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Our tour of the Trinity League schools continues in our “Talk with the A.D.” series. St: John Bosco is another powerhouse school from the Trinity League with plenty to be proud of from this past school year. Their success is led by athletic director, Vince Brown. He’s our guest this week.
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Our tour of the Trinity League schools continues in our “Talk with the A.D.” series. This week we visit with the athletic director at Santa Margarita Catholic, Donald Evans, as they recap all the Eagles athletic achievements from the past year.
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Our tour of the Trinity League schools continues in our “Talk with the A.D.” series. This week we will check in with Chris Ledyard at J Serra Catholic.
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The summer break is here, but we just keep on rolling! We start our summer series of chats with the Athletic Directors for all the schools in the Trinity League by talking with Matt Marrujo of Servite High School.
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The focus this week is on the dominant track and field team at Servite, as we chat with head coach Brandon Thomas.
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On this week’s podcast, Bob visits with Al Baldwin, a Catholic philanthropist who has helped build one of the most unique nonprofits around. Plus, we celebrate another CIF baseball champion from the Trinity League.
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On this week’s podcast, Bob chats with J Serra head baseball coach Brett Kay. He shares his thoughts on the revamped CIF playoffs, the newly announced state championship tournament, and how he plans to get his team back on track.
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We are talking beach volleyball this week as Bob chats with Heidi Colapinto fresh off coaching J Serra to the CIF finals.
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Sinan Tanik has led his Santa Margarita boys volleyball team to an undefeated Trinity League championship, and will now they’ll try to make a run in the CIF Division 1 playoffs. He joins Bob on the podcast this week.
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This week, Bob talks with two softball coaching legends - Tom Tice from Rosary Academy and Steve Miklos of Orange Lutheran. Both reached big milestones this season and are headed towards the CIF playoffs.
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Bob was on location this week at Mater Dei High School for the Boras Classic baseball tournament. He had the chance to speak to super-agent Scott Boras, as well as coach Andy Rojo of St. John Bosco and Richard Mercado from Mater Dei.
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On this episode, host Bob Gibson (@bgreporting) speaks to Eric Carnohan.
Eric is the newly named Director of Aquatics at Servite High School.
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This week, Bob visits with a friend of the pod, Les Lukach from Prep Baseball Report. They talk about the Trinity League baseball teams already making national noise this season.
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On this week’s podcast, Bob Gibson (@bgreporting) chats with Servite head volleyball coach and Athletic Director Matt Marrujo. They talk about his team’s readiness to make a run in Trinity League play, plus other events in the Friar athletic department.
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We turn to the spring season and baseball is first up! Host Bob Gibson (@bgreporting) previews the Boras Classic with tournament organizer Amanda Samaan. It all starts on April 7th.
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This week, football is back in the headlines as Servite welcomes a familiar face back to campus. Rick Garretson returns to his alma mater as the new head football coach for the Friars.
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A little off-season football talk with our friend Dan Albano from the Orange County Register. Bob (@bgreporting) and Dan discuss the Trinity League coaching carousel and the three schools making changes.
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This week, host Bob Gibson @bgreporting talks with J Serra girls’ basketball coach Rachael Ziemann. They do a deep dive into the great season the Lions have had and the ultimate quest to build the program into a perennial contender.
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The CIF basketball playoffs are off and running and Bob @bgreporting talks this week with the head girls coach at Mater Dei, Jody Wynn.
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This week, we have breaking news to share regarding a couple of our football programs here in the Trinity League! We’ll also have a chat with Santa Margarita boys’ basketball coach Justin Bell whose team has the #2 seed in the CIF playoffs.
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On this week’s podcast, Bob chats with the basketball coach of the Servite Friars, Matt Kanne. They talk about his first season with the Friars and the great success the team has had thus far this season. Also, we’ll bring you an update on former J Serra soccer standout, Trinity Rodman.
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On this week’s edition, Bob chats with former Rosary basketball coach Rich Yoon about his legendary career with the Royals. They also discuss the opportunity he had to coach in last year’s annual Priests vs. Seminarians basketball game put on by the Orange Diocese.
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Host Bob Gibson visits with Aaron Arias, the brand-new girls water polo coach at Santa Margarita Catholic. Coach Arias has a very young but extremely talented squad for the 2026 season.
