NELA Preps Plus Podcast

The Road to the Dome! All roads lead to the Superdome for championship weekend! Host Cody Futrell catches up with all 5 NELA coaches involved in the action this week including Ouachita, Ruston, Sterlington, Jena and Mangham

Host Cody Futrell Talks high school and college football with local coach interviews.

Cody Futrell welcomes local sportscaster Aaron Dietrich 0nto the show to talk about his milestone 25 years at KNOE and local radio covering NELA Sports. A look at local high school and college football action as well.

Host Cody Futrell recaps the week in local football and visits with some area head coaches as well as Ouachita Citizen sports editor and radio show host Jake Martin.

Host Cody Futrell recaps the Bayou Jamb action and the week 1 local college football action before going over the upcoming slate of games this week and sitting down with head coaches from several area schools to discuss this week's games. West Monroe, Mangham, Neville and St. Fred's coaches all drop in to give analysis of the Bayou Jamb and get us ready for Week 1 of LHSAA and Week 2 of MAIS action.

Host Cody Futrell is joined by three head coaches this week as they prepare for scrimmages and the beginning of the season. West Monroe coach DeMichael Dizer, OCS coach Steven Fitzhugh and Neville coach Mike Collins stop by for a visit.

Host Cody Futrell is joined by West Ouachita coach Koby Lee as part of the Summer Coaching Series presented by 3B Vibes.

Host Cody Futrell gives an update on college football news involving Louisiana Tech then continues the Summer Coach interviews with Neville High School strength coach Eric Herndon presented by 3B Vibes. Then, West Monroe junior quarterback Brady Guillot stops by to give an update on his recruitment and a visit to Yale as well as his time in the Manning Passing Academy.

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NELA Preps Plus presented by American Mattress Outlet returns with an action packed episode. 3B Vibes and host Cody Futrell present another Coach's Summer Series report. This time, Cody is with Ouachita strength coach Allen Chance to talk about his great career at Ouachita spanning over 2 decades and what the Lions are up to this summer.

Later, West Monroe coach Trey Long stops by to discuss the Cards and Collectibles pop-up event in West Monroe this Saturday, July 12 from 9 am to 2 pm.

West Monroe senior Smoltz Lilly recently committed to the US Naval Academy. He joins host Cody Futrell to discuss his visit to the Maryland based campus and his preparations for the 2025 season.

Another great episode of NELA Preps Plus presented by American Mattress Outlet.

LSU and West Monroe star Josh Pearson joins the podacast to talk about growing up with father Bill Pearson and his baseball academy and the work put in as all three Pearson kids have gone on tp play and win national championships at LSU. The group also has a camp this coming week for local players to improve the game.

Host Cody Futrell is joined by former Monroe News-Star reporter Cory Diaz who now covers LSU athletics for the USA Today Network. Cory is live from the baseball College World Series in Omaha where LSU faces Coastal Carolina in a best-of-3 series beginning Saturday for the National Championship. Also on the show, Tony Osborne, new football head coach at St. Frederick's stops by to talk about leaving his longtime job at local powerhouse West Monroe and not coaching for 2 years before landing his second head coach job of his career at with the Warriors. Osborne talks about his career...

A preview of the College Baseball World Series in Omaha. Host Cody Futrell sits down with Coach Lane Welch, Strength coach at West Monroe High School, to discuss his path in coaching and his new role as Rebels S&C coach.

An action packed episode of the NELA Preps Plus Podcast Presented by American Mattress Outlet. Host Cody Futrell gets you caught up on all the goings and comings of NCAA Regional baseball and the moves over at Sterlington High School were the baseball team just won a Division III state title and softball coach Brian West has moved across the river to his alma mater West Monroe. Coach West joins the podcast to talk about that move and his replacement, former Neville and St. Fred coach Jeff Tannehill also drops in to discuss the future of Sterlington athletics. Later...

On this first episode of the NELA Preps Plus podcast we will visit with Oak Grove baseball coach Ty Rollinson and OCS head coach Robby Devinne about their respective runs to Sulphur and the Tigers capturing an incredible fifth straight state championship. We also speak to West Monroe Rebel football coach DeMichael Dizer about spring football and the Rebel QB competition and more on our first episode of the NELA Preps plus podcast.