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J 24234 Orchard Lake Rd., N.E. corner of 10 Mile • 476-1377 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.