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1A - Looking at the tournament this year will

be an interesting experience. In that, Oregon-

Davis [16-2} in 1A will be the closest team to

the region, that will have a chance to win it all

in Terre Haute. Especially with their nemesis

Canterbury now in 2A. MAB will cover it pillar

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They are led by Senior Indiana All-Star Candi-

date Ashley Campbell. The Lady Bobcats have

a talented roster of athletes to help her including

Alicia Mcintosh, Haley Collings, Jessica Av-

erone, and Lexi Minix under Head Coach Terry

Minix. He is a state champion coach in his own

right and he won his 300th game this year.

Teams up North to challenge OD will include

13-2 West Central, 19-0 Attica, 13-5 Lafayette

Central Catholic, and 14-3 Culver. Culver plays

Coach Minix and the Oregon-Davis Lady Bobcats are expected to make some noise

in the tournament this year

in the same sectional as OD. I am predict-

ing a 1A semi-state at Crown Point of LCC

vs OD. This year the Bobcats will get to

Terre Haute. LCC was in this semi-state

last year as well.

Sectional 49 at Kouts - Morgan Township

led by Trina Coleman will win here.

They beat Washington Township. recently

48-26.

Team Records - Morgan Township12-6,

Kouts 12-8, Washington Township 13-5,

Covenant Christian 12-5, Westville 0-16,

Gary 21st Century 3-12 and Michigan City

Marquette 4-13.

Sectional 51 at Triton - Oregon-Davis will

beat Culver and win this one going away.

OD’s only losses are to Benet Academy of

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Texas Roadhouse Classic Championship

Game at the Great Western Forum in South

Bend.

Team Records – Oregon-Davis 16-2, Culver

14-3, Argos 10-8, South Central 12-7, Triton

12-6 and Lacrosse 5-11.

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2A – Canterbury 14-3 will be the team to

beat up North. Bishop Noll will get to the

Regional, but that will be the end for the

Warriors. Other strong teams up North in-

clude Tipton 12-4, Oak Hill 16-3, Wabash 16

-3, Northfield 11-6 and Westview 15-3. A big

mega match up could be looming for Canter-

bury vs. Heritage Christian 20-1 in the State

Finals. Ritter at 16-3

maybe the only team in

the way of it. Look for

Fort Wayne Canterbury

to win the Northern

semi-state by around 20

points or more.

Sectional 33 at Whit-

ing – Hammond Bishop

Noll is 5-0 this season

vs. the teams in this sec-

tional. None of those

teams have stayed within 20 points of Noll.

Team Records – Hammond Bishop Noll 17-

2, Whiting 10-6, Hebron 6-10, Bowman

Academy 7-11, River Forest 9-12, Lake Sta-

tion Edison 11-8, and Boone Grove 2-13

Sectional 34 at Winamac- I like Winamac

on their home floor. They have beaten Rens-

selaer 54-50 and Delphi lost to Rensselaer in

overtime this year 58-56. A very even sec-

tional though. Debbie Bolen’s young Blue

jays have played better as of late also.

Team Records - Winamac 10-6, North

Judson San Pierre 5-11, Rensselaer 7-13,

Delphi 10-9 and North Newton 3-12.

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3A - Kankakee Valley and Griffith will make

it to the regional and then falter to tougher

teams. Look for Garrett 20-0, Concordia 16-

3, and Luers 15-4 to be the favorites. Don’t

count out SBSJ who is 13-4 [and they beat

Merrillville by over 20 points], 14-4 Nor-

well, and 15-5 Northwood. Benton Central

from Oxford is 14-3 and Western is 16-2.

Any one of these teams in my view will be a

significant factor up North in 3A. This re-

duces the chances of any region team getting

to the semi-state. Down South No.1 Prince-

Head Coach Vanita Gary

and the Bishop Noll Warri-

ors are a favorite in Sec-

tional 33

ton is 20-0 and Evansville

Mater Dei is 19-1.

Sectional 17 at Griffith-

Griffith plays a superior

Northwest Crossroads

schedule to any of these

teams and will win this Sec-

tional going away with its

defense, experience, and in-

tensity.

