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Beyond the Game, presented by Prep2Prep, looks at wide-ranging issues that impact high school sports. Hosted by Prep2Prep President Danny Kadah, Prep2Prep Content Manager Nate Smith and Prep2Prep Senior Content Editor Harold Abend, we will reach out to experts in a variety of fields, including health experts, coaches and administrative leaders, to name just a few. Please join us as we celebrate high school sports ... beyond the game.
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In this episode, we welcome California high school sports luminaries Eric Sondheimer of the Los Angeles Times and Serra High School football coach Patrick Walsh. The highly decorated Sondheimer has been covering high school sports for over 40 years and has been with the LA Times since 1997. Walsh is the most successful coach in Serra history, havin…
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Today Nate and Harold welcome 247 Sports National Recruiting Editor Brandon Huffman, one of the pre-eminent recruiting analysts in the nation. They discuss the close of the early signing period and some of the top football recruits in Northern California, who have committed to some of the top college football programs in the country.…
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Another Key Date in the Quest for a California High School Sports Season
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The California Department of Public Health has issued guidelines on participation for youth and adult sports as California tries to deal with the worsening coronavirus pandemic. In this episode, we take a look on how this might impact the high school sports season in California and whether there will be one at all for some sports.…
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Prep2Prep Foundation Students Get to Work
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In Northern California, we are still awaiting for word on the status of the high school football season, but that hasn't stopped Prep2Prep Foundation students Mateo Arenas and Dylan Freeman from getting started on their media coverage for Prep2Prep. The two juniors from Heritage High School in Brentwood join us on the podcast to discuss their recen…
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High school football season in Northern California is on hold until December, but that hasn't stopped the recruitment process from taking place this fall. Today we are joined by Northern California recruits Jackson Holt (Oakdale High School), Sam Ross (Miramonte High School) and Jerry Mixon (Sacred Heart Cathedral), each of whom excelled at a recen…
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With COVID-19 forcing the postponement of the California high school football season to early January 2021, high school football players who are looking to play at the next level need ways to gain exposure. Enter National Preps, which is holding combine/showcases for top prospects. Today we are joined by Brandon Huffman, one of the pre-eminent recr…
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Male/Female Breakthrough Athletes of the Year
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Today Harold, Nate and Danny are joined by special guest Lou Richie and we speak with the Preppy Award winners for Female and Male Breakthrough Athletes of the Year. After flying under the radar her junior season, Lexi Zandonella led the Carondelet soccer team to the NorCal Division 1 Regional championship by scoring 9 of her 14 goals n the final m…
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Today we speak with the Preppy Award winners for Female and Male Team Coach of the Year. Brian Sato took over midseason and led the St. Joseph Notre Dame girls basketball team to its first-ever CIF North Coast Section Open Division championship and a runner-up finish in the CIF Northern Regional Open Division playoffs. Jon Schwan led the Montgomery…
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On Halloween night in 2019, Omari Taylor's brother Omar Jr. was shot and killed while DJing a party in Orinda. The next day, Omari, who plays football at Clayton Valley Charter (Concord) had a game against California powerhouse De La Salle. He made the decision to play and rushed for 76 yards that night. Though Clayton Valley didn't win that night,…
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Today we speak with the Preppy Award winners for Female and Male Athlete of the Year. Tehya Bird (Cloverdale High School) is a three-sport star who excelled in softball, basketball and volleyball. She will play softball at the University of Oregon. Nate Rutchena (Monte Vista High School) is a two-sport star who excelled in football and basketball a…
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Prep2Prep annually honors the top athletes, teams and coaches in Northern California with the Preppy Awards. And while this past season was obviously impacted by the pandemic - costing state championships in basketball as well as the vast majority of the spring season - there are still plenty of deserving candidates for the top awards and we discus…
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Assuming all goes well in California over the next few months, the 2020-21 high school sports calendar will be much more compressed than usual. This puts a strain on multi-sport athletes, facility management and other areas related to the administration of high school sports. Today, Nate, Harold and Danny speak with prolific softball/volleyball coa…
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Northern Section Goes Its Own Way (Sort Of)
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Of the 10 sections in the California Interscholastic Federation, only the Northern Section decided against implementing the recommended CIF sports calendar for the 2020-21 school year. Today Nate, Harold and Danny speak with Northern Section football coaches Ryan Reynolds (Sutter) and Mark Cooley (Pleasant Valley-Chico) about the situations surroun…
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Nate, Harold and Danny welcome California Interscholastic Federation Executive Director Ron Nocetti to the podcast to discuss the watershed announcement issued July 20 regarding the modified calendar for California high school sports for the 2020-21 school year. We discuss how the committee came to its ultimate decision, the ramifications for multi…
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High School Coaches and Race Relations, Part 2
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Today Nate and Danny welcome a panel of high school football coaches Robert Hubbard, Ed Washington, George Jackson and Joe Bates, who have founded a Facebook Group called "Black Football Coaches Unified", whose mission is to help black coaches create relationships and form a brotherhood with the hope of earning more opportunities in the coaching wo…
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High School Coaches and Race Relations, Part 1
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Today Harold and Danny begin the discourse on race relations with high school boys basketball coaches Lou Richie (Bishop O'Dowd) and Tim Kennedy (Archbishop Mitty). We discuss several topics including registering high school students to vote and the challenges of communicating with players during these turbulent times.…
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Football in the spring? Baseball in the fall? There is still a lot of uncertainty surrounding the fate of high school sports in California and other sports, but that doesn't stop us from speculating on what might happen. We go through a series of potential scenarios ahead of the fateful July 20 date, at which time the CIF is expected to announce th…
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A vast majority of high school girls basketball coaches are male, but three prominent women have taken over positions at high-profile basketball schools. Today we speak about opportunities for women in coaching with legendary coach Sue Phillips of Archbishop Mitty of San Jose along with former WNBA player Alexis Gray-Lawson, the new coach at St. Jo…
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With several counties and districts issuing highly restrictive return to action policies for high school sports, we speak with Sacramento Bee high school sports reporter Joe Davidson, who detailed the recommendations of the Sacramento County of Education to effectively call off high school sports in 2020-21 - with a major caveat. We also pay a visi…
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Today we continue our discussion on the future of high school football with highly accomplished Bay Area high school football coaches Paul Cronin (Cardinal Newman), Justin Alumbaugh (De La Salle), Paul Rosa (Wilcox) and Ryan Partridge (Liberty)
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Our esteemed panel of high school football coaches Patrick Walsh (Serra), Mazi Moayed (Marin Catholic) and Gehrig Hotaling (Rancho Cotate) continue the discussion about the future of high school football.
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High school football fans are concerned both about questions over the short-term future of the game brought about by the coronavirus pandemic as well as long-term issues related to safety and head injuries. Today we speak with high school football coach Stephen Johnson (Branham), neurological expert Dr. Javier Cardenas (Dignity Health) and our este…
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