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48 June 27 • 2013
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T
iming is everything. Just ask
the Frankel Jewish Academy
baseball team.
First-year coach Steve Morton's
Jaguars won only one game this season,
but it came at the perfect time.
Frankel beat host Southfield
Christian Eagles 3-1 in the semifinals
of a Michigan High School Athletic
Association Division 4 district tourna-
ment. It was the Jaguars' first district
win since 2004.
"Southfield Christian is a lot like us:'
said Morton. "They have young play-
ers and a new coach. But it still was a
great win:'
Eagle Coach Rich Satterfield played
for Morton when Morton was an assis-
tant baseball coach at Hazel Park High
School.
Royal Oak Shrine beat Frankel 14-1
for the district championship, but that
game also produced positive news for
the Jaguars.
Jake Feldman hit Frankel's only home
run of the season, a drive that sailed
more than 300 feet into left-center field
over a temporary fence.
Even though the score was lopsided,
the Jaguars (1-14) earned some respect
from Shrine (17-5), which had beaten
Frankel three times earlier in the season.
"Shrine's coach told me after the
game that we had really improved:'
Morton said. "I agree with him. We
improved all year long:'
It wasn't easy to improve with eight
sophomores and two freshmen seeing
regular playing time and eight games,
mostly against teams of Frankel's com-
petitive level, washed out because of
rain.
But the Jaguars did get better, and
the improvement culminated in the win
over Southfield Christian (2-16).
Senior right-hander Teddy Sallen, a
Catholic League All-Academic selection,
pitched a two-hit gem in the victory.
He gave up a run in the bottom of the
first inning but shut down the Eagles
after that, striking out six. His battery-
mate was senior catcher Michael Klar.
Sallen's teammates, especially shortstop
Kyle Otis, played solid defense behind
him. Frankel didn't make an error.
The Jaguars tied the game with a run
in the top of the fourth and broke the
tie with two runs in the sixth.
Jeremy Cohn had two hits including
an RBI single that put Frankel ahead for
good 2-1. Oliver Soble scored the go-
ahead run.
Ethan Weinfeld, who played little dur-
ing the season after suffering a broken
wrist during spring break, had a pair of
hits and scored Frankel's third run.
Feldman also had two hits and
drove in Seth Warren with the Jaguars'
first run.
Sophomore Jacob Sallen, younger
brother of Teddy Sallen, was Frankel's
hit leader. Morton said Warren, a
freshman, also shows great promise for
the future.
Morton, 45, a West Bloomfield resi-
dent, is a 1986 Berkley High School
graduate who played baseball and
wrestled for the Bears.
He's a social studies, U.S. and world
history teacher at Hazel Park, where
he spent the last nine years as assistant
wrestling coach before resigning in
spring 2012.
He said he's already looking forward
to next season with the Frankel base-
ball program.
"There were many young and eager
players who didn't make our team this
season:' he said. "With some more tal-
ent coming in, I hope our numbers will
support forming a junior varsity team:'
Michael Govier, a social studies
teacher at Frankel, was Morton's assis-
tant coach this spring.
"He's a fine coaching partner:'
Morton said.
Also on the Frankel roster were Ben
Canvasser, Hershel Dorman, Dean
Hamer, Brian Langnas, Isaac Mayers,
Brandon Mostyn, Zachary Rosenthal
and Connor Tukel.
Hockey Players Wanted
The Frankel club hockey team is form-
ing for its second season. Players born
in 1997 or 1998 are eligible, and they
do not need to be Frankel students.
For information, contact Coach Mark
Weiss at (248) 444-5155 or mweiss@
metroalloys.com . Or sign up at www.
fhhahockey.org .
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