Goshen News Sports Podcast

Goshen News sports editor Austin Hough says goodbye, taking some time on his final TGN Sports Podcast to highlight some of his favorite cohosts, interviews and moments from his time hosting the show.

Goshen News sports editor Austin Hough and Tony Miller wrap up the 2022-23 prep sports season in this week's episode. After taking closer looks at the boys golf state finals (start-13:20) and the Westview baseball season coming to a close (13:20-17:20), the two look back at the highlights of eventful fall (17:20-28:45), winter (28:45-44:45) and spring (44:45-57:00) seasons for our coverage area. The two end the show discussing Goshen City FC's chances to host a home playoff game next week.

Topics on this week's Goshen News Sports Podcast include: -Westview baseball winning its first regional title (start-11:00) -Boys golf sectional recaps, featuring Northridge winning the team title and Westview's Silas Haarer setting a new Meadow Valley course record (11:00-22:50) -Girls and boys state track meet recaps (22:50-30:20) -Other local sports news from the week (30:20-35:15) -Goshen City FC's push for a playoff spot (35:15-42:33) -Elkhart County Miracle's opening week (42:33-51:15) -Misc. national sports talk (51:15-end)

It was the busiest week of the spring sports season this past week, and Austin Hough and Tony Miller are here to break it all down. They open with the baseball sectional recaps (start-22:10), followed by softball sectionals (22:10-29:00), state previews for both the boys and girls track meets (29:00-47:25), putting a bow on the girls tennis season (47:25-51:51), previewing this week's boys golf sectional (51:51-57:30) and talking about a variety of other things to end the show, including Goshen City FC and the Elkhart County Miracle's upcoming big weeks.

Five of the six spring sports are in postseason action this week, and Tony Miller joins Austin Hough on this week's podcast to break it all down. They begin with girls tennis regionals (start-13:40) before going into the girls track regionals (13:40-20:10), boys track regionals (20:10-28:35), softball sectionals (28:35-42:15) and baseball sectionals (42:15-1:00:51). Austin and Tony then cover what was an eventful week of local boys golf action (1:00:51-1:10:00) before previewing the Goshen College track team going to the national meet, some local coaching news and other misc. sporting news from the week (1:10:00-end).

Mike Deak is this week's special guest co-host, as he joins Austin Hough to break down the upcoming girls tennis sectionals (start-10:00) and track sectionals (10:00-23:20) this week. The guys also talk about the news coming from the local boys golf (23:20-34:45), softball (34:45-40:35) and baseball (40:35-end) worlds as those sports wind down their regular seasons.

Tony Miller joins the show this week to talk about the Goshen City FC home opener (start-13:45), some of the top prep sports storylines as conference championship races heat up (13:45-49:40) and the success of the Goshen College track teams at the Crossroads League Championship, which includes the Maple Leaf Minute from Dante Stanton (49:40-end).

Even though it's cold outside, the calendar has flipped to May, meaning we're on the cusp of championship season for spring sports in Indiana. Steve Krah joins Goshen News sports editor Austin Hough to cover all the spring sports happenings, which include baseball (start-24:00), softball (24:00-33:30), boys track and field (33:30-40:05), girls track and field (40:05-44:15), girls tennis (44:15-47:10) and boys golf (47:10-49:45). Dante Stanton then provides the Maple Leaf Minute (49:45-51:15) before Steve and Austin wrap up the show talking about the NFL draft, NBA and NHL playoffs, MB and some of the emerging sports in Indiana.

Breaking news hit during the podcast taping, as Fairfield girls basketball coach Brodie Garber is resigning. Goshen News sports editor Austin Hough reacts to the news, as well as gives recaps of the week that was for all of our spring sports teams (start-29:05). Austin is then joined by Northridge Lacrosse board member Christy Burnstine to talk about the 9th annual LAXout Cancer event happening this Saturday at Northridge High School (29:05-end).

