ACAC Standings 12/5/2011

2011-12 ACAC Winter Standings

Boys Basketball

                                    Conf.

Adams Central           1-0

Bluffton                      1-0

Garrett                        1-0

Leo                              0-0

Heritage                     0-0

Southern Wells          0-1

South Adams             0-1

Woodlan                     0-1

Girls Basketball

                                    Conf.

Leo                              2-0

Southern Wells          2-0

Bluffton                      1-1

Garrett                        1-1

Heritage                     1-1

Woodlan                     1-1

Adams Central           0-2

South Adams             0-2

Wrestling

                                    Conf.

South Adams             2-0

Heritage                     1-0

Adams Central           0-0

Leo                              0-0

Woodlan                     1-1

Bluffton                      0-1

Garrett                        0-1

Southern Wells          0-1

This Week at GHS

Get your gas tank filled. Most Athletic Events are on the road this week. Starting on Tuesday Night.

Tuesday - The Wrestlers travel to Snider for a 6:30pm wrestling match.
              - The Varsity/JV/Freshman Boys Basketball team travels to Fremont on Tuesday. The
                 Freshman and JV games begin at 6pm followed by the Varsity game.

Thursday - The Wrestlers host Leo in another ACAC match in the Bateman Gym. Wrestling begins at
                  6:30pm.

Friday - The Varsity and JV Girls Basketball teams travel to Monroe, Indiana to take on the Lady Jets of
             Adams Central. The Jv game will begin at 6pm. Make the trip to Adams Central and watch our
             girls team in action. ALSO, get the best "Kettle Corn" Popcorn you'll ever get at a ball game.

Saturday -- The Boys JV wrestlers will also travel to Adams Central for a JV wrestling tournament.


Good Luck Railroaders!

Two Different Games

The Lady Railroaders started out the game tonight 5-0. Then the host Lady Lions ran off 12 straight points to take the lead. But the Railroaders fought back to within one point at halftime, down 27-28. The Railroaders shot 50% from the Field, 56% from the Free Throw line and had 8 turnovers. BUT, then came the second half.
We committed 11 turnovers and only shot 29% from the field. Leo shot 33% the first half and 48% the second half and had only 8 turnovers the entire game. Garrett shot a season low 60% from the free throw line while Leo shot 83%. That was too much for the Railroaders to overcome and Garrett lost it's first ACAC game by the score of 39-60.

The girls will try it again next week when they travel to Adams Central next Friday Night. The Boys play at Fremont next Tuesday night. The only home event next week is the Railroader Matmen when they host Leo next Thursday Night.

Close One!

At certain points in the game tonight, the Railroaders looked like they would walk away with the easy win. But , a very talented and Athletic Woodlan team just wouldn't go away. The Railroaders "eeked" out the victory over Woodlan 62-59. Statistically the game was as close as the final score.  The Railroaders shot a season low 40% from the field while Woodlan shot 45%. Garrett shot 72% from the free throw line and Woodlan 71%. We had 14 turnovers to 19 for the Warriors. Probably the key stat to the victory was we committed only 9 fouls and Woodlan only took 7 free throws while the Railroaders shot 18 and made 13. That was the difference in the game.

Leading the team tonight was Drake Landes with 24 points, Joe Martin with 14 points, Brandon Porter with 11 points and Todd Frickey with 8 points. Todd led the team with 4 steals and Joe led the rebounding with 7.

The Railroaders travel to Fremont on Tuesday to take on the Eagles. Good Luck Railroaders!

NEW ACAC Standings as of 12/2/2011

2011-12 ACAC Winter Standings

Boys Basketball

                                    Conf.

Bluffton                      0-0

Leo                              0-0

Adams Central           0-0

Heritage                     0-0

Garrett                        0-0

Southern Wells          0-0

South Adams             0-0

Woodlan                     0-0

Girls Basketball

                                    Conf.

Bluffton                      1-0

Garrett                        1-0

Leo                              1-0

Southern Wells          1-0

Adams Central           0-1

Heritage                     0-1

South Adams             0-1

Woodlan                     0-1

Wrestling

                                    Conf.

South Adams             1-0

Heritage                     1-0

Woodlan                     1-0

Adams Central           0-0

Leo                              0-0

Bluffton                      0-1

Garrett                        0-1

Southern Wells          0-1

Congrats Todd and Austin!

Todd Frickey and Austin Gibson were notified today they are recipients of All-State Football Honors. Both of the players were key to our success this year. Congratulations on your honors!

Every Cloud has a Silver Lining!

Ok, I know it's a little cliche. But, in every loss a team needs to find some good things to talk about. Coaches need to take losses and use them to build on. Tonight the Railroaders were defeated by South Adams in an important early season Wrestling match. We had some kids wrestle pretty well, only to make some costly mistakes. Many of those mistakes ended up in Pins.  The Starfires had numerous pins. Garrett was led by two major decisions by Austin Gibson and Austin McCray. Hayden Lee also won a key match against a very tough opponent at 113. We were also happy to see Brayden wrestle his first match of the season and come out with a win. Travis Carunchia also ended up with a victory.

After going 2 - 3 this weekend, the Railroaders are now 3 - 3 on the season with one loss in the ACAC. The Starfires have another good team this year and they will be a force in the ACAC and IHSAA tournament. We have several things we can learn from tonight and I am sure Coach Fielden and his staff will make sure we improve.

The team will travel to Snider next Tuesday and then host it's next ACAC match next Thursday. Good Luck Wrestlers!

Final Results:

South Adams 54 Garrett 17
120- LJ Moser(SA) pin Zach Helton(Gar) 1:44
126- Eric Pimentel(SA) pin Dustin Alwine(Gar) 2:46
132- Austun Mccray(Gar) maj dec Austin Grabau(SA) 14-3
138- Todd Batt(SA) pin Noah Getts(Gar) 1:39
145- Brayden Moreau(Gar) dec Charlie Hirshy(SA) 5-2
152- Nick Batt(SA) pin August Novy(Gar) 6:31
160- Shea Pyle(SA) pin Gabe Gunion(Gar) 3:32
170- Jordan Landers(SA) pin Bo Davis(Gar) 1:38
182- Isaac Werst(SA) pin Che Fuentes(Gar) 4:26
195- Austin Gibson(Gar) maj dec Klayton Hinshaw(SA) 11-3
220- Travis Carunchia(Gar) dec Mason Morningstar(SA) 4-3
285- Nathan Bauman(SA) pin Jake DenHartigh(Gar) 1:59
106- Keegan Putterbaugh(SA) forfeit
113- Hayden Lee(Gar) dec Sawyer Miller(SA) 4-0