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.

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!

Track Starts Season!

Typically we have rain, snow, and sub 40 degree temperatures for this Garrett/Dkalb Track Meet. It wasn't balmy by any means , but of the first week of April, we'll take it. It was sunny and cool for the opening of the OUTDOOR track season for the Railroaders. Our teams performed well and we had some good surprises.

Senior Ariel McCoy had a great race in the 3200 tonight. She looked very comfortable and won the race easily in a time of 11:50. Amanda Stump and Jordyn Knott also won an event tonight. Amanda won the 1600 and Jordyn won the 200.

We had some other great efforts turned in by Alaina Creager, CC Martinez, Brandi Dawson, and Kelsi Winebrenner. The final score was Dekalb 84 - Garrett 39

For the Boys. The score was a bit closer, DeKalb 71 - Garrett 52. Drake Landes led the way for the Rairoaders with 3 first place ribbons in 110 hurdles, 300 hurdles, and Long Jump. Todd Frickey was 1st in the 100m dash, Jaron Somers was 1st in the 800m run, and Chase Hall dominated the 200m dash. Our second place finishers were Jaron in the 1600 and 3200, Patrick Chester in High Jump, Todd Frickey in Long Jump, and Robert Deventer in Discus.

All in all a great meet. We had great workers and the Junior High Track Team members did an AWESOME JOB helping out with hurdles, field events and timing (Miranda Malcolm). The Junior HIgh Coaches also did a great job getting those kids organized and helping out with the meet as well. We have such a great group of workers to get these meets done. We couldn't do it without them! Thanks Everyone!

Great/Late ACAC Indoor Meet for GHS

The First EVER ACAC Indoor Track meet was held at the great IPFW "New" Indoor Track Facility tonight. First of all that is one great track venue and our conference was PRIVILEGED to hold our first ever conference indoor meet there.

The night started out a little slow due to a computer problem with the timing system. So the running events were delayed for over an hour. Once we got going the meet went smoothly and was great for our kids. We ended up with Four Girls Champions. Future Boilermaker, Jordyn Knott was a double champion winning the long jump and high jump events. Laura Moynahan took first in the shot put, and Ariel McCoy took first in the 3200. Our distance girls also won the Distance Medley Relay. Jordyn (LJ/HJ) and Laura (SP) qualified for the State Indoor meet next Saturday at Indiana Wesleyan.

The Boys also had a good night with Jaron Somers dominating the 3200 and qualifying for the state meet. Also Qualifying for the state meet were Drake Landes in the long jump and 55 hurdles.  Todd Frickey qualified in the Long Jump and the 55m dash.

With this being an open meet, we had over 400 athletes participate. What a great way to get the track season underway. Congrats to all the coaches and athletes for there efforts tonight. I also want to thank the Garrett faithful for working this meet. Thanks Mark Ober, Geoff Getts, Larry Getts, Courtney Wisel, Rich Wisel, Charity Wisel, Mary Baker, Butch Oliver, and Tim Knott. Also a big thank you to Jim Baughman and his crew who made sure we got the times for every single athlete! 

2010-2011 Not yet over!

Our tracksters finished the season at the State meet yesterday and Friday. Todd Frickey and Jordyn Knott both placed at the IHSAA State Meet. Todd finished 8th in the 100m on Friday and Jordyn Finished 7th in Long Jump yesterday.  Jordyn has now placed in two events at the state meet in two consecutive years. Both her and Todd earned All-State Honors. We are exceptionally proud of their hard work. The Coaches have also put a lot of work in to make this a great season for our Track program. Garrett has such a great tradition of state qualifiers. In the past 10 years we have only had a couple years where we did not send someone to the State Meet.

Garrett Golfers also participated in the IHSAA tournament on Friday. I had made an error saying that Jacob Stafford was participating on the sectional team. Our Fifth Golfer was Zach Sarrazine and he really stepped it up on Friday to finish 3rd on the team. The Golfers didn't have the day they wanted on Friday finishing 6th as a team. Only the top 3 teams transfer to the Regional Tournament. Bennett Rieke finished in the Top 3 individual golfers and qualified for Regionals for the 3rd straight year. We are proud of our young golf team. They have performed so well this year and Spring 2012 can't get here quick enough!

Go Railroaders!

Good Luck Golfers! + State Track Meets

Tomorrow is the Golf Sectional at Noble Hawk. The Railroader Golf team will tee-off between 9:40 and 10:15am tomorrow morning. Bennett Rieke, Karsten Cooper, Cameron Stockdale, Noah Getts, and Jacob Stafford will work to bring home a sectional trophy and/or qualify for the Golf Regional as a team. This team has had a great season winning it's first ACAC Conference Team title and defeating some quality teams throughout the season.  The Top 3 teams and the top 3 individuals not on a qualifying team will transfer to the regional tournament in Fort Wayne, next week. Bennett Rieke has qualified each of the last 2 years and his leadership will give our team another great boost to qualify as a team. We are in the hunt and can not be counted out for a victory if we golf well.

We also want to wish luck to Todd Frickey who runs at the State Meet tomorrow at around 5pm. Jordyn Knott will compete in the Girls State Meet on Saturday. Both have great chances to bring home some hardware.  Good Luck!

Jordyn Knott going to State and Softball Teamwork

For the 2nd year in a row, Jordyn Knott qualified for the State Track and Field meet in Bloomington. Last year it was High Jump and this year it is in Long Jump. Jordyn and 6 other girls from the Northrup Regional jumped the state qualifying distance to earn the trip to the State meet. JOrdyn finished 5th with a jump of 17' 8 3/4". Jordyn came close in the High Jump finishing 6th. She ended her season with a jump of 5'2 1/2".

We are so proud of Jordyn and the leadership she has shown this year on the track team.  She may have set a school record for the most points scored in a season. (I'm not sure we keep that stat, but we should!)  Good Luck Jordyn!

ALSO, while Jordyn and the girls track team were competing at Regionals, GHS was hosting the "delayed" first round of the softball sectional. Last night's games were played tonight in near perfect conditions. That is amazing because it rained buckets at Northrup!  Eastside and Prairie Heights won their games to advance to tomorrow night. The Lady Railroaders will take on Fremont in the second game of the evening.

Even though the girls were not playing tonight our GHS Softball team set a great example for all the other teams to follow. They were there and helped get the field ready for tomorrows "weather".  Coach Bishop arranged to borrow the infield tarp from Eastside and the GHS Softball team stayed after the last game to put it on the field. WE ARE PROTECTED FROM THE ONSLAUGHT OF STORMS PREDICTED TOMORROW! You girls are awesome and I can't thank you enough for helping tonight!

I can't say enough about Coach Bishop, Coach Andrews, and John Bennett for working their "butts" off to get the field ready today and working tonight on OVERTIME to prepare the field for tomorrow. I also love the donation by Aaron Willard. Aaron is the AD at Eastside and also the softball coach. You couldn't meet a nicer person and someone who is AD for the right reason. He loves kids and would do anything for you. We talk about Character Counts at GHS and Aaron Willard is a prime example of excellent character.

Now with the 100% chance of rain tomorrow we are ready for anything!

Girls Sectional Track

The Lady Railroaders didn't have there best night. But, 3 individuals qualified for Regionals next Tuesday.

Laura Moynahan place 3rd  in the Shot and Discus to qualify for Regionals. She expected to qualify in the Shot but the Discus was an added bonus. She threw great!

Heather House barely missed qualifying in the 100 hurdles and qaulified easily in the 300 hurdles.

Jordyn Knott also qualified in 2 events by placing 3rd in both High Jump and Long Jump. She didn't jump her best, but this time of year it is about moving to the next level.

All 3 girls will compete in the Northrup Regional next Tuesday Night. Good Luck Ladies!

ACAC Track Champions!

WOW! What a great night for Garrett Track and the community of Garrett. The Boys Track team took 1st place in the ACAC track meet hosted at Memorial Field in Garrett. Coach Clifford, Coach Cutler, Coach Rhoades, and Coach Lapadot, can be exceptionally proud of this accomplishment. No one expected us to beat perennial powerhouse Leo. But, with Todd Frickey, Jaron Sommers, Drake Landes, Jamarius Mitchell, Robert Deventer, Matt Schultz and a host of others, scoring in nearly every event to defeat the Lions and the rest of the ACAC.

Coach Clifford has done a wonderful job in his first year as head boys track coach. He has stepped up the training and certainly has raised the bar of expectations. The team of Coaches work together so well and that family type atmosphere has yielded great results.

The girls took 2nd behind a dominate Leo Girls team. Jordyn Knott won the Long Jump by destroying and ACAC record of 17' 3.75" that stood since 1979. Jordyn jumped 17'8" and didn't even need her final 3 jumps to win the meet.  Heather House won both hurdle races. Jordyn also won the High Jump. Laura Moynahan won the shot put and also placed in the discus.

Beyond the victory and second place finish by the teams was the great work of the people of GHS running the meet. Over 67 people gave up almost 4 hours on a Friday night to run this meet. It just shows the dedication our community has for the student-athletes of GHS. I could not be more proud of how well the meet went. It is because of the great workers and the community support. We do these things for our kids and it is exciting when we can see a championship crowned right here in Garrett!

Both teams will focus on the IHSAA journey to state which starts next week on Tuesday for the girls and Thursday for the Boys.  The goal will be to send as many to the next level as we can. GOOD LUCK RAILROADERS!

Track Stats

The girls track team easily defeated both Southern Wells and Woodlan tonight in the final ACAC track meet of the regular season. The girls improved to 4-2 in regular season meets. Jordyn Knott took 1st place in the 200, 400, High Jump, and Long Jump. Heather House won both hurdle events. Laura Moynahan won both throwing events. The Lady Railroaders also won the 4x800 relay and the 4x400 relays. Jordyn, Heather, and Emma Riedley all placed in 4 events.

Great job Ladies!

The Boys also defeated both ACAC opponents. Todd Frickey won the 100, 200, 400, and 4x100 relay with Jamarius, Christian, and Desmond.  Jamarius was also 2nd in the 100, 200 and 3rd in long jump. Drake Landes got 1st in Long Jump and 2nd in both hurdle events. He was also a part of the 4x400 winning team. Robert Deventer was 1st in Discus and Matt Schultz was 2nd. Coach Clifford and Lapadot expressed pride in their senior leaders and is happy about the times improving!

Great Job Men!

Track Night! + Golf

The Boys got 2nd at Central Noble Invitational tonight. Todd Frickey once again led the team with 1st place finishes in the 100 and 400. He also placed 5th in the 200, and ran on the 2nd place 4x100 relay team. Christian Miller, Jamarius Mitchell, and Desmond Kessler were the other team members. Drake Landes got 2nd in the long Jump, RObert Deventer got 2nd in Discus.  Coach Clifford said he is proud of his guys and they are peaking at the right time.

I didn't get specific results from the Girls at New Haven. But the team placed 7th. We didn't have a great night and our best place was 3rd.

Both teams compete at home vs. Southern Wells and Woodlan on Tuesday night.

Although you might have already heard, the Golfers tied last night vs Fremont and defeated Prairie Heights. In Golf, the first highest 4 scores are counted to the team total. Then the 5th golfer is used to break the tie. Well, the score was tied through 4 golfers and the fifth golfers for each team were also tied. Because it was a non-conference match, no tie breaker was played. The Golfers head to Auburn tomorrow to participate in the Baron Classic Golf tournament at Bridgewater. Good Luck to the Team and Coach Kleeman!

Close!

It seems like all of our athletic events were exciting tonight. I just go the update from Softball and Garrett scored 1 run in the first inning. That's all they needed to defeat Leo 1-0 in a big ACAC matchup. There weren't many highlights except the final score. Jessica LaTurner and Katie DePew were both 2 for 3.  Really, Leo's pitcher dominated most of the game with 10 strike outs. But Kourtney Holliday had just enough to keep the Lady Lions off the scoreboard. Good Job Lady Railroaders!

The Boys and Girls track team both defeated Heritage in the first home track meet of the year. The night was full of close races. I love track. It is just as exciting, or more, than a close football game or an overtime, last second shot in Basketball. The relays were "Photo Finishes" every time. The problem is we don't use  cameras for dual meets. So we have to call the races by Eye. That is so intense. Jaron Sommers had a great night running the 3200 relay, 1600m, 800m, and the 3200m run. That is the toughest 4 events anyone could run. Jaron won all but the relay. What a workout. Jordyn Knott continued her track domination. Laura Moynahan had a great night in Shot and Discus. There were so many other great performances, I can't include them all. Maybe the finest performance was in the 1600m relay at the end of the night. Todd Frickey was the anchor and he had a huge margin to try to make-up. I really thought there was no way he could do it. But, He passed the Heritage runner in about 300m and the finish wasn't even close. He ran a 50 second split in his 400m. That is awesome.

Congrats to both track teams and the great workers who helped run the meet. We couldn't do it without them.

I haven't heard form Baseball. Let's hope they won. It doesn't matter if it's by one run or 10 runs, the victories count the same.

Sunshine on the Railroaders!

I'm just starting to get some results from todays Activities for the Railroader SPring Teams.

The Girls Track team ran at Churubusco and did a great job competing. The team got 2nd in the Black Division getting beat by the host Lady Eagles. JOrdyn Knott continued her winning by earning 40 points winning the 200m, 400m, High Jump, and Long Jump. Wow! Laura Moynahan had a great day throwing 106 feet in the Discus and placing 3rd. She also placed 3rd in Shot Put. Ariel McCoy placed in both the 1600m and 3200m. Kaitlin Hinkle placed in the 800m.  All the 3 relays placed.  Great work Runners and Coaches!

The Baseball team split with East Noble today. The Railroaders won the first game 8-7 . Kylan LaMotte got the win and James Weber got the save. Brandon Porter was 3 of 4. He scored 3 runs, had 2 doubles, and 4 stolen bases. Great outing Railroaders.

In the 2nd game, the Railroaders fell by a score of 8-3. The Railroaders could only muster 4 hits (Shawn Lacey, Brandon Porter, Andrew Robinson, and Tyler Barrientes). Brandon Porter was tagged with the loss. But, Andrew Robinson and Noah Follet pitched 4 innings of shut out baseball for the railroaders.

The only information I have about Softball is The Lady Railroaders defeated Eastside in the first game and were losing to Dekalb in the 2nd game in the bottom of the 7th. When I get more information, I will let you know!