Weekly Warrior Podcast

The Westcliff Men’s Beach Volleyball program is back to defend its national championship with a brand new head coach, Fernando Sabla. We learn about our newest leader before talking about what’s ahead for the Warriors in 2023-24. 

Pod Topics Include: Back to school, SID, Sierra Injury, MSOC Opening Win, Q, Adekunle Back, Fierce Competition, 5Cs, Loving Sports, Loving Sports, Love Student-Athletes, Love SID, LIKE & SUBSCRIBE!

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Coming off Men’s Soccer’s 8-0 pummeling of Life Pacific last night (Welcome back, Q! Welcome back, John!), the guys are fired up and talking everything Fall Season. Then it’s time to talk a little long distance running with first-year XC Head Coach Mike Crosby, who comes to Westcliff by way of Biola. 

Pod Topics Include:  Hurricane Hilary, Earthquakes, Soccer Just Started, Fall Sports, 8-0 win, Men’s Beach, Women’s Wrestling, CCC, A...

It’s a brand new era for Westcliff Women’s Volleyball, with new head coach Andy Cole taking over for Kenny Ma, who moved up to NCAA D1 Weber State in the offseason. Coming off a runner-up finish in the Cal Pac tournament, Cole isn’t the only new face around Irvine, so it’s an exciting time to learn about and be around Warrior volleyball. The season is just around the corner, so now is your opportunity to learn some new names and se...

It’s an incredibly special episode this week as we welcome in legendary soccer coach Randy Dodge, who brings an infectious energy with him everywhere he goes. Coach Dodge now leads Westcliff Men’s Soccer, and just so happens to be the father of our very own co-host, Chase Dodge. There is no limit to the storytelling on this week’s show, trust us, this is one podcast episode you don’t want to miss. 

Before Coach Dodge joins, Chase an...

We're back after a little COVID break and everyone is healthy and ready to roll. This week Kyle Rouse joins us fresh off a third-place finish at nationals for the Westcliff Surf team. It was a season of great stories for our surfers and we're here for it. Also, because Coach Rouse is a two-sport coach, we're talking Women's Basketball! Had you heard Trinity Vasquez is headed to the pro game!? We've got all ...

We're back at it on the podcast this week with a very special guest, Women's Soccer head coach Jack Gidney, or should we call him Cal Pac Champion Women's Soccer head coach Jack Gidney?

Women's Soccer had a busy offseason, adding more than a dozen new players after losing a pair to professional soccer and two more who headed back to play in Europe. 
Reloaded, the Warriors are ready to defend their c...

Welcome back, listeners! Wow! It has been a while since we fired up the old podcast maker and cooked up a show. What a great one we have for you today, as brand new co-hosts Chase Dodge and Will Smith welcome on the founder, the originator, the pioneer of the podcast himself, Dean of Athletics, Shawn Harris!

Shawn has agreed to come on to answer a number of really difficult questions, and boy did we line up some doozies. If you are ...

Every team that played in the fall qualified for the postseason. Westcliff collected two national titles and a Cal Pac championship. 

Chase breaks it all down before turning his attention to the World Cup. We end the Pod with 5 Burning Questions. 

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Women’s Soccer takes the pitch against Hope International this afternoon, the official start of the Westcliff Fall Regular Season, and Chase is here with his exclusive fall sports preview. 

Join us as Chase breaks down each fall sport and gives perspective on how he thinks each fall season will play out. After that we play “Five Burning Questions” to get Chase’s hottest takes on the year ahead.

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Something big is happening around the Westcliff women’s soccer program, and we’re here to talk all about it with head coach Jack Gidney. The Warriors are an eclectic group from all over the world, and they’ve taken on the moniker of misfits early on. After an amazing spring, the Warriors are back out on the practice pitch and prepping for an epic slate of games starting tomorrow with a scrimmage at NCAA DII Cal State Dominguez Hill...

If you haven't heard of futsal, don't worry, you're not alone -- but you should know, because it's the fastest growing sport in the world, and it's the newest sport at Westcliff. Following in Surf's footsteps, Westcliff Futsal is the first college scholarship program of its kind in America, and head coach Ivan Todorovic is the pioneer that brought the sport to Irvine. Please join us for this very speci...

It has been slow progress, but women are finally starting to find equal footing in the traditionally male-dominated landscape of sports. Westcliff men’s volleyball head coach Alex Griffiths led the Warriors to their first-ever playoff appearance in her first-year coaching at Westcliff. She is a role-model for women everywhere who want to work in sports, regardless of the gender of their athletes. Please join us for this very specia...

Chase is joined by new Men’s Lacrosse head coach Mike Song to talk about the fastest growing sport in America, and where Song plans to take the Warrior program in the future. Both Chase and Coach Song take the discussion to an existential place and express that working at Westcliff is like living in a dream. Find out why in this extra special episode of Building Greatness!

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This weekend the Westcliff surf team will compete in the NSSA national championships at Salt Creek in Dana Point. Head coach Kyle Rouse joins Chase to discuss what to expect! 

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We are back, and with Chase now clearly at the helm, we steer this Podcast ship toward the shores of... Ohio? Yes, that's right, Ohio, where Westcliff's No. 2 ranked Call of Duty team is headed to the CCL national championships this weekend. Head coach Neil Bui joins the show to talk about his nationally-ranked COD squad, the season that was, and what we all can expect at Nationals!

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This week on the show, we cover an incredible weekend for Men’s Volleyball with head coach Alex Griffiths, Women’s Beach becomes perhaps Westcliff’s first nationally-ranked program, and tennis domination from both our men’s and women’s teams!

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This week on the show, Chase takes a look back on an epic week for the Warriors on the diamond, and the court, before we turn our attention to Softball. Head Coach Vanessa Kellems joins the show to talk about her background in the sport as well as where the Westcliff softball stands heading into the heart of Cal Pac play. Serendipity is in the air on this very entertaining podcast! 

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We're back after a long hiatus, and with a new format! Westcliff SID Chase Dodge is taking over the hosting duties on the Podcast, and Shawn and Sherm are going to be frequent guests moving forward. The Podcast is going to be hyper-focused on you, our Westcliff Warriors, and everything you are doing, both on the field and off!

Welcome back! Welcome in! Let's get this thing restarted!

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This week on the show, Dave goes one-on-one with former professional basketball player, Jeermal Sylvester. Sylvester, a bestselling co-author also known as “Mr. Me Too,” has a powerful message about the impact of influence that all student-athletes — and human beings — should hear.

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Get an autographed copy of Mr. Sylvester's book here: https://lnkd.in/g7-XFua

Mr. Sylvester's BIO: https://jeermal.wix...