up “probably because I was get-
ting used to bowling a lot.
“I actually liked bowling the 
individual and team rounds 
in the same day. It was fun, 
and we didn’t have to drive to 
Tecumseh twice (Tecumseh is 
about a 75-minute trek from 
Frankel).”
Gordon finished 36th among 
80 bowlers in the individual 
regional competition with 
866 for six games. The 173 he 
rolled in his last game was his 
highest score of the six.
The top 10 individual finish-
ers qualified for state.
Frankel’s Charlie LaBelle 
was 40th with 848. Adam State 
(59th with 719), Ben Taylor-
Abt (67th with 675) and Meir 

Shomer (68th with 673) also 
competed for the Jaguars.
Frankel finished 10th among 
15 teams with 2799. The team 
competition starts with six 
Baker games (team members 
alternate shots) and finishes 
with three regular games.
The top three teams quali-
fied for state.
There were 17 bowlers on 
the Frankel team this season, 
the most in Bernstein’s eight 
years as coach, “and probably 
the most in program history,
” 
he said.
“These guys are quintessen-
tial student-athletes. I haven’t 
checked, but we have to have 
the highest or close to the high-
est team GPA at our school.
”

Six seniors were on Frankel 
bowling team this season: 
Gordon, LaBelle, State, Andy 
Tukel, Daniel Stryk and Oz 
Gamer.
There were five juniors: 
Taylor-Abt, Aiden Schafer, 
Evan and Ethan Weitzman and 
Zion Rozin.
Sophomores Jonah Miller, 

Avi Shere and Ari Michaels 
and freshmen Shomer, Brody 
Fleishman and Areyh Gamer 
rounded out the roster.
Langan’s All Star Lanes in 
Walled Lake is Frankel’s home 
base. 

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Jack Chudler lost both 
of his matches March 4 
at the MHSAA Division 2 
individual state wrestling 
tournament.
But the Orchard Lake 
St. Mary’s sophomore 
didn’t leave Ford Field 
in Detroit unhappy. Just 
making it to state was 
good enough for him this 
year.
“I really didn’t expect 
to be there,” he said. “I 
thought I wrestled well 
at state, and the experi-
ence will help me in the 
future.”
Chudler didn’t exactly 
get an easy draw at state 
in the 135-pound bracket.
He was pinned by St. 
Clair Shores Lakeshore’s 
Aaron Lucio in 2:18 in his 

opening match.
Lucio went on to win 
the weight class champi-
onship as expected and 

finish the season with a 
54-0 record.
Cole Riedel of St. 
John’s pinned Chudler 
in 2:48 in wrestle-back’s, 
ending Chudler’s time 
at the tournament and 
leaving him with a 24-10 
season record.
There were plenty of 
reasons for Chudler to 
celebrate post-season 
success before he got to 
the state tournament.
He was the 135-pound 
champion at the Warren 
Fitzgerald district, and 
he finished fourth at the 
Adrian regional, earning 
a state tournament berth.
“Winning districts was a 
big goal for me this sea-
son, and I did it,” Chudler 
said. “Also, being a dis-
trict champion gave me a 
better draw for regionals, 
which helped me get to 
state.” 

sports HIGHlights

Wrestler Jack Chudler States his 
Case at Ford Field

quick hits
BY STEVE STEIN 

Family members celebrate 
sophomore wrestler Jack 
Chudler’s district championship. 
From left are Jack’s brother 
Anthony and parents, Loren and 
Angel.

CHUDLER FAMILY

This Hornet Is 
Buzzing at the Plate

Ben Chosid is off to a hot start with 
the hot Kalamazoo College base-
ball team.
The senior 
shortstop from 
Ann Arbor had 
two hits in the 
Hornets’ 8-6 win 
over Manchester 
on March 6 in 
Indianapolis in the 
second game of a 
doubleheader.
Kalamazoo swept that twin bill 
after another doubleheader sweep 
of Manchester (0-7) a day earlier.
Chosid went 8-for-17 at the plate 
in the season-opening four games 
for a .389 average. He scored four 
runs and drove in three.
The Ann Arbor Huron High 
School grad batted .320 and had 
26 RBI last season in 40 games for 
the Hornets. He scored 21 runs and 
had seven doubles and two triples.
Next for Kalamazoo (4-0) is 
a spring break trip to Tucson, 
Arizona. The Hornets will play eight 
games there beginning March 17. 

Ben Chosid

KALAMAZOO COLLEGE

Frankel bowlers and Coach Joe Bernstein huddle during the team’s 
lone home match of the season, a 29-1 victory Feb. 1 over Waterford 
Our Lady of the Lakes.

MOLLI SPALTER

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