MAB MONTHLY May 2011 FREE RailCats Celebrate 10 Years Vision Point Athletes Indy 500 of the Month Centennial Special! The Weather Factor 11 Pages of Indy 500 coverage including: Indiana High School The Top 10 Ten Races Football Impacts the NFL A History of the Race Top Drivers www.midamericabroadcasting.com MAB MONTHLY Page 3 MAB ONLINE MAGAZINE meet the MAB family Welcome to the May edition of MAB Monthly! To this point , we have not released a more comprehensive issue. This month, you will see articles ranging from high school to pro Hank Kilander sports. Articles about baseball, football, auto racing, and more. Website Hopefully you will find something that you enjoy. Broadcaster Andy Wielgus bring you a look at Indiana High School Staff Writer Football players in the NFL. Auto racing expert Bob Potosky will bring you a series of articles surrounding the Centennial Indian- Rich Sapper apolis 500. 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Bob Potosky Inside this issue: Broadcaster Host Indiana High School Football Impacts 4 Staff Writer TOP 10 INDY 500’S 6-7 Vision Point Athletes of the Month 8 Andy Wielgus The Gary SouthShore RailCats Celebrate 10 years 10 Broadcaster 2011 Gary SouthShore RailCats Schedule 11 Host Indy 500 Year By Year 12-17 Staff Writer Tee Off With MAB 18 Indy 500 20 Greatest Drivers 20-22 Josh Hammers High School Coaches and Administrators Reach Milestones 23 Staff Writer Broadcaster The Weather Factor in Spring Sports 24 Sales MAB Broadcast Schedule 25 Layout & Design Contact Information JT Hoyo Broadcaster Phone: 219-973-7990 Host Website: www.midamericabroadcasting.com Staff Writer Also find us on Facebook, Twitter, and My Space MAB MONTHLY Page 4 Indiana High School Football Impacts the NFL Today and Yesterday By Andy Wielgus, MAB Monthly Staff Writer From Fort Wayne Snider’s Rod Woodson Gary West Side, P Steve Weatherford of Terre Haute [who is on the 75th NFL Anniversary Team] to North, TE Dustin Keller of Lafayette Jefferson. Staying Hobart’s Bob Kuechenberg {who played on the in the AFC the Oakland Raiders have Steve Brown of OL for the only undefeated Super Bowl Team the Columbus East on defense, Pittsburgh has Trai Essex Miami Dolphins}, Hoosier Gridiron stars have of Harding on the OL, Tennessee has Mike Otto of made an impact. Maconaquah, Baltimore has Bryan Mattison of Penn, Going back to the Sixties, Alex Karras a and the Dolphins have TE AJ Edds of Greenwood, Jim DL from Gary Emerson made a huge impact as Marten of Brebeuf, DL Ryan Baker of Chatard, and well. His relatives Ted Karras and Ted Karras Jr. formerly Dwenger’s Jason Fabini. One AFC Team the of Hobart also played in the NFL. Ted Jr. is cur- Houston Texans has the aforementioned DB Eugene rently the coach at Marian College Wilson who finished last year with in Indianapolis and his brother is them, Stanford Keglar of Pike, and the coach at South Central HS in DB/S Bernard Pollard of Fort Union Mills. The Satellites won Wayne South Side. their first 1A Sectional Champion- Going back to the NFC the ship ever this year. Cathedral Irish has two strong Line QB’s Jeff George of Warren performers in Tampa Bay’s Jeremy Central and Rick Mirer of Goshen Trueblood and the NY Giants made an impact in the NFL, and Mathias Kiwanutka. This is the same Anthony Johnson of SB Adams HS that produced Blaine Bishop and with the Bears and Colts as a RB. Moe Gardner. Staying in the Giants Also, a mention is deserved for Gary Lew Wallace Division former Bear started the last couple of games grad and Hall of Fame Super Bowl Champion for the Washington Redskins and Anthony Spencer of Coach Hank Stram. Crown Point’s Tom Yohe is Fort Wayne Luers contributed for Dallas. Going out the Main Producer on many NFL Broadcasts and West in the NFC Craig Terrell of Lebanon contributed played with our own MAB Broadcaster Hank Ki- to the division winning Seahawks. Also in the NFC the lander. Saints have WR Courtney Roby of North Central and Looking at today and starting with the Chi- the Carolina Panthers have Jason Baker of Fort Wayne cago Bears QB Jay Cutler of Heritage Hills and Wayne Punter Brad Maynard of Sheridan. Staying in the Just across the Illinois State line Donovan Bears NFC Division Mike Neal of Merrillville was Mcnabb and Simeon Rice competed for Mt. Carmel, a 