THE 4TH ROW PODCAST

On this episode we visit with the 2026 2A Baseball State Champion - Kanab Cowboys.  Coach Craig Brinckerhoff, staff and handful of players join the podcast to discuss their season and playoff run at BYU.  The Cowboys have won 3 of the last 4 baseball championships.

On this episode, Coach Carson Christensen joins the 4TH ROW to talk about the overall season and tournament run of the 2026 State Champion South Sevier Rams.

On this episode, I welcome my great friend Coach Dakota Shepherd to the podcast to breakdown the quarterfinal matchups in the Boys 2A State Basketball tournament being held at UVU - Monday - Wednesday.

On this episode, we review and breakdown the 2A Boys Basketball 2nd Round playoff matchups.  We lightly preview the Final 8 games to be played at UVU February 23-25 starting at 9:30AM Monday morning.

On this episode we catch up with action following the Holiday break.  The second half of the season is going to competitive and exciting.  ALA tops the boys RPI Rankings to start the second half.  Kanab Lady Cowboys sit atop the first RPI.

On this episode we wrap up Week 3 around the state.  We visit with Enterprise Head Coach Bud Randall to discuss early season team development and preparing for the State Playoffs.  We introduce a final thought / unpopular opinion focused on the challenge of enjoying high school basketball as a parent of a player.  

On this episode we turn the page to basketball.  We have a large enough sample size of games to launch the first Power 5 for the 2025 season.  Special guest: Coach Zack Alvidrez from Rowland Hall joins us for a quick review of Region 17 in the northern Wasatch front area.

On this episode we visit with Coach Barkley Christensen - Head football coach for the San Juan Broncos following their recent win to capture the 2A State Championship.  The Broncos are now in rare air with 5 straight championships.  They are one of two teams to accomplish 5 straight in the past 100 years of UHSAA football.  Unreal accomplishment for Coach Christensen and the Broncos.

On this episode we sit down with Kanab Cowboy Head Coach JR Quarnberg.  We are joined by two members of his staff and two of the leaders from the 2025 1A Football Champs. We discuss variety of topics from losing in the State Championship last season, Off-season adjustments, and outstanding individual players.

On this episode we discuss the 1A and 2A Semi Final matchups.  We preview the Finals for each classification + keys to each game.  Side note...  San Juan will be playing for 5th straight state title and Beaver bidding for a 3-peat.