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Health & Fitness
Soccer Stardom
19-year-old forward plays for a national championship.
Steve Stein
Special to the Jewish News
S
tephanie Crawford has always
been a force on the soccer field.
Now she literally is a Force.
The high-scoring
forward helped the U19
Bloomfield Force team
win the United States
Youth Soccer Association
regional tournament in
late June in Rockford, Ill.,
and earn a berth in four-
team
national tourna-
Stephanie
ment
July
22-27 in Little
Crawford
Rock, Ark.
This is the first time
Crawford has played in the Force program
after competing against Force teams
during her 10 years with the Michigan
Hawks. The Force won the U18 national
championship last summer, so it will be
taking aim at back-to-back national titles
in Arkansas.
Crawford played in all five regional
games for the Force, even though she's still
recovering from late April knee surgery.
She scored the Force's final goal in its 3-1
win over the Kansas College select team in
the regional championship match, played
on a muddy field in torrential rain.
"The knee aches a little after I play,
but it's getting better," said Crawford, 19,
a former Novi High standout who is a
sophomore on the University of Michigan
women's soccer team.
Crawford played in 18 games in a
reserve role for the Wolverines last season.
She'll be playing for a new coach this fall
— former U.S. women's national team
coach Greg Ryan.
At Novi, Crawford won three state
championships and was a two-time
member of the Michigan High School
Soccer Coaches Association Dream Team.
She won four State Cup and two regional
championships during her decade with
the Hawks.
Travel Troubles
Even though it's months away, organizers
of the Jewish Women International Mid-
America Bowling Association tourney are
fretting about skyrocketing airfares.
The JWI Bowling Association of
Metropolitan Detroit is hosting the 2009
Mid-America tourney, to be over two
weekends in February at Novi Bowl.
"We're keeping a close eye on airline
prices:' said JWI Metropolitan Detroit past
president Carolyn Fine.
The biggest concern is for the bowlers
who come from Minneapolis. Last week's
Northwest price was listed as "from $425!'
JWI Detroit hopes 150 bowlers will
compete. Local bowlers will roll Feb. 7-8
and out-of-towners Feb. 14-15.
Dana Glinski and Dena Wein are the
2009 Mid-America tournament co-chairs.
Wein recently completed a term as JWI
Mid-America president.
JWI Metropolitan Detroit has new
officers for 2008-10. They are president
Lois Greenberg, vice president Leigh
C r ot e- thi city / et- t a n
Herskovic, treasurer Shelley Gershune
and secretary Mitzie Zucker. Past presi-
dent Cindy Moss installed them.
The 2008-09 JWI Detroit season will
begin in early September. Five leagues
are offered, with morning, afternoon and
evening times. Contact Fine at (248) 932-
1077 or cfine@mindspring.com.
Beijing Next
U-M sophomore swimmer Mon Mandel
will be on the Israeli team at the Olympics.
Mandel, who owns Israeli records in the
100- and 200-meter butterfly, will swim
those events in China. He became the first
Israeli to break the 2:00 barrier in the 200
fly when he went 1:59.79 at the European
championships earlier this year.
The Netanya native is a two-time All-
American. He was a member of U-M's
fourth-place 400-yard and seventh-place
200-yard medley relay teams at the 2008
NCAA championships.
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