Baseball/Softball Split with Warriors

The Baseball and Softball teams opened the ACAC season tonight against the Woodlan Warriors. The Softball team came up against a very experienced, quality team. We struggled to get hits and were shutout 4-0 for the game. We had 20 put-outs but we also had 13 strikeouts for the game.  We are battling and growing up a little every day. We need to continue to improve against some really good competition. Here are Coach Bishops comments:

Garrett v.s. Woodlan we lost 4-0 tonight. we had 2 hits both by Katie DePew. We were dominated by Pitcher Robbins who struck 13.  We played great defense throughout the game making 20 putouts. We showed heart and played hard against simply a better team at this point. To the fans of Woodlan I would like to say that they showed sportmanship and knowledge of the game when one of our players made a great defenesive play. They new it was a great paly and yelled out the number of her and yelled great play
 We grew some more tonight and thats a good sign, get ready for some softball starting tomorrow at DeKalb at the showdown. Game time 5pm


The Baseball team was  a different story. Brett Schendel took the mound and had a shaky start in the first inning. He loaded up the bases but then got 3 straight outs to get out of trouble.  He settled down and the offense got going. We ended up winning 9-4. Schendel struggled again in the 6th inning before James Weber came in to close out the 6th and then the 7th inning. Getting the first conference win is always important.

Good work teams and coaches.

Not quite NO-NO and Softball W!

Noah Follet came close. He had a great pitching performance tonight at Eastside throwing a No Hitter into the 7th inning before giving up a hit. James Weber came in to close the game for a 4-1 win. Porter was 2 for 4, 2 singles, and 2 stolen bases. Next up Woodlan as we open the ACAC season, Thursday, at home. Game time is 6pm.

The Softball team traveled to Hamilton tonight for it's final tune-up for the ACAC opener tomorrow. Here are Coach Bishops comments:


"Macy Sturges started on the mound went 3 innings,  gave up 2 unearned runs. She walked 2 and struck out 5. She was relieved by Brit Yarian who went 4 innings, giving up no walks, striking out 6, and allowing no runs. Offensively, we were lead  with 2  hits each from Macy Sturges, Katie DePew and Rachel Stafford. Rachel had a double and her first career home run. She hit a solo shot over the left field fence. Sam Yoder and Annessa Smith also had a hit. Ashley Morris had a triple. We  won 10-2. 


Now we're getting ready foa the conference opener tomorrow here at 6pm against Woodlan. We will have to be focused and ready to go to play with a veteran club like them. WE CAN DO IT LADIES!!!!!!!


Added note a pre game injury sidelined Oliva Ruble and was sent to the hospital for x-rays. I also checked with Alexis Metzger who had rotator cuff surgery yesterday and will be down rehabing for several months and possibly ready to go in the fall, get well girls!!

Southside Golf Match Cancelled

Due to a conflict at the course, the Golf match vs Southside has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled.  We apologize for the inconvenience.

Track Teams Split - Golf SWEEP!

The Garrett Golf team started the ACAC season with a great performance at Cedar Creek tonight sweeping the first ACAC Quad meet of the season. Karsten Cooper was the medalist for the first time in his young career. Bennet was as solid as ever and Zach continues to be a major contributor to the team. Great work Railroaders!

Here are our results and comments from Coach Kleeman:

Leo hosted the ACAC quad match against Garrett, Bluffton, Southern Wells. The match was played at Cedar Creek in Leo.

Team Results:

Garrett - 173

Leo - 175

Bluffton - 197

Southern Wells - 218

Individual Scores for Garrett:

Bennett Rieke - 40

Karsten Cooper - 39 (Medalist)

Cameron Stockdale - 49

Noah Getts - 50

Zach Sarrazine - 45

Individual Scores for Leo:

Sean Bock - 48

Trent Bauer - 45

Chandler Fields - 48

Greg Welker - 42

Kent Kimura - 40

Individual Scores for Bluffton:

Carson Addington - 46

Andrain Wilson - 49

Ethan Kitz - 52

Noah Antrin - 50

Mitch Meitzler - 56

Individual Scores for Southern Wells:

Zach Leyman - 48

Alex Schmidt - 55

Mike Thompson -60

Jacob Alexander - 55

Darren Gilliam - 61

As you can see the team swept the first ACAC quad match of the season. Karsten came up huge for us with his 39. It's the first time he has been medalist and it couldn't have came at a better time for the team. Bennett was as good as you can get from tee to green but struggled on the greens.

