A Valdosta State Podcast crossover?! In this economy?! In the year of our lord, 2025, with one of the great basketball coaches in the Gulf South Conference as a guest?! Oh yeah, it's all coming together.

In collaboration with the official VSU newspaper, The Spectator and its podcast Torch Radio, Chris Mercer and Jaylan Scott discuss collegiate hoops with a great south region head coach in Mike Helfer. Join us as we unpack 20 years of VSU and Gulf South Conference Basketball, reflect on the present, and look toward its future on The Extra Ember.

Massive thanks to the Valdosta State Athletics Department, Coach Helfer for joining us, and the VSU Mass Media Department for the studio space and equipment!

Be sure to check out The Torch Podcast using this link: https://open.spotify.com/show/4bgkmPr8kOUq4gjRhnvnI3?si=e21d72bf8c394fa5

Hosted by Chris Mercer & Jaylan Scott, directed by Wyndham Drayton for The Inferno and Torch Radio.

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The "Home Run Hitter," now WALB10 News Reporter, returns to Titletown for a new edition of "Blazer Profiles."

Taylor Lewis, a Valdosta State Mass Media alum, tells her story of being a Blazer Softball standout to working her dream job as a news reporter and all the steps along the way. Intertwining sports, personal growth, and determination, this is Taylor's story on The Extra Ember.

Hosted and directed by Chris Mercer, edited by Jaylan Scott.

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Playoff pushes are in full tilt on both ballpark diamonds and tennis courts at Valdosta State.

Blazer baseball is riding the hot bat of Orlando Pena and slick arm of Hunter Booth, Claire Maulding of Blazer softball pitcher is on pace to be the next Samantha Richards, men's tennis continue their torrid pace despite the ITA, and women's tennis have more to fight for. Hear it all on the Valdosta State Sports Podcast by the students, about the Blazers, for Blazer Nation.

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Spring is in full swing, and as the pollen collects on our cars and messes with everyone's sinuses, it's also baseball (and softball) season in Titletown.Jaylan, Chris, Wyndham, and Sawyer are back to provide the hot headlines, scorching stories, and all things Blazer Athletics on The Inferno. We'll talk about both baseball's and softball's outstanding runs of form over the past month, where Tennis sits in the national polls, and reflect on this previous hoops season. All of that is right here on the Valdosta State Sports Podcast by the students, about the Blazers, for Blazer Nation.

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To (once again) make up lost time between episodes, join Jaylan as he takes you all around the major Valdosta State Athletic Facilities in this bonus episode of The Extra Ember!

Get a look into and onto every court, pitch, field, etc. that the stars of our podcast play in! From 10,000 seat football stadiums to the quaint, intimate soccer pitches and ballparks, we're going on a Blazer Athletic Facility tour!

Voiceover, Editing, and Filming by Jaylan Scott.

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It only took nearly a year for an Extra Ember to finally be released. Man, we've been busy.

Marking the first Extra Ember of Season 4, we've brought onto the show our first Blazer Athlete guest: Victoria Ikenasio, forward for the VSU Lady Blazer Basketball Team! Watch or listen to Victoria's story from her basketball upbringing to her current days as a Lady Blazer.

Hosted by Chris Mercer, Directed by Wyndham Drayton, Edited by Jaylan Scott.

(P.S., thank Jaylan for goofing up the main episode that was supposed to be released today instead.)

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The Second episode of the Spring Semester brings interesting stories and plotlines for the Blazer teams seeking the GSC Playoffs and those whose seasons are just beginning.

From shutouts on the diamonds to career-night performances on the hardwood court, the Basketball teams face many pivotable battles and matches coming down the stretch while the men and ladies on the diamond get their seasons rolling on the road.

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