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Los Angeles cleans up
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LONNY GOLDSMITH
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Chicago's Dave Rose spikes against Toro , rto.

Baltimore's Adam Pelc dives back to first 'is L.A.'s Jason Brown awaits
the pickoff throw.

Joseph Barron moves the ball upfield for Mexico.

Detroit's Lauren Sofen sprints in the 4x100 coed relay.

8/28
1998

26 Detroit Jewish News

rior to the kickoff of the
Jewish Community Center
Maccabi Games, Mike
Marble of Los Angeles' 15-
16-year-old baseball team guaranteed
a gold medal for his team.
The team -helped him back up his
words, defeating a 41ell-shocked
Toronto team 11-1 for the rop spot in
the tournament.
That was only the beginning of
L.A.'s domination in team sports.
L.A.'s 13-14 baseball team, softball
team, girls' soccer and boys' 15-16
soccer all won gold medals.

"A lot of our kids play year-round
together," said Jerry Bobrow, Los
Angeles' delegation head. "We have a
large area to choose from and more
kids come to try out."
Both the girls and 15-16 boys soc-
cer tournaments finished almost
according to the way they were seed-
ed.
The boys' 15-16 soccer final had
second seed L.A. edging No. 1
Mexico InOna goal by Ben Taub
with 20 minutes to go. The shutout
marked the second straight Maccabi
Games that L.A. goalkeeper Zach
Slobin didn't give up a goal.
The girls' soccer final ended 1-1 in
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