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This week, Bob chats with the newly named head football coach at J Serra, former NFL linebacker Hardy Nickerson.
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This week, we finish up the fall season and move on to our winter sports teams as we begin our basketball previews. Bob visits with J Serra boys basketball coach Keith Wilkinson.
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This week, we celebrate Santa Margarita's CIF Football Championship as Bob talks with head coach Carson Palmer about the big win! The Eagles will now play one more game to see if they can add a state title to the trophy case.
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This week Bob chops it up with the OC Register’s Steve Fryer about Santa Margarita’s big win in the CIF football championship. Plus, we do a quick preview of Trinity League basketball.
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This week we update you to the CIF playoffs in volleyball, water polo and tennis. Then, you’ll hear some exclusive interviews with both teams from the all-Trinity flag football final between J Serra and Orange Lutheran!
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This week we find out the CIF football playoff pairings, and we got five Trinity League teams into the postseason! After that, Bob chats with Santa Margarita Catholic head football coach Carson Palmer about his team’s chances to win a CIF championship.
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Mater Dei head football coach Raul Lara is our guest this week. He talks about his team as they prepare to finish the regular season and then get ready for a run in the CIF playoffs!
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This week, we update you on the Trinity League tackle football scene. Then we’ll segue to an interview with the head coach of the nation’s top ranked flag football team, J Serra’s Brian Ong.
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This week, an update on a Trinity league volleyball standout and a chance to catch up with Servite High School’s Ice Hockey coach, Mike Marshall.
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The CIF Southern Section holds an awards ceremony every year honoring those who display the ultimate in sportsmanship. These awards are named for former commissioner; Dr. Jim Staunton. Listen in as we highlight the importance of the awards by talking with current commissioner Mike West.
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This week takes us out to Orange Lutheran where the husband-and-wife team of Kristen and Rod Sherman are the flag and tackle football coaches. Bob talks with both as they prepare their student athletes for the onset of Trinity League play.
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This week Bob talks with Mater Dei girls’ volleyball coach Dan O’Dell about his teams’ quest for another championship. Also, some updates on all the goings-on with Trinity League football!
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This week Bob visits with the head water polo coach at Servite High School, Andy Coffman.
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This week Bob chats with longtime coach, athletic director, principal and author, Chris Fore about his thoughts on the state of high school athletics.
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This week Bob talks with Nilo Mojab, a woman with a unique story about her road to becoming the volleyball coach at Rosary Academy. As a youth, she was an elite athlete while growing up in her native country of Iran.
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This week is the start of the new Trinity League football season, and Bob visits with J Serra head coach Victor Santa Cruz. Plus, a look at national rankings dominated by two Trinity League powers.
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The 2025-26 school year is finally here! Bob kicks it off with a chat with the new girls’ volleyball coach at Santa Margarita Catholic, Chandler Gibb.
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This week, Bob previews the upcoming Trinity League football season with Dan Albano from the OC Register.
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It’s that time of during the summer season when Bob chats with the CIF Southern Section Commissioner, Mike West, about all things high school sports in Southern California.
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This week, Bob visits with the new head coach of the girls’ basketball program at J Serra Catholic, Rachael Ziemann. She and her twin sister, Bianca, have established themselves as among the best coaches in the area. They are ready to take the Lady Lions program to the next level!
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This week, Bob chats with Servite Athletic Director and Volleyball Coach Matt Marrujo about the Friars offseason, his thoughts on the Trinity Conference and youth camps happening through the summer on campus.
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This week, Bob chats with J Serra athletic director Chris Ledyard. This man has built one of the top athletic programs in the state.
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This week, we stop off in south O.C. as Bob chats with Santa Margarita Athletic Director Donald Evans. He will share how the Eagles continue preparation for a new school year plus their first football season under first year head coach and Eagle legend Carson Palmer.
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This week, Bob visits with Rosary Academy A.D. and softball coach Tom Tice. They talk about another successful year for the Royals, and their re-entry back into the Trinity League.
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This week, Bob talks with J Serra softball coach Katie Stith whose team made another big run in the postseason. They talk about the impressive year and the future of the program.
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This week, Host Bob Gibson chats with outgoing Mater Dei athletic director Kevin Kiernan, who recently announced he will return to coaching at Troy high school. The discussion is the first in an annual series of summer wrap ups with the Trinity League A.D’s.
