Health & Fitness
SPORTS
Top Flight
Oakland Hills a winner for golf tourney.
Steve Stein
Special to the Jewish News
T
he numbers are in and they add up
to a huge ace for the 20th annual
Hank Greenberg Memorial Golf
Invitational.
David Blatt, executive director of the
Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation, said
the outing raised about 35 percent more
funds than last year. He attributed the spike
to the fact that the event was held for the
first time at Oakland Hills Country Club
in Bloomfield Township after 19 years
at Tam-O-Shanter Country Club in West
Bloomfield.
But that's no slam against Tam.
"We've had no problems with Tam.
They've been great to work with',' Blatt said.
"But Tam isn't a world renowned, champi-
onship golf course like Oakland Hills. Many
of our golfers this year had never had the
opportunity to play at Oakland Hills"
There were 270 Greenberg golfers, more
than double last year's total of 131. And
they came from as far away as Arizona,
New York, Texas and Washington, D.C.
"With the economy the way it is, we
needed to do something to attract more
golfers and sponsors:' Blatt said. "We
achieved both goals by holding the event at
Oakland Hills:'
Next year's Greenberg outing also will be
held at Oakland Hills, probably in late June.
"We're going one year at a time Blatt said.
The Greenberg outing benefits the
Karmanos Cancer Institute/MJSF Genetic
Counseling Assistance Fund, and other
cancer and children's charities.
• Jane Ziecik doubted she'd win her
flight championship when she went to
the Division 3 state tournament with the
Beverly Hills Detroit Country Day girls ten-
nis team.
"At no point did I think I'd win;' she said.
"But I wasn't worried about that. I just
didn't want to hurt my
team:'
Ziecek didn't hurt
Country Day. In fact,
she was a great help to
the Yellowjackets. The
freshman won the state
title at No. 4 singles
Jane Zeicik
by winning three con-
secutive matches in straight sets.
Country Day won the state champi-
onship by the narrowest of margins.
The Yellowjackets scored 28 points, one
more than runners-up Bloomfield Hills
Cranbrook-Kingswood and East Grand
Rapids.
Ziecek didn't know it at the time, but her
6-2, 7-6 win over Sarah Lipworth from
Cranbrook-Kingswood in the No. 4 singles
title match clinched no worse than a tie for
the state championship for Country Day.
It was quite a year on the tennis courts
for the Ziecek family. Cooper Ziecek, Jane's
older brother, helped the Country Day boys
tennis team win the Division 3 state title
in the fall. The senior tri-captain lost in the
No. 3 singles championship match at the
state tournament, his only loss of the year.
Jane and Cooper's
parents are Michael
Ziecek and Carol
Segal Ziecik of
Bloomfield Hills.
• Laurel Ruza and
Samantha Dean
have a lot in com-
Laurel Ruza,
mon. They're left-
Samantha Dean
handed, All-State
tennis players and scholar-athletes.
Ruza, a junior, and Dean, a freshman,
played No. 1 doubles last season for West
Bloomfield High School. They went 13-7
against the best every opponent had to
offer. Besides winning Oakland Activities
Association and Division 1 regional
championships, they each earned an OAA
Scholar-Athlete Award.
West Bloomfield did better than expect-
ed with a young roster of four juniors, four
sophomoers and four freshmen. The Lakers
won a regional title and qualified for the
state tournament. Junior Kyra Shink won a
regional title at No. 4 single and sophomore
Jill Friedman played No. 2 doubles. ❑
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