13 episodes

Texas High School Football Fans in the Rio Grande Valley finally have a weekly podcast with a host that knows his RGV football and is a hometown product.

Mission native and former WWE announcer Alex Del Barrio gets you ready for each week of the RGV High School Football with his personal takes and picks on the upcoming games, a re-cap of the previous week with local media personalities and a long form interview with one of the Rio Grande Valley's coaches.

This podcast will drop every Wednesday with a new guest every single week, with additional guests and surprises along the way. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/adbpodcast/support

SPIKED with A.D.B‪.‬ Alex Del Barrio

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    • 4.9 • 17 Ratings

Texas High School Football Fans in the Rio Grande Valley finally have a weekly podcast with a host that knows his RGV football and is a hometown product.

Mission native and former WWE announcer Alex Del Barrio gets you ready for each week of the RGV High School Football with his personal takes and picks on the upcoming games, a re-cap of the previous week with local media personalities and a long form interview with one of the Rio Grande Valley's coaches.

This podcast will drop every Wednesday with a new guest every single week, with additional guests and surprises along the way. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/adbpodcast/support

    PLAYOFFS - Bi-District Round - Manny Gomez, Mike Burget, Leo Mireles

    PLAYOFFS - Bi-District Round - Manny Gomez, Mike Burget, Leo Mireles

    PLAYOFF TIME IS HERE! 

    With the #TXHSFB playoffs beginning this weekend we make a shift to the format of Spiked! and interview three district championship coaches.

    Jake Berry of 956 Preps joins the show for the entire episode as we interview Harlingen High Head Coach  Manny Gomez, Weslaco East's Mike Burget, and Rio Grande City Head Coach Leo Mireles.

    We chat about their upcoming match-ups and what it meant to tall of them getting a district title, the first for Mike Burget as a head coach, the first for Rio Grande City since the 80s and Harlingen's first in three seasons. 

    Jake and ADB also discuss all the match-ups and get you ready for the Bi-District Round. 

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    • 1 hr 44 min
    Week 11 - Lupe Rodriguez - PSJA High School Bears

    Week 11 - Lupe Rodriguez - PSJA High School Bears

    #RGVFootball has reached the end of the regular season and there is still A LOT to be decided in terms of seeding and district championships. Alex Del Barrio once again sits down with Jake Berry of 956 Preps to talk about everything football in Week 11 and break down the upsets in Week 10 that saw PSJA knock off Mission and Palmview sneak past Mission Veterans.

    In the final Coach's corner interview we chat with Mission Quarterbacking legend and current PSJA Bears Head Coach Lupe Rodriguez. We talk about the incredible 1987 season for him and Nati Valdez and Frank Hernandez. Play at Texas A&I along a ton of other great RGV talent and his journey to becoming a head coach for the first time and being the RGV's QB whisperer. 

    Sponsors for this week's episode are:

    Manscaped: Go to http://www.manscaped.com and use promo code ADB to get 20% off, and free shipping.

    TrappedRGV Escape Rooms: Use Promo CODE ADB for $5 off a regularly priced Escape Room Experience

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    • 2 hr 13 min
    Week 10 - Ron Adame - Sharyland High Rattlers

    Week 10 - Ron Adame - Sharyland High Rattlers

    It is week 10 in #RGVFootball and the playoff races are heating up. It is officially RIVALRY WEEK. From the Tinaco Bowl, to the Bird Bowl to Mission v. PSJA High. The match-ups are as exciting as ever. 

    Jake Berry of 956Preps joins the show to break thing down after Week 9 and look ahead to some of these big match-ups.

    This week's interview is with Sharyland High Head Coach Ron Adame. In his sitdown with Alex Del Barrio, Coach Adame discusses his ascension to the Sharyland head job after being a long time assistant. He also chats about his love of boxing and his journey into becoming one of the most respected head coaches in the region.

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    Manscaped: Use Promo Code "ADB" at checkout for 20% off your order and FREE SHIPPING

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    • 2 hr 1 min
    Week Eight - Koy Detmer - Mission High School Eagles

    Week Eight - Koy Detmer - Mission High School Eagles

    The 4th Quarter of the Regular Season begins this week as we hit Week 8 and every team is now in district play with 16-4A Division II getting started this week. 

    #RGVFootball is getting more and more interesting and 956Preps' Jake Berry drops in again with Alex Del Barrio to discuss where we are at after seven weeks and discuss teams bit by the injury bug, who is in position for the playoff spots in 30-6A and which teams need to win to stay in the race for a playoff spot. 

    In the Coach's Corner segment ADB sits down with #TXHSFB legend and Mission High School head coach Koy Detmer. ADB and Detmer discuss his time in high school leading the 1990 Eagles to the UIL State Final Four, being a part of coaching royalty in the Detmer family, playing in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles, his infamous TD celebration and taking the reigns of his alma mater for his first head coaching job.

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    • 1 hr 53 min
    Week Seven - Mark Guess - Brownsville Hanna Golden Eagles

    Week Seven - Mark Guess - Brownsville Hanna Golden Eagles

    We have hit Week 7 of #RGVFootball and the playoff races are shaking out in some districts and for 32-6A it's the opening week of conference play. They kick it off with a bang with the annual Battle of the Arroyo at Boggus Stadium. 

    Jake Berry of 956Preps and ADB discuss a week that saw several teams lose key players to injury, they look at how good the La Feria Lions actually are regardless of classification and look ahead to an important week of games in several key districts. 

    In the Coach's Corner segment this week's guest is Mark Guess of Brownsville Hanna. ADB and Coach Guess chat about his early career in West Oso. His time as the equipment director at Texas A&I as a student and his incredible history making season as the head coach at Hanna in 2018. 

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    • 2 hr
    Week Six - Tom Lee - Sharyland Pioneer Diamondbacks

    Week Six - Tom Lee - Sharyland Pioneer Diamondbacks

    Most of #RGVFootball has started district play and the excitement has kicked up a notch. That excitement extends to this week's episode of Spiked! with ADB

    Jake Berry of 956 Preps and Alex Del Barrio discuss what we know now after five weeks and breakdown the impressive win by Mission over McAllen Memorial, a re-shuffling of the potential playoff teams in 16-5A Division I and ask the question just how good is La Feria compared to the RGV regardless of the classification. 

    In the coach's corner segment we chat with Pioneer head coach Tom Lee. We discuss his perseverance throughout his life and career. In the interview ADB asks Lee about moving to the Rio Grande Valley with his father who took over the reigns at Mission High, losing his father to cancer in high school, following in his coaching footsteps and battling health issues to step back on the sidelines with the Diamondbacks. 

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    • 2 hr 3 min

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