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S4E39: Herb Resler talks career, Goshen Relays

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Herb Ressler says he would have picked the 75th or 80th Goshen Relays for this honor.

1. Goshen News Sports Podcast focuses on Herb Ressler and the 80th Goshen Relays. 2. Austin Huff hosts, and Herb Ressler is the former Goshen High School athletic director and honorary referee whose long service shapes the conversation. 3. The episode asks what the Goshen Relays have meant to Ressler across decades of work, recognition, and community events. 4. Ressler says he worked the Goshen Relays as clerk of the course for 10 years before serving as director for 21 years. 5. He calls the relays a 'community event' where 'the community all comes together for one big thing.' 6. He remembers one early relays morning in 1963 when rain forced workers to sweep water off the center track at 6 o'clock. 7. Ressler says about 106 workers helped with the relays during his time, and he notes that everything was volunteer except the three starters. 8. He describes Jim Pickard calling to say he was 'long overdue' for the honorary referee role. 9. Ressler adds that Pickard was the last coach he hired at Goshen, when Pickard became head wrestling coach. 10. He says the honor matters because he had already been involved in choosing honorary referees for many years. 11. Ressler says he wanted to upgrade the outside facilities at Goshen, including putting in a brand new track. 12. He connects those changes to the size and atmosphere of the relays at their peak in the 1970s and 1980s. 13. Ressler says he and others started the Goshen Girls Relays after talking with Carl Weaver, Rick Clark, and the coaches. 14. He says title nine pushed Goshen to raise the number and level of girls sports teams. 15. Ressler points to girls golf, softball, and both soccer programs as sports he helped start at Goshen High School. 16. He says the first Goshen state football championship in 1978 under Kenny Meyer stands out because the school held press conferences, celebrations, and a fire-truck ride through Main Street. 17. The interview stays conversational and reflective, with Austin Huff prompting memories about dates, coaches, facilities, and community reactions. 18. Ressler answers in a calm, detailed style, often naming people such as Leroy Lambright, Stu, Janet Johns, and Gerald Ford. 19. People interested in Goshen history, track relays, and school athletics would get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners looking for fast-breaking sports debate or game analysis may skip it.

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