Tony Miller joins Goshen News sports editor Austin Hough this week to discuss all the things happening in the local sports scene as spring sports gets underway. They cover baseball (start-12:50), softball (12:50-21:20), girls tennis (21:20-27:30), boys golf (27:30-32:10) and track (32:10-37:15) before Dante Stanton provides this week's Maple Leaf Minute (37:15-38:40). Tony and Austin then continue the Goshen College athletics chat, as well as cover various other topics, to end the show.

Former Goshen High School athletic director Herb Resler joins the show this week to discuss his career, the significance of the 80th running of the Goshen Relays this year and what it means to him to be the honorary referee for it (start-24:30). Meaghan Godzisz then presents the Maple Leaf Minute (24:30-25:38) before TGN sports editor Austin Hough wraps up the show with some early spring sports observations (25:38-end).

Austin Hough rides solo on this week's edition of the podcast, which features our spring sports 2023 preview. After hitting on some of the bigger local news of the week (start-8:00), Austin preview this spring's baseball (8:00-11:40), softball (11:40-14:30), girls tennis (14:30-17:00), boys golf (17:00-19:55), boys track and field (19:55-22:10) and girls track and field (22:10-24:45) seasons. After Mike Murrell's Maple Leaf Minute + GC sports talk from Austin (24:45-27:45), Austin cleans up some of the other big news stories from the week that he had missed relating to high school sports in the state of Indiana (27:45-end).

Craig Wallin, the radio voice of NorthWood athletics, joins Austin Hough for this week's Goshen News Sports Podcast to talk about the Panthers' boys basketball state championship victory. Wallin is also the president and founder of the Elkhart County Miracle minor league baseball team, which announced last week it will be playing its inaugural season starting Mary 31. Wallin opens up about the 16-year journey he's been on to bring minor league baseball to Elkhart County and what fans shold expect this season. Show breakdown: -NorthWood boys basketball state championship recap + putting a bow on the winter sports season as a whole (start-18:39) -Maple Leafe Minute from Dante Stanton (18:39-20:00) -Discussion on the new Elkhart County Miracle baseball team (20:00-end).

NorthWood boys basketball head coach Aaron Wolfe joins The Goshen News Sports Podcast this week ahead of his team's Class 3A state championship game appearance this Saturday against Guerin Catholic. He and Goshen News sports editor Austin Hough cover a wide range of topics, including the key players of this year's team, his mentors in the sport and the impact his extended family has had during his time at NorthWood (start-34:00). The show then wraps up with Dante Stanton's Maple Leaf Minute (34:00-35:30) and a brief recap of the Indiana-based teams in the NCAA Tournament (35:30-end).

WHME-TV 46 Sports Director Chuck Freeby is the special guest on this week's Goshen News Sports Podcast. Chuck and Goshen News sports editor Austin Hough breakdown all the local boys basketball regional action from this past week (start-15:00) as well as preview this weekend's semi-state tournaments, with a special focus on NorthWood and the Class 3A semi-state at North Side Gym (15:00-36:00). After Dante Stanton provides this week's Maple Leaf Minute (36:00-37:00), Chuck and Austin discuss the NCAA men's and women's tournament brackets, as well as the big NFL news of the past week (37:00-end).

The Mental Edge founder Jason Thompson joins Goshen News sports editor Austin Hough to recap all the area boys basketball sectional action. They start with NorthWood's triumph in Sectional 20 (start-10:55) before recapping Westview's win in Sectional 35 (10:55-18:15), Bethany Christian's Sectional 51 title (18:15-25:20) and Penn emerging victorious in Sectional 4 (25:20-33:00). After Mike Murrell provides this week's Maple Leaf Minute (33:00-36:20), Jason and Austin talk about the Indiana-based teams headed to the NCAA Tournament (36:20-42:30) and Jason's growing Mental Edge business (42:30-end).

