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MAB MONTHLY May 2012 FREE

RailCats Season Preview

Duneland Michigan Recruits

Region Midseason Report

Boys Hoops All Stars in College

Plus, an evening with Bobby Knight

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MAB ONLINE MAGAZINE MAB Staff family Yet another month rolls around, and another MBA Monthly comes your way. This month we take a look forward at Hank Kilander the Gary SouthShore RailCats 2012 season. Things should be Webmaster Broadcaster exciting in downtown Gary this season as Greg Target leads Staff Writer the team on it’s second American Association campaign. Andy Wielgus does a great job as always taking a look at Rich Sapper the region to Ann Arbor connection in men’s and a Staff Writer Broadcaster historical perspective on athletes who have set re- Sales cords. Layout & Design Brandon Vickery returns with a mid season look at high school softball in the area, while Hank Kilander gives us a look Bob Potosky Broadcaster at where those Indiana basketball all-stars went to college. We Host only give you a recent list here, the entire list is on our web- Staff Writer site at www.midamericabroadcasting.com. Andy Wielgus We also recap the picks that the Bears and Colts made Broadcaster in this year’s NFL Draft. Of course, as the cover suggests, Rich Host Sapper reflects on his evening with listening to coaching leg- Staff Writer end Bobby Knight speak. JT Hoyo Finally, as always, we ask that you support our spon- Broadcaster sors. Without them, we can not do what we do. Thanks and en- Host joy! Staff Writer Sales

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Also find us on Facebook and MAB MONTHLY Page 4 Inside this issue: Vision Athletes of the Month 6

Gary SouthShore RailCats 2012 Season Preview 8 Duneland Trio in the Home of the Fab Five 14 Region Softball Midseason Report 20

Record Setting Hoosiers 26

An Evening With Bobby Knight 30 Recent MAB Show Pictures 34 Indiana Boys Basketball All Stars and College 36 2012 NFL Draft Recap 42 Gary Roosevelt Sports: A Proud Tradition 44 Did You Know? 44

May Broadcast Schedule 45 MAB Golf Guide 46

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Zach Plesac Jimmy McNamara Crown Point & Taylor Leinhart

Lake Central

Zach Plesac from Crown Two Central Michigan Chippewa Bound Senior Point is 2-0 on the mound to for Lake Central Jimmy McNamara propel the Bulldogs to a 5-0 and Taylor Leinhart share the honor. They have led the Lake Central Indians Team to start. He struck out 11 Munster a No. 1 Ranking in 4A, No. 1 in the Midwest, and to a 9-0 start and 2-0 in the Duneland Ath- batters in a 3-2 victory . letic Conference. McNamara threw a Perfect Game vs Lowell and Taylor Leinhart beat previ- ously undefeated Crown Point. LC also swept all of the Wooden Bat Challenge Games for Head Jeff Sandor.

Jake Post & Bobby Nicole Steinbach Humphreys Andrean

Chesterton

Andrean Nicole Stein- Led by Chesterton's Pitchers Jake bach picted a no-hitter against Lowell. Post and Bobby Humphreys the Trojans In the contest, the senior struck out 10 won back to back games over Portage 4-1 Red Devils as the 59ers improved to and at The US Steelyard, 3-0 over Griffith. 10-1 overall and 7-1 in conference this The Trojans Staff only gave up One run in campaign. 14 Innings of play. Also, the Ohio State Bound Post got the win over Lake Central 4- 3 to give the Number One team in 4A Lake Central, there 1st loss on the season.

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Gary SouthShore RailCats 2012 Season Preview By Rich Sapper MAB Monthly Staff Writer

It’s take two for the Gary SouthShore RailCats in several ways this season. The first of these occurred at the end of last season when Kevin Spudic was hired as the President and General . The Highland na- tive and graduate was the assis- tant GM from 2002 to 2005. Take two also in the American Association. Last year was the first year in the AA for the ‘Cats who spent the first 9 years of their existence in the Northern League. Last year, the RailCats battled to a 54-46 re- cord in the AA Central, and just barely missed the play- offs for the first time since 2004. Spudic and Manager Greg Tagert have designs this year on an AA championship this year and have made some moves to help with the on product on the field. MAB MONTHLY Page 9

