MAB MONTHLY January 2013 FREE New Year Issue
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MAB MONTHLY January 2013 FREE New Year Issue A Look Ahead: Sports Resolutions & El Poto’s Crystal Ball A Look Back: 40 2012 High Points and Tumbles & Sports Memories www.midamericabroadcasting.com MAB MONTHLY Page 3 MAB ONLINE MAGAZINE MAB Staff It’s a new year and the third anniversary of MAB Hank Kilander Monthly. It’s hard to believe that what started as an idea Webmaster to supplement our broadcasts is now entering year num- Broadcaster/ Host ber 3. We hope that you will enjoy everything that we Staff Writer have to bring you this year as much as we have for the last two. Rich Sapper Staff Writer In this issue we take a look back...and forward. Broadcaster/ Host Andy Wielgus looks at the 40 highlights and lowlights Sales of 2012. Brandon Vickery recalls his top 5 sports memo- Layout & Design ries of the past year. 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Sales Broadcaster 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 40 2012 High Points and Tumbles as Well 8 Top 5 Sports Moments of 2012 14 A New Year for Athletes 18 El Poto Predicts 2013 in Sports 24 Stan Benge: The Legend’s Career Continues 28 2013 Women’s Inductees Announced 34 The Colts Have Good “Luck” In Turn Around 42 Did you Know? 42 December Broadcast Schedule 43 MAB Golf Guide 44 P. 8 P. 18 P. 24 P. 34 P. 14 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 VISION POINT ATHLETES OF THE MONTH Written and Compiled by Andy Wielgus MAB Staff Writer Brandon Atkins & Caroline Puntillo Luke Lipinski Chesterton Washington Township Puntillo led the Washington Township won the Boys Lady Trojans to 2 wins in three Basketball Mid-Winter Classic over games, scoring a total of 53 Westville 69-57. They were led by Bran- points. Her career high, game in don Atkins with 23 points and 6 three pointers. Also, Luke Lipinski- who had a loss to DeKalb in the Goshen 17 points and 11 rebounds. Lipinski was tournament dropping 21 points. the 2012 Mid-Winter Classic MVP. BJ Jenkins Arnold Wilson Merrillville West Side Gary West Side's Arnold Wilson In a 73-67 Boys Basketball win over Lake Central- Merrillville's B.J. Jenkins had 24 scores 22 points and leads the points and was 5 of 10 from beyond the arc. Cougars to a Gary Holiday Tour- He was there leading scorer vs Andrean as ney Championship over Gary Lew well. He has led the Bucs to a 6-1 and 4-0 in Wallace 69-58. Gary West the DAC record, with there only loss coming to Andrean in a game broadcasted by MAB. Side's last Gary Holiday Tourney Jenkins is one of the best outside shooters Championship was in 2007. in the Calumet Region. CLEARLY DIFFERENT MAB MONTHLY Page 8 40 2012 High Points and 40 Tumbles as Well By Andy Wielgus, MAB Monthly Staff Writer MAB MONTHLY Page 9 Before I start, sadly the region lost sion. Alex Karras this year as he passed away, a 12. Kawaan Short- Purdue Detroit Lions/Iowa Hawkeyes Legend and Defensive MVP two Gary Emerson grad. years in a row. 13. IU Basketball ranked Here are 40 High Points! no. 1 in the Preseason. 1. An Undefeated Regular Season for 14. IU Football relevant Merrillville in Girls BB 20-0. – MAB again, Ball State and covered it from start to finish. Murray Purdue get Bowl Bids, an Indiana All-Star. Marian College wins a 2. Andrean 67 Cass 66- a 6 overtime title under Coach Kar- Purdue’s game classic- 2A Regional Football ras. Kawaan Short game. 15. The Colts get Luck 3. Lake Central wins a IHSAA Baseball and are in the Playoff Hunt after losing Title. Manning. 4. Bowman is the State Runner up in 16. Two CP Wrestlers win State Titles and Boys Basketball to Park Tudor and they are guests on MAB Weekly at the Yogi Ferrell. 