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Week 10 of the Ohio high school football season is here. And that means all eyes will be on Friday night. 

Longtime playoff projections analyst and Greater Miami Conference Commissioner Steve Shuck joins the WCPO High School Insider Podcast and discusses which area games to watch this weekend in preparation for Sunday’s announcement of the playoff pairings in seven divisions across the state.

This week’s episode also features insight and analysis from WCPO.com reporter Mike Dyer as the final week of the regular season draws near.

While the high school football regular season has just two weeks remaining, high school basketball is right around the corner.

This week’s WCPO High School Insider Podcast features a preview of the area’s Ohio boys’ basketball scene with longtime coaches Mike Price (Oak Hills) and Scott Kerr (Purcell Marian).

TriStateFootball.com’s Greg Shoemaker also joined the episode to discuss the key football games in Week 9 and what to expect as the postseason draws near.

Longtime high school football analyst Dave Berk joins the WCPO High School Insider Podcast for a conversation about the Greater Cincinnati football scene.

Berk joined WCPO.com’s Mike Dyer and TriStateFootball.com’s Greg Shoemaker to discuss the upcoming Week 8 and take a look at some of the top high school football players in Southwest Ohio.

He also discusses college recruiting and the latest trends in the ultra-competitive lifeblood of college football.

Cox Ohio Media Reporter Rick Cassano joins the WCPO High School Insiders Podcast to discuss Week 7 of the Ohio high school football season.

Cassano joined WCPO’s Keenan Singleton and Mike Dyer joined TriStateFootball.com’s Greg Shoemaker for a weekly discussion of the area football scene.

Cassano also discusses the top teams and players in his coverage area what makes certain schools special places to watch games.

Ohio State basketball standout Kelsey Mitchell has had a busy summer and early fall.

The 2014 Princeton High School graduate will leave this week for Santa Barbara to participate in the USA Women’s Basketball National Team Training Camp.

She is one of only five collegiate players to participate in a camp with WNBA players and former Olympians. Earlier this week, she participated in media day at Ohio State. 

All eyes in the college women's basketball world are on the three-time All-American.

Prior to her trip to California, Mitchell joined the WCPO High School Insider Podcast to discuss the upcoming training camp, how she’s preparing for her senior season at Ohio State and what it was like to win a gold medal in the Four Nations Tournament in Japan in mid-August.

Longtime Fairfield High School Athletic Director Mark Harden joins the WCPO High School Insider Podcast to discuss the Twitter situation between Fairfield standout offensive tackle Jack Carman and ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit.

Carman - rated the nation's No. 1 offensive tackle in the 2018 class - was in the national spotlight last week after Herbstreit criticized him for a tweet about the Ohio State quarterback situation. I

It created a back-and-forth situation on Twitter with followers of Carman, a five-star recruit, and Herbstreit, a former Ohio State quarterback and Centerville High School product.

Herbstreit defended his criticism of Carman on ESPN Radio Thursday afternoon and elaborated on the situation.

Carman told Spectrum Sports the original intent of his tweet was simply he wanted redshirt freshman quarterback Dwayne Haskins to get time in a game; Carman said it was nothing against senior J.T. Barrett.

Harden, an Ohio State fan, took umbrage in Herbstreit’s comments about Carman and joined the WCPO High School Insider Podcast this week to explain his perspective on the situation.

Harden also discusses how his department advises coaches and student-athletes about social media to every Fairfield High School team each season. Listen to this episode in the player above.

Mason baseball standout Nick Northcut discusses his memorable summer which included playing in three Major League Baseball ballparks in August. 

Northcut and Mason baseball coach Curt Bly joined the WCPO Insider Podcast to discuss this past summer and what may be ahead for one of the nation’s top high school baseball players in the 2018 class.

WCPO’s Keenan Singleton, WCPO.com’s Mike Dyer and TriStateFootball.com’s Greg Shoemaker also discuss the upcoming week of high school football games as Ohio enters Week 4.

Labor Day has come and gone. The fall weather has arrived a bit sooner than usual. And Week 3 of the high school football season is upon us.

WCPO sports anchor Keenan Singleton, high school sports reporter Mike Dyer and TriStateFootball.com’s Greg Shoemaker offer analysis and perspective on the Greater Cincinnati high school sports scene.

Ohio High School Athletic Association Director of Communications Tim Stried joins the WCPO High School Insider Podcast this week.

Stried discusses a variety of topics including the safety of high school football, the playoff format and the state finals sites for this season until 2020.

WCPO’s Keenan Singleton, TriStateFootball.com’s Greg Shoemaker and WCPO.com’s Mike Dyer also discuss Week 1 of the Ohio high school football season and preview some of the weekend’s top matchups.

Fox News Channel anchor Bill Hemmer has never forgotten the experience of playing football on Friday nights at The Pit.

The 1983 Elder graduate and co-host of America’s Newsroom joined the WCPO High School Insider Podcast from Washington D.C., last week to discuss his memories of playing in the Greater Catholic League and how much Elder means to him today.

Regular viewers have seen Hemmer wear purple ties on Friday but this conversation gives a behind-the-scenes perspective on his Elder days. The Delhi nativewas an honorable mention all-city selection as a defensive back his senior season of 1982.

Hemmer also discusses his teammates, what it was like to play for the late Elder coach Ray Bachus, the landmark Cincinnati restaurant chain the team frequented after games, and how he stays connected to the Panthers' games from his residence in New York City.