Infield INF Chris Carrara who batted .295 and saw time at all four infield positions last sea- son was one of the first signings this offsea- son. Rico Washington (.313/12 HR/83 RBI) and Brian Kolb (.280) return as well. Infield mainstay Mike Rohde returns for his fifth season as a RailCat. Rohde, who Chris Carrara is a former rookie of the year with the Rail- Cats, hit .290 last year to go along with 6 round trippers and 63 RBI. Also expected to and see time in the infiled are newcomer, lefty with RailCats rival David Cooper and switch-hitter Kyle Haines. Fargo Moorehead be- fore returning this sea- Outfield son. The RailCats Also joining started building the out- Coles, Klein, & Mas- field by re-signing a key saro in the outfield will part of the lineup bringing be new acquisition Ja- back left-handed out- son James who is a Jason James fielder Mike Massaro four time Frontier who hit .320 over the past three seasons and .344 last Check out Region Sports Desk’s year. Massaro was the 11th best Shows, Highlight hitter by average in the Ameri- Videos and can Association. The team also Recruiting Videos on re-signed OF Adam Klein (.299/75 runs/.423 OBP), One of the biggest stories of the off-season was the return of former RailCat, Hammond High Product Mike Coles. Coles, an outfielder returns to the team that he played for his rookie season after spending the www.youtube.com/user/ past several season with the Windy City Thunderbolts of the jtjrmoney8 MAB MONTHLY Page 10

Bear Bay, a new addition to the RailCats rotation was a Cubs draft pick and spent 2011 in the Angels

League all-star. The lefty hit .278 with 10 HR and 52 RBI last season and is a ca- Pitching reer .326 hitter. Pitching was one of the weak spots for the ‘Cats last season and a priority in the off- season was to shore up the pitching staff .

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The first move was to resign RHP Nolan Craig Maddox (.321/22 RBI) behind the dish Richardson who pitched in 25 games last this season. Babineau was signed out of the season and started 16. The same day, it was Diamondbacks system. The team also signed announced that RHP Chris Allen was ac- Jordan Comadena, a former Purdue Boiler- quired ads the “player to be named later” in maker who has played in the Astros organi- the earlier Andy Weeks trade. Allen was 4-2 zation. Dan Pellegrino rounds out the catch- with a 1.42 ERA in 30 relief appearances for ers for the RailCats leading into the season. Lake Erie last season. The RailCats made a splash by adding former Cubs draft pick Bear Bay who spent Manager last season with the Greg Target re- AAA affiliate Salt Lake Bees where we stuck turns for his eight sea- out 95 batters, while walking only 50 over son with the ballclub. 159 innings. Another AAA pitcher added to The two-time Northern the roster is 4 time all-star An- League Champion man- drew Johnston, who spent the last seven sea- ager and two-time son in the Rockies organization. LHP T.J. Manager of the Year Wohlever also returns to the team and RHP missed the playoffs for Scott Kelley was added to the roster. In addi- the first time as the tion, RHP Mike Perconte, who also played in ‘Cats skipper last season. The team played the Astros and Rangers organizations for well under his tutelage though, missing that their AA affiliates last year. They also playoff berth by a single game. Amazingly, brought back pitcher Will Krout (5-2, 1.85 Target has finished every season in his carrer ERA), with a record above .500 and he will enter RHP Phillip Bartleski, RHP Morgan the 2012 season just 8 wins shy of 800 in his Coombs, RHP Derek Johnson, RHP Andrew Johnston, RHP Chad Rhoades, and LHP Car- los Rivas complete the pitching staff. 5 Reasons to Advertise Catchers with MAB Ryan Babineu will split time with

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16 year career. Of course, his focus will be on the team bringing home another champi- onship, and his trademark development of players rather than personal honors.

