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In this week's episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith and Mitch Stephens discuss Mater Dei's 17-7 regular season win over St. John Bosco. Where did it go wrong for the Braves? How did Mater Dei get it done? Can Elijah Brown go undefeated as a starter in high school? Who wins the championship rematch if there is one? The trio breaks it all down.

In this week's episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith, Bodie DeSilva and Mitch Stephens open the show discussing takeaways from high school football games they covered last week. Those include Folsom's win over De La Salle, Carlsbad's victory over Liberty Bakersfield and Thousand Oaks' win over Newbury Park. The group finishes the show previewing matchups in Week 6. Listen here!

In this week's episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith, Bodie DeSilva and Mitch Stephens give their thoughts on games they covered during Week 2 of the 2022 California high school football season. The group opens the show discussing takeaways from Mater Dei's 43-20 win over Corona Centennial and Serra San Mateo's 24-21 come-from-behind win against De La Salle. They then move on to breakingdown last week's results in San Diego high school football before discussing Long Beach Poly's big win over Mission Viejo. The group finishes the show previewing matchups in Week 3. Listen here!

In this week's episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith, Bodie DeSilva and Mitch Stephens give their thoughts on games they covered during Week 1 of the 2022 California high school football season. The group also previews matchups in Week 2 including Mater Dei vs. Corona Centennial, Chandler (Ariz.) vs. Cathedral Catholic, Long Beach Poly vs. Mission Viejo and San Mateo Serra vs. De La Salle. Listen here.

In this week's episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith, Bodie DeSilva and Mitch Stephens give their thoughts on games they covered during Week 0 of the 2022 California high school football season.

In this week's episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette, Bodie DeSilva and Lance Smith answer eight burning questions to end the 2021-22 high school athletic school year. They're listed below: 1. What was your favorite memory from 2021-22? 2. What was the best individual performance you saw in 2021-22? 3. If you could choose one high school Player of the Year from the state of California across all sports who would you choose and why? 4. Which team surprised you the most this year? 5. What was your favorite interaction with a player or coach this year? 6. What was something new that you did/discovered this year? 7. What was your favorite story that you wrote in 2021-22? 8. What are you most excited about heading into next school year?

In this week's episode of the SBLive California Podcast, new Bellflower High School head football coach Jason Miller joins reporter Connor Morrissette to discuss why he chose to take the Buccaneers' job. The two break down how Miller turned around the Gunn High School football program after taking the head job at the school in 2018. Thomas also talks about his excitement to coach with his brother Keith at Bellflower, his favorite memories in coaching and much more.

In this week's episode of the SBLive California Podcast, St. Pius X - St. Matthias Academy football coach Devah Thomas joins reporter Connor Morrissette to discuss his first year in charge of the Vikings program. The two break down Thomas' favorite moments from year one in addition to what he learned from last season. Thomas also talks about growing up with Richard Sherman, his relationship with Keyshawn Johnson and much more.

In this week's episode of the SBLive California Podcast, St. Anthony boys basketball coach Alan Mitchell joins reporter Connor Morrissette to discuss his first year in charge of the Saints program. The two break down Mitchell's favorite moments from year one in addition to what he learned from last season. Mitchell also talks about playing at King/Drew and LA Southwest College and how his playing days impacted how he coaches.

In this week's episode of the SBLive California Podcast, SBLive Director of Recruiting Andrew Nemec joins the show to discuss his thoughts on the complexities involved in NIL reporting. He also details the recruitments of some of his favorite West Coast football prospects in the 2023 and 2024 recruiting classes in addition to breaking down the 2023 recruitments that he views as the most intriguing.

In this week's episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporter Connor Morrissette speaks with SBLive California's Bodie DeSilva about the first six weeks of the San Diego Section high school baseball season. Morrissette asks DeSilva which team has the best lineup, best pitching staff and the best chance to win the Open Division San Diego Section crown. DeSilva also discusses the top prospects in the region and who he thinks will get drafted from the high school ranks in July's MLB Draft.

In this week's episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette and Lance Smith discuss both SBLive's 2021-22 boys and girls All-State high school basketball teams. What process was used to select players? How were Players of the Year chosen? Who was the toughest to leave out? The duo answers those questions and many more on this week's show.

