Just Like Bruddas Podcast

Episode 62 features Washington head mens' basketball coach David Allewalt. The Bruddas and David discuss his beginnings in Maryland, transition to North Carolina high school ball, his excellent tenure at Ocracoke, a recap of the Pam Pack's 2019-20 season, the 252 vs. 919 Winter Classic that'll be taking place next January, and plenty of other topics. You can follow coach Allewalt @DAllewalt and @PamPackMBB for updates on Washington Pam Pack basketball!

We Journal Great Sports is a multimedia journalism entity that covers high school sports in Wayne, Johnston, and Greene County, North Carolina. 20 high schools reside in those three counties this websites purpose is to connect with communities while telling the communities’ and athletes’ stories. This site will not have any subscription fees. Content and ideas will be will be accepted from people throughout the community, so please send your requests, compliments, and criticism to [email protected].

You can follow We Journal Great Sports on the following social media platforms:

Twitter: @WJG_Sports, Instagram: @wjgsports, Facebook: WJG Sports, Website: wejournalgreatsports.com/wp, and subscribe to the YouTube channel: WJG Sports

You can also follow Kai Jones on Twitter/Instagram @YGARTTD or @MMJKaiJones and Laieke Abebe @StrikaNation24_ and @StrikaLites for the latest articles, photos, and news pertaining to high school sports in North Carolina and a plethora of other sports topics.

Episode 61 featured Johnston County-based videographer Brandon Corbitt! The Bruddas asked Brandon about his beginnings around the area, what got him into sports and videography, his time at the various high schools he went to, the sports he played during those times, and plenty of other great topics. You can follow Brandon on Instagram @CorbssProduction and subscribe to his YouTube channel!

We Journal Great Sports is a multimedia journalism entity that covers high school sports in Wayne, Johnston, and Greene County, North Carolina. 20 high schools reside in those three counties this websites purpose is to connect with communities while telling the communities’ and athletes’ stories. This site will not have any subscription fees. Content and ideas will be will be accepted from people throughout the community, so please send your requests, compliments, and criticism to [email protected].

You can follow We Journal Great Sports on the following social media platforms:

Twitter: @WJG_Sports, Instagram: @wjgsports, Facebook: WJG Sports, Website: wejournalgreatsports.com/wp, and subscribe to the YouTube channel: WJG Sports

You can also follow Kai Jones on Twitter/Instagram @YGARTTD or @MMJKaiJones and Laieke Abebe @StrikaNation24_ and @StrikaLites for the latest articles, photos, and news pertaining to high school sports in North Carolina and a plethora of other sports topics.

Episode 60 featured former Mountain Heritage High School star and UNC Asheville/Milligan basketball player Alex Biggerstaff. Biggerstaff is now an assistant men's basketball coach at Mars Hill University under head coach Vic Finora. The Bruddas and Alex talked about a plethora of topics from his experience at the Division One level and transitioning to the NAIA level, his first experience as a college coach, and a great conversation on college athletes using their platform for the greater good of society. You can follow Alex on Twitter @ABiggerstaff42! 

We Journal Great Sports is a multimedia journalism entity that covers high school sports in Wayne, Johnston, and Greene County, North Carolina. 20 high schools reside in those three counties this websites purpose is to connect with communities while telling the communities’ and athletes’ stories. This site will not have any subscription fees. Content and ideas will be will be accepted from people throughout the community, so please send your requests, compliments, and criticism to [email protected].

You can follow We Journal Great Sports on the following social media platforms:

Twitter: @WJG_Sports, Instagram: @wjgsports, Facebook: WJG Sports, Website: wejournalgreatsports.com/wp, and subscribe to the YouTube channel: WJG Sports

You can also follow Kai Jones on Twitter/Instagram @YGARTTD or @MMJKaiJones and Laieke Abebe @StrikaNation24_ and @StrikaLites for the latest articles, photos, and news pertaining to high school sports in North Carolina and a plethora of other sports topics.

On Episode 59, the Bruddas welcomed Riverside High School head boys basketball coach Bobby Williams to the show! The three talked about the cancellation of the East-West all-star games (which Bobby was going to coach in if not for COVID-19), recapped this past season for his basketball program, what his school has been doing to cope with the pandemic, and everything that's going on in the world right now among other topics. You can follow coach Williams @Riversidehsbb. 