Team Records - Griffith 8-

10, Gary Lew Wallace 8-7,

Hammond Clark 5-13,

Hammond High 5-11,

Hammond Gavit 6-12, Gary

Lighthouse CPA 6-7 and

Gary Roosevelt 3-10.

Sectional 18 at Hanover Central - Kankakee

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Valley is the favorite here but Knox only lost

to KV by 11 this year. The Lady Redskins

year in and year out have fared well vs. re-

gion teams. Without graduated Blayr Poston,

Griffith is considered the favorite in Sectional 17

Hanover is not as strong offensively on

their home floor this year. Also, this sec-

tional has two brothers coaching against

each other in Hanover’s Doug Nelson and

Wheeler’s Dustin Nelson.

Team Records - Kankakee Valley 12-5,

Wheeler 8-12, Hanover Central 10-9, New

Prairie 3-14, Knox 8-8 and Calumet 3-15.

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4A - Super Strong teams down South will

rule 4A again this year. Lawrence North is

20-1, Bedford North Lawrence is 18-1 and

Columbus North is 19-2. 18-1 Homestead

and 18-1 Penn will battle it out up North.

With the dark horses being 18-2 Lake Cen-

tral, 15-3 Gary West Side, 15-2 Logansport,

18-3 Mishawaka, 12-6 Merrillville, and 18-

1 LaPorte. 13-5 South Bend Washington

has wins over Oregon –Davis and Merrill-

ville also. I look for Homestead to defeat

Penn in the Semi state up North.

Sectional 1 at Lowell – Lake

Central is 5-0 vs. the teams in

the sectional and West Side is

led by 9th grader Dana Evans

and they will be the toughest

foe for LC. West Side lost 68-

60 to LC this year. Look for

Gina Rubino to lead the way

for LC to win here with her 3

point shooting.

Team Records - Lake Central

18-2, Highland 14-6, Gary

West Side 15-3, Lowell 10-7,

Munster 7-11, East Chicago

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Central 4-14 and Hammond Morton 9-11.

Sectional 2 at Hobart - Could LaPorte win a

boys and girls basketball sectional in the

same year? The Boys team just beat Crown

Point 58-53 and the Girls team is 17-1 and 8-

0 vs. the Sectional Field. Merrillville’s

Michigan State Bound Victoria Gaines is the

X Factor here. If the Slicers can control her

on both ends, they will win here. Look for

the Lady Slicers to beat Merrillville with

their strong guard depth. The Lady Pirates

will need a big sectional from AJ Downs,

{who was out with an injury] to control the

guards of LaPorte led by Jaclyn Heath. Mer-

rillville is 7-1 vs. the Sectional Field with its

only loss being to LaPorte.

Team Records - LaPorte 18-1, Merrillville

12-5, Crown Point 12-6, Valpo 9-10, Portage

10-10, Chesterton 10-10, Hobart 12-8 and

Michigan City 4-15.

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IHSAA Announces

Girls Basketball

Sectional Draw

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Class 4A

1. Lowell (7)

Game 1: Hammond Morton vs. East Chicago

Central.

Game 2: Highland vs. Lake Central.

Game 3: Munster vs. Gary West Side.

Game 4: Lowell vs. Winner of Game 1.

Game 5: Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Ga

me 3.

Champion-

ship: Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game

5.

2. Hobart (8)

Game 1: Portage vs. Crown Point.

Game 2: Hobart vs. LaPorte.

Game 3: Michigan City vs. Chesterton.

Game 4: Valparaiso vs. Merrillville.


me 2.


me 4. Championship: Winner ofGame 5

vs.Winner ofGame 6.

Class 3A

17. Griffith (7)

Game 1: Lighthouse CPA vs. Griffith.

Game 2: Hammond Gavit vs. Gary Wallace.

Game 3: Hammond Clark vs. Gary Roosevel

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Game 4: Hammond vs. Winner of Game 1.


me 3.

Champion-


5.

18. Hanover Central (7)

Game 1: Wheeler vs. Knox.

Game 2: Calumet vs. Andrean. Game 3:Hano

ver Central vs.New Prairie.

Game 4: Kankakee Valley vs.Winner of-

Game 1.