In this week's episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporter Connor Morrissette speaks with PBR California Director of Scouting Les Lukach about the first month of the Southern Section high school baseball season. Morrissette asks Lukach which team has the best lineup, best pitching staff and the best chance to win the Division 1 Southern Section crown. Lukach also discusses the top prospects in the region and who he thinks will get drafted from the high school ranks in July's MLB Draft.

In this week's episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette and Lance Smith broke down the 2022 CIF State boys and girls basketball state championships. Who were the top players from the weekend at the Golden 1 Center? Which game was the best game to cover? Who did the best coaching job? The duo answers those questions and many more.

In this week's episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporter Connor Morrissette teamed up with Prep2Prep's Ethan Kassel to preview this weekend's boys basketball state championship games at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. The duo breaks down the following games: Friday, March 11 12:00 p.m. Division V Boys – Chaffey vs. Stuart Hall 4:00 p.m. Division III Boys – Venice vs. Pleasant Valley 8:00 p.m. Division I Boys – Damien vs. Clovis North Saturday, March 12 12:00 p.m. Division IV Boys – Scripps Ranch vs. Justin-Siena 4:00 p.m. Division II Boys – Foothill, Sana Ana vs. Elk Grove 6:00 p.m. Open Division Girls – Sierra Canyon vs. Archbishop Mitty 8:00 p.m. Open Division Boys – Centennial, Corona vs. Modesto Christian

In this week's episode of the SBLive California Podcast reporters Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith and Bodie DeSilva give out some high school basketball and football superlatives by answering the following questions: - Who has been your favorite high school basketball player to watch this season? - Who would you nominate for basketball coach of the year this season? - Who is an underrated basketball prospect that you think will do well at the next level? - Give your best starting five made up of area high school players, not the best five players or players who will make our all state team, but the five who would make the best team. - The freshman (2025) class in basketball is loaded. Who is your favorite player? - Which high school football team is no one talking about right now, but we'll be talking about them in October? - Which high school football team are you worried about heading into the fall? - If you were a high school football coach and there was a draft of kids in the area, give me your top five picks.

In this week's episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette and Lance Smith preview this weekend's boys and girls basketball championship games in the Southern and LA City Sections. The two begin by previewing the Southern Section girls basketball Open Division title game between Etiwanda and Sierra Canyon. Morrissette and Smith then break down the Open Division boys basketball championship game between Corona Centennial and Harvard-Westlake. The duo also discusses lower division championships in the Southern Section and then the LA City Section title games at the end of the show.

In this week’s episode of the SBLive California Podcast, host Connor Morrissette speaks with CIF Southern Section commissioner Rob Wigod about year one of the new playoff football format in the Section that placed teams in playoff divisions based solely on how they performed during the regular season. How did he think year one went? Can we expect any tweaks? Will this new format eventually be used for other sports? Wigod answers those questions and many more including which new sport the Section may adopt in the future.

In this week’s episode of the SBLive California Podcast, host Connor Morrissette speaks with 2023 St. John Bosco quarterback Pierce Clarkson about his recent commitment to Louisville. What was the Cardinals' recruiting pitch? How does the football program handle NIL rights? What happened during last week's campus visit? Clarkson answers those questions and many more including what it was like growing up with a quarterback coach as a dad, what he expects from his senior season and which of his 71 completions last season was his most memorable.

In this week’s episode of the SBLive California Podcast, host Connor Morrissette speaks with Orange Lutheran head football coach Rod Sherman about what made his team so successful in year one of his tenure, what it was like to coach Christian McCaffrey in high school, why it's tougher to win an upper Division championship in the Southern Section today than it was in the early 2000's when he was first at Orange Lutheran and much more.

In this week’s episode of the SBLive California Podcast, host Connor Morrissette speaks with Corona Centennial head football coach Matt Logan about his 25 years on the job, which of his ten Section championships is the most memorable, why it's tougher to beat Mater Dei now than it was a decade ago and much more.

In this week's episode of the SBLive California Podcast, host Connor Morrissette speaks with Rolling Hills Prep senior point guard Benny Gealer about his commitment to Stanford, playing for legendary head coach Harvey Kitani, why he stuck with Rolling Hills Prep for all four years of his high school career and much more.

In the latest episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith and Bodie DeSilva break down what they saw at the Classic at Damien and Torrey Pines Holiday Classic. The trio discusses the top teams and players they covered at the events in addition to breaking down the teams who had their stocks rise and teams who had their stocks fall.

