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HIGHLIGHTS · VOLUME II, ISSUE TEN · MARCH 16, 2012
Boys’ lacrosse shuts out Huntington Park Arman Zadeh
Attack man Yaniv Sadka races defensive Huntington Park Spartans for a win on Tuesday. ARMAN ZADEH
On Tuesday, March 13, boys’ lacrosse blew out the Huntington Park Spartans who proved to be no match for the Normans. After coming off a win against Chaminade, 10-8, the Normans kept the Spartans scoreless, as Beverly was again victorious with a score of 16-0, giving the Normans their second win of the season as they hold a record of 2-3. Leading the Normans was midfielder Nick Heller with five goals and an assist. Heller did not miss a single shot throughout the game. Following Heller was attack man Morgan Henderson with four goals and an assist. Also scoring for the team was midfielder Sebastian Vericella and attack man Yaniv Sadka, each with two goals, along with attack man Matty O’Neill, midfielder Riley O’Neill and midfielder Rod Shayan, each with one goal. Goalie Michael Suh aided the Normans with ten crucial saves throughout the game. Goalie Grayson Kim also assisted the team with a total of nine saves. Sadka was excited about the win even though he knew from the start that the Normans were the better team. After leading 13-0 at halftime the Normans knew the Spartans did not stand a chance. “We came out stronger and more confident than in some of our previous games and it definitely showed on the field.
We were all around just more prepared for this matchup,” Sadka said. Head Coach Steve Taylor was pleased with the win, as he believed the victory finally gave the team a well-deserved sense of accomplishment. Taylor also thought that the team’s execution on key offensive plays kept the Normans ahead of the Spartans and set this game apart from the others. Taylor credited teamwork for the Normans blowout. “We came together as a team; this was a team win,” Taylor said. Taylor believes that with this kind of team play, the Normans can manage to make it to the CIF playoffs and eventually to finals for the first time since 2005. Although the Normans have just come of a huge win, Taylor still expects the team to improve their game play. “We’re going to keep getting better as a team and work together as a team and look for everyone to participate in our future games,” Taylor said. The Normans next face off is against Palos Verdes next Wednesday, March 21. In their previous matchup this season with Palos Verdes, the team was defeated 12- 10. Sadka hopes that the teams’ recent improvements in teamwork and offensive execution on the field will hopefully bring them a different outcome than last time. “We know it’s going to be a challenge, but I think we can stand a chance if we stick together as a team,” Sadka said.
Boys’ volleyball wins first league game against Culver City Chanan Batra On Tuesday, Mar. 13, boys’ volleyball defeated Culver in three sets at home. The first set went into overtime, but Beverly prevailed 27-25. In the second game, Beverly picked up its intensity and won the set in a score of 25-21. In the third and final set, Beverly won in a final score of 25-19. According to junior Eli Lloyd, the leadership of captain Danny Tabariai was
a large contributing factor to Beverly’s win. “Danny Tabariai set very well for us and exhibited incredible leadership that led us to victory,” Lloyd said. Tabariai described the win as a team effort, but was also weary of the fact that there is still room for improvement for the squad. “We had great passing from Will Park and great hits from Lucas Wohl and Ronan Massana,” Tabariai said. “However, we
Boys’ tennis serves up a win versus Mira Costa this week Ryan Feinberg With a record of 1-3, the boys’ varsity tennis team seems to have hit a decisive moment for the team’s future. The team captured a win against Mira Costa on Wednesday, March 14 with a final score of 10-8. Junior Drew Freeman had a particularly outstanding performance, winning all three matches, one against Mira Costa’s top player. Freeman’s matches had scores of 7-5, 6-3 and 6-1. According to Freeman, Wednesday’s success is far from luck. “We worked as a unit today and all realized that we have the potential to actually do very well this year,” Freeman said. Junior Eric Busiashvili also had a strong performance, winning two out of three of Wednesday’s matches with winning scores of 7-6 and 6-0. Anticipating future success, Busiashvili believes that experience will be the key to
the team’s victories. “We need to improve on closing out matches,” Busiashvili said. “With more experience we can solve that issue.” Busiashvili’s theory on Wednesday’s success complements that of Freeman, explaining that it was a “team win” in the sense that each member of the team contributed. Doubles team composed of junior Cosimo Bocchi and junior Austin Towns managed to also clutch wins for two of their three matches. Towns feels the inability to win previous matches was simply the players’ inability to play to their full potential. “We have the talent,” Towns said. “We just have not been showing it.” Towns explained that the team hopes to attain “strength, experience and chemistry” throughout the season in order to win more matches. The team’s next two matches are on March 21 against Palisades and March 22 at Culver.
Junior Natan Dorenbaum returns the ball in a home game versus Mira Costa on Wednesday. ARMAN ZADEH
made a lot of mental errors so the games were closer than they should have been.” Lloyd led the squad in spikes, and Massana, a sophomore, clinched the third set for Beverly with a streak of four spikes, something Lloyd attributes to the team’s support of Massana. “The whole team just wants him to succeed,” Lloyd said. “He works hard in practice and it shows in our games.” The win was particularly special for
Beverly because Culver has taken Beverly’s playoff spot the past two years. The win has provided Beverly with a substantial boost of team morale for the remainder of the season. “The win has given us the confidence it will take to beat Samo, the team that won CIF last year,” Lloyd said. Beverly is now 2-0 on the season, and 1-0 in league. The team’s next game is at San Gabriel on March 17.
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HIGHLIGHTS · VOLUME II, ISSUE TEN · MARCH 16, 2012
it’s dodgeball season
The Average Jews! celebrate their victory, one of the first of the day. They will advance to the second round, competing against the Team A. DANNY LICHT
The Hunger Games The dodgeball games are played at lunchtime.
The Roundup
The March 14 Games. Teams in blue are the victors.
Inhaled, in their game versus fellow racily-named team Illegal, won their game, and will move on to the second round. DANNY LICHT
Average Jews!
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YOLO
Inhaled
v.
Illegal
A$^PS
v.
Phosphofructo Kinase
Yaks
v.
The The Pac
On Va Vous Niker
v.
Taylor Gang Active
Track Team
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No.
Chocolate Thunder St. Jude’s Dodgeball Team Team Wetball Average Jews! Sissies Jupiter’s Shaft Inhaled Kony 2012 A$^PS The Rookies The Polos The Freshmen
versus
Upcoming March 16 games On Va Vous Niker Sexier Lazer Pandas The Zoo Team A The Sugahs You Pick the Name Project Y Telam Yisanity Grease Monkeys +1 The Liners B.M.O.C. The names listed were created by each team.
Dodgeball team A$^PS races to the bench barrier at the beginning of their game versus Phosphofucto Kinase. DANNY LICHT
advisers ASB’s third annual Dodgeball Tournament began at lunch on Wednesday, March 14 on the lacrosse field. This year was the first time it’s been played here; in prior years it was played on the front lawn. In an effort to be more efficient, two games were played simultaneously for thefirst round of dodgeball.
The victors of the first round were the Average Jews!, led by captain Nathan Pazooky; Inhaled, led by captain Daniel Kohanof; A$^PS, led by captain Aaron Wolfe; Yaks, led by captain Bella Perez; On Va Vous Niker, led by captain Alex Hubschman; and Track Team, led by captain Andrew Redston.
thesportsedition staff Chanan Batra, Ryan Feinberg, Danny Licht, Mallika Sen, and Arman Zadeh
Gaby Herbst and Katie Murray
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