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MAB MONTHLY April 2015 FREE 2015 Northwest Indiana High School Baseball Preview www.midamericabroadcasting.com “You’ve got that Hungry Feelin!” Now Serving Chefs Choice Chef’s Choice Lunch Buffet Mon-Fri 11-2 211 South East St., Crown Point, IN 663-6551 DINE-IN * CARRY OUT * DELIVERY Every day, the Lunch Buffet www.carriagecourtpizza.com includes: Pizza, Salads, Anti-pasta Salads, Soups and all the Fixens! Daily Specials are as follows: Monday……………….Baked Chicken Tuesday…………………………Tacos Wednesday………….Variety of Pastas Thursday…………………….Sausage Friday……………………………Fish MAB MONTHLY Page 3 MAB Staff MAB ONLINE MAGAZINE As the weather finally warms Rich Sapper up, thoughts turn back to the dia- Staff Writer mond. Baseball and softball fields Broadcaster/ Host Sales at all levels start to come to life. Layout & Design The sound of the ball flying off of Bob Potosky the bat, cheering fans and of play- Broadcaster/ Host Staff Writer ers gentle taunts are all a part of Andy Wielgus what makes up the spring. Broadcaster/Host Staff Writer This year, as we always have, we will bring you several of the JT Hoyo Broadcaster/Host games from the RailCats High Staff Writer Sales school Baseball Challenge in ad- dition to various other baseball Trisha Madura Staff Writer and softball games this year. Sales Broadcaster As always, we hope that you enjoy the magazine and the broad- Brett Hill casts! Staff Writer Sales Broadcaster Dan Breed Contact Information Staff Writer Sales Broadcaster Phone: 219-973-7990 Website: www.midamericabroadcasting.com Also find us on Facebook and Twitter MAB MONTHLY Page 4 Inside this issue: Athletes of the Month 6 Madura to Commit to Central Michigan as a Pitcher 8 Duneland Conference Preview 12 Northwest Crossroads Conference Preview 16 Gary, Hammond, East Chicago Preview 20 Greater Southshore Conference Preview 22 Porter County Conference Preview 24 Indiana Players in the NFL 26 Baseball Tips on Hitting: Ten Basics You Should Know 30 Baseball Pitching Tips: How to Improve Your Control 32 IHSAA Releases New Classifications 34 RailCats Celebrate Back to the Future Night 40 Did you Know? 40 April Broadcast Schedule 41 PP. 12 -22 P. 8 MAB MONTHLY Page 5 MAB MONTHLY Page 6 ATHLETES OF THE MONTH Written and Compiled by Andy Wielgus MAB Staff Writer Drew Hackett Jadon Grundy Munster South Bend Riley Munster's UIC bound Drew Hackett scored South Bend Riley's Jadon Grundy scored 18 51 points and set a Sectional record in beat- points vs Northridge and 17 vs Crown Point ing East Chicago Central 88-77. Munster to help the Wildcats win the 4A Regional. moves on to play Crown Point at the Michi- Grundy hit 7 3pt shots and Riley became the gan City 4A Regional. 1st under .500 team at 12-14 to ever win a Regional. Rushelle Miller Matt Holba Valpo Guerin Catholic Valpo's Rushelle Miller won the Floor Ex- ercise as the Lady Vikings repeated as Guerin Catholic's Matt Holba had 29 State Champions in Gymnastics. It is the points,14 rebounds,and 4 blocks in the 11th time Valpo has won the Gymnastics 3A Boys Basketball State Final win over State Title. Griffith 62-56. CLEARLY DIFFERENT MAB MONTHLY Page 8 Madura to Commit as Central Michigan Pitcher By Trisha Madura MAB Monthly Staff Writer MAB MONTHLY Page 9 “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” This has been one of Mike Madura’s favorite quotes to live by the past eleven years of playing baseball. As a current sophomore at Munster High School, Madura has committed to Central Michigan University as a pitcher for his college career. Fascinating enough, he is now the Michigan University is located in earliest baseball player in all of Mun- Mount Pleasant, just north of the ster High School history to commit center of “The Mitten.” The Chippe- to play college baseball. was baseball team play in Division I, Well, if Madura thought that including competition as Michigan, Indiana received enough snow in the Michigan State, Texas State, Norte winter, just wait until he heads to Dame, and Miami of Ohio. They are Michigan in a few years! Central currently 18-10 overall, with being 5 MAB MONTHLY Page 10 -1 in their conference for the current 2015 season. “I am extremely excited and To Advertise proud to be playing Division I base- on our broadcasts or ball in a few years,” Madura says, in MAB Monthly eagerly. “This is what all of my hard work has been paying off for.” Contact Rich Sapper 219-973-7990 or As Mike Madura waits to join [email protected] the