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he Bloomfield Hills High 
School boys tennis team won 
its third straight Division 1 
state championship this fall with six 
Jewish players contributing to the 
title.
Zev Spiegel won the No. 3 singles 
state championship. Brady Winston 
placed second at No. 4 singles.
Asher Langwell was a member of 
the No. 1 doubles state champion 
team. Noah Kaplan made it to the 
semifinals at No. 2 doubles. Meyer 
Saperstein and his partner won the 
state championship at No. 3 doubles. 
Davis Langwell made it to the semi-
finals at No. 4 doubles.
Let’s meet these young men:

ZEV SPIEGEL
Year in school: Sophomore
Why do you enjoy playing ten-
nis?
“I love the competitive mindset 
and the thrill of the sport.”
What’s something people may 
not know about you?
“I’m a super talkative guy off the 
court.”
Other extracurricular activities?
DECA business club.

BRADY WINSTON
Year in school: Sophomore

Why do you enjoy playing tennis?
“I love the energy I feel when I’m 
on the court, the all-around athlet-
icism needed for the sport, and the 
people I’ve met over the years.”
What’s something people may 
not know about you?
“I can solve a Rubik’s Cube!”
Other extracurricular activities?
Sophomore class president, stu-
dent ambassador, member of Future 
Health Professionals, community 
service club, Jewish Student Alliance, 
middle school tutoring club, speech 
and debate club, and medical careers 
club. 

ASHER LANGWELL
Year in school: Senior
Why do you enjoy playing ten-
nis?
“I enjoy all sports. I’ve played 
many throughout my life. I enjoy 
tennis especially because I like being 
able to win both as a team and an 
individual.”
What’s something people may 
not know about you?
“I’m also a golfer. I play on the 
Bloomfield Hills boys golf team. I’m 
a two-time state champion in tennis 
and in golf. I was the runner-up in 
the regional and 13th at the state 
tournament last spring.”

Meet the six Jewish members of the 
three-time state champion Bloomfield 
Hills High School boys tennis team.

Net Worth

STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Asher Langwell 
(left) and his 
brother Davis 
Langwell.

SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS

quick hits

BY STEVE STEIN 

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Max Sasson’s dream has come true. 
The Birmingham native played in 
eight NHL games for the 
Vancouver Canucks from 
Nov. 23 through Dec. 10 
after being called up from 
the Abbotsford Canucks, 
the parent club’s top farm 
team.
One of those NHL 
games was Dec. 1 at Little 
Caesars Arena against 
the Detroit Red Wings. 
Sasson, a 6-foot-1, 184-
pound forward, got 6:19 of 
ice time in 10 shifts in his hometown.
Sasson had an assist in his NHL 

debut vs. the Ottawa Senators on Nov. 
23 and vs. the Pittsburgh Penguins on 
Nov. 27 in his second NHL 
game. Those were his only 
points in the eight games. 
He became the 46th play-
er in Vancouver franchise 
history to record at least a 
point in his NHL debut.
The former Western 
Michigan University hock-
ey star was signed by the 
Vancouver Canucks as a 
college free agent at the 
end of the 2022-23 season. 
He had 42 points in 56 games last 
year for Abbotsford.

Max Sasson Makes It to the NHL, Skates at 
Little Caesars Arena vs. the Red Wings

ABBOTSFORD CANUCKS

Max 
Sasson

The Fire Inside, a movie about Flint 
boxer Claressa Shields training for the 
2012 Summer Olympics, will be released 
in theaters Dec. 25.
Orthodox Jewish boxing promoter 
Dmitriy Salita of Southfield, a former 
professional boxer who had a 35-2-
1 record in the ring in 12 years, is 
Shields’ longtime promoter. Salita was 
recently named the USBA Promoter of 
the Year by the International Boxing Federation.
Shields, one of the top women boxers in the world, is a two-
time Olympic gold medal winner and has won four weight 
class championships as a professional.

Orthodox Jewish Boxing Promoter Dmitriy 
Salita’s Client Is the Subject of a Movie

Dmitriy Salita and 
Claressa Shields.

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