City League Sports

Back-to-back-to-back (3 Peat) City League Champions Marion-Franklin Wrestling joins the show. Taliq Black, Class of 2025, Aaris Billingsley, Class of 2025, and Coach Floyd Cisco talk about continuing the winning tradition.

City League legend Tomeka Brown joins the show. She shouts out some of her former coaches and teammates, and she talks about her playing days at Medina Middle School, Marion-Franklin High School, The Ohio State University and The WNBA. She also shares some of her favorite stories while playing the game of basketball. Photo Credit: The Ohio State University.

The Centennial Stars Boys Basketball Team talk about their historic season, finishing with the best record in school history with a record of 17-5. They discuss their early struggles, the hard work they put in, and the fruit they produced throughout their journey. Keon Bonner, Kal-el Faison, and Shawn Williams Jr. join the show.

Girls basketball stars Kennedy Houston, Centennial class of 2027, and Kaliyah Barron, East Class Of 2025, tell us why they love the game of basketball so much and how long they have been playing. They tell us about some of their future goals, and they shout out some of the people in their lives that they appreciate.

One of the greatest players in City League history, Lamont "Big Game" Barnes joins the show. He talks about all his favorite moments during his time at Briggs and Eastmoor, and he shouts out some of his teammates who helped him become the player he was. Photo Credit: The Columbus Dispatch

The Walnut Ridge Football team tells us how hard work and discipline contributed to a 10-1 season, and a City League South Championship. Marquis Lucas, class of 2026, Dom Carter, class of 2025 and first year Head Coach Rob Wheelwright join the show.

The Linden-McKinley Football Team tells us how they turned a team around that went 0-10 last season, to winning the City League North this year with a 7-4 record. They talk about all the work they need to continue to do to change the culture of their school.

Independence alum Shawn Harper tells us how he went from being voted most likely to fail, to making his way to college and The NFL. Today Shawn is a leader in the business world, and he travels as a motivational speaker. Photo Credit: The Indianapolis Colts. www.shawnharperwins.com linktr.ee/shawnharperspeaker IG: @shawnharperspeaker FB Page: @shawnharperspeaks Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/...

The Africentric Volleyball team joins the show. Head Coach My’Tia Turner, Sameyah Thomas, class of 2025, and Saniya Word, class of 2026, talk about the success they have had as a program, as well as the journey they took to becoming a high level volleyball team.

Dionte’ Johnson, the son of Buckeye standout Pepper Johnson, joins the show. He tells us what it was like being a captain fullback at Ohio State, who helped his team win 3 Big Ten championships as well as a national championship appearance in 2008. He also tells us the lessons he learned from Jim Tressel, and all of his highlights as a multi-sport athlete at Eastmoor Academy.   Photo Credit: The C...

The Northland Football team joins the show. Team Leaders Tyreek Lewis, and Malakai Hammond, both from the class of 2025, and Coach Ryan Sayers talk about turning the program around and overcoming adversity. Last year The Vikings had a record breaking year, going 9-1 while winning back-to-back conference championships.

Anthony Gwinn shares with us his favorite City League memories playing with and against some of the best athletes in City League history while at Brookhaven. He also shares some of his favorite moments playing in The Big Ten with some of his high school teammates at Ohio State. Photo Credit: The Columbus Dispatch.

West High Alum Bill Peterman tells us how he went from being a kid who didn't run track until he was in the 10th grade, to becoming the first City League athlete to ever win the triple crown (100, 200, 400-meter dashes) his senior year. He also shares with us what it was like playing college football and running track at The Ohio State University. Photo Credit: The Columbus Dispatch.

The Mifflin Softball Team shares with us the great season they had as one of the better teams in the City League this year. They started their season off 6-0 and got a key win against Centennial, a team they have not beaten in a very long time. They also competed well against the City Champs Whetstone, losing only 5-2 (Mifflin lead 2-0 in the 4th inning.) It's a fun conversation with Coach Mik...

The 2024 City League Baseball Champs Centennial joins the show. William Putnam and Owen Wolfenberger, both from the class of 2024, tell us what it was like coming in as freshmen and having struggles as a team throughout the years, to becoming the elite team they became as seniors. Coach Patrick Nance tells us about his time playing and coaching in the City League and what it's like to achieve...

The South Girls Track And Field Team join the show. Elise Robinson, class of 2025, talks about her role as the leader of the team and how that has challenged her to make herself and her team better. A'Ziya Smith, class of 2026, tells us just how much she appreciates her head coach Charlette, and her leader Elise, and how they have helped her improve. Coach Charlette Keuchler tells us just how...

East High Tiger alum Asa Burke tells us how he went from having below a 2.0 gpa and being ineligible to play sports, to being the class valedictorian at his high school graduation. He tells us everything that he went through in his journey that contributed to him having major success running track in high school and in college at The Ohio State University, and The University of Miami. Photo Credit...

Track and Field legend Ayrizanna Favours shouts out her high school coaches, teammates and family members who made her high school track and field accomplishments special, including winning the 400 m four years straight in the State Championship. She also discusses her time at Ohio State, and everything that made running track in college special.

The Independence Track and Field team tell us about all the work they put in when they won The Columbus City League Title, as well as placing 3rd place in a race at the State Track Meet in 2023. They tell us the work they need to do this year so that they can win again. Coach Douglas also shares some of his story as a former Division I football player.

First Team All City guard Jahmere Johnson and Head Coach Isaac Jefferson talk about all the work their team is putting in to bring back the winning tradition that the West High School Basketball Program once had. They tell us what it's going to take to restore order to the West Side of Columbus. Coach Jefferson also shares his high school and college experiences.

Western Michigan basketball alum Marley HiIl talks about all the fun she's had over the years, and how the game of basketball has helped her travel around the world. She shares with us the unusual way the game of basketball was introduced to her. She also tells us how she was connected to the right people during her childhood years, and how those relationships impacted her future. Photo Credit...

Benji Burke joins the show. He tells Dr. Clarno all the players from Walnut Ridge, South, and Brookhaven that he enjoyed competing against. He also talks about the Eastmoor teammates he appreciated the most, and what they brought to the table during their back to back City League Championship appearances. And of course he talked about what it was like raising high level athletes in his household:...

Briggs alum Tony Rice joins the show. He relives some of his favorite City League days as a player, including helping lead Briggs to its only state semifinals appearance, and remembering the City League players he enjoyed competing against. In this episode, Rice goes on record naming his top 5 City League Players from the past 30 years. He also tells us how he ended up playing Division I college b...

3 All City Wrestlers join the show. Kevin Green, Walnut Ridge class of 2025, Daryl Willis, South class of 2025, and Jermiah Jones, Marion Franklin class of 2024, tell us how wrestling has helped their confidence, and how it has helped them improve in other sports. They also tell us how much fun they've had over the years, including the times each of them won City League Championships as wrestl...

Independence alum Eleia Roddy joins the show. She reminisces on what it was like playing on the same team with 2 other high level division 1 athletes in Star Allen and Jessica Davenport in high school. She also tells some of her favorite memories playing in the historic SEC at The University of Kentucky, giving advice to the kids today who want to follow in her footsteps. Photo Credit: The Univers...