Fairfield girls basketball is 3A state champs, and Goshen News sports editor Austin Hough is joined by Tony Miller to talk about it. After opening about the Falcons' triumph (start-19:00), the duo also discuss Bethany Christian's 1A girls basketball state appearance from Saturday (19:00-33:40), the boys swimming state meet (33:40-36:30), preview the upcoming boys basketball sectionals (36:30-53:34) and recap busy weeks for both Goshen College and Notre Dame athletics (53:34-end).

The Bethany Christian and Fairfield girls basketball teams are going to state title games, and their respective head coaches - Krysten Parson and Brodie Garber - join Austin Hough on this week's edition of The Goshen News Sports Podcast. After Austin breaks down the Bruins and Falcons' dramatic semi-state victories (start-10:25), Parson and Garber join the show to talk about how special their seasons have been so far (10:25-33:40). Then, Austin gets the perspective of Bethany and Fairfield's opponents for Saturday when he's joined by Corydon Democrat sports reporter Brandon Miniard, who covers both Lanesville and Corydon Central (33:40-51:18). Austin then recaps the state wrestling meet (51:18-56:35), boys swimming sectional (56:35-59:10) and briefly mentions the boys basketball sectional pairings (59:10-1:00:40) before Dante Stanton's Maple Leaf Minute ends the show (1:00:40-end).

Sports editor Austin Hough is joined by Steve Krah to cover yet another busy week of high school sports. Topics include: -Sem-state recap + state wrestling tournament preview (start-22:10) -Girls swimming state meet recap + quick boys swim sectional preview (22:10-33:15) -Girls basketball regional recaps + mini semi-state preview (33:15-45:05) -Recapping the boys basketball news of the week (45:05-57:44) -Maple Leaf Minute with Dante Stanton + other Goshen College coaching news (57:44-1:00:15) -Super Bowl 57 recap (1:00:15-end)

Tony Miller once again joins TGN sports editor Austin Hough for this week's sports podcast. Topics include: -Girls basketball sectional recaps + regional previews (start-25:00) -Girls swimming sectional recap + state preview (25:00-31:40) -Wrestling regional recap + semi-state preview (31:40-36:05) -Looking back at the week that was in boys basketball (36:05-40:32) -Goshen College talk, including the Maple Leaf Minute with Dante Stanton (40:32-48:40) -Misc. national sports talk (48:40-end).

Goshen News correspondent Steve Krah joins TGN sports editor Austin Hough for this week's sports podcast. Topics include: -Wrestling sectional recap + regional preview (start-16:45) -Swimming recap from the week + look at this week's girls sectionals (16:45-21:35) -Look back at the boys basketball highlights of the past week (21:35-30:05) -Previewing the five area girls basketball sectionals this week (30:05-48:15) -Maple Leaf Minute with Dante Stanton (48:15-49:19) -Misc. national sports news (49:19-end)

Goshen News correspondent and 20-year veteran sports writer Mike Deak joins TGN sports editor Austin Hough for this week's sports podcast. Topics include: -Boys basketball week in review (start-26:15) -Girls basketball highlights of the past week, including comments from Bethany Christian coach Krysten Parson and Fairfield coach Brodie Garber (26:15-44:45) -A preview of the upcoming area wrestling sectionals this weekend (44:45-57:00) -Looking at where our area swimmers and divers line up entering the boys conference championship meets and girls sectionals (57:00-1:04:08) -Maple Leaf Minute with Dante Stanton (1:04:08-1:05:28) -Talking NFL Playoffs and Mike Brey stepping away from Notre Dame (1:05:28-end).

It's another packed edition of The Goshen News Sports Podcast! Tony Miller joins Austin again to talk about NLC and NIC champions being crowned in wrestling (start-6:40) and girls swimming (6:40-15:10). They then talk about the week that was in the girls basketball (15:10-28:35) and boys basketball worlds (28:35-37:44) before NorthWood boys basketball coach Aaron Wolfe joins the show to talk about the Panthers' season so far (37:44-49:43). After Gabe Kermode gives us a Maple Leaf Minute update, Tony and Austin end the show by covering the Australian Open, NFL playoffs and other local notes of interest (49:43-end).

