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Silverstein provides the
spark for Andover girls
basketball.

Steve Stein
Special to The Jewish News

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December 7. 2006

laire Silverstein's statistics
won't drop any jaws or raise
any eyebrows.
But even though she averaged
just four points, three assists, three
rebounds and three steals per game
this season, Silverstein was one of the
major reasons why the Bloomfield Hills
Andover High School girls basket-
ball team won the Oakland Activities
Association Division IV championship.
A feisty 5-foot-5 sophomore guard-
forward, Silverstein often was assigned
to guard the opposing team's top offen-
sive threat. She did what she was asked
to do. The Barons allowed less than
29 points per game en route to a 15-6
record that included a 9-1 mark in OAA
Division IV and victories in 10 of their
last 12 contests.
Andover threw a scare into No. 1-
ranked Auburn Hills Avondale in a
Class A district game at Avondale before
losing 48-40.
Silverstein could put the ball in the
basket when it was needed. She scored
16 points in Andover's 44-27 season-
opening win over Waterford Our Lady,
and her free throw with seven seconds
left gave the Barons a 37-36 victory
over Dexter. She was the team's most
accurate free throw shooter, hitting 69
percent from the foul line.
"I can score, but I did what the team
needed me to de Silverstein said.
Andover coach Pat Battani appreci-
ated that attitude. "Claire is a great kid,
very coachable," he said. "She follows
directions and never complains."
Silverstein isn't a complainer off
the court, either. The 15-year-old West
Bloomfield teen boasts a perfect 4.0
grade point average, even though she
plays varsity basketball and softball
at Andover and is a member of the
school's marching band and symphony
orchestra.
Silverstein started 16 games as a
freshman. She was Andover's point
guard for 13 games after star Emily
Hoffiz suffered a broken ankle.
Softball is another sport for
Silverstein. She began playing organized
softball on the eighth-grade team at

Claire Silverstein

West Hills. Last spring, Silverstein was
Andover's starting second baseman.
Silverstein was a member of the
Metropolitan Detroit Maccabi Club vol-
leyball team for two years, including
the squad that won the gold medal in
Columbus, Ohio, in 2004. Her fam-
ily includes her parents, Roger and
Susan, and brother Max, 18.

Kingston's Achievements
Pins have been falling like crazy this fall
for Keith Kingston. The 41-year-old
southpaw bowler from Farmington
Hills has rolled the third and fourth 300
games of his career and his first 800
series. The accomplishments came dur-
ing University League play at Country
Lanes in Farmington Hills.
Kingston bowled 266-267-300/833
on Oct. 24, and 223-300-214/737 on
Nov. 28. Kingston's bowling resume also
includes a league-high 112 average in
his first league, the Wednesday youth
league at Hartfield Lanes in Berkley. He
was 8 at the time.
The certified public accountant is
a substitute bowler in the B'nai B'rith
Pisgah League this season. He's been a
regular in the league in past years.

Home Run
It's been quite a year for Harry Glanz.
Last summer, he coached the Detroit
Maccabi age 14-under baseball team to
a bronze medal in Vancouver. It was the
Detroit baseball program's first medal
in at least five years. in the JCC Maccabi
Games.
Next week, Glanz will receive the
Great American Traditions Award at the
B'nai B'rith Great Lakes Region's annual
fund-raising dinner. Because Glanz
requested a sports theme for the 6 p.m.
Monday event, it'll be held in the Tigers
Club at Comerica Park, Detroit.
B'nai B'rith honors a corporate leader
who has bettered the community while
earning the admiration and respect of
his peers. Glanz is the co-founder and
managing partner of Capitol Mortgage
Funding. For dinner reservations,
contact Fran White, (248) 646-3100 or
fwhite@bnaibrith.org .

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