CIACcast

CIAC postseason play is upon us, and CIACcast episode 23 turns its eye toward the postseason. Tim Gaffney (3:55-13:30) talked about some of the teams to watch in the playoffs in Litchfield County and Dave Ruden (14:05-29:10) breaks down the chances of some FCIAC teams.

Episode 22 of the CIACcast tackles a pair of subjects. Mary Albl (4:55-13:40) of the New Haven Register previews the weekend's CIAC Cross Country Championship, and Neal Curland (15:15-32:10) talks about positive coaching behavior.

Episode 21 is a two-guest edition of the CIACcast. Bloomfield AD Tammy Schondelmayer (3:00-14:55) discusses the CIAC Sportsmanship program and some of the successes at her institution, and Chip Malafronte of the New Haven Register (15:25-25:30) talks about his recent piece about North Haven football and its connection with a child in the community.

A wide-range of topics covered in Episode 20 of the CIACcast. The Hartford Courant's Matthew Conyers breaks down the soccer season, Dave Maloney of CASCIAC talks about student activities, and a chat about Michael's Cup with Fred Balsamo.

With the season nearly here, the CIACcast returns with episode 19. It is a football-themed edition with Mark Jaffee of the Republican-American, the New London Day's Ned Griffen and Sean Patrick Bowley from the New Haven Register all weighing in on the upcoming season.

Episode 18 of the CIACcast is a summer year-in-review extravaganza. Dave Ruden, Joe Morelli, Ken Lipshez, Marc Allard, Mary Albl, and Kyle Brennan all join the 'Cast to talk about their most memorable moments from the past year.

After a nearly one-month hiatus the CIACcast is back with episode 17. After a lengthy edition of Things You Might Have Missed WFSB Channel 3 sports reporter John Holt joins the show to talk about an upcoming documentary and covering high school sports.

More spring championship discussion in episode 16 of the CIACcast. Two first-time guests join the show as the Norwalk Hour's John Nash (3:40-21:25) chats about girls and boys lacrosse and some record-breaking track and field performers and then Kyle Brennan of the Republican American (21:55-35:50) breaks down Oxford's triple championship weekend and delves into his research in multiple CIAC championships.

After a one-week hiatus the CIACcast is back with episode 15. It is a jam-packed look at spring championships with New Haven Register's Joe Morelli on golf (3:50-15:05), the Westport News' Doug Bonjour on boys volleyball (23:15-30:35), Middletown Press' Jim Bransfield on baseball (31:15-45:35) and in a CIACcast first we have a student guest with girls tennis standout Kimmy Guerin of Weston discussing her recent historic feat (16:10-22:35).

CIAC Tournaments are the focus of Episode 14 of the CIACcast. Dave Ruden of the Stamford Advocate tells the story of a generous baseball player and talks softball and baseball, The New Haven Register's Dan Nowak discusses the girls and boys lacrosse tournaments, and Timothy Gaffney of Litchfieldcountysports.com breaks down the top teams in his region.