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Athletics is far beyond the game, and Metro Detroit sports writers Jonathan Szczepaniak and Kam Goodwill plan to showcase each local athlete's performamce and personality.]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/5808049/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>Sports</category><copyright>Copyright Jonathan Szczepaniak</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0a0f6885b7af403d0df2c8c9493dbfff.jpg</url><title>Backyard Benchwarmers</title><link>https://www.candgnews.com/reporterbio/Jonathan-Szczepaniak</link></image><lastBuildDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2023 18:20:04 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Jonathan Szczepaniak and Kam Goodwill</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Jonathan Szczepaniak</itunes:name><itunes:email>jonathanszczepaniak@gmail.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0a0f6885b7af403d0df2c8c9493dbfff.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>Each week, Backyard Benchwarmers will cover high school sports in the Metro Detroit area and speak with an athlete/coach who is not only making an impact on the field, but deserves the proper recognition for who they are off the field as well....</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Each week, Backyard Benchwarmers will cover high school sports in the Metro Detroit area and speak with an athlete/coach who is not only making an impact on the field, but deserves the proper recognition for who they are off the field as well. Athletics is far beyond the game, and Metro Detroit sports writers Jonathan Szczepaniak and Kam Goodwill plan to showcase each local athlete's performamce and personality.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Sports"/><itunes:category text="Sports"><itunes:category text="Basketball"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="Sports"><itunes:category text="Football"/></itunes:category><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>Week 2: Pontiac 2-0, MAC-Red Elites Showing Out, and the State of MHSAA Football</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/week-2-pontiac-2-0-mac-red-elites-showing-out-and-the-state-of-mhsaa-football--56727809</link><description><![CDATA[Metro Detroit sports writers Jonathan Szczepaniak and Kam Goodwill welcome everyone back for the second episode of Backyard Benchwarmers. High school football is hot in the streets and so are many other fall sports as well as we kickoff the 2023-2024 high school athletic season. Week two is in the books for football, and we discuss who is hot, who is still finding their footing, and what is the current state of MHSAA football. We're still fine tuning audio and trying to perfrect it to the best of our ability, so apologies in advance.<br /><br />Time stamp<br /><br /><br />22:00: Week two observations.<br />27:18: State of football in Michigan.<br />End: Final Notes.<br /><br />Music by LiteSaturation on Pixabay.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56727809</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2023 18:19:04 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/56727809/backyardbenchwarmerseppy2.mp3" length="35778322" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Jonathan Szczepaniak and Kam Goodwill</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Metro Detroit sports writers Jonathan Szczepaniak and Kam Goodwill welcome everyone back for the second episode of Backyard Benchwarmers. 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We're still fine tuning audio and trying to perfrect it to the best of our ability, so apologies in advance.<br /><br />Time stamp<br /><br /><br />22:00: Week two observations.<br />27:18: State of football in Michigan.<br />End: Final Notes.<br /><br />Music by LiteSaturation on Pixabay.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2237</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>baseball,basketball,football,michigan,podcast,soccer,sports,sportspodcast</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0a0f6885b7af403d0df2c8c9493dbfff.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Welcome to Backyard Benchwarmers! + High School Football is Back!</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/welcome-to-backyard-benchwarmers-high-school-football-is-back--56649603</link><description><![CDATA[Welcome to Backyard Benchwarmers! Metro Detroit sports writer Jonathan Szczepaniak and Kam Goodwill welcome everyone to their first episode ever on the podcast. High school football is hot in the streets and so are many more fall sports as well as we kickoff the 2023-2024 high school athletic season. Like the football season, we will be improving the podcast each week as we go through the trials and tribulations of the podcasting world. Stick with us as we discuss sports that not only we're extremely passionate about, but we know many of you are as well. Apologies in advance for the audio in intro. We're still fine tuning audio and trying to perfrect it to the best of our ability.<br />Side note: We wish Macomb Dakota QB Jadon Ford a speedy recovery.<br /><br />Time stamp<br />3:30: Welcome to Backyard Benchwarmers.<br />18:00: Week one observations and analysis.<br />21:10: Standout performances.<br />36:00: Other week one analysis, teams to watch, and week two observations<br /><br />Music by LiteSaturation on Pixabay.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56649603</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:31:12 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/56649603/backyardbenchwarmersep_1.mp3" length="34594243" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Jonathan Szczepaniak and Kam Goodwill</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Welcome to Backyard Benchwarmers! Metro Detroit sports writer Jonathan Szczepaniak and Kam Goodwill welcome everyone to their first episode ever on the podcast. 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We're still fine tuning audio and trying to perfrect it to the best of our ability.<br />Side note: We wish Macomb Dakota QB Jadon Ford a speedy recovery.<br /><br />Time stamp<br />3:30: Welcome to Backyard Benchwarmers.<br />18:00: Week one observations and analysis.<br />21:10: Standout performances.<br />36:00: Other week one analysis, teams to watch, and week two observations<br /><br />Music by LiteSaturation on Pixabay.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2163</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>baseball,basketball,football,golf,highschoolfootball,highschoolsports,hockey,podcast,soccer,sports,sportspodcast</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0a0f6885b7af403d0df2c8c9493dbfff.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