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This week, we have breaking news from Servite High School! Their legendary head wrestling coach, Alan Clinton, has elected to step down. We visit with both coach Clinton and the Friars new head coach, Ibee Atalla, on this week’s show.
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This week, we focus on Servite and Rosary Track and Field as we talk with the head coach of both programs, Brandon Thomas. The Friars are a young team that has already broken several school records and is ready to run in the CIF post season meets.
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Host Bob Gibson talks with J Serra girls beach volleyball coach Heidi Colapinto about this sport, which continues to grow among high schools in Southern California. We also take a look at her talented team, which was one of the top programs in the state this past year.
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Host Bob Gibson talks with one of the top quarterback coaches in the nation, Steve Calhoun. Steve has started a foundation to help athletes attend football camps they may not be able to afford otherwise. “Change the Game” launched in April of 2025, and is Steve’s way of giving back to the football community. He’s also coached many athletes from the Trinity League and helped them on their athletic journeys.
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This week, host Bob Gibson is excited to catch up with the former head football coach at Servite High School, Troy Thomas. Together they discuss the fact that two of his former players, Tetaitoa McMillan and Mason Graham, are both expected to be first round picks in this week’s NFL draft!
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Our guest this week is Servite Athletic Director and head volleyball coach Matt Marrujo. We discuss the recent successes of the Friars and the volleyball team trying to gain a CIF playoff spot.
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This week, we feature Mater Dei boys’ volleyball as we check in with head coach, Jake Nuneviller.
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This week, Bob Gibson reports from the annual Boras Baseball Classic as he talks with three of the coaches participating in one of high schools’ top tournaments.
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This week, we shine a light on a very worthy endeavor by a local athlete. J Serra sophomore baseball player Evan Brady saw an opportunity to take discarded sports equipment and give it to those in need. Gear2Give is off and running and Evan shares about how he got started and the group’s future.
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This week, host Bob Gibson introduces you to the new basketball coach at Servite, Matt Kanne. Quite the entrepreneur, Matt is also the CEO at Open Gym Premiere in Anaheim. We'll hear all about his unique sports background that makes him such a great fit for Servite.
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This week, Bob chats with long time Orange Lutheran softball coach Steve Miklos. Is this the best squad he has ever had as they enter into a new season? Tune in and find out!
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This week, Bob talks with Richard Mercado about his Mater Dei baseball team. Plus, we bring you updates on a new basketball coach at Servite and CIF playoff results.
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This week, we turn our attention to the start of the baseball season by chatting with J Serra’s head coach, Brett Kay.
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Host Bob Gibson talks girl’s playoff basketball and, of course, a little football with the OC Register’s Dan Albano.
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Bob talks with Santa Margarita girls’ basketball coach Seyram Bell and Rosary athletic director Tom Tice.
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We focus on the Servite wrestling program with one of the best coaches in the state, Alan Clinton.
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First up, host Bob Gibson takes a look at the league standings in all the winter sports for our teams in the Trinity League. Then, we’ll dive into a discussion with J Serra boys basketball coach Keith Wilkinson.
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Enjoy this sit-down conversation with J Serra girls’ soccer coach, Anjel Brown. We’ll talk about her program and the special role she plays in mentoring young women both as a coach and as a teacher of the sciences.
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We start the new year by talking with hall of fame sportswriter Frank Burlison about the Trinity League basketball season.
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Happy New Year! We finish off the calendar year by checking in with Justin Bell, the head coach of the boys’ basketball team at Santa Margarita Catholic High School.
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Santa Margarita Catholic has announced its new head football coach, and it happens to be its most famous alumnus, Carson Palmer! He won two CIF titles with the Eagles before winning the Heisman Trophy at USC and then on to a fabulous NFL career. You hear from Coach Palmer first right here on Catholic Sports View!
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We sat down for a visit with the new head coach of girls’ basketball at Mater Dei, Jody Wynn. A basketball legend as a player at Brea Olinda high school, Jody has coached at the collegiate level and now takes over one of the top high school programs in the nation.
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This week we celebrate the “all Trinity League” CIF football final, which was played by Mater Dei and St. John Bosco. The Monarchs came away as champions, but we hear from both coaches and a variety of players from both squads who talked about the opportunity to play in this big game.
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This week, we visit with the new soccer coach at Servite High School, Alex Ramirez. We also provide you with an update on all the Trinity League teams who are still playing in the post-season.
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We are on location at the first annual CIF luncheon celebrating girls flag football and the teams playing for a CIF championship! This includes our own Trinity League champion Orange Lutheran Lancers, who are playing for the Division 1 crown.
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We enjoyed a chat with Santa Margarita alum and football analyst, Chris Rix! We will also break down the CIF playoff picture for all our Trinity League schools.
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We hear from J Serra girls’ volleyball coach Mike Murphy - plus an update on Trinity teams still playing in the postseason!
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This episode features a chat with Orange Lutheran volleyball coach Henry Valiente, as well as a quick rundown of CIF playoff pairings in fall sports.
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Bob catches up with Dan Albano of the OC Register... as they do a deep dive on all the happenings with the Trinity League football season.
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We enjoy a visit with Kristen Sherman. She's the head coach of Orange Lutheran's flag football team - the number one ranked squad in the nation!
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We catch up with Brett Ormsby, the head coach of the defending national champion J Serra boys’ water polo team. Plus, we’ll give you an update on all the goings-on with Trinity League football.
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We’ve got more variety for you on this week’s edition of the Catholic Sports View podcast. Listen as host Bob Gibson visits with J Serra’s flag football coach Brian Ong and Santa Margarita’s head golf coach, Jill Hegna.
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At the top of the show, we’ll update you on the fall teams as they prepare to enter league play. Then, host Bob Gibson catches up with Servite’s head football coach Chris Reinert.
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Congratulations to host Bob Gibson. This episode is officially the 200th in the history of the Catholic Sports View podcast! On today's offering, we’re talking all-things football with a couple of top-notch head coaches: Anthony Rouzier of Santa Margarita and Raul Lara of Mater Dei.
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This week we kick things off with the flag football coach at Rosary Academy, Matt Gogan. Then we segue to girls’ volleyball as we check in with their head coach, Dan O’Dell.
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We kick off the 2024-2025 school year as we talk with the head football coach at J Serra Catholic High School, Victor Santa Cruz.
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Host Bob Gibson wraps up the summer off-season by checking in with Mater Dei Monarch baseball coach, Richard Mercado.
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Host Bob Gibson visits with Jason Fields, the Sports Information Director at J Serra Catholic High School.
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Football season is just about here! This week, Bob talks with Dan Albano of the O.C. Register as they discuss all things Trinity League on the gridiron.
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We continue with our annual summer interview with Mike West. He’s the commissioner of the CIF Southern Section. In addition, we talk about the latest Trinity League alum to be a MLB draft pick, Gage Jump of J Serra!
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We continue our summer visits with athletic directors across the Trinity League! This week, we enjoy a discussion with J Serra’s Chris Ledyard.
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J Serra grad Ryder Dodd has been named to the U.S. Olympic Water Polo squad!
Plus, we check in with the Athletic Directors at Santa Margarita Catholic, Annie Garrett and Donald Evans.
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We start off this week’s edition of Catholic Sports View with a quick update on J Serra alum Royce Lewis. Royce is really making a name for himself in the MLB with the Minnesota Twins as he continues to “tear the cover off the baseball!” But most of our discussion today centers around the fascinating job description of Rosary Academy’s A.D., Tom Tice.
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This week, we begin our annual summer series of discussions with the various athletic directors at our six Trinity League schools. First up, we visit with Mater Dei A.D., Kevin Kiernan.
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There is a changing of the guard taking place at Orange Lutheran High School. Eric Borba is stepping down as head baseball coach, after 16 seasons at the helm. We devote the show to him this week as host Bob Gibson chats with the Trinity League legend.
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This is truly an extra-special edition of Catholic Sports View. Our host, Bob Gibson, recently sat down with Fr. Brandon Dang of the Diocese of Orange. Their conversation was about all things BASKETBALL. Why hoops, you ask? Tune in and find out how you can support vocations and watch your favorite priest or seminarian play basketball!
Join us Friday, June 14 for the '24 Priests & Seminarians Basketball Game. Held at Mater Dei High School, doors open at 6:30 PM and the game begins at 7:00 PM.
