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, 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 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 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. ...