Clockwise from top left:
Gold medal winner
Emily Canosa
competing in Richmond.
Sam Madorsky
practices his putting.
Cheering Baltimore
friends from the
Baltimore dugout
are Detroit softball
players Cortney
Bogor-ad, Alissa
Kerner (in hat),
Lindsey Taub,
Moira Kessler,
Hilary Goldin,
Jackie Rosenberg
and a Baltimore
player and
a young fan.
Showing off
their tennis medals
are Danny Matz and
Michael Kaufman.
They Shot, They Scored!
In Staten Island, N.Y., Detroit's two in-line hockey
teams were undefeated, each winning the gold
medal. The boys 13-14 team returned with a per-
fect record and the 15-16 team bested Montreal in
a bitterly fought final game. Full coverage will
appear in next week's Jewish News.
Web Results
Scores can be found on each host city's Web sire:
Cincinnati: www.cincymaccabi.com
Richmond: www.richmondjcc.org
Staten Island: www.sijcc.org
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medal winner in one
event when it was obvi-
ous to him that he came
in second. Heimlich and
Bernstein reported the
error and Heimlich was
awarded the silver.
During the award
ceremony, the winning
swimmer, in apprecia-
tion, asked Greg to join
him on the gold medal-
list's platform.
Bowling
Both members of
Detroit's delegation
struck gold in
Richmond. Medals were
awarded for two single-
day tournaments and
total score. In the age 13-
14 category Jacob Pardo
won two gold medals
and a silver. Among 15-
16 boys, Scott Robbins
won two gold medals
and a bronze.
medals — "quite an
accomplishment."
Winning medals were
Singles: [13-14] David
Permut (silver), Sam
Yashinsky (bronze), [15-
16] Dan Black (silver),
Jeremy Vosko (bronze);
Doubles: [13-14] David
Permut and Ryan
Wolok (gold) and josh
Kay and Sam Yashinsky
(bronze), [15-16]
Jeremy Vosko and Joey
Yashinsky (silver), Dan
Black and Jordan
Friedman (bronze);
Team: [13-14] Sam
Yashinsky and Josh Kay
(gold), David Permut,
Justin Rochldnd, Ryan
Wolok (bronze), [15-
16] Dan Black, Jordan
Friedman, Joey
Yashinsky (silver), Adam
Kay, Ben Kalish, Jeremy
Vosko (bronze).
Baseball, 13-14
Table Tennis
Leslie Black, who coach-
es with her husband
Roger Black, said all 11
Detroit players won
"Although our 0-3-1
record was not what we
planned," said coach
Jesse Polan, "the team
members had a great
time, made lots of new
friends, and were treat-
ed royally by their host
families and Richmond
volunteers."
Detroit began
Monday, Aug. 14, with
a 14-4 loss to Baltimore.
Their second game,
against Metro West
(N.J.), was their best of
the tournament. Down
4-0 in the fourth
inning, Ben Slatkin
blasted a two-run, 320-
foot homer and Detroit
scored five more times,
taking a 7-4 lead. Scott
Weintmb pitched "ter-
rific," for all six innings,
said Polan, but the
game ended in a tie,
with Metro West scor-
ing three unearned runs.
Detroit lost its next
game to the eventual
gold medal winner, Los
Angeles, 20-5, and
again in the playoff
round, 22-2.
Polan also cited his
two top hitters, Adam
Colton and Jordon
Sasson (.700 and .545
on-base percentages).
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A Unique Mix
N
ational anthems sung in different
languages and dialects opened the
Maccabi Games on a Sunday night in
Richmond. Yet by Thursday, a universal
closure of tears, hugs, and kisses were
exchanged as closing ceremonies came
and left.
A tremendous change had taken place
throughout the week of the games, for
competition was replaced by camaraderie
on many occasions. Every
athlete's competitive edge
and desire to win took
the back burner during a
variety of entertaining
evening social events,
resulting in the mingling,
the meeting, and finally
the missing of new
friends.
HILARY
The Maccabi Games
GOLDIN
are not merely a "Jewish
Special to the
mini-Olympics" — they
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are an opportunity for
Jewish teenagers to form
instant and everlasting bonds with many
like themselves. I have only been home fo r
two days, and I already find myself miss-
ing the fun, energetic and talkative
Baltimore softball team that my team
gladly befriended, as well as the over-
whelmingly caring host family I was luck-
enough
enouula to have.
I have already warned my parents that
the long-distance phone bills will skyrock
et, but how else can the bonds formed
during the competition survive?
Closely tugging at the sleeve of friend-
ship were the acts of kindness performed
open-heartedly by both the athletes and vol
unteers. Over 400 host families' homes were
opened to total strangers on Sunday, and on
Tuesday over 1,000 pairs of teenage arms
embraced underprivileged children for the
"Day of Caring/Day of Sharing."
I never knew playing tennis, making
macaroons and completing mosaics with a
disadvantaged 7-year-old boy would
impact my life in a somewhat religious
and cultural sense. It makes me proud to
be a part of a Jewish community willing to
reach out to others less fortunate.
After reflecting on the three years I was
involved in the Games, I realize that there
is nothing comparable to the unique mix
of competition, camaraderie, fun, charity
and memories that the Maccabi Games
have blended together for Jewish teens.
❑
Hilary Goldin, 16, of West Bloomfield,
was shortstop and captain of Detroit's
softball team.
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