08/14/18 Fall Football Preview, Featuring Steele Canyon High
Hosts: Jess Kearney, Deputy Sports Editor, The San Diego Union-Tribune and Steve Brand, Awards Director, San Diego Hall of Champions Guest: Scott Longerbone, Football Coach, Steele Canyon High School
08/07/18 Spotlight on Southwestern College Football; Get on the Field! – as a Ref or an Ump
Guest 1: Ed Carberry, Football Coach, Southwestern College Guest 2: Tyler Lindsay, Youth Sports Official
07/31/18 Start of Fall Sports and Football Preview with San Diego Friday Nights Lights Magazine
Guest: Ruben Pena, SDFNL Magazine
07/25/18 San Diego Regional Prep Sports; Spotlight on Eastlake High
Jess Kearney, Union-Tribune Deputy Sports Editor, and Steve Brand of the San Diego Hall of Champions, are joined by Eastlake High head football coach, John McFadden.
07/11/18 Spotlight on Tyler Gaffney, former Cathedral Catholic running back, Stanford star and Super Bowl Champion, and Baseball Standout and Vista Alum, Hera Alvarez
John Maffei, Union-Tribune sportswriter, talks about his recent articles on Tyler Gaffney, the former Cathedral Catholic running back who starred at Stanford and earned two Super Bowl rings in the NFL, and former Vista Alum, Hera Alvarez, who is a manager in the Pittsburgh Pirates minor league system. Maffei discusses three local high school baseball [...]
06/27/18 Get Behind Home Plate: Joining the San Diego County Umpires Association
Jess Kearney, Deputy Sports Editor for The San Diego Union-Tribune, and Steve Brand of the San Diego Hall of Champions are joined by Nathan Thernes, President of the Pacific Umpires Association, to talk about the state of high school umpiring and what it takes to be a successful umpire.
06/20/18 Reviewing the Prep Athletes Awards Gala and End of Year Events in San Diego Region Sports
Jess Kearney, Deputy Sports Editor for The San Diego Union-Tribune, and Steve Brand of the San Diego Hall of Champions recap the 2018 Union-Tribune/San Diego Hall of Champions “Prep Athletes Awards Gala” that was held on June 9 at PETCO Park.
06/13/18 Checking in with the CIF, California InterScholastic Federation
Jess Kearney, Deputy Sports Editor for The San Diego Union-Tribune, and Steve Brand of the San Diego Hall of Champions are joined by John Schniepp, Commissioner of the San Diego CIF Section. Schniepp recaps highlights from the 2017-2018 sports year, along with challenges facing high school sports in the upcoming year.
0/06/18 Recapping Baseball Championships and High School All Star Games
Jess Kearney, Deputy Sports Editor for The San Diego Union-Tribune, and Steve Brand of the San Diego Hall of Champions are joined by John Maffei, Union-Tribune sportswriter to chat about today’s San Diego High School All-Star Game; the CIF San Diego Section baseball championships; the track and field championships; and the annual Union-Tribune/Hall of Champions [...]
05/30/18 Spotlight on Imperial County Sports
Jess Kearney, Deputy Sports Editor for The San Diego Union-Tribune, and Steve Brand of the San Diego Hall of Champions are joined by El Centro Southwest Athletic Director Ruben Valenzuela to talk about Southwest’s prowess on the athletic field this school year. Kearney and Brand discuss Spring sports playoff highlights, and preview the State track [...]