State Champs! Network

Michigan has had to hit the pause button on the fall season, but that doesn't stop us! Lorne, Matt, and Scott are back to talk about what the pause means for High School Football in Michigan. We also break down some District Finals and we take a look at the Mr. Football and Anvil Award before it gets locked in place.

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Greg and Bob are back to recap the Regional Championship games across the Hoosier state, and they preview each game of Semi-States.

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Before the latest shutdown order paused the Swim season, we caught up with Eric Talsma, Head Coach for Hamilton High School, to recap league meets and talk about the upcoming State Meets.

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The District Semifinals are over and we recap a few of the top games including Grand Blanc's upset of Clarkston, Canton's impressive run, CDR's breaking the All-Time Passing TD record, Stoney Creek's surprising rise, the MAC Red, a different Catholic Central, and some playoff surprises. Then we jump into conversations about the STATE CHAMPS! Anvil & Mr. Football Awards presented by Hungry Howie's Pizza. Finally, we take a look forward at some of the top District Finals.

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We're down to 48 teams in the 2020 IHSAA Tournament. We start off this podcast with a recap of some notable Sectional Championships. Then we preview the Regional Championships of all 6 divisions.

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On this episode of the Poolside Podcast, we're talking about coaching with co-host and Matt Mann Award winner David Zulkiewski. He talks about his biggest coaching influences, how he became a coach, the lessons he's learned from coaching, and what he focuses on as a coach. We also look ahead to this weekend's league meet, finishing the season, and swimmers to watch out for.

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2020 has brought us a new playoff format and we’re here to talk about it. The first week of playoffs are complete, and we talk about some key games, and some surprising upsets. We talk about some teams who are starting to figure it out, and we try to figure out Iron Mountain. We’ve got a few tips of the hat before we get into an update of the STATE CHAMPS! Mr. Football Award presented by Hungry Howie’s, and an update of the STATE CHAMPS! Anvil Award presented by Hungry Howie’s. Then we look ahead to some notable games from Week 2 of the playoffs before closing it out.

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Greg and Bob are back to recap Week 11 of the IHSAA Football season. As always, we recap a few games from last week including two games from Bob Stambazee and one from Greg Rakestraw. We also look forward to a few key Sectional Finals and we talk about the one Sectional Final that has already been crowned.

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On this episode of the STATE CHAMPS! Poolside Podcast, we’re joined by Darrin Millar, head coach for the Boys Swim Team at Royal Oak High School to talk about the evolution of swimming, including positive transformations the sport has seen, the impact of COVID-19 on recruits and the plans for starting Boys Swimming in the winter season. Darrin also congratulates Co-Host David Zulkiewski on being named the MISCA Matt Mann Award Winner before talking about the resources and awards available to swimmers. Before we go, we ask Darrin how he is able to spin his experiences to lessons on the pool deck, we get his perspective as a parent to a high school swimmer, and we talk about how he has been able to stay connected to his team during COVID.

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The MHSAA football regular season has come to a close so Lorne, Scott, and Matt are back. We start off the podcast recapping some of the top week 6 games. We take a deep dive into the microwave dynasty that Clarkston Everest has built and South Lyon’s win streak over South Lyon East. We thank West Bloomfield for giving a full dose of Donovan Edwards and we look at the rematch of last year’s Division 2 State Championship between Detroit King and Muskegon Mona Shores.

Then we look ahead to the playoffs, where we start of talking about Forest Hills Central and some sleeper teams to watch for. Then we preview Division 1, where we take a close look at Belleville, a different looking Division 2, and the countless storylines in Division 3. Before we close, we give an update of the Anvil Award and Mr. Football contests, presented by Hungry Howie’s Pizza.

Presented by Lawrence Technological University, Hungry Howie’s Pizza, and the MHSAA.