The winter sports season really kicks off in-full this week, and Austin and Evan are here to preview what could be a promising couple of months for our area teams and athletes. They look at boys basketball (start-17:00), wrestling (17:00-25:00) and both boys and girls swimming (25:00-34:40) before recapping some of the girls basketball storylines of the past week (34:40-41:00). Then, after the Maple Leaf Minute from Dante Stanton (41:00-42:30), the guys finish the show talking about Notre Dame sports, the World Cup and more national sports happenings.

Goshen College freshmen Drew Hogan and Anthony Roberts join the show this week to talk about their freshman cross country seasons, life at college and more (38:20-end). Before that, though, Austin and Evan recap the week that was, including Northridge football's regional loss (start-9:00), girls basketball week two observations (9:00-20:55), Notre Dame + national sports analysis (20:55-34:15) and the Maple Leaf Minute with Michael Murrell (34:15-38:20).

The Goshen News Sports Podcast is dominated by football talk this week. The guys spend the first 25-plus minutes recapping the local sectional championship games from this past Friday, with a lookahead to the Northridge-New Prairie regional game this Friday. They then chat about the start of the girls basketball season (27:25-30:42) have the Maple Leaf Minute from Mike Murrell + other Goshen College athletics news (30:42-33:45) and recap Notre Dame's upset win over Clemson + the other national sports news of the week (33:45-end).

Topics on this week's Goshen News Sports Podcast include:

-State cross country meet recap (start-7:15)

-NorthWood volleyball loses in semi-state to Bellmont (7:15-11:25)

-Previews of our area football sectional title games this Friday (11:25-32:10)

-Maple Leaf Minute with Dante Stanton (32:10-33:30)

-Notre Dame-Clemson preview, plus other misc. national sports talk (33:30-end)

It's a special 2-for-1 edition of The Goshen News Sports Podcast, as the first half of the show features an interview with legendary Jimtown football coach Bill Sharpe, talking about his incredible career, if he follows football in the area still and his favorite hobbies now that he's retired (start-36:25). Then, after the Maple Leaf Minute from Dante Stanton (36:25-37:30), Austin and Evan discuss the week that was, including:

-Football sectional semifinal previews (37:30-48:40)

-Westview boys soccer season ending in semistate (48:40-50:15)

-NorthWood volleyball winning a regional title + semistate preview (50:15-56:40)

-Recap of the cross country semistate from our area (56:40-1:01:55)

-Misc. NFL, MLB and CFB talk (1:01:55-end)

Topics on this week's Goshen News Sports Pocast include:

-Notre Dame football struggles again, losing to Stanford (start-6:10)

-Boys soccer regional recap, featuring Westview winning a Class 1A title (6:10-15:10)

-Recapping the girls soccer season coming to a close (15:10-19:00)

-Volleyball sectional recap, including NorthWood winning a Sectional 20 title (19:00-27:30)

-A look at cross country regionals and a look ahead to this weekend's semistate (27:30-34:05)

-Westview's Isaiah Hostetler going to the individual boys tennis state tournament (34:05-36:34)

-A preview of this week's football sectional games (36:34-45:30)

-Maple Leaf Minute with Dante Stanton, and the end the show (45:30-end)

Topics on this week's Goshen News Sports Pocast include:

-Boys soccer sectional recaps + regional semifinal previews (start-14:55)

-Girls soccer sectional recaps + regional semifinal previews (14:55-24:08)

-Cross country sectional recap (24:08-29:44)

-Boys tennis season coming to an end for Goshen in semistate (29:44-32:30)]

-Previews of the upcoming volleyball sectionals (32:30-43:00)

-A look at the football sectional pairings that came out Sunday (43:00-53:50)

-Maple Leaf Minute with Collin Echols + GC athletics talk (53:50-56:20)

-Notre Dame football outlook now that they're 3-2 (56:20-end)

Topics on this week's Goshen News Sports Pocast include:

-NorthWood football takes lead in NLC + other week seven football notes (start-19:35)

-Quick updates on the boys and girls soccer sectionals (19:35-23:45)

-A recap of the boys tennis sectionals + regional preview (23:45-29:45)

-Cross country conference championship reactions (29:45-33:30)

-A look at this past week's volleyball news (33:30-37:20)

-The Maple Leaf Minute with Tyson Miller + extended GC sports talk (37:20-41:30)

-A Notre Dame-BYU preview (41:30-end)

After sharing thoughts and prayers for former Bethany Christian teacher Pete Shetler and those about to feel the impact of Hurricane Ian, Austin and Evan dive deep into the week's biggest prep sports news. Topics include:

-A preview of the NorthWood-Mishawaka football showdown this week (3:40-24:50)

-A look at the boys soccer (24:50-36:45), girls soccer (36:45-46:40) and boys tennis (46:40-54:40) sectional pairings that were released this past week.

-Quick notes on the girls golf season ending for our area, plus volleyball and XC updates (54:40-59:00)

-Maple Leaf Minute with Colin Echols (59:00-1:00:33)

-Notre Dame football improving to 2-2 on the season (1:00:33-end)

Topics on this week's Goshen News Sports Podcast include:

-Boys soccer, featuring Westview moving to No. 1 in Class 1A (start-16:30)

-Girls soccer, featuring Goshen, NorthWood and Westview playing well (16:30-23:20)

-The girls golfers who advanced to regionals from our area (23:20-29:25)

-Boys tennis, which includes a still-unbeaten Goshen and an ascending Westview (29:25-35:26)

-An up-and-down weekend for our area volleyball teams (35:26-41:00)

-How our local cross country teams fared at big invites this weekend (41:00-44:30)

-Impressive wins from NorthWood and West Noble football, as well as a look around the rest of the area from this past Friday (44:30-58:40)

-The Maple Leaf Minute with Dante Stanton (58:40-1:00:45)

-Notre Dame football wins its first game of the season (1:00:45-end)