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This week's achievers in sports
CAROL R. COHEN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
Senior Division
Krass played for two years on
Wayne State University's varsi-
ty. He was voted All-Conference
both his junior and senior years.
NAME: Ed Krass
His 65 strikeouts in 1963 set a
JOB: Southfield's Leonhard Ele- school record.
mentary School's physical educa-
Krass also played first base and
tion director
outfield. He was one of the lead-
DEED: Krass, 53, is entering his ing batters at WSU with a .315
30th consecutive year as Leon- average.
Krass was scouted by profes-
hard's physical education director.
Krass, a Farmington Hills res- sional teams his last year at
ident, created after-school floor WSU, but an arm injury ended
hockey leagues for boys and girls his baseball career. He went on
at Leonhard 29 years ago. The to become a Class-A racquetball
teams are now co-ed. The game is and softball player.
Krass jokes, "Keeping up with
a spinoff of the roller hockey Krass
participated in at Detroit's Her- the kids around school makes me
man Gardens Recreation Center stay young and in shape." He also
works out to stay in shape.
in the 1950s.
QUOTE: "Physical education
in our multicultural com-
munity is an international
language that is easily
taught, and serves as the
common ground binding
children together," Krass
said. "My biggest enjoyment
is running into former stu-
dents and reminiscing
about Leonhard School."
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He also developed, adminis- g
tered and directed Trailblazer F,
Day Camp 14 years ago for ele-
mentary-age children. Trailblaz-
er is a Southfield-sponsored day 8
camp at MacArthur Elementary § 0_
School.
Krass coached the Southfield-
Lathrup High School freshman
baseball team from 1973 -1978.
He also formed the first nine-day
sports camp at Camp Tamarack
in Brighton in 1981.
Krass is teaching children of
Leonhard alumni. "I am on my
second generation of kids," Krass
said. `Thousands of students have
gone through the school, and I
plan on staying here as long as I
enjoy it."
THE SKIM': Krass played for three
years on Detroit Mumford High
School's varsity baseball team. He
was a left-handed pitcher who
threw the school's first no-hitter
in 1958.
In 1959, Krass was Mumford's
team captain. He also played for Bat-
talion 3 in the Fireman's League in
1958 and pitched the championship
game at Briggs Stadium.
In addition, Krass coached a north-
west Detroit team in the Babe Ruth
League to the state championship in
1960.
playing singles and doubles in Ar-
gentina, although he primarily
sticks to singles at home.
For the past two years, Pappas
has been ranked second in singles
for the 45-54 age bracket in south-
eastern Michigan. He also plays
in USTA singles tournaments
and was recently ranked No. 18
in the Midwest.
This summer, Pappas won two
local USTA tournaments and lost
in the finals of a third. He made
it to the quarter-finals of the na-
tional Maccabi tournament last
year.
THE SKINNY: Pappas has been play-
ing tennis for 20 years. He is in
the insurance business and re-
sides in Bloomfield Hills.
Pappas first took up the game
at the age of 28 when a co-work-
er challenged him and beat him
6-0, 6-0. Pappas decided to get se-
rious about the sport. He beat the
same man three years later 6-0,
6-0.
Pappas plays tennis three times
a week year round at the Detroit
Tennis and Squash Club in Farm-
ington Hills. He admits, "My
game has improved a great deal
because of the competition I face
at the club and the various USTA
tournaments I take part in."
Pappas is also active in the
Jewish community. He is a past
chairman for the Allied Jewish
Campaign and current endow-
ment chairman.
QUOTE: "It will be an interesting
experience to play with all of these
Jewish athletes from around the
world," said Pappas. "I also am
looking forward to seeing the chil-
dren interact with other par-
ticipants their age from
various countries."
Junior Division
the U.S. in the Maccabi Pan-Am
Games Dec. 24 - Jan. 5 in Ar-
gentina. He qualified for the
games based on his United States
Tennis Association record and pri-
or Maccabi achievements.
Pappas is one of six Jewish
men from around the nation in
the 45-49-year-old age group to
represent the U.S. He will be
NAME: Birmingham Select
Futbol Club Blazers '84
TEAM: 11-12-year-old girls'
travel soccer
DEED: The Blazers '84 com-
prises 16 highly skilled 11-
12-year-old female soccer
players. This travel team is
part of the Little Caesars
Premier Soccer League,
which is one of the top
leagues in the state.
The coach of the Blazers
'84, Steve Woodberg, 42, is
Jewish and so are two of his
players: Erin Konheim, 11,
and Woodberg's daughter
Dana 11.
Tryouts for this competitive
team are held in June. Practices
begin in July. Out-of-league tour-
naments sponsored by private
soccer clubs start in August.
League play takes place out-
doors from September to Octo-
ber. Indoor play goes on from
November through March, and