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2024 Bartlett Panther Basketball
PANTHER MADNESS! Meet your Bartlett Panthers and Lady Panthers, 4:00-5:30pm-McDonald Insurance Arena-Bartlett, Tenn.
Regular Season Broadcasts:
11/19/2024-G, Millington / B, Fayette-Ware( )5:00pm-McDonald Insurance Arena-Bartlett, Tenn.
(W)-Girls: Bartlett 48, Millington 31 / (W)-Boys: Bartlett 65, Fayette-Ware 49
11/22/2024-G, Stewarts Creek( )5:00pm-McDonald Insurance Arena-Bartlett, Tenn.
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2024 Bartlett Panther Football
Post-Season PLAYOFF Broadcasts:
11/08/2024-Bartlett vs Kirkwood( )6:50pm-Kirkwood H.S.-St. Bethlehem (Clarksville), Tenn.
(W), Bartlett 45, Kirkwood 7
11/15/2024-Bartlett vs Houston( )6:50pm-Houston H.S.-Germantown, Tenn.
(L), Bartlett 10, Houston 17
FINAL OVERALL RECORD, 7-4
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2024 Bartlett Panther Football
Regular Season Broadcasts:
(RECORDS: Overall 6-3, Region 8-6A 5-3
08/23/2024-Bartlett vs MUS( )6:55pm-Bartlett Panther Stadium-Bartlett, Tenn.
(W), Bartlett 41, MUS 17
08/30/2024-Bartlett vs Lausanne( )6:55pm-Bartlett Panther Stadium-Bartlett, Tenn.
(Game cancelled due to weather)
09/06/2024-Bartlett vs Collierville( )6:55pm-Dragon Field/Landers SportsPlex-Collierville, Tenn.
(L), Bartlett 19, Collierville 29
09/13/2024-Bartlett vs Arlington( )6:55pm-Bartlett Panther Stadium-Bartlett, Tenn.
(W), Bartlett 48, Arlington 0
09/20/2024-Bartlett vs White Station( )6:55pm-Bartlett Panther Stadium-Bartlett, Tenn.
(W), Bartlett 55, White Station 6
09/26/2024***-Bartlett vs Grenada, MS( )5:55pm-Bartlett Panther Stadium-Bartlett, Tenn.
(L), Bartlett 10, Grenada 34
(***This game was played one day earlier, with a 6:00 pm kickoff, due to incoming tropical storm on Friday, Sept. 27th.)
10/04/2024-Bartlett vs Houston( )6:55pm-Bartlett Panther Stadium-Bartlett, Tenn.
(L), Bartlett 14, Houston 33
10/10/2024-Bartlett vs Germantown( )6:55pm-Bartlett Panther Stadium-Bartlett, Tenn.
(W), Bartlett 19, Germantown 0
10/25/2024-Bartlett vs Cordova( )6:55pm-Cordova High School-Cordova, Tenn.
(W), Bartlett 61, Cordova 6
11/01/2024-Bartlett vs Whitehaven( )6:55pm-Whitehaven High School-Memphis, Tenn.
(W), Bartlett 19, Whitehaven 14
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KPTR.com CLASSIC BROADCASTS
A KPTR.com special tribute to our troops
2007 Bartlett vs South Doyle-AAA TN State Baseball Championship/5-25-07( )
Bartlett City Schools Kickoff and Pep Rally/8-2-14( )
05/21/2016-Bartlett vs Collierville, Boys Soccer West TN. Sub-State( )from Bartlett Panther Soccer Complex-Bartlett, Tenn.
09/20/2019-Bartlett vs Cordova/6A-Football( )from Bartlett Panther Stadium-Bartlett, Tenn.
10/11/2019-Bartlett vs Arlington/6A Football( )6:55pm from Bartlett Panther Stadium-Bartlett, Tenn.
11/14/2020-Bartlett vs Houston/6A-Football Playoffs( )from Bartlett Panther Stadium-Bartlett, Tenn.
05/12/2021-Bartlett vs Arlington, (Dis.14-AAA Tourn.)( ) 6:25 pm from Scott Elrod Field-Bartlett, Tenn.
***05-12-2021, Bartlett Junior pitcher, Jackson Irwin, throws a PERFECT GAME, leading Bartlett over Arlington, 12-0.***
03/03/2022-Region 8-AAAA, Boys Championship-Bartlett vs East ( )6:55pm-Central High School-Memphis, Tenn.
03/16/2022-AAAA Quarter-finals, Boys-Bartlett vs Beech ( )2:25pm-Murphy Center-Murfreesboro, Tenn.
03/07/2023-Girls, Sevier County ( )4:20pm Murphy Center/MTSU-Murfreesboro, Tenn.
03/10/2023-Girls, Green Hill ( )9:50am Murphy Center/MTSU-Murfreesboro, Tenn.
05/16/2023-Bartlett vs White Station, Semi-Finals( )6:55pm-Bartlett Panther Soccer Complex-Bartlett, Tenn.
05/20/2023-Bartlett vs Rossview( )5:50pm-Rossview High School-St. Bethlehem (Clarksville), Tenn.
***05-20-2023, Bartlett Sophomore, Brayden Lemonds, scores a HAT TRICK, leading Bartlett over Rossview, 3-2!***
05/23/2023-Bartlett vs LaVergne( )1:50pm-Richard Siegel Soccer Complex-Murfreesboro Tenn.
05/24/2023-Bartlett vs Brentwood( )3:50-Richard Siegel Soccer Complex-Murfreesboro Tenn.
09/15/2023-Bartlett vs White Station( )6:45pm-Bartlett Panther Stadium-Bartlett, Tenn
***09-15-2023, Bartlett outscores White Station 42-6 in 2nd quarter, leading to a 56-19 Homecoming victory!***
12/08/2023-Boys, Faith Family Academy, TX ( )5:30pm McDonald Ins. Arena-Bartlett, Tenn.
