Brian Indianer, 10, of West
Bloomfield, a fourth-grader at Hillel
Day School in Farmington. Hills, has
been a wide receiver and quarterback
in the league for three seasons.
He says, "On top of being fun, the
games give me a chance to see my
friends out of school and make new
ones."
The league even comes with
cheerleaders, directed by Polly
Prime. They are on the sidelines
every Sunday, learning cheers for the
league's "Super Bowl" game on June
4. Tailgating at the Super Bowl will
include hot dogs and chips in the
parking lot, with friends and family
rooting for their favorite pint-sized
Lion. ❑

Bowling Scores

Morgenthau L'Chayim/Zeiger-Gross
April 10

Daniel Kaufman ofWest Bloomfield signals his team's score.

Steve Hoberman 205-200-226/631;
Bill Yaker 233-204; Joel Lankowsky
201-201; Carl Berlin 208-200; Ross
Benchik 235; Larry Garfinkle 232;
Stephen Lazar 224; Mark Warshaw
2 15; Don. Rosenberg 213; Lee
Weinstein 209; Larry Harwin 206;
Bernie Goodstein 204.

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late March, practice has been held
once a week, where passing and catch-
ing drills are mixed with lessons on
formations and pass patterns.
The teams are broken
into two groups: first-
through third-graders and
fourth- through sixth-
graders. Games are 40
minutes of non-contact,
continuous action, using
minimal equipment.
"Penalties do not over-
whelm fun, activity and
learning," says Polly
Prime, a sports coordina-
tor at the JCC who
coaches along with
Wineman, "We focus on
understanding and fol-
lowing the rules for safe-

capturing the flags and working as a
team for that touchdown. It gets
intense, but so far, there has been no
roughhousing," Slobin says.

"It is actually quite
hilarious to watch a group
of 7-year-olds play," says
Tracy Slobin of West
Bloomfield, the football
mom of Stephen, 7, a first-
grader at Meadowbrook
Elementary. He is enrolled
in the league for the first
time.
"I am amazed at how
good the children listen to
the coach's directions. They Carol DeVore ofWest Bloomfield bundles up at the
50-yard line.
all put so much effort in,

Pisgah, April 6

Larry Horn 220-223-258/701;Barry
Fishman 228-214-255/697; Jerry Lash
219-236-224/679; Wayne Lusky 215-
208-235/658; Mitch Finkel 222-
234/649; Bob Mitchel 289/639; Jerry
Rose 224-214-200/638; Howard
Waxer 215-226/610; Ira Saperstein
214-201/606; Al Mudryk 200-215;
Ryan Lash 239; Steve Elkus 229;
Mitch Lefton 225; Matt Friedman
224; Bryan Levine 217; Steve Gross
204; Mark Schwartz 201; Gary Plasko
201; Yale Weiner 200.

Downtown-Fox
April 11

Bruce Rosenblat 234-223/642;
Sheldon Rakotz 245/630; Neal
Drilich 228-217/628; David
Shanbaum 204-203-202/609; Larry
Kaplan 204/602; Ivan Fenyvesi 223;
Steve Woronoff 216; David Kolb 207;
Sy Zate 204; Jeff Weinfeld 201; Jack
Geer 200.

Galilee Monday
April 10

Helene Robbins 524/213; Lorraine
Friedman 511.

Detroit-Morgenthau
April 11

Arlene Anbender 203.

Galilee Tuesday
April 11
Cidnie Herold 568/213; Gwen

Silverstein 520; Frayda Riger 207.

Israel-Zeiger
April 13

Ina Cohen 521; Debbie Michaels 512.

Basketball
Scores

B'nai B'rith League
April 16

Leadership IV 48, Bloch 44
Great Lakes 50, Pisgah I 37
Morgenthau II 45, Zager-Stone 37
Leadership I 64, Leadership II 58
Brotherhood I 52, Brotherhood III 44
Downtown-Fox 43, Brotherhood IV
41
Leadership V 56, Morgenthau I 30
Brotherhood V 40, Brotherhood II 21

Downtown-Fox's 43-41 victory of
Brotherhood IV was the first loss of
the season for Brotherhood I.V.

Leading Scorers
April 16

E. Kovan, Leadership I, 32
Stober, Leadership II, 31
Johnson, Brotherhood I, 24
Dempsey, Downtown-Fox, 22

Regular Season
Final Standings

Playoffs start Friday, April 30, at
Birmingham Groves High School.

A League

Leadership I, 9-1
Pisgah I, 6-4
Great Lakes, 3-7
Leadership II, 2-8

B League

Brotherhood I, 7-3
Bloch, 6-4
Leadership IV, 4-6
Brotherhood II, 3-7

C League East

Brotherhood I, 9-1
Leadership V, 8-2
Downtown-Fox, 7-3
Morgenthau I, 4-6

C League West

Brotherhood V, 5-5
Morgenthau II, 4-6
Brotherhood II, 2-8
Zager-Stone, 1-9

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