The RailCats coaching staff will have two new faces this season, with Aaron McEachran joining the team as Hitting Coach and Bobby Segal as the team’s new Third Base Coach.

McEachran is a former 18th round draft pick of the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2001 amateur draft out of the University of Northern Iowa, where he was a freshman All-American. He is the Head Baseball Coach at Dakota County Technical College in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, where he has coached since 2009.

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The RailCats Caravan is rolling through Northwest Indiana starting tonight at Jak’s Warehouse in Schererville from 6-8 p.m.

Members of the RailCats Caravan include RailCats manager Greg Tagert and players Cristian Guerrero, Mike Massaro and Craig Maddox. Of course, mascots Rusty and Rascal will be there to join in the fun as well. The RailCats crew will be interacting with fans, signing autographs, holding raffles and spreading the word about the upcoming season.

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With players reporting for spring training in just one week, RailCats manager Greg Tagert has re-signed infielder Chase Tucker for the 2013 season. The RailCats roster is full at 28 players, the league maximum during spring training.

Tucker made his professional debut with the RailCats during the final month of the 2012 season and appeared in 12 games. After a slow start, Tucker was 11-for-24 to finish out the season. The second baseman hit .297 overall with seven RBI.

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With spring training just one week away, the RailCats have announced a slate of seven exhibition games, including four home dates at U. S. Steel Yard. All fans will be admitted to the home exhibition games free of charge.

The spring training schedule begins and ends with games against the Schaumburg Boomers, the Frontier League team that is owned by RailCats owners Pat and Lindy Salvi. The ‘Cats will travel to Schaumburg for their first exhibition game on May 7 at 1 p.m. and then close out the pre-season with a home game against the Boomers on Monday, May 13 at 7:10 p.m.

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The eState Fine Jewelry Coins and Collectibles, located on Willowcreek Road in Portage, is often frequented by sports nuts, memorabilia collectors and those in search of items to display in their basement or man cave. The eState is lined with collectibles to satisfy the tastes of each of those groups.

Dave Burhans, who owns the store with his wife Shannon, gets the chance to interact with a group of about 50 people that consistently visit the shop to browse for sports memorabilia.

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Indians’ All-Time Scoring Leader joins RedHawks backcourt

Portage High School standout basketball player Nicki Monahan has agreed to continue her education and collegiate basketball career at Indiana University Northwest beginning in the Fall of 2013.

During her senior year, the 5’ 9” shooting guard grabbed headlines in Northwest Indiana as she approached the Portage Girls Basketball all-time scoring record, eventually surpassing the mark on senior night at Portage High School in January in front of a capacity crowd. Monahan has totaled 1,157 career points for the Indians.

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The Purdue men’s basketball program will host a variety of camps during the month of June as part of the 2013 Matt Painter Basketball Camps schedule.

In addition to instruction from the Purdue coaching staff, the Matt Painter Basketball camps feature a number of current and former Boilermaker student-athletes.

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