BEYOND THE SCOREBOARD with PJ RIDDELL
WDAC Radio Company's Beyond the Scoreboard airs every Saturday at 10 a.m. on 1075Alive in Boyertown and WDAC 94.5 in Lancaster!
PJ Riddell offers a positively different perspective on sports, as we apply Biblical principles to our own lives based on what we learn in discussing the weekly sports headlines, both nationally and locally. We go beyond the scoreboard to engage with sports differently, and every week we have a guest athlete, coach, chaplain, pastor, writer, or media personality join us to share their testimony and help us understand how we can use sports to share the light of Christ. It’s sports for every generation, where sports are about more than glorifying ourselves - they're about glorifying God. Beyond the Scoreboard — "a positively different look at sports!”
Episodes
100 episodes
Beyond The Scoreboard (28:30) ~ The 100th Episode w/John Yoast
This weekend is a special milestone for Beyond The Scoreboard - it’s our 100th episode, our 100th consecutive Saturday of positively-different sports talk! To celebrate, our friend John Yoast will join us to discuss how Beyond The Scoreboard ca...
Beyond The Scoreboard (27:14) ~ August 2026 Recap
This weekend on the show, we’re playing back the highlights from the month of August in our August Recap. We’ve heard a number of great testimonies this month, from Julio Rodriguez ministry through football, Mark Levengood serving and ministeri...
Beyond The Scoreboard (24:53) ~ For God, Not The Crowd w/ Shaun Smithson
On this weekend's show we catch up on the latest in the Little League World Series, including Team New Jersey's win over Pennsylvania Friday night, and how a head coach from Arizona helped his team keep a faith-focused perspective in the middle...
Beyond The Scoreboard (26:04) ~ Enduring & Excelling w/ Dominick Messano
This week on the show we’re gearing up for the Little League World Series, and thanking God for seasons of preparation as we watch the NFL preseason! Our guest for the weekend is Dominick Messano, a para track & field athlete from Solanco, ...
Beyond The Scoreboard (29:24) ~ A Different Kind of Vision w/ Mark Levengood
Following the MLB trade deadline, we talk about what our local teams did to prepare for the final stretch of the season, and then we have a conversation with Mark Levengood - a Boyertown native and new representative for the Berks County Fellow...
Beyond The Scoreboard (23:49) ~ Servants of Christ w/Julio Rodriguez
As August begins, we're in that in-between season: the baseball season is coming down the home stretch now with the trade deadline, the World Cup is over, and football and fall sports are still a little ways away. We're making our goal to remai...
Beyond The Scoreboard (23:23) ~ July Recap
It's our final Saturday together for the month of July, so we're running back the highlights from our faith-focused conversations with soccer chaplains Andy Young, Amanda Wiggins, and Brad Kenney!Click
Beyond The Scoreboard (28:38) ~ Every Nation w/Brad Kenney
As the World Cup comes to a close this weekend, so does our conversation about faith and the World Cup with Brad Kenney, chaplain for the Colorado Rapids and founder/director of the ministry, Soccer ...
Beyond The Scoreboard (25:32) ~ Glimpse of Heaven w/Amanda Wiggins
As the World Cup rolls on, even with the U.S. now eliminated, we have an opportunity as believers to watch the games with a new perspective - a faith-focused perspective. Amanda Wiggins, chaplain for the NC Courage and a writer for
Beyond The Scoreboard (28:17) ~ Faith & Team USA w/Andy Young
The U.S. Men's National Soccer Team is on to the Round of 16 against Belgium after a win over Bosnia & Herzegovina in the Round of 32, so here on America's 250th, we're spending the morning talking with the USMNT's chaplain, Andy Young!...
Beyond The Scoreboard (24:57) ~ June 2026 Recap
As another month comes to a close, we have a lot to be thankful for! We’ve enjoyed the NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Finals, and the World Cup, in addition to some great conversations with our guests on the show, Howard Brown, Derrick Ellison, and Ha...
Beyond The Scoreboard (25:14) ~ Worst Day To Best Day w/Harry Flaherty
Sometimes it takes disappointment, a closed door, before we really take our faith seriously. Harry Flaherty’s testimony is one that proves that God can bring great things out of our deepest disappointments. Join us for his testimony and as we t...
