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ichael Sandweiss, a 1983
Birmingham Groves gradu-
ate, has returned to metro
Detroit as the new athletic director at
the Jewish Academy of Metropolitan
Detroit. He was the athletic director at
the University School in Ft. Lauderdale,
Fla., before moving back to Michigan.
In high school, Sandweiss was the No. 1
singles player for Groves' varsity tennis
team.
Sandweiss says JAMD "has found a
nice home in the Catholic League" that
will benefit the school as its sports pro-
grams expand. 'As the school gets bigger
and more and more kids want to partici-
pate in athletics, that's going to be our
real challenge, to offer that program-
ming and be able to create the junior
varsity programs that lead to successful
varsity programs."
Sandweiss describes the school's athlet-
ic philosophy as "making sure that our
athletic program mirrors the philosophy
put forward by the board and the
administration. So, if the Catholic
League hands us a schedule to play bas-
ketball games on Friday nights ... we re-
schedule those games."
Sandweiss says their opponents
"understand that that's part of who and
what we are and I think we've earned a
great deal of respect in a very short time.
We practice what we preach.
"We're mirroring the philosophy of
the school; we're just doing it through
athletics. We want to raise mentshes and
we want to raise kids who do all the
right things. And athletics is a great vehi-
cle to do that."
JAMD recently received a commenda-
tion from the Michigan High School
Athletic Association (MHSAA) for
achieving an unblemished sportsman-
ship record last season, in areas such as
player or coach ejections, taunting or
other unsportsmanlike behavior. The
MHSAA wrote, "It is a credit to your
student athletes, coaches, administration,
staff and community for demonstrating
such sportsmanship throughout the
entire school year."
JAMD has seven teams this fall,
including girls tennis and basketball,
boys soccer and golf, plus boys and girls
cross-country teams. Additionally, some
JAMD girls are swimming on a unified
team with Royal Oak Shrine. Sandweiss
coaches golf, Bob Shoemaker coaches
basketball, Vince Harkins soccer and
Nancy Jamieson both cross country
teams. Brian Brown began the season as
tennis coach, but has since left the
school. No permanent replacement has
been named.
Robbie Tobatchnick, from
Livingston, N.J., is playing for Michigan
State's football team as an invited walk-
on. The true freshman running back,
who was a first-team All-Stater in New
Jersey last season, is seeing special teams
action. Through four games he had two
solo tackles plus one assist.
Eric Himelfarb, 20, signed with the
Detroit Red Wings this summer and
will play for the Grand Rapids Griffins
of the American Hockey League, the
Wings' top minor league affiliate.
Himelfarb, a center/right wing, was
Montreal's sixth selection, 171st overall,
in the 2001 NHL entry draft. He signed
with the Wings as a free agent.
Himelfarb played junior hockey for
Kingston in the Ontario Hockey League
last season, scoring 37 goals and placing
fourth in the OHL with 107 points. He
joined Grand Rapids following the
OHL season and scored two goals and
three assists in seven regular season
games and added three assists in four
playoff contests.
The Solomon family nearly had two
golf champions at Franklin Hills Coun-
try Club this year. Spencer Solomon
reached the finals on the men's side but
lost a close match. As previously report-
ed in this column, Katie Solomon,
Spencer's sister, won the women's club
championship.
The annual Jewish Sports Foundation
golf outing held at Tam O'Shanter
Country Club in West Bloomfield raised
$75,000 for the foundation. The event
was sponsored by Erhard BMW ❑
To submit information to Jewish Stars col-
umn, write sports@thejewishnews.com
AZA Flag Football Starts
The AZA flag football season began
Sept. 26 at the Jewish Community
Center in West Bloomfield. Fifteen
teams with 137 AZA members will
compete during the nine-week season.
Games are held 1-5 p.m. Sundays.
AZA member Eric Dropkin, 16, of
Farmington Hills is athletic chairman.
Oct. 10 is the last day to join a team.
Players must be AZA members. For
membership information, contact Anna
Dorf at the BBYO Chapter Service
Center, (248) 788-0700.