Best sunpreps Podcasts (2025)

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Sun Preps Upon Further Review for Oct. 23, 2025 1:00:25

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Send us a text Patrick Obley, Chuck Ballaro and Evan Lepak look back at last week's full slate and break down the upcoming penultimate week of the regular season. The UFR crew puts a bow on Peace River Rivalry week, talk about the playoff implications of this week's games and, as usual, make their sure-to-be-wrong game predictions.…

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Sun Preps Upon Further Review for Oct. 15, 2025 1:06:05

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Send us a text The prep football season is getting down to the nitty gritty. Each game just means more. Daily Sun sports editor Patrick Obley and sports writers Chuck Ballaro and Evan Lepak break down all the action from Week 8 and take a look at this Friday's games. Also, we offer a quick peek at Thursday's volleyball district championships.…

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Sun Preps Upon Further Review for Oct. 8, 2025 1:10:15

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Send us a text Join your Sun Preps crew as they discuss a wide variety of topics, including each area football team's midseason MVPs and the race for Sun Preps Offensive and Defensive Player of the year. The crew also dives into each team's region standing and takes a look at a full slate of action coming up this Friday.…

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Sun Preps Upon Further Review for Sept. 24, 2025 59:43

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Send us a text The first FHSAA rankings of the season came out this week and boy, do we have a lot to talk about when it comes to who's ranked where and what the region implications could be. Your hosts Patrick Obley, Chuck Ballaro and Evan Lepak break it all down while looking back at last week's action and ahead to this week's games.…

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Sun Preps Upon Further Review for Sept. 17, 2025 53:23

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Send us a text Your hosts Patrick Obley, Chuck Ballaro and Evan Lepak dive into the week that was for Sun Preps-area football teams, including the epic Port Charlotte-Venice throwdown, then turn their attention to this week's upcoming contests.By Patrick

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Sun Preps Upon Further Review for Sept. 10, 2025 46:15

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Send us a text We're back! After a two-week hiatus, the Sun Preps podcast returns just in time to talk about the biggest game of the season: The showdown at Venice between the Indians and the Port Charlotte Pirates. Plenty of other games dot the Week 4 slate, as well, and we'll get into each of them. Join Daily Sun sports editor Patrick Obley, spor…

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Sun Preps Upon Further Review for Aug. 20, 2025 1:00:10

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Send us a text Join Sun Preps sports editor Patrick Obley, sports writer Chuck Ballaro and Venice sports editor Evan "Venice" Lepak for a recap of Week 0 action on the gridiron as well as a look ahead at Week 1's openers for every Sun Preps area squad.By Patrick

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Sun Preps Upon Further Review for Aug. 13, 2025 59:50

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Send us a text It's a brand new school year and we're back to tell you all about it! Join the Sun Preps sports crew and special guest Vinnie Portell of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune for a look at the area's teams, as well this week's Kickoff Classics. Also, we dive into the area's volleyball programs.By Patrick

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Sun Preps Upon Further Review for May 29, 2025 46:28

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Send us a text Join Daily Sun sports editor Patrick Obley and sports writers Chuck Ballaro and Evan Lepak as they discuss what they saw during the spring football season. Four teams participated in jamborees while three others had spring games. Where does everyone stand heading into the summer? Find out here.…

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Sun Preps Upon Further Review for Nov. 13, 2024 31:54

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Send us a text The postseason has arrived! Your Sun Preps crew breaks down the three teams still standing: Venice, Port Charlotte and Charlotte. We take a look at the roads ahead of each and handicap their chances to make a deep run.By Patrick

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Sun Preps Upon Further Review for Nov. 6, 2024 47:42

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Send us a text The Sun Preps crew dives into Tuesday night's Peace River Rivalry game, then gets you all caught up on last Friday's action on the gridiron before taking a look ahead to next week's playoffs.By Patrick

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Sun Preps Upon Further Review for Oct. 30, 2024 50:37

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Send us a text Join Sun Preps sports editor Patrick Obley alongside writers Chuck Ballaro, Evan Lepak and Vinnie Portell as they break down this penultimate week of the regular season. The crew will also dive into the playoff pictures for Venice, Port Charlotte and Charlotte, preview Babcock's playoff opener and take a look at North Port's bowl pro…

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Sun Preps Upon Further Review for Oct. 23, 2024 58:41

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Send us a text In this super-sized episode, the Sun Preps crew dives into the region's overwhelmingly successful volleyball season before recapping the week that was and the week to come in football. Join Daily Sun Sports Editor Patrick Obley and writers Chuck Ballaro, Evan Lepak and Vinnie Portell as they break it all down.…

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Sun Preps Upon Further Review for Oct. 16, 2024 42:56

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Send us a text Daily Sun Sports Editor Patrick Obley and writers Chuck Ballaro, Vinnie Portell and Evan Lepak are back after a week of Hurricane Milton-induced silence! Join the Sun Preps crew as they discuss the postseason outlooks of all the area teams as well as take a peek into this week's gamesBy Patrick

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Sun Preps Upon Further Review for Oct. 2, 2024 48:19

