EVANSVILLE, IN — (Marketwire) — 03/05/12 — Escalade, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESCA) announced that its Board of Directors authorized the payment of dividends of seven cents ($0.07) per share payable April 16, 2012, to all shareholders of record on April 6, 2012.Additionally, the Board of Directors declared its intention to consider paying dividends on a quarterly basis in the future. These future dividend payments will be determined and declared at the Board-s discretion."This dividend of $0.07 p