In the latest episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith and Bodie DeSilva break down state bowl game action from last week and then look ahead to the five CIF State football championships this weekend at Saddleback College. The games include Mater Dei Catholic vs. Central Catholic, Folsom vs. Cathedral Catholic, Scripps Ranch vs. Wilcox, Liberty Bakersfield vs. Serra Gardena and Mater Dei vs. Serra San Mateo.

In the latest episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith and Bodie DeSilva break down the Southern, LA City and San Diego Section high school football championships from last weekend including Mater Dei's 27-7 Division 1 Southern Section title win over Servite. The show finishes up with the trio previewing state bowl game matchups. Listen here.

In the latest SBLive California Podcast, reporter Connor Morrissette discusses the Orange County Register article detailing Mater Dei football's February locker room fight that caused the Santa Ana Police Department to recommend a Monarch football player be charged with a felony. Morrissette and reporters Bodie DeSilva and Lance Smith then look back on last week's action in Southern California high school football and preview this weekend's championship games including Servite vs. Mater Dei in Division 1 of the Southern Section.

In the latest episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith and Bodie DeSilva break down what they learned last week covering playoff football action in Southern California. From there, the trio discusses the biggest games of the weekend including the Open Division championship in the San Diego Section between Cathedral Catholic and Carlsbad and then the top semifinal games in the Southern Section including Servite vs. St. John Bosco, Mater Dei vs. Corona Centennial and Alemany vs. Inglewood.

In the latest episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith and Bodie DeSilva discuss how the Southern Section and San Diego Section determine their high school football playoff divisions and then give their thoughts on both methods after the first week of playoff games. From there, the trio discusses the playoff football action they saw a week ago and they then preview the best games this week including Edison vs. Inglewood and Mission Viejo vs. Corona Centennial.

In this week's episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporter Connor Morrissette speaks with Roosevelt head coach Aldo Parral about the Roughriders 22-19 East LA Classic win, Roosevelt qualifying for the Open Division playoffs, Parral's double wing offense, LAUSD's COVID vaccine mandate and much more. Listen here!

In this week's episode of the SBLive California Podcast reporter Connor Morrissette goes solo and discusses his thoughts on last week's Servite vs. Mater Dei football game. He gives his reaction to the Monarchs' 46-37 win, which includes why he thought Noah Fifita was the best player on the field even in defeat, what he thinks makes Tetairoa McMillan so special and why the Mater Dei coaches deserve a lot of credit for the Monarchs' 7-0 start to the year. The show continues with Morrissette previewing the Servite vs. St. John Bosco football game as well as a few other rivalry showdowns that will take place during the last week of the regular season on Friday. The show finishes with a thought on Sierra Canyon boys basketball and why Morrissette believes that the only team in California that can beat the Trailblazers come playoff time is themselves.

In the latest episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith and Bodie DeSilva discuss the current playoff seedings for high school football teams in the Southern Section and San Diego Section. Morrissette makes the case that Sierra Canyon is currently underrated at No. 10 in the Southern Section and then DeSilva attempts to make sense of the current San Diego Open Division playoff teams. The trio also discusses where things stand in Northern California in terms of which team could play for the Open Division state title from the region come December. As always the show finishes with takeaways from games covered last week and a preview of games our reporters will be at this week including the big game in the Trinity League this week: Servite vs. Mater Dei.

In the latest episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette and Lance Smith breakdown Los Alamitos' 35-28 win over Edison and Servite's 48-21 win over Santa Margarita. The duo then discusses how many teams they think will make the Division 1 playoffs in the Southern Section and where the cutline will be from Division 1 to Division 2. San Diego reporter Bodie DeSilva then joins the show to discuss Madison's 29-22 win over St. Augustine and where things stand in the San Diego Section Open Division playoff picture. The show finishes with previews of the biggest games of the week in Southern California high school football including Mission Hills vs. Torrey Pines and Corona Centennial vs. Norco.

In the latest episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette and Lance Smith breakdown Mater Dei's 42-21 win over St. John Bosco. San Diego reporter Bodie DeSilva then joins the show and the trio hits on their takeaways from the other games they went to last week including Torrey Pines vs. Cathedral Catholic, Corona del Mar vs. Los Alamitos and Orange Lutheran vs. Servite. The show finishes with previews of the other biggest games of the week in Southern California high school football including Edison vs. Los Alamitos and Chaminade vs. Serra.

