Off the Rails

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...

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...

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 dro...

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.