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Jake Rothman Marlee Rothman The 18-year-olds from Huntington Woods were born three minutes apart May 30, 1996, at William Beaumont congregations. Hospital in Royal Oak. Marlee is the older. The roster included Kenny Walters, They were working as counselors at Victor and Ben Uzansky, Kevin Agrest, Camp Tamarack this summer when their Scott Korobkin, Seth Glazer, Mike parents gave them the good news about Rubenstein and Kevin Kadrofsky from the scholarships. Temple Israel; David and Jay Kozlowski Each twin played three years of tennis from Congregation Shaarey Zedek; Scott at Berkley High School before graduat- Litt from Congregation Shir Tikvah; ing earlier this year. Jake was the student Dave Schwartz from Adat Shalom manager for the girls tennis team for two Synagogue; Jeff Kaplan from Temple Kol years, and Marlee was the student man- Ami; and Richard Elias from Temple ager for the boys team for three years. Shir Shalom. Jake played in the Michigan High After going 3-7 during the regular sea- School Athletic Association state tour- son, the Jeters won three games during nament in 2013 and 2014, going 2-2 in the one-day playoffs and beat the top two doubles. teams in the league in the semifinals and He was the editor-in-chief of the championship game. How did they do it? Berkley student newspaper when he was "We went into the playoffs without a senior. Also that year, Marlee was vice any huge expectations. We wanted to president of the senior class. have a good time more than anything They decided to attend different colleg- else, and that's what we did:' said Victor es — Jake is a freshman at the University Uzansky, who managed the team along of Michigan and Marlee is a freshman with Walters. at Michigan State University — but not The relaxed approach and having because they wanted to get away from most of their players there led to a day each other. where the Jeters hit and fielded well, the Jake wants to work on the business side recipe for softball success. of a Major League Baseball team's front But the championship almost didn't office and Marlee wants to work in pack- happen. Down by four runs in the fifth age design. U-M and MSU each offered inning of their first-round game, the the best opportunities to pursue those Jeters needed a rally to beat Kosher Ribs careers. 12-10. After the reprieve, the Jeters crushed Their parents are Rick and Darlene Rothman. the No. 1 seed Bad News Jews 16-4 in Darlene Rothman said the twins have the semifinals and No. 2 seed Marble Rye 25-7 in the championship game. always been close. "They were apart for five weeks before Bad News Jews and Marble Rye were they came home this month for Yom a combined 18-2 during the regular Kippur," she said. "That was the longest season. they'd ever been apart:' Even without the championship, Also honored Tuesday (Oct. 28) at Victor Uzansky said he endorses the the Hall of Fame induction dinner were concept of the fall season. Dylan Deitch from Bloomfield Hills and "You get to know guys on teams you Nikki Wald from North Farmington, face during the league's summer season:' The Jewish News Male and Female High he said. School Athletes of the Year. He said he especially enjoyed this fall season because his son Ben, a sopho- Team Effort more at Michigan State, drove in from One of the main purposes of the Inter- East Lansing to play with the team on Congregational Men's Club fall softball Sundays at Drake Sports Park in West Bloomfield. ❑ league is to give players from different temples and synagogues a chance to meet Send news to stevestein502004@yahoo.com. each other by playing on the same team. The champion Jeters had players from six