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Birmingham MI 48009 248.646.6608 Martial Arts www.bmartialarts.com 138 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. ❑ Send news to sports@thejewishnews.com.