MAB MONTHLY March 2013 FREE Missionmission Accomplished!Accomplished! Mustangs Finish Perfect Regular Season! Mustangs Finish Perfect Regular Season
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MAB MONTHLY March 2013 FREE MissionMission Accomplished!Accomplished! Mustangs Finish Perfect Regular Season! Mustangs Finish Perfect Regular Season MJ @ 50 www.midamericabroadcasting.com MAB MONTHLY Page 3 MAB ONLINE MAGAZINE MAB Staff Ahh March, The girls basketball finals to Hank Kilander Webmaster start the month, the boys finals to end it and this Broadcaster/ Host little thing you may have heard of called the Staff Writer NCAA tournament in between. Add to that spring training baseball, the events leading up to the Rich Sapper NFL draft and the NHL and NBA in full swing Staff Writer and you have a great time to be a sports fan. Broadcaster/ Host Sales This month we bring you a hefty dose bas- Layout & Design ketball, between our cover story on the Munster Mustangs boys undefeated season, a celebration Bob Potosky of Michael Jordan’s 50 greatest moments , and a Broadcaster/ Host look at Indiana high school players in the Big Staff Writer Ten, there is plenty of hoops to go around. Andy Wielgus Along with that are articles on the power of Broadcaster/Host region swimming and wrestling. This month, we Staff Writer also add a new feature by baseball training expert Larry Cicchiello that will help to improve play- JT Hoyo ters of any level. Add to that the usual features Broadcaster/Host Staff Writer that you are used to and it all comes together for Sales a pretty solid issue. Don’t forget, next month we will bring you Brandon Vickery our region baseball preview! Broadcaster Staff Writer Thanks for reading and we appreciate your sup- Trisha Madura port! Staff Writer Sales Broadcaster Contact Information Brett Hill Phone: 219-973-7990 Staff Writer Sales Website: www.midamericabroadcasting.com Broadcaster Also find us on Facebook and Twitter MAB MONTHLY Page 4 Inside this issue: Athletes of the Month 6 Jordan Turns 50—50 Great MJ Moments 8 Munster Basketball Score Undefeated Season 14 Baseball Tips on Hitting 20 Baseball Pitching Tips 22 Region Adds to Wrestling Legacy 24 Mid America Broadcasting to Cover RailCats Challenge 30 11th Annual RailCats Challenge Starts April 1st 31 Great Sports Quotes 32 The Power in the Pool 34 Big Ten Basketball is Indiana Powered 38 Did You Know? 38 March Broadcast Schedule 39 P. 14 P. 34 P. 20 P. 8 MAB MONTHLY Page 5 To order the 2012-2013 Boys or Girls Magazine Visit Indiana Basketball Magazine online at www.indianabasketballmagazine.com MAB MONTHLY Page 6 ATHLETES OF THE MONTH Written and Compiled by Andy Wielgus MAB Staff Writer Chris Palombizio Gelen Robinson, Chesterton Bobby Steveson, & Stevan Micic Lake Central, Merrillville & Hanover Central Chesterton's Chris Palombizio scored 21 points to lead the Trojans to a 85- Three Calumet Region Ath- 73 victory over Crown Point. letes end their Wrestling Season with a State Title and being undefeated. They are Stevan Micic at 113, Bobby Steveson at 170, and Gelen Robinson at 22. Dariyan Morris Sammi Adams Merrillville Griffith Merrillville's Dariyan Morris scored 21 points and had 4 steals in a 73-29 win over Crown Point. The Lady Griffith's Sammi Adams had 23 points Pirates have now won their second and led Griffith to a 40-16 victory over straight Duneland Athletic Conference Gavit. It is the 5th straight championship and 40 of their last 3A Sectional Championship for the 42 regular season games. Lady Panthers. 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Famous drive in the lane vs Lakers for 1st Title 11. Fighting the Flu Game vs Jazz 1. Ehlo Shot to beat Cavs 12. Chuck Daly's Jordan Rules 2. Beating the Pistons Finally 13. 72-10 3. Three Pointers vs Portland in Finals with 14. Retirement and Baseball Magic on call 15. Comeback to Indianapolis, Pippen pointing 4. Dunking on Mutombo and shaking the fin- to shoes ger 16. MJ and Pippen- Batman and Robin 5. Dunking on Everybody including Ewing 17. Triangle and Doberman Defense 6. Wilkins vs Jordan All Star Slam Dunk 18. 