POSTED BY EDDIE DWYER ON 6/16/2011.
THE CORNER WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS ITS CONGRATULATIONS TO INDIANS VETERAN BROADCASTER MIKE HEGAN '60, WHO WILL BE INDUCTED INTO THE GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS HALL OF FAME IN SEPTEMBER.

MIKE, A MEMBER OF THE SAINT IGNATIUS ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME AND THE JESUIT SCHOOL'S ATHLETE OF THE YEAR FOR 1959-60 (NOW KNOWN AS THE JOHN J. WIRTZ AWARD), EXCELLED IN FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL FOR THE WILDCATS. HE WENT ON TO A 13-YEAR MAJOR LEAGUE CAREER AS A FIRST BASEMAN/OUTFIELDER. IN HIS ROOKIE YEAR OF 1964, MIKE WAS MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK YANKEES' WORLD SERIES TEAM, AND IN 1972 HE PLAYED FOR THE OAKLAND ATHLETICS' WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS. MIKE GARNERED ALL-STAR HONORS WITH THE OLD SEATTLE PILOTS.

MIKE, WHO HAS BEEN BROADCASTING INDIANS GAMES FOR 23 SEASONS, BRINGS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND A TELL-IT-LIKE-IT-IS ANALYSIS THAT GO A LONG WAY IN MAKING HIM AND INDIANS AWARD-WINNING PLAY-BY-PLAY VOICE TOM HAMILTON THE BEST OF THE BEST IN THE RADIO BUSINESS.

AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO MIKE, HIS FAMILY AND THE INDIANS ORGANIZATION.

WILDCATS COMPLETE THEIR 2011 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE.

POSTED BY EDDIE DWYER ON 6/14/11 AT 11:02 A.M.

THANKS TO THE TIRELESS EFFORTS OF ATHLETICS DIRECTOR RORY FITZPATRICK '88, SAINT IGNATIUS HAS FILLED ITS WEEK 1 OPEN DATE IN FOOTBALL BY SECURING A GAME VERSUS CODY HIGH SCHOOL. CODY IS A PUBLIC SCHOOL LEAGUE I PROGRAM THAT HAILS NEAR DETROIT, MICHIGAN. THE 'CATS WILL FACE THE CODY COMETS ON AUGUST 27 AT PARMA'S BYERS FIELD. THE KICKOFF WILL BE 7 P.M.

THE COMETS FINISHED 6-4 LAST SEASON AFTER A TOUGH, 17-14 LOSS TO GROSSE POINTE SOUTH IN THE FIRST ROUND OF MICHIGAN'S DIVISION 2, DISTRICT 2 REGION 4 PLAYOFFS. CODY IS 2-5 IN ITS PLAYOFF APPEARANCES. GROSSE POINTE SOUTH, DESPITE A 5-4 REGULAR-SEASON MARK, ADVANCED TO THE STATE SEMIFINALS.

CODY, WHICH IS NAMED AFTER FORMER DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT FRANK CODY, ABSORBED ATTENDANCE FROM REDFORD AND MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOLS AFTER THOSE BUILDINGS WERE CLOSED IN 2007.

HERE IS THE WILDCATS' COMPLETE SCHEDULE FOR THE UPCOMING 2011 SEASON: AUG. 27 - VS. CODY AT BYERS FIELD; SEPT. 3 - VS. BEDFORD AT BYERS FIELD; SEPT. 9 - AT MENTOR; SEPT. 17- VS. CENTERVILLE AT BYERS FIELD; SEPT. 24 - VS. JOHN ADAMS AT BYERS FIELD; OCT. 1 - VS. GLENVILLE AT BYERS FIELD; OCT. 7 - AT ERIE (PA.) CATHEDRAL PREP; OCT. 15 - AT ST. FRANCIS (ATHOL SPRINGS, N.Y.); OCT. 22 - VS. CINCINNATI ST. XAVIER AT JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY'S DON SHULA STADIUM; 0CT. 29 - VS. ST. EDWARD AT LAKEWOOD STADIUM.