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Defending champion, regular-season winner and top playoff seed Temple Israel No. 1 and second-seeded Adat Shalom Synagogue No. 1 went down swinging last Sunday on the first day of the playoffs, opening the door for an intriguing finish to an unpredictable post-season. It'll be Congregation Shaarey Zedek vs. Temple Israel No. 2 and Temple Shir Shalom vs. Adat Shalom No. 2 in the playoff semifinals at 9 a.m. this Sunday at Community Sports Park in West Bloomfield, the league's home. The two semifinal winners will meet for the league championship and the two losers will play for third place at 10:20 a.m. To say Shaarey Zedek and Adat Shalom No. 2 are surprise semifinalists is an understatement. They had a combined 9-21 record during the regular season. Eight games were played last Sunday as the playoffs began with two rounds. The top four seeds received byes into the second round. In the early games, Shaarey Zedek defeated Temple Beth El, 14-10; Adat Shalom No. 2 defeated Temple Israel No. 3, 11-3; Congregation Shir Tikvah defeated Bais Chabad Torah Center, 7-6; and Temple Kol Ami defeated Congregation Beth Ahm, 12-2. Shaarey Zedek and Adat Shalom No. 2 earned berths in the semifinals by defeat- ing Adat Shalom No. 1, 8-7, and Temple Israel No. 1, 6-5, respectively. Shir Shalom defeated Shir Tikvah, 4-1, and Temple Israel No. 2 defeated Kol Ami, 6-3, in the other second-round games. Here are the 12-team league's final reg- ular-season standings: Temple Israel No. 1, 12-3; Adat Shalom No. 1, 11-3-1; Temple Israel No. 2, 11-3-1; Shir Shalom, 11-4; Shir Tikvah, 9-4-2; Beth Ahm, 9-4-2; Beth El, 6-8-1; Adat Shalom No. 2, 6-9; Temple Israel No. 3, 4-11; Shaarey Zedek, 3-12; Kol Ami, 2-12-1; and Bais Chabad, 2-13. Sportsmanship Award Besides playing eight playoff games, league teams learned Brad Kallen of Temple Israel No. 3 is the recipient of this year's Jeff Fox Sportsmanship Award. The award is named for a popular Shir Shalom Blizzards, Smoothies, blended GREAT PRODUCT, SERVICE AND DISPLAY! AMAZE YOUR GUESTS! FOR WEDDINGS, BAR AND BAT MITZVAHS, GRADUATIONS OR ANY SPECIAL OCCASION Brad Kellen of Temple Israel No. 3, center, is the winner of this year's Jeff Fox Sportsmanship Award. Also pictured are Elon Friedman, Brad's FOR BOOKING CONTACT: manager, and Adam Fox, Jeff Fox's son who plays for Temple Shir Shalom. player who died in 2011. Each team selects an award nominee, and the league winner is chosen randomly "because there's no good way to pick a winner and all the candidates are deserv- ing:' said Chuck Freedman, one of the league's coordinators. Elon Friedman, Temple Israel No. 3 manager, said Kallen was the logical choice for his team's nominee. "We moved Brad around the field wher- ever he was needed, and he was happy to do it to help the team," Friedman said. "He played in the infield and outfield; he was our catcher." Friedman said he found out in advance that Kallen was selected for the award and he informed Kallen's family, who turned out in force for the ceremony. Kallen's mother is pioneer female box- ing manager Jackie Kallen. Each manager spoke for approximately a minute about his team's nominee. Each nominee received a certificate and Kallen took home a trophy. The other nominees were Michael Bloch (Shir Shalom); Steve Edelman (Beth Ahm); Howard Fershtman (Shir Tikvah); Jeff Diskin (Adat Shalom No. 1); David Jacobs (Shaarey Zedek); Howard Katz (Kol Ami); Jeff Katzen (Temple Israel No. 2); Bruce Kaye (Temple Israel No. 1); Richard Lugar (Bais Chabad); Marvin Rubin (Beth El); and Marc Wasser (Adat Shalom No. 2). 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