Caden is a sophomore at A.C. Reynolds High School in Asheville, NC. In the 2020 NCHSAA 3A State Tournament, Caden finished 3rd in the 160lbs after following to River Carroll in the semifinals. He announced that he’ll be transferring to the South Iredell area and cited Lake Norman as one of the top high schools that he’s considering.

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Bentley talks about the effects of the coronavirus on his wrestling program, the rumor of wrestling program being cut, how he awards wrestling scholarships, what kind of wrestlers he recruits etc. This is another podcast episode that you will not want to miss.

Joe Sealey is 14 years old and a student at Ferndale middle school and High Point North Carolina. Joe also is a member of the school of hard knocks wrestling club. He is one of the top rising talents in high school in North Carolina. It will be an exciting podcast so please take a listen.

Jaxon Maroney is a three-time state champion from Cardinal Gibbons high school in Raleigh North Carolina. Out of those three state titles, one of them he won while wrestling at Holly Springs high school. He transferred his junior year to Cardinal Gibbons high school. Jaxon spoke briefly on this podcast episode about quitting wrestling as a ninth grader due to outside pressure and loss of desire to participate in the sport. His motivation to return to the sport came after having a private conversation with Nick Kee another NC state champion and former Appalachian State and UNC Pembrook Wrestler. He’s never discussed this publicly before until this podcast. What he has to say on this episode will be truly inspiring. Maroney is also a Drexel commit.

Won the NCHSAA Class 3-A title at 138 pounds with a pin.

• Finished 64-0 in his senior year with the Nighthawks and 179-9 overall, setting school records for single-season and career victories.

• Helped lead Northern to its first NCHSAA Class 3-A duals team regional and state championships, earning MVP honors in both events. Also won the Sportsmanship Award at state duals.

• Placed fourth as a freshman and second as a sophomore and junior at states.

Garrett Chandler is a senior centerfielder for the Davie high school baseball team. His season was cut short due to COVID-19. He talked about all that and more on this podcast episode.

James Joplin is a student athlete at Northwest Guilford high school in Greensboro North Carolina. He’s been wrestling basically his whole Life and this year he captured the North Carolina high school athletic association 4A state championship wrestling title at 120 pounds. James is a longtime member of Combat Athletics in Mocksville North Carolina a team that is Coached by current Lake Norman High School Coach Josh Stanley and assisted by Shelton Sales. On this episode James will give good insight into his career as a wrestler as well as his future goals and expectations.

Mr. Craddock talks about what happened behind the scenes that led to the cancellation of the state basketball tournament as well as postponing spring sports due to COVID-19. He also gives us history on how he became president of the athletic Association Board of Directors. He has a special message for the seniors that are at risk of not being able to play spring sports at all. You can catch everything on this episode so tune in.

Brad Bullard is the head baseball coach at west Forsyth high school Clemmons North Carolina. Brad unfortunately had to inform his team of the cancellation of more than half of the baseball season due to the coronavirus. He will talk about that as well as how it’s impacted his seniors in regards to college recruiting. Brad will talk about his coaching philosophy as well as how he’ll utilize upcoming talent from the youth programs to build his team. He touched a little bit on the positive impact of his school administration and athletic department. This is an exciting episode that you don’t want to miss.

Evan Pryor is a rising senior at Hough high school class of 2021 in Cornelius North Carolina. As one of the top ranked running back’s in the nation and highly sought out; Evan decided to take his talents to Ohio State university where he will continue his education. In making that decision, Evan had to sift through numerous offers from major NCAA division one schools. Evan took time out of his busy schedule to talk to me about that decision and more on this episode.