Championship Game next week

Great Job Railroaders! A great win! We will play for the sectional championship next week at Garrett vs Bremen. Garrett defeated Eastside by a score of 28-13.  This was a tough game played with a lot of emotion. The Train Trophy stays at GHS for another year.

It is always great to play High School Football in November!

Train Game Part 2

Tomorrow night the resurgent Railroader Football team makes the short trip to Butler to take on the Eastside Blazers in round 2 of the IHSAA Sectional tournament. The Railroader defense has done a great job stopping the opponents the last two weeks. Our young team is getting on a roll and still has some good games left in them. The game starts at 7:30pm. The cost is $6. It would be great to have a large LOUD crowd to cheer on the Railroaders.

For everyone going to the game: All Railroader fans should park in the NORTH parking lot at Eastside. To get to the lot. Turn North on Hwy 1 in Butler at the stoplight. Go North to Liberty St. and turn East (right). This road will take you directly to the NORTH PARKING LOT. You will pass the Softball field and then see the school. The entrance is to the North of the main Home side Bleachers. You then walk around the North side of the track to get to the Visitor Bleachers.

Come out and show your support for the mighty Railroader Football team.

Winter Season Begins

Tomorrow starts the Winter Athletic Season. (The Fall season is not over yet, GO RAILROADER FOOTBALL TEAM!) The Girls Basketball team is the first to begin practices. They Start tomorrow. I  don't have the official schedule with me, but the Girls will have to late practice most of the time this year due to Coach Feaglers' "Day" job.

The wrestlers  begin practice next Monday, November 1st and the Boys Basketball team practices begin on Monday, November 8th.   Practice schedules will be posted by the end of the week on www.highschoolsports.net You can get to that website from this blog. Just look on the right hand side of this page.  Expectations are high! Good Luck teams!

Wow!

What a great volleyball game tonight.  Very intense from start to finish. Garrett Girls battled the entire game and came up just short of a sectional championship. We lost the first game 25-18. Then we won the next 2 games 25-23 and 28-26. We lost the 4th game 21-25, (we should have won this one!) Then we lost the final game 7-15.

Prairie Heights is a very good volleyball team. We played hard and matched them player by player, point for point, and oh yea Coach to Coach. Sallie did a great job in her first year as head coach. I couldn't be more happy with the way she handled this team and the competitiveness she brings to the program. We finished with the second best record in Garrett History. 22-10.  She and her team have raised the expectations for GHS Volleyball. Great Season! Too bad we didn't get the hardware to back it up.

2 week Run!

I know it's not a "streak" yet! But we are getting on a roll with our stellar defense. The Railroaders beat up on Central Noble with a 42-13 win. The 13 points were scored late in the game, long after the final chapter was written tonight.

We are on the road next week to Butler, Indiana as the Eastside Blazers defeated Prairie Heights 18-12 in the rematch of last week. I guess we call this "Train Game" part 2! We need to stay focused and take care of business. They are better than the first game of the year, but so are we. Game will be AT Eastside and will once again start at 7:30 p.m.

Good Luck to the Lady Railroaders tomorrow as we have our work cut out for us defeating a very good Eastside Volleyball team and then defeating PH or CN. I have all  the confidence in Coach Richardson and the might Railroader Volleyball team. Game begins at approximately 12:30pm tomorrow in the Bateman Gym.

Roll Big Train!

Spell INTENSITY!

Ok, this is not an Athletic Post, per se. However, I just had to give a big congratulations to the GHS Spell team for qualifying for the State Spell Bowl on November 13th. Those of you who are die hard Railroader Athletic Supporters will think this is crazy but, the State Spell Meet is one of the most intense COMPETITIONS I have ever been too. That includes various state championships in a variety of sports. It was amazing. Nancy Feagler was our Coach at the time. I don't know how she didn't explode.  It really was just by chance that I even attended. I was down in Indy at post season cross country race. The State Spell Meet just happened to be the same weekend. When one of my students found  out I would be there, they said I had to go. So, reluctantly, I went. I thought "How bad could it be?" Wow! It was great! If you've never been to a spell competition, this would be the one to go to. I don't know all the details. I know it's in West Lafayette and it's on November 13th.  You need to contact the school and Coach Beth Leitch to find out all the particulars. PLEASE GO AND SUPPORT THE RAILROADER SPELL TEAM! YOU WON"T REGRET IT!

FB Regular Season ends on Positive Note! + (Go Ariel!)

Congrats to the Railroader Football team for ending the season on a positive note by defeating the Heritage Patriots on their own turf 7-0 ! The Garrett Defense should get the game ball. They came up with some great stops and forced several key turn overs in the game.

Let's keep the Big Train Rolling throughout the Sectional Tournament.

Good Luck to Ariel McCoy at the Regional Cross Country Meet tomorrow at West Noble. We are proud of your leadership and your accomplishments! RUN FAST!