Napa Valley Sports: Recent Episodes
Rick Manahan
Napa Valley Sports is a sports media company located in the beautiful Napa Valley. Our podcast covers the events of the local high schools playing in the VVAL (Vine Valley Athletic League), and Prolific Prep basketball. Prolific Prep plays a national schedule and is one of the top prep school basketball programs in the country. On Mondays we have our Monday Morning Sports Report covering the highlights of the previous weeks local high school, college and pro events. We also have a pro sports episode on Fridays with co-host Daniel Poulter a local sportswriter based in the North Bay talking about NFL, MLB, and NBA.
Coach Bernardi stops in the studio this morning with Rick to talk about Prolific Prep training camp. Ryan and Rick also discuss the upcoming two home games this weekend against teams from Canada as well as living and running a basketball program in Napa Valley.
Coach Ryan Bernardi was in studio today with his assistant coaches Caleb Vanderburg and Matt Handy. The "North Carolina three" discuss with Rick what it has been like for them in their first few months in California, plus the big win in Las Vegas at the Border League Super 16 event. This is episode #1 of a weekly podcast we will be having with coach Bernardi over the entire 2022-23 Prolific Prep season.
Prolific Prep alumni Mawot Mag is our special guest in the studio today. The current Rutgers Scarlett Knight talks with Daniel and Rick about his time at Prolific Prep his first two years at Rutgers and his take on the NBA. Mawot is the first of the Prolific Prep players from the 2020 squad to come on the show. Check our instagram and Twitter to find out who our next Prolific Prep guest will be.
Co-founder and general manager of the Prolific Prep of Napa Christian basketball program Philippe Doherty and new head coach Ryan Bernardi join Rick on the podcast this afternoon. The trio talk all about Prolific Prep and what is happening in the program since their appearance in the Geico Nationals this past April. They discuss players signing NLI's, coach Bernardi's road to Prolific Prep, recruiting, and Napa host families for Prolific Prep players.
Monday morning sports report #3 from the NV Sports studio. Today on the show we talk about the best VVAL (Vine Valley Athletic League) high school games of the past week, plus upcoming North Coast section playoffs. We go over the Warriors Western Conference Semi-Finals win over the Grizzlies as well as our local NFL and MLB updates.
Today on the Friday pro sports podcast co-host Daniel Poulter and Rick discuss the just announced NFL schedule for the 2022-23 season. They go over the best games on Thursday Night Football, Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football as well as the games for the 49ers and Raiders. The boys discuss the NFL games in Europe and Mexico City as well as other interesting topics that come up during the episode. It is a fun 1 hour and 30 minutes of talking NFL football!
Monday morning sports report #2 from the NV Sports studio. Today we talk about the best VVAL (Vine Valley Athletic League) high school games of the past week, a quick update on the Warriors Western Conference Semi-Final series against the Memphis Grizzlies as well as our local NFL and MLB updates.
Sportswriter Daniel Poulter is on the show today discussing the recent NFL draft. He and Rick go over the first round picks as well as the picks of the 49er's and Raiders. Daniel goes in depth on all of the players and it is a great episode.
Our first Monday Morning Sports Report. A weekly episode go overing the high school Vine Valley Athletic League action from the previous week. We will check in on our PAC 12 schools each Monday as well as our Bay Area professional sports teams.
Coach Josh DeGarmo from Vintage High School Boys Lacrosse is in the studio today talking Vine Valley Athletic League lacrosse. Coach DeGarmo is joined by Donovan Waters, Tanner Low, and Luke Haeuser from his varsity squad. The boys and Coach DeGarmo discuss the origination of lacrosse at Vintage with Rick as well as the boys careers in junior lacrosse. and the teams current season in the VVAL.
Aaron Shortridge is our special guest in the studio today. The Vintage High and Cal Bear pitcher talks with Rick and Jackson about his baseball career with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization , his time at Cal Berkeley and his high school days with Rich Anderson and the Vintage Crushers. Listen to Aaron talk about working through the covid 19 pandemic, coming back from Tommy John surgery and his life as a professional baseball player.