63 vs the Celtics and Bird in Playoffs a re- 7. Hitting the shot to win NCAA cord 8. Dream Team 1992 19. MVP'S and All Star Mvp's MAB MONTHLY Page 10 Jordan in the Finals 20. Shooting Free Throw Blind 21. Air Jordan shoe commercials with Spike Lee 22. Battles with the Knicks 23. Wizards at the end 24. Bobcats Owner 25. Ehlo Shot 2 beating Cavs again over Wilkins brother Gerald 26. Blazers drafting Bowie, thank you Portland Barkley and Jordan Competitors and Friends 27. Gatorade Commercials Be like Mike Email: [email protected] http://www.sportsworxnwin.com/ MAB MONTHLY Page 11 Left: Jordan wins an AL Star MVP Award, Right: Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Magic Johnson., Karl Malone & Charles Barkley 28. Beating Barkley and Thunder Dan Ma- 37. No one taking Bulls more than 6 games jerle in finals in Finals 29. Beating Seattle and the Rain Man in the 38.Coming back from huge deficit to beat Finals Pacers in Game 7 1998 30. Outplaying Drexler in finals 31. Loss to Magic and then revenge the next year over Horace and Shaq wearing no. 45? Wearing no. 23 anyways. 32. Coach Phil Jackson and his use of MJ 33. Krause and how the players disliked him 34. Book Jordan Rules 35. Beating Jazz twice in Finals 36. 6-0 in Finals 19615 Us Highway 12 Now Smoke New Buffalo, MI Free! 269-469-0140 www.mocofloorsmore.com 149 E Commercial Ave Lowell, IN 46356 219-696-2270 MAB MONTHLY Page 12 Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and Dennis Rodman 39. And now from North Carolina starting 49. The Last Dance 1998 lineup at the Stadium and UC 50. Dennis Rodman and MJ bringing him 40. Pistons not shaking hands into the fold 41. All star alleged freeze out 42. Olympic Team freeze out in return What are your moments Bulls Fans? We 43. Grant Park Celebrations were lucky to watch one of the best ever in 44. Holding up 6 Fingers for Rings any sport in his prime. 45. Winning a title on Fathers Day for his Dad 46. Leading the League in Scoring many times 47. Hitting the last shot over Russell 48. Jordan and his Jordaniers Follow us on Twitter @mabsports… MAB MONTHLY Page 13 Basketball Volleyball Tennis Batting Cages Gym Rental The Courts of NWI is a Not-for-profit organization. Donations made to The Courts of NWI fund scholarships for underprivileged youth to participate in active after-school programs. Our goal is to inspire our youth to be leaders both ON and OFF The Courts. MAB MONTHLY Munster Basketball Scores an Undefeated Regular Season Mustangs drive into sectionals with a 22-0 record, named Conference Champions. By: Trisha Madura, MAB Monthly Staff Writer Photos: Erin Lusk, Special to MAB Monthly Senior Craig Dedelow takes another shot for his undefeated team against Hammond High. MAB MONTHLY Page 15 “Roll Stangs” is the newest phrase that floods the halls of Munster High School, where the Mustangs basket- ball team reigns un- defeated at the end of their conference season. Led by Coach Mike Hack- ett, the Stangs con- cluded with a 22-0 perfect record for Munster's Dedelow drives to the basket against South Bend Riley the regular season, on their final game of the regular season. along with earning the Conference Champion title. This mighty lineup has defeated some of the top teams in the area, in- cluding Andrean, Lake Central, Chesterton, and Mer- rillville. Such achievements would not have been possible without the dedication and commitment set by the players and coach from the beginning of the season. MAB MONTHLY Page 16 When setting their season’s goals, Munster Basketball shows their team spirit for hoping to achieve these goals as one. “As a senior, you want to go out on top as a champ, so winning conference was definitely one of our goals,” proclaimed Nate Bubash, third year Varsity member. “Winning sec- tionals and going as far as possible in the tournament, though, is obviously the main goal of ours.” “I had a couple goals going into this season: the main one was to remain unde- feated in conference, and we did it,” spilled starter Craig Dedelow. “The next was to beat Lake Central, and we did that, too.” Even though the team seems to un- dergo victory on the scoreboard quite often, Drew Hackett keeps the game under control with his dedication on the court. having completed their second undefeated season in three years, the Mustangs are al- To Advertise ways looking for improvement in their team on our broadcasts or and individual abilities. “Our goals were to improve each and every game and to be a in MAB Monthly very good team when we start the state tour- Contact Rich Sapper nament,” stated Coach Hackett.