12/09/2023, Boys-Elmore Park vs Horace Mann, AR/Bartlett vs FACS( )5:00pm McDonald I.A.-Bartlett, Tenn.
KPTR's 1,600th Bartlett Broadcast Event:
01/05/2024-Boys, Cordova( )8:00pm McDonald Ins. Arena-Bartlett, Tenn.
02/09/2024-Elmore Park vs Mt. Juliet/State Semi-Final( )6:20pm Stewarts Creek High School-Smyrna, Tenn.
02/10/2024-Elmore Park vs Blackman/State Championship( )2:50pm Rockvale High School-Rockvale, Tenn.
02/27/2024-Boys-Mem. Central/Semi-Finals( )5:50pm Whitehaven High School-Memphis, Tenn.
***02-27-2024, Senior Jack Shackelford drains a 3-point goal at the buzzer to give the Panthers a 52-50 win over Central!***
02/29/2024-Boys-Cordova/Championship( )6:50pm Whitehaven High School-Memphis, Tenn.
***02-29-2024, Junior K.J. Neville is named MVP of the 2024 Region 8-4A Tournament!***
03/02/2024-Girls, Rossview/West TN Sub-State( )5:50pm McDonald Ins. Arena-Bartlett, Tenn.
03/04/2024-Boys, Dickson County/West TN Sub-State( )6:50pm McDonald Ins. Arena-Bartlett, Tenn.
03/06/2024-GIrls, Sevier County ( )9:20am Murphy Center/MTSU-Murfreesboro, Tenn.
03/08/2024-Cleveland ( )9:20am Murphy Center/MTSU-Murfreesboro, Tenn.
03/13/2024-Brentwood ( )10:50am Murphy Center/MTSU-Murfreesboro, Tenn.
10/10/2024-Bartlett vs Germantown( )6:55pm-Bartlett Panther Stadium-Bartlett, Tenn.
11/01/2024-Bartlett vs Whitehaven( )6:55pm-Whitehaven High School-Memphis, Tenn.
Complete Upcoming KPTR.com/AM 1700 KOK Broadcast Schedule, Click Here--->( )
KPTR.com-Northstar Internet Media Sports Stories, Click Here--->( )
A KPTR.com special tribute to our troops
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NORTHSTAR INTERNET MEDIA - RIVES, TENNESSEE
11-22-2024 Broadcast is our BARTLETT BROADCAST EVENT #1,656
11-22-2024 Broadcast is our SPORTS EVENT #1,932 and our OVERALL EVENT #2,183
Welcome to our 23rd Season of Bartlett Panther Sports & Activities!
LISTEN TO TRI-STAR FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE ON KPTR/KOK FOR YOUR COMPLETE TENNESSEE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP!( )
Tri-Star Friday Night Live: Week Preview ( ) West Tenn. ( ) Middle Tenn. ( ) East Tenn.
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Check out Metro Memphis Sports with KPTR/KOK Sports Director, Jonathan Sturdivant:
( )2023 Recap of District Basketball Tournaments
( )Interview with Maggie Graham, Bartlett HS Senior & 4 time TSSAA Wrestling Champion
THE JS REPORT
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MID-SOUTH HISTORY CLASSIC BROADCASTS
02/28/1973/Boys BB-Lone Oak vs Paducah Tilghman ( )"One of Kentucky's biggest upsets in history"
March 1975/Boys BB-Lone Oak vs Paducah St. Mary ( )"One of the biggest comebacks of all time"
05/20-21/2011/Baseball-Arlington vs Germantown ( )"West TN AAA Sub-State/18 inning game"
01/30/2012/Boys BB-MUS vs FACS ( )"1,000th win for Coach Jerry Peters"
02/21/2013/Boys BB-Lone Oak vs Paducah Tilghman ( )"Lone Oak's final District Title"
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KPTR.com/Community Radio AM1700 KOK-Bartlett Panther Broadcast Archives! (To 09-30-2018), click here--->( )
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Paducah Newsman, BHS Parapro/Father-Son Team Ready for 1,600th Bartlett Broadcast Event on KPTR
in broadcast season 22 for the Bartlett Sky Box Crew, January 5, 2024, Bartlett vs Cordova-Varsity Boys Basketball.
It was December of 2000 in a McDonalds Restaurant, just a few blocks down the street from Centralia High School in Centralia, Illinois, that Mike and Matthew Cooper, and Ken and Eric Opperman picked up lunch after watching the Panthers in the morning session of the Centralia Holiday Tournament.
The four talked of a dream that they had which was to broadcast Bartlett Sports, similar to the small town radio stations that would come to the Centralia Tournament to cover their local high schools, including Centralia's WRXX.
First, it seemed as an impossible dream because there was no radio station in Memphis for sale, and even if there had been, the financing for such an idea would be next to impossible. Then, existing stations showed no interest in a local sports package which would be what was necessary.
The four, however, never gave up on the dream, and then one day, almost by accident, Mike Cooper made contact with a Lexington, KY entrepreneur, who with his partner, Craig Blanchard, a Warwick, Rhode Island broadcaster, had a new concept of internet radio and their top product was sports broadcasting.
The elder Cooper, who has been involved with the broadcast industry since starting in 1973 as part of the Lone Oak High School Broadcasting Club on Paducah radio station WKYX, could hardly contain his excitement as he shared this news with the other three.
Now that there was an outlet, equipment would be needed. Cooper's late father, a minister, Rev. Jimmy Cooper, of Paducah, had given him his radio studio equipment that he used to record radio programs following his retirement, and it had been boxed and stored in their storage closet in Bartlett for many years.
Cooper dug it all out, unpacked it, and began to see if it would actually work, and surprisingly, it did!
They met with then Bartlett Basketball Head Coach Hubie Smith and Assistant Basketball Coach-Athletic Director John Harrington and shared this new broadcast concept, and they were very excited about, and supportive of the idea, as was Bartlett Lady Panther Head Basketball Coach Lynn Whitfield, and Assistant Coach Amye Patterson. The dream was very close to reality. (The dream would never have been a reality without the support of these great individuals: Hubie Smith, John Harrington, Lynn Whitfield, and Amye Patterson.)
