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Friday Free For All

MetroNews
80 episodes   Last Updated: May 02, 25
The Football Friday Free For All is a long running show about high school football in West Virginia, originally hosted by Mike King and Chris Johnson and now by Alex Wiederspiel and Chris Johnson. The show focuses much of its time on the North Central West Virginia region, while also taking a look at statewide stories, players, and storylines. New episodes every Friday during football season.

Episodes

On today's show:Chris George, Bridgeport play-by-play (2:04)Dave Marshall, Bridgeport boy's basketball coach (20:51)Bill Nestor, on Baustin Bowers signing with Wesleyan (41:52)Chris Johnson, Connect-Bridgeport, wraps the show (1:03:02)
In our latest episode:Chris George, WKMZ, takes us around the region (2:20)Greg Carey, MetroNews, on WVU Baseball (31:53)Zak Bart, South Harrison head boys basketball coach (50:26)Chris Johnson, Connect-Bridgeport (1:05:41)PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The Zak Bart interview is a re-air of a previous interview due to technical issues. 
On today's show:Chris George, Bridgeport baseball play-by-play and regional analyst (4:36)Chris Johnson, FF4A Co-Host & Connect-Bridgeport writer (25:55)Greg Smith, Lincoln Cougars baseball coach (47:37)Michael Minnich, WVNews.com & ESPN+ (1:07:05)
Apr 04, 2025
A Very Big Show
On today's show:Chris George, Bridgeport play-by-play (4:01)Derek Bowen, RCB Coach (25:48)Michael Minnich, WVNews.com sports editor (44:59)Chris Johnson, Connect-Bridgeport and FF4A Co-Host (1:15:08)Ron Whiting, Umpire/Ref on passage of legislation to deter official abuse (1:35:25)Mike Asti, WV Sports Now Managing Editor on Ross Rodge (1:56:06)
Spring is here! And as a result, we wrap our talk on basketball and look to baseball.SEGMENT 1: Chris George, Bridgeport baseball play-by-play (2:50)SEGMENT 2: Chris Johnson, Connect-Bridgeport and FF4A Co-Host (27:58)SEGMENT 3: Travis Jones, final word on the boy's basketball tournament (43:13)SEGMENT 4: Frank Tate, South Harrison baseball coach (1:05:39)
Somehow, basketball still swirls at full force in WV this week thanks to the shocking departure of WVU's Darian Devries.SEG1: Mike Asti, WV Sports Now managing editor on the Devries departure and who his replacement might be (2:18)SEG2: Jeff Rogers, Philip Barbour play-by-play, looks back on the whole season for boys and girls basketball (37:56)SEG3: Travis Jones, State Tournament play-by-play (47:07)SEG4: Chris George, Bridgeport and Tucker County radio (57:24)SEG5: Craig Dutton, Lincoln play-by-play, looks back on the whole season for boys and girls basketball (1:12:16)SEG6: Chris Johnson, Connect-Bridgeport and FF4A Co-Host on location at State Tournament (1:20:40)
Girls state tournament semifinals, boys tournament field set, Fairmont State D2 tourney action and more.FIRST SEGMENT: Chris George, radio analyst and play-by-play on Bridgeport, Elkins, Tucker County and more (5:15)SECOND SEGMENT: Bill Nestor, radio analyst and play-by-play on RCB, Liberty-Doddridge, South Harrison and West Virginia Wesleyan (25:23)THIRD SEGMENT: Travis Jones, radio play-by-play on the girl's tournament results and Fairmont State women's and men's D2 NCAA Tournament appearances (50:59)FOURTH SEGMENT: Chris Johnson, Connect-Bridgeport and FF4A Co-Host (1:01:22)FINAL SEGMENT: Paul Burnside, Doddridge County Head Coach (1:28:10)
Mar 07, 2025
It's Here
The field is set for the girls basketball tournament. The regional field is set for the boys tournament. We break it all down.SEGMENT 1: Chris Johnson, Connect-Bridgeport & FF4A Co-Host (0:00)SEGMENT 2: Bill Nestor, RCB and South Harrison radio (26:06)SEGMENT 3: Travis Jones, Bridgeport play-by-play (51:52)SEGMENT 4: Chris George, Bridgeport radio (1:01:01)SEGMENT 5: Jeff Rogers, Philip Barbour radio (1:12:46)SEGMENT 6: Craig Dutton, Lincoln radio (1:23:43)BONUS SEGMENT: Sean McNamara, East Fairmont radio (1:32:32)BONUS SEGMENT: Luke Wiggs, MEC Tournament coverage (1:40:51)
Everyone's pushing just a little bit harder through all the make-up dates in February. As a result, we're all on double duty.A quick preview of girls basketball regional matchups (0:00)Bill Nestor, on RCB boys basketball, South Harrison boys basketball and West Virginia Wesleyan men's and women's basketball (7:40)Travis Jones, on Bridgeport boy's basketball and Fairmont State men's and women's basketball (34:37)Chris George, on Bridgeport boys and girls basketball and Tucker County boys and girls basketball (46:49)Craig Dutton, on Lincoln boys and girls basketball and regional matchups (1:01:27)
The latest on the hardwood:Chris Johnson, Connect-Bridgeport & FF4A Co-Host (0:00)Zak Bart, Liberty boys basketball head coach (19:51)Bill Nestor, Robert C. Byrd boys and WVWC men's and women's basketball play-by-play (31:10)Travis Jones, Bridgeport boys and Fairmont State men's basketball play-by-play (51:40)Chris George, Bridgeport boys and girls basketball radio and Tucker County analyst (1:05:12)Craig Dutton, Lincoln boys basketball play-by-play and expert bracketologist (1:26:19)Sean McNamara, Fairmont State women's basketball & East Fairmont basketball (1:37:13)