Fungo Sports Podcast

West Texas wrestling ft. Coach Joseph Rios

Coach Rios is the head wrestling coach at Cooper High School. He is coming off back-to-back state championships with his girls team. We sit down with Coach Rios in this episode and talk about building a culture and program, the club wrestling scene, and we also discuss his current team! Coach Rios is also the owner of Pirate Wrestling Club where he starts teaching kids the way of the mat at an early age!

The podcast crew Featuring Mazzy Beam

What's up everyone! Today we sit down with Producer Mazzy when we take from behind the camera and sit her in front of a mic. Mazzy is a student athlete for the Frenship Tigers. In this episode, she breaks down what it is like to be a basketball and track athlete, while balancing a nursing curriculum and normal high school life! Mazzy has also worked with us for the past year! She gets honest about working with Fungo and shares about one of her favorite pranks that unfolded at a media day! Mazzy has transitioned as an assistant and now takes photos, produces a podcast and creates social media content for Fungo!

Serving it up featuring Braylee Barron and Abby Dallas

In this episode we sit down with Braylee and Abby, two of the captains for the Liberty Patriot volleyball team. The Patriots are currently one of the top ranked teams in Texas for their classification, and they've gotten to this level in just their third year as a team. We discuss what is working well for the team this year, as well as handling the pressure of being a top ranked team!

Facing high expectations ft. Coach Beau Riker

This week we sit down with Ropes football head coach Beau Riker. In his second season as head coach, he resurged a Ropes program to a 12-2 season. Starting this season with high expectations, he discusses the support of the community and commitment from his players to perform!

Lubbock Cooper Football ft. Ryan Rodriguez and Sione Vaea

Lubbock Cooper has been as consistent as they come in West Texas football! Today we sit with two of the most experienced players stepping on the field for the Pirates! Ryan Rodriguez and Sione Vaea, aka Papa, share with us what it is like to be start for the Pirates early in the year, and they give us an outlook on what to expect for this season!