Perfect Game–2019 Newsletter Vol. 2

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2019 Newsletter Vol. 2

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2019 ICHA Handball Calendar

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28th Annual ICHA/Berkowitz II High School Spring Meet

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USHA Junior National One Wall Small Ball (Co-Sponsored by ICHA)

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2019 ICHA Handball Calendar

ICHA/ USHA Junior Big Blue Nationals/ Adult Singles Championships 8/17 - 8/18/2019

2019 ICHA Annual Fall Handball Gala 11/14/2019

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28th Annual ICHA/ Berkowitz II High School Spring Meet

BY MICHELLE HE

Will Shnae Cummings Claim the Championship Again?

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Justin Saavedra and Charly Guaman Take the Match to 20-20 Justin Saavedra and Charly Guaman drew attention to their finals match of the Boy’s 17 & Under Singles, and left the audience cheering for many of their kill shots and serves.

Saavedra served out in the beginning of the match and took some time to get his head in the game. This gave Guaman a head start and he scored several points off his powerful angled serve to the left. When Saavedra gained his strength, he challenged Guaman to the final match point of 20-20 and Saveedra killed the ball the minute he had the opportunity. The final point, Saavedra focused hard on his angled serve and ultimately won after Guaman hit the return out, making the final score 21-20.

hnae Cummings from Bayside High School proved to the handball community that she goes to every tournament to win.

Cummings faced Vina Weng from Fort Hamilton High School in the finals of both the Girl’s 17 & Under, and 19 & Under Singles. Both players refused to give up any points and returned deep angled volleys towards the left and right consecutively.

Cummings dominated Weng with her consistent over hand returns Familar Faces of the and gained momentum for 16 Singles Divisions also straight points. Weng came back Rise in the Doubles strong and built a momentum and gained 3 points. Cummings, All teams this year competed with however, had a championship refinement and great spirit. In the title to defend and defeated Boy’s 17 and Under Doubles, the Weng’s momentum immediately familiar faces of Charly Guaman and took the championship and Jonathan Carranza left nearly once again in her division and remained undefeated with a score all matches under the score of 15, including the finals match against of 21-5.

Brandon Lopez Herrera and Justin Saavedra.

From Aviation High School, Christian Catano and Jose Quiroz came to dominate in the Boy’s 19 and Under Doubles and fought their way to the championship together with ease.

Yasmin Mendoza and Jenny Minchala started strong and left their opponents under 5 points in the Girl’s 17 and Under Doubles.

The championship match was not as easy though against Jaydee Aguilar and Hermidine Felima.

Aguilar and Felima served and returned powerful lobs, but Mendoza and Minchala stayed in the offensive and made their way to the championship title with the close score of 21-18.

Vanessa Louie and Celeste Luna also kept their opponents on edge after making a bold statement by zipping out the first team they faced. They reached the finals match against Nancy Casimiro and Laly Prado with ease, and with their coordinated team work and quick off-the-fly shots, they pushed Casimiro and Prado back in defense. Louie and Luna displayed perfect teamwork and won with the score of 21-8.

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28th Annual ICHA/Berkowitz II High School Spring Meet BOY’S SINGLES SMALL BALL – 15 & UNDER 1st Place 2nd Place Semi-Finalist Semi-Finalist

Dennis Yu Mateo Chimbo Taylor Rampersaud Sean Lin

1st Place 2nd Place Semi-Finalist Semi-Finalist

Justin Saavedra Charly Guaman Amit Sarker Steven Poon

1st Place 2nd Place Semi-Finalist Semi-Finalist

Jonathan Carranza / Charly Guaman Brandon Lopez Herrera / Justin Saavedra Joseph Lau / Steven Poon Zunhing Lin / Ken Lu

1st Place 2nd Place Semi-Finalist Semi-Finalist

Christian Catano Raffael Raisan Kenny Zou Kevin Munoz

1st Place 2nd Place Semi-Finalist Semi-Finalist

Jose Quiroz / Christian Catano Wilson Lu / Jared Hwee Ricky Chu / Yi Hang Cen Md Rayhan Miah / Maky Dioum

1st Place 2nd Place Semi-Finalist Semi-Finalist

Anastasia Chen Sharon Jiang Selena Cheung Kristen Zhou

1st Place 2nd Place Semi-Finalist Semi-Finalist

Shnae Cummings Vina Weng Annissa Chen Anastasia Chen

1st Place 2nd Place Semi-Finalist Semi-Finalist

Yasmin Mendoza / Jenny Minchala Jaydee Aguilar / Hermidine Felima Sherry Lin / Karen Lin Salma Suhail / Karma Yangchen

1st Place 2nd Place Semi-Finalist Semi-Finalist

Shnae Cummings Vina Weng Flora Liu Nancy Casimiro

1st Place 2nd Place Semi-Finalist Semi-Finalist

Vanessa Louie / Celeste Luna Nancy Casimiro / Laly Prado Salma Suhail / Karma Yangchen Cathy Chen / Anabelle Rampersaud