We Journal Great Sports is a multimedia journalism entity that covers high school sports in Wayne, Johnston, and Greene County, North Carolina. 20 high schools reside in those three counties this websites purpose is to connect with communities while telling the communities’ and athletes’ stories. This site will not have any subscription fees. Content and ideas will be will be accepted from people throughout the community, so please send your requests, compliments, and criticism to [email protected].

You can follow We Journal Great Sports on the following social media platforms:

Twitter: @WJG_Sports, Instagram: @wjgsports, Facebook: WJG Sports, Website: wejournalgreatsports.com/wp, and subscribe to the YouTube channel: WJG Sports

You can also follow Kai Jones on Twitter/Instagram @YGARTTD or @MMJKaiJones and Laieke Abebe @StrikaNation24_ and @LMAPreps (Twitter only) for the latest articles, photos, and news pertaining to high school sports in North Carolina and a plethora of other sports topics.

Episode 58 features Village Christian senior guard and future Columbia basketball player Zavian McLean! We talk about his beginning overseas and transition to Overhills High School and then Village Christian, a recap of their 2019-20 season, why he chose Columbia and many other topics. In the second half of the show, Bruddas and Zavian had one of the realest conversations since the podcast was started up, so you definitely don't want to miss that. You can follow Zavian on Twitter @_11God and on Instagram @3Truey plus check out his podcast, Truey Talks which is also on Anchor!

We Journal Great Sports is a multimedia journalism entity that covers high school sports in Wayne, Johnston, and Greene County, North Carolina. 20 high schools reside in those three counties this websites purpose is to connect with communities while telling the communities’ and athletes’ stories. This site will not have any subscription fees. Content and ideas will be will be accepted from people throughout the community, so please send your requests, compliments, and criticism to [email protected].

You can follow We Journal Great Sports on the following social media platforms:

Twitter: @WJG_Sports, Instagram: @wjgsports, Facebook: WJG Sports, Website: wejournalgreatsports.com/wp, and subscribe to the YouTube channel: WJG Sports

You can also follow Kai Jones on Twitter/Instagram @YGARTTD or @MMJKaiJones and Laieke Abebe @StrikaNation24_ and @LMAPreps (Twitter only) for the latest articles, photos, and news pertaining to high school sports in North Carolina and a plethora of other sports topics.

Episode 57 of the Just Like Bruddas Podcast featured one of the top videographers and prep basketball minds in the southeast: Anthony Bruton! Bruton, a Kinston native who now resides in Atlanta, Georgia, gave us the breakdown of his new basketball event coming to Washington, NC next January, the BT Winter Classic: 252 vs. 919. In addition, he talked about his journey that led him to college basketball, how he began covering Eastern North Carolina basketball, and the origin of BucketReel among other great topics. You can follow him on all social media platforms @BucketReel and his personal social media @TonyBruton.

We Journal Great Sports is a multimedia journalism entity that covers high school sports in Wayne, Johnston, and Greene County, North Carolina. 20 high schools reside in those three counties this websites purpose is to connect with communities while telling the communities’ and athletes’ stories. This site will not have any subscription fees. Content and ideas will be will be accepted from people throughout the community, so please send your requests, compliments, and criticism to [email protected].

You can follow We Journal Great Sports on the following social media platforms:

Twitter: @WJG_Sports, Instagram: @wjgsports, Facebook: WJG Sports, Website: wejournalgreatsports.com/wp, and subscribe to the YouTube channel: WJG Sports

You can also follow Kai Jones on Twitter/Instagram @YGARTTD or @MMJKaiJones and Laieke Abebe @StrikaNation24_ and @LMAPreps (Twitter only) for the latest articles, photos, and news pertaining to high school sports in North Carolina and a plethora of other sports topics.

On Episode 56, the Bruddas welcome Fayetteville Observer sports writer Rodd Baxley. Baxley is a former state champion basketball player at West Bladen High School and played college basketball at Pfeiffer University. The three talked about his start at the Robesonian and his transition to writing for the Observer, the success the 910 saw during basketball season,  and being able to cover college athletics along with prep sports among other topics. You can follow Rodd on Twitter @RoddBaxley and @910Preps for high school sports coverage in the Cape Fear region!

We Journal Great Sports is a multimedia journalism entity that covers high school sports in Wayne, Johnston, and Greene County, North Carolina. 20 high schools reside in those three counties this websites purpose is to connect with communities while telling the communities’ and athletes’ stories. This site will not have any subscription fees. Content and ideas will be will be accepted from people throughout the community, so please send your requests, compliments, and criticism to [email protected].

