MAB MONTHLY April 2012 FREE 2012 Baseball Preview Duneland Greater Southshore Great Lakes Northwestern Northwest Crossroads Porter County Independents
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MAB MONTHLY April 2012 FREE 2012 Baseball Preview Duneland Greater Southshore Great Lakes Northwestern Northwest Crossroads Porter County Independents College Rosters Basketball Hank Kilander’s State Finals the Top Football Recap Recruits of the class of 2013 www.midamericabroadcasting.com MAB MONTHLY Page 3 MAB ONLINE MAGAZINE MAB Staff family Back to where it all started for MAB Monthly, the high school baseball preview. Several years ago, we decided to Hank Kilander start an annual baseball preview. A few months later, we de- Webmaster Broadcaster cided on a monthly magazine, and the baseball preview is one Staff Writer of the 12 issues we publish a year. We will also bring you our football and basketball previews this year as we did last. Rich Sapper This year, we do bring a bit of a different format. In- Staff Writer Broadcaster stead of simply putting rosters in this issue, we wrote pre- Sales views, just as we did for football and basketball. We did add Layout & Design college rosters this year for local teams and for Indiana’s divi- sion 1 schools. This, of course, is a precursor to our broad- Bob Potosky casts of high school baseball this season, We will bring you Broadcaster Host most of the games of the RailCats High School Baseball Chal- Staff Writer lenge, and a full slate of baseball and softball games as well. Don’t forget that this spring and summer will have cov- Andy Wielgus erage of the NFL Draft later this month and the NBA Draft in Broadcaster Host June. Staff Writer As always thanks to you for reading, and thanks to all of our sponsors for helping to make it possible. Without either of JT Hoyo Broadcaster you, we would not even exist. Thanks again, and we hope you Host enjoy this issue! Staff Writer Sales Contact Information Phone: 219-973-7990 Website: www.midamericabroadcasting.com Also find us on Facebook and Twitter MAB MONTHLY Page 4 Inside this issue: Vision Point Athletes of the Month 6 RailCats High School Baseball Challenge 8 Duneland Conference Preview 10 Greater Southshore Conference Preview 16 Great Lakes, Northwestern, Bowman, & East Chicago Preview 20 Northwest Crossroads Conference Preview 24 Porter County Conference Preview 28 Indiana Division I and Local College Baseball Rosters 32-43 MAB Spring Schedule 44 Top Indiana High School Football Prospects for the Class of 2013 46 2012 IHSAA Basketball State Finals Recap 50 Did You Know? 50 MAB April Schedule 51 MAB Golf Guide 52 Previews Begin P. 10 P. 46 MAB MONTHLY Page 5 To order the 2011-2012 Boys or Girls Magazine Visit Indiana Basketball Magazine online at www.indianabasketballmagazine.com MAB MONTHLY Page 6 VISION POINT ATHLETES OF THE MONTH Written and Compiled by Andy Wielgus MAB Staff Writer Sharon Houston Mike Crawford IU Northwest Tipton Indiana University North- Tipton's Mike Crawford west's Women's Basketball scored 40 points in a 2A Semi Player Sharon Houston was State Loss to Bowman. One of named an NAIA All- American for the best games anyone has had the 4th Year in a row. in a 2A Semi State ever. Fort Wayne Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell Canterbury Park Tudor Fort Wayne Canterbury High Indiana Hoosiers Recruit and the School for having there Boys and Park Tudor Panthers Kevin "Yogi" Girls Basketball teams win Regionals Ferrell scored 17 points, had 12 as- in the same year. Fort Wayne Canter- sists, 2 steals, and 9 Rebounds in a bury won in 2 Overtimes over Triton in 79-57 victory over Bowman in the 2A the 1A Boys Basketball Regional and IHSAA State Final. It was their 2nd Fort Wayne Canterbury's Girls Bas- straight 2A title and their 3rd appear- ketball Team also won the 1A State Ti- ance in 3 years in the 2A IHSAA State tle this year in Terre Haute. Final game. CLEARLY DIFFERENT MAB MONTHLY Page 8 RailCats High School Baseball Challenge By MAB Monthly Staff Since the team was founded, the the 13th as Illinois rivals T.F. North Gary SouthShore RailCats have made a will play T.F. South. The nightcap will strong commitment to the City of Gary pit North Judson and Knox. and to the community at large. Part of The following day brings a triple that commitment has been shown in the header, starting again with PCC action form of the RailCats as the defending 2A High School Baseball runner-up Hanover Cen- Challenge. The Chal- tral Wildcats play South lenge has had some Central. The day contin- changes over the years ues with two non- and this year’s version is conference matchups as no exception. Kankakee Valley plays This year’s Challenge will be pre- Edison