I Health & Fitness Maccabi On Gold medalist turns attention to the high school tennis court. Andrew Cahn has his eye on the ball. Steve Stein Special to the Jewish News T ennis player Andrew Calm won a gold medal at the JCC Maccabi Games in Metro Detroit. Now he's going to try to make a name for himself in high school tennis. Calm, 14, a freshman at West Bloomfield High School, has earned a spot in the Lakers' singles lineup. His coach — 2006 Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductee Larry Stark — is confident Cahn can hold his own against the tough competition in the Oakland Activities Association Red Division. "I've been very impressed with Andrew," Stark said. "He's as quick as a cat and he has good skills. He'll mature very quickly playing all the strong, older players. It's my job to make sure Andrew stays positive, but I don't think that will be a problem!' Cahn opened the prep season by win- ning two of three matches at No. 2 singles in a quadrangular tournament at Okemos. He won all eight matches he played at the Maccabi Games in straight sets en route to capturing the gold medal in the 13-14 Boys Competitive White Division. Cahn defeated Paul Abrudesca 6-1, 6-3 in the gold medal match. His. ' fam- ily hosted two tennis players from Long Island, and he beat one of his guests in the division semifinals. B4 September 11 . 2008 IN "We joked about playing each other before the match, then we stopped doing it afterwards:' Cahn said. "Maccabi was a great experience. I'm so glad I did it. The competition was good, and I made so many friends!' Calm wasn't the only Detroit tennis player to win a medal at the Maccabi Games. The list also includes Taylor Dubin and Jessica Gutman (silver, 15-16 girls doubles); Kyra Shink and Shelby Snider (bronze, 15-16 girls doubles); Samantha Dean and Stephanie Podolsky (bronze, 13-14 girls doubles); Sydney Aronovitz and Jessica Leshman (bronze, 13-14 girls doubles); and Jacob Allen (gold, 15-16 Boys Recreational Red Division.) Maccabi Newswire Detroit's track medal winners were: Boys 13-14: Chen Chefer, Nathan Chomsky, Noah Eisenberg, Austin Goodman, Noah Newman, Alex Radner, Zach Walter and Emery Weiss. Girls 13-14: Alexis Darmon, Cameron Goodman, Rheanna Henney, Tessa LeWitt, Lauren Tisdale and Nicole Warman. Boys 15-16: Andrew Lieberman and Ari Walter. Girls 15-16: Carly Chocran, Emily Chocran, Rachel Chocran, Michelle Lapin, Nicole Meisner and Jenna Pickman. • Even though it didn't win a medal, the Detroit White softball team accom- plished something a Detroit softball team hadn't done since 2004 — it advanced to the medal round. Philadelphia scored four runs in the final inning to defeat Detroit White 6-5 in the semifinals, then Detroit White fell 17-6 to powerhouse Los Angeles-Milken in the bronze medal game. Detroit White lost its first two games of the tournament, falling 8-0 to Los Angeles-Milken and 12-2 to Philadelphia, but it came back to win three in a row to get to the medal round. Detroit White's Mirele Mann threw a one-hit shutout in a 1-0 win over Greater Washington in round-robin play. Michelle Friedman, Sydney Glanz, Alex Siegel and Mann led Detroit White's offense in a 15-7 win over Greater Washington in the first medal round game. Glanz caught all but two innings in Detroit White's seven games and threw out several runners attempting to steal. Infielders Alex Chudler, Dayna Elconin, Emily Sherbin, Emily Zussman and Friedman made just five errors between them. Katherine Sherbin, Alex and Marli Siegel, Emilie Weiner and Callie Wright played well in the outfield. • The Detroit Blue 15-16 baseball team won a silver medal in the Blue Division. Michael Rubenstein pitched Detroit Blue to a 3-1 win over Boston in the semifi- nals, but Orange County won the division championship game 11-1. • Perhaps the biggest surprise of the Maccabi Games was the Detroit Blue 13- 14 baseball team's bronze medal. Only four of Detroit's 11 players had previously corn- peted in 13-14, but the team finished third behind Los Angeles-Milken and Rockland, N.Y. Jacob Chapman was the winning pitcher in the bronze medal game, a 13-3 squashing of Greater Washington. Earlier, Ben Rouff and Max Kollin com- bined for a 4-1 win over Chicago, tossing a one-hitter with no walks. The victory sent Detroit Blue into the medal round. Leadoff batter Jonny Deutsch and Jeffrey Segal led Detroit Blue's offense and Blake Amhowitz was an iron man behind the plate, catch- ing all seven games. • After a slow start — Coach Steve Click called it "almost catatonic" — the Detroit Blue volleyball team fought back to earn a bronze medal with a 25-16, 25-16 win over Orange County. Detroit Blue made a whopping 42 service errors in its first six games. Captains Carly Amhowitz, Taylor Henkin and Jessica Stern led the way to the bronze medal, with help from Jolie Greenstone, Rebecca and Sophia Garfinkel, Heidi Meyers and Jessica Naftaly. Vancouver and San Francisco won the vol- leyball gold and silver medals. • Despite losing its first four games, the Detroit Blue 15-16 girls basketball team earned a bronze medal in the Blue Division. Detroit Blue beat 92nd Street Y 30-27 in the bronze medal game, aveng- ing a 48-14 defeat earlier in the tourna- ment. ❑ Please send sports news to sports@thejewishnews.com. Detroit Blue won a bronze medal in basketball.