Outlook The RailCats will compete not only with American Association teams this sea- son but will play a few interleague games against Can-Am League Opponents as Key Additions well, giving the team a chance to play some new teams this year. The matchups will pit the team against former manager Joe Cal- OF Mike Coles fapietra, who manages the New Jersey P Bear Bays Jackals. OF Jason James The novelty of interleague baseball aside, the RailCats addressed perhaps their biggest need from last season by building a stronger pitching staff. Pitching will be key Key Departures this year as the team will be expected to make the playoffs this year after a one sea- OF Cristian Guerrero son hiatus. OF Toddric Johnson The addition, or re-addition of some high quality offense in James and Coles P Scott Shaw will help to make the loss of some of the offensive power lost from 2011. These new additions, along with the solid core that re- turns to the lineup should provide opportu- nities to win every outing and improve upon a successful, albeit playoff-free, 2011. Interact with us on Facebook at Mid America Broadcasting LLC and on Twitter @mabsports for scores, updates, and sports news! MAB MONTHLY Page 13

MAB MONTHLY Page 14 DUNELAND TRIO LAND IN THE HOME OF THE FAB FIVE! by Andy Wielgus , MAB Monthly Staff Writer

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Spike Albrecht the 6’1 Sharp Shooting went to his Junior year 2010-2011 DAC MVP from Crown Point and Spike Albrecht went to Prep School at will be coming to Ann Arbor. MAB Recruit- Northfield Mt. Hermon Academy after get- ing Analyst Hank Kilander broke this story ting his diploma from Crown Point Principal on our MAB Weekly Show 4-4-12 and on Dr. Eric Ban. Glenn Robinson III also has a our Facebook page Mid America Broadcast- younger brother being recruited by the Big ing LLC. He will join the Ten for Wrestling and Foot- three amigos from the ball. Calumet Region in Lake Central’s 6’6 Glenn Robin- The Calumet Region son III and Chesterton’s has sent great athletes to 6’10 Mitch McGary. Spike Michigan before like Heis- had three brothers play at man Award Winner Tom CP and his Father played at Harmon in 1940, from Gary Gary Lew Wallace. Michi- Hoarce Mann and Bishop gan Coach Noll Basketball Legend was in search of a point guard. Just in case Thad Garner who has the Michigan Basket- one of his guards go pro and with the gradua- ball Sportsmanship Award named after him tion of Zac Novak. in Ann Arbor, and WR Erik Campbell from Gary Roosevelt in the 80’s. Recently it has Spike is the first Crown Point Bulldog been a region pipeline to Michigan with to play in the Big Ten since John Brugos in 1986. And he is the second Crown Point Bulldog to go Di- vision 1 in two years. Ja- Broadway Mini red Smoot is at the Naval Acad- emy. His coach Clint Swan at Crown Point also coached Storage Shane Power at Andrean, who played at Iowa State and Missis- Broadway Mini Storage provides household and com- sippi State. mercial storage space.

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Gary West Side 4A IHSAA Basketball State land Conference Schools and Coaches that Champion Center Chris Hunter and sharp worked with them. Prep School or not, these shooting Chesterton Trojan Zac Novak, who guys are Region Stars! Hopefully more will is the cousin of MAB’s Hank Kilander. Zac matriculate to Valpo, IU, Purdue, Notre Novak had a great career that just ended and Dame, Ball State, Butler, and Indiana State in Chris Hunter has been on several NBA Ros- the future. But for now we can still cheer ters including a night where he scored over them on as the Region Trio! As we cheered 20 points in a game vs. Kobe and the Lakers, on Etwaun Moore and at when he was with Golden State. Purdue. Here are some other Region Stars to Will the Region trio be as famous as play in the Big Ten, in the last couple of dec- the FAB FIVE? Probably not, but they defi- ades or so since around 1975. This is not an nitely will bring the Blue Collar Lunch all encompassed list just some players that Bucket Hard Working style that all of us love came to mind. here in the Calumet Region. Spike Albrecht is one of the hardest working players ever to Iowa – Johnny Fort – Lew Wallace come out of the region. In that, he gets every ounce of the ability he has into his game. Purdue—Glenn Robinson- Roosevelt, Congrats to the Region Trio and the Dune- Marvin Rea – Roosevelt, Scott Martin – MAB MONTHLY Page 17

Valpo- transferred to Notre Dame, Robbie Lowe – Gary West Side. Hummel – Valpo, Etwaun Moore – EC Cen- tral, Jamaal Davis – Merrillville – transferred Indiana - – Andrean, Delray to Cincinnati, Carson Cunningham – An- Brooks – MC Rogers, Rich Valavicius – drean, James Bullock- Andrean, Drake Mor- Hammond High – transferred to Auburn, ris – EC Washington, Dan Palombizo – MC Matt Nover- Chesterton Rogers- transferred to Ball State, John Brugos – Crown Point, Gary McQuay and Ohio State – Rick Yudt – Portage, Charles Greg Mcquay – Gary West Side, Kenny Macon – MC Elston.