2nd round pick in 2010 for the Green Bay Pack- Mike Tomczak and Pierre Thomas at TF North, and ers. Former Pirate Eugene Wilson won a Super Antwan Randle El and Napoleon Harris at Thornton, Bowl ring with the Patriots and finished the season just to name a few. All in all the Hoosier influence is a with the Texans. Merrillville had also produced strong one today in the NFL. Jamaal Williams who played for the Packers and Keep listening to some of the Future Stars on Redskin and Tom Jelesky who played for the Ea- www.midamericabroadcasting.com THE HEART OF gles. AMATEUR SPORTS! And become a fan on our The Indianapolis Colts have a strong Hoo- FACEBOOK Page as Mid America Broadcasting LLC sier Influence with Back up QB Curtis Painter of or get our updates as mabsports on Twitter! Vincennes, OL Joe Reitz of Hamilton Southeast- ern, and KR Devin Moore of Ritter. Staying in the AFC the NY Jets have a number of key performers from Indiana including OL Brandon Moore of Opening Day MAY 20th Featuring Ted “Burning Man” Batchelor TICKETS ON SALE NOW !!! 219-882-2255 IT’S GONNA BE HOT MAB MONTHLY Page 6 TOP 10 INDY 500’S By Bob Potosky MAB Monthly Staff Writer This May marks the centennial 500 miles in six hours, 42 minutes and #7 – 1993 anniversary of the Indianapolis 500 mile eight seconds, a minute and 43 seconds After the crash-filled 1992 race race. A lot of history has happened at the ahead of Mulford. And so, an American th and with the anticipation of NASCAR intersection of 16 and Georgetown since tradition was born. coming to the Brickyard, the Speedway that first race 100 years ago. A lot of dar- make major modifications to the track, ing and bravado…triumph and tragedy… #9 – 1989 narrowing the track and introducing a technological advances and innovation. warm-up lane and rumble strips. The Indy has seen it all, and weathered the test Two-time world driving champion Emer- son Fittipaldi dominates the first 350 miles major story of 1993 was the arrival of of time. defending Formula 1 world champion To try to determine the 10 greatest of the race. His first challenge comes from Michael Andretti. Andretti surges into the Nigel Mansell in the 500’s of all time is quite a challenge. Each CART series. Despite race of the 95 run has been unique in it’s lead from his seventh-row starting spot on lap 154, only to blow an engine nine laps the narrower track, a own way. There have been the classic cliff- record 12 drivers hold hangers, and some not-so-memorable later. After a late caution period, Fittipaldi makes his last pit stop. Second-place run- the lead during the race. months of May. But to try to figure out the On a restart with 25 laps 10 best of all time is quite a challenge. ner Al Unser Jr stays out and doggedly pursues Fittipaldi. Going into turn 3 on lap to go, Mansell passes For some of the old-timers out there, some teammate Mario An- of the races from the first 50 years may not 196, Little Al makes his way past Fitti- paldi. Coming up lapped traffic with under dretti to take the lead be represented. Truth be told, most of the and is poised to become Indy’s first closest, exciting finishes in 500 history two laps to go, Fittipaldi catches back up to Little Al down the backstretch. With nei- rookie winner since Graham Hill in have come within the last 30 years. So in 1966. A late yellow sets up a restart. that regard, this list will be somewhat ther driver backing down going into Turn 3, the two touch tires, sending Unser Jr Emerson Fittipaldi, biding his time all weighted there. Still, the first half-century race long gets the jump on Mansell on of the 500 had it’s moments of excitement. into the wall. Fittipaldi momentarily gets sideways but gathers the car back in to the Lap 185 restart. Arie Luyendyk And we begin this list of the greatest 500’s makes a bold outside pass of Mansell to with the one that started it all. record his first 500 win. drop the Brit to third. In his attempt to catch back up, Mansell brushes the wall, #10 – 1911 #8 – 1986 The year the 500 was first tele- but Fittipaldi is able to hold off Though the speedway was opened Luyendyk, Mansell, Raul Boesel and in 1909 and stages races throughout the vised live flag-to-flag by ABC was also the first time the race weekend was washed Mario to claim his second 500 victory.