You can follow We Journal Great Sports on the following social media platforms:

Twitter: @WJG_Sports, Instagram: @wjgsports, Facebook: WJG Sports, Website: wejournalgreatsports.com/wp, and subscribe to the YouTube channel: WJG Sports

You can also follow Kai Jones on Twitter/Instagram @YGARTTD or @MMJKaiJones and Laieke Abebe @StrikaNation24_ and @LMAPreps (Twitter only) for the latest articles, photos, and news pertaining to high school sports in North Carolina and a plethora of other sports topics.

On this episode, the JLB fellas welcome basketball trainer and assistant men's basketball coach at Elizabeth City State, Tyreek Dupree! Dupree was a member of the 2016 Farmville Central state title winning squad, played his college ball at Lees-McRae and has previously been an assistant at Pitt Community College. We talk with 'Reek about the We Gone Make It movement, his beginnings as a basketball player and coach, and what it's like to train some of the best basketball talent in the 252 among other topics. You can follow Coach Reek on Twitter and Instagram @WGMI_REEK.

We Journal Great Sports is a multimedia journalism entity that covers high school sports in Wayne, Johnston, and Greene County, North Carolina. 20 high schools reside in those three counties this websites purpose is to connect with communities while telling the communities’ and athletes’ stories. This site will not have any subscription fees. Content and ideas will be will be accepted from people throughout the community, so please send your requests, compliments, and criticism to [email protected].

You can follow We Journal Great Sports on the following social media platforms:

Twitter: @WJG_Sports, Instagram: @wjgsports, Facebook: WJG Sports, Website: wejournalgreatsports.com/wp, and subscribe to the YouTube channel: WJG Sports

You can also follow Kai Jones on Twitter/Instagram @YGARTTD or @MMJKaiJones and Laieke Abebe @StrikaNation24_ and @LMAPreps (Twitter only) for the latest articles, photos, and news pertaining to high school sports in North Carolina and a plethora of other sports topics.

On Episode 54, the Bruddas welcome Averett University assistant men's basketball coach Chris "CJ" Sause to the show! The three talk about his beginnings as a basketball player at Voyager Academy in Durham and then a successful tenure at North Carolina-Wesleyan, how he broke into the coaching business, and many other topics. You can follow CJ on all social media platforms @CJSause. 

We Journal Great Sports is a multimedia journalism entity that covers high school sports in Wayne, Johnston, and Greene County, North Carolina. 20 high schools reside in those three counties this websites purpose is to connect with communities while telling the communities’ and athletes’ stories. This site will not have any subscription fees. Content and ideas will be will be accepted from people throughout the community, so please send your requests, compliments, and criticism to [email protected].

You can follow We Journal Great Sports on the following social media platforms:

Twitter: @WJG_Sports, Instagram: @wjgsports, Facebook: WJG Sports, Website: wejournalgreatsports.com/wp, and subscribe to the YouTube channel: WJG Sports

You can also follow Kai Jones on Twitter/Instagram @YGARTTD or @MMJKaiJones and Laieke Abebe @StrikaNation24_ and @LMAPreps (Twitter only) for the latest articles, photos, and news pertaining to high school sports in North Carolina and a plethora of other sports topics.

Episode 53 featured Johnston Community College head men's basketball coach Jay Creecy. Coach Creecy talked Eastern North Carolina recruitment, trying to build the JCC basketball program from scratch, his beginnings in the coaching game at the AAU level, and plenty of other topics. He gave us a lot of great stories as well, so make sure to give him a follow @CoachJayCreecy on Twitter and you can also follow Johnston CC athletics @JCCNCAthletics. 

We Journal Great Sports is a multimedia journalism entity that covers high school sports in Wayne, Johnston, and Greene County, North Carolina. 20 high schools reside in those three counties this websites purpose is to connect with communities while telling the communities’ and athletes’ stories. This site will not have any subscription fees. Content and ideas will be will be accepted from people throughout the community, so please send your requests, compliments, and criticism to [email protected].

You can follow We Journal Great Sports on the following social media platforms:

Twitter: @WJG_Sports, Instagram: @wjgsports, Facebook: WJG Sports, Website: wejournalgreatsports.com/wp, and subscribe to the YouTube channel: WJG Sports

You can also follow Kai Jones on Twitter/Instagram @YGARTTD or @MMJKaiJones and Laieke Abebe @StrikaNation24_ and @LMAPreps (Twitter only) for the latest articles, photos, and news pertaining to high school sports in North Carolina and a plethora of other sports topics.