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Podcast Kickoff - Season 3 · Cover IV Podcast

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to Cover Four.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you're a Section 4 football fan, this is your podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Coach Smith and I'll be your host.
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• 0:44
  SPEAKER_00: Hey Section 4 football fans, it's that time of year again.
• 0:48
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to season three of the Cover Four podcast.
• 0:52
  SPEAKER_00: I look forward to bringing you the 2022 Section 4 football season.
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  SPEAKER_00: I want to begin with a huge thank you to those who made Season 2 such a success.
• 1:04
  SPEAKER_00: Keep visiting Cover4.com website and sharing your next fan up ideas.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Cover4.com website contains all the links and information you need to satisfy your Section 4 football fan fix.
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  SPEAKER_00: The website again is cover4.com.
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  SPEAKER_00: The four is a Roman numeral for, so that's C-O-V-E-R IV.com.
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  SPEAKER_00: Remember, this podcast compliments and includes local sports media professionals from affiliates of ESPN, Fox, CBS, Print Media, and Radio.
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  SPEAKER_00: Section 4 is coming off a very successful 2021 season with three state champions and one team tied for first.
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  SPEAKER_00: The three Section 4 defending state champions are the Shenango Forks Blue Devils, the Maine Anwell Spartans, and the Tioga Tigers.
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  SPEAKER_00: Spencer Vanett and Cander Eagles tied for first in the eight player classification.
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  SPEAKER_00: Our award-winning team of Section 4 football analysts return nearly intact.
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  SPEAKER_00: Roger Neal, the soon-to-be inductee into the Binghamton University Sports Hall of Fame, will cover the Broome County teams.
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  SPEAKER_00: Nate Lull, host of the Nate Lull Podcast, will cover the Eastern teams.
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  SPEAKER_00: Tim Burney, recipient of the 2021 Hunter Lowe Media Service Award, will analyze the Tauga County teams.
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  SPEAKER_00: Andrew Laguerre, sports writer for the Elmira Star Gazette, will provide coverage of the Western teams.
• 2:45
  SPEAKER_00: We lost Dan Doherty to free agency.
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  SPEAKER_00: Dan was a sports reporter and play-by-play analyst for ESPN Ithaca, covering the Tompkins County teams.
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  SPEAKER_00: Dan's replacement will join us later this season and we wish Dan well in his endeavors.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now for a breakdown of the team classifications.
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  SPEAKER_00: Double A there are three teams Binghamton, Corning, and Almira.
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  SPEAKER_00: A is four teams Horseheads, Ithaca, Union Endicott, and Vestal.
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  SPEAKER_00: B has five teams, Johnson City, Maine Enwell, Norwich, Owigo Free Academy, and Windsor.
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  SPEAKER_00: C has six teams, Shenango Forks, Shenango Valley, Newark Valley, Oneana, Susquehanna Valley, and Waverly.
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  SPEAKER_00: D is made up of eight teams Bainbridge Guildford, Delaware Academy, Deposit Hancock, Harpersville Afton, Sydney, Spencer Bennett and Cander, Tyoga, and Walton.
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  SPEAKER_00: The eight player division is comprised of nine teams Unitingo Franklin, Green, Oxford, Unadilla Valley, Trumansburg, Thomas A.
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  SPEAKER_00: Edison, Newfield, Moravia, and Groton.
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  SPEAKER_00: Notre Dame will not be fielding a team this season.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we also have an independent classification made up of four teams Whitney Point, Watkins Gleno Desimantur, Dryden, and Lansing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now the teams have a week of practice under their belts.
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  SPEAKER_00: This coming weekend is traditionally the scrimmage weekend for most teams, although four of our teams have non-league week zero games.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's independent.
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  SPEAKER_00: Dryden will travel to Class D Mount Markham out of Section 3 Saturday at 1 p.m.
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  SPEAKER_00: Class A Horseheads will host Class AA Cicero North Syracuse from Section 3 on Friday at 6 p.m.
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  SPEAKER_00: There'll be a double header at Waverley's Memorial Stadium on Saturday evening.
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  SPEAKER_00: Class D Tyoga takes on Class B Marlborough out of Section 9 at 3 p.m.
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  SPEAKER_00: Followed by the nightcap, Class C Waverly will face Class AA Chester also out of Section 9 at 6 p.m.
• 5:29
  SPEAKER_00: Section 4 football has three new coaches this season.
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  SPEAKER_00: Brad Tom, Shenango Valley, Ted Hartenstein actually returning to Newark Valley, and Michael Hakes at Whitney Point.
• 5:43
  SPEAKER_00: Two teams will have new fields this season, the Elmire Express and Ithaca Little Red.
• 5:49
  SPEAKER_00: We continue to have a shortage of officials, the officials of the third team on the field, and their ranks are getting thin.
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  SPEAKER_00: Without this third team, no games are possible.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you or someone you know is interested in joining the third team, visit their Facebook page at Southern Tier Football Officials.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's AtSign Southern Tier Football Officials.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Cover 4 podcast will run weekly during the season and continue as long as the Section 4 football team is playing.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe.
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  SPEAKER_00: And remember, tell your friends, Coach Smith says visit cover4.com and be the next fan up.
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  SPEAKER_00: In football and life, it's not where we line up, it's where we wind up.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for listening to the Cover 4 podcast.