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Region Softball Midseason Report by Brandon Vickery, Pow Wow Radio

The high school softball season is well underway in Northwest Indiana with several teams emerging as the area’s best early in the year. Lake Central is believed to be the top team in the Region, holding a number two state ranking in Class 4A in the most recent Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association poll. MAB MONTHLY Page 21

Julia Druzbicki has been a pleasant Portage, which does not have any surprise for LC early on, hitting .520 seniors on its roster, has been up-and- through the first month of the season. down throughout the year. First year head Morgan Franovich has anchored the pitch- coach Lisa Hayes’s club stands at 8-5, 4-3 ing staff with a 1.31 . in the DAC. The Indians sandwiched their The number three and four hitters in the upset of LC in between two losses, 7-0 to order have gotten the job done as Kaitlyn Crown Point and 5-1 to Chesterton. Jun- Ranieri and Nikki Adams each have 11 iors Haley Hodges and Lauren Murray runs batted in. have provided thump in the middle of the The Indians, who currently stand at order. 11-2, are the top team in the area accord- Elsewhere in the DAC, Crown Point, ing to the Northwest Indiana Times, Post- LaPorte and Chesterton are also off to Tribune and Regionsports.com. Lake strong starts. The Bulldogs finished sec- Central’s only conference loss came in ond in their own tournament on April 21 to upset fashion on April 18 in Portage, move their record to 10-2. Siena Gyure when the Red Indians prevailed 5-2 be- has anchored the pitching rotation, tossing hind a strong pitching performance from a no-hitter against Hanover Central in a CP freshman Kylie Jones.

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Tournament game. Allison Rock of Crown Point is hitting a robust .563. The Chesterton Trojans stand at 8-6 with jun- ior Megan Tymorek pulling , leading the offense with a .500 batting av- erage and the pitching staff with 66 strike- outs. The Slicers are 10-2 and have played very well since falling to Lake Central 7-0 on April 5. Hannah Fuller (4- 1) and Megan Bunch (4-0) have success- fully shared pitching duties. Andrean has a one game lead on the rest of the field with half of the Northwest Crossroad Conference slate complete. The 59ers have been ranked second to Lake Central by most local publications throughout the season. The 59ers knocked off Crown Point in the April 20 tournament 2-0 in the championship game to improve to 10-1 on the year. The lone loss came in an NCC upset to Kankakee Valley 2-1 despite a complete game three- Nicole Steinbach of Andrean be- hitter from Nicole Steinbach. Steinbach gan the season with a 9-1 record in has put the team on her back this year, the pitching circle with a 9-1 record. Through the first six games of the

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NCC double round robin, Andrean has a with seven different sectionals involving one game edge over Munster and local teams. Highland will be the site of Kankakee Valley. Griffith and Lowell are 4A Sectional 1, which includes EC Cen- still hanging around at 3-2. The defend- tral, West Side, Morton, Lowell, Munster, ing conference champion KV Kougars, favorite Lake Central and the host Tro- who have losses to Highland and Lowell jans. Sectional 2, which will take place in this season, host Andrean in a rematch on Chesterton, is very much up for grabs May 1. with Crown Point, Hobart, LaPorte, Mer- The best of the rest in local high rillville, Michigan City, Portage, Valpa- school softball this season includes Hano- raiso and Chesterton making up the field. ver Central (7-8), Morton (7-1), Bishop In 3A, Gavit will host Sectional 17 Noll (7-4), Hebron (8-3) and Lake Station with Roosevelt, Wallace, Griffith, (7-4). Hammond High, Clark and the Gladiators Since the weather has cooperated, all taking part. The other local 3A sec- most local teams are already over half tional will be one many people have an way through their regular season sched- eye on in Kankakee Valley as the host ules. Postseason play is right around the Kougars battle it out with Andrean, Calu- corner and teams are trying to hit their met, Hanover Central, Knox and Rensse- stride by the time sectionals get underway. laer Central. The IHSAA softball sectional draw will Boone Grove, Hebron and North take place at 7am Central Time on Thurs- Judson will represent the Region in the day May 10. Winamac Sectional, but the only 2A Sec- Sectional play starts on May 21 To Advertise on our broadcasts or in MAB Monthly

