CIACcast

It's a super-sized CIACcast as Episode 73 recaps the concluded winter championships. Joining us in order are Rich Gregory on Danbury wrestling (5:20-15:50), Steven Cusano on Boys Swimming Open (15:30-25:25), Lori Riley talking girls basketball (25:25-40:05), Don Boyle on boys ice hockey (40:10-52:05) and Tom Yantz & Joe Morelli discussing boys basketball (52:10-1:16:25)

CIACcast Episode 72 covers some winter tournaments and other news. Woodstock Academy gymnastics coach Kasey Fillmore (7:00-16:55) discusses the gymnastics championships, CAS-CIAC's Dave Maloney (17:40-23:35) chats about the Battle of the Fans, and we get lots of CIAC ice hockey tournament talk with Matthew Conyers (24:25-1:08:10) of the Hartford Courant.

Four guests come onboard for Episode 71 of the CIACcast. First it's time for some winter championship previews as Mary Albl talks indoor track & field (8:25-17:00) and Gerry deSimas Jr. weighs in on wrestling (17:40-30:55). Then Noah Finz discusses covering Connecticut High School sports on the Vantage Sports Network (31:45-46:30) and Sean Patrick Bowley talks national signing day (47:10-57:30).

After a brief holiday hiatus CIACcast is back with Episode 70 which takes a look at several items around the high school sports landscape. The Hartford Courant's Jeff Jacobs (7:45-28:55) talks about a recent story and his coverage of high school sports, Mike Sportini of Laxworm.com (29:35-42:05) talks about the boys swimming & diving season and Staples High School student Cooper Boardman (43:00-58:30) shares his experiences covering high school sports as a student.

CIACcast Episode 69 goes long on the just concluded CIAC Football Championships. Tom Yantz, Sean Patrick Bowley, Scott Ericson, Kyle Brennan, Dave Ruden, and Ned Griffen all join to weigh in on the championship games and the football season as a whole.

A handful of guests join CIACcast episode 68 to break down CIAC championships from the past weekend. Guests offer insight on the swimming Open (4:25-13:00); Class S boys and girls soccer finals (13:00-17:30); all four girls volleyball finals (17:30-34:05); boys soccer Class L (34:05-40:45); and Class LL boys and girls soccer (40:45-58:00).

With the regular season winding down CIACcast Episode 67 starts looking ahead to the postseason. Scott Ericson from the Stamford Advocate (7:20-17:50), Marc Allard from the Norwich Bulletin (18:10-25:25), and GameTimeCT's Derek Turner (26:45-40:50) all offer thoughts on teams and stories to watch with the tournaments coming up fast.

CIACcast returns with Episode 66 covering varied topics from around the country. Three first-time guests stop by as Mark Koski of the NFHS (6:20-18:45) talks about the #MyReasonWhy campaign, Amity boys cross country coach Jon Faitsch (19:20-34:10) discusses the cross country season and we get a breakdown of the NFHS Network School Broadcast Program with Pat Euart (34:45-49:35).

Head into the weekend with some light listening of Episode 65 of the CIACcast. The Hartford Courant's Lori Riley talks about one of her recent features, and CIAC's Bob Lehr discusses the upcoming event with Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn.

Episode 64 of the CIACcast covers a few topics as the fall season starts to unfold. John Lecardo of Shore Publishing (6:40-21:55) discusses a recent behind-the-scenes story on high school sports, The Hartford Courant's Matt Conyers (22:25-52:20) goes deep on the high school soccer season, and Joe Palladino of the Waterbury Republican-American (52:50-1:02:50) shares some of his favorite stories from the early season.