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Steve Stein
Contributing Writer

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ongratulations to Benny and
the Vets.
They're the champions of
the Brotherhood-Eddie Jacobson B'nai
B'rith bowling league. They survived
a 28-week regular season and three
weeks of playoffs to capture the title in
the 14-team league, the largest of three
B'nai B'rith leagues.
Captain Gary Klinger's team also
included Ben Shapiro, Dennis Horwitz
and Ricky Reznik. Shapiro was new to
the team.
The top eight teams in the league
made the playoffs. Benny and the
Vets faced captain Jeff Berlin's team in
the finals. Also on Berlin's team were
Dave Riger, Ryan Columbus and Steve
Lotzoff.
It was the third straight year that
Berlin's team competed in the finals.
That's the good news. The bad news is
it has lost in the finals three consecu-
tive times.
Riger had one of the league's two
300 games. The other perfect game
was bowled by Dave Shanbaum.
The league bowled at Country Lanes
in Farmington Hills.

Five - Peat

The Downtown Fox cagers

Make it five straight B'nai B'rith bas-
ketball league championships for
Downtown Fox.
Player-coach Bruce Nosanchuk's
team defeated Pisgah-Zeiger 49-39
in the playoff title game at the Jewish
Community Center in West Bloomfield
after beating Brotherhood 66-16 in the
semifinals.
Pisgah-Zeiger knocked off Great Lakes
Region 79-57 in the other semifinal.
Nosanchuk said his team's philosophy
of success is simple. Despite having
some turnover on the roster each year,
"we all know our strengths and weak-
nesses and our roles.
"There are no ball hogs and no egos.
If someone isn't having a good game, he
gives someone else a chance to play. We
just want to win and have fun. Nobody
walks away thinking he hasn't contrib-
uted in some way7

Ben Shapiro, Gary Klinger, Ricky
Reznik and Dennis Horwitz

There were three new Downtown
Fox players this year: Sakari Lasterbey,
Eugene North and Edward Szumlanski.
They joined veterans Nosanchuk,
Matt Chasnick, Kevin Giles, Russ
Kacin, Bobby Raitt, Chris Warfield and
Kendall Walton.
The team ranged in age from the
mid-20s to the low-50s.
Nosanchuk has been the coach for all
five championships. He's played in the
league for more than 20 years.
Downtown Fox went 7-3 during the
regular season and finished on top of
the four-team league.
League director Gary Klinger is hope-
ful of adding a fifth team to the league
next year in its 43rd season. He said an
over-35 team that plays at the JCC has
expressed interest.

Fore!

The B'nai B'rith golf league is full.
Thanks to publicity in this column
and legwork by league director Gary
Klinger that brought in six golfers over
the past few weeks, all 20 spots have
been filled.
There are 10 two-man teams "but
we still need subs:' Klinger said.
League play will consist of nine
holes on Thursdays for 16 weeks
beginning April 24 at the Links of
Novi, with the first two weeks used to
establish handicaps.
To contact Klinger, send him an
email at gkslurpee@aol.com .

Masters - Ful
Now that the 2014 Masters golf tourna-
ment is in the books, it's time to start
thinking about 2015 and a raffle for a
Masters experience for two offered by
the Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation.
Tickets are $100 each, and 200 will
be sold. The winner will be drawn June
9 during the Hank Greenberg Memorial
Golf Invitational at Franklin Hills
Country Club in Farmington Hills.
The prize package, valued at $5,000,
includes two tickets for the April 10,
11 or 12 round (Friday, Saturday or
Sunday), one night's lodging, meals
and mementos. Transportation isn't
provided.
To purchase a raffle ticket, contact
foundation executive director David
Blatt at (248) 592-9323 or dblatt@
michiganjewishsports.org.

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