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Record Setting Hoosiers! by Andy Wielgus, MAB Monthly Staff Writer by Andy Wielgus, MAB Monthly Staff Writer

Everyone remembers that scored 100 points in a game or that Ted Williams is the last hitter to hit over .400. But did you know that former Plymouth HS Star has the record for the most Assists in a NBA game and not John Stockton, , or Kevin Johnson. On December 30, 1990 in a 155-116 victory over the , Scott Skiles had 22 points and count ‘em 30 assists in the game. Skiles would go on to Coach in the NBA and is now with the . Skiles broke the previous record set by the New Jersey Nets Point Guard Kevin Porter of 29 in 1978. MAB MONTHLY Page 27

From Left: Scott Skiles with the Magic, Mark Clayton with the Dolphins, and Tim Stoddard’s Orioles baseball card Or that Crispus Attucks HS Star Oscar win NCAA Basketball Championships and Robertson had an Oscar performance, by av- Crowns. Lofton competed in eraging a Triple Double for a NBA season Basketball at and Stoddard played at with the Cincinnati Royals. Or that Indian- NC State with and David apolis Star and Thompson. Ironically both Stoddard and Dolphins WR Mark Clayton on Dec. 17th, Lofton played in the IHSAA Basketball State 1984 caught a record at that time, 18th TD Finals as well, with Stoddard winning a State pass on the Season from Dan Marino, pass- Title, with the Legendary 1971 East ing Don Hutson’s mark of 17. Or that Evans- Washington team that featured Ulysses ville Memorial’s Don Mattingly of the New “Junior” Bridgeman, , Darnell York Yankees on Sept. 29th, 1987 hit his 6th Adell, and Ruben Bailey. Pete Trgovich was Grand Slam in one season off of Boston Red on the UCLA team with the Long 88 Game Sox Pitcher Bruce Hurst and that in the same Winning Streak that was broken by the Notre season in July, Don broke Dale Long’s re- cord of homering in 8 straight games and Ten Home Runs, in that same span in July. That Sapper’s Market and Greenhouses Crown Point Pitcher Dan Plesac was the All- 1155 South Lake Park Ave, Hobart Time leader in Appearances at one point. 219-942-4995 And East Chicago Washington’s two Major Leaguers - Pitcher Tim Stoddard and OF are the only two athletes to MAB MONTHLY Page 28

Dame Irish and Digger Phelps 71- 70. He played under UCLA Head Coach . Wooden has won more NCAA titles than any coach in NCAA His- tory and he played in HS at Martins- ville and was once the Head Coach at South Bend Central, Indiana State, and he played at Purdue. Ironically Pete Trgovich would win a State Ti- From Left: Wooden and Stram tle as Coach at EC Central and MAB’s Hank Kilander was a member of that NBA titles with the Spurs as Coach and Gary staff, and got a ring. Ulysses “Junior” Lew Wallace’s Hank Stram, won a Bridgeman would go on to win the 6th man with the Kansas City Chiefs, as they matricu- of the Year in the NBA with the Milwaukee lated the ball down the field. Bucks. And of course Larry Legend – Larry Some more records include Michigan Bird winning NBA Titles, NCAA Runnerup in City’s Don Larsen of the 1979, an Olympic Medal, and MVP’s. Fort - pitched the only Perfect Game in World Wayne’s Rod Woodson is on the 75th Anniver- Series History. And Former Indiana Prep sary Team for the NFL, and Bird and Robert- Stars , Rich Valavicius, John son are on the Top 50 NBA Players ever team Laskowski, and Bobby Wilkerson were all and in the Basketball Hall of Fame. Peru’s part of the last 32-0 perfect season in 1976 Kyle Macy has one of the highest FT% of all for Bobby Knight and . as time in the NBA and was a High % 3 pt. they defeated Michigan 86-68. shooter. Gary Wirt’s Ron Kittle won the 1983 Terre Haute’s and Indiana RB Anthony AL Rookie of the Year. Sam Rice of Morocco Thompson set a NCAA record at the time in is in the Baseball Hall of Fame and is North- 1989 of rushing for 377 yards on 52 carries west Indiana’s only Hall of Famer. against Wisconsin, he also had most points This article is basically about Hoosier scored for a career at that time in 394 and notables and some of the Records that they set most TD’s 64. and it is by no means and an all inclusive list. Records are great but here are some notable accomplishments to go along with the Record Book. Jeff Gordon of Tri West is ROGER BROCK 219-670-0011 a record setting winner of NASCAR Races. New Castle’s won an NCAA Title and an Olympic Medal. Merrillville HAMMONDSPORTS.COM

