Eric and Zach return for Episode 75 of the Take it EZ Sports Show.

The pair talk high school basketball and soccer rankings, mentioning some of the top teams in each conference and who's playing well at the moment.

Then, Chilly joins the show to talk football coaching changes around Arizona. There could be some major movement coming soon!

The trio finish the show talking about shoes, apparel and more.

Eric and Zach are back for their first episode of the Take it EZ Sports Show of the new year. The guys discuss where they’ve been the last two weeks before diving in to some high school basketball talk, including midseason tournaments returning (11:52) and some contenders in each conference, including Gilbert (14:57), Hamilton (19:34) and others (20:50). The guys also mention some contenders in girls basketball (24:58) and soccer (27:54) before Eric goes on a rant about Fantasy Football (35:27) The guys wrap up the show with Arizona Varsity’s 4A (40:00) and 5A (46:15) postseason awards before everyone’s favorite segment, the best thing they ate in the last two weeks (52:37).

Eric Newman and Zach Alvira and the Take it EZ Sports Show collabs with Chilly's 2-piece for a super episode.

Chilly opens the show talking about shoes, basketball, a bit of high school football and more before Eric joins the show (2:50) to talk about what he's been up to with his work in Flagstaff, and Zach jumps on shortly after (4:50) to talk basketball and TV habits. The guys talk 4A Conference football (15:27) between Casa Grande and Poston Butte, 5A (26:30) between Horizon and Salpointe Catholic, 6A (40:00) between Highland and Chaparral and Highland playing an extra game for the Hawks (42:10). After the other games, the trio discusses Open playoffs (52:30) and look forward to next season. Finally, each member of the show talks about what their favorite thing they ate this week was (1:05:37) and wraps up the show.

Eric and Zach are back for another episode of the Take it EZ Sports Show and they’re talkin’ championship football in Arizona. The guys kick off the show reminiscing about the season and how it is officially coming to a close before jumping into their biggest takeaway from the semifinal round last week, which involves praise for Casa Grande (4:23). The guys then highlight Poston Butte’s win over Glendale in the semifinals that put the Broncos in the 4A title game for the first time ever against the Cougars (8:14). The guys then go on to highlight Salpointe Catholic’s win over Desert Edge in one 5A semifinal (11:15) and Horizon’s win over Desert Mountain (14:48) in the other before moving on to Highland beating Red Mountain(20:40) and Chaparral beating Williams Field in 6A (27:21). And of course, Eric and Zach highlight Chandler’s come-from-behind victory over Liberty (30:08) and Saguaro’s upset win over Hamilton (35:30) before highlighting the matchups that can be seen during Hoophall West taking place this week at Chaparral and Footprint Center (40:13) and wrapping up the show(49:01).

Eric Newman and Zach Alvira return for Episode 71 of the Take it EZ Sports Show presented by Arizona Varsity and AALL.net.

The guys open up the show with some high school basketball talk (3:45) with some games they went to and who to look out for this season.

At 9:40, Zach and Eric talk high school football quarterfinals and upcoming semifinals including 4A (10:00), 5A (13:40) and 6A (17:23).

Jacob Seliga joins the show to chat about coleslaw and the 2A and 3A Conference football championship games (21:08). The trio talks Open playoff semifinals (37:50) with apologies to Saguaro.

Eric and Zach finish with a recap of what they ate for Thanksgiving (56:50) and wrap up the show. (1:02:19)

Episode 70

Eric and Zach are back for another episode of the Take it EZ Sports Show. This week, the guys are previewing the 2A (4:05) championship between Morenci and Arizona Lutheran and the 3A title game between Snowflake and Yuma Catholic (4:48), both of which on Saturday. The guys then go over the scores from the first round of the 4A playoffs (10:01) and give their predictions for the quarterfinal round. They do the same for 5A (16:01) and 6A (23:13) before moving on to preview and give their predictions for the Open Division (31:41). The guys then talk high school hoops (48:43) before Zach reminds every one of the wager he and Chilly have for teams to bring coleslaw to Jacob Seliga (52:23) and the guys wrap up the show with their favorite Thanksgiving dish (55:04).

Breakdown: (63 minutes)

Eric Newman and Zach Alvira are back for episode 69 of the Take it EZ Sports Show on the Arizona Varsity Podcast Network.

Eric and Zach talk about high school volleyball championship games (5:30) before getting into the rivalry football games they saw last Friday (14:00) between Coconino and Flagstaff, as well as the Tukee Bowl between Desert Vista and Mountain Pointe. Then, as the playoffs near, the guys talk playoffs (24:00) including 4A, 5A (29:00), 6A (32:40) and the Open (39:00) before bringing on Arizona Varsity's Chilly to go even more in depth on the season. Finally, Zach and Eric wrap up the show (56:45) with some cross country mentions, what they ate this week, and even mention USA National Team soccer's big win over the weekend!

Breakdown: (75 minutes)

Eric Newman and Zach Alvira are back for another episode of the Take it EZ Sports Show, part of the ArizonaVarsity Podcast Network and presented by AALL.net. The guys kick off this week’s show talking about how fast the fall season has come and is nearly gone. The guys congratulate the2021 badminton champions (5:22), swimming champions (5:45) and go over quarterfinal scores from 4A-6A volleyball matches (8:21). At the 13:55 mark, Eric shares what he saw last week from the comfort of his couch while Zach shares his insight from the Tucson-Dobson game last Thursday and Chandler-Highland on Friday. Zach also makes yet another case for Highland tobe in the Open Division (16:28). The guys start going over the latest rankings as the end of the regular season nears beginning with 4A (20:25), then 5A (23:17), 6A (24:21) and the Open Division (25:26). Zach shares some insight on this year’s Tukee Bowl between Mountain Pointe and Desert Vista (37:30) and Chilly joins in to join the discussion. The three share predictions for the Tukee Bowl (40:45), FlagCoco (51:57) and the Battle for Arizona Avenue between Chandler and Hamilton (53:45). The guys wrap up the show sharing what the best thing they ate was and Eric gets mad (1:09.47).

Breakdown: (54 minutes)

Eric Newman and Zach Alvira return for the episode 67 of the Take it EZ Sports Show on the Arizona Varsity Podcast Network and presented by AALL.net.

The guys open the show with listener comments (1:00) and meander in their conversation about Queen and the Atlanta Braves (among other things) before talking about the firing of Kerry Taylor at San Tan Charter (5:50).Then Eric and Zach talk about the games they went to last week (12:00) and speak briefly about upsets (18:30) and rankings all the way from Open to 4A (21:00). 3A and 2A playoffs are coming, and the guys blindly (sort of) guess who's going to win the first round games in the two brackets (33:30). Zach and Eric talk NCAA football rankings (44:00) and what they ate this week (48:30) before closing out the show.

Breakdown: (75 minutes)

Eric Newman and Zach Alvira are back for another episode of the Take it EZ Sports Show, part of the Arizona Varsity Podcast Network. Zach kicks off the show sharing an embarrassing story before the guys jump right into highlighting last week’s high school football scores from Thursday (4:55) and Friday’s 6A (6:27), 5A (12:00), 4A (17:00), 3A (21:22) and the 2A (25:18) games. At the 32:10-mark, Arizona Varsity CEO Chilly joins the show to discuss all the current rankings and Chilly shares his dark horses in the 4A through Open. Zach and Eric wrap things up with a quick chat about the Arizona Cardinals and whether they are legitimate Super Bowl contenders this season (1:09:00).