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Jim Peters

Jim Peters was keeping standings on his little chalkboard from the time he could print and keeping kickball stats in grade school at St. Bridget's.

He graduated from Andrean (Class of 1981) and Purdue (1985), where he met and worked with current Porter County Assistant Sports Editor Greg Smith. He spent the first 10 or so years of his professional career at a chain of Northwest Indiana weeklies that covered Merrillville, Andrean, Hobart, Portage, Lake Station and River Forest before catching on at the Times in the summer of 1998.

He's a big fan of all things Purdue (his dog is named Painter) and most of Chicago, being a member of the long-suffering Cubs fandom. He says his current hairstyle (or lack thereof) is a result of a promise made to a youth basketball team several years ago for making the championship games.

He loves sports and working with kids and if school didn't start so darn early, he might have been a teacher/coach (leaving that to his wife, Anita, the principal at Queen of All Saints School in Michigan City, who has allowed him to live his passion).

"I am eternally indebted to her for that," Peters said.

Peters' daughter Carolyn and son CJ are students at Purdue North Central and his son Cameron is at Portage High School. They are all into sports. Like they had a choice!

Reach Jim Peters at (219) 548-4363 or james.peters@nwi.com

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JIM PETERS: Chesterton baseball team honors Bob Lambert

Jim Peters Prep Beat

If you've followed Northwest Indiana prep baseball this season, you know Chesterton's improbable run to the Duneland Athletic Conference title has arguably been the top story line of the spring.

JIM PETERS: LaPorte to install artificial turf, build new track

Jim Peters Times Columnist

As football coaches go, LaPorte's Bob Schellinger is a natural grass kind of guy.

JIM PETERS: South Central girls hoops manager Budka wins IBCA scholarship

Jim Peters Times Columnist

Call Derek Budka a techno-geek and he'll smile, shake your hand and say thank you.

JIM PETERS: Memo to prep athletes: Be smart, think twice

Jim Peters Times Columnist

It's May.

JIM PETERS: Thomas deserves his head coaching shot at Valpo

Jim Peters Times Columnist

I didn't grow up in Valparaiso, so I'm not familiar with Dale Gott.

Wheeler grad Arambula continues to inspire as wheelcair basketball star

Jim Peters Times Columnist

Being in a wheelchair has never gotten in the way of Jared Arambula of being an athlete.

JIM PETERS: Peller critics shouldn't go connecting the dots

Jim Peters Prep Beat

I loved to play connect the dots when I was a kid.

JIM PETERS: Would Jackie be happy? Probably not

Jim Peters Times Columnist

If Jackie Robinson were alive today, would the trailblazer for African-Americans in professional baseball be pleased with what he sees?

JIM PETERS: Chesterton, Michigan grad Novak hooping in Holland

Jim Peters Times Columnist

For Zack Novak, playing professional basketball in the Netherlands probably isn't a stepping stone to bigger things in hoops.

JIM PETERS: Lakeshore's Arredondo, Svetanoff to be honored by IBCA

Jim Peters Times Columnist

If Joe Arredondo and Wayne Svetanoff didn't already know how popular their prep sports programs on Lakeshore Public Television were, all the co-hosts of the Prep Football Report, Prep Football Scoreboard and Prep Sports Report had to do was g…

JIM PETERS: Four region football stars headed to University of Indianapolis

Jim Peters Times Columnist

When Joe Troop committed recently to play football at the University of Indianapolis, the Chesterton burner didn't realize he was going to be part of a region rush to the capital city.

JIM PETERS: Purdue's future remains clouded with uncertainty

Jim Peters Times Columnist

Poor perimeter shooting. Marginal effort. Suspect defense.

JIM PETERS: Portage baseball team heads south to start season

Jim Peters Times Columnist

The forecast for next week in Tennessee is sunny with temperatures in the 50s.

JIM PETERS: Dream dies hard for Merrillville

Jim Peters Times Columnist

LAFAYETTE | The basketball caromed into the third row of the lower-level bleachers during the third quarter of Saturday's Class 4A Lafayetet Jefferson Semistate at Crawley Gymnasium into the hands of a Merrillville fan.

JIM PETERS: Holba move from Chesterton is just that -- a move

Jim Peters Times Columnist

I know what you're thinking.

JIM PETERS: VU basketball team finds chemistry amid its diversity

Jim Peters Times Columnist

They're quite the patchwork quilt, this Valparaiso University men's basketball team. A coat of many colors, if you will.

JIM PETERS: Valpo like a second home to Ryan Broekhoff's family

Jim Peters Times Columnist

VALPARAISO | It's a long, long way from Valparaiso University to Frankston, Victoria in Australia.

JIM PETERS: Local football coaches bringing back REPS camp

Jim Peters Times Columnist

In the age of mobile communication, word of mouth still carries some weight.

JIM PETERS: Bubash's talent not limited to the basketball court

Jim Peters Times Columnist

Region hoops fans all know Nate Bubash is handy with a basketball.

JIM PETERS: Football reclassification could be a boon for Munster

Jim Peters Times Columnist

There's a reason why Leroy Marsh is smiling, and it's not just the Munster football coach's pleasant disposition.

JIM PETERS: Gaff and Kouts have been a good fit for 30 years

Jim Peters Times Columnist

In an age when coaches come and go, and the only constant seems to be change, Marty Gaff's 30-year tenure at Kouts is a testament to the coach and the school system.

JIM PETERS: Wrestling coaches stunned, saddened by Olympics ouster

Jim Peters Times Columnist

When Leroy Vega first heard the news, he thought it was a joke.

JIM PETERS: Social media gives Hummel feel of home in Spain

Jim Peters Times Columnist

Long distance. It's the next best thing to being there.

JIM PETERS: More blue-chip recruits on Region football horizon

Jim Peters Times Columnist

Signing day for college football came and went with nary the sound of a pen on paper around the region Wednesday, as the area's top player (David Yancey) already going to class at Purdue.

JIM PETERS: All concussions should be taken seriously

Jim Peters Times Columnist

Playing with pain has long been considered a trademark of toughness in athletics, a badge of courage that earns the person such revered titles as gamer or warrior.