Friday Free For All

Friday Free For All

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Friday Free For All episodes

  • Boys Semifinal Preview, Girls Championship Review, and WVU Coaching Search
    In our first one-hour show of the season, Travis Jones breaks down all the action in the ongoing Boy's High School Basketball State Tournament plus previewing what's to come (0:00). Chris Johnson joins the show to take a look back at the state champions in Girl's Basketball (15:26). Plus, Ethan Bock of WVSportsNow breaks down the WVU men's basketball head coaching search (32:14).
    50 min
  • Free for All Basketball: Lewis County Upsets East Fairmont and Boys Tourney Field Set
    On today's show:

    • Michael Minnich of WVNews.com on the Girl's State Tournament and Lewis County's trip to the Class AAA Finals (5:43)
    • Sean McNamara, East Fairmont radio play-by-play (15:25)
    • Bill Nestor, RCB radio play-by-play (23:10)
    • Greg White, Tygarts Valley radio play-by-play and MEC play-by-play (36:15)
    • Travis Jones, Girl's State Tournament and MEC play-by-play (47:30)
    • Chris George, Bridgeport and Tucker County radio play-by-play (1:09:19)
    • Craig Dutton, Lincoln radio play-by-play (1:27:30)
    • PODCAST EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Carpenter, Fairmont Senior radio play-by-play (1:34:47)
    1 hr 45 min
  • Free For All Basketball: Girls Tournament Field Set, Boys Sectionals Narrow
    Friday Free for All guests this week include:



    • Bill Nestor, RCB Boys Play-by-Play (7:38)
    • Sean McNamara, East Fairmont Play-by-Play (18:49)
    • Chris Johnson, Connect-Bridgeport and usual FFA Co-Host (28:28)
    • Travis Jones, Bridgeport Boys Play-by-Play (42:10)
    • Chris George, Bridgeport Boys and Tucker County Boys and Girls radio broadcasts (51:51)
    • Craig Dutton, Lincoln Boys and Girls Play-by-Play (1:04:13)
    • Brian Bibey, Philip Barbour Boys and Girls Play-by-Play (01:13:20)
    • Greg White, Tygarts Valley Boys Play-by-Play (01:21:36)
    1 hr 32 min
  • Free for All Basketball: Remembering Ryan Lantz
    Coach A.J. Harman joins the show to discuss the tragic death of Ryan Lantz, the defensive coordinator for Liberty-Harrison football, Freshman Boys Basketball coach at Robert C. Byrd, and teacher at Liberty. Bill Nestor also discusses his time getting to know Ryan Lantz, plus RCB basketball. We also discuss:
    • Travis Jones on Bridgeport
    • Chris George on Bridgeport and Tucker County
    • Craig Dutton on Lincoln
    1 hr 33 min
  • Free For All Basketball: Girls Sectionals, East Fairmont's Historic Win, Clay-Battelle and more
    On today's episode:


    • Greg Carey of MetroNews on Girls Sectionals (0:00)
    • Bill Nestor, RCB radio play-by-play (19:06)
    • Sean McNamara, East Fairmont radio play-by-play (31:35)
    • Travis Jones, Bridgeport radio play-by-play (44:09)
    • Chris George, Bridgeport and Tucker County radio (55:12)
    • Craig Dutton, Lincoln radio play-by-play (1:08:12)
    • Chris Johnson, on assignment covering WV Swimming (1:18:17)
    • BONUS EXCLUSIVE: Luke Wiggs on the Eastern Panhandle teams(1:33:42)
    • BONUS EXCLUSIVE: Ethan Collins, Clay-Battelle play-by-play (1:47:56)
    • BONUS EXCLUSIVE: Brian Bibey, Philip Barbour play-by-play (2:08:43)
    • BONUS EXCLUSIVE: Michael Minnich, WVNews.com Sports Editor (2:18:59)
    2 hr 35 min
  • Free For All Basketball: Liberty, Lincoln, and RCB Jockey for Sectional Supremacy
    On today's edition of the Friday Free For All:


    • Chris Johnson returns (0:00)
    • Bill Nestor, RCB Boys Basketball (11:43)
    • Brian Bibey, Philip Barbour Boys Basketball (29:14)
    • Travis Jones, Bridgeport Basketball (41:47)
    • Chris George, Bridgeport and Tucker County basketball (1:01:31)
    • Craig Dutton, Lincoln Boys and Girls basketball (1:18:21)
    • PODCAST EXCLUSIVE: Zak Bart, Head Coach of Liberty-Harrison Boys Basketball (1:30:51)
    1 hr 53 min
  • Free For All Basketball: Trinity Girls Keep Eye on Prize, Liberty Surging, & Regional Parity
    In one of our most jam-packed shows of the season, we're joined by:



    • Bill Nestor, RCB Boys Basketball radio play-by-play (6:57)
    • Greg White, Tygarts Valley Boys Basketball radio play-by-play (20:09)
    • Travis Jones, Bridgeport Boys Basketball radio play-by-play (31:38)
    • Chris George, Bridgeport Boys and Girls Basketball and Tucker County Boys and Girls Basketball (46:31)
    • Craig Dutton, Lincoln Boys and Girls Basketball (59:25)
    • Luke Wiggs, Panhandle News Network (1:13:55)
    • PODCASTS EXCLUSIVE: Mike Baldy, Trinity Christian Girl's Basketball Coach (01:30:40)
    1 hr 52 min
  • Free for All Basketball: Thawing Out
    After a bunch of cancellations due to weather (including our show), we are back and so are plenty of teams as they attempt to make up games.

    Featured on today's show:
    • Bill Nestor, play-by-play voice for Robert C. Byrd boy's basketball (11:34)
    • Sean McNamara, play-by-play voice for East Fairmont boy's basketball (25:02)
    • Travis Jones, play-by-play voice for Bridgeport boy's and girl's basketball (36:36)
    • Chris George, broadcaster for Bridgeport boy's and girl's basketball and Tucker County boy's and girl's basketball (50:52)
    • Craig Dutton, play-by-play voice for Lincoln boy's and girl's basketball (1:07:50)
    • Austin Sparks, South Harrison boy's basketball head coach (1:16:19)
    1 hr 31 min
  • Free for All Basketball: Weather Permitting
    We really dive into the thick of the schedule now that the holidays are over... weather permitting of course.

    On today's show, we'll hear from:


    • Bill Nestor, play-by-play voice of the RCB Eagles (13:44).
    • Brian Bibey, play-by-play voice for Philip Barbour boy's and girl's basketball (27:16)
    • Travis Jones, play-by-play voice for Bridgeport boy's and girl's basketball (37:11)
    • Chris George, play-by-play and color voice for Bridgeport boy's and girl's basketball and Tucker County boy's and girl's basketball (52:52)
    • Craig Dutton, play-by-play voice for Lincoln boy's and girl's basketball (1:03:37)
    • Jeff Jenkins, play-by-play voice who does rotating games each week in southern WV (1:17:07)
    • BONUS PODCAST ONLY: Sean McNamara, play-by-play voice for East Fairmont (1:30:36)
    1 hr 40 min
  • Free for All Basketball: Bridgeport's Hot Start
    Alex and Chris are back with the start of basketball season (0:00). We're joined today by:


    • Austin Sparks, South Harrison Head Coach (11:25)
    • Bill Nestor, Robert C. Byrd play-by-play (21:16)
    • Chris George, Bridgeport and Tucker County broadcaster (31:33)
    • Craig Dutton, Lincoln boy's and girl's play-by-play (49:15)
    • Brian Bibey, Philip Barbour boy's and girl's play-by-play (59:00)
    • Luke Wiggs, Panhandle News Network (66:46)
    1 hr 24 min

About Friday Free For All

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The Football Friday Free For All is a long running show about high school football in West Virginia, originally hosted by Mike King and Chris Johnson and now by Alex Wiederspiel and Chris Johnson. The…