Purchase your tickets today at rcbo.org/basketball
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This week, we focus on one of the most dominant programs in high school sports, the Santa Margarita Catholic swim and dive team. Host Bob Gibson talks with co-head coach Ron Blanc, as they talk about another championship season for the Eagles!
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This week on CSV, host Bob Gibson visits with J Serra head baseball coach and Associate Athletic Director, Brett Kay. They talk about the end of the Lions postseason domination run, and other championship winning programs at the school.
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As always, there’s loads of baseball talent throughout the Trinity League! Host Bob Gibson touches on that as he speaks to Les Lukach from Prep Baseball California about the players who just might be the next crop of big leaguers. We’ll also take a look at lacrosse and tennis results in the CIF playoffs.
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Breaking news out of Mater Dei high school, where the Monarchs have named Raul Lara as their new head football coach. Host Bob Gibson talks with Eric Sondheimer of the LA Times about the hire - plus a preview of the CIF baseball and softball playoffs.
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On this week’s episode, Bob talks with J Serra tennis coach Kirk Orahood about his outstanding program and the winning streak they've embarked upon this year. We also discuss news and notes about the Trinity League involving Mater Dei baseball and boys’ volleyball as well as girls beach volleyball pairings for the CIF playoffs.
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This week, we highlight Mater Dei Monarch boys’ volleyball as Bob chats with head coach Jake Nuneviller. Then, we go into a special session with Dan Albano from the Orange County Register amidst the announcement that Mater Dei is in search of a new head football coach.
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This week on Catholic Sports View, host Bob Gibson is on location at the annual Boras Classic baseball tournament hosted by Mater Dei and J Serra high schools. He talks with coaches as well as tournament organizer Amanda Samaan from the Boras family foundation.
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This week, we feature all-things Servite volleyball as we sit down with head coach Matt Marrujo. His team has a top ten ranking - listen in and hear all about it! And be sure to share this podcast with anyone who is passionate about Trinity League sports!
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On this week’s episode of Catholic Sports View, we focus on the record breaking Santa Margarita track and field team as we visit with their head coach, Mike Powers.
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This week on CSV, Bob's guest is Jeff McKee of Orange Lutheran. Among the several hats Jeff wears, his primary role is being the chaplain for the Orange Lutheran high baseball team.
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This week on CSV, we continue spring previews as we feature discussions with Orange Lutheran baseball coach Eric Borba and Santa Margarita baseball coach Chris Malec.
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This week, host Bob Gibson visits with Mater Dei girls’ basketball coach Kevin Kiernan who announced that he’s stepping down from his position at the end of the season. Next, we catch up with Rosary softball coach, Tom Tice.
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This week, Bob visits with Mater Dei head baseball coach Richard Mercado as well as the Monarchs new strength coach, Vinny Porreca.
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This week on Catholic Sports View, we begin our spring season previews! First, Bob visits with Orange Lutheran’s softball coach Steve Miklos and then segues to J Serra’s baseball coach, Brett Kay.
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This week, we focus on the Trinity League’s placement in the CIF basketball playoffs in our discussion on “bracketology” with OC Register columnist Dan Albano. Next, we take a look at competitive cheer with the head coach of the newly crowned CIF champion Santa Margarita Eagles’ Dana Maas.
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This week, Bob chats with the Director of Aquatics and girls water polo coach at Orange Lutheran, Brenda Villa. He also enjoys some basketball talk with long time writer and columnist, Frank Burlison.
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This week on Catholic Sports View, we discuss an effort put forth by a California state assemblyman to essentially ban youth tackle football in the state. Host Bob Gibson is joined by Chris Fore, an expert on this topic. Chris is a former high school football coach who is currently employed as a high school principal.
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This week on the Catholic Sports View podcast, Bob chats with Rosary soccer coach Sean Melendez and J Serra Ice Hockey coach Larry Barron.
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We kick off the new year by chatting with Santa Margarita girls’ basketball coach Seyram Bell and Servite's legendary wrestling coach Alan Clinton.
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This week, we visit with Santa Margarita boys basketball coach Justin Bell and Servite basketball coach Anthony Davis.
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This week, host Bob Gibson visits with JSerra girls’ basketball coach Chyanne Butler and Mater Dei girls’ soccer coach Matty West.
