Episodes
Saturday Jun 24, 2023
Saturday Jun 24, 2023
Blue Darter Sports with Roger Franklin Williams 6/23 edition featured Apopka High Girls Tennis District Champion, Player of the Year and State Runner Up Alyssa Novoa and Coach Alyssa Novoa, Alyssa's Mother, and a discussion of Alyssa's career in tennis, here outstanding 2023 season as a high school Junior, her road to the success she has enjoyed thus far and her goals for the 2024 season. In the second half of the program, Apopka High Athletic Director Aaron Crawford discussed the numerous success stories of the 2022-23 school year at Apopka including Blue Darter Football's road to the State Championship Game, The Boys Bowling Florida State Championship AND 2023 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, Blue Darter Girls Soccer's District Championship, Apopka Baseball & Softball successful seasons, Girls Water Polo and Girls Wrestling successful season, Alyssa Novoa's outstanding Junior season and the success of Blue Darter Girls Tennis, as well as other success stories from 2022-23.
Saturday Jun 24, 2023
Blue Darter Sports Examines 100+ Years of the History & Tradition of Apopka Baseball
Saturday Jun 24, 2023
Saturday Jun 24, 2023
Blue Darter Sports with Roger Franklin Williams examines the 100 year plus history of the importance of Baseball in the Apopka Community with former Apopka athletes David Logan, Apopka Blue Darter Baseball, and Tim Robinson, Apopka Blue Darter Basketball and a 5th generation Apopkan.
Friday Jun 09, 2023
Friday Jun 09, 2023
Blue Darter Sports with Roger Franklin Williams "Apopka Football Champions" episode. Blue Darter Football Great Derrick Clark, former Denver Bronco FB, Evangel Hall of Famer and now Owner & Head Coach of the Florida Champions League 2-Time Champion Daytona Broncos talks about the success of the Semi-Pro Daytona Broncos and his career that led from Apopka High School, to the Hall of Fame at Evangel College to the NFL. Apopka Pop Warner 14-U National Champions Xavier Payne and JaMarcus Tanner discuss their 2022 National Championship Season and John Peery, Editor of the Apopka Chief recaps Blue Darter Spring Football.
Friday May 26, 2023
Friday May 26, 2023
The Talkin' Old School Tribute to Veteran's Day 2023 includes interviews with Sgt Lou Boria, decorated combat veteran of WW II and Korea and Jose' Belen, decorated combat veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Recorded at Porkies BBQ Apopka
Saturday May 13, 2023
Blue Darter Sports with Roger Franklin Williams May 12, 2023
Saturday May 13, 2023
Saturday May 13, 2023
Blue Darter Sports show with Great Guests, Baseball players TJ Burske and Brandon Sowers; Blue Darter Football Great Melvin Jones, QB of Apopka's first District Championship Team under Chip Gierke; AD Aaron Crawford and a special appearance by Christopher Hart, founder of the American Adversaries!
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
OAK RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL HALL OF FAME PREVIEW SHOW 2023 PRESENTED BY THE THIRSTY GATOR
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
Talkin' Old School's Broadcast of the 2023 Oak Ridge Hall of Fame Preview from The Thirsty Gator Oyster Pub and Sports Bar with Co-Host Coach John Hemmer, Florida Track & Field Legend. The program highlights the 2023 HOF Class AND includes interviews with Pioneers Legends from "back in the day" including Olympic Gold medalist Michelle Burrell-Finn (1992 Barcelona Olympics), Football & Multi-Sport Great Earl Carr, Pan-American Games Gold medalist James Rolle and Football Great and Multi-Sport Athlete Tim Groves. The broadcast also includes 2023 Inductees Gerald Jackson and Coach Lou Fiorelli. Host Roger Franklin Williams and Coach Hemmer closed the broadcast with a shoutout to Football and Baseball Great Larry Hall, who established a football season record of 12 interceptions, including 3 in the dramatic overtime Regional Playoff Victory over Vero Beach in 1974.
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
Thursday Apr 20, 2023
Frank Pomarico, Tri-Captain of the 1973 Notre Dame National Champions, and author of the book, "Ara's Knights, Ara Parseghian and the Golden Era of Notre Dame Football shares the wisdom of Coach Ara Parseghian. In the second half Coach Jameel Heywood, Co-founder, with Brian Paldin, of Madlegz Basketball and the Senior Showcase and Charles Caporaso, Co-MVP of the 2023 Senior Showcase.
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Dr Frank Rohter, Founding Athletic Director of UCF Knights Athletics (then known as FTU) is the featured guest in this edition of the Old School Knights Series, a production of Talkin' Old School. Russ Salerno, UCF Athletics first paid Assistant Coach (assistant Basketball Coach under the legendary Torchy Clark) joins Dr Rohter to share firsthand experiences of the early days of UCF Athletics, such as basketball practices on outdoor concrete courts and an infamous road trip in New York where half the team (traveling in cars) got lost in a snowstorm on the way to the game. Dr Rohter gives the inside accounts of the hiring of the first UCF Head Coaches (Torchy Clark Basketball and Gerry Gergley, Wrestling), which included a game of one-on-one with Dr Rohter as part of Torchy Clark's interview process and an interview, that was supposed to be a rejection interview, where Coach Gerry Gergley refused to take no for an answer. This episode, which documents the rich history of the founding of UCF Athletics, was made possible with the support of Christner's Prime Steak & Lobster. Alexander Aviation Associates and the UCF SAE Chapter.
Thursday Jan 26, 2023
Thursday Jan 26, 2023
Harmon Wages, former Atlanta Falcons starting RB and Florida Gators talks about his new book, The Butcher's Boy, which documents his colorful life and career in Football and broadcasting and David Rubin, founder of Heroes Strong, an organization devoted to honoring and supporting US Military Veterans and First Responders in Central Florida
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Former Navy record setting QB Craig Candeto talks about his record setting performance in the 2002 Army-Navy game when he scored 6 rushing TDs and passed for a 7th TD in a 58-12 Navy victory and Apopka Football Head Coach Jeff Rolson talks about the Blue Darter's dramatic come-from-behind 27-24 victory in the Florida Class 4M State Semi-Final against Palm Beach Central and the upcoming State Championship Game vs Miami Columbus.