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rett Lubanski is faced with a
classic win-win situation.
The Walled Lake Western
High School senior is an outstanding
baseball and hockey player. He's being
courted by NCAA Division I programs
for baseball and junior teams for hockey.
He'll have to make up his mind
between the two sports next spring. In
the meantime, he's enjoying the ride.
"It's going to be a tough decision, but
I couldn't have drawn it up any bet-
ter," Lubanski said. "It'll come down to
where I'll have the best opportunity to
play and be successful:'
Hockey was Lubanski's No. 1 sport
for quite awhile. Now baseball has
caught up.
"Baseball used to be an after-thought
for me:' he said. "I'm much more seri-
ous about it now that I've seen the kind
of opportunities I've been presented
through baseball."
Lubanski has played baseball for WL
Western for two years. He's been a sec-
ond baseman, outfielder and pitcher.
His career batting average is .430, and
he's 7-0 lifetime with a microscopic
0.40 ERA as a pitcher.
Lubanski says there's no doubt
playing baseball has helped him as a
hockey player, and vice versa.
"A lot of college baseball coaches
have told me they love to recruit hockey
players because of the toughness and
hand-eye coordination that's needed to
play hockey:' said Lubanski, a solidly
built 5-foot-11, 183-pouilder.
Hockey season is well under way
for travel players like Lubanski, who is
the captain of the Detroit HoneyBaked
team in the Tier 1 Elite Hockey
League's Midget Major Division, which
has 20 teams scattered across the
Midwest and West Coast.
HoneyBaked was 23-3-3 as of early
November. Tier 1— formerly the
Midwest Elite Hockey League — is
considered the top travel hockey league
in the nation.
Lubanski was captain of
HoneyBaked's Midget Minor U16 team
last year and he was an assistant cap-
tain for HoneyBaked teams the previ-
ous three years. .
He's also a leader at his high school,
where he's a member of the Positive
Peer Influence conflict resolution team.
Brett Lubanski
Like sports, education is an impor-
tant part of Lubanski's life. The
17-year-old from Farmington Hills
carries a 3.75 grade point average at
WL Western and he hopes to some day
enter the business world.
"My parents (Paul and Cathy) and
my brother and sister won't let me fall
behind in school," he said.
His brother Eric, 21, is a Michigan
State University grad. His sister
Allison, 19, attends the University of
Michigan.
Lace Up Israel
Travel hockey isn't just for elite play-
ers like Brett Lubanski. The Israel
Recreational Hockey Association is
holding its third annual recreation
tournament Jan. 20-22 at the Canada
Center in Metulla.
The non-contact tournament is open
to all players, but it's geared to the over-
35 crowd. Each team is allowed only a
few players under that age.
Tournament participants are
expected from the U.S., Canada, France
and Israel. All players receive a team
jersey, tournament T-shirt and cap, and
can take an optional tour of northern
Israel.
The Canada Center is one of Israel's
major tourist attractions and the larg-
est sports center of its type in the
region. Besides an Olympic-sized rink,
the center boasts indoor and outdoor
pools, Jacuzzis, saunas, squash courts,
an exercise/weight room, a bowling
alley and more.
Non-players can attend the tourna-
ment for half-price. They receive every-
thing that players do except playing
time, jerseys and trophies.
Interested? Contact Harry Harcsztark,
tournament co-chair, at (201) 674-0233
or israelhockey@yahoo.com.
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