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Railroaders stay on track with BFS
Name a sport and chances are Garrett High School has won a championship in it
Published: Summer 2004
Something amazing is happening at our school this year, says Andy Thomas, head football coach at Garrett High School in Garrett, Indiana. We are having tremendous success in football and other sports. How much success?
This year the Railroaders won sectional and regional championships in football and boys and girls basketball. As if that werent enough to ensure school pride, the wrestling team won its conference and the boys track team has the potential for a second-straight undefeated season. The combined record in conference games in those sports at the time of this writing is 48-3. Says Thomas, We are having as good a sports year as anyone has ever had in this area. Obviously!
As you might guess from the schools team name, Garrett is a railroad town, with many of the residents working for the railroad there. Comments Thomas, Were 20 minutes north of Fort Wayne, which is the second-largest city in the state, and some people choose to live in our small community and make the commute to Fort Wayne. Regardless of where they work, the community supports