Anyway we are 3-0 in conference play - good job guys.

TK

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The Garrett Girls Track team had 5 first place finishes with Jordyn Knott winning 4 of them. Jordyn won the High Jump, Long Jump, 200m, and 300 hurdles tonight. Laura Moynahan was back in true form winning the Shot Put and doing well in Discus. Ariel McCoy ran a great meet dropping below the 6 minute mark in the mile. Bailey Sutton also had a great night. The Final Score was Leo 93, Garrett 57, and Bluffton 6.
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The Boys Track  team also earned the Split defeating Bluffton and losing to Leo tonight. Final score was Leo 65.3, Garrett 47.3, Bluffton 45.3. The boys had four first place finishes with Todd Frickey winning the 100 and Robert Deventer winning Discus. Jaron Somers led the way winning both the 1600 and 3200. The members of the 4x800 relay team and the 4x400 relay team had their best times of the season.

Baseball Wins -- Softball Loses

What a crazy windy night for High School sports. It was good for some and bad for others.

Baseball

Garrett got another win against a sectional foe tonight defeating Bishop Dwenger 14-4. Garrett Moon led the team going 4-4 with 3 doubles and Andrew Robinson was 3-5 with a walk and 2 doubles.  We had 12 hits and 8 of those were doubles. Andrew Robinson also go the win on the mound.

Softball

Coach Bishop wasn't happy with the performance of the team tonight vs Fairfield. Here are the comments:

"We were not there from the start to the finish, mentally and physically. We were handled quite easy tonight by Fairfield losing 9-0. We had a couple of hits and never threatened in the game. Britmarie Yarian started, followed by Macy Sturges and Hannah McCoy with Yarian taking the loss. The effort was simply not there.  So, we work on that in practice tomorrow! Next up we travel to Hamilton on Wednesday at 5:00pm"                                                               
Scott Bishop

Monument City Results- Boys Track

Coach Clifford and the Boys Track team traveled to Angola for the Annual Monument City Relays. This is a good meet to see where your at in the early season and where you might be able to go. Here are the comments from Coach Clifford:

"The Boys track team finished 6th at Monument City Relays today. We had season best times in the 4x800 and 4x400 relays. Todd Frickey won the 100m and was only .02 seconds from breaking the meet record. Robert Deventer was 2nd in the discus. Drake Landes was 3rd in Long Jump. I am extremely proud of the guys continuing to better their times! This work ethic is what we need to have for the rest of the season. We are expecting to get some guys back from injury this week, so we will be at full strength once again. We have a tough meet coming up on Tuesday at Bluffton vs Leo/Bluffton and the Goshen Relays on Saturday. I am excited to start the week and continue to get better!"

Baseball drops one on a Rainy Day

We tried. We first moved the games back to 1pm. When it looked like we couldn't do it here in Garrett, we made the trip to South Whitley. They have a tarp for their field so we thought we could get the games completed. The rain just wouldn't cooperate. We got completed one and didn't get the result we wanted. The final score was 8-5 Whitko. 

Coach Mireles said "We just didn't put the ball in play when we needed to. We had 10 hits but left 12 on base. Half of those left on base were in scoring position. You have to take advantages of the opportunities when you get them.  We didn't do that and the results are a loss. 

The Railroaders will try it again next week. Hopefully the weather will cooperate. ACAC play begins on Thursday. 

Golf Results - Brookwood Shoot Out!

Wow our Golf team is getting better and better every day. Here are the results of the Brookwood shoot out today:

Team Scores:
Dekalb - 314
Bishop Luers - 323
Garrett - 325
Heritage - 330
Blackhawk Christian - 331
Woodlan - 349
South Adams - 366
Southwood - 372
New Haven - 392

Individual Scores for Garrett:
Bennett Rieke - 76 (38-38) 2nd place individual
Karsten Cooper - 81 (40-41) 7th place individual
Cameron Stockdale - 85 (41-44)
Noah Getts - 92 (46-47)
Zach Sarrazine - 83 (44-39)


We were just two strokes out of 2nd place and only 11 away from winning. Zach Sarrazine has made some major leaps in his golf this year and it has helped. The weather conditions weren't ideal and it is great to see we are more than just competitive. Good Work Golfers and Coach Kleeman!
Thanks
Tom Kleeman

Softball defeats Carroll

The Lady Railroaders bounced back tonight after the loss to Columbia City defeating the Lady Chargers of Carroll High School 8-2. Here are the coaches comments:

Garrett v.s. Carroll  Macy Sturges started on the mound and gave up 1 run in the first on 2 straight hits. She ended the inning with 2 strikeouts and a ground ball back to her. She settled in then until the 6th and gave up 2 hits and 1 error by the defense allowing 1 run. She held Carroll scoreless in the 7th.

On the offensive side we scored in the 2nd after Sturges led off with a single, stole 2nd, and came home on Ashley Morris's double. We scored 2 more in the 5th on the Yarian single. She was forced at 2nd and Katied DePew got on. Katie stole 2nd, Sam Yoder got on via an error,followed by Hannah McCoy bunt single. Emily Somers reached by fielders choice. We scored 2 runs and put the game away in the 6th with 5 runs on 6 hits. On the night DePew had a triple, Morris 2 doubles, McCoy 2 singles, Casandra Griffith 2 singles. We had 12 hits. Sturges pitched a very good game and got the win. It was nice to bounce back from last night as the girls responded very well. Fairfield next here on Monday at 6pm. Nice job ladies!!!

Garrett Golf Results

Here are the results of tonights Golf Match between the Railroaders, Lakeland, and Hamilton

The GHS team split defeating Hamilton and losing another close golf match. Bennett Rieke also tied for the medalist again.

TGarrett split the 3-way match at Lake James (front side) which was hosted by Hamilton on 4/12/12.

Varsity Team Scores:

Hamilton - 266
Lakeland - 169
Garrett - 173

Individual Varsity Results for Hamilton:
Seth Brown - 53
Hunter Schiffli - 67
Casey Rote - 67
Tucker Lucas - 79

Individual Varsity Results for Lakeland:
Cody Richardson - 44
Spencer Mortola - 39 (tied for medalist)
Jordan Aldrich - 47
Zac Paxson - 44
Isaac Kilgore - 42

Individual Varsity Results for Garrett:
Bennett Rieke - 39 (tied for medalist)
Karsten Cooper - 43
Cameron Stockdale - 46
Noah Getts - 45
Vince Marshall - 47

JV Team Scores (Note: Hamilton did not field a JV team)
Lakeland - 212
Garrett - 193

Individual JV Results for Garrett:
Zack Sarrizine - 39
Jarid Adams - 48
Jacob Laturner - 52
Shae Rowlison - 54
Drew Graham - 64

Tom Kleeman (Garrett golf coach)

Railroaders Dominate Eagles

The Baseball team soundly defeated Churubusco 10-0 in 5 innings tonight at Garrett. Brett Schendel got another win pitching all 5 innings and not giving up much to the Eagles.

We went up 4-0 in the first inning. We added 3 more runs in the next 3 innings and picked up the last 3 runs in the bottom of the 5th. Great night for the Railroaders as we are now a game above .500.

The Railroaders have the day off tomorrow and then play Whitko in a doubleheader on Saturday. The Game time is 11am. Good Luck Baseball team!

Softball vs. Columbia City

The Lady Railroaders lost to Columbia city tonight 9-2. The Lady Eagles are a pretty good program. We will grow from this type of competition. Here are Coach Bishops comments:

C. City v.s Garrett  We ran into a well seasoned ball club tonight and they produced when given a chance. Britmarie Yarian started and went 1 2/3 innings giving up 5 runs 3 earned including a 2 run homer, relieved by Hannah McCoy who went 4 innings on 5 hits 4runs all earned also gave up a 2 run homer. Kayla Morrow also saw her first action on the mound tonight. We got behing 4-0 after 2innings, got 2 back in the 3rd and gave up 2 more in the bottom of the inning and 2 more in the 4th. McCoy kept them scoreless in innings 5&6. We ended up losing 9-2. At the plate Emily Somers had a hit and rbi and Casandra Griffith had a rbi as well. Hannah McCoy and Sam Yoder also had singles. The kids didn't give up and played hard but were over matched tonight by a better team and that happens sometimes.The defense turned a double play as well.

Tomorrow at Carroll at 5pm. COMPETE EVERY PLAY!!!

Carroll Softball game at 5pm

Please make the change. The Carroll Softball game is at 5pm, not 4:30pm. PLEASE MAKE A NOTE AND LET ALL YOUR FELLOW SOFTBALL FANS KNOW OF THE CHANGE.

Busy Cold Weather Night for GHS!

What a night. Remember about a month ago when the weather was setting record High temperatures every day. Remember March? It was the warmest March on record. Boy, how things have changed! It was downright cold tonight for all our activities. We hosted our first ACAC track meet of the year between the Railroaders, AC Jets, and the SA Starfires. The boys lost South Adams 69, Adams Central 58, Garrett -29. Even though we lost Coach Clifford was happy how several athletes stepped up to help with cover some injuries. Drake Landes got 1st place in long jump. We got ends in the 3200 relay (Cody Rowe, Conner Foster,, Jordan Lantz, and Kendall Slabaugh), Jaron Somers 1600, 3200, Patrick Chester - HJ, Drake Landes - 300 hurdles, and Robert Deventer Discus.

The girls meet was VERY Close. The girls also had some great efforts from unexpected places.These girls weren't seeded and did a great job: Bailey Sutton, CC Martinez, Alaina Creager, Lundse Gibson, and the 4x100 team. Jordyn Knot got 1st place in HJ, LJ, and the 200. Brandi Dawson won the 400. Emma Riedly and Ariel McCoy also ran well tonight. The finals score was SA-55, GHS-52, and AC-49. The girls was just 3 points from the sweep. Great work Coaches and Runners.

The Garrett Golfers were also out in the wind and cold. They lost another close match 181-173 vs cross county rival Dekalb. Bennett Rieke had a great score (38) considering the cold weather . He was the medalist. Karsten Cooper had a 45, Cameron Stockdale had a 49, Noah Getts also had a 49, and Jake Stafford had a 50. Zach sarrizne had a great score of 43 on the JV. Shae Rollison shot a 50 in his first JV competition. Here are all the scores for both Dekalb and Garrett:

Team Score Varsity:
Garrett - 181
Dekalb - 173

Individual Garrett Varsity Scores:
Bennett Rieke - 38 (nice score on a cold, cold and windy day - match medalist)
Karsten Cooper - 45
Cameron Stockdale - 49
Noah Getts - 49
Jake Stafford - 50

Individual Dekalb Scores:
Spencer Shoemaker - 41
Troy Chappel - 46
Anthony Filagomo - 41
Calvin George - 48
Quentin Johnson - 45

Team Score JV:
Garrett 195
Dekalb - 192

Individual Garrett JV Scores:
Vince Marshall - 52
Zach Sarrizine - 43 (very respectable score for Zach - season best)
Jarid Adams - 50
Shae Rollison - 50 (good score for Shae - 1st JV competition)
Jacob Laturner - 52

Individual Dekalb JV Scores:
Merrill Lemmon - 54
Hayden Rowe - 46
Evan Freed - 47
Adam Nan - 45
Cale Sanderson - 56

Baseball made the long trip to Nappanee to take on Northwood High School. The final score was 3-0. Coach Mireles said we ran ourselves our of innings, making too many base running mistakes. He was also not happy with our approaches at the plate, too many strikeouts. He said we need to have better mental approaches offensively.

That wraps up a long night in GHS Sports. The weather can only get better and I'm sure our athletes will also get better. The season is just getting started and we are working to win some hardware. Keep up the good work GHS!

Columbia City Softball 6pm

Coach Bishop was wrong about the start time for the Columbia City game. The Varsity Softball team plays at 6pm at Columbia City.

I show the Carroll Softball game at 4:30pm on Thursday. But the Carroll website shows it at 5pm
So I better check on that one for Thursday. I'm going with the 5pm start for Carroll and 6pm at Columbia City.

Gotta Love it! Too many dates and different times!

Baseball / Softball Results -- Good and Bad!

The Lady Railroaders hosted Fremont at Denny Feagler field tonight and squeezed out a 4-3 win in 8 innings. Coach Bishop Comments:

Macy Sturges started pitching and gave up 2 hits and walked 2 in the first inning.Second inning she gave up a lead off double and a error in the outfield allowed a run to cross in the second. SAturges started to settle down and gave them no more and finished 7 innings allowing 3 runs all earned walked 2 and struck out 8. Brit Yarian pitched the 8th and got the win.We scored 2 runs in the second and 1 run in the fifth to tie the game. In the 8th K DePew lead off with a single and stolen base followed by Annessa Smith doing the same thing. Ashley Morris bunted for a single with runners on 2nd and 3rd. Emily Somers came to the plate with no outs and bases loaded. She worked the count to full and induced a walk and DePew walked home and we won 4-3 in 8 innings. We left 14 runners on base and that has to change, we were lucky to win tonight, we stayed close, and as they say a win is a win and sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. Lets move on to tougher challenges that lie ahead starting at C City on Wed there at 4:30.

The Baseball team hosted Angola tonight. Kylan LaMotte was the starting pitcher. He struggled early and we got down 3-1. Then Garrett Moon came to the plate and "Jacked" another shot to Right Field that put the Railroaders ahead 4-3. However, we couldn't hold the lead and eventually lost 5-4. A bright spot was Andrew Robinson who came in to pitch the final 3 innings and did a great job. He had good stuff and threw strikes. We had a couple chances to get some runs back but couldn't get the "Ducks off the pond". SO, we try again tomorrow.

The Baseball team travels to Northwood tomorrow for a 5pm start.

Garrett Golfers Open the Season!

The Garrett Golfers opened their season today at the East Noble Invitational. Here are the results:

Team Scores:
1) Canterbury - 315
2) DeKalb - 321
3) East Noble (gold) - 325
4) Angola - 343
5) Garrett - 345
6) East Noble (blue) - 373
7) Churubusco - 382
8) Westview - 405
9) Prairie Heights - 413

As you can see we were right in the middle of things and it was a great start for the season. We have a great core group of seniors along with some talented underclassmen. We are looking forward to a great seson.

Bennett Rieke shot a 74 (37-37) and was tied for first. He lost the tiebreaker and ended up 2nd to Justin Lomont of Angola.
Here are the rest of the teams results:

Karsten Cooper - 90 (42-48)
Cameron Stockdale - 92 (40-52)
Noah Getts - 89 (46-43)
Jake Stafford - 100 (50-50)

We certainly have room for improvement, but it is early. Good Luck Golfers as the season gets under way.

Garrett Baseball Splits with Dekalb

The Railroader Baseball team battled with cross county rival Dekalb today in a Baseball Double Header. The first game was won by the Railroaders and it was a real pitching duel. Brett Schendel went the distance and some. The game went 9 innings. The final score was Garrett 3 - Dekalb 2. Both pitchers pitched real well. Schendel had 16 strike outs. Schendel also hit the game winning Home Run!

Garrett fell in the second game 6-3.

The Boys will play again on Monday at home vs. Angola. The game begins at 6pm.

Softball Gets First Win

Today the Lady Railroader Softball team traveled to Decatur to take on the Lady Braves of Bellmont High School. We got the outcome we've been looking for as the Softball team defeated Bellmont 3-2. Here is the description of the game events from Coach Bishop:

We got on the board in the 3rd inning with 1 run as Sam Yoder singled, then stole a base. Annessa Smith got an RBI double to score Annessa. Belmont tied it up in the 3rd, and scored 1 run in their 6th inning to go ahead 2-1. In the top of 7th, Hannah McCoy doubled followed by Rachel Stafford's RBI double to tie it up. Sam Yoder's RBI single, her 3rd hit of the game, scored Rachel for the final run of the game. Besides her 3 hits, Sam Yoder also had two stolen bases. BritMarie Yarian
went the distance and got the win. DePew had 1 hit.

The girls showed some heart coming back and made some outstanding plays on defense. Next game is home against Fremont on Monday.

Also, don't forget to buy your Chicken and Rib Dinners tomorrow in the LANCES PARKING LOT FROM 11AM TO 4PM. All money goes to the Softball Team!

Baseball notches 2nd win!

I don't have any stats yet. But, I do know the Baseball team got another win tonight, shutting out the Prairie Heights Panthers by the score of 4-1. Kylan LaMotte got his first win and pitched a 6 inning shut out. The only run of the game for PH came in the 7th off of the Garrett Relief Pitcher. Congrats an another great win for the Railroaders!

I'll give more detail when I get the complete stats from Coach Mireles.