Journalism and Communication students Marie Takacs, Josh Almonor and Logan Volk and Brandon Rogers at The College of New Jersey produce the second in a five part series of their show The MLJ Pod - showing their talents in Sports Media & Communication.
Oct 31, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 12
The MIRE's Keith Glock sat down with Montgomery Superintendent Mary McLoughlin to talk about the upcoming referendum vote regarding full-day Kindergarten.
Oct 07, 2022•18 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Montgomery Principal Paul Popadiuk is retiring at the end of the calendar year to take a position with the NJSIAA as its Director of Compliance. Before he goes, he took some time to sit down with The MIRE and talk everything Montgomery, recapping in detail his 25 years in district. Popadiuk talks leadership, sports, academics and much, much more in this exclusive interview.
Dec 21, 2021•43 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Montgomery head coach Kris Grundy joins The MIRE to preview the team's first game of the season in 2021, the border war against Hillsborough.
Dec 17, 2021•28 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Kevin Tarca is a Montgomery High School graduate (Class of '08) and the founder of Kreation Talent Agency. He represents professional basketball players domestically and overseas. Kevin takes some time out of his busy schedule to talk to us about what led him to becoming a sports agent, how he's carved out a niche in the industry and gets into the prospects for the current basketball season at Montgomery. Follow Kevin on social media at @kreationtalent or go to www.kreationtalent.com...
Dec 16, 2021•27 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Keith Glock and Brandon Furey get the band back together as they go over all things Montgomery Boys' Hoops in Episode 2 of the '21-'22 Boys' Basketball season preview series.
Dec 15, 2021•27 min•Season 3Ep. 2
In the leadup to the 2021 basketball season, we kick off The Muck & MIRE preview series with our old friend, and former Montgomery assistant coach, Kyle Rehrig. He talks leadership, COVID fallout, how he's grown as a coach and "the system."
Dec 14, 2021•28 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Montgomery quarterback Mike Schmelzer joins The MIRE in the finale of the football season wrap-up series to talk about winning over the locker room as a sophomore and the delicate balance between being a leader and a jerk.
Nov 29, 2021•21 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Montgomery linebacker Gavin Guidette joins MIRE host Keith Glock to talk about the belief he learned about trusting the system when it came to doing his job at linebacker and the juxtaposition of freelancing as a lacrosse player. Not to mention the leadership role he will take on over the next 12 months on the MHS football team.
Nov 28, 2021•18 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Montgomery wide receiver Mark Jenkins joins The MIRE crew to talk about the catch that was probably the Monty play of the year, his debate about playing football in college and the prospect of sharing the baseball outfield with one of his best friends.
Nov 27, 2021•23 min•Season 2Ep. 9
In the second of The MIRE's 2021 Montgomery Football, five-part season recap we catch up with Alex Benitez and Brandon Furey and talk leadership, team building and possible HUGE breaking news from the school's All-time leading rusher and point scorer.
Nov 26, 2021•27 min•Season 2Ep. 8
The MIRE is launching its 2021 Football season in review podcast series, a five-episode recap with all the players you want to hear from on the Montgomery football team. Keith Glock and Brandon Furey kick it off together as they chop it up about what happened and what's to come for the 300 lb center.
Nov 25, 2021•26 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Montgomery sophomore quarterback Mike Schmelzer joins Keith Glock and Brandon Furey for another episode of Muck & MIRE to talk about his amazing first three games as a Cougar signal caller and what's to come this week in the regular season finale against an undefeated Cranford team.
Oct 25, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Montgomery captains Alex Benitez and Brandon Furey join The MIRE's Keith Glock to talk about Benitez's newly-minted Montgomery records and the team's two wins in a row. They get into some fun items like their favorite teachers, their other favorite sports teams and fun stuff they've learned in high school. Don't miss these two on a fun fall episode of Muck & MIRE
Oct 18, 2021•34 min•Season 2Ep. 5
With Montgomery senior Alex Benitez becoming the school's all-time leading rusher, and also the school's first player to rush for over 2,000 yards, we bring you our exclusive interview with the man who Benitez passed to become the record holder: Yaw Etse. Etse, a Cornell graduate, graduated Montgomery in 2004 and played for the program before it was even a varsity team, then led them on the field in the school's first two varsity seasons.
