Inside Franklin Athletics

1979 and 1980 IHSAA diving champion Dee (Boice) Woods joins Brian Powers to talk about her time at FCHS including winning 2 state championships, the different lessons she learned from Coach Kurt Haas and the time that she lost her swimsuit in front of the whole team!

On this episode, Bill Doty joins Brian to talk about what we are looking at as we get closer to the return of FCHS Athletics.

On this episode, Chaz and Brian talk with FCHS Athletic Director Bill Doty about what to expect for fall sports this year in the midst of the coronavirus.  Bill also unveils some potential ways in which fans and supporters who cannot attend events can still watch and support FCHS.

We are joined today by the seniors on the women's tennis team. After they allowed us to be the hosts, we discussed their futures and the beatdowns of Center Grove.

We are joined in this episode by golf senior Tanner Tomlinson to discuss his final year and playing for a new coach.

The senior track ladies joined us today to talk their memories and future plans.

Today, the seniors on the men's track team join us to discuss all things senior year!

Our boys baseball seniors joined the show today to discuss their futures and striking out MLB players.

Today we are joined by 2 senior softball players, Emma Rutan and Shelby Bivens to discuss their memories and plans for the future.

Today, senior volleyball players Owen Mahin, Harrison Graham, Yobany Lopez Perez and Andrew Deppe join us to discuss memories from their time at FCHS and what their future holds.

On this edition, former Franklin tennis player and current coach Amanda Ray joins Brian to discuss what could have been in the 2020 girl's tennis season, the reason she coaches and why Joe Tiller is the man.

On this episode of IFA, the guys sit down with former FCHS basketball and football player Mike Craciunoiu to discuss his time at Franklin which included not starting football until his freshman year and being a Big Ten recruit, winning 2 sectional titles in basketball and dominating Brian at basketball tryouts.

On this episode of IFA, former FCHS athlete and current baseball coach Ryan Feyerabend joins us to discuss the Franklin baseball program, his time playing sports in high school and college and why all of our athletic shortcomings can be blamed on Webb Elementary School's tile gym floor.

Former FCHS multi-sport athlete Benji Betts joined us to talk about playing football, basketball, baseball and track for the Grizzly Cubs.  Listen to him discuss a helpful growth spurt, who mentored him growing up and how he was asked to not rejoin the baseball team.

Indiana University Head Men's baseball coach Jeff Mercer joined us today to talk about growing up playing baseball for FCHS, how analytics plays into his approach as a coach, throwing a pitch he hadn't learned yet to a superstar, dodging a punch on the diamond and much more!

On this episode, Chaz and Brian sit down with FCHS legend counselor and coach Mike Hall to discuss his career.  We cover a multitude of topics from his playing on the best JV basketball team in the history of the state to his long career in coaching and even touch on covering a 26 point spread in college.  

On this spring break episode of IFA, 2019 FCHS grad sits down with Brian and discusses the grind of Division 1 football, building a winning tradition on the basketball court and staring kids down.

On this episode, Brian chats with FCHS grad Jake Sappenfield who talks about growing up playing baseball and basketball in Franklin, the 1997 run to the semi-state championship, winning a 3 team state championship in Little League baseball and face paint.

The boss joins us today to discuss playing baseball for Marian, coaching baseball, cross country and track, getting mistaken for a student and teaching math out of a Band closet.  Come for the motivation, stay to hear him discuss getting lunches for reduced prices.

On this (lengthy, we know) episode of IFA, Chaz and Brian sit down and talk with former FCHS teacher and coach Brett Bardwell.  The guys discuss his playing career at Hanover, being a GA at IU, coming to Franklin, his role model Gil Thorp, fly fishing and being a cheer dad.