It became reality on November 17, 2002, when KPTR signed on the air from Harding Academy in Memphis, as the Panthers took on the Lions, in a Girls/Boys Basketball doubleheader.
The younger Cooper, Matthew, talks fondly about that first night, but admits, "when we came on the air, it was silence for a few seconds because no one really knew what to say, and it was hard to believe that this nearly two year dream was now not a dream, but a reality, and we were the first internet sports station in the State of Tennessee."
As a matter of fact, KPTR was not only Tennessee's first sports internet station, they are the second oldest station to have a webstream in Tennessee, second only to Nashville's Country Legend, WSM-650 AM.
The four had decided to refer to themselves as "The Bartlett SkyBox Crew", because that was a name that had stuck to them all the way back to a Bartlett Football game in 1997, at Bartlett Panther Stadium. The younger broadcasters, Matthew and Eric were best friends since seventh grade at Elmore Park Middle School, (and by the way still are best friends), and their dads had become very good friends as well.
They made a habit of sitting at the same place for all Panther Football games, which was at the top of the home bleachers on the 22 yard line, on the north end of the field. The four had a reputation of being very loud, cheering loud, being rather obnoxious to officials when they made calls which they thought were questionable, and basically maybe not acting as much like adults, (especially the dads), as they should.
This one game, the Panthers pulled an upset, and the four of them went "off the charts" with their exuberance. Ken Opperman had always kidded those that would sit near them that their perch at the top near the 22 yard line was their "skybox". So when the four turned on the Bartlett excitement, a fan a few rows in front turned around and said, "well it looks like the Bartlett SkyBox Crew has gone wild tonight!"
The name stuck to the four, and their loud exuberance followed everywhere they went, including the Panther Basketball and Baseball games they attended. They were known for "working the officials", and the older Cooper was even warned on one occasion at a Basketball game at Memphis Central, about a possible technical foul or even being ejected, if things did not calm down.
Needless to say, they were VERY passionate about Panther sports, and loved their Bartlett Panthers. Ken has said on several occasions that November 17, 2002 was not only a momentous day for the SkyBox Crew, but was a big day for west Tennessee officials, because things got much quieter at games when the SkyBox crew went on the air!
A week after going on the air, Ken and Eric covered the Panthers at the Rumble on the Ridge in Forrest City, Arkansas, shortly after that, Mike and Matthew covered them at the Marshall County Shootout in Draffenville, Kentucky, and then a couple of weeks later, all four traveled to Ocala, Florida to cover the Panthers at the Kingdom of the Sun Tournament.
Most of the broadcasts in that first season, and actually for several of the following seasons were tape delayed because very few gymnasiums had facilities for a live phone line. It was all dial-up in those days, as wi-fi was unheard of. Many times, because of the way the games had to be uploaded, the elder Cooper would not get the program finished until nearly 5:00 am the next morning following a game. Having to get up at 6:30 am to prepare for work, made for not really a night's rest, but a short nap.
The first live broadcast was the one mentioned that the Coopers did at Marshall County, Kentucky as Benton, KY radio station WCBL allowed KPTR to use their dedicated telephone line at Reed Conder Gymnasium in Draffenville.
It was an exciting season, that came to an all to soon end at the Mid-South Coliseum in the West Tennessee Sub-State, as the White Station Spartans outlasted the Panthers in a game that the SkyBox Crew still talks about with the Spartan's Dane Bradshaw seemingly charging into a Panther, that was not called, which could have changed the outcome of the game. They, along with Coach Smith, say that call was "really, really, REALLY close!"
When the four met to discuss that first season, and make plans for the second, one of the first topics was about covering other sports, as many asked if that would be done. It was obvious that it was wanted, and so season two not only included Basketball, but was expanded to Football and Baseball.
One of the issues the SkyBox Crew faced was that their equipment was, of course, all analog, and by doing replays, it required cassette tapes. Many times it looked as if they were moving in because their were so many cases, and so much set up required. They began working on ideas to get newer equipment, and some day make a transition to the new, state of the art digital equipment.
That second season, like the first, was also a resounding success, and the SkyBox Crew was well on their way to becoming a fixture at Bartlett Sporting events. They have three times broadcast games from multiple locations, once tape delayed, and twice live. The live broadcasts were Girls Basketball at Farley Gym, switching live to Boys at Dyersburg and at Dyer County.
Mike Cooper told the Voice of the Memphis Tigers, Dave Woloshin in a 2014 interview for their 1,000th broadcast, that the biggest game ever to be broadcast by the SkyBox Crew was the 2007 State Baseball Championship with the Panthers claiming the title over South Doyle. Cooper said there have been so many great games with miraculous comebacks, and unbelievable endings, but calling a state championship was a very special thing to do.
KPTR is part of Rives, Tennessee based Northstar Internet Media. The Obion County company has provided countless hours of entertainment for sports enthusiasts, including Bartlett Panther fans.
The SkyBox Crew really does not like to draw attention to themselves, as they like to say, this is "ALL ABOUT THE KIDS". They understand the hard work and sacrifices that are given by the young athletes, their coaches, their parents, and their families, and they want to simply provide a media outlet for their outstanding efforts.
With different work assignments, the Oppermans are not on the air very much now, but still are very much a part of the SkyBox Crew.
For the first four broadcast seasons, all members took turns doing play-by-play, with the others adding color commentary. Beginning in 2006, Matthew, the Director of Broadcast Operations, assumed the permanent role of play-by-play announcer, and Mike, the Executive Producer, assumed the permanent role of color commentator.
Two new members of the SkyBox Crew were added in 2006, also a Father/Son combo, Terry and Jonathan Sturdivant. Jonathan also serves as the Sports Director for KPTR. The Sturdivants have called games when the other SkyBox Crew members were not able to be present.
