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Josh WardPBP -
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Victoria EskolaSideline
Central HS Football is on the air in 2011! For the second straight year, Central HS Football games are being broadcasted on the radio and the Internet. For the past 5 years, Wildcats games were heard on the Internet at SportsGumbo.net. This year, all 10 regular season games and playoff games are being carried, once again, on WPFC, 1550AM, Baton Rouge and on the Internet at SportsGumbo.net. Regular season broadcasts start at 6pm on Friday nights. The first broadcast: Central—East Feliciana in the Zachary Jamboree, 4:30pm airtime, Friday, August 26. Central HS Football broadcasts are a Jon Fine Sports Production.
Last year, Central HS became the 4th Baton Rouge area high school to have its football games professionally broadcast on the radio/Internet, joining Catholic HS, Denham Springs HS and Episcopal HS. Like Central, Episcopal has its games on the radio for the second time in 2011
The broadcast team for CHS football is Josh Ward on play-by-play, Scott Osborne on color, with Victoria Eskola as the sideline reporter. Ward, a former high school basketball coach, returns for his fourth year as the voice of the Wildcats. Osborne, also in his fourth year as color commentator for Central, is an assistant basketball coach and teacher at Central. Eskola, a teacher and coach at CHS, will be in her third year manning the sidelines on Wildcats broadcasts.
In addition to producing Central HS Football broadcasts, Jon Fine Sports Productions also produces The Sid Edwards Show. Co-hosted by City of Central Athletics Director Sid Edwards and Central HS assistant football coach Steve Johnson, The Sid Edwards Show broadcasts live from Fox’s Pizza Den, Magnolia Bridge Road, in Central. The program can be heard Thursday nights, 5pm-6pm, on WPFC, 1550AM, Baton Rouge and on the Internet at SportsGumbo.net. The Sid Edwards Show not only covers Central HS athletics, but also devotes time each week to Central HS academics. Several Central public figures—both sports related and non-sports related—have appeared on the program.
A popular Central show, also produced by Jon Fine Sports Productions, Central Coaches Corner, aired in the mid-00’s on The Score, 1210AM, Baton Rouge. This program was co-hosted by Steve Johnson and Wes Watts.
Other high school programming produced by Jon Fine Sports Productions includes Denham Springs HS Football radio/Internet broadcasts (The Score, 1210
AM, Baton Rouge/SportsGumbo.net), Episcopal HS radio/Internet broadcasts (WXOK, 1460AM, Baton Rouge/SportsGumbo.net) The Dru Nettles Show (Thursdays, 7pm-8pm, broadcasting live from Big Mike’s Sports Bar & Grill in Denham Springs, The Score, 1210AM, BR/SportsGumbo.net) and Plaquemine Sports Weekly (Tuesdays, 8am-9am, KKAY, 1590AM, River Parishes,BR/SportsGumbo.net). Fine has been a Baton Rouge sports talk radio host/producer since 1991. He presently hosts and produces Monday Morning Quarterback (Mondays, 8am-9am: KKAY, 1590AM, River Parishes/BR…SportsRadio-1310-KEZM-Lake Charles/Internet: SportsGumbo.net).
The 2011 Central HS Football radio/Internet broadcasts include a 60 minute pre-game show, “The Central Title & Closing Wildcats Warm-Up”, which features an extensive interview with Wildcats coach Doug Dotson. At half-time, “The Central Stat Care Half-Time Report” includes an interview with a prominent Central personality. Following the game, tune in to” The Wildcats Wrap-Up”, which includes the “Chase Health Care Player of The Game”. Victoria Eskola conducts on-field interviews with Coach Dotson both at half-time and right after the final gun.
One of the best reason to root for the Wildcats to win is that after every Central victory, you can purchase a Blizzard at Dairy Queen for 99 cents! David’s Tiger Express & Dairy Queen is located on the corner of Hooper and Joor in Central..
2011 CENTRAL FOOTBALL BROADCASTS:
JAMBOREE BROADCAST: 4:30PM
ALL REGULAR SEASON GAMES START FRIDAY NIGHTS AT 6PM
RADIO: WPFC, 1550AM /INTERNET: SPORTSGUMBO.NET
8/26 vs East Feliciana (at Zachary Jamboree): 4:30PM
9/2 ISTROUMA
9/9 at St. Thomas More
9/16 WOODLAWN
9/23 at Catholic HS
9/30 ST AMANT
10/7 ZACHARY*
10/14 WALKER*
10/21 at Denham Springs*
10/28 at Scotlandville*
11/4 at Live Oak*
11/11 PLAYOFFS tbd
*District Games
The Central’s Men’s Club is a terrific organization. For more information, please contact Keith Kepper at keithk@designfab-inc.com. They allow Jon Fine Sports Productions to join, so that means they’ll more than likely accept you! You’re encouraged to do so. We also give kudos to as progressive a Chamber as you’ll find, The City of Central Chamber of Commerce. Jon Fine Sports Productions is a proud member. For more info, contact Ron Erickson at chamber@cityofcentralchamber.com.
Special thanks to Central HS Principal Bob Wales, Athletics Director Sid Edwards and football coach Doug Dotson and his staff for all of the assistance that they’ve given Jon Fine Sports Productions.
The Central business community has provided tremendous support for a variety of Central sports broadcasts throughout the years. We’ve had numerous sponsors and boosters on our programs, several of whom have been with us on an annual basis. Although impossible to name them all, we would like to thank our sponsors for the 2010 football season. They include:
CALLIHAN LAW FIRM/CENTRAL TITLE & CLOSING
CAPITAL FINANCIAL GROUP—IAN JAMES
CHASE HEALTH CARE
DAVID’S TIGER EXPRESS & DAIRY QUEEN
EDNA’S MARKET
JAMBALAYA SHOPPE
MIKE ROBINSON HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING
NINE DRAGON CHINESE BUFFET
We ask Central HS supporters to kindly patronize these fine businesses and all sponsors and boosters of Central HS broadcasts. Please let them know you heard their ads on Central HS sports broadcasts. They make these broadcasts possible.
If your business might be interested in sponsoring our Central HS Football broadcasts (or The Sid Edwards Show), sponsorship packages are available. Please contact Jon Fine at Jon@SportsGumbo.net.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS BROADCASTS, A JON FINE SPORTS PRODUCTION, ON WPFC, 1550AM, BATON ROUGE AND ON THE INTERNET, AT THIS SITE, AT WWW.SPORTSGUMBO.NET.
