CIACcast

CIACcast Episode 43 turns its eye back to 2014 for some championship highlights. Darien student-athlete Alex Ostberg (6:10-24:05) discusses his record-breaking fall, Portland girls soccer coach Sandy Booth (24:45-38:00) covers his team's state title, and Sean Patrick Bowley of the New Haven Register (38:45-58:10) recaps the 2014 high school football season.

It's time to talk Connecticut high school football on Episode 42 of the CIACcast. Tom Yantz of the Hartford Courant (4:50-13:20) Doug Bonjour of the Connecticut Post (13:35-29:00) and The New London Day's Ned Griffen (29:15-44:15) all offer thoughts on a busy weekend of football semifinals.

Looking for an epic recap of the fall championships, then CIACcast Episode 41 is for you. Nick Greene (4:05-20:55), Steve Buono (21:12-33:35), Dan Nowak (33:48-42:15), and Matthew Conyers (42:30-1:35:00) weigh in on the girls volleyball, girls swimming, field hockey and boys and girls soccer championships respectively.

The CIACcast turns 40 and gets updates from around the State. Checking in are Marc Allard (6:50-16:55) from the Norwich Bulletin, GameTimeCT's Derek Turner (17:20-27:30), Tim Gaffney (27:45-40:40) of Litchfieldcountysports.com and Dave Ruden (41:00-55:15) from therudenreport.com

The fall season is in full swing and episode 39 of the CIACcast breaks down a variety of sport topics. The Waterbury Republican-American's Kyle Brennan (5:45-22:10) weighs in on some football topics, Mike DiMauro (22:40-36:05) of the New London Day offers perspective on sportsmanship and Newtown cross country coach Dave Foss (36:45-54:00) gets us ready for the CIAC Cross Country Championships.

The CIACcast turns its focus to fall sports progress for Episode 38. The Hartford Courant's Matthew Conyers offers his thoughts on boys and girls soccer and Dan Nowak of the New Haven Register provides information on field hockey and girls swimming.

Three guests join us this week to discuss a wide-range of topics on CIACcast Episode 37. Michael Fornabaio of the Connecticut Post talks sports specialization, the Waterbury Republican-American's Joe Palladino talks preseason soccer stories and Francesco Graziano Jr. previews the fall CPTV Sports schedule (apologies for audio issues, working out the kinks with new equipment).

With the summer winding down CIACcast Episode 36 turns its eyes to the fall season. New CIAC Unified Sports Executive Director George Synnott talks about future plans for the organization and The New London Day's Ned Griffen offers lays out the games to see in the upcoming high school football season.

CIACcast Episode 35 is the first one-guest pod in our history. With the slower summer pace, this week’s episode features a lengthy chat with long-time collegiate athletics administrator John Reeves on a wide range of athletics topics.

The spring championship discussion continues with CIACcast episode 34. The New Haven Register's Mary Albl on record-breaking track & field, John Nash of The Norwalk Hour on girls lacrosse, and Rich Gregory and Nick Greene of the Danbury News-Times and Hartford Courant respectively on boys volleyball all offer their thoughts this week.