Oct 11, 2021•34 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Though Keith Glock and Brandon Furey recap Montgomery's third loss in as many games in the 2021 season, the team got itself on the scoreboard and Alex Benitez broke the school's All-Time scoring record. There's also reason for optimism with a player becoming eligible after the NJSIAA's 30-day transfer rule as well as a decent matchup on tap this Friday against North Hunterdon.
Sep 27, 2021•19 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Keith Glock and Brandon Furey sit down and dissect exactly what's been happening in a strange early beginning to the Cougar season and where things go from here.
Sep 24, 2021•12 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Keith Glock and Brandon Furey kick off The MIRE's coverage of Montgomery athletics in the new school as they sit down to talk about his inclusion on pretty much every "Best lineman in the state" list, Montgomery football's outlook for the season and the upcoming season opener against Watchung Hills. For everything related to The MIRE make sure you subscribe to our feed wherever you get your podcasts or subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch all the content you're hearing here plus much, much ...
Aug 30, 2021•23 min•Season 2Ep. 1
This week Brandon talks with Keith about some of the best moments from the season. Then Brandon is joined by Ryan Curry to talk about his thoughts on the season and looking forward to next year.
Mar 08, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 10
MIRE host Keith Glock sits down and gives his take the morning after Montgomery dropped a Skyland Conference semifinal game to the second-seeded Argonauts of Rutgers Prep. He tells us the real meaning of the term "tough love" and why it's OK to acknowledge that sometimes in life there are other people who are also good at the things you love. Glock also let's us know that there is only one player in the history of the Big Four American Sports who can undeniably claim that he is for sure his spor...
Mar 05, 2021•13 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Brandon Furey sits down with Montgomery sharpshooter Matt Przekop in this week's edition of The Muck & MIRE Podcast. The Cougars are coming off a 3-1 week, and Furey and MIRE play-by-play voice Keith Glock also discuss the week that was in Montgomery basketball in late February as well as preview the upcoming Skyland Conference Tournament which begins Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021.
Mar 01, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 8
With Brandon Furey on the sideline this week due to a scheduling conflict, Keith Glock steps in as the host of the Muck & MIRE Podcast to bring you Episode 4 - "Slinging Solo." Glock wonders if his take from this week is simply common sense, or worth writing a book about, as he recaps why folks were upset after Tuesday's loss to Middletown North. Bring the Furey does get a week off, even without its namesake involved in the Pod as Glock dips into the game at Hillsborough this past Saturday t...
Feb 22, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Brandon Furey and Keith Glock bring you another episode of the Muck & MIRE weekly podcast. This week they talk about a big win against Linden as the Cougars continued their undefeated streak. They’re then joined by senior Captain Noah Vlacich. Brandon also gives us his favorite plays of the week in his ‘Bring The Furey’ segment before the duo look ahead to next week’s action!
Feb 15, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Brandon Furey and Keith Glock bring you another episode of the Muck & MIRE weekly podcast. This week they talk about expectations after the Cougars continued their undefeated start to the season. They’re joined by the Lafayette bound senior, Chris Rubayo. Brandon then gives us his favorite plays of the week in his ‘Bring The Furey’ segment before the duo look ahead to next week’s action!
Feb 08, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Brandon Furey and Keith Glock bring you the inaugural episode of the Muck & MIRE weekly podcast. This week they talk about what went right in the team’s 2-0 start to the 2021 season. They’re then joined by the point guard for the Montgomery Cougars, Ryan Curry. Brandon then gives us his favorite plays of the week in his ‘Bring The Furey’ segment before the duo look ahead to next week’s action!
Feb 01, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Fresh off his team's opening night, 25-point win over Phillipsburg, Montgomery head coach Kris Grundy and his team travel to Bordentown to take on the Scotties for the tail end of back-to-back games to tip off the 2021 season. Grundy recaps his team's season opener, COVID atmosphere differences and bright spots for the team moving forward.
Jan 29, 2021•13 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Montgomery head basketball coach Kris Grundy sat down with The MIRE to talk about all things Cougars' basketball as they prepare for the 2021 season opener at home against Phillipsburg. From January 28th, 2021
Jan 28, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Trenton and Montgomery squared off in one of the most hotly-contested matchups in Central Jersey Group IV history. Montgomery dropped a heartbreaker to the Tornadoes in the Cougar Den, 59-57 in March of 2014. The broadcast includes a massive MIRE pregame show and all the action from that night in Skillman.
Jan 25, 2021•2 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 1