
Off the Rails
It starts with Garrett HS Athletics, but we may leave the rails and stray to other to other topics.
Episodes
41 episodes
Episode #41: 2025 Soccer Preview
First-year boys' coach, Avery Morrison, and 3rd year girls' coach, Dayton Sweet, join us along with players Gabe Armstrong, Trevor Thomas, and Corissa Kennedy. We discuss both teams, the season, as well as Ted Lasso themed Whistle Stop Qu...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:23:54

Episode #40: 2025 Girls Golf "Preview"
Even though the girls' golf season is practically half over already, new head coach Jason Buchs and senior captain Sydney Suelzer join the podcast to discuss the team and this season.
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:07:20

Episode #39: 2025 Cross Country Preview with Coach Ray Placencia, Carter Coffman, and Charlotte Lemen
First year head coach, Ray Placencia, joins us along with his captains, Carter Coffman and Charlotte Lemon, to talk about the season, his new program, and this year's teams.
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:25:21

Episode #38: Flag Football preview with Bob Lapadot, Mika Roxas, and Madeline LaPato
Coach Lapadot and our co-captains join us to discuss the first ever Flag Football season at GHS.
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:21:50

Episode #37: 2025 Football Preview w Coach Albertin & the captains
Coach Albertin and the 2025 captains, Brayden Nusbaum, Jake Gonya, Blake Lewis, and Aiden Hunt join us in the studio to preview the 2025 football team and discuss the upcoming season.
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:32:24

Episode #36: 2025 Volleyball Preview w Coach McCoy, Rylan Flotow, and Sarah DePew
Coach Taylor McCoy joins us to open Season 2 of the show and to preview the 2025 GHS volleyball season. We are joined by co-captains Rylan Flotow and Sarah DePew to discuss the upcoming season and team.
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:07:28

Episode #35: Chase Leech
Chase is a 2024 GHS graduate and was THE state champion of wrestling at 175lbs. his senior year. Now a sophomore at Indiana University, he visits us to talk about his experiences and finish out our summer college series.
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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1:33:32

Episode #34: Graham & Bailey Kelham
The Kelham's: Graham, fresh off Murray State's historic run through the college baseball World Series, and Bailey, the all-time scoring leader in GHS basketball who enters her junior year at Huntington, both join us on the podcast. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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1:37:19

Episode #33: Trey Richards and Jaxson Gould
We are back and continuing the college series. Trey and Jaxson are 2022 GHS graduates who play football at Trine University and St. Francis respectively.
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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1:54:19

Episode #32: Katie (DePew) Storie and Jordyn (Knott) McLeod
Katie and Jordyn are 2012 GHS graduates and 2024 Railroader Athletic Wall of Fame inductees who have been best friends since infants. Both were 3-sport athletes through high school, winning championships and setting records, before playin...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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1:58:39

Episode #31 (college series #4): Nataley Armstrong
Nataley is a 2022 GHS graduate who excelled in cross country, basketball, and track. She is about to start her senior year at Malone University playing NCAA DII basketball and earning her undergraduate degree in Physical Therapy. We...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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1:18:00

Episode #30 (College Series #3): Kyana Martinez and Emma LaPato
Both Kyana and Emma just finished their freshman years in college, also playing volleyball. Kyana is at Manchester University and Emma is at Marian University Ancilla College. As part of our "college series" we catch up with a coupl...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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1:32:57

Episode #29 (College series #2): Zak Klopfenstein
Zak is a 2021 GHS graduate and new graduate of Defiance College where he played soccer earning his undergraduate degree. We discuss his high school and college experiences, what it's like to be a coach's kid, and where he's heading from h...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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1:18:56

Episode #28: Jim Petre and Doug Klopfenstein
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 en...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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1:20:04

Episode #27: Logan Smith
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 More...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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1:26:10

Episode #26: sort of Chris DePew w Carlee, Kennedy, and Chloe as hosts
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 ge...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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1:09:49

Episode #25: Aiden Hunt
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.
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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1:02:14

Episode #24: Ed Placencia
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 Vietn...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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3:14:15

Episode #23: Nick Kraus
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. &n...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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1:23:05

Episode #22: Ashlee Vanderbosch
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 athl...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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58:23

Episode #21: Mallory Clifford, Mason Balzer, and Adelle Romanetz
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. &nb...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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1:23:07

Episode #20: Dave Wiant
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 i...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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1:54:32

Episode #19: Aaron Grindstaff
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 bac...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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1:21:12

Episode #18: Jason Richards and Parker Skelly
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.
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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1:11:48

Episode #17: Tanner Burns and Noah Sattison
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. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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2:34:50
