TRN Sports Podcast: HS Basketball Wrap Up (3/7/17)
TRN sports writer Jonathan Hull joins digital sports editor Zach Duncan to wrap up the Wichita Falls area's 2016-2017 high school basketball season in the latest edition of the TRN Sports Podcast.
Duncan and Hull discuss various topics including what they'll remember most from this season, favorite stories they got to work on and cover, new approaches Hull took to covering games this season, the area's biggest surprises, top teams heading into next season and the impact losing seniors will have for some teams.
Hull also gives a brief, but vague, tease of his upcoming Red River 22 boys and girls basketball teams.
1:00: What will stand out the most to them about the 2016-2017 basketball season.
4:42: How Jonathan's recent Nocona featurecame together.
8:08: Otherfavorite stories Hull wrote this season, and stories he wishes he could have written.
10:45: The best game Jonathan's covered all year, and why, and other favorite games he covered.
12:42: The most memorable performance of the season.
13:12: How Twitter helped Jonathan change his approach to covering games this season.
15:33: How the TRN Top 10 poll for boys and girls basketball came to be this season, and how it benefitted the area.
19:00: The impact this year's senior class had on the area.
21:40: The off-court thing Windthorst's Tatum Veitenheimer does that really impresses Hull.
22:43: Players coming back next year to keep an eye on.
24:08: Which teams in the area will be the best teams next season.
29:43: Zach and Jonathan give their way too early pre-season area Top 3 poll for boys and girls teams.
35:08: A vague preview of this year's Red River 22 teams, and how Jonathan's had more trouble picking his team more than most years.
39:03: Their thoughts on all-district teams, and how they are picked.
42:26: Zach and Jonathan discuss Jonathan earning the nickname of "The Eliminator" in the office this season for covering more playoff losses than wins.