Chippewas in a few years, he will continue his love for baseball in the meantime. He is a current Varsity Bob Potosky member of the Munster High School [email protected] Baseball team, as well as playing for the Hammond Chiefs Baseball team, Dan Breed [email protected] too. May the hard work continue to pay off! Single game and season packages available! Email: [email protected] http://www.sportsworxnwin.com/ MAB MONTHLY Page 11 Simply Better Storage 1.877.SCALE.59 scalecomputing.com MAB MONTHLY Page 12 Duneland Athletic Conference Preview By Andy Wielgus., MAB Monthly Staff Writer MAB MONTHLY Page 13 The DAC this year is headed by two strong year. Players that will lead the Slicers this teams in Crown Point and Lake Central. year will include Junior OF/1B Travis Upp Look for Portage, Valpo, LaPorte, and Ches- [IPFW recruit], Senior P/OF Jake Teets, Jun- terton to be in the hunt as well for the DAC ior P Nick Willoughby, Sr. OF Cameron title. Watts, Sr. C Mark Pritz, and Junior P Jake Watterson. Look for IPFW recruit Upp and Crown Point- The Bulldogs under Coach the pitching duo of Willoughby and Teets to Steve Strayer went 21-11 last year. They lost be a key this year. Glenn Hecht, Tyler Downing, and Jake Jenks off of last season’s roster to graduation. But Valpo – The Vikings under Todd Evans will they do return Louisville Senior Pitching re- be led this year by Seniors Sam Miller C/IF, cruit Noah Burkholder. Look for junior Tyler Ellrich OF/P, Alfonso Casaday IF/P, standout Catcher/P/3B Mark Mazure to make Justin Duty OF/P, Ryan Wexelberg IF, and an impact. Junior P/1B Mike Wathier should Michael Jindra OF/P. Junior players that may do the same on the mound as well, as Senior contribute include Max Roberts 1B/P, Matt Pitcher Jon Dietrich, who started in Football Mayes OF/P, Austin Ford OF/P, and Evan as a DB. Also, Senior 1B Mitchell Kooi will Walls IF/OF. play a key role along with the athletic Senior Centerfielder Thayne Bukowski off the Bas- Lake Central – The Indians under Coach ketball team. Others that will contribute as Jeff Sandor went 23-11 last year. And this well are: Senior Andrew Atchison C [Purdue year the Indians will look to Soph P/Utility Calumet recruit], Sr. Alex Basic P/IF/OF, Jr. player Matthew Litwicki[Indiana recruit], Sr. Joey O’Keefe OF, Sr. Austin Thomas P/IF, OF James Mays, Sr. 3B/P Alex Nisle, Sr. OF Sr. Geoffrey Kozlowski IF, Sr. Corey Brown Jack Kuehner, Sr. SS/P Jorey Dimopolous, P/OF, Jr. Ceasar Lopez IF, Jr. Alex Ruiz P/ and Sr. P Bryan Vanderlee to lead the way. OF, Soph. Brandon Haczynski P/IF, Jr. Tyler Other key underclassmen include Jr. Utility/P Schoonover IF, Jr. Nick Ricci 1B/C, Jr. Ryan Ruthrauff, Jr. 2B Christian Mota, Jr. 2B Trevor Miller P/OF, Jr. Tommy Kitchen C, Steven Meyer, Jr. C Ian Gifford, Soph. OF and Jr. Evan Frank P/IF/2B who is a standout Ben Nisle, Soph C Jarrett Lopez, Jr. 1B/P on the Boys Tennis team. The Dogs opened Jake Wisniewski, Jr. 3B/LF/DH Zach Turn- their season with a 7-0 win at home over bough, Soph. P Joe Graziano, Jr. OF Collin Warsaw. Mark Mazure was the winning Sluder, Soph. C Tyler Frank, and Jr. P Ethan pitcher in the game.CP has really toughened Darter. Lake Central opens its season with a its schedule this year with scheduled games 5-0 win over Bishop Noll. Bryan Vanderlee against Lincolnway-North, St. Rita, Nobles- was the winning pitcher. ville, Mt. Carmel, Penn, and Hamilton Southeastern. Portage- The Indians last year went 20-11 under Head Coach Tim Pirowski and they LaPorte- The Slicers last year went 17-12 lost 2 Division 1 Recruits to graduation in P under Coach Scott Upp. The Slicers lost Kevin Jones and OF Christopher Klenk. Jun- IPFW recruit Evan Miller to graduation this ior P/OF Jacob Dickson returns along with MAB MONTHLY Page 14 Jr. C Hunter Thorn, from the 20 win team from last year. Others to contribute include Sr. IF/P Jared Ford, Jr. SS Cody Simmons, and Sr. P Hunter Kraynak. Chesterton - The Trojans under Lake Station Edison grad Jack Campbell went 15-12 last year and will be led by Senior P/IF Cam- eron O’Brien as well as Senior Matt Kubacki P/1B [Vincennes re- cruit]. Others to contribute include Sr. 2B Pat Tilden, Sr. P Zach Burris, Sr. C Max Benoit, Sr. SS Travis Brooks, and Sr. P Mike Jacobucci. Merrillville- The Pirates under Head Coach Mark Schellinger will be led by Senior OF/P Michigan City – The Wolves under Head Ryan Brady, Sr. C Jon Streck, Sr. IF Mikey Coach David Ortiz will be led by the follow- Ballard, Sr. OF Reece Gibson, Sr.