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This week, host Bob Gibson checks in with JSerra boys’ basketball coach Keith Wilkinson.
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We wrap up an exciting football weekend as Bob chats with Steve Fryer from the O.C. Register. Then it's a wrap up of the championship run by the Mater Dei girls’ volleyball team.
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It’s Thanksgiving week and we all have much to be thankful for including the Mater Dei, St. John Bosco and Servite football teams who all have practiced this week to prepare for a CIF championship game.
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On this week’s installment of Catholic Sports View, host Bob Gibson focuses on the fall playoffs as football and volleyball continue going forward. We then catch up with CIF championship winning water polo coach Brett Ormsby of JSerra Catholic.
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On this week’s installment of Catholic Sports View, we begin our winter season previews! Our guests include Mater Dei girls’ basketball coach Kevin Kiernan and Rosary Academy basketball coach Rich Yoon.
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On this week’s installment of Catholic Sports View, we begin by breaking down the CIF water polo and volleyball brackets. Next, it’s all about the football playoffs with Dan Albano from the OC Register. Then we enjoy a visit with J Serra baseball coach, Brett Kay. Brett talks about Austin Hedges being the first Lion to play in a World Series (and the great post season run by the Twins’ Royce Lewis as well).
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On this week’s installment of Catholic Sports View, we get you caught up on some CIF news and the girls volleyball playoff brackets. Then, we visit with J Serra Catholic teacher Sara Brechbill, who shares about her dynamic sports broadcast journalism class.
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This week on Catholic Sports View, we feature the unique sport of Triathlon which is a club sport offered at Rosary Academy. Coach Adam Harita will tell us all about it. Next we discuss all the happenings with the Servite cross country team in our chat with head coach Karson Hayden.
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This week on Catholic Sports View, host Bob Gibson chats with the head coach of the #1 ranked water polo team in CIF, Brett Ormsby from JSerra Catholic.
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This week's show has a Mater Dei theme as we chat with Girls Tennis coach Debbie Graham Shaffer and boys’ water polo coach Wyatt Benson.
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This week on Catholic Sports View, we look at the start of the Trinity League football campaign as Bob chats with Dan Albano from the O.C. Register.
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This week on CSV, host Bob Gibson sits down for an interesting discussion with Santa Margarita head football coach Anthony Rouzier. They talk about program culture, faith and his resurgent football team.
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This week, we focus on the Servite football program as we catch up with head coach Chris Reinert and visit with his top lineman, senior Eduardo Saldana.
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This week on Catholic Sports View, we continue our focus on all things Trinity League. Listen in as host Bob Gibson visits with the girls volleyball coach at Santa Margarita (Katy Daly) and Orange Lutheran's football coach (Rod Sherman).
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This week, host Bob Gibson visits with Santa Margarita girls’ golf coach Jill Hegna and Rosary Academy girls flag football coach Matt Gogan.
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This week on Catholic Sports View, host Bob Gibson visits with Mater Dei girls’ volleyball coach Dan O’Dell. Dan leads one of the top programs in SoCal as they are the defending Trinity League champions.
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This week, host Bob Gibson visits with the head water polo coach at Servite High School, Andy Coffman. We talk about his program, which is clearly one of the best in SoCal.
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This week on Catholic Sports View, we kick off the new school year by visiting with J Serra Catholic girls’ volleyball coach Mike Murphy.
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This week on Catholic Sports View, host Bob Gibson visits with Thom Simmons, the Assistant Commissioner with the CIF Southern Section. Thom is in charge of media relations and communications from the office; and, he’s played an integral role in high school athletics for a long time.
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A quick check-in this week with JSerra Catholic baseball coach Brett Kay! We’ll talk about new rule changes in high school baseball, plus get an update on Lions playing professionally. Join host Bob Gibson for this week's edition of Catholic Sports View!
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This week on Catholic Sports View, we visit with the newly named Commissioner of Athletics for the CIF- Southern Section, Mike West.
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This week, we visit with the longtime Commissioner of Athletics for the CIF- Southern Section, Rob Wigod. Earlier this year, Rob announced that he will be stepping down from this post in 2023.
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This week we visit with the girls' athletic director at Santa Margarita Catholic, Annie Garrett. Let's wrap up the 2023 school year in the Trinity League!
