At the BHHS Soccer team’s Senior Night, the last game of the season, departing seniors took time to pose with their moms. From left are: Jacqueline and Parsa Peykar, Sheryl and Spencer Weissberg, Ellen and Aaron Horwitz, Lynne and Zach Fiedler/Gallagher, Taly and Yonaton Ginsberg, Colleen and Russell Sternshein, Sabin and Jonas Brock, Caroline and Aaron Soleimani, Melanie and Willy Cook/Woods, and Carolyn and AJ Karon. The team ended its season on a high note beating Culver City at home, 2-0. “The good news is that both goals and assists were by seniors,” said Coach Steve Rappaport. The first goal was by Soleimani, assisted by Peykar and the second goal was by Brock, assisted by Sternshein. Rappaport summed up the season saying, “It was an unlucky season. We didn’t give up a lot of goals, but we didn’t score enough either.” The team ended the season 9-10-4 and finished fourth in league. “It basically boiled down to one more tie or win and we would have been in the playoffs,” Rappaport said. “As Coach (Jason) Newman said, I should have scheduled a few easier games.” The team fell 1-0 to three schools all ranked in the final top 10 for division 1. “We played well, but those loses hurt a lot.” To earn a playoff spot, the Normans needed to finish fourth or better and with a .500 or better record. “We did the fourth,” Rappaport. “We had a lot of 0-0 games or 1-0 loses. We were in every game.” The only exception was a 5-1 loss during winter break. “Otherwise we could have won every game; it’s tough, we came so close. The seniors leaving are a great bunch of kids,” Rappaport said. He singled out Brock, Woods and Weissberg who “controlled the back field. I’m proud of how this team fought, and how they ended the season,” Rappaport said. Eliminated in the next-to-last game and denied the playoffs, “my kids didn’t give up and went out and played well in the last game,” Rappaport said. “They have that to remember, they went out winners.” Photo by Jonathan Brock
