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EDUCATION
Day Schools Ready
To Kick Off Fall Sport
By David R. Cohen
[email protected]
S
tudent athletes
at Davis Academy,
Atlanta
Jewish Academy, the
Weber School and
the Epstein School
are anticipating the
opportunity to get
out on the field, court
and track for the 2015
fall season. Below are
some highlights of
what to watch for at
some of Atlanta’s Jewish day schools.
high that she is excited to see what the
A and B squads can do.
Under Eisenstein, the AJA Middle
School volleyball team
has an overall record of
264-51, and the A team
finished second in its division last season.
The
AJA
Middle
School soccer and basketball teams both look to repeat last year’s first-place
division finishes.
Epstein School
The fall sports season
at Epstein starts Aug. 10
and continues through
October. Competing in
Davis Academy
the MAAC, Epstein will
The boys and
field boys soccer A and B
girls tennis teams at
teams, a girls fast-pitch
Davis won the Metro
softball team, girls volleyWeber junior Becky Arbiv
Atlanta Athletic Conball A and B team, boys
will be the No. 1 seeded poleference championships vaulter at nationals July 29-31. and girls cross country
last year and look to reteams, and, new this year,
peat in 2015-16. The 2015 Davis athletes ultimate Frisbee.
of the year were Jake Rubin (soccer,
Last fall the boys soccer team finbasketball, track) and Abby Goldberg ished second in the MAAC to Ridgeview
(cross country, basketball, soccer).
Charter School.
The boys track team hopes to build
off last year’s second-place finish in the Weber School
MAAC. Rubin won the pole vault with
Rising Weber junior Becky Arbiv
a jump of 10 feet 8 inches, the second- has captured top finishes in national
highest in conference history, which and state track and field events all
ranked him in the top 30 nationally summer. On June 13, she finished first
for middle school boys. Teammate Sam in the Southeast Regional Pole Vault
Mahle placed second in the shotput Championships at Emory with a jump
with a throw of 33 feet 10 inches and of 13 feet 1.5 inches (4 meters). On July
took third place in the mile.
18, Arbiv made her highest leap to date
The girls team was led by Katy Sul- at the Georgia Games at 13 feet 3.5 inchlivan, who won the high jump at 5 feet es (4.08 meters). She heads to nationals
even and the 300-meter hurdles in 55.24 July 29 to 31 as the No. 1 seed.
seconds. Sullivan also placed second in
Becky’s sister, incoming Weber
the 400 meters and joined Olivia Sid- freshman Ariel Arbiv, has cleared 9 feet
man, Hailey Rubin and Emma Tessler 2 inches in the pole vault and is also
to finish third on the 4-by-400-meter seeded in the top 10.
relay team.
Varsity volleyball at Weber is gearing up for a big season as the defending
Atlanta Jewish Academy
1-AAA region champions.
AJA approaches the fall volleyball
The cross country team is anticiseason having lost six seniors from pating a strong fall season — Coach
last year’s Upper School squad, but the Kristan Moses expects another top
Lady Jaguars look to field a competi- four finish and a trip to the Georgia
tive team under the direction of Coach Independent School Association state
Lesley Thompson and returning ath- meet. The team will be led by Zoe Bagel
letes Abby Stein, Danielle Sokol and and Kyle Rabinowitz, who aim to finish
Brooke Ratner. The season starts Aug. in the top 15 in the state. The first meet
11 against Elite Scholars Academy.
will be Aug. 27 at Garrard Landing Park
The AJA Middle School volleyball in Roswell.
team also has high hopes for the seaWeber is fielding its first girls
son. Coach Penny Eisenstein said the fast-pitch softball team this fall under
player turnout at tryouts has been so Coach Scott Seagraves. ■