There have also been several Bartlett High School students that have helped the SkyBox Crew throughout the years, some that had an interest in pursuing a career in the broadcast/media industry.
After being a substitute teacher at Bartlett High School for 12 years, Matthew became a Paraprofessional with the Bartlett City School System in 2014. Mike works as a news reporter for WKYX in Paducah, (the station he was first on 51 years ago), and is a writer for their news website, West Kentucky Star. He retired after a 37 year career in Financial Services, and also began substitute teaching in the Bartlett City School System in 2017.
Some frequently asked questions that have come in over the years about the broadcasts are how far is the most distant listener on the internet? What are the most listeners ever tuned to one broadcast, and what is the most unusual listener to a broadcast?
The most distant listener was the father of one of the Panther Basketball players when he listened to his son play at Farley Gym, while on a business trip in Shenzhen, China. The most listeners to a single broadcast was 1,470 to a Baseball State Tournament game in 2015. The most unusual listener, actually has two answers. First, while at the Baseball State Tournament in 2008, they got an e-mail from the parents of the coach of the team that Bartlett was playing, thanking them for carrying the game. Obviously, they were calling the game with a big Bartlett bias, so they were not sure how they liked that.
Secondly, during the 2013-2014 season, they sent selected broadcasts to local Memphis radio station KWAM. They were calling the Panther Football game at Houston High School, and KWAM got a call from a Beaumont, Texas radio station that the football game was covering their local 990AM signal up. The transmitter switch at KWAM had failed, and the Panther broadcast was going out with a full 10,000 watt signal, which is the daytime power for KWAM. (They were supposed to be on a 450 watt AM night signal.)
KPTR's 1,600th Bartlett Broadcast event will take place January 5, 2024 at McDonald Insurance Arena in Bartlett, when the Bartlett Panthers take on the Cordova Wolves in one of Tennessee's most highly awaited Boys' Basketball matchups. They hope as many as possible can attend, but if not, tune in for all the exciting Panther action.
Mike Cooper said, "it is hard to believe that we are ready for Bartlett event number 1,600, but one thing is for sure, it is a tremendous honor and privilege to do this, and we never take a broadcast for granted. We love our Panthers, we love our listeners, we love the great City of Bartlett, Tennessee, and appreciate all that has been done in order for us to get these broadcasts on the air." Cooper continued, "we have made so many good friends over these past 22 broadcast seasons, not only at Bartlett High School, but at opposing schools, from coaches, teachers, principals, athletic directors, and fans. They are great folks and we appreciate them all."
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West Tennessee High School Pitcher Throws Perfect Game
by Mike Cooper
BARTLETT-A west Tennessee high school pitcher reached perfection in a post-season matchup Wednesday night.
Bartlett junior pitcher, Jackson Irwin, struck out nine batters on the way to the perfect game in the second round of the District 14-AAA Tournament, leading the Panthers to a 12-0 victory over the Arlington Tigers.
The historic game was played at Scott Elrod Field in Bartlett. It was the first ever perfect game recorded in the 104 year history of Bartlett High School, and only the fifth perfect game ever pitched in Tennessee High School Baseball history.
With the Tournament now tied at 1-1, the 2021 championship will be decided tomorrow night, May 13th, when the two teams play again in Arlington.
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The Big B Scores Huge in St. B, Panthers Make History with Sub-State Boys Soccer Win to Advance to State Tournament for First Time, Lemonds Scores Hat Trick
by Mike Cooper
ST. BETHLEHEM-The Bartlett Panther Boys Soccer team made history Saturday night, 05-20-23, at Rossview High School (Clarksville) by defeating the Rossview Hawks 3-2 to advance to the TSSAA 3A State Tournament Elite Eight for the first time.
The Panthers used a hat trick scored by sophomore Brayden Lemonds, (three goals in the same match by the same person), to pick up the win. Lemonds scored two goals in the first period and added his third in the second period.
It is only fitting that Lemonds rare scoring accomplishment would come on the same night of the biggest win in Bartlett High School Boys Soccer history.
The Panthers will play LaVergne in the Elite Eight, the quarterfinals of the State Tournament in Murfreesboro on Tuesday, May 23rd.
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Join us for our 23rd Broadcast Season
Starting in November of 2024
BARTLETT PANTHER BASKETBALL!
AUG. 2, 2014: BARTLETT CITY SCHOOLS KICKOFF & PEP RALLY, Click Here--->( )
2024 BARTLETT PANTHER FOOTBALL:
(All Football Broadcast Times are CDT, unless otherwise noted.)
08/23-MUS( ) 08/30-Lausanne( )
09/06-Collierville( ) 09/13-Arlington( )
09/20-White Station( ) 09/26-Grenada, MS( )
10/04-Houston( ) 10/10-Germantown( )
10/25-Cordova( ) 11/01-Whitehaven( )
TSSAA 6A PLAYOFFS
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2023 BARTLETT PANTHER FOOTBALL:
(All Football Broadcast Times are CDT, unless otherwise noted.)
09/01-Collierville( ) 09/08-Arlington( )
09/08-Arlington FULL REPLAY ARCHIVE( ) 09/15-White Station( )
09/22-Grenada, MS( ) 09/29-Houston( ) 10/06-Germantown( )
10/20-Cordova( ) 10/27-Whitehaven( )
TSSAA 6A PLAYOFFS
ROUND TWO, 11/10-Germantown( )
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2022 BARTLETT PANTHER FOOTBALL:
(All Football Broadcast Times are CDT, unless otherwise noted.)
08/19-PURE( ) 08/26-Hoover, AL( ) 09/02-Arlington( )
09/09-Lausanne Collegiate( ) 09/16-Germantown( ) 09/23-White Station( )
09/30-Houston(Broadcast not available) 10/07-Cordova(Broadcast not available)
10/21-Collierville( ) 10/28-Whitehaven(Broadcast not available)
TSSAA 6A PLAYOFFS
ROUND ONE, 11/04-Centennial( )
ROUND THREE-The Elite Eight, 11/18-Germantown( )
ROUND FOUR-The Final Four, 11/25-Beech( )
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2021 BARTLETT PANTHER FOOTBALL:
(All Football Broadcast Times are CDT, unless otherwise noted.)
