High School Huddle

In one of our favorite and most important shows of the year, Karen and Gerard Iglesia of Primetime 585 stop by to talk Section V hoops and Matt Trabold Week.  Before we bring in our guests, AJ recaps the crazy finish to last week's Eastridge/Batavia game (0:00-7:45). Karen and Gerard join the show as we start our interview breaking down the Section V season so far. We discuss Franklin's retur...

AJ and Carl are back with another great episode as the Section V season is really heating up. First, they discuss both the cold weather and their weird schedules as well as Brighton/HF-L hockey's long-awaited win over Penfield (0:00-6:00). Pal-Mac girls basketball and Thomas boys basketball both knocked off undefeated teams this week, they earn our Team of the Week honors (6:00-16:20). The Ti...

With the Bills season behind us, it's time to turn all of your attention to Section V sports. Carl Jones and AJ Feldman are here to help. There's a new state tournament on the horizon, with girls wrestling hosting an invitational this weekend in Syracuse. We preview the weekend which also features the boys dual meet state championships (0:00-3:35). Our teams of the week are a pair of good ones, wi...

The winter sports season is heating up and the Huddle breaks down a memorable week of Section V sports. First off, AJ and Carl discuss last week's slate of Roundball Roundup and the hockey game at Blue Cross Arena between Churchville-Chili and Irondequoit (0:00-2:57). Next, the duo names the Avon and Victor boys basketball squads as their teams of the week. Josh Harter set a Section V record with...

The Huddle is back from a brief hiatus and we've got you covered with everything that's gone down in Section V action. First off, AJ and Carl react to an eventful week in WNY sports and Damar Hamlin's remarkable recovery (:00-4:10). The first NYSSWA hockey rankings are out, with three teams cracking the lists (4:10-9:45). Our first Roundball Roundup is in the books, we highlight some of the top ga...

It's our final show of 2022, but we're not coasting into the new year as we've got a jam-packed show. First, Carl shares more about his story on Irondequoit's Chris Cardon hanging up the whistle after 37 seasons. It's the "Last Dance" in more ways than one (0:00:4:40). We've got our first state basketball rankings of the year. In boys basketball, Section V has few representatives in the large...

The winter sports season has finally brought some winter weather, but that isn't stopping AJ and Carl from recapping the week that was in Section V sports. AJ recently went to Victor to do a feature on girls basketball head coach Ashley Zahn continuing her father's coaching legacy with the Blue Devils. He shares more about the story and a big event that's coming up for the school (0:00-8:25). We b...

The winter sports season is in full swing and the first full week gave us some great stories. First, Carl recounts a trio of great championship games he witnessed in boys basketball (0:00-5:40). AJ took a trip out to Franklin high school where there is a girls basketball team for the first time in a decade. He shares their story and highlights the maturity of the inexperienced squad (5:40-10:20)....

December is upon us, Mariah Carey is blasting over department store speakers, and winter sports are here. AJ and Carl start the show by recapping the volleyball and football state playoffs with deep runs by Spencerport, Webster, Hilton, Batavia, and Pembroke (0:00-6:10). Then, we highlight some of our favorite moments from the fall season on the gridiron and the field hockey pitch (6:10-11:45). Fi...

It's one of our biggest shows of the year as we bring in Frank Wolf of WNY Athletics and Griffin Haas of WTEN to break down the regional round of the state football tournament.  Before we head to the states, we recap an eventful and rainy Section V Championship Weekend that saw some massive performances, repeat winners and first-time champs (0:00-11:05) Frank Wolf joins the show to provide pl...

Ten weeks of thrilling football action have led to a great weekend of championship games. AJ and Carl have you covered with previews of each championship game. They highlight the key players, X-factors, and best matchups in Class AA: McQuaid vs. Pittsford (0:00-7:15), Class A1: Schroeder vs. Hilton (7:15-10:40), Class A2: East/WOIS vs. Canandaigua (10:40-14:50), Class B: Batavia vs. Monroe (14:50-...

We're knee-deep into the Section V postseason with some sports handing out bricks this past week while others will be soon to follow. After discussing Syracuse's tough home loss to Notre Dame, AJ and Carl dive into their latest high school football rankings (0:00-18:45). The duo then recaps an eventful sectional championship weekend in both boys and girls soccer (18:45-26:30). Also, the field hock...