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Send us a text Join Daily Sun Sports Editor Patrick Obley and fellow sports writers Evan Lepak, Chuck Ballaro and Vinnie Portell as they break down Week 6 and look ahead to Week 7. In between, the crew will break down each team's Player of the Year candidates. They'll also make their weekly predictions sure to go ... mostly right?…

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Sun Preps Upon Further Review for Sept. 25, 2024 45:14

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Send us a text In this week's podcast, Daily Sun Sports Editor Patrick Obley talks with sports writers Chuck Ballaro, Evan Lepak and Vinnie Portell about Week 5's results while looking ahead to a Week 6 that is somewhat up in the air due to an approaching hurricane. That didn't stop the crew from making their picks for this week's winners at episod…

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Sun Preps Upon Further Review for Sept. 18, 2024 1:03:06

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Send us a text Join Daily Sun Sports Editor Patrick Obley as he breaks down Week 4 and looks ahead to Week 5 of the prep football season with the help of sports writers Chuck Ballaro, Evan Lepak and Vinnie Portell.By Patrick

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Sun Preps Upon Further Review for Sept. 11, 2024 52:22

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Send us a text In this super-sized episode, Daily Sun Sports Editor Patrick Obley and Sports Writers Vinnie Portell, Chuck Ballaro and Evan Lepak break down Week 3's action before turning their attention to a LOADED Week 4. Stay tuned after the "end credits" for our predictions for this week's upcoming games.…

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Upon Further Review Podcast for Sept. 4, 2024 31:16

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Send us a text Join Daily Sun Sports Editor Patrick Obley as he discusses this past week's Sun Preps-region football games with Sports Writers Evan Lepak and Vinnie Portell. The crew will also talk about some of their choices as breakout players for each team after two weeks of play and take a peak at this week's contests.…

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Sun Preps Upon Further Review for Aug. 28, 2024 38:34

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Send us a text In this week's episode, Daily Sun sports editor Patrick Obley and sports writers Evan Lepak, Chuck Ballaro and Vinnie Portell break down Week 1 action on the football field and take a look ahead to Week 2.By Patrick

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Upon Further Review for Nov. 8 46:23

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Send us a text Join Patrick Obley, Chuck Ballaro, Evan Lepak and Vinnie Portell for the final Upon Further Review podcast of the 2023 prep football season. We take a closer look at DeSoto County, where head coach Jeff Lee stepped down, as well as dive into region playoff previews for Venice, Charlotte, Port Charlotte and Lemon Bay. We also discuss …

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Upon Further Review for Nov. 1 56:13

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Send us a text Join Patrick Obley, Vinnie Portell, Chuck Ballaro and Bruce Robins as they break down all of last week's football action and take a look ahead to Friday's regular season finales. Also on tap: A discussion of North Port's bowl game and the state of DeSoto County. They'll also break down each teams best wins and toughest defeats.…

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Upon Further Review for Oct. 11 33:13

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Send us a text Join Daily Sun sports editor Patrick Obley, Venice Gondolier sports editor Evan Lepak, Daily Sun sports writer Chuck Ballaro and Betsided.com associate editor Vinnie Portell as they break down all the Sun Preps area football action from last week and take a look at what's to come this Friday. Is this the week North Port makes history…

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Upon Further Review for Oct. 5 43:44

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Send us a text Join podcast host Patrick Obley, sports editor of The Daily Sun as he chops up the local football season with Betsided.com associate editor Vinnie Portell and Daily Sun sports writer Chuck Ballaro. We say goodbye to Charlotte super fan "Crazy Jim" Walzak as well as get into some proposed rule changes being considered by the FHSAA.…

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Upon Further Review for Sept. 27 52:35

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Send us a text In this supersized episode, Daily Sun sports editor Patrick Obley, sports writer Evan Lepak and Betsided.com associate editor Vinnie Portell break down Week 5's action and give our initial thoughts on the first FHSAA rankings. We also check in on each team at the midway point of the 2023 season, then wrap up with a look at this Frida…

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Upon Further Review for Sept. 20 31:50

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Send us a text Daily Sun sports editor Patrick Obley, sports writer Chuck Ballaro and Betsided.com associate editor Vinnie Portell break down all of Week 4's action and look ahead to Week 5's full slate of games, including Manatee-Port Charlotte and Fort Myers-Charlotte. Venice returns to action this week against River Ridge, North Port travels to …

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Upon Further Review for Sept. 13 39:02

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Send us a text The Sun Preps crew breaks down all the action from Week 3, from North Port's big win against IMG Blue on Thursday through Saturday's cathartic Venice romp at Miami Northwestern. We also take a look at some players who have impressed early in the season and take a peek at this week's games.…

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Upon Further Review for Sept. 6 36:31

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Send us a text This week we review Port Charlotte's epic Peace River Rivalry victory and try to piece together what is going on with Venice after their 0-2 start (Hint: The kids will be OK). We also dive into this week's games, including a barnburner for Port Charlotte at home against Gulf Coast and yet another road trip for Venice, this time to Mi…

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