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May 23 • 2013
he Frankel Jewish Academy
girls softball team is suffering
the expected growing pains in
its first varsity season.
As of last week, the Jaguars hadn't
won a game. They were 0-17. But the
season hasn't been a painful experi-
ence.
"We're working on building a team
and a program. That's more important
than winning:' said first-year coach
Paul Thebert. "I've asked the girls
to support each other and work on
improving their skills. We set goals
each game and try to achieve them:'
A goal might be reducing errors and
playing smarter defense, not winning.
"It wouldn't be fair to judge our
team on its record because our players
are inexperienced:' Thebert said. "We
need to have realistic, reachable goals.
Having fun is important, too. I don't
want the girls to feel pressure and
leave the program. Winning may be
difficult next year, too.
"I'm proud of the girls:' Thebert
said. "They're a team, not several
cliques:'
Seniors Laurenne Kaufman and
Rebecca Traison have provided leader-
ship. Traison, a tri-captain along with
Jesse Adler and Jade Marx, has stepped
up to the plate often and led the team
in pre-game drills and warm-ups.
Also on the roster are Maddi Gonte,
Emily Gorman, Libby Greenberg,
Natalie Jacobson, Hannah Katz, Erica
Kelman, Chloe Kowalsky, Jamie
Menuck, Hanna Rybak, Rebecca
Tarnopol and Randi Traison.
Thebert is a history and Advanced
Placement government teacher at the
West Bloomfield-based academy.
Even though he's a Warren Woods-
Tower High School graduate, he
coached varsity softball for seven years
in Maryland before being hired by the
academy as a teacher last summer.
"[Frankel was] looking for a softball
coach. I had the skill set, so I applied:'
he said. "I built two programs in
Maryland, so I have the knowledge of
how to do it. This is the first time I've
built a program from the ground up,
though:'
This is the second year for softball at
Frankel. The team played a junior var-
sity schedule last season. One reason
the team moved up to varsity was to
allow seniors to play.
Marc Silberstein, a rabbinics teacher
at the academy, is the team's assistant
coach.
Cruising Along
The 31st annual B'nai B'rith Golf
Classic will be held Monday, June 24,
at Wabeek Country Club in Bloomfield
Township, but the fun has already
begun.
Tickets for the fourth annual classic
cruise raffle have been on sale since
March. On the line is a seven-night
cruise for two — Caribbean, Alaska
or Disney — plus $500 in spending
money. The winner can upgrade.
Only 500 tickets are available. Cost
is $25 per ticket. If they're still avail-
able, tickets will be sold until June 24.
As usual, the winning ticket will be
drawn at the awards banquet at the
classic. That caused some excitement
in the past.
"One winner was actually in the
room. I called one winner on the
phone and one of our guests knew
a winner and called:' said Bobbie
Levine, program director for the B'nai
B'rith Great Lakes Region.
All three winners have been area
residents even though tickets have
been sold to folks across the country.
"I let all my friends and colleagues
know about the raffle and some buy
tickets:' Levine said.
Cost for the classic is $250, which
includes 18 holes of golf with cart,
complimentary range golf balls, use
of locker room facilities, continental
breakfast on the course, the awards
banquet and entry into a hole-in-one
contest that has a prize of a 24-month
lease of a 2013 Chevrolet Malibu.
There's an early bird special rate of
$195 if the reservation is made by June 3.
The awards banquet will feature
silent and live auctions, raffles, a 50/50
drawing and the cruise drawing.
For reservations, sponsorship infor-
mation, to donate prizes or purchase
cruise raffle tickets, contact Levine or
Nita Steam at the Great Lakes Region
office, (248) 646-3100. Levine can be
reached by email at blevine@bnaibrith.
org.
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