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Match Stats 
Here’s how the Frankel Jewish Academy 
boys tennis team fared in Division 4 regional 
and state competitions this season:

DIVISION 4 REGIONAL AT GROSSE ILE
OCT. 6

TEAM SCORES
1. Frankel Jewish Academy 22
2. Grosse Ile 19
3. Milan 17
4. Jackson Lumen Christi 15
5. Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard 9
6. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 8
7. Brooklyn Columbia Central 4
8. Plymouth Christian Academy 2
9. Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central 0

SINGLES
NO. 1 — Ethan Gray (FJA) def. Robert 
Coyler (Monroe) 6-1, 6-2
— Daniel Pero (Brooklyn) def. Ethan 
Grey (FJA) 6-0, 6-0 (semifinals) 
 NO. 2 — Zach Fink (Milan) def. Max 
Charlip (FJA) 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 (second round) 
NO. 3 — Hayden Dean (FJA) def. 
Brennan Runyon (Monroe) 6-0, 6-0
— Hayden Dean (FJA) def. Ethan 
Fitzpatrick (Notre Dame) 6-2, 6-1
— Hayden Dean (FJA) def. Nick Naso 
(Grosse Ile) 6-0, 7-5 (championship) 
NO. 4 — Tony Carson (FJA) def. Sawyer 
Johnson (Milan) 6-0, 6-0
— Tony Carson (FJA) def. Ryan Wells 
(Notre Dame) 6-0, 6-0
— Tony Carson (FJA) def. Nolan Karn 
(Grosse Ile) 6-1, 7-6 (championship)

DOUBLES
NO. 1 — Aidan Charlip/Gabe Gordon 
(FJA) def. Joseph Labbe/Thomas 
McClelland (AA Gabriel Richard) 6-2, 6-4
— Trent Chlebek/Calib Johnson (Grosse 
Ile) def. Aidan Charlip/Gabe Gordon (FJA) 
6-4, 6-1 (semifinals) 
 NO. 2 — Merrick Michaelson/AJ 
Goodman (FJA) def. Noah Iott/Xander 
Memije (Monroe) 6-0, 7-5
— Nathan Bowman/Tyler Denham 
(Milan) def. Merrick Michaelson/AJ 
Goodman (FJA) 6-1, 6-3 (semifinals) 
NO. 3 — Ryan Rubin/Caleb Robbins 
(FJA) def. Asher Feldvary/Garrett Watkins 
(Brooklyn) 6-0, 6-1
— Ryan Rubin/Caleb Robbins (FJA) def. 
Michael Mitzel/Ellie Crane (AA Gabriel 
Richard) 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
— Ryan Rubin/Caleb Robbins (FJA) def. 

Dres Kedding/Bray Kedding (Grosse Ile) 
5-7, 6-4, 6-1 (championship) 
NO. 4 — Harry Shaevsky/Jonah Miller 
(FJA) def. Hyunseung Lee/Hyunsu Lee 
(AA Gabriel Richard) 6-2, 6-1
— Harry Shaevsky/Jonah Miller (FJA) 
def. Mannie Riopello/Hudson Randles 
(Grosse Ile) 6-1, 6-4
— Harry Shaevsky/Jonah Miller (FJA) 
def. Luke Morse/Zach Farmer (Milan) 6-3, 
6-1 (championship)

DIVISION 4 STATE TOURNAMENT AT 
KALAMAZOO OCT. 13-14

TEAM SCORES
— FJA scored 5 points (five-way tie for 
13th place among 27 teams).

SINGLES
NO. 1 — Ethan Gray (FJA) def. Joey 
Castle (Lansing Catholic) 6-0, 6-0
— Simon Caldwell (Grand Rapids West 
Catholic) def. Ethan Grey (FJA) 6-0, 6-2 
NO. 2 — Max Charlip (FJA) def. Jacob 
McNew (Williamston) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
— Levi Yaffey (Grand Rapids South 
Christian) def. Max Charlip (FJA) 6-1, 6-0 
NO. 3 — Hayden Dean (FJA) def. Logan 
Fuller (Big Rapids) 6-4, 6-4
— Jack Elliott (Berrian Springs) def. 
Hayden Dean (FJA) 6-3, 6-1 
NO. 4 — Jaret Hill (Armada) def. Tony 
Carson (FJA) 6-0, 7-6

DOUBLES
NO. 1 — Aidan Charlip/Gabe Gordon 
(FJA) def. Garrett Riehl/Will Gardner 
(Lansing Catholic) 6-1, 6-1
— Campbell Marchal/Tommy Ugval 
(Grosse Pointe University Liggett) def. 
Aidan Charlip/Gabe Gordon (FJA) 6-1, 4-6, 
6-0 
NO. 2 — Ryan Waite/Sebastion Deimel 
(Grand Rapids Catholic Central) def. 
Merrick Michaelson/AJ Goodman (FJA) 
6-1 6-3 
NO. 3 — Jack Grytza/Davis Vu (Grand 
Rapids Catholic Central) def. Ryan Rubin/
Caleb Robbins (FJA) 7-6 (5), 6-4 
NO. 4 — Harry Shaevsky/Jonah Miller 
(FJA) def. Collin Craig/Youngjan Jang 
(Berrien Springs) 6-1, 6-4
— Ryan King/Niko Cooksey (Liggett) 
def. Harry Shaevsky/Jonah Miller (FJA) 
6-2, 6-4 

two went on to win flight 
championships, two finished second 
in their flight and another made it to 
the flight semifinals.
As for seeded players, Frankel 
players lost to two No. 1 seeds, two 
No. 4 seeds and one No. 6 seed.
The Michigan High School 
Athletic Association made 
accommodations once again for 
the Frankel players so their state 
tournament matches wouldn’t be 
held during Shabbat.
All of Frankel’s first-round 
matches were played Thursday night 
(Oct. 13) indoors at the Markin 
Racquet Center at Kalamazoo 
College.
It made for a long night and a 
quick turnaround, but nobody from 
Frankel complained.
“Our matches started at 6 and 
7 Thursday night. We got done at 
10:30, then drove 40 minutes to 
our hotel in Battle Creek. There 
weren’t any hotel rooms available in 
Kalamazoo because it was Western 
Michigan University’s homecoming 
weekend,
” Larry Stark said.
“We had a 5:15 wakeup call Friday 
morning. We had breakfast at 6 and 
got on the bus at 7 so Monica and I 
could get to a coaches’ meeting at 8.
”
If needed, semifinal and 
championship matches involving 
Frankel players would have been 
played Saturday night (Oct. 15).
The Saturday night scenario has 
happened twice during Frankel’s 
state tournament run.
“The goal each year at the state 
tournament is to have our players 
get through the quarterfinals 
before Shabbat on the Friday of 
the tournament so we can come 
back and play Saturday night,
” said 
Frankel Athletic Director Rick Dorn.
Frankel went 6-0-2 in dual 
matches this season and finished 
second in its Catholic League 
division. The 4-4 ties were against 
Warren De La Salle and Dearborn 
Divine Child, much larger schools 
with long resumes of athletic 
success. 

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