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Jack Metzger

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Yes: Too much grade chasing and time wasting

By Jack Metzger, Staff Writer
June 14, 2023

  I want to expand on the comments I made during Town Hall. I believe that the status of academics at Shalhevet is...

JOURNEY: Shalhevet seniors and others beside a dome made from victims' ashes at the Majdanek concentration camp in Poland May 15, where the ashes are contained in a massive circular urn.

SENIORS IN POLAND: Colors of death

By Jack Metzger, Staff Writer
May 16, 2023

Poland. The beautiful, awful country. A country that has both life and death. Poland, a country of green grounds scattered with...

REBOUND: Firehawk forward Jacob Benezra ‘20 went for a rebound in November 2019 as the Frisch Cougars topped the Firehawks 56-51 in the championship game. A large crowd filled the Shalhevet gym, including a new seating area added that year for overflow.

Could Glouberman be back?

By Noah Elad and Jack Metzger
April 25, 2021

The Steve Glouberman Annual Basketball Tournament, one of the most energetic and ruach-filled events of the Shalhevet year, is...

CHAMPIONS: The Dodgers celebrated winning the World Series Oct. 27 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Tex.

CHAMPIONS! GAME 6: Dodger bats and relievers bring the series home

By Jack Metzger, Staff Writer
November 1, 2020

It took 32 long years. It took eight straight NL West division titles. It took three trips to the World Series in the past four...

Game 5: Clayton Kershaw continues his playoff dominance as the Dodgers win the game

Game 5: Clayton Kershaw continues his playoff dominance as the Dodgers win the game

By Jack Metzger, Staff Writer
October 31, 2020

The Los Angeles Dodgers started off strong with a run in the first and were able to keep doing so against Tyler Glasnow, the Tampa...

SWING: Joc Pederson drills an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh to give Los Angeles the lead in the Dodgers-Rays back-and-forth Game 4 on Saturday.

Game 4: A game that can barely be described in words

By Jack Metzger, Staff Writer
October 31, 2020

Shock, agony and an actual racing heartbeat combined in a crazy ending to Game 4 that allowed the Tampa Bay Rays to tie up the...

BASE HIT: Max Muncy celebrates after hitting a 2-RBI single in the top of the third inning in Game 3 of the World Series on Friday.

WORLD SERIES GAME 3: Walker Buehler continues his postseason dominance with an excellent outing

By Jack Metzger, Staff Writer
October 27, 2020

Again, just as in Game 2, the winner of Game 3 was the first team to score. This time, the Dodgers started the scoring early and...

WORLD SERIES GAME 2: The Tampa Bay Rays even up the series, winning 6-4

WORLD SERIES GAME 2: The Tampa Bay Rays even up the series, winning 6-4

By Jack Metzger, Staff Writer
October 22, 2020

The Tampa Bay Rays got out to an early lead and just like in the regular season, when they scored first they won 81.5% of the...

STEAL: Mookie Betts, who homered and went 2-4, slides into third base for his second stolen bag in the 5th inning of Game 1.

WORLD SERIES GAME 1: Clayton Kershaw and Mookie Betts carry the Dodgers to an 8-3 win

By Jack Metzger, Staff Writer
October 21, 2020

  The Los Angeles Dodgers didn’t lose any momentum from the ending of the last series into the World Series, dominating...

HOMER: Dodgers slugger Max Muncy capped off a record-breaking first inning with a grand slam home run in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series.  The best-of-seven series is being played in front of about 10,000 in-person fans at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Tex.

DODGETOBER

By Jack Metzger, Staff Writer
October 15, 2020

The road to the National League Championship Series was not the hardest road for either the Atlanta Braves or the Los Angeles...

OUTSIDE: Avi Litvak says golf is fun even if you’re not great at it.

Avi Litvak: His Mindset Is Golf

By Jack Metzger, Ninth Grade
June 2, 2020

“In golf, it's all about the mindset. For example, if you have a bad shot and you let that get to you then it's hard to come...

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