By John RittenhouseHills-Beaver Creek High School instructor Tom Goehle is a man of many interests.Being so, Goehle decided to give up something he loves in order to pursue another one of his passions.Goehle turned in his letter of resignation as the girls basketball coach to the H-BC School Board March 14.He will retain his positions as the school’s head cross country and track and field coaches, but his 10-year run as the girls basketball coach is complete.Instead of coaching basketball next year, Goehle wants to spend more time working with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.Goehle helped start an FCA group named The Huddle in 1993, and he wants to focus his attention on it more next year."I want to spend more time doing things with the FCA," he said. "I’ll still be working with kids after school, after games and with Saturday activities."Goehle will leave the H-BC program after compiling a 143-105 career record.After serving two years as assistant coach to past H-BC mentors Brian Sudenga and Todd Davis, Goehle took over the head girls coaching position in 1995.Under his instruction, the Patriots won Tri-County Conference titles in 1997 and 1998. H-BC advanced to the South Section 3A championship game in 1998 and won the event last winter, only to fall to eventual state champion Wabasso in the Section 3A title tilt.Goehle said he has mixed emotions about leaving the basketball program."I’ve coached a lot of great young ladies in the past, and there are some more great kids coming up in the future," he said. "I’ll miss a lot of things, but I’m content and at peace with the decision I’ve made. I’ll be thankful for what I’m going to be doing rather than thinking about what I’ll not be doing."Goehle will miss practice sessions, which he called the highlight of the day during the winter season."It gave me a lot of joy to see the girls improve even in the smallest of ways. I’ve been extremely blessed to coach a number of outstanding young ladies for 10 years," he said. "I know, and some people won’t believe it, that I’ve learned as much from them as they did from me."One thing coach Goehle can say with pride is that his teams always played hard."Our girls played the game the right way. They gave their best effort, and that’s all that was ever asked of them," he said."Every team I coached always got better. We were playing our best basketball at the end of the year, and that’s what we were shooting for."