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An Evening With Bobby Knight By Rich Sapper, MAB Monthly Staff Writer

Shortly after Christmas this past year, I Merrillville. Neither of us knew what to ex- got a call from my sister. Honestly, I can’t pect exactly. We knew that he would talk remember what she wanted, it didn’t even about basketball, and his career, but beyond matter with what happened after she asked that we had no real idea of what to expect. what she wanted and the said “Billy wants to The actual experience was better than what talk to you.” She was referring to my brother we expected. -in-law Bil Mack. What I heard next, well, it Coch Knight opened with a story wasn’t life changing, but it set up an interest- about him playing high school football and a ing evening several months later. “Bob muffed punt that lead to his first “coaching Knight is coming to the Star, you wanna decision” when I the next play on defense, go?” Well, obviously, having some IU ties he switched sides with the other defensive having earned my bachelors degree from end so that he would not have to hear about there and having been a huge fan of IU bas- the mistake from his coach. ketball and Coach Knight in general, I He went on to recall his time playing jumped at it. basketball at Ohio State for the 1960 Na- Fast forward to April 5th. The call cul- tional Champion Buckeyes that featured minated in a trip to see Coach Knight in and John Havlicek along with MAB MONTHLY Page 31

he recalled, he took a trip to the National Championship game where he was talking with coaches about potential grad schools and the opportunity to coach as a grad assis- tant, preferably in California. Coach Taylor offered him the opportunity to come back to Ohio State, but Knight respectfully declined, citing his desire to go somewhere new. As the story went on, he talked about how the coach from West Point would allow him to coach the freshman team (in those days, col- other future pro players Mel Norwell, Joe lege freshmen were not allowed to play on Roberts, and Larry Siegfried. He talked the “varsity” team). He decided that he about the lessons that he learned from his would, which also meant that he needed to Hall-of-Fame coach Fred Taylor, and the in- join the Army. fluence that it had on him. He also discussed Knight paused to honor all of the men how he knew that he wanted to be a coach, and women in the audience who had served but didn't know anything about coaching. in the military and then went on to talk about He then went on to his short time as an his own military experience. As he remised, assistant coach at Cuyahoga Falls High he called himself the “least prepared solider School in Ohio, and his experiences as a JV ever in the US Army.” He said that came coach and advance scout for the varsity team. mostly from his playing on his basic training Knight talked about a lesson learned from units baseball and fast pitch softball teams . the very successful varsity coach at the He then spent a large part of the eve- school. His team was set to play another JV ning talking about his time at Army and squad that was undefeated. He went to his some of the interesting events not only on the head coach with an idea about a defense to court, but surrounding the team as his time defeat the team. His uncompromising head coach said “if you are going to be a suc- cessful coach, you will learn to win with our defense.” The defense was kept in place, and Knight’s team won. The fateful trip that lead to Knight’s college coaching career was also related. As MAB MONTHLY Page 32 there corresponded to the countries involve- colonel that traveled with the team held on to ment in Vietnam. One particularly interesting the player, and said, if he was starting a riot story involved a game at Syracuse Univer- that he would have to take the colonel with sity. Syracuse students had protested the him! ROTC on campus the previous Thursday, Of course he talked about his time at and Army was playing at Syracuse that Sat- Indiana and the great support that he always urday. When his team got had from Hoosiers fans while he there, students from the Uni- was the head coach in Blooming- versity started to take screws ton and after he left. Of course no and bolts out of the bleachers recounting of his time in Bloom- and throwing them at the play- ington would be complete with- ers from West