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Class 2A

33. Whiting (7)

Game 1: Hammond Bishop Noll vs. Hebron.

Game 2: Lake Station Edison vs. Bowman A

cademy.

Game 3: River Forest vs. Whiting.

Game 4: Boone Grove vs. Winner of Game 1

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me 3.

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Class A

49. Kouts (7)

Game 1: Covenant Christian (DeMotte) vs.

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Game 5: Winner ofGame 2 vs. Winner of-

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Champion-


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50. West Central (6)

Game 1: South Newton vs. North White.

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JT Hoyo, Andy Wielgus and Rich Sap-

per take their turn at picking the girls sec-

tionals winners as the tournament starts.

Andy and JT were in agreement in each of

the sectionals that we picked

(1,2,17,18,33,34,49, and 51). Rich went out

on a limb and picked a few upsets.

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Sectional 1- Lake Central

Sectional 2 - LaPorte

Sectional 17 - Griffith

Sectional 18 - Kankakee Valley

Sectional 33 - Bishop Noll

Sectional 34 - Winamac

Sectional 49- Morgan Twp.

Sectional 51- Oregon-Davis

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AFC Champion teams with the Bills. Seah-

waks OT Walter Jones was selected in his

first year of eligibility becoming the third Se-

attle player chosen to be enshrined. The 9

time pro-bowler had his number retired by

the Seahawks as well.

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The Pro Football Hall of

Fame recently announced it’s

2014 class. The class includes

four defensive players, two from

the offensive side of the ball and

the first punter ever selected.

Among those selected was

former Giants DE Michael Strahan, a seven-

time Pro-Bowler and Super Bowl champion

who played his whole career in New York.

Derrick Brooks, an 11 time pro bowler, who

also won a Super Bowl as a linebacker for

Tampa Bay in his 14 year career joins him.

Staying on the defensive side of the ball, Ae-

neas Williams, a DB who played for the Car-

dinals and Rams was an

eight time pro bowler

who appeared in a Super

Bowl with St. Louis. Fi-

nally, DE Claude Hum-

phrey, who split time be-

tween the Falcons and

Eagles over 14 seasons

was selected.

The offensive play-

ers selected are headlines

by WR Andre Reed of

the Bills who ended his

career with one season in

DC. He was a part of four

Clockwise from top right: Punter Ray Guy, Defensive End Claude

Humphrey, Linebacker Derrick Brooks and Defensive End Michael

Strahan all are new Hall of Famers

One notable special teamer was se-

lected to the Hall of Fame when the Senior

Committee selected former Raiders punter

Ray Guy. Guy becomes the first punter ever

enshrined in Canton.

As the selections were made, some of

the MAB staff made their picks of who they

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Davenport University’s Burt Paddock has his 150th

career win.

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court.”

As for the number ten ranked Pan-

thers, where can Coach Paddock steer the

team from here? “It’s interesting - many

ask if I feel pressure to keep up the pace

(winning) that we've set in our first 6

years. In all honesty I do not. I am not

sure anyone can put more pressure on me

then we (our team, staff and myself) put

on ourselves. We love the challenge of

putting the greatest product we can on the

floor while having the best student-

athletes possible. We continually strive to

put great people together.” Paddock’s

confidence will be able to gear the team

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It’s the first of February. Davenport

University Men’s Basketball faces

Madonna at 3pm in DU’s home arena.

After a long stretch of defense and hard

work from the boys, Davenport fights for

the 71-60 win on this snowy Saturday af-

ternoon. And overall, this has helped Burt

Paddock, head coach for the Panthers,

claim his career total of one hundred and

fifty wins.

“I think the best part is thinking

back to all the great student-athletes,

coaches and families that are a part of our

program. I have been incredibly fortunate

to be surrounded by so many quality peo-

ple,” says Paddock, after an exciting win

this past week. “In the end, no matter

how many wins or loses we accumulate, it

all comes down to relationships and the

friendships that we forge as we take this

journey each season. I owe a large debt

of gratitude to all the players and families

that trusted us enough to coach and guide

these young men both on and off the

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(wins) I think we will just keep doing

what we do. We have a system, we re-

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sibly can. If we can continue to do this -

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the wins will

take care of

themselves.”

