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BEARSPORTSNEWS SUNDAY EDITION 11.12.2023

BearSportsNews Sunday Edition

HIGHLIGHTS

Zach Fingerhut, L’14, showed great talent on the Landon Soccer team so much that he was recruited to play for ACC powerhouse Wake Forest. After his career as a player on the pitch was over, Zach decided to continue speeding up and down the pitch as a referee. Zach has attacked his new profession with the sam energy as his work on the field at Landon and Wake. His recent post reflects his Ursine Spirit. THAT’S A BEAR!!!!

INSIDE THE WHITE ROCKS— 

  • Football beat StA 36-14 to clinch a share of the IAC 2023 Championship

  • Soccer worked their way into the IAC Championships with 2 wins and battled StA in a 0-1 loss

  • Water Polo no matches this week

  • Cross Country placed 6th at MD Preps

  • SIX SENIORS SIGN THEIR COLLEGE COMMITMENT LETTERS

BEAR TRACKS—88 Bears in 10 sports and 4 levels (5 pros included)

  • CROSS COUNTRY—2 rostered, both Div. I; one records good times

  • FOOTBALL—11 rostered players, 8 on DIV.I;5 games, 5 PLAYED, 1 dominated opponent backfield

  • 2 FOOTBALL COACHES, 1 NFL J-E-T-S, App State Div. Ioses 

  • SOCCER—7

  • College–6 rostered, 3 Div. I, 3 Div.III; 5 seasons ended

  • Pro—1 rostered and scoring on EPL U21club

  • GOLF–3

  • 2 Developmental Pros 

  • 1 Div. I player  

  • 1 Div. III player

  • SWIMMING- 3 all Div. I and one won 3 races in one meet

  • RUGBY

  • I player  

  • WINTER SPORTS

  • BASKETBALL–4

  • I PRO in Italy 

  • I COLLEGE DIV. I COACH

  • 2 DIV. I and 1 DIV. III PLAYERS– all leaders of their team 

  • HOCKEY-9

  • PRO:1 in EHL and 1 KHL—already scoring 

  • COLLEGE: 1 Div. I; 3 Div. III 

  • COACHING: 1 Div. III, 1 ACHA Div. 2

  • DEVELOPMENTAL– 2

  • WRESTLING-1

  • Div. III

INSIDE THE WHITE ROCKS

FOOTBALL 7-3

Coach Padalino’ Bears beat  StA 36-14 to clinch a share of the 2023 IAC CHAMPIONSHIP on Seniors’ Day 

SOCCER –Coach Reed’s side earned another chance v. #4 StA in the IAC Championship a 0-1 loss. 

WATER POLO— 

X-CountryCoach Callahan’s runners are at  

LANDON ATHLETEs OF THE WEEK

First round of college commitments

BEAR TRACKS

Cross Country/Track and Field -2

  • Asim Hakim-Florian, L’23 Colgate University –  team 7th in Patriot League with Asim 5th on Red Raiders and then team was 31st at the NE NCAA regionals with the Bear running the course at Van Cortlandt Park which he had run before with an L on his jersey 

  • Sam Cohen, L’23, Tulane University 

Football 11 rostered –5 GAMES, 5 PLAYED, 1 defensive beast 

  • Chazz Harley L19 #27, RS Junior, OLB Elon –the Phoenix (5-5) lost to Richmond 24-38 played;  

  • Jelani Machen L19 #32, CB, Bryant University (5-5) beat to Lindenwood 38-3 played 1 tackle, 2 assists

  • Tomás Kenary, L20 DL #21 Middlebury tied 1st in NESCAC (7-1) beat Tufts19-10 played 2 solo 1 assist, 2 TFLs for -14 , 1 breakup, 1 blocked, 3 QBHs plus a critical tip of a Jumbo pass:  

Middlebury’s Tomás Kenarytipped a Tufts’ pass, which John McCool snatched up and ran in for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter to secure a 19-10 victory over the Jumbos. The Panthers extended their winning streak to six-straight triumphs, improving to 7-1 on the season.  