It's time to start handing out some bricks as each sport in Section V has reached the postseason.  After bemoaning Syracuse's loss to Clemson, AJ and Carl break down their latest local football rankings which has plenty of shakeups in the large school list (0:00-20:15). We turn our attention to soccer as we recap what's been going on in sectionals (20:15-25:45). Volleyball playoffs are finall...

We're getting into crunch time as the leaves are changing color and the stakes are getting higher. After recapping big wins by the Orange and the Bills, AJ and Carl dive into our local football rankings which has a new team at number two in our large school rankings (0:00-11:35) and a solidified top-two in our small school rankings (11:35-17:30). While there's one week left in the football regular...

Week 6 of the high school football season is in the books. The large school rankings didn't change much, but AJ got the chance to visit the Schroeder Warriors and talks about what he learned (0:00-9:35). We also highlight the Edison Tech football team for picking up their first win since 2019 and discuss a wild game in Churchville with some questionable fan chant decision making (9:35-15:40). Ther...

The spirit of Randy Moss was all around Section V last week as wide receivers stood out across the Rochester area (0:00-2:30). We unveil our latest local football rankings with Victor and Hilton rising through the rankings in the large school list (2:30-8:55) while Penn Yan/Dundee moves up in the small school rankings (8:55-13:55). Carl recently got out to Midlakes High School and chatted with the...

We're halfway through the Section V football season and it's time to come out with some rankings. Before we get to that, we chat about Syracuse and "UB" Football and the hilarity that ensued on Saturday's Football Frenzy (0:00-4:00). Then, AJ and Carl have complied their first local football rankings highlighting our top performers of the season. We break down our large school list (4:00-20:50) wi...

Fall is officially here and the fall sports season is starting to get really interesting. Carl Jones and AJ Feldman break it down in the latest edition of the High School Huddle. Week 3 of the Section V football schedule brought interesting results, some unexpected blowouts, and a little bit of history. They recap everything that happened including nice performances by UPrep, Victor, Schroeder, Pe...

Another week of the high school sports season brought us some standout performances and some statement blowout wins. AJ and Carl recap Week 2 of the football season highlighting wins by UPrep, HF-L, Pal-Mac, and Rush-Henrietta (0:00-14:05). The first NYSSWA state rankings of the year are out, we break down the boys soccer polls with a handful of Section V teams near the top (14:05-18:00). Our trav...

We could go an entire season without as crazy of a Football Frenzy as we saw in Week One. AJ Feldman and Carl Jones break it all down in this week's episode. First, we highlight the traffic woes at Aquinas as well as a changing of the guard in girls volleyball (0:00-6:05). Big wins by McQuaid and Rush-Henrietta earn them our Team of the Week status (6:05-15:20). We highlight Monroe and Vertus as t...

The Section V high school sports season is back and so is the High School Huddle. AJ and Carl get you ready for Week One of the football season and highlight some early strong performances on the soccer pitch.  We've been on the road this week as we bring you stories and reactions from our training camp tour with visits to Vertus, Spencerport, East Rochester/Gananda, Canandaigua, and UPrep (0...

Trophies have been raised, banners are about to be hung, and it's time for the final episode of the High School Huddle for the 2021-21 season. The spring sports season saw several teams winning it all and we honor the best of the best this year with our spring sports award show.  (0:00-13:30)- We recap a busy week of state tournament action that saw McQuaid baseball, Schroeder softball, and V...

It's time for the final four as the spring sports season is coming to an exciting finish. We're joined by another special guest as Mario Sacco of WSYR in Syracuse to recap the state semifinals in boys lacrosse and preview the girls lacrosse semis. (0:00-12:20)- We preview the softball state tournament as Schroeder and Avon are still alive from the Rochester area.  (12:20-20:40)- Switching ove...

Sectional championships are in the books and it's time to turn our attention to the state tournament. We're once again joined by Mary Margaret Johnson of WIVB-TV in Buffalo to break down Section V's adversaries from Section VI this weekend.  (00:00-10:30) AJ and Carl recap a busy week of sectional championship weekend and discuss proper brick celebration etiquette.  (10:30-24:15) Mary Ma...

It's our spring sectionals preview and we've got a lot of great matchups, brackets, upsets, and favorites to talk about in a jam-packed show.  (0:00-4:25) AJ recaps the ordeal that was covering the Amerks triple overtime playoff loss (4:25-12:30) We discuss how the seeding system for baseball has impacted the early rounds and the possible ways to rectify it in the future.  (12:30-19:05)...