Goshen College and Bethany Christian graduate Tony Miller joins Austin this week to cover the week that was in sports. They talk about prep boys basketball (start-16:25), girls basketball (16:25-27:45), wrestling (27:45-38:30) and swimming (28:30-44:53). West Noble boys basketball coach Ethan Marsh then joins the show to talk about the season so far for the Chargers (44:53-57:45) before Austin and Tony finish the episode talking about Goshen College and NFL news.

Goshen News sports editor Austin Hough looks back at some of the notable holiday break performances in wrestling (start-5:50), swimming (5:50-7:55), boys basketball (7:55-15:30) and girls basketball (15:30-19:58). Northridge girls basketball head coach Doug Springer then joins the show to talk about the big week upcoming for his program (19:58-32:45). Austin then wraps up the show talking about Notre Dame's Gator Bowl win against South Carolina and more coaching changes at Goshen College.

Goshen News sports editor Austin Hough picks some of the top moments from our guests this year in a special "Best of 2022" edition of the show. The list includes: -John Harrell talking about what it's like to run his website on a busy football or basketball night (3:35-6:25) -Area officials Jimmy Arnett and Sean Behensky on how to increase the number of high school officials (6:25-11:10) -Former Jimtown football coach Bill Sharpe on what it was like to win his first state title (11:10-15:10) -Goshen College freshmen cross country runners Drew Hogan and Anthony Roberts on what life at college has been like for them (15:10-18:05) -An exploration into the most amount of money spent in a single Wal-Mart purchase, courtesy of Tony Miller (18:05-end). Thank you all for a great 2022! Can't wait to be back at the start of 2023!

Austin Hough and Evan Lepak look back at the many highlights the calendar year 2022 brought to our local sports scene. Then, it's time to wish Evan a farewell as the guys reflect on at his time with The Goshen News.

After the show opens up with an announcement from Evan Lepak, he and Austin Hough cover the latest in high school boys basketball (4:40-12:40), girls basketball (12:40-21:50), wrestling (21:50-30:40), swimming (30:30-34:25) and the greater national sports world (34:25-end).

Jimtown alum and NorthWood football special teams coach Cody Vincent joins the show to talk about his career working with some Division-I football programs and what led him back to Michiana (36:05-end). The first half of the show features a recap of the week that was in prep sports, along with the Maple Leaf Minute from Dante Stanton.

This week's episode starts with plenty of college football talk, plus checking in on Purdue, Notre Dame and Indiana basketball as well (start-26:10). Preps talk then begins from there, covering boys basketball (26:10-33:05), girls basketball (33:05-37:05), wrestling (37:05-41:35) and swimming (41:35-end).

The winter sports season really kicks off in-full this week, and Austin and Evan are here to preview what could be a promising couple of months for our area teams and athletes. They look at boys basketball (start-17:00), wrestling (17:00-25:00) and both boys and girls swimming (25:00-34:40) before recapping some of the girls basketball storylines of the past week (34:40-41:00). Then, after the Maple Leaf Minute from Dante Stanton (41:00-42:30), the guys finish the show talking about Notre Dame sports, the World Cup and more national sports happenings.

Goshen College freshmen Drew Hogan and Anthony Roberts join the show this week to talk about their freshman cross country seasons, life at college and more (38:20-end). Before that, though, Austin and Evan recap the week that was, including Northridge football's regional loss (start-9:00), girls basketball week two observations (9:00-20:55), Notre Dame + national sports analysis (20:55-34:15) and the Maple Leaf Minute with Michael Murrell (34:15-38:20).

The Goshen News Sports Podcast is dominated by football talk this week. The guys spend the first 25-plus minutes recapping the local sectional championship games from this past Friday, with a lookahead to the Northridge-New Prairie regional game this Friday. They then chat about the start of the girls basketball season (27:25-30:42) have the Maple Leaf Minute from Mike Murrell + other Goshen College athletics news (30:42-33:45) and recap Notre Dame's upset win over Clemson + the other national sports news of the week (33:45-end).

