Carmel High School senior Sam Agee's face still gets red as he recalls the perils of an unexpected open microphone.

Agee and his radio broadcasting partner, Pat Boylan, had arrived late on the fan bus to Carmel's regional football game in November in Fort Wayne.

As they rushed to get ready, Agee told play-by-play announcer Boylan to cover for him as he had go to the bathroom -- badly. Only Agee, the color commentator, used a more colorful description.

Later his mother called to tell him that his announced bathroom break came through clearly on the broadcast for WHJE-FM (91.3), the Carmel High School radio station.

"The guy running the board had never taken us off the air," Agee said.

Although that was the most embarrassing thing that has happened to Agee, he said the strangest game to announce was the Class 5A state championship football game later that month. Center Grove rallied from a 33-14 deficit with 8:18 left in the fourth quarter to beat Carmel 36-33.

Boylan, a senior, had to keep his disappointment in check as the state title slipped away.

"I do get overemotional, so I try to bring it back a little at times," he said. "The people I announce with will be the first to tell you I get into it. If it's a close game, I'm rooting for Carmel, and I make it clear."

Boylan also tries not to overreact when a questionable call goes against the Greyhounds.

"The most challenging thing for me is to stay as unbiased as possible," he said.

Boylan has been interested in broadcasting for several years. His neighbor is Chris Denari, the Indiana Pacers' TV play-by-play announcer.

"I shadowed him a little when I was younger and always thought it would be fun doing it," said Boylan, who hopes for a career as a play-by-play announcer in football or basketball and also enjoys doing color commentary.

"Play by play comes more naturally to me," he said.

Agee wouldn't mind being a sports broadcaster, but he would prefer sports talk radio. He is currently an intern on "The Drive with JMV," a sports talk show on WNDE-AM (1260).

Senior Brad Huber serves as the WHJE sports director and joins Agee on girls basketball broadcasts. The two switch off between play by play and color.

Huber said his most memorable experience was broadcasting the girls basketball team's victory in the Class 4A state title game last year.

For boys basketball games, senior Joe Bennett provides the color commentary while Boylan does the play by play.

"The color is not as much talking as play by play, but I like it," Bennett said. "As a kid that grew up on ESPN and 'SportsCenter,' it was always fun hearing the little comments."