The Owner's Box, Ep. 31

Alex Salachi (left) and yours truly will be back behind the microphones this week.

We're back with another episode of the OG of podcasting, "The Owner's Box," and it's a preview of the upcoming high school basketball season for the two schools where I do the bulk of my play-by-play announcing.

My guest is one of my broadcast partners, my old friend and the former long-time basketball coach at Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood, Alex Salachi, and we open the podcast with a detailed look at some of the changes in the local game brought about by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, now entering its 45th week.

Then we look at the four teams we'll be seeing the most -- the boys' and girls' teams from King Philip Regional High (for North Attleboro Community Television's Plainville Channel) and the same from Mansfield High (for Mansfield Cable Access, where Alex will be helping me out for a couple of games while Tom Faria is on the mend).

Our schedule will begin Wednesday night as the Hornet boys entertain KP, and continue Thursday night as the KP girls visit Mansfield. Then on Sunday at King Philip, we are scheduled to announce a boys-girls doubleheader against Mansfield, games starting at 1 p.m.

Plans were in the works to arrange for live streaming of the games, but that's still up in the air. But still, since most of you can't be at the games this year, I and my friends behind the microphones will do our best to present informative and entertaining telecasts to the teams' loyal fans.

Please enjoy my first audio podcast of the New Year.