The Al and Josh Show

Al and Josh bring in an actual expert on D2 & D3 wrestling and preview all the action just in time for you to get up to speed before wrestling starts this weekend!

Al and Josh cover all sorts wrestling! State tournament recap of team and individuals Great changes at this years state tourney + potential future changes D2 Super Region 5 D3 Region 7

Al and Josh cover some section recaps and dig in to true second statistics and then jump in to the state tournament including answering a bunch of questions we received about seeding, some with simple explanations and some that are still a bit of a mystery and then pick a handful of brackets in each … Continue reading Episode 86: State Tourney preview! →

The long awaited and highly demanded JV Takes & Al and Josh collab show! Buckle up and grab a snack, we covered so much wrestling (and non wrestling) it ended up being a long one. If people enjoy listening half as much as we loved recording it will be well worth the JV Takes audio … Continue reading JV Takes Super Show →

Al and Josh set up a collab with JV Takes and then jump in to a recap of the girls individual (super) section tournament followed by some comments on each of the team section brackets!

Al and Josh cover recent events including college action and commits and just as they are heading in to high school post season talk Josh gets a call we couldn’t ignore. After a lively conversation with the caller they move on to talk recent results, milestones and upcoming action. The next 4 weeks will have … Continue reading Episode 84: surprise call in guest and the post season is here! →

Al goes over his last 5 days of wrestling fan activity and Josh fills in the gaps and then goes over the girls state dual tournament and a bunch of boys results that will have an impact on postseason seeding!

Al and Josh go over the results from the college National Duals held in Cedar Falls last week as well as recent high school events, the mic problems from episode 81 are confirmed to be resolved and Studio 2 is better than ever!

Al and Josh overcome a failing microphone cable as they recap calling the Christmas tournament and cover some of the other weekend activities. Josh’s mic gets quiet but luckily they catch it and replace it midway through the show. One more ref sponsor added recently but can still use more!

Al and Josh cover some recent college and high school action and then dive in to a Christmas Tournament preview!

Al and Josh cover a ton of action including several high school tournaments, the Gophers great start to the season and both Augustana and Augsburg updates! We’re on the hunt for more sponsors for our 3rd year of “Sponsor a Ref,” let us know if you’re able to help out

Al and Josh clarify the new tech fall rule in high school and discuss the big news at HWT U and some other lineup news. They go over Josh’s first couple of college open experiences and talk a bit about the Yellowjacket open at RCTC and the DWU in South Dakota.

Al and Josh welcome long time ref Rod Frost to discuss the many high school rule changes this year and talk about the upcoming wrestling season!

Al and Josh get together and talk about the DI, DII and DIII national tournaments to wrap up the 2023-2024 folkstyle season. They cover the actual wrestling, host cities, academic awards and more and as always they wander off on tangents including discussing a prestigious award they recently received!

Al and Josh welcome Mack Reiter in studio to go over all of the upcoming action in Kansas City when they cover brackets and story lines at the D1 National Tournament this weekend!

Al and Josh go through the D2 brackets and talk a bit about some local connections and then a D3 expert pops in to go over brackets, matchups and story lines for all the tournament action this weekend in Lacrosse!

Al and Josh recap the Minnesota state tournament and cover all sorts of topics along with actual results!

Al and Josh dig in to what exactly happened with the true second matches at sections and then dive in to their individual state tournament preview show!

Josh covers all sorts of cool dual tournament history and explains why Minnesota is the oldest and greatest team tournament in the country and then we move on to previewing this year’s dual brackets!

Al and Josh talk briefly about the battle of the Auggies/Augies last week and then jump right in to recapping girls sections and previewing team sections!