Beyond The Scoreboard (24:23) ~ Are You A Christian? w/Derrick Ellison
As the NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Finals continue, and the World Cup gets underway, we want to take some time to fix our focus on Christ, not scores, and our hope in Jesus, not wins and losses - helping us do so is our guest, Derrick Ellison!
Beyond The Scoreboard (25:17) ~ Basketball & Community w/Howard Brown
With the high school spring sports playoffs winding down and the Stanley Cup and NBA Finals underway, we’ve got plenty of sports to talk about! And speaking of NBA basketball, our guest this weekend is Howard Brown, who brought a state champion...
Beyond The Scoreboard (27:24) ~ May 2026 Recap
Here on the final Saturday in May, we're recapping what's been a great month of faith & sports conversations with Jeff Swarr, Jeff Bianchi, Steve Rodriguez, and Clint Hurdle! Enjoy this highlight episode, and if you haven't heard the full c...
Beyond The Scoreboard (27:40) ~ Hurdle-isms w/Clint Hurdle
For this Memorial Day weekend, we’re joined by former MLB manager Clint Hurdle as he shares with us his faith journey and his experiences as manager of the Colorado Rockies and Pittsburgh Pirates! We also discuss the ongoing PIAA high school di...
Beyond The Scoreboard (27:22) ~ A Higher Crown w/Steve Rodriguez
This weekend we head down to Kentucky to talk about what ministry in the world of horse racing looks like with chaplain Steve Rodriguez, who serves jockeys and staff through Kentucky Race Track Chaplaincy at Turway in Kentucky and Belterra in O...
Beyond The Scoreboard (29:03) ~ Disciples On The Diamond w/Jeff Bianchi
This weekend, Lancaster native Jeff Bianchi joins us to share about his career in professional baseball, and how the Lord guided him and his wife to use baseball as a ministry in Lancaster, across the country in MLB and MiLB, and even across th...
Beyond The Scoreboard (29:21) ~ Winning Ways w/ Jeff Swarr
This weekend we begin the month of May, and come down the home stretch of the high school baseball season with Jeff Swarr, head baseball coach at Lampeter-Strasburg high school. He shares with us about coaching as a believer, and how a Bible st...
Beyond The Scoreboard (23:59) ~ April 2026 Recap
This weekend as we wrap up April, we discuss the NHL & NBA playoffs, the NFL Draft, and we’re recapping our conversations this past month with Trent Turner, Jon Mack, Paul Putz, and Brittany Wilkins. Click
Beyond The Scoreboard (26:13) ~ A Change In Perspective w/Brittany Wilkins
This weekend we’re talking basketball and faith with Brittany Wilkins, a former NCAA Division 1, WNBA, and international professional women’s basketball player! Wilkins shares her backstory in basketball and faith, and how a mission trip change...
Beyond The Scoreboard (26:57) ~ History of Faith and Sports w/Paul Putz
This weekend we’re taking a deep-dive into the history of faith & sports with Dr. Paul Putz, who is the Program Director for the Master of Arts in Theology and Sports Studies and is the Director for the Faith & Sports Institute. He's al...
Beyond The Scoreboard (21:41) ~ Titles & Testimonies w/Jon Mack
This weekend we’re talking national championships with coach Jon Mack! He’s the head coach of Lancaster Bible College’s men’s basketball team, who brought home the NCCAA Divison 1 national championship title on Saturday, March 21st. Coach Mack ...
Beyond The Scoreboard (26:40) ~ Faithful In The Wrestling w/ Trent Turner
We have plenty of local championships to talk about this weekend, especially when it comes to Penn State wrestling! And while it’s fun to win and talk about championships, we have to consider the most important victory first and foremost - the ...
Beyond The Scoreboard (24:20) ~ Faith & Basketball In The March Madness
March Madness has begun, and so we’re taking the opportunity this weekend to dive into a conversation about faith & basketball! In the past 75 weeks we’ve spent together on the show, a number of our guests have shared their stories as to ho...