2002 Season

Head Coach: Mihai Oprea

Roster


    Name
    Position
    Grade

    
John Anthony
Gabe Baltazar
Benny Barber
Sterling Barnett
Josh Branson, Captain
Chris Beard
Witt Chang
Keith Cohan
Jeff Dickason
Jeff Fijolek
Chris Irwin
Akhil Kara, Captain
Daniel Levin
Justin Levy
Chris Lichliter, Captain
James Midkiff
Hill Perot
Shepard Robinson
Andrew Schwartz
David Short
Jonathan Tjarks
Paul Trejo


    
 
Goalie
 
Right Inter
Center Back/Inter
 
 
RIght Wing
Goalie
 
Pivot
 
 
Wing
Circle Runner/Goalie
 
 
 
 
 
  
Pivot


    
9
9
9
12
12
11
12
12
10
9
10
12
9
10
12
9
9
9
9
9
9
11





About Team Handball
A game resembling handball is depicted on Greek carvings dating back to 600 B.C., and earlier still, Homer writes about a similar sport called Uranias in the Odyssey.
The modern game started in Denmark, and the first official rules were in place by 1848.
The first international game squared off in 1925, and by 1928 the International Amateur Handball Federation had 23 nation members.
Handball is an Olympic sport since the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. For the last decades Handball is the second most popular sport in the world, after football (soccer). Professional Handball leagues features high paid celebrities that are among the world's most gifted athletes.
The easiest way to describe Handball is as water polo on solid ground, with elements of basketball, soccer and lacrosse. Handball has all the aggressiveness and fast-paced, up-and-down flow and wild action around the goal, not to mention rugged, fearless play of classic fire wagon hockey.
The Handball court measures 20 X 40 meters (66 X 132 feet), and the object of the game is to throw the ball past the goalkeeper into the 3 X 2 meters (10 X 6.7 feet) net.
Seven players (goalie + six court players) on each team are allowed on the court at the same time. Unlimited substitutions are allowed. Crisp, creative ball movement is paramount to setting up the many scoring opportunities in Handball. Since no players are allowed inside the 6 meters arc, the offensive team works the ball quickly around the perimeter to find a player with an open shot.


St. Mark's Open Results
Game Results
Friday, May 10th.
    St. Mark's Gold 14 vs. St. Mark's Blue 10
    St. Mark's Varsity 15 vs. St. Mark's JV 6

Saturday, May 11th.
    St. Mark's Blue 18 vs. St. Mark's Lions 16
    St. Mark's  JV 14 vs. Houston THC 10
    St. Mark's Lions 15 vs. St. Mark's Gold 20
    St. Mark's Varsity 19 vs. Houston THC 6

Tournament Finals
    5th place:  SM Blue 17 vs. SM Lions 13
    3rd place:  Houston THC 20 vs. SM Gold 8
    1st place:  SM Varsity 16 vs. SM JV 12 

MVP:  Middle School DIvision:  Cruz Rivera
            Upper School Division:  Akhil Kara
MVG:  Middle School Division:  Morgan Christol
            Upper School DIvision:  Jeff Dickason

All Tournament First Team:
MS Division:  Tommy Maxted, Bryan Block, Cruz Rivera, Jordan Mason, Samuel Acho,
                        Tucker Huth, David Tassin.
US Division:  Jeff Dickason, Chris Lichliter, Witt Chang, Justin Levy, Samuel Mongonia,
                        David Rezaie, Akhil Kara.


Handball at St. Mark's
Modified versions of Handball have been played at St. Mark's since the early 1980's.  The modern game
was introduced during PE classes 5 years ago, and it was an instant success.  Our students are introduced
to the game of Handball in the 2nd grade. Our Middle School team is completing the third year of existence.  
Our Upper School team is five years old. During this short existence, our Upper School team recorded many 
successes: 1999 National Vice-Champions; 2000 Nationals - 4th place; 2000 California Open State 
Championships - 2nd place. In 1999, St. Mark's player Christian Cousins was voted the best high school 
handball player in the nation.


Coaches
Oscar Grisales - Head Coach Houston THB
    Former Head Coach of the Colombian National Team
Björn Brembs - Assistant Head Coach Houston THB
    Former professional player in the German League, Collegiate Bavarian Vice-Champion
Mihai Oprea - Head Coach St. Mark's School of Texas



St. Mark's Open Tournament
This is the second Handball Tournament hosted at the St. Mark's School of Texas.
Middle School Division: 
·	St. Mark's Gold
·	St. Mark's Lions 
·	St. Mark's Blue.
High School Division:
·	St. Mark's Varsity
·	St. Mark's Junior Varsity
·	Houston Team Handball Club.

These teams will play a single round-robin format. The top two teams in the High School 
Division will advance to the Championship game.  The 3rd place in High School Division 
will play the 1st place team in the Middle School Division for 3rd place.  The 2nd and 3rd 
teams in the Middle School division will play for 5th place.  In the first round the games will 
have two halves of 20 minutes, with a 5 minutes break.  The Championship games will 
have two halves of 25 minutes, with a 5 minute break.

Special Thanks:
Referees:: Silviu Ghergu and Eric.Christol
Tournament announcer: "Doc" Browning
Trainer: "Doc" Browning
Assistants: Janice Casey, John Stutsman
Athletic Director:  Mark Sullivan

Tournament Teams
St. Mark's 
Middle School
Gold
1.	Tommy Maxted
2.	Bryan Block
3. 	Cruz Rivera - Captain
4.	Nate Conrad
5.	Bhavani Gannavarapu
6.	Trevor Fortenberry
7.	Thomas Hersh


St. Mark's 
Middle School
Lions
1.	Michael McBee
2.	Chris Stapleton
3. 	Tarik Fayad
4.	Jordan Mason -  Captain
5.	Samuel Ramirez
6.	Asa Schachar
7.	Josue Hernandez
8.	Samuel Acho - Captain


St. Mark's 
Middle School
Blue
1.	Ryan Strubeck
2.	Lee Budner
3. 	Jason Sanford
4.	David Tassin - Captain
5.	Sai Gunturi
6. 	Aalok Kanani
7.	Tucker Huth

Houston 
Team Handball Club
1.	John Leitner
2.	Samuel Mongonia
3. 	Nathaneel Mongonia- Captain
4.	David Rezaie
5.	Aicam Zouhair
6.	Joseph Sam
7.	Bjoern Brembs
8.	DJ Tuangtuang
9.	Bobby Preston
10.	Carlton Harris
11.	Aaron Bibbs


St. Mark's 
Varsity
1.	Jeff Dickason
1.	Gabe Baltazar
2.	Witt Chang
5.	Keith Cohan
7.	Chris Lichliter - Captain
9.	Sterling Barnett
11.	Josh Branson - Captain
13.	Akhil Kara - Captain
14.	Paul Trejo
15.	Chris Irwin
17.	Justin Levy


St. Mark's
Junior Varsity
1.	Morgan Christol
3.	Hill Perot
4.	Benny Barber
6.	James Midkiff
8.	Andrew Schwartz - Captain
10.	David Short
12.	John Anthony
13.	Jonathan Tjarks
19. 	Jeff Fijolek
20.	Daniel Levin