Scott Lutz scores against Los Angeles.

Eric Megdall lines up a backhand.

Erin Konheim is thrilled and the Pittsburgh
defender in agony as Konheim scores.

Successful Week

Wet weather doesn't keep the Detroit Maccabi team from bringing home medals.

LONNY GOLDSMITH STAFF WRITER

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burgh ended the same way it began.
Wet.
But on Thursday, Aug. 21, the final day
of competition, the rain stopped enough
for the 13-14 baseball team to play for only
the second time during the week. It also gave
the boys enough time to put up five early runs
on Pittsburgh, and hold them off to win the bronze
medal.
The in-line hockey team, seeded first going into the
medal round, was faced with the Los Angeles team in
the gold medal game. The two teams played to a 3-3 tie
earlier in the tournament.
Detroit jumped out to a 3-1 lead, only to have L.A.
fight back and take a 4-3 lead with four minutes to go.
A minute later, Brandon Pomish scored his second

of the game for Detroit and forced a five-minute, non-
sudden-death overtime.
With 3:34 left, Los Angeles scored, and ended the
game with a 5-4 win.
"It was a real tough loss to take," coach Steve Fried-
man said. "A lot of these kids have played in state and
national ice hockey tournaments, but for some reason,
really wanted this one."
Fortunately for Friedman, all of his team will be el-
igible for next year's games in Detroit.
Another classic was the girls soccer final, pitting De-
troit against Washington, D.C., in a rivalry that quick-
ly became the talk of Maccabi.
D.C. defeated Detroit twice earlier in the competi-
tion: 2-0 on Tuesday, and a rain-soaked 5-0 on Wednes-
day. The first game had a controversial twist when a
Detroit player was given a red card and kicked out of

the game. Both goals in that game were scored with De-
troit short a player.
In the final, co-captain Lindsey Fox put Detroit up in
the first half when she scored the first goal D.C. gave
up all week.
But D.C. rallied in the second half with two goals to
steal the gold.
"We mentally had them beat," a disappointed Fox said
back in Detroit. 'It was nice to finally put one past them."
The boys soccer team also dropped a tough game in
their final, a 5-1 loss to North Jersey.
"We had a very good week, and I'm extremely pleased
with how they played," coach Dave Stone said of his
team.
Stone was also pleased that en route to the gold medal
game, his team avenged an earlier 2-2 tie with D.C. with
a 5-0 win.