08/20-PYAA( ) 09/03-Arlington( ) 09/10-Lausanne Collegiate( )
09/17-Germantown( ) 10/01-Houston( ) 10/08-Cordova( )
10/22-Collierville( ) 10/29-Whitehaven( )
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2020 BARTLETT PANTHER FOOTBALL:
09/03-Nashville CPA( ) 09/18-Southaven, MS( ) 09/25-St. Benedict( )
10/02-Houston( ) 10/08-Arlington( ) 10/30-Collierville( )
TSSAA 6A State Playoffs:
11/20-Collierville( )***7:00pm CST-"THE ELITE EIGHT"
11/27-Brentwood( )***7:00pm CST-"THE FINAL FOUR"
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2019 BARTLETT PANTHER FOOTBALL:
(All Football Broadcast Times are CDT, unless otherwise noted.)
08/23-Memphis Douglass( ) 08/30-MAHS( ) 09/06-Memphis Overton( )
09/13-Memphis Central( ) 09/20-Cordova( )
10/11-Arlington( ) 10/25-MLK Prep( )
TSSAA 6A PLAYOFFS:
11/08-White Station( )***7:00pm CST
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2018 BARTLETT PANTHER FOOTBALL:
(All Football Broadcast Times are CDT, unless otherwise noted.)
08/17-Memphis Overton( ) 09/07-Memphis Sheffield( ) 09/14-Houston( )
09/21-White Station( ) 09/28-Arlington( ) 10/05-Memphis A.H.S.( ) 10/19-Millington( )
2024-2025 BARTLETT PANTHER GIRLS & BOYS BASKETBALL
(Basketball Broadcast Times are CST, unless otherwise noted.)
11/18-Girls/Millington, Boys/Fayette-Ware( )
11/22-Girls, Stewarts Creek( )
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2023-2024 BARTLETT PANTHER GIRLS & BOYS BASKETBALL
(Basketball Broadcast Times are CST, unless otherwise noted.)
11/14-Girls, Boys-Bolton/West Memphis, AR( )
11/18-Girls-MHEA, Boys-Memphis Central/Independence( )
2023 Lynn Whitfield Thanksgiving Classic:
11/20-Girls, Conway, AR( ) 11/21-Girls, Hoover, AL( )
12/07-Boys-Germantown( ) 12/08-Boys-Huntington Prep, WV( )
12/09-Boys-Elmore Park vs Horace Mann, AR/Bartlett vs FACS( )
12/12-Girls, Boys-Southwind( ) 12/22-Girls, Sierra Canyon, CA( )
01/05-KPTR's 1,600th Bartlett Broadcast Event-Boys, Cordova( )
01/06-Boys, Arizona Compass, AZ( ) 01/26-Girls, Boys-Houston( )
01/30-Boys, Cordova( ) 02/02-Girls, Boys-Arlington( )
2024 TENNESSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL STATE TOURNAMENT
ELMORE PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL
"FINAL FOUR"
"STATE CHAMPIONSHIP"
BHS POST SEASON
DISTRICT 15-4A TOURNAMENT
Lady Panthers, CHAMPIONS/Bartlett 51-Collierville 42
Panthers, CHAMPIONS/Bartlett 65-Cordova 59
REGION 8-4A TOURNAMENT
02/23-Girls, White Station/Quarter-Finals( ) 02/24-Boys, White Station/Quarter-Finals( )
02/26-Girls, Mem. East/Semi-Finals( ) 02/27-Boys, Mem. Central/Semi-Finals( )
02/28-Girls, Collierville/Championship( )
02/29-Boys, Cordova/Championship( )
WEST TENNESSEE 4A SUB-STATE/SECTIONAL, "THE SWEET 16"
03/02-Girls, Rossview( ) 03/04-Boys, Dickson County( )
TENNESSEE GIRLS 4A STATE TOURNAMENT
"ELITE EIGHT"
"FINAL FOUR"
"STATE CHAMPIONSHIP"
TENNESSEE BOYS 4A STATE TOURNAMENT
"ELITE EIGHT"
"FINAL FOUR"
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2022-2023 BARTLETT PANTHER GIRLS & BOYS BASKETBALL
(Basketball Broadcast Times are CST, unless otherwise noted.)
11/09-District 15AAAA Media Day( )
11/17-Girls-St. Mary's/Boys-Bolton( ) 12/08-Boys-Germantown( )
12/09-Boys-Memphis East( ) 12/12-Boys-Arlington( )
01/03-Girls, Boys-Houston( ) 01/13-Girls-Arlington( )
01/14-Girls-St. Louis Vashon( )
02/10-Girls-Germantown/Boys-MHEA( )
POST SEASON
DISTRICT 15-4A TOURNAMENT, Collierville, Tenn.
02/18-Girls-Collierville/Semi-Finals( )
02/18-Boys-Collierville/Semi-Finals( )
02/20-Boys-Houston/3rd Place Game( )
02/21-Girls-Arlington/Championship( )
REGION 8-4A TOURNAMENT, Germantown/Bartlett/Memphis, Tenn.
02/24-Girls-White Station/Quarter-Finals( )
02/25-Boys-Memphis Overton/Quarter-Finals( )
02/27-Girls-Collierville/Semi-Finals( )
03/01-Girls-Whitehaven/Championship( )
WEST TENNESSEE GIRLS 4A SUB-STATE (SECTIONAL)
"THE SWEET 16"
TENNESSEE GIRLS 4A STATE TOURNAMENT
"ELITE EIGHT"
TENNESSEE GIRLS 4A STATE TOURNAMENT
"FINAL FOUR"
TENNESSEE GIRLS 4A STATE TOURNAMENT
"STATE CHAMPIONSHIP"
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2021-2022 BARTLETT PANTHER GIRLS & BOYS BASKETBALL
(Basketball Broadcast Times are CST, except State Tournament games which are CDT.)
