The Bocce Bros

On Episode 28 we have Dante DeLisio and Danny Catullo from Youngstown, Ohio. This was our first live podcast which can be viewed on our Youtube page. After working through some volume issues, we dive into the Youngstown vs PA Ryder Cup match that Dante was a captain of and Danny was co-captain. We then touch on THE MAIN EVENT, several bocce topics, BING BONG rapid fire, and much more. We had a blast with these two as you will be able to tell and cant wait to do more live shows for you all.

Dante, Chris and Anthony meet to discuss the last month of BIG bocce tournaments, upcoming tournaments, BING BONG segment, our Italian heritage, and much more. Please do us a favor and head to our youtube page and subscribe to our channel as we are trying to hit 1k followers so we can stream directly to Youtube from our phones.

Carmel

We remember Carmine Cassese this week as we head into the 10th Annual Carmstrong Tournament. Special guest, Darren Landis, joins us to talk about the history of the tournament, how it started, how it's grown, and what to expect this weekend. He brings in Carmine's nephew, Patrick Kiraly, who touches on just how special of a human Carmine was. We are honored to have these two on the podcast today and are looking forward to seeing all of you this weekend(August 18 - August 21).

We'd like to give a special shout out to our sponsors for this episode: Wickliffe I/A Club, Overall Paint Company, and Bo Wetzl Realtor. If you'd like to be a sponsor, please contact us via email at [email protected]

During Episode 24 with Mike and Giuliano Romeo, we had special guest Matt Taylor call into the podcast. The conversation was so well we decided to make it a separate episode. Matt is from Pennsylvania and has been playing bocce for about 5 years. In 2022 he's won four tournaments and is rapidly climbing the ladder of top bocce players in the area.

Giuliano and Mike Romeo are from Youngstown, Ohio and are members of the Mt. Carmel Society located in Lowellville, Ohio. On this episode we talk about the Mt. Carmel Society Festival, Bocce, Morra, previous Bocce tournaments, BING BONG rapid fire segment and much more. As always please follow us on social media @theboccebros and head to TheBocceBros.com for you apparel and tournament needs.

1:52 -13:32 - Recap of previous tournament winners. The MATCH. Dante's volo shot, and more

13:32 and on we bring in special guest, Lou Fatica. Lou is the Vice President of Club Molisani and has been running the Club Molisani Invitational Bocce Tournament for several years. The tournament is considered the first major of the year and deservedly so. We had a great time learning more about Club Molisani and why it's such a great club, bocce talk, PRV, and much more. Thank you guys for tuning in and please rate, subscribe, and review!

On his episode Chris, Dante and Anthony start off singing la bamba and talking about last weeks Devil's Trucking Tournament at Jerry's house. Around the 8 minute mark we bring in our guest, Chris Federico, the VP of the Wickliffe Italian American Club. We discuss Chris' start in bocce, the Memorial Tournament, the best bocce player in Wickliffe, BING BONG segment, questions from the followers, and more!

This Episode is sponsored by Club Molisani

On this episode of The Bocce Bros Podcast, Chris, Dante, Anthony, and Carmen hop on to discuss several topics including the ambassadors cup recap, NEO singles tournament happening this weekend, The National ‘The Champion” Tournament we in charge of, upcoming events, Bing Bing Rapid Fire, questions from our followers and more.

On this episode we have special guest Dennis Strnad. We recorded this in the Lovell’s parents basement because all 4 of us were in town for the Crickets Bocce Tournament located in Youngstown, Ohio. Dennis is a well known and well decorated player in the sport of bocce. He and his crew, ABV, have won several major tournaments and are considered a top team by many.

On this episode the bros briefly talk about the upcoming Crickets tournament, last weeks NEO 2 man, and more. At the 11:15 mark we bring in the one and only, Guy DeSantis. Guy has been heavily involved in bocce for many years. His father played professionally over in Italy and he made sure to carry on the tradition here in the states. He’s a big advocate of the game and wants to do all he can to see it grow. He throws one of the best bocce tournaments in the country in Las Vegas, Nevada which we cannot wait to go to next year. Thank you guys for tuning in!