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This week on Catholic Sports View, we wrap up the 2022-2023 school year in a visit with our colleagues from the Orange County Register, Steve Fryer and Dan Albano. Our discussion centers around all the Trinity League sports action from this past season and a look ahead to the next school year.
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This week’s show wraps up the epic Division 1, all Trinity League baseball final! Did you hear what happened? JSerra went on to repeat as champions with a walk-off win over league rival Santa Margarita. We get a firsthand account from our colleague Les Lukach of Prep Baseball Report. We also talk with the assistant commissioner of the CIF Southern Section Kristine Palle about the new CIF sport of girls’ flag football.
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This week we visit with Servite High School’s Associate Athletic Director Karlie Carlson, as we get the details on their popular upcoming summer camps. We also check in with Santa Margarita’s boys athletic director, Donald Evans.
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This week, Bob talks with the OC Register's Steve Fryer about Mater Dei alum Bryce Young who was the top selection in the recent NFL draft. Next up is a conversation with Abby Sutcliffe, the head athletic trainer at Rosary Academy. Included in the interview is a discussion about AB 796, proposed legislation regarding the regulation of athletic trainers.
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Welcome to this week's edition of Catholic Sports View with your host, Bob Gibson. Another big week in the Trinity League as we talk with JP Jugo, the tennis coach at Servite and Chase Frazier, head coach of the top ranked track and field program at JSerra High School.
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This week, host Bob Gibson talks boys’ volleyball with St. John Bosco head coach Shane Beatty. We also wrap up the Boras Baseball Classic by chatting with JSerra head baseball coach Brett Kay.
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This week’s edition of Catholic Sports View features Orange Lutheran baseball coach Eric Borba and Santa Margarita cheerleading and stunt coach Dana Maas.
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Another big week on Catholic Sports View as we talk with the co-head coach of the legendary Santa Margarita swim and dive program, Ron Blanc. Next we check-in with the head coach of the back to back CIF girls basketball champion Orange Lutheran Lancers, Lindsay Charity.
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On this week’s program, host Bob Gibson visits with Servite High School’s head baseball coach, Shawn Gilbert. One of the key topics of conversation centers around the play of star shortstop senior Roman Martin. Then, we switch over to softball as we meet the new head coach at Mater Dei, Nicole Thomas.
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This week’s show features chats with Santa Margarita Catholic baseball coach Chris Malec as well as Servite's longtime golf coach Dane Jako.
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This week, host Bob Gibson begins the show by speaking to Rosary Academy’s softball coach, Tom Tice. They talk about his election to the O.C. Softball Hall of Fame, as well as the CIF championship won by the Royals amidst the pandemic in 2021. Next up, we have a chat with JSerra Catholic’s athletic director Chris Ledyard. He shares about the process that went into choosing their new football coach; and the championships that continue to pile up for the Lions.
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This week, host Bob Gibson visits with Matt Marrujo. He’s the head volleyball coach and Athletic Director at Servite High School. We also gain insights about the abundance of baseball talent being cultivated in the Trinity League from our friend, Les Lukach. Les is the state scouting director at Prep Baseball Report.
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This week, we devote the entire podcast to the big announcement of the new head football coach at Mater Dei as longtime assistant Frank McManus takes over the top job. Bob and Coach McManus chat about his unique journey into coaching, his time at Mater Dei, and what he learned from the legendary Bruce Rollinson. All of this has prepared him to take on, arguably, the biggest high school coaching position in the United States.
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In this week’s podcast, Bob talks with veteran Orange Lutheran softball coach Steve Miklos, who looks to have one of his best teams ever this year. Then, we turn our attention to the sport of beach volleyball as we visit with Santa Margarita’s head coach, Macy Jerger. This is a sport that is growing by leaps and bounds at the high school level!
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This week, we talk with Orange Lutheran boys basketball coach Daniel Dunbar and JSerra girls water polo coach Natalie Seidemann.
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In this week’s podcast, Bob visits with the CIF Division 1 champion wrestling coach from St. John Bosco, Jeff Anderson. They talk about his team’s success with hopes of much more forthcoming this postseason. Next up, we catch up with Mater Dei’s baseball coach, Richard Mercado. He is working hard to get the Monarchs back on track after a challenging 2022 season.
