Off the Rails

Lindsey is one of our two new Wall of Fame inductees from Saturday night.

Coach Kraus and the wrestling team just won the team state competition last weekend in Brownsburg.  We talk to Jackson and Ramon, seniors and team state champs, while celebrating their 2nd year in row with that crown.

We talk GHS wrestling with three of our seniors.

As boys' basketball season approaches, we preview the team with Isaiah and Carter.  We also have some fun talking Thanksgiving traditions and food as a way to get to know a couple GHS junior athletes a little better.

Marleigh and Isabelle are members of the girls' wrestling team. We "preview" the season even though they've already started.  We also get to know a couple of our athletes a little better and prepare for Thanksgiving weekend.  

The Halloween edition of the podcast features Jake and Aiden, senior football captains who discuss their upcoming sectional game but also tell their ghost stories....just for fun.

Coach Wade Hantz is our new girls' head basketball coach.  We discuss his path to GHS and preview the season with returning players Emma Coffman and Sarah DePew.

Carter, Molly, and Kaidance are GHS cross country runners who advanced to this weekend's regional after performing in last week's sectional.  A junior, senior, and freshman, all three discuss their season and Saturday's upcoming meet.  

Amelia and Kaelynn were new to GHS this school year as members of the volleyball team.  We discuss the transfer experience, talk about the volleyball season, and get to know two of Garrett's newest students.  

After about a month off, we finally return to the podcast with Trish and Tyler, our athletic trainers at GHS.  We discuss their profession, tell some stories from their careers, and get to know these two important people to our GHS athletes.

First-year boys' coach, Avery Morrison, and 3rd year girls' coach, Dayton Sweet, join us along with players Gabe Armstrong, Trevor Thomas, and Corissa Kennedy.  We discuss both teams, the season, as well as Ted Lasso themed Whistle Stop Questions.

Even though the girls' golf season is practically half over already, new head coach Jason Buchs and senior captain Sydney Suelzer join the podcast to discuss the team and this season.

First year head coach, Ray Placencia, joins us along with his captains, Carter Coffman and Charlotte Lemon, to talk about the season, his new program, and this year's teams.   

Coach Lapadot and our co-captains join us to discuss the first ever Flag Football season at GHS.  

Coach Albertin and the 2025 captains, Brayden Nusbaum, Jake Gonya, Blake Lewis, and Aiden Hunt join us in the studio to preview the 2025 football team and discuss the upcoming season.

Coach Taylor McCoy joins us to open Season 2 of the show and to preview the 2025 GHS volleyball season.  We are joined by co-captains Rylan Flotow and Sarah DePew to discuss the upcoming season and team.

Chase is a 2024 GHS graduate and was THE state champion of wrestling at 175lbs. his senior year.   Now a sophomore at Indiana University, he visits us to talk about his experiences and finish out our summer college series.  

The Kelham's:  Graham, fresh off Murray State's historic run through the college baseball World Series, and Bailey, the all-time scoring leader in GHS basketball who enters her junior year at Huntington, both join us on the podcast.  We discuss their athletic careers at Garrett and in college and have a little fun with sibling rivalries.  

We are back and continuing the college series.  Trey and Jaxson are 2022 GHS graduates who play football at Trine University and St. Francis respectively.  

Katie and Jordyn are 2012 GHS graduates and 2024 Railroader Athletic Wall of Fame inductees who have been best friends since infants.  Both were 3-sport athletes through high school, winning championships and setting records, before playing college athletics.  Jordyn then ran track at Purdue while Katie played softball and volleyball at Huntington.  We were able to catch up on all topics from high school days to their current roles as wives and mothers.  

Nataley is a 2022 GHS graduate who excelled in cross country, basketball, and track.  She is about to start her senior year at Malone University playing NCAA DII basketball and earning her undergraduate degree in Physical Therapy.  We discuss both her high school and college experiences, and like she does in everything, Nataley brings her A-game.

Both Kyana and Emma just finished their freshman years in college, also playing volleyball.  Kyana is at Manchester University and Emma is at Marian University Ancilla College.  As part of our "college series" we catch up with a couple of GHS alums one year after graduation to discuss their college experiences, reminisce about their high school days, and offer advice to those with similar aspirations.  

Zak is a 2021 GHS graduate and new graduate of Defiance College where he played soccer earning his undergraduate degree.  We discuss his high school and college experiences, what it's like to be a coach's kid, and where he's heading from here.  

Coaches Petre and Klopfenstein are retiring from teaching and coaching.  Coach Petre most recently has led our cross country program and Coach Klopfenstein retired as our head boys' soccer coach just a year ago.  They were gracious enough to give us, on their last school day ever with students, some time to talk about their careers in teaching and coaching.  These guys are two of the best to ever wear a whistle!

Logan is a GHS graduate who still holds many of our volleyball records.  She attended Jacksonville State and Marian University.  She graduated in December with a Marketing degree, but she has committed to a 5th year at Division 1 Morehead State University where she will play volleyball and earn her MBA.

