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Coach Marcus Wattley of McKinley HS caught up with Sam Bourquin and Brad Russell to talk about their big matchup with Massillon on Saturday.

On this Banzai Friday edition of The Jasen Sokol Show, Benjamin Zander stops by to talk about the Akron Symphony Orchestra (00:21) and Michael Beaven of The Akron Beacon Journal talks about week 4 in high school football (11:32).

On this Banzai Friday edition of The Jasen Sokol Show, Jasen chats with Jenny Eischen of the Akron Zoo (00:21), Michael Beaven from the Akron Beacon Journal stops by to talk high school football(05:13), and Lettermen Row's Austin Ward previews Ohio State football as the Buckeyes prepare to battle the Cincinnati Bearcats (13:23).

Select high school football teams across the state will be donning special Ohio National Guard-themed jerseys to kickoff their seasons this weekend, including Cuyahoga Falls High School.

The jerseys (pictured) feature a dark camouflage pattern, black numbers and lettering, with "National Guard" scrawled across the back.

Read the full press release from the Ohio National Guard below: 

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(NATIONAL GUARD) COLUMBUS, Ohio - High school football teams all across the state of Ohio will be wearing special jerseys at designated games during the 2019 regular season, with help from the Ohio Army National Guard, beginning Friday. The jerseys are a dark camouflage pattern and have been approved by the Ohio High School Athletic Association for home team wear. Fairfield High School, Cuyahoga Falls High School, River View High School, and Warren High School are expected to debut the jerseys this weekend.

Terry Cistone, the new head coach of the Revere Minutemen joined the Sam and Brad Show to talk about taking over the Revere program.

The previous staff including head coach James Boyeas was let go following an investigation into alleged inadequate supervision of student athletes at a recent football camp. 

Cistone says he will meet with the team July 1. He previously served as head coach for seven years with his last being in 2009.

Jake Parsons, the new head coach of the Copley Indians is this week's G&G Fitness Coach of the Week.

He says Copley is one of the premier jobs in Summit County.

"They have great facilities, and great kids, it's a great area,  and I'm just excited to be a part of it," he said. 

Stay tuned for next week's Coach of the Week during the Sam and Brad Show! 

Sam and Brad caught up with former Tallmadge Head football coach Alan Vanderink to talk about his departure from Tallmadge High School and his arrival to Kent Roosevelt.

They also got into their NFL Picks ahead of the AFC and NFC Championship games.

For the first G&G Fitness Equipment Coach of the Week, Sam and Brad caught up with Jeff Twiddy, the new head football coach of the Louisville Leopards.

Twiddy said that the timing was right for him to take that job and work in a community that loves football.

"I'm pumped because it reminds me of Mogadore, and football is the most important thing there, and as a football coach you can't ask for anything more than that."

 Coach Twiddy graduated from Mogadore High School and was previously coaching at Byesville before taking the job with the Leopards.

Stay tuned next Friday for next week's Coach of the Week! 

On the Friday Prep Rally edition of the Sam and Brad Show,  the guys spoke with Tim Tyrrell of Hoban, Justin Todd of Wadsworth, Jim France of Manchester, and Nate Moore of Massillon (in that order) 

Week 2 of the playoffs in High School  Football rolls on in Northeast Ohio.

Sam and Brad spoke with 

Tim Tyrell of Hoban (20-30 seconds in)

Marques Hayes of East (7:41) 

Justin Todd of Wadsworth (15:39)

Jim France of Manchester (25:23) 

and Nate Moore of Massillon. (30:59)

On the Friday Prep Rally Edition of the Sam and Brad Show Podcast, the guys spoke with 

 Tim Tyrrell Archbishop Hoban Knights

The Week #9 edition of the High School Football prep rallly.

Sam and Brad break down the matchups and more with Tim Tyrrell of Hoban 23 seconds in

Dan Larlham of CVCA at 14:33 

John DeMarco of Louisville at 22:58 

Nate Moore of Massillon at 28:55 

Jim France of Manchester at 44:03

and Tony Gotto of Barberton.at 49:05

Here is the FridayPrepRally edition of the Sam and Brad Show Podcast! 

