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Much more mature than Jon Fine
was at 21 in 2005, when he first started to work with Jon…Has regressed
and was about where Jon was at that age…Recent major maturation spurt
has pushed him ahead of Jon at present! …Lifelong resident of Denham
Springs…Single, no children, no recognizable diseases (but there is
potential for such)…2004 Denham Springs HS
graduate…Former Principal (and LHSAA Hall of Fame Football coach) Butch
Wax, when asked by Jon in an on-air interview about Josh’s academic
prowess, questioned whether Josh had actually graduated. Butch was
joking…We think…Josh and Tasmin Mitchell combined for over 2,000 points
in high school. Josh had none of them. He was the team manager…Former
assistant basketball coach at DSHS, where he was one of best dressed
coaches in the history of the game. Better dressed than Rick Pittino at
the same stage of career…Metrosexual, before the term came in
vogue…Broadcasting debut was for a Sulphur HS
basketball game on SportsRadio-KEZM-1310-Lake
Charles…Former Host of Livingston Sports Weekly and
The High School Sports Show…Has been pbp man for
Central Internet broadcasts since 2008
season. Has developed real good rapport with
Scott Osborne, his color man, when Scott doesn’t cut him off…Josh
and Scott’s combined age are less than that of Jon Fine, and
substantially less than Josh’s predecessor, Steve
Johnson (with Wes Watts on color)…Denham A.D./head football coach
Dru Nettles chides Josh about switching sides from
Denham to its arch-rival Central. Dru, in private moments, might call
Josh a Benedict Arnold…In his Denham days was once thrown out of a
ballgame, as a fan, for an altercation with the Walker mascot…Has more
dates in 1 month than Jon has had in his life…Strong aptitude with
technical aspect of broadcasting equipment, along with his flair for the
ladies leads to reasonable speculation that he is the son of
SportsGumbo.net’s Chief Technical Officer Rick Cantu.
DNA test results are pending…Hired at Guaranty Broadcasting despite
strong recommendation from Jon Fine…Part of Friday night high school
post-game show, does drive-time weather reports and engineers syndicated
programming…As a life-long Red Sox fan, he dreads the number 27—number
of Yankees championships (Editor’s note: Josh will soon have no
problem with the number 27…28 will soon be Josh’s unlucky number!)
Josh Ward is the play-by-play announcer for Central HS Football
broadcasts on WPFC, 1550AM, Baton Rouge and right here, at SportsGumbo.net.
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