In the latest episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette and Lance Smith discuss the five biggest storylines heading into the regular season game of the year in California high school football: Mater Dei vs. St. John Bosco. San Diego reporter Bodie DeSilva then joins the show and the trio hits on their takeaways from last week's high school football games including Damien vs. Bishop Amat and Rancho Buena Vista vs. Mt. Carmel. The show finishes with previews of the other biggest games of the week in Southern California high school football including Torrey Pines vs. Carlsbad, Orange Lutheran vs. Servite and Corona del Mar vs. Los Alamitos.

In the latest episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette and Bodie DeSilva discuss what they learned from games they covered last week. Morrissette hits on Alemany and Mission Viejo while DeSilva discusses Mission Hills and Carlsbad. The duo then predicts the eight teams that will make the Southern Section Division 1 football playoffs and the four that will make the Open Division football playoffs in San Diego. The show finishes with previews of the biggest games of the week in Southern California high school football including Damien vs. Bishop Amat, Norco vs. Sierra Canyon and Rancho Buena Vista vs. Mt. Carmel.

In the latest episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith and Bodie DeSilva give their thoughts on USC's administration firing football coach Clay Helton. The trio then hits on their takeaways from Week 3 of the high school football season and the show finishes with previews of the biggest games of the week in Southern California high school football including Los Alamitos vs. Santa Margarita, Mission Viejo vs. Alemany and Carlsbad vs. Mission Hills.

In the latest episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith and Bodie DeSilva discuss who they think have been the biggest surprise teams and players of the high school football season thus far. The trio then hits on their takeaways from Week 2 of the high school football season and the show finishes with previews of the biggest games of the week in Southern California high school football including Serra Gardena vs. Warren and St. Francis vs. Inglewood.

In the latest episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith and Bodie DeSilva discuss their takeaways from Week 1 of the high school football season in California. Morrissette gives his five definitive Division 1 playoff teams in the Southern Section, Smith discusses Servite and Rancho Cucamonga's victories and DeSilva talks Corona Centennial's dominant win against Cathedral Catholic. Other topics include who – outside of the usual Open Division contenders – could play for a state title this season, as well as the big games SBLive is covering this weekend.

In this week’s episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith and Bodie DeSilva discuss their takeaways from Week 0 of the high school football season in California. The trio then talks about who outside of De La Salle, Mater Dei or St. John Bosco could play for an Open Division state title this season. The show finishes with the group breaking down the games they'll be at this weekend. Listen here.

The SBLive California Podcast is back! In this week's episode SBLive California reporter Connor Morrissette and SBLive Texas reporter Andrew McCulloch preview the massive high school football tilt between No. 2 Mater Dei and No. 10 Duncanville.

In this week’s episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith and Bodie DeSilva discuss the end of Season 2 high school sports in Southern California. DeSilva breaks down Etiwanda ending Torrey Pines perfect season in basketball and then Eastlake, the No. 8 seed, claiming the Open Division baseball championship in San Diego. Smith gives his thoughts on Corona Centennial girls basketball beating Mater Dei in the CIF State Open Division regional championship and what the result means for the legacies of the top players in the game. Morrissette then explains why San Pedro beating El Camino Real was the best high school baseball championship he covered last week. The trio then hits on a few of the biggest storylines heading into the high school football season. The show finishes with Morrissette, Smith and DeSilva giving their top performers from the past week. Listen here.

In this week’s episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith and Bodie DeSilva discuss the best moments they saw from the Section basketball championships they covered. Morrissette then explains why he likes Damien's chances against Torrey Pines in the Open Division regional boys basketball playoffs and discusses his takeaway's from JSerra Baseball's semifinal win against Ayala on Tuesday. DeSilva gives an update on the state of high school sports in San Diego by previewing the remainder of the baseball playoffs. He also breaks down how San Diego teams fared in the regional basketball playoffs. Smith then discusses the girls basketball regional playoffs and offers a few softball thoughts. The show finishes with the trio giving their top performers from the past week. Listen here.

