Champion Sports Radio Broadcasters:
Without argument the biggest Cardinal baseball fan in the great state of Texas, Ryan was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. In the winter of 1997, he moved to San Antonio and graduated with a senior class of 98 students from Central Catholic High School. Ryan then attended The University of Texas at Austin where he earned his bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism. Ryan has an array of experience surrounding sports broadcasting. He spent two years under the tutelage of Roger Wallace at KXAN-TV in Austin. He is the play-by-play voice of Hebron Baseball, Softball and Girls basketball, and is the color analyst for Hebron football, Boys basketball and Flower Mound Baseball. Ryan currently resides in Dallas where he enjoys calling games, playing golf, rooting for the San Antonio Spurs and spending time with his girlfriend Jill.
Bart, a life-long sports fan, recently stepped away from life as a high school sports official. He was an high school basketball official out of the Fort Worth Chapter of the Texas Association of Sports Officials. His assignments during those twelve years included both boys and girls games, including playoff assignments (A-5A) through to the Area round of the playoffs. He has also been a stringer for both the Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star Telegram covering high school football, and in 2005, Bart was the voice of the Euless Lone Stars of the Texas Collegiate League. Bart Castle is the principal of Sapio Group, LP, an organizational development and safety consulting firm. Bart has both a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Communication (Abilene Christian and Texas Tech). A native of Lubbock, he and his wife Kellie are the parents of Ashton, Alexys and Andrew.
Brad Denton
A former high school all-state football and baseball player in the state of Oklahoma, Brad Denton moved from Enid, Oklahoma to Denton, Texas, where he earned a B.A. from the University of North Texas in 1978. Shortly thereafter he began calling football games in addition to some basketball and baseball for the Plano ISD. Brad has worked countless semi-final and championship games in various sports for radio outlets throughout the state of Texas. In 1985, Brad was named the Texas Association of Broadcasters Play-by-Play Sportscaster of the Year and also was a finalist for the Dallas Press Club Katie Award for Radio Sportscasts, and in 1994, he was bestowed the honor of receiving the President's Award for Lifetime Dedication and Loyalty to the Plano Wildcat Football Program. Brad and his lovely wife Claudia have two sons, Cole (22) and Blake (16).
A military brat born in Abingdon, Va, while his parents were in the midst of relocating from Omaha, NE, to Pease AFB NH. Graduated from Southwest High School Macon, GA, in 1981. Upon graduation, Ron enlisted in the military for 11 years as a crew chief on the KC-135 tanker (refueler), and the E-3 AWACS (Early Warning Radar) aircrafts. He has traveled to most of the free world, from Japan to Turkey and everywhere in between. Moved to Dallas in 1995 from Santa Barbara, CA. Worked as a stringer for FC Dallas in 2005, and in 2006, he became one of the sideline reporters for FC Dallas radio. Long term goal is to become a color analyst for soccer or football. Ron has been married for the past ten years and has two daughters, nine and four years old.
Tim Howell
Tim, through thick and thin (mostly thin) is a life-long Texas Rangers fan. He has a real passion for baseball, but being a sports fan he generally enjoys broadcasting all sports and has a background in not just baseball, but basketball, football and softball. Tim grew up in Fort Worth, TX, attended Southwest High School and earned his BA in Radio, Television and Film at UNT with a minor in English Literature. Perhaps scared of the real world, he decided to go to graduate school at Texas State University in San Marcos and graduated with his M.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication in December of 2005. On the side, Tim is a professional stand-up comedian with ten years experience touring all over the country, even Arkansas. An avid softball player, Tim plays in two leagues year-round. He resides in Denton with his girlfriend, Cheryl, their pug, Tex and two cats.
Pete Nielsen
Born and raised in Long Island, New York, Pete might be the one NY Jets fan in North Texas. This adopted Texan has called Carrollton home since 1988 and has worked in the Telecommunications Field for the last 21 years, mostly on the designing and the installation of fiber optic networks. A certified sports nut, Pete spent many years coaching his two boys Matt (21) and Andrew (16) in youth baseball and football, and Pete also is a certified baseball umpire. During the winter Pete is the statistician for the Plano Senior High Varsity Basketball team. His part-time broadcasting career started 7 years ago when he joined the Plano ISD broadcast team. This season for Champion Sports Radio, Pete will be working primarily as the statistician and color analyst on Hebron Hawks football broadcasts this fall. Pete and his fiancée Cathy are planning a wedding for next summer.
Growing up outside of Philadelphia, Scarlet has been a huge sports fan, especially football (GO EAGLES!!) since she was 8. After leaving Philly and its cheesesteaks, she attended Dartmouth College earning a degree in Economics with a minor in History. After college, she finally made her way to the great State of Texas, where she went to the University of Texas School of Law. Being a sideline reporter for Champion Sports Radio is like a dream come true for her. She is currently the sideline reporter for Hebron and Flower Mound football games. She aspires to be the next Pam Oliver or Suzy Kolber. In between football games, she bides her time as an attorney in Dallas. Scarlet is clearly committed to her sideline reporting career as evidenced by the shift of her Dallas night life from Fridays to Saturday nights during football season.
