BearSportsNews

Sunday Edition

12/04/2022

Catching up on all Landon Varsity Athletes

and Bears playing at the next level(s)

HIGHLIGHTS

Inside the White Rocks—

Hockey (3-0) and hoops (only loss last second to nationally ranked team) off to good starts; wrestlers (3-0) and at the prestigious Raymond B. Oliver Tournament; other sports no reports

Alumni:

BASKETBALL—1 pro BB player continues to contribute in Italy; one Bear is coaching an ACC team; two college hoopsters lead their team in key stats (1 DIV. I and one Div. III); and 2 more playing for their teams.

HOCKEY—2 pros play in same competitive leagueand will meet on Tuesday; 1 Div. III college player getting time on ice as a freshman; 6 are playing in developmental leagues (one committed to Brown and one to RPI); 5 contributing to their College Club teams; one playing for a Founders’ League team

WORLD CUP—while a L’23 Bear may make it to the FIFA global tournament, an alumnus (L’88) was there “working”—MORE?

Inside the White Rocks

Winter Sports

• Basketball – (2-1) schedule shows Takoma Park (scrimmage; they beat MIAA’s Calvert Hall)? Beat Sandy Springs 88-57 and Episcopal (TX) 62-45 and led nationally ranked Sidwell Friends until the last seconds when the Quakers went ahead. Great efforts by Coach Turner’s Bears!!!

• Hockey  (3-0) Coach Parker’s skaters have played well in non-league win over What Rocks a/k/a Hoya Saxa a/k/a Georgetown Prep 2-1then in their 1^st MAPHL game used their depth to beat Bishop J. O’Connell 5-2

• Indoor Track no report

• Swimming and Diving 2 meet, no reports

• Wrestling 3 matches wins v. Potomac, WWHS, Sidwell and competing at super competitive 49th Raymond B. Oliver Tournament . Some results:

Bear Tracks

Fall Sports

• Coach Rutenberg L’99—NY Jets 7-4-0 linebacker coach

Winter Sports

Basketball 6

• Professional –1

Darion Atkins #44  L11,  Dolomiti Energia Trento, 4^th in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A 4-2 : #44 averaging 31.1 minutes, 14.4 ppg, 7.4 rpg  , 3.0 assists, 0.5 blocked shot, 1 steal

• Div. I Basketball Coach-1

Christian Webster L09 VaTech Assistant Coach 6-1

• College-4

Miles Davis L18 St. Lawrence Saints (4-1); #3 senior; 4 GS/GP, 8.5 mpg, 1.5 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 1.5 apg

Daraun Gray L’19 Loyola Greyhounds (4-4): #24 senior; 3 GP, 4.0 mpg, 0.5 ppg, 0.7 rpg

Canin Reynolds L ‘20 Amherst College Mammoths (3-4): #2 sophomore; 7 GP/GS, 28.3 mpg, 11.1 ppg, 3.8 apg, 3.3 rpg, 10 steals—leads team in minutes, points, steals

Kino Lilly L21 Brown Bears (4-4) #10 sophomore; 5 GS/GP, 34.5 mpg, 16.8 ppg, 2.0 apg, 2.8 rpg leads team in minutes, points

Hockey 14

• Professional Hockey 2

Sam Anas, L11 #7 Hershey Bears (14-4-2) 1^st in Atlantic Division: #7 in 20 GP 4G 6 A; scored his 100^th AHL goal

Patrick Giles L*18  #36 Charlotte Checkers (11-6-2–1) 4^th Atlantic Division: #36- 20 GP 1 G, 2A;

• Bears v. Checkers @ Hershey 12/6

• College Hockey 1

Oscar Smink L’21 Amherst College Mammoths (3-1-1) #6 : 3 GP, 5 shots

• Development Hockey 5

Matthew Brille #20  L*20 ;NAHL Chippewa Steel (Brown’2?) team 14-10-1-1: #20 is the Steel Captain, is Steel’s 2^nd  in points with  26 GP 11 G 14 A; team video of win highlighted #20’s goal from impossible angle-

Kareem Al-Azem#34 L*22 (RPI’2?); NAHL Maryland Black Bears 20-6-1-0, 1^st in division; #34 17 GP 2A

Will Lawrence L*22, #88 NAHL Johnstown Tomahawks (10-10-3); played 21 GP, 4 G 2 A

Ethan Goldman L22, #13NCDC Mercer Chiefs 15-8-0-2-1: #13- 20 GP 2 A;

JH Lages L*21, #6 EHL New Jersey 87’s 13-7-2-1-0: 2^nd in South: #6 3 GP, 2G .

• College Club 5

Alex Norwinski L15 Liberty Club ACHA Div. 1 #27; 12-5-0-1: #27:  17 GP, 4G, 10A

Ethan (#23) and Max (#30) Weinstein L20 Dartmouth Men’s Hockey 8-0-1-0-0 #23 7GP, 1G 2A; #30  2GP in nets

Ty  Morton L’19  Ohio Club Div. II 13-2-0-0-0-1 3GP, 3W 3.0 GA

Riley Knebel L22, UVa Club hockey

• Prep School

Jacob Hookman-Vassa L*23 Loomis-Chaffee (1-0) senior #18,  played in 1^st game, no stats.

Swimming

Jacob Rosner L19 Northwestern, 2-2;

Bear at the World Cup US v. Netherlands game—Dave Satlin L’88, ESPN