The Get Around Podcast

The Get Around returns and just in time for Tigers playoff baseball, the Lions on Monday Night Football, and the Red Wings in preseason action with big hopes for 2024-25.

UpNorthLive Sports Director Harrison Beeby pinch hits for Jordan and joins James and Brendan in the Get Around studio to discuss the Detroit pro sports landscape, how the high school football season is shaking out in northern Michigan, Grayling's incredible boys soccer season and much more.

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Two weeks into the high school football season, and there is plenty to talk about.

Several teams have put the competition on notice with 2-0 starts while the 1-1 teams hope to win more than they lose and the 0-2 squads look to right the ship quickly.

We break it all down on episode 289 of the Get Around!

We also talk about Traverse City St. Francis' Grace Slocum and her unbelievable start to the varsity girls golf season.

Plus, coming off a dominating win at their home swim meet, Traverse City Tritons Kira Adams and Ella Cabbage swing by the Get Around studio for a chat with James and Jordan.

All of that and MUCH MORE in the 289th iteration of the Get Around!

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Episode 288 of the Get Around is a shining example of the beauty of nonsequiturs as the conversation moves from the weather to brunch to movie sequels to the best northern Michigan prep athletes of the 2000s to Week One of high school football with a few other digressions mixed in.

This episode has a lot to consume and digest, but it is also rather entertaining and certainly a good time!

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The Get Around Podcast returns with the premiere episode of its eighth season!

With the annual Playbook set to hit newsstands this coming Sunday, the Get Around Guys preview the 10 stories readers will enjoy — including an in-depth look at Kingsley's Hansen Camp, the Redman twins leading Mesick cross country, and St. Francis' Grace Slocum's state title aspirations.

All of that and much more along with a look at what we missed during our time away and a preview of what to expect during the eighth season of the Get Around!

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For the first time in seven years of the Get Around, we cap off the high school sports year with a mega draft of players from the fall, winter and spring seasons!

Plenty of Players of the Year get drafted along with a few surprises as we make nearly 90 picks in an hour!

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A trio of Gaylord Blue Devils — Jayden Jones, Aubrey Jones and Kennedy Wangler — make the trip to Traverse City to talk about their Division 2 softball state championship.

Plus, we put a bow on the spring sports season, preview next week's 2023-24 Mega Draft, play a little family feud, discuss the best plate to make at a family cookout and much more.

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Plenty to talk about on episode 284 of the Get Around as the MHSAA approved the addition of boys volleyball and girls field hockey to the state tournament-sponsored sports.

Plus, we talk about some of the top contenders for Player of the Year honors in softball, baseball, track and field, girls tennis, boys golf and girls soccer.

We also discuss which sports figures or teams are worthy of our diss tracks, the best way to cook acorn squash, the culinary fare offered by the Pit Spitters this season and much more!

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This is just a fun episode of the Get Around that includes a wide variety of topics of conversation, including James' trip to Detroit for the NFL Draft, what previous draft picks broke our hearts, what it means to be a high school coach, the deliciousness of chopped sandwiches, viral neck braces and much more!

Plus, Zack Middleton, Landon Durkin and Noah Scribner of the 15-2 Kingsley Stags drop by the studio to talk about their team's impressive run so far this season and a lot about energy drinks.

All of that and much more on episode 283 of the Get Around!

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Avery Lahti and Madeline Bildeaux of the No. 1-ranked Traverse City West Titans swing by the Get Around studio to discuss West's success so far this track and field season, including Lahti's recent school record-setting performance.

Plus, we question if we could win the Masters if all we had to was putt, what non-game sporting event would be the best to attend as Detroit prepares for the NFL Draft, the effects of the rise of sports gambling, and much more.

Plus, four more student-athletes are up for induction into the Get Around Hall of Fame, and we end the show with what made us happy in the last week.

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Traverse City Central softball batterymates Camryn Craig and Grace Cary drop by the Get Around studio to chate about the Trojans' start to the season, a fast food-inspired nickname for one of their teammates, the importance of a strong mental approach and much more in episode 282!

Brendan and James also discuss the new recommendations for the concussion guidelines for high school athletes, what careers they might have pursued aside from sportswriting and much more, including a little Family Feud, a traffic horror story and a trio of athletes up for the Get Around Hall of Fame.

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