Point. Knight out talking about his perspective took his team off of the court of 's buzzer beating and told the officials at the shot to win the 1987 NCAA scorers table that if anything Championship over Syracuse, else was thrown at his players, While fans will remember the they would leave and it would shot, he talked about the se- leave an bad mark on the university. When quence that lead to it. they returned nothing else was thrown, but He recalled that his plan was to have some of the students were shouting at the someone foul Derrick Coleman. Instead, players. One of the, a particularly “tough Syracuse coach decided to kid” was walking slowly to the bench and have Coleman inbound to in- made sure that the Syracuse students knew stead. When that happened, his team sprang that he meant business if they continued. The into action, double teaming Seikaly and MAB MONTHLY Page 33 forcing him to pass it back to Coleman. Smart, seeing the sequence, was able to come up and foul Coleman. The rest of the story is forever in- grained in the annuals of NCAA tournament history, as the ball was passed in the post to senior captain , who was flanked on either side by Seikaly and Cole- man. Thomas faked the shot, and kicked it out to Smart who was open for the shot. Knight credited the foul that Smart commit- ted, more-so than the shot, as the reason that In addition, he talked about how he the Hoosiers won the title. was not a fan of the three pointer in basket- The basketball stories were inter- ball, the “one and done” players in college, spersed with his recalling of the early years, and the heavy amount of pressure put on kids his parents, and his friendship with Bill Par- throughout the recruiting process, He said cells that started while they were both coach- that the spotlight put on 17 and 18 year olds ing at West Point. He also talked about his as they make their decisions about where to uncompromising nature, his relationships play as “unfair.” with officials, and his experiences coaching In all, it was classic Coach Knight. current Duke head coach Honesty, humor and great stories from one of at West Point. He also talked about the fun he the best to ever coach the game. is having working with ESPN as a analyst, and in particular the fun he had at the expense of Kentucky fans this past season.

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On the heals of what While it was not the first for In May of 1878, Paul could be the last sports sea- Roosevelt, it was the first of Hines of the Providence son for Roosevelt High two back-to-back champi- Grays turned the first School in Gary, all kinds of onships for Campbell and unassisted triple play in memories come back to the the Panthers. They wouldn’t Major League history. tremendous sports history of win another until 76-77 and the school. From Glenn then they won every state Robinson, , championship on the boys Olympic Gold Medalist and in side from 80-81 through David Neville of Merrill- basketball to Wallace 88-89. The final title was ville did not run track Johnson, Lloyd Campbell’s 12th as a head his freshman yeat at McClendon, and Joe coach and Roosevelt’s Indiana University. He Gates in baseball to George 20th over all as a school. Taliaferro and Gerald Irons The 20 boys track ti- spent that time as a in football there is a tremen- tles are far and away the member of the marching dous sports lineage at the most in the state. The sec- band. school on 25th is long and ond most belongs to the prestigious. now defunct Froebel High Crown Point’s Nick Gru- Despite the notoriety School, also out of Gary bich was the only boy to of the graduates who went with 14. The next closest is on to the professional ranks, Kokomo with 9. be named to the all-state perhaps it is the track pro- Of course it’s been golf team in 2011 and gram, particualry in the 70s awhile, but it is hard not to Harley Dubsky was the and 80s that leaves the most reflect back on those suc- only girl among region lasting legacy. John Camp- cesses. Here’s to hoping ath- golfers. bell’s track program won letics continue at Roosevelt it’s first state championship and future success are possi- in the 69-70 school year. ble. The first Kentucky Derby was run on May 17, 1875. The race was won by a colt named Aristides and ridden by jockey Oliver Lewis. MAB MONTHLY Page 45

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