Archive: Initial Reaction with JR Radcliffe and JP Cadorin

NOW Newspapers reporter Steven L. Tietz stops by to talk about the teams to watch in the upcoming summer baseball tournament, beginning July 15, and JP discusses his upcoming trip to the Twin Cities for the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, where the Brewers will be featured prominently.

Hosts JP Cadorin and JR Radcliffe talk about the shifting American perception of soccer as the World Cup arrives, talk a little NBA Finals and offer some thoughts on the WIAA spring postseason circuit. Arrowhead girls soccer coach Scott Asher stops by.

In Initial Reaction's fifth episode, hosts JR Radcliffe and JP Cadorin bring on John Casper of the LaCrosse Tribune, who contends the Packers shouldn't have preseason games on Fridays and draw audiences away from the high school football scene.

In Initial Reaction's fourth episode, hosts JR Radcliffe and JP Cadorin discuss the shift among area schools from summer to spring baseball programs. JP catches up with Arrowhead coach Vince Mancuso and Catholic Memorial coach Tim Gotzler to discuss their reasons for moving to spring baseball in 2015, which could have a domino effect among schools in the Classic 8 conference. JR chats with Stiks Sports Academy owner Sean Smith, who trains many area ball players and shares insight into the spring

In Initial Reaction's third episode, hosts JR Radcliffe and JP Cadorin catch up with Mukwonago girls cross country coach Paige Patenaude about the recent change to the sport's distance from 4K to 5K, and chat about fired (then re-hired) Racine St. Cat's basketball coach Bob Letsch, a legendary fixture at the private school.

In Initial Reaction's second episode, hosts JR Radcliffe and JP Cadorin chat with Arrowhead and Northwestern star kicker Jeff Budzien on his prospects in the NFL draft and his thoughts on the ongoing union debate at his school. Mukwonago head football coach Clay Iverson recalls the 2011 draft when he watched former pupil JJ Watt get selected with the 11th overall pick.

In the "maiden voyage" of Initial Reaction, JR and JP talk WIAA multiplier controversy, Carlos Gomez, Badgers football, and a little Bucks for good measure: