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June 1 • 2006
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t hasn't been the season that the
West Bloomfield High School
softball team expected, but the
Lakers have gotten outstanding lead-
ership from tri-captains Michelle
Lankowsky and Carolyn Sallen.
Both are veteran players whose forte
is defense.
Senior third baseman K.T. Roshirt
is the Lakers' other captain.
Lankowsky is a three-year starter
at shortstop. Sallen has started in
centerfield for two seasons. Veteran
coach Stu Bronstein selects West
Bloomfield's captains, and he's been
pleased with this year's choices. "I
look for girls who have solid leader-
ship abilities and would be able to
work well with me:' said Bronstein,
who is completing his 22nd season at
the helm.
Lankowsky also got the nod to be
a captain because of her fierce desire
to win. "Michelle isn't a rah-rah
type," Bronstein said. "She's quiet, but
intense. She hates to make mistakes!'
Sallen's work ethic also impressed
Bronstein. She spent many hours in
the West Bloomfield weight room
. during the off-season. "I was honored
that Coach Bronstein had so much
confidence in me that he named me a
captain," Sallen said. "I wish we would
have won more games, but I always
have fun playing softball and I've
loved bonding with the other girls on
the team."
Despite returning six starters,
including the entire infield, West
Bloomfield was 7-24 overall and 4-8
in Oakland Activities Association
Division II just before the end of the
regular season.
The Lakers will have one more
opportunity to make the spring a suc-
cess when they compete in a Division
1 district tournament Saturday at
Southfield-Lathrup. They'll face
Southfield at noon. A victory would
send West Bloomfield to the district
championship game, probably against
Birmingham Groves. West Bloomfield
beat Groves for a district title last year.
Lankowsky
Sallen
Besides Lankowsky and Sallen,
there are six other Jewish girls on the
Lakers' roster. The list includes fresh-
man catcher Sammie Goldberg and
-freshman rightfielder Taylor Sher,
who are the team's top hitters. Junior
Jenna Kerner is West Bloomfield's
starting first baseman and junior
Stephanie Gooel is a valuable util-
ity player.
Senior Shelley Rosenberg is a
reserve outfielder and senior Jillian
Rubin is the no. 2 pitcher.
Par For The Course
Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook
Kingswood High School senior Sarah
Nirenberg will get another shot at
the Division 3 girls golf state champi-
onship.
Nirenberg, who finished second
at last year's state tournament, won
the May 19 regional at Riverv.iew
Highlands, shooting 8-over-par 80
on a cold, rainy, windy day. It was
the future Michigan State University
golfer's third straight regional title.
Cranbrook Kingswood placed third
in the regional and qualified as a team
for Friday and Saturday's state com-
petition at Forest Akers West in East
Lansing.
Four Peat
Coach Barry Brodsky guided the
Birmingham Marian High School girls
soccer team to its fourth consecutive
Catholic League tournament champi-
onship. The Mustangs beat Madison
Heights Bishop Foley 3-2 on May 20
in sudden-death overtime after relin-
quishing a 2-0 second-half lead.
Brodsky also led Marian to Division
2 state championships in 2003 and
2004.
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