Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 February 1995 — Page 20

NAT IS February 8. 1995. SportsFcene

Prep stars to watch

By SHEL WALLMAN Some outstanding seniors played high school football this past season. Let's meet a few. Mike Rosenthal of Penn

High School in Mishawaka, IN was chosen Indiana Player of the Year by USA-Today and was named to the newspaper's top-25 in the preseason. The 6:8, 295 OT/DT, who presses 350 pounds and squats 550 pounds, has great drive leading the run and will not be beaten when protecting the quarterback. He will join QB Gus Ornstein at Notre Dame, where Jacob Rosenthal, the Irish's first Jewish gridman, played from 189496. Bo Brownstein of Kent Denver (CO) Country Day is a two-time All-State Class 2A tackle and was named the Class 2-A Lineman of the Year. Bo is considering Northwestern, Stanford, UCLA, USC and Texas. Andrew Kline of Beverly Hills (CA) High is a 6:3, 265 DT/OT who can press 365 pounds and squat 495 pounds. He was named AllSouthern Section (all of Southern California excluding the city of Los Angeles), Division VII, 1st team, and will play Div. I football at either UCLA, California, San Diego State or Colorado State. Vitaly Pisetsky is a So-viet-born 5:, 170 punter/place kicker from New York City's Kennedy H.S. He averaged 37.5 yards in punts, hit 47/50 PATs and hit his only FG attempt, a 39-yarder, for undefeated Kennedy H.S. He was named All-New York City, 1st team, and All-State, Class A, 5th-team. Lennie Friedman is a 6:4, 280 OT/DT at West Milford (NJ) H.S. Called "the best lineman in my 13 years at the school" by his coach, Lennie was named All-Passaic County, Ist-team and AllState, 2nd-team. He expects to play his college football at Duke.

Ivan Mendel is a 6:2,170 QB at Palmetto (FL) H.S. He threw for 1,542 yards and 18 TDs while rushing 74/575 and another 6 TDs. Ivan was named all-Dade County, Istteam, All-State, 3rd-team and expects to play QB at either Florida or Auburn. Hersh David Nitzberg is a 6:2 225 OG/LB at the Harvard-Westlake (CA) School. He was named AllSouthern Section, Div. 9 (there are 12 divisions, with #12containing the smallest schools). Steve Birnbaum is a 6:4, 180 QB at Ayala H.S. in Chino Hills, CA. No stats are available, but Steve is being recruited by Washington State, Colorado State and Utah. Jon Abendschein is a 6:4, 235 OT/GG at Mountain Lakes(NJ) H.S. Named by the coaches to the All-Essex County, Ist-team and AllArea, 1st team, by the Daily Record, Jon will either prep for a year in hopes of making a high Div. I school or will attend an Ivy League school or

Stanford.

Ben Silverman, the captain and a LB'er at MontclairKimberly (NJ) Academy, broke the single-season tackle record, presses 285 pounds and is the No. 1 academic student in the senior class. The Star-Ledger named him AllState, Prep, Ist-team.He hopes to play football in the Ivy

League.

Chad Widensky, a 5:11, 195 OG/LB at Douglas (FL) H.S., was named All-Broward County, Ist-team. The team captain and a National Honor Society member, Chad expects to play Ivy League football. Paul Freed, a 5:9, 150 punter/PK'er/DB at Ransom-

named All-Dade County, Class 2A-4A, 1st team. His college plans are incomplete. Addam Brodsky is a 6:4, 285 DT/OT at Brockton (MA) H.S. where Coach Colombo calls his 3-year starter "a blue chipper who will certainly play I-A football." Corey Winer is a DB at Morris Knolls (NJ) H.S. who was named All-Morris County, 2d-team. Ari Mutchnik, a 5:7, 170 RB, led Miami County (FL) Day to its first playoff appearance while rushing for 955 yards. He was named AllCounty, Class 2A-4A, 2ndteam. Dave Abramson is a 6:4, 265 OT at Cooper City (FL) H.S. where Coach Perry Schneider advises that Dave will play I-A football, possibly at Indiana. Todd Greenbaum, a 6:3, 195 QB at Qince Orchard (MD) H.S., is one of the Baltimore area's top QBs and expects to play football at either Richmond or Lehigh. Mike Weiner, a 5:11, 200 FB at West Orange (NJ) H.S., has, according to Coach Pizzi, "intensity and an excellent work ethic." He was named All-Essex County, Ist-team, and hopes to obtain an appointment to the Naval Academy. Jarrett Epstein,, a 6:1,215 TE/DT at Stuyvesant (NYC) H.S., is an excellent blocker, has great hands and is quick of the ball. The NYC coaches named him to their NYC AllStar team, and he expects to play Ivy League football. Who'd we miss? Write Shel Wallman at 70 West 95 Street, #27G, New York, NY 10025 or call (212) 666-0352.

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Jacobs to fight here on March 4

GLASGOW — Gary Jacobs will fight the preliminary on the card in Atlantic City on March 4 that will feature World Boxing Council welterweight Pernell Whitaker

against WBA champ Ike Quartey of Ghana. Jacobs' opponent has not yet been named, but it is Whitaker's title that he eventually hopes to win.

NFL teams may play Israeli exhibition game JERUSALEM — An NFL game in the Ramat Gan National Stadium between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New England Patriots is a possibility according to a two-page writeup in The Jerusalem Report on owners Robert Kraft and Art Rooney, respectively. An informal agreement between the two would bring the two teams to the 40,000-seat stadium in 1996. The contest would not be that much of a novelty for the NFL. Since 1986 there have been 23 such exhibition games in cities like Barcelona, Berlin, London, Mexico City, Goteborg and Tokyo. In return for the Israel game, the two teams would play in Ireland the following year — an exchange between a Jewish and an Irish owner.

Kort triathletes a family affair

ATLANTA — The Kort family here may not have a lock on the U.S. triathlon competition, but neither are they among the has beens. Anton Kort was pictured recently in Sports Illustrated and is among the top -16-year-old triathletes in the nation,

earning a silver medal in the National Triathlon under-20 age division. The family includes his father who competed in 1933 in the World Duathlon, and Jonathon, age 12, who placed 7th at the National Iron-Kids Championships.

Grunfeld is not giving up

MANCHESTER — Athletes never give up and Amanda Grunfeld, who won the British Junior Indoor Title at age 16 and is now 27, has gone back into training after two years when she injured her shoulder in the Australian Open. She has since under-

gone two major operations, but is now training three times a week while working toward a physiotherapy degree at Manchester's Royal Infirmary. The formei British number three admitted that it is possible "I may never play top tennis again."

Both tennis star and humanitarian

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — for outstanding sportsmanReid Lerner, North Carolina's ship and concern for others, no 1. high school tennis player. He teaches tennis to underwas named one of the co-re- privileged children and is a cipients of the first Jeff Adams Habitat for Humanity volunJunior Tennis Awards of the teer, plus a member of Future Charlotte Tennis Association Leaders of United Way.

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