Friday Free For All

Friday Free For All

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Friday Free For All episodes

  • The Basketball Nexus
    Girls state tournament semifinals, boys tournament field set, Fairmont State D2 tourney action and more.

    • FIRST SEGMENT: Chris George, radio analyst and play-by-play on Bridgeport, Elkins, Tucker County and more (5:15)
    • SECOND SEGMENT: Bill Nestor, radio analyst and play-by-play on RCB, Liberty-Doddridge, South Harrison and West Virginia Wesleyan (25:23)
    • THIRD SEGMENT: Travis Jones, radio play-by-play on the girl's tournament results and Fairmont State women's and men's D2 NCAA Tournament appearances (50:59)
    • FOURTH SEGMENT: Chris Johnson, Connect-Bridgeport and FF4A Co-Host (1:01:22)
    • FINAL SEGMENT: Paul Burnside, Doddridge County Head Coach (1:28:10)
    1 hr 34 min
  • It's Here
    The field is set for the girls basketball tournament. The regional field is set for the boys tournament. We break it all down.

    • SEGMENT 1: Chris Johnson, Connect-Bridgeport & FF4A Co-Host (0:00)
    • SEGMENT 2: Bill Nestor, RCB and South Harrison radio (26:06)
    • SEGMENT 3: Travis Jones, Bridgeport play-by-play (51:52)
    • SEGMENT 4: Chris George, Bridgeport radio (1:01:01)
    • SEGMENT 5: Jeff Rogers, Philip Barbour radio (1:12:46)
    • SEGMENT 6: Craig Dutton, Lincoln radio (1:23:43)
    • BONUS SEGMENT: Sean McNamara, East Fairmont radio (1:32:32)
    • BONUS SEGMENT: Luke Wiggs, MEC Tournament coverage (1:40:51)
    2 hr 8 min
  • Pulling a Double [Double]
    Everyone's pushing just a little bit harder through all the make-up dates in February. As a result, we're all on double duty.

    • A quick preview of girls basketball regional matchups (0:00)
    • Bill Nestor, on RCB boys basketball, South Harrison boys basketball and West Virginia Wesleyan men's and women's basketball (7:40)
    • Travis Jones, on Bridgeport boy's basketball and Fairmont State men's and women's basketball (34:37)
    • Chris George, on Bridgeport boys and girls basketball and Tucker County boys and girls basketball (46:49)
    • Craig Dutton, on Lincoln boys and girls basketball and regional matchups (1:01:27)
    1 hr 28 min
  • For the Love of Ball
    The latest on the hardwood:



    • Chris Johnson, Connect-Bridgeport & FF4A Co-Host (0:00)
    • Zak Bart, Liberty boys basketball head coach (19:51)
    • Bill Nestor, Robert C. Byrd boys and WVWC men's and women's basketball play-by-play (31:10)
    • Travis Jones, Bridgeport boys and Fairmont State men's basketball play-by-play (51:40)
    • Chris George, Bridgeport boys and girls basketball radio and Tucker County analyst (1:05:12)
    • Craig Dutton, Lincoln boys basketball play-by-play and expert bracketologist (1:26:19)
    • Sean McNamara, Fairmont State women's basketball & East Fairmont basketball (1:37:13)
    1 hr 46 min
  • A Sprint to the Buzzer
    Great boys and girls basketball games up and down the region now that the weather is cooperating. 

    • Jeff Rogers, Philip Barbour girls play-by-play (9:46)
    • Bill Nestor, RCB boys and Wesleyan play-by-play (22:16)
    • Sean McNamara, East Fairmont boys and girls play-by-play (31:53)
    • Travis Jones, Bridgeport boys and Fairmont State men play-by-play (43:02)
    • Chris George, Bridgeport boys and girls radio and Tucker County (57:06)
    • Craig Dutton, Lincoln boys and girls play-by-play (1:17:11)
    • BONUS SEGMENT: Chris Johnson and Alex debrief (1:29:20)
    1 hr 45 min
  • Game On: Bridgeport dominates, RCB ascends, & East Fairmont dazzles
    On today's show:
    • Chris Johnson on the commitment of Carter Zuiliani to Bridgeport (0:00)
    • Sean McNamara on East Fairmont girls and boys plus Fairmont State women (13:45)
    • Bill Nestor on Robert C. Byrd boys basketball plus Wesleyan women and men (24:07)
    • Travis Jones on Bridgeport boys basketball and Fairmont State men (45:46)
    • Chris George on Bridgeport boys and girls basketball and Tucker County boys and girls (59:55)
    1 hr 14 min
  • Signs of Habitable Playing Conditions
    A break in the weather may be approaching. On today's show we hear from:


    • Chris Johnson, Connect-Bridgeport & Friday Free for All Co-Host (0:00)
    • Bill Nestor, Robert C. Byrd and West Virginia Wesleyan play-by-play (26:30)
    • James Beckman, East Fairmont Girls Basketball Head Coach (37:53)
    • Travis Jones, Bridgeport Boys Basketball and Fairmont State play-by-play (49:15)
    • Chris George, Bridgeport Girls Basketball and Tucker County (1:04:31)
    • Ron "Catman" Whiting, long-time high school and Division I NCAA official (1:15:54)
    • Craig Dutton, Lincoln play-by-play, is our BONUS SEGMENT guest talking about the final ever matchup between Lincoln and Liberty (1:35:17)
    1 hr 49 min
  • Shaking Off the Rust
    We're back! And some teams even played a game this week.

    • Chris Johnson, Connect-Bridgeport and FF4A Co-Host (2:53)
    • Bill Nestor, RCB and West Virginia Wesleyan play-by-play (24:10)
    • Travis Jones, Bridgeport and Fairmont State play-by-play (37:54)
    • Chris George, Bridgeport & Tucker County boys and girls basketball (51:01)
    • Craig Dutton, Lincoln play-by-play (1:05:50)
    • Paul Burnside, Doddridge County Boys Basketball Head Coach (1:14:50)
    1 hr 31 min
  • We're [Sort of] Closed
    Most of the week's high school basketball action was cancelled, so we took a different track this week.


    • Chris Johnson, Connect-Bridgeport and FF4A Co-Host (3:26)
    • Bill Nestor, West Virginia Wesleyan's strong start (19:04)
    • Travis Jones, Fairmont State's resurgence (37:16)
    • Chris George, Tucker County's win over Tug Valley & WVU basketball (50:55)
    • Eric Little, Salem's 2024-25 season (1:06:16)
    • Stephanie Anderson, Fairmont State Women's Basketball head coach (1:22:37)
    • Brad McElhinney, MetroNews statewide correspondent on high school transfer legislation follow up (1:32:58)
    1 hr 55 min
  • Can I interest you... in basketball?
    On today's show:

    • FIRST SEGMENT: Greg Carey of MetroNews on storylines around the state in boy's and girl's high school basketball (0:00)
    • SECOND SEGMENT: Bill Nestor, Robert C. Byrd play-by-play (27:51)
    • THIRD SEGMENT: Jeff Rogers, Philip Barbour play-by-play (43:55)
    • FOURTH SEGMENT: Travis Jones, Bridgeport play-by-play (51:18)
    • FIFTH SEGMENT: Chris George, radio analyst on Bridgeport boys and girls basketball, Tucker County basketball, and Elkins (1:03:22)
    • SIXTH SEGMENT: Sean McNamara, Fairmont State women's basketball color analyst (1:23:28)
    • BONUS SEGMENT: Greg Carey of MetroNews on WVU men's and women's hoops (1:38:32)
    1 hr 53 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…