 20 seconds Kevin Pollock of Norton!

4:38 Chuck Shuman of Ellet talked about their matchup with East! 

 8:36 Bobby Nickol of STVM talks Buchtel! 

13:21 Coach Marques Hayes of East talks about the City Series showdown with Ellet! 

20:59 Justin Todd of Wadsworth! 

29:07 Jim France of Manchester talks Orrville 

33:45 Brian Baum of North Canton Hoover talks about the Green game. 

On this edition of the Sam and Brad Show Podcast, Ryan Isley from Cleveland.com joined around 11 seconds to break down Week 7 in High School Football including a matchup he'll be covering, Barberton and Ellet. 

18:07 Ross Benjamin picked against the spread in college and pro football for entertainment purposes only, One of the games includes the Red River Rivalry between perennial powers Oklahoma and Texas. 

31:17 Former Cleveland Indian Carlos Baerga joined the program to talk ALDS between the Indians and Astros coming up Friday. 

Gerry Rardin former longtime Walsh Jesuit football coach joined the Sam and Brad Show Tuesday to talk about being inducted into the Summit County Sports Hall of Fame. 

Jim France, longtime coach of the Manchester Panthers talked about their matchup with Triway tonight in Week #5.

Dan Larlham, head coach of CVCA spoke with Sam and Brad to talk about their matchup tonight with the Northwest Indians. 

James Boyeas of Revere spoke with Sam and Brad ahead of their game with the Barberton Magics. 

Tony Gotto of Barberton also joined the show to talk about their end of the matchup.

Hoban head football coach Tim Tyrrell joined the Sam and Brad Show to talk about their matchup with Ursuline in Week 4. 

McKinley football coach Dan Reardon joined the Sam and Brad Show to talk about their matchup with Green.

 Kickoff is set for 7pm Friday in Green. 

Jon Wallace also joined the show as well to talk about the game.

Marques Hayes of the East Dragons spoke with Sam Bourquin ahead of their matchup with the Vikings of North Canton Hoover.

Brian Baum of North Canton Hoover discussed their side of the matchup as well.

Nate Moore, the head coach of the Massillon Tigers joined the Sam and Brad Show to talk about their Week #3 matchup with Warren tonight at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium.

Dan DeGeorge of Lake HS joined the Friday Prep Rally to talk about their matchup with Copley tonight in Week #3. 

Scott Chouinard of Copley also joined to talk about their side of things as well.

Archbishop Hoban head football coach Tim Tyrrell joined the Sam and Brad Show to talk about their Week #3 matchup with Huber Heights Wayne in Dayton. 

Tony Gotto joined the Sam and Brad Show to talk about the Magics' 2-0 start to the season and their upcoming matchup with Cuyahoga Falls for Week #3 on Friday night.

Wadsworth head coach Justin Todd talked about the Week #3 matchup against the Medina Bees on Friday night.

Nate Moore of Massillon joined the Sam and Brad Show to talk about his team's Week 2 matchup against the GlenOak Golden Eagles.

Scott Garcia of GlenOak also joined the show to talk about his team as well.

Tallmadge head coach Alan Vanderink spoke with Sam and Brad about their Week 2 matchup with Ellet. 

Bobby Nickol, the head coach of the STVM Fighting Irish joined the Sam and Brad Show to talk about their matchup with Walsh Jesuit tonight in Week 2.

Hoban head coach Tim Tyrrell joined the Sam and Brad Show to talk about their oppponent Cardinal Mooney in Week 2 of the High School football season. 

Buchtel head football coach Ricky Powers spoke with Sam Bourquin and Brad Russell about their matchup with Canton McKinley in Week 2. 

Ellet head coach Chuck Shuman joined the Sam and Brad Show to talk about the win over Springfield in Week #1 and their upcoming matchup with Tallmadge.

Matt Adorni of Mogadore joined the Sam and Brad Show to talk about their upcoming Week #2 matchup with Geneva on Friday.