In this week’s episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith and Bodie DeSilva discuss the biggest stories of the week in Southern California high school sports. Morrissette explains why the Southern Section basketball Open Division pool play format worked perfectly this year. He then predicts the winner of the boys title game on Friday between Corona Centennial and Sierra Canyon. DeSilva updates the state of high school sports in San Diego by previewing the baseball playoffs and semifinal basketball matchups. Smith discusses the girls basketball postseason in the LA City and Southern Sections as well. The show finishes with the trio giving their top performers from the past week and Morrissette and DeSilva discussing pitching matchups in baseball in their repsective Sections. Listen here.

In this week’s episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith and Bodie DeSilva discuss the biggest stories of the week in Southern California high school sports. DeSilva updates the state of high school sports in San Diego by previewing what he thinks the baseball playoff picture looks like. He also gives his thoughts on the beginning of the boys basketball postseason. Smith discusses the girls basketball postseason in the LA City and Southern Sections and then Morrissette explains why the Open Division boys basketball championship is Sierra Canyon's to lose. He then previews some of the other semifinal matchups in Southern Section boys hoops. The show finishes with the trio giving their top performers from the past week. Listen here.

In this week’s episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith and Bodie DeSilva discuss the biggest stories of the week in Southern California high school sports. Smith hits on the Open Division and Division 1 girls basketball playoffs in the Southern Section and then DeSilva updates the San Diego basketball and baseball playoff pictures. Morrissette then makes the point that Sierra Canyon guard Amari Bailey can become one of the all-time winners in the state and cement his place as one of the greatest all-time players in California high school basketball history by winning another Southern Section Open Division title this season. If Bailey can win four straight a year from now, that would move him into unchartered territory. The show finishes with the trio giving their top performers from the past week. Listen here.

In this week’s episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith and Bodie DeSilva discuss the biggest stories of the week in Southern California high school sports. Morrissette gives his takes on the new head football coaches in the Southern Section and his thoughts on which eight boys basketball teams will qualify for the Open Division in the Section. DeSilva then gives his eight teams for the boys basketball Open Division in San Diego and discusses what local baseball player has a shot at breaking the San Diego Section home run record. Smith discusses Open Division girls basketball in the Southern Section. The show finishes with Morrissette previewing Saturday's massive Division 1 girls soccer semifinal in the Southern Section between Santiago and Harvard-Westlake. The trio then give a tribute to legendary SoCal softball writer Carlos Arias who passed away this week. Listen here.

In this week’s episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith and Bodie DeSilva discuss the biggest stories of the week in Southern California high school sports. Morrissette gives the eight teams he thinks will make the boys basketball Open Division playoffs in the Southern Section, DeSilva breaks down the San Diego Section's latest announcement about championship locations for Season 2 sports and gives his top performers of the week, and Smith gives his thoughts on his latest statewide girls basketball rankings and last Saturday's Rolling Hills Prep State Preview Classic.

In this week's episode of the SBLive California Podcast, reporters Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith and Bodie DeSilva discuss the boys and girls basketball seasons in Southern California as teams continue league play. The trio examines the following questions: Can anyone come close to beating Mater Dei girls basketball this season? Who are the nine teams competing for Open Division spots in boys basketball in San Diego and who are the three favorites to win the title? Can anyone match the star power of Ribet Academy in boys basketball? Who is Mater Dei boys basketball's x-factor? Morrissette, Smith and DeSilva answer all of those questions and many more in this week's episode. Listen below:

In this week’s episode of the SBLive California Podcast, Connor Morrissette and Bodie DeSilva give their thoughts on the CIF's statement announcing Southern California regional championship events. They also break down what the release means for schools in Northern California. The show continues with the Morrissette and DeSilva discussing the breakout stars of the baseball and basketball season so far and finishes with the duo breaking down which current high school football players they think will end up hearing their names called in the NFL Draft in the future.

In this week’s episode of the SBLive California Podcast, Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith and Bodie DeSilva give their final thoughts on the spring 2021 high school football season in the Southern and San Diego Sections with an emphasis on last week's game between Mater Dei and St. John Bosco. The show finishes with the trio breaking down the top unsigned seniors in Southern California high school football. Listen to the podcast below:

In this week’s episode of the SBLive California Podcast, Connor Morrissette, Lance Smith and Bodie DeSilva preview the No. 1 St. John Bosco vs. No. 2 Mater Dei football game, which will be the last game in the Southern Section this spring. The trio then discuss Mission League football and all of the latest news and notes from the San Diego Section. Morrissette and Smith also preview the other top high school football games of the week in the Los Angeles area – including Mission Viejo vs. San Clemente.