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16 December 29 • 2011
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ndrew Cahn is answering
to another name these
days. You can call him Mr.
Tennis.
The West Bloomfield High School
senior earned the statewide honor
from the Michigan High School
Tennis Coaches' Association, beat-
ing out three other finalists.
Andrew Cahn
He's thrilled about winning the
award, and surprised.
Division championships in his career.
"I didn't go into the season looking
He led West Bloomfield to a regional
to be named Mr. Tennis:' Calm said. "I
team title and sixth-place finish in the
just wanted to play as well as I could."
state tournament this season.
He played well this fall, winning
"I love to compete at a high lever he
21 of 23 matches at No. 1 singles. He
said. "It's fun:'
lost his first and last matches of the
The next level could be college.
season to Northville's Tyler Gardiner,
Cahn, a 6-foot-1, 180-pounder, is
a highly ranked United States Tennis
considering playing collegiate ten-
Association junior player.
nis at Indiana or Western Michigan
The second match, a tough three-
University.
set battle, was for the Michigan High
Stark is all for it.
School Athletic Association Division
"I have no doubt that Andrew can
1 state championship. Gardiner won
play college tennis and be successful,"
the first match in straight sets, but he
said Stark, a regional coach of the year
needed an 8-6 tie-breaker to take the
this season and former Berkley High
first set.
School tennis star who was a 2006
West Bloomfield boys tennis coach
inductee into the Michigan Jewish
Larry Stark said Calm's tennis game
Sports Hall of Fame.
got bigger and stronger as he moved
Calm says serving is his forte on
through his high school years.
the tennis court, and his biggest chal-
"Now Andrew does it all," Stark
lenge is consistency in all aspects of
said. "He has a strong serve, forehand,
his game.
backhand and volley."
"I have a variety of serves:' he said.
He's also a leader. Cahn was one of
"I can do a top-spin kick serve, slice
the Lakers' co-captains this season,
it, hit it big, put it in different spots in
and he gave a pep talk to the team
the box ...."
before each match.
Back in the summer of 2008, before
Leadership was one reason why
Cahn's freshman season at West
Cahn won the Jean and Jerry Hoxie
Bloomfield, he won a gold medal in
Memorial Award, presented annually
tennis in the U14 Boys Competitive
to a high school senior tennis player
White Division at the JCC Maccabi
in southeast Michigan who has made
Games held in the Detroit area.
a contribution to tennis through good
He won all eight matches he played
sportsmanship and achievements on
in straight sets. His family hosted two
and off the court.
tennis players from Long Island, and
Calm's career record at West
he beat one of them in the division
Bloomfield was 87-14. He played No.
semifinals.
2 singles as a freshman and sopho-
more, and No. 1 singles as a junior and Roll 'Em In K.C.
senior.
Women bowlers interested in compet-
He was named to the Division 1 All- ing in the Jewish Women International
State Team by the Coaches' Association Mid-America Bowling Association
as a junior and senior, and he played
"Bowling, Blues & BBQ" tournament
in the MHSAA state tournament three
Feb. 10-12 in Kansas City can contact
times, losing in the semifinals as a
association president Dana Glinski of
freshman and junior.
Farmington Hills at
He won an MHSAA regional
dsglinski@hotmail.com .
championship this season and three
Oakland Activities Association Red
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