BOY’S SINGLES SMALL BALL – 17 & UNDER

BOY’S DOUBLES SMALL BALL – 17 & UNDER

BOY’S SINGLES SMALL BALL – 19 & UNDER A

BOY’S DOUBLES SMALL BALL – 19 & UNDER A

GIRL’S SINGLES SMALL BALL – 15 & UNDER

GIRL’S SINGLES SMALL BALL – 17 & UNDER

GIRL’S DOUBLES SMALL BALL – 17 & UNDER

GIRL’S SINGLES SMALL BALL – 19 & UNDER

GIRL’S DOUBLES SMALL BALL – 19 & UNDER

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28th Annual ICHA/Berkowitz II High School Spring Meet

Girl’s Singles 15 & Under– Champion Anastasia Chen (Left) & Finalist Sharon Jiang (Right)

Boy’s Singles 19 & Under A– Champion Christian Catano (Left) & Raffael Raisan (Right)

Boy’s Singles 17 & Under– Champion Justin Saavedra (Left) & Finalist Charly Guaman (Left)

Boy’s Singles 15 & Under– Champion Dennis Yu (Left) & Finalist Mateo Chimbo (Right)

Girl’s Singles 17 & 19 Under– Champion Shnae Cummings (Left) & Finalist Vina Weng (Right)

Girl’s Doubles 19 & Under– Champions Celeste Luna/ Vanessa Louie (Left) & Finalists Nancy Casimiro/Laly Prado (Right)

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28th Annual ICHA/Berkowitz II High School Spring Meet

Boy’s Doubles 19 & Under A– Champions Jose Quiroz/ Christian Catano (Left) & Finalists Wilson Lu/Jared Hwee (Right)

Girl’s Doubles 17 & Under– Champions Jenny Minchala/ Yasmin Mendoza (Left) & Jaydee Aguilar/Hermidine Felima (Right)

Directors of tournament Cesar Sala (Far Right), Bryan Lucero (Far Left) congratulate finalists of Boy’s 17 Under Doubles– Champions Jonathan Carranza/Charly Guaman (Left) & Finalists Justin Saavedra/Brandon Lopez Herrera (Right) ICHA P.O. BOX 531 Baldwin, NY 11510 (718) 703-7699 Fax: (718) 940-0207 E-mail: handball@icha.org http://www.icha.org

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USHA Junior National OneWall Small Ball Handball Championship (Co-Sponsored

by ICHA)

BY MICHELLE HE

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ith the junior handball community growing comes players who want to add a junior national title to their portfolio.

Charly Guaman is the Player to Watch Out for Charly Guaman came into the tournament with a determined mind and claimed the title for both the Boy’s 17 and Under Singles and Boy’s 19 and Under Singles. He left all his opponents under 10 points except for one, Jose Quiroz who he faced in the 17 and Under finals.

Cathy Chen Steps Up Against 2018 Champion Shnae Cummings Cathy Chen made her way to the finals in the Girl’s 17 and Under Singles and showed her opponent Vina Weng that she is back for a new title. Chen has competed in ICHA tournaments

and was familiar with being in the finals so it was no surprise that she accepted the challenge to compete against the 2018 Junior National Champion Shnae Cummings in the Girl’s 19 Under Singles. While Chen valiently pushed to find a weakness in Cummings, it was nearly impossible.

Cummings served her deep overhands to the left and blocked Chen’s momentum from ever building up. Cummings defended her title and defeated Chen with a shocking 21-0.

Boy’s Doubles Division has a New Player Shkysi Cummings and Lil Uub tackled the Boy’s 19 Under A Doubles together and climbed their way to the finale against David Kim and Cesar Ayala.

To no surprise, Cummings and Uub held up a strong offense by pushing their opponents far back with the deep returns. They won the match with a far score of 21-12.

Shkysi and Shnae Cummings went for the Girl’s 19 and Under Doubles and to no surprise, they dominated like last year.

Laly Prado and Nancy Casimiro

gave a strong effort against the Cummings, but it did not break them and the Cummings sisters won 21-1.

Brooklyn handball players Joseph Lau and Kevin Liang easily won their first two matches, but faced a tougher match in the semi-finals against Joyson Chen and Taison Chen.

Despite the longer game, Lau and Liang went for bold shots and their dexterity all paid off at the end when they won 21-17.

They remained consistent in the finals match against Justin Zhen and Shuquan Huang and fought their way to the championship title with the final score of 21-16.