Topics on this week's Goshen News Sports Podcast include: -State cross country meet recap (start-7:15) -NorthWood volleyball loses in semi-state to Bellmont (7:15-11:25) -Previews of our area football sectional title games this Friday (11:25-32:10) -Maple Leaf Minute with Dante Stanton (32:10-33:30) -Notre Dame-Clemson preview, plus other misc. national sports talk (33:30-end)

It's a special 2-for-1 edition of The Goshen News Sports Podcast, as the first half of the show features an interview with legendary Jimtown football coach Bill Sharpe, talking about his incredible career, if he follows football in the area still and his favorite hobbies now that he's retired (start-36:25). Then, after the Maple Leaf Minute from Dante Stanton (36:25-37:30), Austin and Evan discuss the week that was, including: -Football sectional semifinal previews (37:30-48:40) -Westview boys soccer season ending in semistate (48:40-50:15) -NorthWood volleyball winning a regional title + semistate preview (50:15-56:40) -Recap of the cross country semistate from our area (56:40-1:01:55) -Misc. NFL, MLB and CFB talk (1:01:55-end)

Topics on this week's Goshen News Sports Pocast include: -Notre Dame football struggles again, losing to Stanford (start-6:10) -Boys soccer regional recap, featuring Westview winning a Class 1A title (6:10-15:10) -Recapping the girls soccer season coming to a close (15:10-19:00) -Volleyball sectional recap, including NorthWood winning a Sectional 20 title (19:00-27:30) -A look at cross country regionals and a look ahead to this weekend's semistate (27:30-34:05) -Westview's Isaiah Hostetler going to the individual boys tennis state tournament (34:05-36:34) -A preview of this week's football sectional games (36:34-45:30) -Maple Leaf Minute with Dante Stanton, and the end the show (45:30-end)

Topics on this week's Goshen News Sports Pocast include: -Boys soccer sectional recaps + regional semifinal previews (start-14:55) -Girls soccer sectional recaps + regional semifinal previews (14:55-24:08) -Cross country sectional recap (24:08-29:44) -Boys tennis season coming to an end for Goshen in semistate (29:44-32:30)] -Previews of the upcoming volleyball sectionals (32:30-43:00) -A look at the football sectional pairings that came out Sunday (43:00-53:50) -Maple Leaf Minute with Collin Echols + GC athletics talk (53:50-56:20) -Notre Dame football outlook now that they're 3-2 (56:20-end)

Topics on this week's Goshen News Sports Pocast include: -NorthWood football takes lead in NLC + other week seven football notes (start-19:35) -Quick updates on the boys and girls soccer sectionals (19:35-23:45) -A recap of the boys tennis sectionals + regional preview (23:45-29:45) -Cross country conference championship reactions (29:45-33:30) -A look at this past week's volleyball news (33:30-37:20) -The Maple Leaf Minute with Tyson Miller + extended GC sports talk (37:20-41:30) -A Notre Dame-BYU preview (41:30-end)

After sharing thoughts and prayers for former Bethany Christian teacher Pete Shetler and those about to feel the impact of Hurricane Ian, Austin and Evan dive deep into the week's biggest prep sports news. Topics include: -A preview of the NorthWood-Mishawaka football showdown this week (3:40-24:50) -A look at the boys soccer (24:50-36:45), girls soccer (36:45-46:40) and boys tennis (46:40-54:40) sectional pairings that were released this past week. -Quick notes on the girls golf season ending for our area, plus volleyball and XC updates (54:40-59:00) -Maple Leaf Minute with Colin Echols (59:00-1:00:33) -Notre Dame football improving to 2-2 on the season (1:00:33-end)

