The Seacoast Sports Forum Podcast

Exeter New Hampshire's  Cody Morissette is the special guest on this edition of the Seacoast Sports Forum.

The Bluehawk and Boston College Eagle baseball standout is anticipating his selection in the upcoming Major League Baseball draft in July.

Cody reflects on his college career as well as his days a a three sport all star at Exeter High with hosts Sherm Chester and Sam Bruno.

Also,  Sherm has a special Memorial Day message as part of his "Two Minute Drill"

The Seacoast Sports Forum team celebrates a broadcast milestone their 50th edition.

Hosts Sherm Chester, Sam Bruno and  “Coach”Bill Taylor discuss the state of high school sports throughout New Hampshire with Jeff Collins, Executive Director of the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association.

The major topics on the table include the positive and safe handling of schedules and co-ordination of teams and officials participating in various sports during the past 18 months of pandemic conditions.

 

Sam, Coach and Sherm also pick out the highlights of the first 50 episodes of the Forum.

Roger Brown from the Union-Leader is the special guest on this O.T. edition of the SSF.

Roger and host Sherm Chester discuss the drafting of Exeter’s Hunter Long by the Miami Dolphins in the recent NFL Draft and highlights of the Joe Yukica sports banquet which acknowledges the best schoolboy football players in the Granite State.

The complete list of players can be found on NHFootballReport.com

 

The guys shift gears to baseball for talk about the start of the N.H. Fishercats minor league season and wrap up with an around the horn discussion of schoolboy baseball and the standout players in N.H.

 

For team reports check out NHHardball.com 

Coach Jim Tufts is our special guest on this edition of the Forum.

Jim joins hosts Sam Bruno and Sherm Chester in an open discussion of the sports scene.

 

Coach Tufts recaps the UNH Wildcat soccer season and talks about senior captain Jake Gould from Exeter.  He also gives his analysis of the Bruins and the upcoming NHL playoffs.

The discussion also includes Hunter Long’s selection in the NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins...ways to speed up Major League Baseball games...Sam’s take on the Kentucky Derby  and Jim’s thumbnail description of lacrosse from an officials perspective.

The Seacoast Sports Forum featuring future NFL tight end Hunter Long.

The Exeter N.H. resident is a highly respected athlete who starred as a Bluehawk as well as standout at Boston College.

Hosts Sherm Chester, Sam Bruno, and Roger Brown of NHFootballReport.com talk to Hunter about his feelings about joining the ranks of the NFL and reflecting on how the coaches at Exeter, Deerfield and B.C. helped shape his playing skills.

Hunter also gives advice to young athletes aspiring to make it to the professional leagues.

In this edition of the Seacoast Sports Forum our special guest is Sam Rollick, owner and creative force at Granite Bats.com

Sam is an artisan who creates custom wooden baseball bats at his shop located in Exeter N.H.

 

Forum hosts Sherm Chester and Sam Bruno talk with Rollick about the ins and outs of the process of wooden bat turning and he explains how to chose the right stick. 

The guys wrap up with a quick round of factoids about the history of baseball bats and some of the great MLB stars that used them.

 

Check out the line of custom products at GraniteBats.com

 

Hosts Sherm Chester and Sam Bruno are joined in this edition of the Forum by Mike Murphy,  UNH Communications and Marketing Director

They discuss the decision of UNH Athletics to suspend the spring Wildcat football season as well as the effects COVID had in the various sports programs during the 2020-21 season.

 

Mike gives an update on the “603 Challenge” at UNH which benefits various athletic and academic programs at the university.

 

The hosts also discuss UNH hockey standout and future NHL star Angus Crookshank and wrap up the session looking ahead to the upcoming fall Wildcat football schedule.

PLAY BALL !!

It’s officially spring on the calendar and time for the baseball season to get underway.

 

Hosts Sherm Chester and Sam Bruno are joined by Roger Brown of the Union-Leader and NH Hardball.com to discuss the Red Sox and the MLB season as well as spring schoolboy baseball in the Granite State and the upcoming MLB draft and Exeter N.H. prospect and Boston College standout Cody Morrissette.

Checkout all the news of Granite State football on Roger Brown's website  NH Football Report.com

Hosts Sherm Chester, Sam Bruno and “Coach” Bill Taylor make their “Sweet Sixteen” predictions for the NCAA tourney.

Spring sports in seacoast New Hampshire  will be getting underway and the NHIAA announces how the playoffs will be handled.

The guys discuss Exeter High School and Boston College football standout Hunter Long and his prospects in the upcoming NFL draft.  Hunter is acknowledged as the best collegiate tight end in America.

Sam shares memories of an interview he had with "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler. The  “Coach” reviews the new parity in NASCAR and Sherm talks about the upcoming Forum fantasy baseball season.

Hosts Sherm Chester and Sam Bruno fill out their March Madness brackets for bragging rights.

 

The guys also discuss headlines about the Red Sox newest part owner, the Patriots spending spree, the new 113 billion dollar NFL television contract and wrap up with a tribute to a longtime Boston Marathoner.