5. Merrillville sets Football Offen- sive Records on its way to the Semistate- What a year for Raspo Merrillville’s and Dye. Re- Jake Raspopovich cord setting game vs. Valpo on MAB. 6. MAB Covers the HS RailCats Base- ball Challenge, for the third year in a row. Bob gets a broken windshield at Jason Tsirtsis, Gerald Farmer of Ponderosa, LC. Coach Scott Vlink, and Tyler Kral 7. MAB Covers HS Girls Volleyball and Softball for the third straight year. Crown Point Ponderosa. 8. MAB up to 501 Fans on Facebook and 17. Coaching Carousel - New Region Foot- 275 on Twitter. MAB Covers all 5 ball Coaches- Enright at CP and McCor- Football State Finals LIVE. mick at Portage. A new coach at Valpo 9. ND- Undefeated Regular Football and Radtke leaves Griffith. Jeff Karras Season and BCS Bid vs. Alabama. in and then out at Velt. Renaldo Thomas 10. The Bulls get the no. 1 seed in the the new boys bb coach at Velt and Gary NBA Eastern Conference Playoffs. Hayes at Griffith. South Central new 11. The White Sox make a run at the Divi- AD and then Football Coach. Clouse MAB MONTHLY Page 10 goes to Hanover to coach Boys Basket- land beats Griffith in the Sectional and ball. Penn upset by Carroll of Fort Wayne. 18. EC Football has a great year under Mishawaka knocks out Hobart and Coach Adams and Asst. Coach Kilander. Morton. Wheeler finally loses a GSSC 19. LC Football- David Yancey to Purdue. game and Whiting knocked out of 1A 20. The Region Trio at Michigan – tny. after an undefeated Reg. Season Albrecht, Robinson, and McGary, as 31. EC Girls BB makes a run to the Re- Novak closes out his career. Bowman’s gional Final under Coach Eric Kun- Hawkins, Ray, and Marrero are Division dich. 1 also. 32. Mike Neal shines on the Packers D 21. Jeff Samardzjia a Starter for the Cubs Line, brother Ryan one of the state’s and they don’t trade him. int. leaders. 22. A New GM for the White Sox. Kenny 33. Dunn, Rios, and Peavy shine on the goes upstairs. Southside. 23. A New GM for the Bears.Yes, Virginia 34. Michigan City wins a Girls BB Sec- he is Lovie’s boss? tional with undefeated Merrillville in 24. Exciting NHL Playoffs but then a Lock- the Sectional. out? 35. Valpo’s Robbie Hummel gets drafted 25. Matt Forte gets his contract and has a subpar year. 26. 6A Football is in. 27. Young Sox Bullpen pitches well, until late in the year. 28. The Bulls let Omar Asik and the Bench Mob go - $. 29. The Sox let AJ go to Texas, going with Flowers, pitching staff is happy. 30. KV Football has a great year and a new no. 6 at Lowell in George Fields. High- 59 Indiana Avenue, Valparaiso Just off the Courthouse Square Phone 219-464-7102 or 219-462-0404 MAB MONTHLY Page 11 by the Timberwolves. 5. The NFL’s 36. The Washington Nationals a winning bungle of the team? Bounty Scandal 37. Johnny Football wins the Heisman. 6. The NHL 38. The ND Goal Line Stands on Defense! Lockout. 39. Two Qb’s go 1 7. Bobby Valen- and 2 in the NFL tine out in Boston. Draft and have 8. The Cubs lose 100. great success in 9. Ozzie Guillen’s Castro comments and NFL in1st year. he is out in Florida. Lurie a fire sale of MAB NFL and Marlins Players again? NBA Draft shows 10. Lane Kiffin- USC Football inflating are a success. manager scandal and uniform switching. 40. E’twaun Moore 11. Penn State’s tragic fall. signs with the 12. Ohio State Probation and 12-0. Magic and gets 13. Bears 7-1 - Caleb Hanie? playing time after Moore as a member of 14. Bears 7-1 and here we go again Lovie? Celtics trade him the Magic 15. A Rod’s hitting woes. and Rockets 16. The Baseball Hall of Fame Voting in waived him. the Steroid Era? 17. Mike Brown out in LA, in only a few And now for 40 Tumbles in no order.