by Matthew Fox

August 25, 2010

The 60 teens and 11 coaches representing JCC MetroWest came away with more than medals.

The competition — which brings together more than 1,000 athletes from across the United States — was held Aug. 1-6 in Richmond, Va., and in Baltimore, Aug. 8-13.

Forty athletes participated in the Richmond games in baseball, boys’ basketball, girls’ soccer, swimming, and tennis.

Opening ceremonies were held at the University of Richmond, where each delegation marched in to an enthusiastic welcome from the crowd. A video was shown to honor the memories of the 11 Israeli athletes murdered by terrorists at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.

The MetroWest delegation earned one of the highest medal counts at the Richmond event. The 14 and under boys’ basketball team returned home with the gold medal. The 16 and under baseball team won bronze, and Andrew Nolff earned a bronze medal in tennis. In addition, the swim teams won 24 gold, 15 silver, and 11 bronze medals.

The basketball team ground out victories in a 13-team field that included squads from Detroit, Boston, Philadelphia, and Orlando. The championship game was played Aug. 5 between MetroWest and Philadelphia. MetroWest held leads after each of the first three quarters, but a late run pulled Philly out of a 31-23 deficit, and the game went into overtime. MetroWest captured the gold with a 42-39 victory to complete an undefeated run.

The baseball team opened the tournament with a 4-4 tie against the Washington, DC, team, followed by a 6-0 loss to Los Angeles, which eventually won the gold medal.

MetroWest crushed host Richmond, 16-0, and Albany, 12-2, leading to a three seed in the single elimination medal round, behind Los Angeles and Philadelphia. In the medal round, MetroWest defeated Mid-Island (Long Island), 13-5, in the quarter-finals. Unfortunately, the team dropped a heartbreaker to Boston, 5-4, in one semi-final while Los Angeles snuck by Albany in the other. MetroWest then defeated Albany, 8-4, for the bronze medal.

The athletes competed during the day and in the evenings socialized with their teammates and new friends from around the country.

The Games were not only about sports and socializing. All the athletes participated in a Day of Caring and Sharing, a community service project to benefit the local community or an organization in need. The MetroWesters were paired with young children from a local YMCA camp and together wrote cards to soldiers and decorated boxes and filled them with tzedaka items, making care packages for U.S. overseas troops.

Baltimore bound

Another contingent from MetroWest had similar success at the games held in Baltimore.

Twenty athletes competed in the 16 and under team in both boys’ basketball and soccer. The soccer squad took home the gold medal while the hoopsters won the silver.

Like their Richmond counterparts, the athletes participated in competitions in the morning and afternoon and at night had time to socialize. Some of the evening activities included a dance at the Inner Harbor and a Closing Ceremony party.

For information about the 2011 JCC Maccabi Games, contact Sherri Feldscher at sfeldscher@jccmetrowest.org.

 

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The 2010 MetroWest JCC Maccabi Games delegation

14 and Under Boys’ Basketball

Coaches: Gary Warech and Lonny Tarowsky

Mitch Cohen, Wyatt Kalb, Andrew Katzeff, Zack Sauertig, Tyler Storch, Alex Tarowsky, Jesse Warech

16 and Under Baseball

Coaches: Eric Katz and Jim McCauley

Jared Berman, Zach Ganz, Robert Lukin, Dylan McCauley, Cole McCollum, Jake Merl, Mo Pasternak, Leo Poggie, Alex Rudman, Alex Walton, Evan Wolf, Jared Wolf

Girls’ Soccer

Coach: Matthew Fox

Rebecca Bonder, Alona Brosh, Samantha Cohen, Elana Marlowe, Esther Neibart, Rose Shapiro, Netanya Stein, Sara Widmann

Swimming

Coach: Courtney Stec

Meir Alelov, Nitay Caspi, Juliet Felsen, Jessica Greene, Elan Meltzer, Matthew Peknay, Adina Reisner, Slade Reisner, Jason Roth, Jonas Singer

Tennis

Coach: Dan Whitten

Ellen Abrahams, Adam Goldwasser, Andrew Nolff

16 and Under Boys’ Basketball

Coaches: Roy Greenman, Jeff Greenman

Tyler Bank, Allan Friedman, Griffin Glatt, Josh Kallen, Alex Kalmus, Sam Marlowe, JK Schneiderman, Marc Schofel, Jon Schreer

16 and Under Boys’ Soccer

Coaches: Bryan Fiedler and Dave Stone

Zachary Beckerman, David Kabrt, Jack London, Zach Rauch, Drew Rosenberg, Jacob Schreer, Bobby Schneiderman, Sam Stone, Jacob Warech, Jared Weiner, Zack Widmann

Delegation leader

Sherri Feldscher

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