11/10-District 15AAAA Media Night( ) 11/12-Bartlett Panther Basketball Madness( )
11/18-Quadruple-Header-St. Agnes(G), Kingsbury(B), MHEA(G), MHEA(B)( )
11/20-Triple-Header-Memphis Central(G), Memphis Central(B), ECS(B)( )
12/04-Fayette-Ware(G)( ) 12/14-Southwind(G&B)( )
01/04-Houston( ) 01/13-Arlington( ) 01/14-Sprayberry, GA(G)( )
01/14-Newton, GA(G)( ) 01/28-Houston(G&B)( )
01/31-MHEA(G)&Tenn. Prep(B)( ) 02/07-Arlington(G&B)( ) 02/08-(G&B)Collierville( )
DISTRICT 15-AAAA CHAMPIONSHIP:
02/22-(Girls)Bartlett vs Arlington & (Boys)Bartlett vs Germantown( )
REGION 8-AAAA
02/25-(Girls)Bartlett vs Whitehaven( ) 02/26-(Boys)Bartlett vs Overton( )
02/28-(Girls)Bartlett vs White Station, KPTR's 1500th Bartlett Broadcast!( )
03/01-(Boys)Bartlett vs Collierville( )
03/02-(Girls Championship)Bartlett vs Arlington( )
03/03-(Boys Championship)Bartlett vs Memphis East( )
SUB-STATE SECTIONAL (SWEET 16)
03/05-(Girls)Bartlett vs Clarksville Rossview( )
03/07-(Boys)Bartlett vs Clarksville Rossview( )
TENNESSEE AAAA STATE TOURNAMENT
03/16-(Boys), Quarter-Finals-ELITE EIGHT, Bartlett vs Beech( )
03/18-(Boys), Semi-Finals-FINAL FOUR, Bartlett vs Dobyns-Bennett( )
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2020-2021 BARTLETT PANTHER GIRLS & BOYS BASKETBALL
(All Basketball Broadcast Times are CST, unless otherwise noted.)
11/24-West Memphis, AR( ) 12/01-Southaven, MS( ) 12/05-MAHS, Girls( )
12/05-Jackson South Side, Girls( ) 12/08-MUS( )
12/10-The Calhoun School, AL( ) 12/11-ISCHOOL of Lewisville, TX( )
12/12-Combine Academy, NC( ) 12/19-Union City( )
01/02-Bolivar Central( ) 01/09-Collierville( ) 01/12-Briarcrest( )
01/15-Arlington( ) 01/19-CBHS( ) 01/22-Houston( ) 01/23-Collierville (Girls), ECS (Boys)( )
01/28-MHEA( ) 01/29-Memphis Business Academy, Girls( ) 02/05-Arlington( )
02/08-Briarcrest( ) 02/09-St. Benedict( )
DISTRICT 14-AAA TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP:
02/24-GIRLS, Arlington( ) 02/25-BOYS, Arlington( )
REGION 7-AAA TOURNAMENT:
02/27-GIRLS, Munford( ) 03/01-BOYS, Dyer County( )
03/02-GIRLS, Hardin County( ) 03/03-BOYS, Munford( )
03/05-BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, Arlington( )
WEST TENNESSEE BOYS AAA SUB-STATE (SECTIONAL) "SWEET 16" GAME
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2019-2020 BARTLETT PANTHER GIRLS & BOYS BASKETBALL
(All Basketball Broadcast Times are CST, unless otherwise noted.)
11/21-Ridgeway( ) 12/05-Memphis Melrose( ) 12/10-Germantown( )
12/13-GIRLS, Dyersburg/BOYS, Hewitt-Trussville, AL( )
01/07-Kingsbury( ) 01/17-Arlington( ) 01/20 BOYS-Briarcrest( )
01/25-BOYS-Yazoo County, MS( ) 01/28-Kingsbury( )
02/07-Arlington( ) 02/10-St. Benedict( )
DISTRICT 14-AAA TOURNAMENT
02/21-CHAMPIONSHIP / GIRLS & BOYS, Arlington( )
REGION 7-AAA TOURNAMENT
02/28-GIRLS, Brighton( ) 02-29-BOYS, Liberty Magnet( )
03/02-GIRLS, Hardin County( ) 03/03-BOYS, Dyer County( )
03/05-CHAMPIONSHIP / BOYS, Arlington( )
WEST TENNESSEE BOYS AAA SUB-STATE "SWEET 16" GAME
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2018-2019 BARTLETT PANTHER GIRLS & BOYS BASKETBALL:
(All Basketball Broadcast Times are CST, unless otherwise noted.)
11/17-BOYS, Covington( ) 11/17-GIRLS, Raleigh-Egypt( ) 11/17-BOYS, Memphis Central( )
12/01-GIRLS & BOYS, Houston( ) 12/08-BOYS, Ripley (TN)( ) 12/14-GIRLS, Macon Road (TN)( )
12/14-BOYS, Hamilton Heights (TN)( ) 12/15-GIRLS, Lausanne( ) 12/15-BOYS, Springdale Prep (MD)( )
01/03-GIRLS & BOYS, Bolton( ) 01/05-BOYS, Olive Branch(MS)( ) 01/11-GIRLS & BOYS, Arlington( )
01/18-GIRLS & BOYS, Cordova( ) 01/25-GIRLS & BOYS, Bolton( ) 01/29-GIRLS & BOYS, Kingsbury( ) 02/01-GIRLS & BOYS, Arlington( )
02/02-BOYS, Lausanne( ) 02/08-GIRLS & BOYS, Cordova( )
REGION 7-AAA TOURNAMENT
02/22-GIRLS, Hardin County( ) 02/23-Boys, Liberty Tech( ) 02/26-BOYS, Dyer County( )
02/28-BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP, Bolton( )
WEST TENNESSEE BOYS AAA SUB-STATE "SWEET 16" GAME
2007 Bartlett vs South Doyle-AAA Tenn. State Baseball Championship,5-25-07click here--->( )
The KPTR.com-KOK AM 1700/FM 90.9 GRAND SLAM CLUB:
Sam McCormack-2004 (Walk-off vs MUS, Senior Night)
Jacob Wilson-2007
Heith Hatfield-2008
Sean Mellenger-2009
Tyler Porter-2010
Taylor Morton-2010
Wesley Johnson-2014
Barrett Taylor-2015 (State Tournament vs Soddy Daisy)
Brayden Matthews-2019 (State Tournament vs Summit)
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May 12, 2021, Junior pitcher Jackson Irwin throws a PERFECT GAME, leading the Panthers to a 12-0 victory over the Arlington Tigers!