The 21-

5 Panthers

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at 8pm, and Saturday, February 22nd at 3pm

for their final home games in Grand Rap-

ids, Michigan, this season. For the team,

the boys will continue to strive for success

in the ending of their season this year, be-

ing led by such a motivational coach. “I

am so blessed to have the opportunity to

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Indiana Pacers, Fever to

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the start of sectionals through the state championship games. The Pacers and Fever are believed to be the first professional basketball fran-chises in the country to partner with a state

high school association and its tournaments. The Indianapolis Colts have been the presenting sponsor of the IHSAA state football tournament since 2009. “The IHSAA is extremely pleased to join forces with the Indiana Pacers and the Indiana Fever in the promotion of edu-cation‐based athletics in our state,” said IHSAA Commis‐

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The Indiana High School Athletic Asso-ciation, Inc. announced an agreement this evening with the Indiana Pacers (NBA) and the Indiana Fever (WNBA) to become the pre-senting sponsors of the IHSAA boys and girls basketball state tournaments. The announcement was made this evening prior to the Pacers‐Brooklyn Nets game at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Fox Sports Indiana. The agreement begins immediately and continues through the 2016 state tourna-ments with the Pacers and Fe-ver sponsoring and supporting both high school basketball state tournaments from

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The baseball hitting benefits of the soft toss

drill are incredible but this drill must be done properly.

The soft toss drill is one of the best baseball coaching

drills around and please don't ever sell it short.

It is a great time saver to break a bad habit, get

into a good habit or to simply maintain your baseball

swing if you are in a good groove. Let's say you're into

baseball coaching and you want to break a bad habit

that one of your baseball hitters has suddenly gotten

into. It may take about 300 swings for the baseball hit-

ter's muscle memory to take over and break the bad

habit. For you to throw this player enough pitches for

him to get 300 swings would take a long time. Even if

you went to the park every other day and threw 50

pitches a day to the hitter and they were all strikes, it

would take a couple of weeks. Now you can see the

major advantage if you can accomplish the same thing

in only a couple of days. I would much rather have my

player struggle for a day or two instead of a week or

two. That's awesome.

Remember, you don't have to be in a baseball

hitting slump to practice your baseball swing. It is

simply one of the outstanding baseball coaching drills

and do yourself a favor and make very good use of it.

Some Benefits Of The Soft Toss Drill:

1) It doesn't even require a baseball field or a glove.

2) You don't need someone to round up all the balls in

the outfield.

3) The person doing the "soft tossing' to the hitter

doesn't even have to have any baseball skills at all, so

you can get anybody to "soft toss" to you. Please don't

take this the wrong way but your grandmother can soft

toss to you. I say that with total respect.

4) The soft toss drill only requires a bat, some base-

balls, a fence and an optional plastic bucket or two.

(One for sitting on and one for holding the baseballs)

Here is one of the better baseball tips on hit-

ting. I know more than one person, including my 17

year old son, who has a setup in the garage with thick

carpeting fastened to the wall of the garage and that

acts as a fence. You can then soft toss any time of the

day or night. It can be ten degrees outside or even

raining or snowing. You can still get your baseball

swings in. Regulation balls are not necessary and you

can use a softer type of ball to practice damage con-

trol in your garage or even in your back yard if you

opt to soft toss there. (And you will remain on good

terms with your neighbors if a batted ball should go

over the fence and hit them or their house) If using

non regulation baseballs, you will not detract from

the benefits of the soft toss drill at all, as the swing is

the same no matter what type of ball is being used for

the drill. Many players, coaches and parents use this

drill incorrectly. There are many variations and I've

The Soft Toss Drill Is Fabulous If You Use It Properly!

By: Larry Cicchiello Special to MAB Monthly

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tried lots of them.

My Favorite Method:

1) You squat down or sit about 12 feet from a hitter

who is about 8 to 10 feet in front of a high fence.

2) Be very careful. Make sure to avoid areas of the

fence that have posts or the batted ball may come right

back at the hitter. Make sure the fence you are hitting

into is high enough! The person doing the "soft toss-

ing" should make sure to be in a very safe position so

they don't get hit by the batted ball.

