The Prep Zone

The Prep Zone

Do you love high school sports? The Prep Zone with hosts Mike Ridaught and Marty Pallman is a weekly podcast that features exclusive interviews with area players and coaches and local high school sports news coverage. The Prep Zone is a production of Mainstreet Daily News, the leader in high school sports coverage for North Central Florida. This show is made possible by: Santa Fe College, Sonic Drive-In, Bosshardt Realty, Stephenson's Septic Tank, Adam's Rib, Prohibition Pizza and Electronics World. https://www.mainstreetdailynews.com/

Episodes

April 18, 2024 66 mins
Mike Ridaught and Marty Pallman are joined by the undefeated Eastside girls and boys track & field team who are about to compete in regionals.  
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Mike Ridaught and Marty Pallman sit down with the back-back state champions, the Hawthorne girls basketball team. They discuss their season and head coach Cornelius Ingram also stops by to discuss the team's success. 
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March 28, 2024 37 mins
 Mike Ridaught and Marty Pallman sit down with the Williston boys basketball team who defeated Hilliard, 61-53, to win its second straight Class 1A state title this season. The coaches and the team discuss their season and what's next. 
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March 21, 2024 57 mins
Mike Ridaught and Marty Pallman sit down the girls and boys Gainesville High School water polo teams to discuss their seasons. 
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Mike Ridaught and Marty Pallman are joined by the inaugural girls flag football team at Buchholz High School. Ridaught and Pallman talk to the team, the head coach and assistant coach.
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February 29, 2024 51 mins
The Saint Francis Catholic Academy baseball team and coaches sit down with Mike Ridaught to discuss their goals for the 2024 season.
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February 23, 2024 48 mins
Mike Ridaught talks with the Bell boys soccer team, who is one of the only area teams to make it the quarter finals.
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February 2, 2024 49 mins
The P.K. Yonge girls basketball team and head coach Willie Powers join Mike Ridaught on The Prep Zone.
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January 26, 2024 62 mins
Mike Ridaught and Mary Pallman host the P.K. Yonge boys and girls soccer teams to discuss their success so far this season.
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January 11, 2024 48 mins
The Rock School is known in the Gainesville area for its national teams but the school also competes locally with its varsity teams. Mike Ridaught and Marty Pallman sit down with the varsity boys basketball team at The Rock and their coach to talk about their team and goals for the season.
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Mike Ridaught and Marty Pallman are joined by the St. Francis Catholic Academy girls basketball team. The girls are aiming for the state championship title this year.
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December 7, 2023 55 mins
The Santa Fe Raiders Head Coach Morgan Dall'Acqua and Assistant Coach Caleb Hudkins join the The Prep Zone to discuss Santa Fe's soccer program. Last season, the Raiders boys soccer team only had five wins and have already reached five wins this season. The coaches discuss taking the soccer program in a different direction. In the last segment, Mike previews football state championships where local teams Hawthorne and Bradford (Sta...
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November 30, 2023 47 mins
The Buchholz boys cross country team joins Mike on The Prep Zone. After the girls cross country team won the state championship, all eyes are on the Buchholz boys as the team continues to improve each year. The team and head coach talks about their goals for next season.
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November 16, 2023 55 mins
Mike Ridaught and Marty Pallman welcome the Newberry football team onto The Prep Zone. The team is facing off against the 2022 state champions, the Hawthorne Hornets, in the playoffs this week. Newberry talks about their season so far and how they are pushing for the championship title. Head Coach Ed Johnson also talks to Mike and Marty about his time at Newberry. In the last segment, Mike and Marty go over this week's Pigskin Pick...
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November 9, 2023 60 mins
Mike is joined by the Eastside girls and boys swim teams as they discuss their season. Coach Jonathan Allen joins as well to discuss the legacy and future of the Eastside Ram's swimming program. In the last segment, Mike goes over this week's Pigskin Picks and the high school football playoff games.
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November 2, 2023 51 mins
Join Mike Ridaught as he talks with the P.K. Yonge girls swim team who are wrapping up an incredible season. Mike talks with players and the swim coach. In the last segment, Mike discusses the Pigskin Picks for this week and the upcoming high school football playoffs.
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October 26, 2023 56 mins
The Williston volleyball team joins Mike on The Prep Zone to share about their season. Coach Kevin Teller and assistant coaches join to discuss what makes Williston such a special team to play for. In the last segment, Mike goes over this week's pigskin picks.
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October 19, 2023 61 mins
Mike and Marty invite the undefeated Oak Hall football team onto the show. The Eagles talk about their season so far. In the last segment, Mike and Marty go over the Pigskin Picks, and discuss the guest picker this week, Steve Spurrier.
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October 12, 2023 31 mins
The Rock School volleyball team joins Mike as the team recaps their regular season. The Rock School's volleyball coach, Ruben Perez talks about The Rock team and his players.
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Mike and Marty are joined by the Newberry volleyball team to discuss the team's season so far. Head Coach Hank Rone, who is the guest picker for the Pigskin Picks, goes over his picks with Mike and Marty. Coach Rone also discusses his team and the volleyball season.
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