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FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1991

Local Youths Tune Up
For Maccabi Regionals

O

n a Sunday morning
at Southfield's In-
glenook Park, Karen
Sklar is going over the fine
art of bunting with her
players.
"They're not expecting it.
Just get it down — that's all
I want you to do."
One of her players, Emily
Friedman, 13, has already
muttered something about
the ungodly hour of the prac-
tice (10 a.m.). But she listens
attentively to her coach's in-
structions, and when it is
her turn, she lays down a
perfect poke in front of home
plate.
This is all a tuneup for
these young women, who
will represent Detroit at a
regional Maccabi Games in
Cleveland next week. Over
100 Detroit youths will at-
tend the Games, fielding
teams in tennis, basketball,
swimming, gymnastics,
table tennis and racquetball,
among others. A smaller
group will go to Wayne, N.J.,
for another regional Maccabi
Games.
"They're going there to
have fun," said Ms. Sklar,
who has coached Maccabi
teams since 1986. "It's an
opportunity to meet other
Jewish kids by way of
sports."
The girls, ages 13-16, take
grounders, shag flies, and
practice squaiing around to
bunt, but they're not only in-
terested in winning in
Cleveland.
"It'll be like my camp for
five days," said Jackie
Leshman, who attends
Bloomfield Hills' West Hills
Middle School. Jackie has
spent most of the summer at
home, so the excursion to
Cleveland should be a
refreshing change.
After all, it's tough enough
getting some of these kids to
participate in the first place.
Competition is only one
reason why they do. They
work and they . go to camp.
Detroit's pitcher, Gabi
Kepes, gets home from camp
tomorrow, a day before the
bus leaves for Cleveland.
"It's really hard to get
such a long-term commit-
ment from them," said Ms.
Sklar. She said about half
the team works, travels or
goes to camp during the
summer. The Maccabi
Games are not high on the
list.
But there they were, early

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Sara Kolodin will follow up on last
year's success.

in the morning, honing the
skills for competition
against some tough squads,
including Chicago's, which
beat out Detroit for last
year's silver medal.
At West Bloomfield High
School's track, the runners
were getting aired out by
coach Joel Kashdan. Last
year's Maccabi Games were
fairly tough, with stiff com-
petition coming from some
Israeli runners, plus teams
from Ottawa and Phila-
delphia. This year, the
Detroit track team is go-
ing to New Jersey and is ex-
pected to win some medals.
Merrek Sakwa, 17, and
Aaron Weitzman, 16, both
star for Andover High and
should dominate the older
division in both short and
long distance events.
For Merrek, it's his last
year in Maccabi competition,
and he is hoping to make a
lasting impression.
"I'm going to take it seri-
ously, win some medals so
that I can end on a good
note," he said. Plus, he's
looking forward to a 400-
meter race against Weitz-
man.
The runners, who
unglamorously jogged
around the track over and
over, had some faithful sup-
port. Five parents — all
fathers — showed up to show
moral support and, as one