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Rose and Pearlberg react to a crucial basket.
them, such as James Allen
Sometimes games have to be
Caldwell Baptist of Detroit,
rescheduled because of tests.
Hamtramck Immaculate
And then there was the
Conception and Springfield
time, about two years ago,
Valley Christian, near Flint,
when dogs took over the gym
usually have bigger,
just after the Pioneers com-
stronger players, giving
pleted practice. The school,
Akiva the "David" role
it seems, had rented the gym
against some tough
for an obedience class.
"Goliaths."
Rabbi Ze'ev Shimansky,
Three of Akiva's four vic-
Akiva principal, says the
tories were over the JCC ju-
basketball program "is a
nior varsity.
good thing for a child to be
Akiva also has confronted
involved in. And it's good for
anti-Semitism. At one game,
school spirit."
the referees argued whether
One benefit of the roughly
the players could wear
20-game season is the out-of-
kippot, and at a game in
town tourneys —this year,
Redford, the Pioneers were
they played in Jewish day
greeted with "Oh, oh, here
school invitationals in
come the Jews."
Toronto and in Baltimore.
"Because our coach is re-
But while they enjoy
ligious, he just laughs about
meeting and playing other
it," says team captain Na-
Jewish teens and seeing the
jman, and that helps the
sights, players find tourney
players keep their cool.
weekends are hectic because
the team usually leaves
Detroit on a Friday morning
and returns on Sunday night
69 BB Bowlers
or Monday (if the latter is a
Reach 2nd Round
holiday).
At Baltimore two weeks
Sixty-nine of the 138
ago, Akiva was badly over-
bowlers entered in the
matched in all but one game,
Metropolitan Detroit B'nai
a 69 - 66 loss to a
B'rith Bowling Association's
Philadelphia team whose
nine leagues advanced to the
varsity was in the Penn-
second round of the season's
sylvania state playoffs. But
second eliminator
Akiva's Najman won the
tournament.
tourney "mentshlichkeit"
The tourney is based on
award for his sportsman-
pins-over-average scores.
ship.
First-round leaders are
Because they have no
Howard Waxer, Pisgah Lodge,
home court, the Pioneers
193, 712 series, 133 pins over
play their "home" games at
average; Barry Fishman,
either of the two JCC cam-
brotherhood/Eddie Jacobson,
puses. Their games are
180, 630 series, 98 p.o.a.; Jay
usually on Tuesday nights
Schneid, Renaissance, 159,
and Friday afternoons.
573 series, 96 p.o.a.; Shel
Road games can mean
Rakotz, Pisgah, 202, 700
traveling 45 minutes to
series, 94 p.o.a. and Mike
reach an opponent — which
Goodwin, Pisgah, 178, 624
can cut even deeper into
series, 90 p.o.a.
Pioneer players' time.
The second round will take
"We want to find teams we
place during regular league
can compete with, which can
competition March 11-24. The
become a problem," says
top 10 over-average bowlers
will advance to the final roll-
Rose, because most of the
teams are varsity-only, or a
off the week of March 25.
mixture of varsity and JV,
First prize will be $195. All
10 finalists will share in the
and won't play a junior var-
sity. And those that do play
prize fund.
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