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The Yellowjackets' nine regular-season foes had a combined 49-30 record. Country Day defeated defending Division 4 champion Flint Powers Catholic and runner-up Grand Rapids Catholic Central en route to a 7-2 record. Its only Rosenfeld losses were to 2003 and 2004 Division 4 runner-up DeWitt and unde- feated Saginaw Nouvel. One of the architects of Country Day's Division 5 playoff spot was senior quarterback and co-captain Ben Rosenfeld. The 5-foot-11, 170- pounder threw for 12 touchdowns and more than 1,000 yards; and he led the Yellowjackets on a game-winning drive in a thrilling 23-22 victory over Grand Rapids CC. Rosenfeld is more than just a football player at Country Day, in Beverly Hills. By the time he graduates, he hopes to have earned nine varsity letters in four sports: four in hockey, two in football and lacrosse, and one in baseball. Rosenfeld plays right wing in hockey and defender in lacrosse, and he was an infielder in baseball. "It's been tough playing all those sports at an academically challenging school like Country Day, but it definite- ly has been worth it," Rosenfeld said. "You get so much out of participating in team sports. It teaches you to rely on your teammates, and it makes you do things you sometimes don't want to do for your team or yourself." Rosenfeld, 17, is looking to continue his football career in college, prob- ably at an NCAA Division III school. A Huntington Woods resident, he attended Burton Elementary and Norup Middle School in the Berkley district before going to Country Day Middle School as a seventh-grader. He played defensive tackle on the middle school football team before becoming a quarterback in high school. Rosenfeld's parents are Jim and Peggy Rosenfeld. He has a brother Harrison, 12, a seventh-grader who plays football and lacrosse at Country Day Middle School. There are five co-captains on the Country Day football team, and two are Jewish. Besides Rosenfeld, the other one is senior offensive lineman Daniel Kowalsky from West Bloomfield. Soccer Star Aliza Caplan is enjoying a solid season for the Kalamazoo College women's soccer team. The junior for- ward from Huntington Woods led the Hornets with 12 goals through last week's games, and she was named the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Offensive Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 8. Caplan received the MIAA honor after she scored three goals in a 7-0 victory over Michigan-Dearborn Oct. 15, and she contributed a goal and an assist in Kalamazoo's 3- 2 double-over- time triumph over Alma Oct. 11. After scoring 10 goals and twice earn- . ing All-MIAA Caplan Honorable Mention accolades in her first two years at Kalamazoo, Caplan, 20, said she's play- ing with more confidence this fall. The Hornets were 9-5-2 heading into last weekend's MIAA tournament. Caplan was a third team and honor- able mention All-State player at Berkley High School, where she was a center- midfielder for four years. She also was a setter on the volleyball team for two years. She played club soccer for the Birmingham Blazers for six years. "I came to Kalamazoo because I was looking for small liberal arts college where I could play soccer," she said. The daughter of Peter and Susan Caplan, Aliza has a brother Michael, 22, a for- mer Berkley soccer goalie. 1: : Please send sports news to sports@thejewishnews.com .