Topics on this week's Goshen News Sports Podcast include: -Boys soccer, featuring Westview moving to No. 1 in Class 1A (start-16:30) -Girls soccer, featuring Goshen, NorthWood and Westview playing well (16:30-23:20) -The girls golfers who advanced to regionals from our area (23:20-29:25) -Boys tennis, which includes a still-unbeaten Goshen and an ascending Westview (29:25-35:26) -An up-and-down weekend for our area volleyball teams (35:26-41:00) -How our local cross country teams fared at big invites this weekend (41:00-44:30) -Impressive wins from NorthWood and West Noble football, as well as a look around the rest of the area from this past Friday (44:30-58:40) -The Maple Leaf Minute with Dante Stanton (58:40-1:00:45) -Notre Dame football wins its first game of the season (1:00:45-end)

Topics on this week's Goshen News Sports Podcast include: -The state of the Notre Dame football program following a 26-21 loss to Marshall (start-14:20) -High school football week four recap and look ahead to a big week five (14:20-30:25) -Other fall sports happenings (girls golf 30:25-37:00, boys soccer 37:00-41:10, girls soccer 41:10-45:10, cross country 45:10-48:30, boys tennis 48:30-51:00 and volleyball 51:00-54:30) -Maple Leaf Minute from Goshen College junior Dante Stanton (54:30-56:20) -Misc. NFL talk (56:20-end)

Topics on this week's Goshen News Sports Podcast include: -Full week three football recap and week four preview (start-24:00) -Other fall sports standouts from the previous week (24:00-44:20) -The first ever Maple Leaf Update from Goshen College junior Dante Stanton (44:20-47:30) -Notre Dame-Ohio State recap + misc. NFL and college football talk (47:30-end)

Topics on this week's Goshen News Sports Podcast include: -Full week two football recap and week three preview (start-24:40) -Highlighting the rest of the fall sports, including a successful start for many volleyball teams (24:40-47:40) -A look at this Saturday's Notre Dame-Ohio State primetime football matchup (47:40-end)

Topics on this week's Goshen News Sports Podcast include: -Full week 1 football recap (start-19:00) -Looking at some standout teams so far across the rest of our fall sports (19:00-40:00) -Notre Dame football chatter (40:00-44:30) -A discussion over the viral video of the fan drinking a beer through a hot dog (44:30-end)

This week's edition of The Goshen News Sports Podcast primarly focuses on previewing our fall sports season, which kicks off in-full this week! Sports covered are: -Football (start-24:00) -Boys soccer (24:00-28:45) -Girls soccer (28:45-33:30) -Boys tennis (33:30-36:35) -Boys XC (36:35-42:10) -Girls XC: (42:10-44:30) -Volleyball (44:30-50:00) The guys then spend the last 10 minutes of the show breaking down the Notre Dame football news of the week, plus the breaking news of the Indiana HS football AP preseason poll being released.

Topics on this week's Goshen News Sports Podcast include: -Week one girls golf recap (start-9:00) -Observations from Elkhart County football media day (9:00-18:10) -Notre Dame football begins fall camp (18:10-24:15) -A look at some of the upcoming content from TGN Sports this week (24:15-26:00) -National sports talk (26:00-end).

Topics on this week's Goshen News Sports Podcast include: -the return of the girls golf season (start-12:45) -news of TGN expanding its sports coverage (12:45-17:00) -A look at some of the upcoming series of stories we're working on (17:00-26:30) -Austin and Evan look back at the best sporting events they've seen live, whether it be as fans or as working journalists (26:30-end).

Local high school referees Jimmy Arnett and Sean Behensky join The Goshen News Sports Podcast for an all-encompassing look at their officiating careers, the recent shortages in high school officials across all sports and ways to fix the issues within the refereeing industry.

With the summer quickly winding down, Austin and Evan go through some of the upcoming storylines they'll be following as we close in on the 2022 fall sports season.

Goshen College head cross country coach Rustin Nyce joins the show this week to talk about a wide variety of topics, including building up the Maple Leaf XC programs, why he's stepping down as the head track coach at GC and his favorite place to go for a run in the area.

After a moment of silence for former Wawasee coaches Dave Stookey and Tracy Walesa, Austin and Evan look to answer questions about their favorite shows, musicians and movies in a special edition of The Goshen News Sports Podcast.