East Dragons head coach Marques Hayes talked with Sam Bourquin Monday about the team's Week 1 win over Jackson.

East will play Springfield in Week 2 of the season.

Hoban head football coach Tim Tyrrell spoke with Sam Bourquin after their Week 1 win over St. Ignatius Saturday.

They will be taking on Youngstown Cardinal Mooney in Week 2 Friday.

Hoban head football coach Tim Tyrrell joined the Sam and Brad Show to talk about the Saturday matchup with St. Ignatius at Byers Field.

Kickoff is set for 7pm.

Bobby Nickol of St. Vincent-St, Mary joined the Sam and Brad Show to talk about their Week 1 matchup with the Massillon Tigers.

Nate Moore of Massillon spoke with the Sam and Brad Show as well to discuss opening up Paul Brown Tiger Stadium with a top flight opponent. 

Barberton head coach Tony Gotto spoke with the Sam and Brad Show to talk about the matchup with Norton tonight to kick off the high school football season. 

Norton head coach Kevin Pollock spoke with the Sam and Brad Show to talk about their end of the rivalry.

East head coach Marques Hayes joined the Sam and Brad Show to talk about their Week 1 matchup in high school football against the Jackson Polar Bears.

Jackson head coach Tim Budd also offered his thoughts on his club as well as the matchup with East.

First-year head coach of the STVM Fighting Irish Bobby Nickol joined 1590 WAKR for our 2018 Camp Report.

The season starts for the Irish Friday against the Massillon Tigers.

Our 2018 Camp Reports continue with the Norton Panthers and new head coach Kevin Pollock.

Longtime head football coach of the Manchester Panthers Jim France joined us for the 2018 edition of Camp Days.

 The Panthers will start the season against Chippewa.

Akron North head football coach Sonil Haslam spoke with the Sam and Brad Show to talk about the new weight room at North High School.

 The facility was provided by Fully Equipped in Akron. The weight room was unveiled to the students on Wednesday. All North students will have access to the facility.

He (Coach Haslam) says it will be a game changer for the young men on the football team.

"It's just super exciting for not only the team, but all the kids at North," he said. 

Buchtel Head Coach Ricky Powers joined 1590 WAKR to talk about his ballclub for our Thursday edition of Camp Days.

They open up the 2018 season against Avon. 

Justin Todd of the Wadsworth Grizzlies caught up with WAKR to talk about the Wadsworth Grizzlies for our Monday edition of Camp Days. 

Also Mason McMillen and Brock Snowball joined in on the conversation as well.

The Grizzlies open up the 2018 season with the Firestone Falcons. 

The Copley Indians are the subject of today's high school football Camp Report! 

Coach Scott Chouinard joined 1590 WAKR to talk about the upcoming season and the joy of helping mold young men on and off the field.

 Players Devin Prude and Tyler Lenke also joined us to go "Under The Helmet with us! 

The Indians open up the season against Twinsburg out of the Suburban League, a league Copley has been in for many seasons. 

Coventry Comets football coach Ed Egan joined WAKR to talk about the 2018 of his football team.

 Coventry fnished 8-2 last season and they'll open up the 2018 season with Kenmore-Garfield. 

A couple of the Comet football players joined us as well to go Under The Helmet in Zach Rankin and Cody Garbrant.

Highland Hornets head football coach Mike Gibbons joined 1590 WAKR to talk about the 2018 edition of his Hornet football team.

Also joining us are Hornet football players Jake Rogers and Jake Tecco go under the helmet with us.

The Hornets go against Brunswick Week 1.

Tallmadge Blue Devils head football coach Alan Vanderink spoke with Sam and Brad during the Gridiron Gathering to talk about his team for the upcoming season.

The Blue Devils had an 8-4 mark in the 2017 season.

.Players Sam Seeker and Jason Grassie also were featured as well

The Blue Devils begin the 2018 season on the road against Ravenna. 

 Special thanks to City Barbeque for sponsoring our Gridiron Gathering.