A Charge To Keep

Rio Hondo Prep is 4-0 headed into their Week 5 matchup against Savanna High School down in Anaheim on Thursday night. We are at the midpoint of the season and Rio Hondo is playing their third consecutive road game. Savanna has an enrollment of just under 1,800 students compared to Rio's of 103. I tell you why the Kares need to start fast and focus on limiting harmful penalties. Our special guest t...

Rio Hondo Prep improved to 4-0 with a 35-6 victory over rival Pasadena Poly in their Week 4 matchup. Ryan McCulloch had three touchdowns for the Kares and the defense held the Panthers to -28 yards rushing. Rio has now won four in a row over Poly and now lead the all time series 33-20. Head Coach Mark Carson recaps the rivalry game from Friday night and discusses some of his team's biggest contrib...

Rio Hondo Prep is 3-0 on the season and will be taking on their rivals Pasadena Poly on the road at South Pasadena HS this Friday night. This is the 21st consecutive meeting between the Kares and the Panthers in 11 Man Football where Rio holds a 14-6 advantage. The matchup dates back to decades of 8 Man Football in the Prep League and is one of the best rivalries in the San Gabriel Valley. Poly As...

Rio Hondo Prep improved to 3-0 with a 54-20 victory over the Boron Bobcats in the high desert for their Week 3 matchup. Despite the long road trip, RHP was firing on all cylinders and scored 8 touchdowns by 6 different players. Half of Rio's scores came through the air in what was truly a balanced attack. Head Coach Mark Carson discusses the great road win as we break down some of the night's bigg...

The Kares are 2-0 on the season and are making their first road trip of the season to take on the 2-1 Boron Bobcats in the high desert. Rio will travel over 200 miles roundtrip on Friday in what will be their first of three straight games as the visitor. Boron Head Coach Rob Kostopoulos joins our show to talk about the special bond between the two football programs that might be a great distance a...

Rio Hondo Prep improved to 2-0 with a 28-10 victory over Linfield Christian. The Kares got off to a very sluggish start but turned it around in the 2nd half with three scoring drives after a 7-0 halftime lead. Head Coach Mark Carson discusses his team's success and breaks down a few plays from the Week 2 matchup. We are also joined by sophomore Nate Curtis, who scored half of RHP's touchdowns on T...

The Kares are 1-0 on the season and ready to take on the visiting Linfield Christian Lions from Temecula on Thursday night. The Lions are led by DeChon Burns, an incredible character builder as well as an outstanding football mind that has coached in both college and the NFL. He once coached former RHP great Landon Goodwell during his days at UTEP. Coach Burns joins me to chat a little football as...

Rio Hondo Prep opened their season with a resounding victory over the visiting El Monte Lions 29-6. It was an all-around great team performance with contributions from the entire roster. Head Coach Mark Carson and I recap some of the big moments from Friday night with analysis and highlights on video. Freshman Noah Penunuri also joins the show to discuss what it meant for his classmates to play at...

Week 1 is here! This is the first of our brief gameday previews on Friday mornings. I explore five components of the game that I am most looking forward to against El Monte. The wait is over!   CONTACT US   Voicemail: https://anchor.fm/a-charge-to-keep/message Email: ChargeToKeepPod@gmail.com

Summer is over and the 2022 Rio Hondo Prep football season is finally here! The Kares kick things off this Friday against the El Monte Lions at Kare Park in Irwindale. Our first guest is Dylan Davis, the Public Address announcer for RHP. He is following in the footsteps of his father Dan who was the PA voice of Rio Hondo for many decades. Dylan talks about the football program and being on the fir...

Clark Bolinger and Kyle Horton are the broadcast team for Rio Hondo Prep Football. They have worked together for a few years now and have been the voices that Rio fans hear on Friday nights in the fall. Both Clark and Kyle played football at RHP and love contributing to their alma mater. What started out as just a way to help the team has become a first class operation. They provide play by play,...

The 2022 season will mark the 20th anniversary of Rio Hondo Prep Football kicking off a new era. The Class of 2003 had the honor of leading Rio into the first full season of 11 Man Football in school history. Fresh off of the school's last 8 Man CIF Championship in 2001, the 2002 team was poised to show that RHP could compete at a higher level. Today, five seniors from that team will reminisce abo...

Ryan McCulloch is not only the best player on the Rio Hondo Prep roster for his upcoming Senior season, he's hands down one of the top performers in the entire San Gabriel Valley. Ryan has played on the varsity since he was a Freshman and has had a huge impact on the program's continued success. He has been recruited heavily by many Division I colleges and will make his decision of where he will c...

RHP Football historian and super fan Paul Clark sits down with me to talk about some of the best football players to ever wear the red, white, and black. We each compile a list of 5 defenders and 5 running backs that epitomize the great history of Rio Hondo Prep Football. This was no simple task and it took a very long discussion. We didn't want to leave anyone out, but it's very likely that we di...

We are less than 50 days away from kicking off the 2022 football season! Head Coach Mark Carson joins me as we check in on the status of the team's summer training as well as a breakdown of the season schedule which starts on August 26th. Coach also talks about some of the players to watch for this year and explains why patriotism will always be a key part of the RHP football program. Additionally...

Welcome to the first episode of A Charge To Keep, the official podcast of Rio Hondo Prep football. I sit down with Head Coach Mark Carson one day after the 2022 RHP graduation as we look back at the great achievements of the outgoing seniors and begin to look ahead to a new season this fall. Coach Carson announces the summer schedule for the players which includes daily practices and workouts as w...