Ok, so Carlee York, Kennedy Hutton, and Chloe Harter have been asking for the last couple of months to host the podcast and interview me, so I promised them we would before they graduate.  With only a couple of weeks left, we decided to get it done today.  Sorry.

Aiden is a junior 3-sport athlete and this week's Garrett State Bank Athlete of the Week.  We discuss football, wrestling, and track as well as other things getting to know Aiden a little better.  

Ed Placencia is an American Hero.  Plain and simple.  As a Garrett native and first generation American, his parents taught him from an early age that the USA is the greatest country on Earth.  Despite many chances to avoid Vietnam, Ed sought out the fight believing he owed a debt to the country that had provided him and his family the opportunities for a great life.  We talk about his upbringing in Garrett, but then, in tremendous detail, Ed details the war he fought in Vietnam.  Please heed the warning that begins our episode.  I refuse to edit, as I in no way want to diminish Ed's story.  He deserves every right to tell it his way.  

Coach Kraus is already a legend in Indiana high school wrestling, having built the GHS program over the past decade with all its success.  We talk about his background, wrestling here, and as always, we work to know him a little better.  

Ashlee is a junior softball player at GHS and this week's Garrett State Bank Athlete of the Week.  She and the softball team are off to a great start to the season.  We talk about her favorite sport and get to know one of our GHS athletes just a little better.  

Mallory Clifford is the head track coach at GHS.  Mason is a senior athlete, and Adelle is a sophomore athlete, both on the track team.  We belatedly preview the track season and get to know our coach and athletes a little better.  It felt good to be back in the studio where the production is much smoother.  Thanks for you patience this last week if you were wondering when the next episode was dropping.

Dave Wiant is a 1960 graduate of GHS who returned to coach the 1974 state championship football team.  He also served 2 terms as Garrett's mayor after retiring from teaching.  We talk about all of that.  Quick note:  (Dave is 80+ years old and forgot not to swear a couple of times....my apologies.)

Coach Grindstaff is entering his 2nd year as the GHS head softball coach.  We met up in Panama City Beach, Florida and recorded outside.  As I figured, recording from the studio at GHS is much easier.  Aaron and I discuss his background in softball and preview the upcoming season.

Jason is the GHS head baseball coach and Parker is a senior baseball player.  We discuss their sport, preview the upcoming baseball season, and as always get to know each a little better.

Sorry, this is a long one, but we couldn't help ourselves.  Tanner and Noah were 2017 graduates of GHS and members of the 2016 semi-state football team.  Tanner is leading "Fields of Faith" at GHS the evening of Friday April 4.  We reminisce the about their high school days and catch up with what both guys have been doing since high school.  

Chad was the first director of Garrett's Career Development Program.  He coached football and track at GHS, and his impact is still felt here.  We talk about his coaching days and what he's doing now living in Alabama.  

Coach Albertin was recently named as the new head football coach at GHS.  We sit down to talk a little football but mostly to get to know him a little better personally.

Nate Wells is a GHS senior who tomorrow is signing to play football and earn a DEGREE at Trine University.  He has been a very successful 3-sport athlete here in football, wrestling, and track.  We talk about each sport and his future plans.

Carter Demske is a senior golfer at GHS.  We preview the upcoming season and his upcoming college signing, and we talk golf in general.  

Dan Feagler.  If you are from Garrett or even northeast Indiana, Dan's name is probably a familiar one.  Dan is a 1975 GHS graduate, Wall of Fame member, and the all-time winningest basketball coach in school history whose girls' teams won numerous championships over the years.  

Brooklyn LeQuia, Annie Decker, Kaylee Smith, and Danica Reynolds hold the important jobs of sports managers here at Garrett HS.  All four were football managers this past fall, but they also manage other sports.  We discuss what they do at school and also learn more about these four wonderful young ladies.

Chloe and Carlee are senior captains of the cheer squad at GHS.  We talk about GHS cheer and probably spend more time off the rails rather than on.  

Coach Logan Traylor is in his first year head coaching the Railroaders boys' basketball team.  We discuss coaching, this season, and we get to know Coach Traylor a little better personally.

Madison and Sarah, co-captains of the 2024-25 girls' basketball team join us to discuss their season plus other topics.  

Kam and Brian are our two seniors who were among the 5 GHS wrestlers who made it to the state tournament in Indy this past weekend.  We talk about the State experience and get to know them a little better overall.

Kennedy and Delaeni are seniors who competed in volleyball for GHS.  We talk about their volleyball experiences, future plans, etc.  

Brad Johnson, John Bodey, and Darren Peters were members of the 1984 Garrett Railroaders boys' basketball sectional championship team who were honored during halftime of the game on 2-14-25.

We got to catch up with two of our GHS boys' basketball players to review the season to this point and get to know a couple of our athletes a little better.

Well, everyone knew this one was coming.  We had to relive the fall before too much time passed.  Co-captains Calder Hefty and Owen Baldwin relive the historic 2024 football season at Garrett High School.

Bob Lapadot is one of the two newest inductees into the Railroader Athletic Wall of Fame.  This is a long one as we got off the rails quite a bit straying from just GHS athletics.