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Episode 17 - Talking Boys Golf with Michael Schmiesing and Coach Bo
Send us a text Boys golf is having an awesome season! Tune in to this episode of Get Your Guard Up to check in with St. Ambrose sophomore Michael Schmiesing and Head Coach Steve Bohlman.
24 Mar 2025
Episode 16 - Anastasia the Musical!
Send us a text It's Musical Week! What better way to get ready than to sit down with Anastasia cast members Peter Karlen, Samuel Hineline, and Daniel Nornberg alongside Director Angela Hineline! Get ready for the musical before you head out to watch the musical!
Send us a text Join this episode of Get Your Guard Up with seniors Sofi Blahnik and Magdalen Simon! We'll review this year's girls basketball season, talk about how Sofi and Magdalen have seen the program evolve since they were underclassmen, they'll give us a prep for their playoff matchup on Friday February 28th, and both will talk about their future in collegiate hoops!
10 Feb 2025
Episode 14 - St. Ambrose Chaplain Fr. Jared Holzhuter
Send us a text Get to know St. Ambrose Chaplain Fr. Jared Holzhuter! In addition to his duties as Diocesan Vocations Director, Fr. Jared is also charged with assisting on the spiritual needs of our school! Get to know Fr. Jared, learn about his previous athletic achievements and his path to St. Ambrose!
23 Jan 2025
Episode 13 - Mr. Braden Lynch lets us get to know him and talk March for Life
Send us a textTune in to this episode of Get Your Guard Up, and learn about what weird circumstance brought Mr. Lynch to Wisconsin, background on the March for Life, St. Ambrose Academy's Seniors' involvement in the march, and much more.
15 Jan 2025
Episode 12 - Senior Mark Wells and Boys Basketball Coach Chris Zwettler
Senior Mark Wells and Boys Basketball Coach Chris Zwettler share Coach Z's background and lessons learned from his upcoming 1000th game, revealing the key to building a winning team culture.
9 Dec 2024
Episode 11 - Senior Magdalen Simon and Girls Basketball Coach Taylor Renz
Girls Basketball Coach Taylor Renz and Senior Magdalen Simon share their paths to success and how they're empowering the team to take huge leaps forward.
18 Nov 2024
St Ambrose’s Musical - We have a cast!
Send us a textGet Your Guard Up sits down with St Ambrose musical Director Angela Hineline along with cast members and St Ambrose students Clare Freng and Juney Westby.Learn about the plot for our forthcoming musical Anastasia. How did Clare and Juney get into theatre, what’s the broader mission of theatre at St. Ambrose and what to look forward to from the show next March!
11 Nov 2024
Bonus Episode - St. Ambrose Cross Country Went to State!
Send us a textGet Your Guard Up sits down with Cross Country Runners Anna Haun, David Simon, and Coach Quinn Myers to talk about both girls and boys Cross Country qualifying for State!Learn about the path that got the teams to alter their expectations to work toward getting both teams to State, why the future looks even brighter, and what they're doing off-season to get better going forward!
4 Nov 2024
Episode 8 - Boys Volleyball Coaches James & Katie Eisele with Sophomore Damien Hebert
Send us a textFor this episode, Marc sits down with new St. Ambrose parents and boys volleyball coaches James & Katie Eisele! We're talking about how to launch a volleyball program, which cartoon world they'd prefer to be trapped in, Damien's love of 3 Musketeers, and their journey to choosing St. Ambrose Academy for their son. Tune in to learn more about why the future of this program is so bright!
21 Oct 2024
Episode 7 - Getting to know Director of Student Activities Aaron Roser
Send us a textTune in for a sit-down with Mr. Roser! Get Your Guard Up gets a breakdown his journey to Catholicism, playing basketball on the same court as Michael Jordan, giving love to his native Rockford, and a crash course on the St. Ambrose house system, house points, and school spirit. Enjoy!
7 Oct 2024
Episode 6 - Football Coach Josh Vaughn and Senior Calvin Gonnering
Send us a textGet Your Guard Up sits down with Abundant Life/St. Ambrose Football Coach Josh Vaughn and Senior Center Calvin Gonnering. Fresh off a huge win against Valley Christian, Coach Vaughn walks us through his path to Wisconsin, how the football program got its start, his core values in running the team, and a quick shout-out to his beloved Georgia Bulldogs. Have a listen!
24 Sept 2024
Episode 5 - Meet the New Guy: Getting to know Head of School John Scudder
Send us a textGet Your Guard Up sits down with new Head of School John Scudder. How did he get connected to St. Ambrose, come to love the Lord, where does he see his new role taking himself and the school, why he's so confident his house won't get teepeed, how a career in both military and civilian application perfectly primed him for St. Ambrose and why extracurricular activities and Catholic education play off each other.
9 Sept 2024
Episode 4: Boys Soccer Coach Benny Delgado sits down with Senior Anthony Lyons
Send us a textGet Your Guard Up is joined by St. Ambrose Senior Anthony Lyons and Boys Soccer Coach Benny Delgado to break down the history of the program and why we're so optimistic for this team's outlook in 2024!Host Marc Laudonio asks about Coach's path to coaching our team, learns about how 5-year old Lyons got into playing the game, foundational principles in leading others, and more. Learn which Mexico City suburb Coach grew up in and how Anthony went from a super nervous freshma...
Send us a textGet Your Guard Up sits down with girls volleyball coach Becca Mast and Junior All-Conference Player Penny Schell. Learn how Coach called her shot before winning back-to-back conference titles when Penny was a freshman and what the team is looking forward to in the fall of 2024!
20 Aug 2024
Episode 2 - Cross Country Coach Quinn Myers with Senior Simon Draves
Send us a text You know her from math and chemistry class, now you'll get to meet her to talk Cross Country. Coach Quinn Myers is joined by Saint Ambrose Senior Simon Draves to talk about the forthcoming Cross Country season.
1 Jul 2024
Episode 1 - St. Ambrose Alumni Juan Calzada and Mary Lyons
Send us a textLaunching the "Get Your Guard Up" podcast, Host Marc Laudonio is joined by St. Ambrose Senior Peter Karlen to check in with class of 2023 alumni Juan Calzada and Mary Lyons.Calzada talks about his time at St. Ambrose Academy and wrapping up his freshmen year at Beloit College, while Lyons does the same for UW-Platteville Track and Field.Also: is "is your favorite firework?" a yes-or-no question?
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