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2024 BARTLETT PANTHER BASEBALL:
(All Baseball Broadcast Times are CDT, unless otherwise noted.)
03/11-Benton, IL( ) 03/12-Southwind( )
03/16-Kickapoo, MO/Carlisle, AR( )
04/03-Lausanne( ) 04/05-Cordova( ) 04/15-Arlington( )
DISTRICT 15-4A TOURNAMENT
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2023 BARTLETT PANTHER BASEBALL:
(All Baseball Broadcast Times are CDT, unless otherwise noted.)
03/13-Germantown/ECS Doubleheader( ) 03/27-MUS( )
04/04-Arlington( ) 04/17-Houston( )
04/20-Northpoint( ) 04/25-Collierville( ) 04/28-Briarcrest( )
DISTRICT 15-4A TOURNAMENT
05/03-Germantown( ) 05/04-Houston( ) 05/05-Collierville( )
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2022 BARTLETT PANTHER BASEBALL:
(All Baseball Broadcast Times are CDT, unless otherwise noted.)
03/22-Bingham, UT( ) 04/02-ECS( ) 04/05-Houston( )
04/08-McCracken County, KY( ) 04/11-Collierville( )
04/18-DeSoto Central( ) 04/21-Briarcrest( )
04/23-Trinity Christian Academy( ) 04/25-Arlington( )
DISTRICT 15AAAA TOURNAMENT
05/06-Germantown( ) 05/07-Houston( ) 05/09-Arlington( )
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2021 BARTLETT PANTHER BASEBALL:
(All Baseball Broadcast Times are CDT, unless otherwise noted.)
03/15-Covington & Dyer County( ) 03/16-Lafayette, Miss.( )
03/23-St. Benedict( ) 04/03-Tipton-Rosemark Academy( )
04/08-Briarcrest( ) 04/12-White Station( ) 04/14-Lewisburg, MS( )
04/16-Dyer County( ) 04/22-Arlington( )
05/06-Arlington, (Senior Night) ( )
DISTRICT 14-AAA TOURNAMENT
REGION 7-AAA TOURNAMENT
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2020 BARTLETT PANTHER BASEBALL:
(All Baseball Broadcast Times are CDT, unless otherwise noted.)
03/10-Christian Brothers HS( ) 03/12-Brighton( )
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2019 BARTLETT PANTHER BASEBALL:
(All Baseball Broadcast Times are CDT, unless otherwise noted.)
03/11-Dyer County( ) 03/15-Pope John Paul II( ) 03/18-White Hall, AR( )
04/05-Arlington( ) 04/09-Desoto Central, MS( ) 04/16-Lewisburg, MS( ) 04/24-Houston( )
DISTRICT 14-AAA TOURNAMENT
REGION 7-AAA TOURNAMENT
05/13-Hardin County( ) 05/16-Arlington( )
WEST TENNESSEE AAA SUB-STATE SECTIONAL /" THE SWEET 16"
TENNESSEE AAA STATE TOURNAMENT
"THE ELITE EIGHT"
05/21-Farragut( ) 05/22-Science Hill( ) 05/22-Summit( )
"THE FINAL FOUR"
SOCCER
2024 BARTLETT PANTHER BOYS SOCCER:
04/04-Briarcrest( ) 04/18-Cordova( )
05/09-District 15-3A Tournament Semi-Finals-Collierville( )
05/13-Region 8-3A Tournament Semi-Finals-White Station( )
05/15-Region 8-3A Tournament Finals-Houston( )
05/18-AAA WEST TENNESSEE SUB-STATE SECTIONAL, "The Sweet 16"- Rossview( )
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2023 BARTLETT PANTHER BOYS SOCCER:
05/16-Region 8-3A Tournament, Semi-Finals-White Station( )
05/18-Region 8-3A Tournament, Finals-Collierville( )
05/20-AAA WEST TENNESSEE SUB-STATE SECTIONAL, "The Sweet 16"- Rossview( )
TENNESSEE 3A STATE TOURNAMENT
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2016 BARTLETT PANTHER BOYS SOCCER:
05/21-WEST TENNESSEE SUB-STATE SECTIONAL, "The Sweet 16"- Collierville( )
SOFTBALL
2024 BARTLETT PANTHER SOFTBALL:
03/21-Cordova, Double Header( )
03/25-Southwind(No broadcast, rain)
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Link to 2017-2018 KPTR.com/AM 1700 KOK Bartlett Broadcasts Page....Click Here--->( )
Jan. 10, 2014: KPTR.com/SkyBox Broadcasting's 1,000th Bartlett Event Broadcast, Click Here---> ( ) Bartlett vs Bolton Girls & Boys Basketball!
Apr. 9, 2015: KPTR.com/SkyBox Broadcasting's 1,100th Bartlett Event Broadcast, Click Here---> ( ) Bartlett vs White Station Baseball!
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Matthew and Mike Cooper of the KPTR.com Bartlett SkyBox Crew being honored on KPTR.com's 1,000th Bartlett Broadcast Event at Farley Gym on Jan. 10, 2014
(L) Baseball used by Matthew Cooper of the KPTR.com Bartlett SkyBox Crew to throw out the Ceremonial First Pitch on April 9, 2015 at Scott Elrod Field at the Bartlett-White Station game-KPTR.com's 1,100th Bartlett Broadcast Event
(R) Mike and Matthew Cooper call the SkyBox Crew's 1,100th Bartlett Broadcast Event on KPTR.com & Community Radio AM 1700 KOK in the press box at Scott Elrod Field in Bartlett as the Panthers take on White Station, 04-09-2015
Mike Cooper, (L) and Matthew Cooper, (R) of the KPTR.com Bartlett SkyBox Crew at the KWAM AM 990 Studios in East Memphis, Tennessee
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The KPTR.com Story. . . . . . .
Centralia, Illinois. The year 2000. The Centralia Holiday Tournament, a 16-team boys basketball tournament in the quaint basketball hotbed in southern Illinois. Mike Cooper, Ken Opperman, Eric Opperman, and Matt Cooper talked at McDonald's about how they wished they could broadcast Bartlett basketball like numerous small town radio stations, including Centralia's WRXX, do for their high schools. And so the dream began.
It was a dream that would take two full years to come true, and beginning in 2002, KPTR.com became a reality, as Mike, Ken, and Matt broadcast the first Bartlett Panther basketball game of the 2002-03 season at Harding Academy in Memphis. A week later, Eric joined them for the Rumble on the Ridge in Forrest City, Arkansas, and the KPTR.com "Skybox Crew" was on its way to broadcast its first year of Panther athletics.
KPTR.com has covered nearly all of Bartlett's football, boys basketball, and girls basketball games since that first broadcast at Harding Academy, and we have covered numerous other events as well, including many Panther baseball games and a competition including Bartlett's award-winning Winter Guard team. In the fall of 2003, we began WVWT, ( the Webcast Voice of West Tennessee ), to cover various other high school and even college athletics, and we broadcast 11 games involving 11 boys basketball teams from three states at the 2003 Centralia Holiday Tournament via KPTR and WVWT.
2004 and 2005 saw the Tennessee Spring Fling come to Memphis, and KPTR carried all the Baseball State Championship games for the TSSAA, eight games in total, (four in each year). The 2004 broadcasts were from Auto Zone Park in downtown Memphis, and the 2005 broadcasts from USA Stadium in Millington. It was a tremendous honor for KPTR and the SkyBox Crew to cover these games for the TSSAA, and for the families and friends of the athletes that competed.
In March 2009, we covered our first Bartlett Panther Tennis match, and our first coverage of Bartlett Panther Boys Soccer came on May 21, 2016, in the Boys West Tennessee Sub-State Sectional Game. In March of 2024, we added Bartlett Panther Softball.
Beginning in 2006, all Bartlett Panther Broadcasts were simulcast on both KPTR and WVWT. In 2008, The SkyBox Broadcasting International Network was formed in order to expand the coverage of exciting Secondary School and College Sports. During the spring of 2011, we partnered with KCAB-AM 980 in Russellville, Arkansas to cover the Arkansas Tech Women's Softball Team in the Gulf-South Conference Tournament in Southaven, Mississippi.
A joint venture was started in late 2012 with WPAD in Paducah, Kentucky, "99.5-THE FAN" ( AM-1560 / FM 99.5) and 995thefanpaducah.com / westkentuckystar.com to cover the Lone Oak Purple Flash Girls and Boys Basketball teams, in their final season, and bring the same exciting coverage to the Western Kentucky area.
KPTR.com is the Flagship Station of SkyBox Broadcasting International and still is The Voice of the Bartlett Panthers. In early 2013, SkyBox Broadcasting International's first terrestrial station went on the air, Community Radio KOK-AM 1700, serving areas of Bartlett and Memphis. In December of 2015, Community Radio KOK-FM 90.9 was added.
The Skybox Crew assists the Christian Brothers University Radio Network in Memphis with Men's and Women's Basketball broadcasts, WUMR in Memphis with University of Memphis Baseball and Lady Tiger Basketball broadcasts, and the Rhodes College Media Network in Memphis with Football and Men's and Women's Basketball broadcasts. Also in 2013, we partnered with local Memphis station KWAM-AM 990, The Voice of Memphis, carrying selected Friday broadcasts, which took advantage of KWAM's large terrestrial coverage area, with their 10,000 watt signal.
As of 11/22/2024, KPTR.com has broadcast 1,656 Bartlett events since that first night at Harding Academy on November 17, 2002. We have broadcast events on site in the states of Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Illinois, and we have had listeners contact us from most of the 50 states, as well as Canada, Central America, The Middle-East, Hong Kong, Moldova, The Netherlands, Ukraine, Afghanistan, China, Brazil, Argentina, Guatemala, and The Russian Federation. As of 11/22/2024, KPTR.com/WVWT.com/KTSQ.com and The SkyBox Broadcasting International Network have broadcast a total of 1,932 sports events and a grand total of 2,183 events.
Our goal is to highlight the hard work of the dedicated student athletes and their coaches, along with the sacrifices of their parents and other family members, in order to achieve the great things they do and to provide a media outlet for these outstanding individuals. The motto of SkyBox Broadcasting International is: "It's all about the kids".ww.wvwt.com
We would like to thank you for visiting us, and we hope you enjoy our broadcasts.
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Matthew B. Cooper, General Manager-Executive Producer/Director of Broadcast Operations
James M. (Mike) Cooper, General Manager/Executive Producer-Emeritus
Kenneth (Ken) Opperman, Commentator
Eric Opperman, Commentator
Lee Jones, Commentator
Jonathan D. Sturdivant, Sports Director & Commentator / Producer
Christopher M. Tanner, Statistician & Commentator
Cona G. Cooper, Production Assistant-Emeritus
Jeff Browning, Statistician & Commentator
Jordan Browning, Commentator
Stuart Settles, Statistician & Commentator
Ryne S. Clark, Commentator, Production Assistant
Terry Sturdivant, Commentator / Producer
Jason Aaron, Commentator
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