and Hammond Academy will sented in a condensed, 12 game format take on Calumet. featuring some classic matchups, con- The following Friday, the 20th ference rivalries and non-conference will start off with River Forest and East matchups. Chicago Central in non-conference ac- The Porter County Conference tion. Lowell and Hobart will play in the kicks things off with Kouts taking on night cap in a Northwest Crossroads LaCrosse on Saturday the 7th. The Conference battle. The second triple Challenge continues with a classic header of the challenge comes on Sat- RailCats Challenge matchup on Friday urday, April 21st and features the three MAB MONTHLY Page 9 Gary public schools. West Side will RailCats High School Baseball play Victory Christian to start things Challenge Schedule off. Griffith and Chesterton will square off in the middle game and Lew Wal- Saturday, April 7 Kouts vs. LaCrosse lace will take on Roosevelt as the day wraps up. Friday, April 13 The final game of the Challenge T.F. South vs. T.F. North will be an interstate battle featuring North Judson vs. Knox Chicago Christian and Marquette. All games, of course are subject to change Saturday, April 14 if the weather plays havoc on the Hanover Central vs. South Central Kankakee Valley vs. Edison schedule as it has in the past. Hammond Academy vs. Calumet The matchups promise to bring some exciting baseball in one of the Friday, April 20 best minor league ballparks in the Mid- River Forest vs. East Chicago Central west. The RailCats will continue the Lowell vs. Hobart tradition community service and pro- moting high school baseball in the re- Saturday, April 21 West Side vs. Victory Christian gion. Griffith vs. Chesterton Mid America Broadcasting will Lew Wallace vs. Roosevelt bring you most of the games of the Challenge live. All of the games that Monday, April 23 we cover will also be available on our Chicago Christian vs. Marquette archive for the players and fans who would like to relive the all of the ac- tion. Check out the schedule on page Join us each week for 51 of this issue and our website at MAB Weekly www.midamericabroadcasting.com for more details. Wednesdays from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. MAB Weekly will bring you the best in high school, college and profes- sional sports talk, guests and more! MAB MONTHLY Page 10 Duneland Conference Preview By Brandon Vickery, Pow Wow Radio When it comes to evaluating the baseball talent level in the Duneland Athletic Conference, the Indi- ana High School Baseball Coaches’ Association pre- season poll says it all. Four of the top 16 teams in 4A in the state of Indiana are members of the DAC. Lake Central enters the season as the conference fa- vorite and number one team in the state, following by Crown Point (eighth), Chesterton (thirteenth), La- Porte (fifteenth) and Portage (sixteenth). MAB MONTHLY Page 11 Chesterton Trojans Crown Point Bulldogs The Chesterton Trojans Everything started could be poised for a breakout clicking for Crown Point season behind pitching ace Jake late in the season as the Post. Post will be among the Bulldogs deep postseason top hurlers in Northwest Indi- run resulted in a Regional ana this year. The Trojans fin- championship. The team ished last season 16-10 after falling to Crown eventually lost 9-2 to Fort Point 3-0 in the sectional semifinals. After Wayne Carroll in the South Bend Riley finishing in the middle of the pack Chester- Semistate to see its run come to an end. The ton has hopes of cracking into the top three Bulldogs had recorded postseason victories this year. The team has done a 180 degree over LaPorte (3-1), Chesterton (3-0), Portage turnaround since going 4-19 just two years (4-1), Penn (2-1) and Elkhart Central (4-2). ago. Post, who went 6-3 with a 2.66 ERA, Power bat Jose Andrade and number one verbally committed to pitch for Ohio State in pitcher Nick Nauracy are both gone, but Joe October; selecting the Buckeyes over other Hopman, Jake Lineman, Zack Plesac and Division I schools like Michigan State and Ronnie Plesac all return. Head coach Steve Cincinnati. Bobby Humphreys will join Post Strayer always seems to find a way to win, in the rotation, while Spencer Sutton and K.J. posting a 442-161 mark in 20 seasons, ten at Zelenika return to the lineup. Chesterton got Crown Point. the job done against schools that it was ex- pected to beat a year ago, but the Trojans went a combined 1- 8 against Lake Central, Crown Point, LaPorte and Portage. Broadway Mini That stat will have to improve if the Trojans want a shot at the top spot in the DAC. Storage Broadway Mini Storage provides Northwest Indiana household and com- mercial storage space. Our facility has 24-hour access and private units.