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Second Love
BU freshman makes the most
of soccer season.
Steve Stein
Special to The Jewish News
A
At WL Northern, Rosenberg was a
captain three years during his four-
year career. He earned All-State honors
at center-midfield as a senior and
he helped the Knights (11-5-2) set a
school record for victories.
Joel and Teri Rosenberg of West
Bloomfield are Aaron's parents. His
brother Josh, 21, is a senior at the
University of North Carolina-Asheville.
aron Rosenberg didn't
play much this season for
the Boston University men's
soccer team. But it was hardly a lost
season for the freshman defender. Not
with all the work he put in on the field
and in the weight room.
"My touch with the ball is better
It's Shapiro Again
than ever and I'm in the best shape of
Athleticism, continuity and chemis-
my life. Nothing about the season was
try propelled Shapiro A to its second
counter-productive:' said
consecutive championship
the former Walled Lake
in the M. Jacobs and Sons
Northern High School star
AZA Flag Football League.
from west Bloomfield.
"Most of our team
Rosenberg also got to
was back from last year,
experience some team suc-
and a lot of our guys are
cess. The Terriers finished
varsity athletes in high
12-6-3, won the America
school;' said team member
East regular-season and
Ryan Achtman. He isn't
tournament champion-
a varsity athlete, but the
ships, and made it to the
16-year-old Walled Lake
second round of the NCAA
Western High School
tournament before losing
junior is president of the
Aaron Ro senberq
1-0 to No. 3 seed St. John's.
45-member chapter.
In the classroom,
Other Shapiro A play-
Rosenberg began his studies to
ers were quarterback Eric Altman,
become a marine biologist or ocean-
17, a senior at West Bloomfield High
ographer in BU's acclaimed marine
School; wide receiver Alex Goldfarb,
program. A 3.8 grade point average
17, a senior at North Farmington High
student in high school, he has a 3.5
School; Jason Dovitz, 17, a senior at
GPA in college.
the Frankel Jewish Academy; Mark
Rosenberg feels he has a shot at
Feldman, 16, a junior at Walled Lake
cracking BU's starting lineup at outside
Central High School; Josh Pad, 16, a
back next season. That's the position he junior at WL Central; Justin Cykiert,
played in club soccer and there should
17, a senior at WL Western; and Aaron
be at least one opening at that spot.
Berman, 15, a sophomore at the
Soccer wasn't Rosenberg's first
Jewish Academy.
sports love. It was baseball.
Shapiro A won the league cham-
"My parents made me play soc-
pionship on a snowy day during a
cer when I was a little kid because
busy weekend. Shortly after returning
they thought I should diversify my
from a chapter retreat at the Bittker
interests:' he said. "I was mad at them
Conference Center at Camp Tamarack,
at the time, but getting into soccer
the team ripped past Kishon A in the
changed my life."
playoff semifinals and Greenberg A,
What's the attraction of the sport? "I 40-14, in the championship game at
enjoy the team aspect, the one-on-one
the Jewish Community Center in West
battles with your opponent, and the
Bloomfield.
fact that it's a thinking man's game;'
There were three Shapiro teams
the 5-foot-8, 158-pounder said.
in the league. In general, high school
Rosenberg began playing club soc-
seniors and juniors played on the A
cer when he was 9. He helped his
team, sophomores on the B team and
Vardar team win five consecutive state
freshmen on the C team.
championships in his six years in the
program.
Second Love on page C4
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