ATHLETICS
Stelnicki Goes to World Cheerleading Championship n Pine Crest sophomore Marisa Stelnicki participated in the 2010 World Championship for All-Star Cheerleading: The Cheerleading Worlds. For this competition, Marisa – also a cheerleader at Pine Crest – was a member of the Miami Elite team from Davie. The event was held at the Athletics Complex at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. She competed in the Small Senior Limited Division which is for teams composed of 20 members or less. In that category, her squad finished 18th in the world! Only the most select teams around the country were offered the opportunity to go. More than 2,000 teams competed; 125
Blaine Willenborg is Florida Dairy Farmer’s 2A State Tennis Player of the Year
teams came from other countries, including the UK, China, Australia, New Zealand, and Russia. Marisa is looking forward to once again helping Pine Crest compete next year at the high school level.
Pine Crest Tennis Shines n Pine Crest’s tennis program had an outstanding year in 2009-10. The boys’ varsity team was undefeated during the regular season, with an 11-0 record, and reached the regional semifinals. The girls’ team advanced to the regional finals while compiling a 10-1 record during regular season play. All starting members of the girls’ team and four out of five starters for the boys’ reached the district finals in their respective positions. These achievements are more impressive considering that the lineup for the girls’ team included two seventh graders while the boys started two sophomores, two freshmen, and one eighth grader. Junior Lindsay Graff and sophomore Blaine Willenborg won districts at the number one position which qualified them to compete in the state tournament. Lindsay reached the state finals in the individual competition. Blaine won both the individual and all-around state title at the number one position which also earned him the selection as Broward Player of the Year by both The Sun Sentinel and The Miami Herald. The Pine Crest varsity players displayed team spirit and sportsmanship in competition while having fun. We look forward to continued success and accomplishments from these outstanding studentathletes under the guidance of Director of Tennis Kasey Hamaway (’91) and coaches Farhan Malik and Brett Kurtz. In addition, under the leadership of Head Coaches Dean Kadera and Nasha Simic, Boca’s Middle School teams both won the Gold Coast League Championship. The boys recorded a perfect season (11-0) and the girls were nearly just as stellar (10-1). It was the ninth overall league title for the boys and sixth for the girls.
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n Sophomore Blaine Willenborg was named the Florida Dairy Farmer’s 2A State Tennis Player of the Year. Blaine also recently was named Broward County’s Boys’ Tennis Player of the Year, an achievement he most likely secured via his tremendous play in the Class 2A No. 1 singles state championship. During that championship match, Blaine defeated Miami Gulliver Prep senior Raleigh Smith 6-1, 6-1 to capture the 2A all-around number-one singles state championship in Casselberry, FL. Making the feat that much sweeter was the fact that Blaine avenged an earlier regional loss to Smith. Prior to his losing to Blaine, Raleigh Smith held a perfect 38-0 mark in district, regional, and state competitions!
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Pine Crest Aces 1: Front row (left to right): boys’ varsity members Farhan Malik (Coach), Alex Fields-Lefkovic ’12, RJ Bogdan ’13, and David Leibowitz ’13 Middle row (left to right): Alex Jaffe ’12 (Co-Captain), Ryan Rizzo ’13, Roberto Vargas ’10, Carlos de Bracamonte ’12 (Co- Captain), Benjamin Battle ’13, Zac Britton ’11, and Matt Arkin ’12 (Manager) Back row (left to right): Robert Zebrowski ’11, Roy Lederman ’13, and Blaine Willenborg ’12 2: Front row (left to right): girls’ varsity members Lindsay Graff ’11, Leah Fried ’10 (Co-Captain), Samantha Taylor ’10 (Co-Captain), and Jackie Kwal ’10 Middle row (left to right): Anastasia Novak ’13, Ella Wurth ’13, Abby Seelinger ’11, Kaely Malik ’15, Ines de Bracamonte ’15, Lauren Celentano ’11 (Manager), and Sibel Odabas-Yigit ’12 Back row: Brett Kurtz (Coach)