The Michigan
Hurricanes
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Contributing Writer
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January 31 • 2013
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hey're only in first grade, but
they sure know how to win
football games.
The Michigan Hurricanes from
the Oakland Flag Football League
won their division championship
in the Michigan Flag Football State
Championships held at Walled Lake
Northern High School.
The team was called the Hurricanes
at the state championships because
they represented their league. As the
Eagles, they went undefeated (8-0)
in league play. They won six straight
games over two days at the state cham-
pionships, so their final record for the
season last fall was 14-0.
How did the coaches keep the Eagles/
Hurricanes focused? This isn't an age
group that's known to stay on task
"We treated the boys like athletes.
We gave them a sense of purpose, and
they responded:' said Matt Lester, who
coached the team with Adam Shapiro.
"They came to practice early, left
when they couldn't see in the dark and
came to games ready to play:' Lester
said. "Many of them played other
sports, but flag football came first"
Besides performing on the field,
Lester said, the boys had to learn plays
and formations.
There were five Jewish youths on the
Hurricanes' roster: Brayden Brodsky,
Asa Lester, Aaron Rose, Reed Shapiro
and Brody Tushman. Nolan Hannawa,
Kari Jackson and Zack Rodger also
were on the team.
Jackson was added to the roster for
the state championships. He scored
the lone touchdown in the Hurricanes'
6-0 win over the Northville Mustangs
in the title game. The score came with
about a minute left.
"It looked like Kari was shot out of a
cannon on that play:' Lester said. "The
game was a defensive struggle, which is
very unusual in this sport"
The Hurricanes won three games on
the first day of the state championships
and earned the No. 1 seed among the
eight teams that qualified for single-
elimination play on the second day. The
Mustangs were the No. 2 seed. Each
team won twice on the second day
before colliding in the title game.
The Eagles have been together for
three seasons and compiled a 30-2
record in league play and the state
championships. Players and coaches
come from the Bloomfield Hills and
West Bloomfield area. League games
are played at Bloomfield Hills Andover
High School.
Hall Of Famer Dies
Former Detroit Tigers catcher Joe
Ginsberg, who was elected in 1995 to
the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of
Fame, died late last year at age 86.
Ginsberg played for seven teams
in 13 major league
seasons. He was a
starter for two of
those seasons, in
1951 and 1952 with
the Tigers, and he
was a member of the
Cleveland Indians
Joe Ginsberg,
American League
circa 1953
champion team in
1954.
Known more for his defense than
hitting, Ginsberg caught the first of two
no-hitters thrown in 1952 by Tigers
pitcher Virgil Trucks.
Ginsberg hit .241 in 1,716 at-bats in
695 games with the Tigers (1948, 1950-
1953), Indians (1953, 1954), Kansas
City Athletics (1956), Baltimore Orioles
(1956-1960), Boston Red Sox (1961)
and New York Mets (1962).
After graduating from Detroit Cooley
High School, Ginsberg was signed in
1944 by the Tigers as a free agent. He
didn't play baseball in 1945 and 1946
because of military service, and he made
his major league debut with the Tigers
on Sept. 15, 1948. His final major league
game was April 15, 1962, with the Mets.
Born Oct. 11, 1926, in Manhattan,
N.Y., Myron Nathan Ginsberg died
Nov. 2 in Sunrise of West Bloomfield.
His wife, Donna, died in 2006.
Among his survivors are three chil-
dren, Sheryl (Roger) Tewkesbury of
Walled Lake, Steven (Elaine) Maviglia
of Midland and Michael Hyatt of
Owings, Md.
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