state champion, does he use
it? I tell 'em, every time I'm
in an anger situation and I
control my anger and I can
walk away from that situa-
tion without doing anything,
shoulders high, I give myself
a win."
In the ring, Levy must fight
for his wins, but he has yet to
walk away without one. He is
10-0 in two years as a profes-
sional, with eight knockouts.
He will fight Paul Remelle in
Toronto next month. Levy is
moving up one weight class to
fight Remelle. "I cannot find
anybody my weight to fight
me," Levy explains. "I've been
ducked for a whole year. My
last fight I went two weight
divisions- higher. I'm not go-
ing to do that anymore."
Levy formerly competed in
non-contact martial arts tour-
naments, which he describes
as "like playing tag." He was
Michigan's 1983 Tae Kwon Do
champion. His interest in
kickboxing grew out of his
love for martial arts. Levy is
currently ranked as the
world's 15th best lightweight
kickboxer by the Professional
Karate Conference.
"I want the world title
within the next year or two.
I'm very seriously training
now!'
Meanwhile, Levy continues
to plan for the future of
kaerobics. His plans include
incorporating himself and
building an exercise company.
The company, which would
include a board of medical
and fitness advisers, would
teach a variety of health and
fitness classes, not just
kaerobics.
"I'm on a two-year mission,"
says Levy. "I want the world
title in two years. And I want
kaerobics to be known, heavy.
I want to do a (workout)
video."
Levy says he will take
kaerobics "as far as I can take
it." He enjoys having several
irons in the fire. "It's all en-
joyable. It just feels so right,
it's a natural thing for me to
do right now."
After his recent one-hour
CMI class ended, the
students, although tired, all
wore smiles. Many com-
plemented Levy on the
workout, which he says gives
the students a natural high.
"I care about people," says
Levy. Teaching classes is "a
good way to reach out to
them. Being in the mental
health field . . . I find that
this is even better, I'm doing
more for people, working with
them physically, than just sit-
ting there listening to their
problems in a theraputic en-
vironment .. .
"The greatest satisfaction is
seeing that it's working. The
enrollments are getting big-
ger, people want it. It's
something positive I'm doing
for myself, something that
feels creative . ,. I'm meeting
a lot of health-minded people
out of the fitness field,
positive people, and I'd like
more people to join the
crowd."
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Novetsky Hurls No-Hitter
MIKE ROSENBAUM
Sports Writer
ak - Park High
School's fireballing
lefty Jason Novetsky
opened his senior baseball
season last week by tossing a
no-hitter in his first start.
Novetsky, who threw an in-
ning in relief earlier in the
week, blanked visiting Dear-
born Heights Robichaud on
April 14. He struck out 14
and walked four as the Red-
skins took the opener of a
doubleheader, 4-0.
Novetsky made it easy on
his fielders, allowing only
three fair balls. Oak Park
coach Mike Crain said
Robichaud had "nothing close
to a hit."
Crain said Novetsky's
fastball was his key pitch.
"He has good velocity — he
throws 85, 86 miles an hour.
He has a good curve ball. It
wasn't quite as sharp as
usual, but his fastball was ex-
cellent."
The Redskins trailed for
most of game two, but took a
6-5 lead into the seventh inn-
ing. Crain then called on
Novetsky to preserve the win.
Novetsky kept his no-hit
string alive, striking out the
side to earn a save.
Novetsky first flirted with a
high school no-hitter as a
sophomore, tossing four no-hit
innings in his first start of the
year. Before that game,
however, "I told all my pit-
chers I wasn't gonna let 'ern
throw more than a certain
number of pitches:' Crain
recalled. "And jokingly I said,
`Even if you have a no-hitter!
Well, as a sophomore he did,
but even so, I wasn't gonna
take a chance with his arm,
because it was very early in
the year. And I pulled him
back then. And I said, 'You'll
get another one.."'
Crain's prediction came
true last year when Novetsky
no-hit Willow Run.
The Oak Park ace, who has
already caught the eye of pro-
fessional scouts, continues to
improve, says Crain.
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