Faces in the Crowd: February 29, 2016

. Zach Mandry Solon, Ohio > Hockey Zach, a senior forward and captain at Solon High, scored twice in a 7–2 win over Western Reserve Academy of Hudson to set
Faces in the Crowd: February 29, 2016
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. Zach Mandry

Solon, Ohio > Hockey

Zach, a senior forward and captain at Solon High, scored twice in a 7–2 win over Western Reserve Academy of Hudson to set the state record with 195 career goals. Through Sunday he had extended it to 219 with 79 goals this season—along with 37 assists. Zach also shot a school-record three-under 67 to win the Division I sectional golf title in October.

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. Anna Cockrell

Waxhaw, N.C. > Indoor Track and Field

Anna, a senior at Providence Day School in Charlotte, finished fifth in the 60-meter hurdles at the Camel City Invitational in Winston-Salem with the top high school time this season (8.24). She also has the season's best time in the 55-meter hurdles (57.10) at the junior Pan American championships.

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. Ty Sabin

New Berlin, Wis. > Basketball

Sabin, a 6' 2" junior guard at Division III Ripon (Wis.) College, set school recordss with 51 points and 11 three-pointers, including the decisive trey at the buzzer, in a 78–77 win over Cornell (Iowa). His 11 threes are tied for second most in D-III this season. At week's end Sabin led the Midwest Conference with 26.5 points per game.

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. Jessica Kovatch

Phillipsburg, N.J. > Basketball

Kovatch, a 5' 9" freshman guard at St. Francis University in Loretto, Pa., scored a team-high 24 points in an 87–74 win over Wagner two days after racking up 18 points in a 73–64 over Mount Saint Mary's. Through Sunday she led all Division I NCAA freshmen in scoring (22.5 points per game) and in three-pointers (89).

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. Sreeram Venkatarao

Mason, Ohio > Rubik's Cube

Sreeram, a junior at William Mason High, broke a North American record, solving a 3 X 3 Rubik's cube while blindfolded in 25.19 seconds at a World Cube Association event in Dixon, Ill. (His time included the nine seconds he needed to memorize the cube.) Sreeram's average for three completed puzzles (26.73) also set a continental mark.

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