Joys of Watching our Scholar-Athletes in Action
by Dr. Michael Pratt, Head of School
An important responsibility — and great pleasure — of being a head of school is attending student activities, from the fourth grade instrumental music recital, to a middle division debate tournament, to a varsity playoff game. One of my favorite pleasures is drifting from one sports venue to the next on a spring afternoon at Brentwood. It is not at all unusual to have four contests occurring at the same time in the spring...
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BW Names New Athletics Director
Brentwood School has announced the appointment of Joseph Shapiro to the position of Athletics Director for the Upper Division. Joe has been Athletics Director and P.E. Department Chair at Chaminade College Preparatory since July, 2002. In that time he has been a California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section Representative, member of the Chaminade Diversity Committee, and instituted the Chaminade Women in Sports Program…
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A Parting Message from an Eagle of 10 Years
by Jeaney Garcia, Athletics Director
After a decade of being an Eagle, as I wind down into my last month at Brentwood School, I appreciate this opportunity to write one last column for ENN. As I think back on the past year I am reminded that I continue to be most moved by those who lead lives with an authentic heart…
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Swimmers Excel at Spring Festival
by Christie Plank Ciraulo
Some incredible swimming was accomplished against Crossroads at the Annual Spring Sports Festival, with Andrew Colbert making his first CIF Consideration standard in the 50 freestyle with a 23.88 and Diana Ciraulo taking her fourth CIF Consideration standard with a 1:01.86 the 100 freestyle. Colbert showed real swimming savvy when he stretched for the wall the 100 free instead of taking an extra stroke, winning the race by two hundredths of a second (.02)…
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V-Softball Scores Early & Often in 16-1 Win
by Steve Angarella
EDITOR'S NOTE: This report includes coverage of several previous games as well. Don't miss it!: On April 30, the Varsity Softball Team showed its fangs in a game against Archer at home. Katie Buckner threw five solid innings holding Archer to only one run in a 16-1 win for the Eagles. Brentwood’s offense exploded in the second inning when the Eagles picked up five runs. Highlights of the inning including a bases-loaded double by Katie Buckner to help her to own cause. In the third inning, Brentwood put together 10 hits, picking up another nine runs. The inning started with four straight hits - a single by Jane Bender, a double by Grace Stern, a single by Bailey Nassetta and a double by Michelle Susskind...
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Boys V-Tennis Continues to Soar
by ENN Correspondent
The Boys Varsity Tennis team closed out its regular season with an 18-0, exclamation-point win against Montclair Prep on May 1, to follow up 10-8 and 14-4 wins against Mira Costa and Crossroads, respectively, on April 27 and 28. The team, which won the CIF Div III championship last year, finished the reason with a single loss in the tennis equivalent of “overtime” in a national tournament back in March. Competing in Div. II this year, the team now looks toward League and CIF playoffs.
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New Date for Spring Sports Recognition Assembly
The Spring Sports Recognition Assembly, previously scheduled for May 18, has been moved to Thursday, May 21, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. in the East Campus Gym. All spring sports teams members, coaches, and parents are encouraged to attend this special event to recognize the achievements of our outstanding athletes. Please change your calendar and plan to attend!
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V-Baseball Wins in the Wind
by Ray Rosenthal
On a very cold and windy afternoon April 14, the varsity baseball team won and started the second half of the season on a high note. Mikey Wapnick started the game with a base hit and ended with a put-out of a Buckley High School runner with David Rosenthal putting the final tag for the win. In between, Brett Pierce pitched a solid 7 innings for the win…
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Curtis Ends MD Golf Team’s Undefeated Run
by Coach Ingram and Coach Kalan
The MD gold team’s undefeated run came to an end May 4 over at the V.A. course against Curtis School. The final score was 211-220. However, our players handled it with class. Four of our players beat or tied their best scores of the season as the team shot one of its best overall scores of the season even without counting the scores of some of our top guns. We remain undefeated in league play...
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MD Fencing Wins SoCal Championship
by Merritt Adams
Brentwood’s Middle Division fencing team took the Southern California Scholastic League Fencing Championship in the Epee division for the second consecutive year. An epee is the modern derivative of the original dueling sword and is one of three different fencing weapons used in competition. This year’s Brentwood Middle Division team comprised of…
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MD Tennis Ends with win over Campbell Hall
by Dr. Lloyd Wagner
The Brentwood Middle School Boys Tennis Team closed out its regular season with a convincing 5-1 victory over Campbell Hall Monday, April 27 at home in Westwood. Singles players Graham Sawyer and Alex Mack together lost only one game in dispatching their opponents, while Jake Coe triumphed 8-4...
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7-0 MD Boys V-ball in League Championship
by Mark McDonald
After a convincing victory over the Westside Neighborhood School Jets, the Brentwood Eagles will play for the league championship on Thursday May 7th at home. The first game was a 25-12 win, the second game was a 25-23 win with many of the starters rotating in and out of the lineup. The match was a true team victory with Kamber Moss leading with four serving aces and three kills. Shane McDonald had five kills and Leland King added two more kills plus a convincing block. Previously, on April 30th, the Eagles traveled to Culver City for their last regular season game with Turning Point. Many team members got into the stats in this match up...
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MD Softball Soars in Home Wrapup
by Andy Starrels.
EDITOR"S NOTE: Our coverage includes several games, so read on! The Middle Division Softball team brought their bats and kept them working in the squad's last home game of the regular season against New Roads School on April 24, 2009, and the result was a mercy-rule shortened 18-1 victory for the now soaring Eagles. It started slowly for the home side, who yielded a run in the first to the visitors and failed to bring one across in their own half of the inning. But "small ball" was not to be the theme for this game…
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