Co-host Jackson Cole joins Rick this morning on the first episode of the fall sports season. They discuss the first week of Vine Valley Athletic League football, the top three teams in MLB, the 2021-22 Prolific Prep basketball season, and Bay Area NFL football.
Next podcast we will have Aaron Shortridge as our call-in guest. Aaron is a Vintage High graduate, Cal Bears baseball alumni and a pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.
Jacob Ray from the American Legion 19U baseball team joined Rick and Jackson in studio this afternoon. Jacob has coached baseball in the Napa Valley for over 15 years and is a past President of Napa Little League. They discussed the 19U season, the Around the Horn Baseball Classic, Napa Little League and the Napa Valley Niners travel ball club.
We introduce our new co-host today Jackson Cole. Jackson is a great young man who played varsity baseball and tennis at Vintage High School and just graduated this past June. Rick and Jackson discuss the Around the Horn Baseball Classic, Jackson playing tennis with his Dad and his favorite teams. It's going to be fun having Jackson part of the show the next year.
Philippe Doherty co-founder of Prolific Prep basketball stops in the studio today to talk about the Prolific Prep program. Philippe and Rick discuss how the program was founded, the support of the Napa Valley community and the six McDonalds All Americans the program has had in 8 years.
Josh McCormick and Logan Nothmann from Vintage varsity basketball join Rick in the studio this afternoon. The boys discuss their current season with the Crushers as well as when they started playing ball and a lot more. Great interview with these two athletes whose senior season has been effected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
AJ, Kullen and Rick talk about the amazing 2 finals games last night in the Grind Session World Championship that were played at the Phhacility in Phoenix Arizona. The Phoenix Prep girls team won the first ever girls Grind Session Championship followed by a last second buzzer beater from AZ Compass to win the boys title.
AJ, Kullen, and Rick have special guest host Casey Autenrieth head coach at St Louis Christian Academy join them to discuss the final four. AJ an alumni of SLCA first discusses the season with Coach Casey before the guys dive into yesterdays games. Finally the crew talks about todays Grind Session championship games which will be played at the Phhacility in Phoenix Arizona with the girls game at 5:30pm and the boys at 8pm. All games can be watched at www.tanagersports.tv. Don't miss the Grind Session all star game, dunk contest and 3-point shooting contest which will all take place tomorrow and also can be watched at Tanager Sports.
AJ, Kullen, and Rick discuss the sweet 16 games from yesterdays action as well as todays 5 games of Grind Session World Championship basketball. All games can be watched at www.tanagersports.tv. The finals game is this Saturday at 8pm followed on Sunday by the Grind Session All Star game.
Tanager Sports broadcasters AJ Martin and Kullen Crider join host Rick Manahan to discuss the round of sweet 16 in the Grind Session World Championship. They talk about yesterdays three games which included Central Pointe, OSL, and West Oaks all advancing to the next round. The trio dig in to todays schedule which includes all 4 top teams AZ Compass, BFL, Prolific Prep, and Dream City Christian with their first games of the tournament today. The girls Grind Session World Championship begins tomorrow with two games in the afternoon. All games can be watched at www.tanagersports.tv
AJ Martin, and Kullen Crider discuss the Grind Session World Championship tourney with host Rick Manahan this morning. They start with the 5 play in games from yesterday and move on to the first of the sweet 16 games that will be played today at the PHHacility in Phoenix Arizona. AJ and Kullen then each pick a name of one of the top 4 seeded teams and discuss that player. All Grind Session games can be watched at www.tanagersports.tv.
USBA head coach Billy McKnight sits down with Rick, Kullen, and Aj to discuss his teams first season on the Grind session. Billy also talks about his coaching career which includes working at the University of Oregon, Prolific Prep, and 2 years coaching in China.
Tanager Sports announcers Kullen Crider and AJ Martin join Rick today to discuss the Grind Top Nine, the Grind Session World Championships, the Grind Session All-Star game and the 3-point shooting contest.
The Grind Session is the first ever elite circuit of high school basketball events. On our podcast today we will update our listeners on the Phoenix Bubble 3 event, have some news on new players and high school rankings as well as a great interview with Apples Jones. Apples is the founder of the Grind Session as well as being the mother of Josh Jackson of the Detroit Pistons.