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November 23 • 2017

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acob Bean clearly remembers a
field in Novi.
conversation he had two years
The Jaguars finished 9-7-1 in dual
ago with then new
matches this season with wins
ABOVE: The
Frankel Jewish Academy
over Walled Lake Central,
Frankel boys
boys tennis coach Larry
Allen Park, Fowlerville,
tennis team
Stark.
Plymouth Christian, Hazel
celebrates
“It was before my sopho-
Park, Warren De La Salle,
qualifying for the Dearborn, Dearborn Divine
more season. Coach Stark
Division 4 state
said he’d booked rooms in
Child and Grosse Ile.
tournament for the
Kalamazoo for our team for
There are lots of much big-
the (Division 4) state tour- third straight time . ger schools on that list.
nament,” Bean said. “He
There were five seniors on
was dead serious.”
this year’s Frankel team: Bean, Ilan
To put Stark’s remark into per-
Elrom, Seth Kahan, Noah Kahan and
spective ... the team had never quali- Noah Goodman, with Bean, Elrom
fied for the state tournament in the
and Seth Kahan serving as captains.
West Bloomfield school’s 15-year
Each senior went to the state tour-
history and there was no reason to
nament three times.
believe the drought was going to
What has turned around the
end.
Frankel boys tennis program? A
But Stark knew what he was talk-
number of factors.
ing about. The Jaguars did qualify
“Getting talented kids to work
for state in fall 2015, and they’ve
harder, making sure they have prop-
done it two times since then.
er seeds at tournaments, creating
Stark is a perfect 3-for-3. The
a winning culture and developing
Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame match strategies where our boys try
inductee has been Frankel’s boys
to exploit their opponent’s weak-
tennis coach three years, and it has
nesses with their strengths,” Stark
gone to state three years.
said.
“After we went to state the first
Bean, who played No. 2 singles
year, the guys said let’s do it again,”
for Frankel as a freshman and No. 1
Stark said. “After we went the sec-
singles the next three years, earning
ond year, they said let’s go for a
All-State honorable mention this
three-peat.”
season, pointed to Stark’s never-
Frankel has finished in the middle ending positivity and dedication to
of the pack in its three state tourna-
his job.
ment appearances. Last month the
“If you’re playing a tough oppo-
Jaguars tied with Grand Rapids West nent, coach Stark will say, ‘We’ll
Catholic for 10th place in a 23-team
figure out a way to win,’” Bean said,
“And his dedication to our team
is above and beyond what you’d
TEAM ROSTER
expect. He’d start calling me in June
Frankel Jewish Academy boys tennis
to talk about practice.”
lineup and roster with 2017 records:
A former tennis star at Berkley
No. 1 singles — Jacob Bean (9-8)
High School and Michigan State
No. 2 singles — Ilan Elrom (11-7)
University and a winner of several
No. 3 singles — Seth Kahan (10-8)
major U.S. Tennis Association tour-
No. 4 singles — Eric Adelson (12-7)
naments, Stark was inducted into
No. 1 doubles — Noah Kahan and
the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of
Noah Goodman (9-4); No. 2 doubles
Fame in 2006.
— Alex Bean and Eli Grey (7-5); No. 3
He’s still playing today on the
doubles — Russell Presser and Isaac
USTA senior circuit.
Mintz (6-6); No. 4 doubles — Andrew
Stark was the boys tennis coach
Schulman and Ben Goldstein (4-6)
at West Bloomfield High School
Also: Benny Shaevsky, Mack Glass
for seven years before coming to
and Jack Harris
Frankel. •
Coach: Larry Stark
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Assistant coach: Gary Gates

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