  • Tyler Smith, L20 DB #23—Georgetown (5-5) beat Bucknell 50-47 

  • Eric Ford, L21 OLB #40 Army (MAPS sophomore) (4-6) beat Holy Cross 17-14 played

  • Chantz Harley, L21, DB #24 Maryland (RS Sophomore)(6-4) beat Nebraska 13-10 

  • Greg Johnson, L21 OL #71 – Georgetown (5-5) beat Bucknell 50-47 played

  • Dameon Ming, L21 RB/LB#26 –Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (7-3); 

  • Carter Phillips, L22, WR #86—Georgetown (5-5) beat Bucknell 50-47 

  • Taylor Best, L’23, WR #29–University of Maryland(6-4) beat Nebraska 13-10 

  • Ethan Ming, L23, DB #11#24 Carnegie Mellon University (9-1) beat Case Western Reserve 31-21 played 1 solo

  • Football Coaches 2

4-4  

App State (6-4) won

RUGBY-1

Brian White, L’23, Robert Morris 

SOCCER- 7

College Soccer 6 rostered— all but one season over

Marc Schermer, L 20, #14, Hamilton (6-5-5) lost to # Connecticut College in O/T 1-3; END OF SEASON

Hayden Evans, L 20, GK# 1; Michigan (5-6-7); not played since 9/8 injury? END OF SEASON

Issa Mudashiru, L21, D #33 Princeton University (4-8-3),END OF SEASON

Carlos Febles, L22, D #6 Oberlin College (3-8-6); END OF SEASON

Conrad Brady, L23, M #26, Penn State University (10-3-5) won 2nd round in B1G Tournament on a tie and PKs; lost 0-1 to Indiana in B1G Championship; NCAAs? 

Art Keys, L23, #32 F, Swarthmore College (5-7-5) last played 10/19, injury? END OF SEASON

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Professional Soccer 1

  • Kristian Fletcher L’23: DC United forward/ Swansea City U21 2 matches (22’ and 90’), 2 goals 

Swimming-3, one contributed to a win with 3 Firsts

Jacob Rosner L19 Northwestern next meet 11/16-18 Purdue 

Ethan Tun L21 Carleton beat McAlester 187-106 with ETHAN TUN winning three individual events in addition to racing on a victorious relay. Tun was first to the wall in the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke races with times of 59.84 and 2:13.28. He along with Nicholas Chang and Alex Lee led the way in the 200-yard IM with a 1-2-3 finish. They covered the distance in 2:01.44, 2:04.32, and 2:07.42, respectively. 

Harrison Tun, L23, Tufts University first met 11/19 

Golf -4 

Pro -2 

Morgan Egloff L’15working his way up thecircuit, ended in the money  

John Kalavritinos L’17 playing the developmental tour.earned a paycheck on the Minor league tour.

College -2 

Charlie Bundy L’22 College of William & Mary Tribe, next match March 

John Bates L’23 Rhodes College- next match March 

BEARS playing College Winter Sports

BASKETBALL-5- pro playing; 2 DI and 1DIII leading their teams

  • Professional –1 

Darion Atkins #44 L11, Regio Emilia Div. 6 games played 22.2 min., 7.2 points, 3.4 reb., 1.7 a, 1.0 b 

  • College Coach-1

Christian Webster L09 VaTech Assistant Coach 11/8 1st game 

  • College-3

Canin Reynolds L ‘20 Amherst College Mammoths (1-0): #2 junior—beat Albertus Magnus 67-64 start, 21 min., 5 pts., 3 A, 2 reb 

Kino Lilly L21 Brown Bears (0-2) #10 junior; 2 GS, 39 min/g*, 24 pts/g*, 3.5 assists/g*, 2.5 reb/g, 1steal/g; *leads team 

Tyler Perkins, L23 University of Pennsylvania (2-1); #11, FRESHMAN; 3 GS, 28.7 min/g, 15.7pts/g*, 3.6asst/g*, 8.3 reb/g, 2.3 steals/g*; *leads team 

HOCKEY 10

Professional Ice Hockey-2

Sam Anas L’ 11, #77 HC Dinamo Minsk KHL (20-3-3); #77 27 games, 9goals and 9 assists 18 pointsPatrick Giles L*18 #36 Charlotte Checkers (7-3) played all 10 1goal 1 assist

Div. III Men’s Hockey Coach-1

Kim Weiss, Assistant Coach for Trinity College (her alma mater) men’s team, 11/17 

  • College Club Coach and Pro Hockey -1

Alex Norwinski L’15 Liberty University Div II Hockey Coach  

  • Division I–1

Matthew Brille #19; L*20; Brown (2-4) 3 games played 1 blk

  • Division III–3

Oscar Smink L’21; Amherst College Mammoths 1st game 11/17

Ethan Goldman, L’21; Connecticut Camels 1st game 11/17

Kareem Al-Azem L*20; Connecticut College Camels 1st game 11/17

  • Development Hockey 2

Will Lawrence L*22, #88 NAHL Johnstown Tomahawks,assistant captain, 12-7-1; #88 20 GP 5G, 13A

JH Lages L*21, #6 South Shore Kings USPHL Premier  1GP 

  • Club Hockey

 Riley Knebel L’22 UVA Club hockey 3-1 

WRESTLING 

David LaPrade, L23, Williams College (0-3) 

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