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This week, Bob chats with J Serra High School’s Adam Guy. Adam wears two hats at J Serra: lacrosse coach and sports information director. Next up, we begin baseball previews with St John Bosco’s Don Barbara.
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This week, Bob visits with Servite High Schools’ championship winning soccer coach Eddie Soto, as the Friars continue their dominance over the local soccer scene. Next up, we check-in with the Athletic Director at Orange Lutheran High School, Vince Brown. Bob goes back a number of years with Vince, as they discuss his illustrious career as a coach and A.D.
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This week, Bob talks with the brand new head football coach at JSerra high school Victor Santa Cruz; and, he visits with the husband and wife coaching duo Justin and Seyram Bell of Santa Margarita.
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This week, Bob talks with the newly named head football coach at Servite High School, Chris Reinert. There is plenty of excitement on campus as a new era dawns on Friar football.
We start off this episode by checking in with prep basketball expert Frank Burlison, a hall of fame writer who has covered the local basketball scene for more than 40 years.
This week is a special edition of Catholic Sports View, as host Bob Gibson talks with St. John Bosco football coach Jason Negro. He is fresh off his teams’ CIF, state and National Championship string of victories!
This week we talk with Chris Fore about the Trinity League coaching vacancies. As a former football coach and athletic director himself, Chris helps coaches with resume building. Next, we turn our attention to the soccer pitch as we visit with Mater Dei girls’ soccer coach Matty West.
As we congratulate the state champion St. John Bosco football team, we focus on their basketball program as they begin their own quest for a championship run. Bob speaks to their head basketball coach, Matt Dunn, to assess this year’s squad. Our second guest is the coach for J Serra’s girls cross country team, Chase Frazier. They too are on their own quest for another state championship this year!
On this weeks’ podcast, we start things off with Alan Clinton, the head wrestling coach at Servite High School. Second up is Keith Wilkinson of J Serra High School. Keith is the boy's basketball coach at J Serra. Thanks for listening and be sure to share this podcast with someone else!
This week we wrap up the football season as we talk with Dan Albano of the OC Register about the incredible Division 1 CIF football final between Mater Dei and St. John Bosco (the top two high school teams in the nation). We also touch on the three football coaching openings now in the Trinity League.
On this week's show, we have more breaking news as yet another Trinity League football team is looking for a new coach. Plus, we’ll talk with Santa Margarita water polo coach Brian Weathersby; and, the new basketball coach at Servite Anthony Davis.
Plenty of breaking news this week in the Trinity League, as both Bruce Rollinson (Mater Dei) and Troy Thomas (Servite) have announced they are stepping down as their schools respective football coaches. Also this week, we will visit with Dr. Rich Yoon (girls basketball coach at Rosary Academy) and Brett Kay (head baseball coach and assistant athletic director at JSerra). Brett will talk about all the Lions that signed their letters of intent to play collegiate sports.
First up this week is a visit with the lead prep writer for the Los Angeles Times, Eric Sondheimer. We’ll talk about the CIF football playoffs; and, how the Trinity League has played a big role on how every division has taken shape this year. Our second guest is Kevin Kiernan, the girls’ basketball coach at Mater Dei High School. He’s getting ready to embark on another season as one of the top programs in the state. We’ll also ask him about his dual role as athletic director for the Monarchs.
We focus this week on the CIF water polo playoffs as we talk with the head coach of the top team in Southern California, JSerra’s Brett Ormsby. Then we visit with the commissioner of the CIF Southern Section, Rob Wigod. The issue at hand is the shortage of game officials in high school sports. How are the powers-that-be trying to alleviate the issue?
Each week, Bob Gibson interviews coaches and players throughout the various Catholic high schools in Orange County.
This week on CSV, we visit with Dan O’Dell as he gets the Mater Dei girls volleyball program ready to navigate the stacked Division 1 playoffs. Then, we’ll check-in with Servite football coach Troy Thomas who is enduring a tough season one year after playing in the CIF championship game. Plus, we’ve got your scores and updated standings!
Each week, Bob Gibson interviews coaches and players throughout the various Catholic high schools in Orange County. Joining us this...
Each week, Bob Gibson interviews coaches and players throughout the various Catholic high schools in Orange County. For this episode,...