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9/25
1998

104 Detroit Jewish News

under new ownership

chool is back in session,
and while that may be bad
news for some, it's good
news for athletes looking forward
to playing organized sports.
. While phenoms like Martina
Hingis are dominating the world
I tennis circuit, other, younger stars
are playing and winning on the
high school level. One such tennis
queen is sophomore
Julie Schindler, who
" It 's
I attends North Farm-
ington High School.
j "I've been playing
ever since I can
j remember," she
1-said. "It's fun. When
1 you get off the
I court, you feel like
you've really done
something. I -was -
I scared at the first
match. I had never really played
competitively liket at and was
so unbelievably scared. But as the
season went on I got used to it."
1 This is Julie's second year play-
: ing for North Farmington, and she
I said the first year of experience
I has really helped her for this sea-
1 son
• "I think I'm taking it much more
seriously this year because I'm
higher up on the ability scale and
I know the routines better than I
did last year.
"I would definitely tell them to
go out for the teams in high
school," Julie said when asked

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1 about advice she would give to
other young tennis stars. "It starts
earlier in the year and it's a great
1 way to meet people. It's a shorter
season so you don't have to worry
I about school that much when it
1 starts to get serious. And it's so
I much fun."
Even though practices are long,
Julie says it doesn't affect her
I school work much, even though
1 she's juggling advanced and hon-
ors classes along with tennis.
"I don't think it's
any different that
way than any other
sport.
Practices last for
two hours a day
after school, but it
doesn't feel like
that much because
it flies by." She also
enjoys the matches
she plays each
week.
"We have them *usually on Mon-
, day, Wednesday and Friday, and
1 we have between 15-20 meets
year," Julie said.
Julie is truly the queen of the
court. Balancing tough classes
1 and tennis is no simple feat, bui-
Julie does it with ease. She also
1 is involved in other school activi-
ties including building the North
Farmington Sophomore Float,
which will be in a parade during
North's homecoming in early
October.
As Julie said, it's all about hav-
ing fun — and in a society where
pro athletes play only for the
money, it's terrific to see someone
playing for the fun, and love, of
the game. ❑

fun...
You feel like
you've really
done
something."

Scott Warheit is an admitted
sports fanatic who attends North
1 Farmington High School.

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