3) Your angle to the hitter should be just about like

he's in the batter's box and you're in foul territory just

outside the foul line. In other words, if he's a right-

handed hitter and you were soft tossing to him, imag-

ine that you are positioned along the first base line,

slightly in foul territory. Stay very safely out of the

way so there is no chance that you can get hit by the

batted ball.

4) Squat, kneel or sit down with as many baseballs as

you want to use right next to you. A plastic bucket is

very helpful to sit on and and an additional bucket to

hold the baseballs is also very useful.

Three Easy Steps Involved:

1) Holding the ball underhanded, show the hitter the

ball.

2) Drop your hand with the ball in it down toward the

ground and pause for about one or two full seconds.

(At that point, the hitter should "load up," cocking his

hips, hands and elbows.)

3) Softly toss the ball to the hitter, so that it has a

slight arc up and then down. Aim for his back hip, or

a different spot if desired and the hitter hits the ball

into the fence. Repeat with the remaining baseballs.

It's very important that this drill never be

rushed. The purpose is to have a good swing re-

peated many times until the hitter can do it in his

sleep. It is one of the best baseball coaching drills

for getting a hitter to break a bad habit or to develop

a good habit through repetition.

Once again, be very cautious of several

things. Be careful as to where you are when soft

tossing the ball to the hitter. Make sure there is noth-

ing in front of the hitter that can possibly have the

batted ball come right back at the hitter, such as a

post in the fence. Make sure the fence is high

enough so the hitter doesn't hit it over the fence,

which could be dangerous.

The amount of time spent to break a bad

habit will be at an absolute minimum because you

can soft toss a hundred balls in no time at all!

Larry Cicchiello is the successful author of

“Excellent Baseball: 30 Seconds Away.” He

unconditionally guarantees that ANY base-

ball player, coach or baseball parent who

wants to help their child will be fully

equipped! Some FREE tips at http://

www.LarryBaseball.com

Baseball coaching on hitting, pitching, fielding and base running for Little League, High School, College and Professional players.

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GARY, Ind. — David Kay

joins the Gary SouthShore

RailCats as Assistant Gen-

eral Manager and Director

of Tickets for the 2014 sea-

son. 2014 will be David’s

9th season working in pro-

fessional

baseball.

He most re-

cently served

as Director of

Tickets for

the Tulsa Drillers Double-

A Texas League affiliate of

the Colorado Rockies

(2013). David knows his

way around the ticket of-

fice as having served as

Director of Tickets with

the Arkansas Travelers

(2007-2012) and with the

Carolina Mudats (2006).

David was promoted to As-

sistant General Manager of

the Arkansas Travelers in

2008 – a position he held

Hall of Fame QB Johnny

Unitas wanted to go to

Notre Dame, but coaches

said he was too small

and he went to Lousiville

instead.

Four athletes have won

both summer and winter

Olympic medals: Eddie

Eagn (boxing/bobsled),

Jacob Tullin Thams (ski

jumping/8-meter yacht-

ing), Christa Lunding-

Rothenburger (speed

skating/cycling) and

Carla Hughes (cycling/

speed skating).

Ice Hockey made it’s de-

but at the 1920 summer

Olympics, the first win-

ter games was 4 years

later.

While Spring Training

now occurs in Florida

and Arizona, spring

training has been held in

Cuba, Mexico, California

and even in French Lick

Indiana, among others.

David Kay Joins RailCats RailCats Press Release Provided Did you Know?

through 2012.

David graduated from

Hendrix College with a

Bachelor’s degree in Psy-

chology and a minor in

Photography. David, the

son of USAF parents was

born abroad

in Wies-

baden, Ger-

many. He and

his wife, She-

riann, and

daughters, Hayden and

Parker, reside in Merrill-

ville, IN.

Season Tickets, Mini-

plans, and Flex ticket

packages are on sale now

for the 2014 season. For

more information or to buy

tickets call the RailCats at

219.882.2255 and ask to

speak with one of our

ticket specialists or visit

www.railcatsbaseball.com.

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