BEARSPORTSNEWS SUNDAY EDITION

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Feb 3, 2024
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February 4,2024

INSIDE THE WHITE ROCKS—

Hockey beats GP after a moving mental health event
Basketball loses to GP
Wrestling retains IAC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP for 3rd consecutive year
Swimming and Diving record wins and personal bests
Squash earns 2024 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP.

BEAR TRACKS—27 Bears in 9 sports and 4 levels (5 pros included)

SOCCER– Pro—1 back with DC United and in Saudia Arabia for pre-season scrimmages.
SWIMMING- 1 Div. I; 2 Div. III
WINTER SPORTS
BASKETBALL–5

I PRO in Italy

I COLLEGE DIV. I COACH
2 DIV. I {BOTH HAVE STATS LEADING TEAMS AND IVY LEAGUE}
3 DIV. III PLAYERS–

HOCKEY-10

PRO:1 in AHL and 1 KHL— Sam signed for 2 more years in Belarus
COLLEGE: 1 Div. I played; 3 Div. III getting PT
COACHING: 1 Div. III, 1 ACHA Div. 2
DEVELOPMENTAL—2 one wears the team A and 2ND in assists & points
CLUB-2

WRESTLING-1

Div. III grappler

INSIDE THE WHITE ROCKS

BASKETBALL— Coach Franklin’s Five lost to Prep 55 – 76

HOCKEY—Coach Parker’s squad defeated rival GP 4-2 but the most important aspect of this meeting was the The Shoulder Check: A Mental Health Movement, as reported by W*USA. A memorable event created by Bear Reid Pehrkon and Hoya Dillon Moneypenny.

SWIMMING—COACH Ros’s diver earned the IAC Championship and good reports on Bears at another DMV meet.

TRACK—Coach Brown’s runners have a week off

WRESTLING— Four of Coach Katz’s wrestlers clinch their 3rd Consecutive Tournament Championship!!!

Squash –2024 League Champions

BEAR TRACKS

Cross Country/Track and Field -2

Asim Hakim-Florian, L’23 Colgate University – the Red Raiders competed in its own meet and are competing at Penn State
Sam Cohen, L’23, Tulane University- the Green Waves were at a meet at Boston University and today at Harvard

SOCCER- 7

Professional Soccer 1

Kristian Fletcher L’23: DC United ‘s “homegrown” forward is at the US team’s training camp and they have scrimmages in Saudia Arabis against the Suden National team, Al Weda FC, AL-Hilal SC and AL-Fettiqua. “Saudi organizers are covering the team’s expenses and paying an appearance fee…” WaPo

Swimming-3

Jacob Rosner L19 Northwestern senior; at Purdue

Ethan Tun Carleton Knights are at a diving competition

BEARS playing College Winter Sports

BASKETBALL-

1pro; 2 DI {both leading teams} ,3 DIII {all playing}; 1 Div. I coach

Professional –1

Darion Atkins #44 L11, Reggio Emilia Div. (10-8), 18 GP, 20.3 min/g., 6.3 pts/g, 3.8 reb/g, 1.3 asst/g, 0.7 blk/g

College Coach-1

Christian Webster L09, VaTech Assistant Coach (19-15)

College-5

Canin Reynolds L ‘20 Amherst Mammoths (13-9): #2 junior— 6 GP, 13.2 min/g, 0.7 pts/game., 1.3 APg , 1.1 reb/game

Kino Lilly L21 Brown Bears (6-14) #10 junior; 19 GS, 1 Game Injured, 37.7 min/g*, 19.9 pts/g*^, 3.0 assists/g*, 2.7 reb/g, .5 steal/g, 59 3PTs*^; *leads team; ^leads Ivies

Mike Gray, L22, Lynchburg (10-12), #30; 10 GP, 6.7 min/g, 1.9 ppg, 0.7 reb/g,

Tyler Perkins, L23 University of Pennsylvania (9-11); #11, freshman;20 GS, 30.1 min/g, 14.9 pts/g^, 2.0 asst/g, 5.7 reb/g, 1.5 steals/g*+; *leads team, ^8th in Ivies, + 4th in Ivies ANOTHER IVY ROW award

Christos Palkogiannis, L23, California Institute of Technology (1-19), #33, FRESHMAN; 6GP 1 GS,, 14.5 min/g. 5.2 ppg, 1.5 reb/g, 0. asst/g,

HOCKEY 11

Professional Ice Hockey-2

Sam Anas L’ 11, #77 HC Dinamo Minsk KHL (23-23-3-2); #77 57 gamest, 20 goals and 24 assists (leads Dynamo in both) SIGNS TO PLAY FOR 2 MORE YEARS–

Patrick Giles L*18 #36 Charlotte Checkers (21-19-4-0) played in 41 games, 8 goals, 6 assists- +3 1 gwg

Div. III Men’s Hockey Coach-1

Kim Weiss, Assistant Coach for Trinity College (her alma mater) men’s team, 15-3-1 ranked 7th in Div. III

College Club Coach and Pro Hockey -1

Alex Norwinski L’15 Liberty University Div II Hockey Coach and Roanoke Rail Yard Dogs (21-9-4-1) 9 GP 1 A

Division I–1

Matthew Brille #19; L*20; Brown (8-12-1) #19- 8 games played, 1 assist, 3 shots, 6 blk

Division III–3

Oscar Smink L’21; Amherst College Mammoths (11-8-0): #6 – 6 GP, 1 assist, 6 shots, 6 blk

Ethan Goldman, L’21; Connecticut College Camels (8-9-2) #13—1GP

Kareem Al-Azem L*20; Connecticut College Camels (8-9-2) #7 played 18 games 1 G 5 A 18 blk

Development Hockey 2

Will Lawrence L*22, #88 NAHL Johnstown Tomahawks,assistant captain, 24-14-1-1; #88 40 GP 12 G, 21A, 2nd in team goals, 2nd in team assists and 3rd in points

JH Lages L*21,#27, NCDC 10-21-0-2, 21 GP 6 A