Black Swamp Basketball Podcast Presented by The Gerken Companies
Release Date: 01/30/2025
Regional Final Podcast (week 14)
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Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to the area regional finals and also around the state.
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Regional semifinal podcast (week 13 of 2025 season
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Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to the regional semifinal round of the Ohio playoffs Division I Region 1 No. 4 Toledo Whitmer (9-2) at No. 1 Lakewood St. Edward (9-2) No. 3 Canton McKinley (9-2) at No. 2 Mentor (11-0) Region 2 No. 5 Springfield (8-4) at No. 1 Middletown (9-2) No. 6 Huber Heights Wayne (8-4) at No. 2 Troy (9-2) Region 3 No. 5 Powell Olentangy Liberty (8-4) at No. 1 Lewis Center Olentangy Orange (11-0) No. 6 Upper Arlington (10-2) at No. 2 Pickerington Central (10-1) Region 4 No. 4 Cincinnati Princeton (9-2) at No. 1 Cincinnati Elder (11-0) No. 3 Cincinnati St. Xavier...
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Regional quarterfinals of 2025 season (week 12)
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Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to the regional quarterfinal round of the Ohio High School football playoffs
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Week 1 of 2025 Playoffs
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Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to the opening round of the Buckeye State playoffs.
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Week 10 of 2025 season
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Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to week 10 of the area prep season with special guest Maddie (Strall) Kline of BCSN Sports. She was a standout basketball and volleyball player at St. Ursula, winning a volleyball state championship before continuing her careers at Wheeling University. She later transferred to Toledo to play volleyball. Week 10 schedule Non-conference Toledo Christian at Cory-Rawson Muskegon Mona Shores, Mich. at Central Catholic St. Francis at Riverview, Mich. U of D Jesuit at St. John’s Jesuit Waite at Napoleon Northern 8 Waldron, Mich. at Stryker St. Mary CC at...
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Week 9 of 2025 Season
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Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to coverage area slate for week 9 with guest picker Kevin McCann, a former All-Ohio selection at Tinora before an illustrious career at the University of Findlay.
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Week 8 Podcast
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Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to week 8 around the Black Swamp Football coverage area.
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Week 7
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Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to week 7 of the area prep season.
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Week 6 Podcast
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Lynn Groll and Tory Strock look ahead to the week 6 slate of games in the Black Swamp Football coverage area with special guest Dick Cromwell, who won state titles at St. Francis in 1984 and 2001 while also being a member of the Ohio High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
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Week 5 of 2025 season
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info_outlineRon Niekamp is the featured guest this week with Lynn Groll, Tory Strock and Dave Krauss. Niekamp wa a St. Henry graduate before playing collegiately at the University of Miami. He started his coaching career at Parkway before taking over Ottawa-Glandorf for five seasons, which included Final Four trips in 1977 and 1978. His last stop before joining the college ranks was a six-year stint at Lima Senior which reached the state tourney in 1982. His high school record was 208-86. Niekamp then became headman at the Univesity of Findlay for 26 years, posting an impressive 598-185 mark, highlighted by a perfect 36-0 national championship season in 2008-09. Krauss was an assistant on the national championship team.