Texas Mat Talk
Texas Mat Talk
Jayson Conger
Wrestling is the toughest sport on earth. It comes with plenty of emotionally and physicaly draining challenges. Join Texas Mat Talk as they conduct interviews and highlight everything about the journey of wrestling in the Lone Star state. If you are a wrestler, coach, athlete, parent, or fan and want to stay informed and engaged with like midned people in and around the sport of wrestling. This show is for you.
007 Texas Mat Talk
On episode 007 Joe Hathaway joins the podcast to talk about the Texas High School Wrestling Coaches Association - President-Elect. Head Wrestling Coach at Southlake Carroll High School. During this episode, we take a look at coaching life, Texas wrestling, and building a competitive culture year in and year out.
Nov 16, 2022
1 hr 22 min
006 Texas Mat Talk
On episode 006 Jayson will take an in-depth look at the upcoming Red River Rivalry Dual between Texas all-stars and Oklahoma all-stars. Join the podcast are the reigning THSWCA state coaches of the year. 6A Boys Robert Myers, 5A Boys Jessica Fresh, 6A Girls Christopher Potter, 5A Girls Randall Balch. The Dual will be Sunday November 6th, 2022 - 1pm at Southlake Carroll HS.  Dual Line-ups  Girls  101 Sloan Stewart vs Ashley Johnson  109 Arianna Sauceda vs Harley Stringer 116 Riley Rayome vs Peyton Hand 123 Alyssa Ruiz vs Bella Williams 130 Madi Canales vs Stella Edison 136 Zoe Bennett vs Aubrey Smith 143 Serenity DeLaGarza vs Trysten Ritterger 155 Pella Lefever vs Rayleigh Fisher 170 Faith Macharia vs Sidney Milligan  191 Trinity Washko vs Cilee Turner Boys  125 Shawn Ryncarz vs Cash Donnell/Shawn Ryncarz vs Sam Smith 133 Trebor Moreno vs Tag Ensey 141 Julian Garnica vs Kaiser Simpson  149 Finn Sheppard vs Mitch Smith 157 Juan Pablo Garcia vs Jude Randall  165 Angelo Ferrari vs Jaxon Trotter  174 Dominick Evans vs Talon McCollom  184 Landon Marsh vs Tucker Waitman  197 Karson Tompkins vs Payton Thomas  285 Rodney Trotter vs Logan Cash   
Nov 2, 2022
1 hr 11 min
005 Texas Mat Talk
Episode 005 is a conversation with Jose Lazo, Head Men’s and Women’s Coach at Texas Wesleyan University. Prior to going to TWU. Jose  served as Head Coach at Irving High School and Colleyville Heritage High School. Lazo is an Irving, Texas native who received his Kinesiology degree with an emphasis in education from University of Texas at Arlington in 2011.  The Rams are excited about their coming season. Hear Coach Lazo dive into what it means to be Ram Tough, life as a TWU wrestler, and the transition from coaching High School to College.  Twitter - @Coachjlaz Twitter - @TXWESWrestling Instagram - @Txweswrestling2019
Oct 26, 2022
1 hr 1 min
004 Texas Mat Talk
Coach Vasquez is the Head Men's Wrestling Coach at Schreiner University in Kerrville, Texas. Schriener is a NCAA Division 3 program looking to make a lot of noise this upcoming season. Coach  Vasquez is a graduate of Palo Duro High School where he won the  2016 State Champion @132lb  title. Mario finished the year undefeated at 46-0.  As a collegiate wrestler at the University of the Ozarks and Ferrum College. During his time at the University of the Ozarks he became a 2-time Conference Finalist and competed in the Lower Midwest Region. At Ferrum College, he finished his career being a 4-time Conference Finalist, Southeast Regional Finalist, and received All-American Honors with an 8th place finish at the NCAA National Championships in 2019. Twitter - @SUMountainers Email - [email protected]  Instagram - @MarioFadedMe
Oct 19, 2022
48 min
003 Texas Mat Talk
Tamyra Mensah Stock is a Texan. Born in Chicago, but moved to Houston at the age of 2 months with her mom and twin sister Tarkyia. A Katy Morton Ranch Alumni, Tamyra won 2 UIL State Championships (‘10 & ‘11) despite not wrestling until her sophomore year of HS. After High School,  Tamyra attended Wayland Baptist University where she obtained her degree in Exercise and Sports Science. As a Wrestler she continued her winning ways but becoming the Women’S Collegiate Wrestling Associations National Champion in 2014 and 2017.  Tamyra burst on the International scene in 2016 securing the 68 kg world team spot, but didn’t get a chance to compete due to 68 kg not being an olympic weight that year.  She became an Olympian in 2020 and competed in Tokyo in 2021 where she became the first ever African American Women to win an olympic Gold medal for the United States. She followed that up with a 2021 World Bronze in Oslo. But ended 2022 back on top  in Serbia as the 68 kg World Champion. She is an avid Karaoke singer, tremendous wife, woman of God, and all around amazing person. Please follow her and continue to support her on her journey.  Twitter @MensahTamStock Instagram @mensahtamyrastock
Oct 11, 2022
58 min
002 Texas Mat Talk
Oliver Pierce is the current Head Wrestling Coach at Melissa High School. Oliver grew up in and wrestled for Allen during his prep career as a three-time Fargo Champion and Cadet World Team member before wrestling collegiately at  Oklahoma and Arizona State. He was an assistant coach at Allen from August of 2018 until recently taking the job at Melissa. As a coach, he helped lead the Eagles to UIL State Titles in 2019, 2020, and 2021. During his tenure at Allen, he helped produce a number of future college and Division One wrestlers. Listen to Oliver talk about his time growing up with a coach father and mastering the art of being a multisport athlete. His time at Allen, Oklahoma, and Arizona State. As well as his vision for the future of wrestling in Texas, growth as a state, and what it'll take to get Texas elevated nationally.  As always, please follow, subscribe, and like the episodes. 
Oct 5, 2022
1 hr 2 min
001 Texas Mat Talk - Lance Brown (JCU)
Lance Brown was named as the first head coach of the men's and women's wrestling programs at Jarvis Christian University in July 2022. He will be responsible for starting and growing both programs at JCU. Brown has coached at the high school level for more than 10 years, serving as a head coach for eight. He spent three years at West Hills College Lemoore as assistant coach to California Hall of Fame Wrestling Coach Kent Olson, where he was a part of three conference championships, a regional championship, and a team 3rd place finish at the California Community College Athletic Association State Championship. In 2012, he was honored as the South Regional Assistant Coach of the Year and was on the California USA Wrestling National team coaching staff. Prior to becoming a college and high school wrestling coach, Brown was a professional indoor football head coach. In that role, he prepared football players for opportunities with the NFL, Canadian Football League, and Arena Football Leagues. He played indoor professionally as a journeyman offensive/defensive lineman, earning All-American honors twice in minor league football. Later he would have workouts with several NFL teams before leaving football due to injuries. In 2008, he was inducted to the Minor League Football News Hall of Fame for his playing contributions. IG: @coachbrown_51 Twitter: @coachbrown_51 Recruiting: https://jcubulldogs.prestosports.com/information/M_-_W_Wrestling_Recruit_Form Men’s: https://jcubulldogs.com/sports/mwrest/index Women’s: https://jcubulldogs.com/sports/wwrest/index
Sep 28, 2022
58 min