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April 26 • 2007

W

hether he was beating up
a wrestling opponent or
belting out a tune in the
school musical, Seth Wald has made
the most of his four years at North
Farmington High School.
"The musicals are some of my best
times in high school:' said Wald, who
tried out, practiced and performed
in Seussical the Musical, Hair and
Cats during the heart of the wrestling
season from his sophomore through
senior years.
Apparently, the musicals
weren't a distraction. Wald
won a school-record 50 match-
es this season, competing at
119 pounds. His 121 career
victories rank second on North
Farmington's all-time list.
The 17-year-old competed
Wald
in the individual state wres-
tling meet for the first time this year.
He went 1-2 in the Division 2 competi-
tion at the Palace of Auburn Hills, but
his lone victory was a 10-7 upset of
regional champion Steve Poffenberger
of Allegan. Wald finished fourth in the
regionals.
After going a combined 39-28 as a
sophomore and junior, Wald was 32-
15 as a junior and 50-11 as a senior.
He won his first league championship
this season, capturing the Oakland
Activities Association Division II
title, and he served as one of North
Farmington's four captains.
Even though he was kidded about
singing in the musicals, Wald said
performing helped his wrestling, and
vice versa. "You have to get into a zone
when you're on a wrestling mat or on
stage he said. "You need to be confi-
dent and focused and not think any
negative thoughts."
Wald also played soccer for four
years at North Farmington. The
defender was on the junior varsity team
for three seasons (twice serving as cap-
tain), and the varsity team as a senior.
"I loved playing soccer, and it
helped keep me in shape for wrestling.
On the other hand, being a wrestler
really boosted my confidence in soc-
cer because I wasn't one of the biggest
guys on the field:' said Wald, a 5-foot-
5, 125-pounder.

Between wrestling, singing and
playing soccer, Wald also found time
to accumulate a 3.6 grade point aver-
age. He plans to attend Michigan State.

Same Night
Ken and Marilyn Kohn were hon-
ored at Yeshivat Akiva's 43rd annual
dinner last month. They received the
Community Leadership Award for
their many years of volunteer service
to the Southfield day school.
Marilyn Kohn was at the Dearborn
Inn for the dinner, but Ken Kohn
couldn't make it. He was in New
York City, coaching Akiva's
boys basketball team in
Yeshiva University's annual
Red Sarachek High School
Basketball Tournament.
"My wife was at the tourna-
ment, then flew back home
Kohn said. "I was at the
dinner in spirit ... and on a
video that was shown there."
This was the 16th season that Kohn
was the volunteer coach for the Akiva
team, including 8-10 trips to the
Yeshiva U. tournament. "It's a great
event because our kids get to meet
and play against day-school students
from across the country and Canada,
spend Shabbat there and hear wonder-
ful speakers," Kohn said.
Eighteen teams compete in the tour-
nament each year, grouped according
to s enrollment. The eight finalists from
the previous year are invited back, with
the other teams chosen by lottery.
Akiva lost all three of its games in
the tournament. "The bottom line is
we didn't have enough depth. We only
had one point guard and one power
forward:' Kohn said. "We led two of
our games in the first half!'
Sophomore point guard Yagil Tsaidi
was named Akiva's MVP by tourna-
ment officials. Other Akiva players who
made the trip were seniors Shmuel
Bass, Solly Benederet, Chanan Brin,
Ben Jacobawitz and Jacob Kohn,
juniors Daniel Brystowski, Ari Jacob
and Shugmi Shtunanov, and eighth-
grader Armi Kohn.
Jacob and Armi are Ken and
Marilyn Kohn's sons. Jacob was the
team's lone power forward. fl

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