2020-2021 Spring Sports Wrap Up

2021 Virtual Athletics Banquet

As the 2020-2021 Weber school year comes to an end, spring sports teams wrapped up exciting seasons full of personal and team successes! Congratulations to all of our teams and coaches for their hard work and dedication this season!

Season Highlights

List of 5 items.

  • Track and Field

    COACHES
    Victoria Raggs, Damien Kennerly, Hal Fairbanks, and John Hall 

    The Weber Track team had an outstanding season placing in the top 4 in all regular season meets with a 1st place finish at the Galloway Invitational. 
     
    Team members who broke existing School Records:
    Miriam Raggs: Discus Throw
    Gavi Diamant: 100 M Hurdles
    Logan Sucan: 800M 
    Seth Shapiro: Shot Put
    Seth Shapiro: Discus
     
    The Girls and Boys placed 4th overall in Team Points with the highest finish in a GHSA Area Track Meet in Weber History! The entire team qualified for GHSA sectional track meet and moved on to the GHSA State Track Meet.
     
    Notable results from the GHSA Sectional Track Meet include: 
    Logan Sucan 3200m placed 9th Alternate  Qualifier for State
    Miriam Raggs Discus Throw placed 9th Alternate Qualifier for State
    Asher Force 110H placed 9th Alternate Qualifier for State
    Seth Shapiro Discus Throw placed 3rd Qualified for State
    Seth Shapiro Shot Put Throw placed 3rd Qualified for State

    Notable results from the GHSA State Track Meet include: 
    Seth Shapiro Discus Throw placed 8th 
    Seth Shapiro Shot Put Throw placed 9th
    Logan Sucan 3200 m placed 9th

    A special congratulations to Asher Force who broke the Weber school record in the 110 Hurdles and all our team members who broke personal records. 
  • Tennis

    COACH
    Zachary Rich
     
    A few matches into the season, Tennis Assistant Coach Jim Harwood, unexpectedly passed away. The team immediately came together to support Coach Harwood’s family and each other and dedicated the remainder of the season to him and his family.
     
    Girls
    The team worked extremely hard on their conditioning, skills, and tennis IQ, finishing the season with a 2-9 regular season record. They entered the region tournament as a 7 seed and battled against the number 2 seed, Mt. Pisgah. Two of the matches went into nail-biting 3rd set tiebreakers, with the girls finishing just short of a win.
     
    Boys
    Led by seniors and captains, Quinn Korach and Harris Jacobs, team ended the regular season in sole possession of first place with a record of 9-3 overall and a perfect 7-0 record in the Region. 
     
    Entering the Region Tournament, the team beat Kings Ridge (5-0) in the first round and fought hard in the semifinals to beat Mt Bethel (4-0). After 3 consecutive region championships won by Mt Pisgah, Region 6 finally had a new champion and a perfect region record!
     
    1st and 2nd Team All-Region Winners
    Ben Lefkovits - 1st Team Singles
    Zak Katz - 2nd Team Singles
    Quinn Korach - 1st Team Doubles
    Sy Polekoff - 1st Team Doubles
  • Baseball

    COACHES: Scott Seagraves, Alan NeSmith, David Frankel, and Brandon NeSmith

    This was the most successful baseball season in Weber history with an overall record of 12 wins and 7 losses, narrowly missing the state playoffs by one win. The team worked hard all year and enjoyed great senior leadership from team captains, Slaide Naturman, Rami Fabian, and Jason Seagraves. With signature program wins this year against Fellowship Christian and Mt. Pisgah, this team is poised for great success next year with its returning players.

    Team Awards
    Pitcher of the Year: Jason May
    Offensive POY: Slaide Naturman
    Defensive POY: Aaron Bock
    Coaches Award: Rami Fabian and Carmi Nemhauser
  • Golf

    COACHES: Alan Silverman and Casey Cater

    The team steadily improved across the season, culminating in a victory in our final match of the season against Mt. Bethel.

    Team awards:
    MVP: Sammy Effron
    Most Improved Player: Ryan Diamond
    Coach's Award: Danny Kobrinsky
    We wish the best to the team's three graduating seniors: Ryan Diamond, Caleb Heller, and Jake Powers, and look forward to next year.
  • Soccer

    Girls
    COACH: Mike Nance
    The team finished with a 2-9 record, with wins against tough region opponents King's Ridge and St. Francis. Junior Kira Berzack was the team's leading scorer, with 16 of our 19 goals for the season and was named to the Region 6A Private Schools All-Region team in soccer.
    With only one graduating senior on the team -- captain Alexa Mittelman -- the team is excited to have a strong group returning for 2022!

    Team awards:
    MVP Offense: Kira Berzack
    MVP Defense: Alexa Mittelman
    MOST Improved: Emma Smith
    Coaches’ Award: Emily Berman
    Rookie of the Year: Shayna Robins
    Captains: Alexa Mittelman and Leah Cordover

    Boys
    COACH: Melissa Drisch

    This year's team embraced a variety of challenges with Covid and schedule changes and showed great perseverance and determination in the face of adversity. The team faced several tough opponents, including St. Francis and Pinecrest Academy, but with hard work, they were able to grow and build as a team.

    A great group of senior boys led this year's team and Coach Drisch looks forward to the younger players continuing their soccer careers at Weber. 
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