexpectedly last weekend. Segment #1 featured Everett Public School Superintendent Dr. Ian Saltzman and Deputy Superintendent Dr. Peter Scott. We then went from the EPS Administrators to EPS coaches as Jackson High School Boys Basketball Head Coach Steve Johnson and Everett High School/Evergreen Middle School Football/Wrestling/Track & Field Coach Brien Elliott joined us for Segment #2. Two members of the Snohomish County Basketball Officials Association (SCBBO), Garrett Galbreath and Chris Soterakopoulis were featured in Segment #3 to talk... Read More.

Prep Sports Weekly Podcast 4-8-21

Prep Sports Weekly for April 8, 2021 features conversations about the Gonzaga Bulldogs run to the NCAA Championship game, the conclusion of the high school football season and the return of Spring Sports. Segment #1 included a chat with Cameron Van Til of the Everett Herald who talked about his alma mater Gonzaga and the progression of Edmonds native/All American Corey Kispert.  Cameron also talked about the Wesco football season and his coverage of last week's Lake Stevens victory over Glacier Peak. Segment #2 featured the hero from last week's Wesco football finale as Jackson kicker James Yoon shared his experience... Read More.

Prep Sports Weekly Podcast 4-1-21

Prep Sports Weekly for April 1st and we aren't fooling around tonight as we featured five sets of interviews covering five different sports: Tennis, Volleyball, Soccer, Cross Country and Swimming. Segment #1 included an interview with two Snohomish High School Tennis Head Coaches: Ben Doucette (Boys) and Joel Boyer (Girls). In segment #2, we caught up with the Head Coach of the undefeated Mountlake Terrace Girls Volleyball team, Jean Kellogg.  We then spoke with Shorewood Thunderbirds Girls Soccer Head Coach Dan Faires and discussed his team's 8-1 season as well as last year's Academic State Championship. For segment #3, we headed up... Read More.

Prep Sports Weekly Podcast 3-25-21

Prep Sports Weekly, March 25, 2021. A high school football coaches carousel of interviews tonight, featuring coaches from 4 different schools, all of which were victorious last Friday night. During the opening segment, we heard from King's Knights Head Coach Jim Shapiro who talked about his team's 4-2 start to the season and their upcoming Emerald Sound Conference Championship game tomorrow night against Cedar Park Christian at Juanita High School. The second segment featured an interview with Kamiak Knights Head Coach Bryant Thomas who shared insight into his team's outstanding turnaround and key contributors to their 3-0 record.  We then spoke with... Read More.

Prep Sports Weekly Podcast 3-18-21

Prep Sports Weekly episode for Thursday March 18, 2021. Segment 1 featured the father/son combination of Kyle and Ethan Hoglund from Lake Stevens High School.  Kyle is the Head Coach of the undefeated LSHS volleyball team that placed 2nd at state last year and Ethan is a senior tennis player who is the District 1 4A Defending Doubles Champion. Segment 2 was our football coaches carousel that included phone interviews with Mark Leone of Archbishop Murphy and Keauntea Bankhead of Lynnwood. Segment 3 featured our second father/son combination, Don and Gavin Dalziel.  Don is the President of the Western Conference (Wesco) and... Read More.

Prep Sports Weekly Podcast 3-11-21

Prep Sports Weekly, Thursday, March 11, 2021. First up, we talk Fife Trojans Football with Starting Quarterback Brynna Nixon and Head Coach Kent Nevin. We've greased up the gears on the Prep Sports Weekly Coaches Carousel, first passenger is Shane Keck, Glacier Peak's Head Football Coach; John Gradwohl, Edmonds Woodway's Head Football Coach (he notched his 150th win on Saturday). And finally Erik Keizer, Stanwood Spartans Head Football Coach.

Prep Sports Weekly Podcast 3-4-21

. Prep Sports Weekly for Thursday, March 4, 2021. Finally, after 364 days without talking about local high school sports games; we get to do just that. We open with Austin Johnson, the Mountlake Terrace baseball alum that recently ran 80 miles to raise funds and awareness for mental health. It's our first guest live from Hawaii. Then it's our first Coaches Carousel of the season with the Head Coach of the Granite Falls Tigers Football Team Brandon Davis; his team defeated Sultan 22-20 in overtime in Friday night's Black & Blue Bowl. The Head Coach of the Jackson Timberwolves... Read More.

Prep Sports Weekly Podcast 2-25-21

Prep Sports Weekly for Thursday, February 25, 2021. We hear from Leslie Ivelia, Principal at Lake Stevens High School and Lake Stevens Athletic Director Jason Pearson; we get the return to play from the administration side. Segment two features the Head Football Coach at Jackson High School, Mason Siddick; as the Timberwolves get set to open their abbreviated 5-game schedule next week. Finally another history lesson with our resident historian Larry O'Donnell along with Snohomish County Sports Hall-of-Famer and Everett High graduate Jo Metzger-Levin to talk about the impact of Title IX and the evolution of girl's high school... Read More.

Prep Sports Weekly Podcast 2-18-21

Prep Sports Weekly for Thursday, February 18, 2021. We start with Scott Sifferman, Athletic Director at Sultan High School and President of the new Emerald Sound Conference. We've talked so much about the resumption of play in the Western Conference, we needed to get the perspective from some of the smaller Snohomish County schools. Then we spend two fascinating segments with our resident historian Larry O'Donnell and Dave Harshman to discuss Dave's dad, Hall of Fame basketball coach Marv Harshman and his Snohomish County roots. (He graduated from Lake Stevens High School in 1935).

Prep Sports Weekly Podcast 2-11-21

Prep Sports Weekly for Thursday, February 11, 2021. As we get closer to talking about actual games we get a chance to chat with Garet Studer, Everett Community College Athletic Director and get the community college return to play plans. Speaking of college, next it's Murdock Rutledge, the starting quarterback for the University of Puget Sound Loggers and Everett High Seagulls alum. He played many games at Everett Memorial Stadium. Speaking of the stadium, we hear from our historian Larry O'Donnell, he talks about the opening of Everett Memorial Stadium and the first game ever played in 1947. It's... Read More.