Black Swamp Football Podcast

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to this week's state championship slate. 

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock breakdown the 14 state semifinals coming up this Friday along with special guest Cliff Hemmert.

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to the area regional finals and also around the state. 

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to the regional semifinal round of the Ohio playoffs Division I Region 1 No. 4 Toledo Whitmer (9-2) at No. 1 Lakewood St. Edward (9-2) No. 3 Canton McKinley (9-2) at No. 2 Mentor (11-0) Region 2 No. 5 Springfield (8-4) at No. 1 Middletown (9-2) No. 6 Huber Heights Wayne (8-4) at No. 2 Troy (9-2) Region 3 No. 5 Powell Olentangy Liberty (8-4) at No. 1 Lewis Cent...

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to the regional quarterfinal round of the Ohio High School football playoffs

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to the opening round of the Buckeye State playoffs. 

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to week 10 of the area prep season with special guest Maddie (Strall) Kline of BCSN Sports. She was a standout basketball and volleyball player at St. Ursula, winning a volleyball state championship before continuing her careers at Wheeling University. She later transferred to Toledo to play volleyball.  Week 10 schedule Non-conference Toledo Christian at Cory...

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to coverage area slate for week 9 with guest picker Kevin McCann, a former All-Ohio selection at Tinora before an illustrious career at the University of Findlay.  

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to week 8 around the Black Swamp Football coverage area. 

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to week 7 of the area prep season. 

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to the week 6 slate of games in the Black Swamp Football coverage area with special guest Dick Cromwell, who won state titles at St. Francis in 1984 and 2001 while also being a member of the Ohio High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock are joined by Kenny Stabler and Brady Stabler to preview and predict week 4 of the area prep season.  

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to week 3 of the area season on the Black Swamp Football Podcast presented by The Gerken Companies

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to week 2 of the area season along with Rick Stidham and Aaron Barajas of 94.3 FM The Buck

Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to week 1 of the area prep season along with special guest Tom Ward, an all-Ohio linebacker on the 1997 state championship Defiance team and also a standout linebacker at the University of Toledo

OHSAA Director of Media Relations Tim Stried on the change from 16 teams per region to 12 for this upcoming season. 

Lynn Grol and Tory Strock look at conferences in their coverage area and give predictions. 

OHSAA Director of Media Relations Tim Stried joins Lynn Groll and Tory Strock to answer some tough questions surrounding the organization. He touches on a recent OHSAA football survey sent to coaches, ADs and principals seeking input on the current playoff format and if a change could happen? Stried also answers OHSAA revenue sharing questions, the return to a traditional basketball Final 4, along...

Black Swamp Football tackles the hot-button topic of Ohio's football playoffs with a four-part series on the six-week playoff format.  The Ohio High School Football Coaches Association pushed for a 12-team regional starting in 2021 but the proposal was not accepted by the OHSAA.  In this first episode, Lynn Groll and Scott Barrett are joined by Patrick Henry head coach Bill Inselmann, Delta head c...

Former Patrick Henry great Marc Krauss joins this episode. After winning a state football championship at PH in 2005 and also excelling on the baseball diamond, he played college baseball at Ohio University. He was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the second round of the 2009 MLB Draft and made his MLB debut with the Houston Astros in 2013. He also played for the Angels, Rays and Tigers.

The Black Swamp crew looks back at the girls state championships and this week's boys state championships while also breaking down the NCAA Tournament. 

Former Miller City headman and current Ottawa-Glandorf assistant Kevin McGlaughlin joins this week's show along with his son, Tyson, who starred on the hardwood at O-G and the University of Findlay. He coached for two years at Miller City before taking over at O-G in 2011, where he has enjoyed an illustrious coaching career.  

Bowsher product Dennis Hopson joins this week's show. After an outstanding career at Bowsher, Hopson scored the most points in Ohio State history before being drafted with the third pick in the 1987 NBA Draft.

Jerry Snodgrass joins Lynn Groll and Tory Strock. He spent time at Defiance, Ridgedale, Bryan and Findlay while also serving as the executive director at the OHSAA.