Jenny Minchala and Yasmin Mendoza advanced through the Girl’s 17 and Under Doubles easily and triumped over all their competitors with the final score of 21-13 against Kunga Chodon and Karen Lin. ARE YOU AN ICHA MEMBER? JOIN TODAY AT WWW.ICHA.ORG OR

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USHA Junior One-Wall Small Ball Handball Championship (Co-Sponsored by ICHA) BOY’S SINGLES SMALL BALL – 15 & UNDER 1st Place 2nd Place Semi-Finalist Semi-Finalist

Eric Yung Bryan Almachi Freddy Ortiz Dennis Yu

1st Place 2nd Place Semi-Finalist Semi-Finalist

Charly Guaman Jose Quiroz Jonathan Carranza Justin Zhen

1st Place 2nd Place Semi-Finalist Semi-Finalist

Henry Santana David Kim Carlos Gonzalez Jesus Garcia

1st Place 2nd Place Semi-Finalist Semi-Finalist

Charly Guaman Alex Ayala Thomas Li Ronaldo Rodriguez

1st Place 2nd Place Semi-Finalist

Ivett Avila Zoe He Katherine Chen

1st Place 2nd Place Semi-Finalist Semi-Finalist

Cathy Chen Vina Weng Serena Zhu Jaydee Aguilar

1st Place 2nd Place Semi-Finalist Semi-Finalist

Shnae Cummings Cathy Chen Nancy Casimiro Flora Liu

1st Place 2nd Place Semi-Finalist Semi-Finalist

Joseph Lau / Kevin Liang Justin Zhen / Shuquan Huang Hugo Pelaez / Jonathan Carranza Joyson Chen / Taison Chen

BOY’S SINGLES SMALL BALL – 17 & UNDER

BOY’S SINGLES SMALL BALL – 19 & UNDER A

BOY’S SINGLES SMALL BALL – 19 & UNDER B

GIRL’S SINGLES SMALL BALL – 15 & UNDER GIRL’S SINGLES SMALL BALL – 17 & UNDER

GIRL’S SINGLES SMALL BALL – 19 & UNDER

BOY’S DOUBLES SMALL BALL – 17 & UNDER

BOY’S DOUBLES SMALL BALL – 19 & UNDER A 1st Place 2nd Place Semi-Finalist Semi-Finalist

Lil Uub / Shkysi Cummings David Kim / Cesar Ayala Carlos Gonzalez / Henry Santana Danny Huang / Mark Sacoto

1st Place 2nd Place Semi-Finalist Semi-Finalist

Yasmin Mendoza / Jenny Minchala Kunga Chodon / Karen Lin Mei Mei / Anna Liu Della Chen / Annissa Chen

1st Place 2nd Place Semi-Finalist Semi-Finalist

Shkysi Cummings / Shnae Cummings Laly Prado / Nancy Casimiro Yasmin Mendoza / Jenny Minchala Della Chen / Annissa Chen

GIRL’S DOUBLES SMALL BALL – 17 & UNDER

GIRL’S DOUBLES SMALL BALL – 19 & UNDER

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USHA Junior One-Wall Small Ball Handball Championship (Co-Sponsored by ICHA)

Girl’s Singles 15 & Under– Champion Ivett Avila (Left) & Finalist Zoe He (Right)

Boy’s Singles 19 & Under B– Champion Charly Guaman (Right) & Alex Ayala (Left)

Boy’s Singles 17 & Under– Champion Charly Guaman (Right) & Finalist Jose Quiroz (Left)

Boy’s Doubles 19 & Under A– Champion Lil Uub, Shkysi Cummings (Right) & Finalist David Kim, Cesar Ayala (Left)

Girl’s Singles 17 & Under– Champion Cathy Chen (Left) & Finalist Vina Weng (Right)

Girl’s Singles 19 & Under– Champion Shnae Cummings (Left) & Finalist Cathy Chen (Right)

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USHA Junior One-Wall Small Ball Handball Championship (Co-Sponsored by ICHA)

Girl’s Doubles 17 & Under– Champion Jenny Minchala, Yasmin Mendoza (Left) & Finalist Kunga Chodon, Karen Lin (Right)

Girl’s Doubles 19 & Under– Champion Shnae Cummings (Left), Shkysi Cummings (Right)

Directors of Tournament Cesar Sala (Upper Left), Jared Vale (Upper Right) Tournament Volunteers (Left to Right) Richard Mascia, Lian Chin, Spencer Siu, Isaiah Hong ICHA P.O. BOX 531 Baldwin, NY 11510 (718) 703-7699 Fax: (718) 940-0207 E-mail: handball@icha.org http://www.icha.org

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2019 ICHA Junior Development Fund Drive I would like to contribute to ICHA by offering the following tax deductible contribution: $ 10,000 Benefactor’s Club $ 5,000 Corporate Sponsor’s Club $ 3,000 Jim Jacob’s Scholarship Fund (subsidizes (10) 1-year YMCA memberships for college athletes between the ages 18-21

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To join ICHA, please fill out this form and submit it to handball@icha.org or register online at www.icha.org.

Your membership to ICHA includes: a one-year E-subscription to the ICHA Newsletter, The Perfect Game, and up-to-date tournament information & discounts. Most importantly, your subscription to our membership supports junior handball in the city.

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