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I DELIVERY AVAILABLE DON'T MISS THE BUSINESS SECTION INSIDE THE JN THE SECOND WEEK EVERY MONTH Call 248.351.5107 for more information 40 December 25 • 2014 I is the end of 2014, time to reflect on the most newsworthy local Jewish sports stories of the year. Here's a look back at the first half of 2014. A list of the top stories of the sec- ond half of the year will be in next week's sports column. A True Champion A magnanimous gesture warmed a cold, snowy night Jan. 26 at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. David Jaffa, winner of the 15th annual Texas Hold'em poker tournament hosted by the Pisgah-Zeiger and Bloch-Israel B'nai B'rith lodges, donated his hard-earned $700 first prize to the new B'nai B'rith Great Lakes Region scholarship fund. "Unbelievably generous" is how tourna- ment spokesman Rick Sherline described the donation. "It was an honor and a pleasure said Jaffa, 67, of Bloomfield Hills, a longtime B'nai B'rith member and supporter and former president of the Harry B. Keidan Lodge. He won the poker title among 50 com- petitors. It was his second B'nai B'rith tour- nament championship. He also was the winner Jan. 29, 2012. Heavy Lifting INER Order your Holiday Trays & Specialties today! $10.99w,..„ Steve Stein Contributing Writer 1962760 Cancer survivor Jeff Ellis of West Bloomfield did something amazing in January at the Michigan Senior Olympics weightlifting competition at the Rochester Athletic Club. He won his seventh Senior Olympics gold medal in weightlifting with a record- breaking bench press of 320 pounds in the 55-59 age group. It was his middle-age best bench press "and a weight I haven't benched in more than 20 years:' said the former Michigan State University weightlifting standout. Ellis was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2009. Inclusive Basketball Special needs youngsters from Friendship Circle played on the same teams with non- special needs athletes from i9 Sports in an inclusive basketball league that broke ground for both organizations. Seventy-two players went through drills and competed with appropriate rules in three age divisions on seven Sundays in Friendship Circle's Florene Elkus & Edward Elkus Memorial Gym in West Bloomfield. i9 Sports, based in Florida, focuses on Golfers Judy and Walter Coleman shot their first holes-in-one less than a month apart. children who want to play sports, but not at a highly competitive level. "We decided to work with i9 Sports because they have the same values as we do. We want sports to be inclusive and fun, with the emphasis away from the scoreboard:' said Catie Quinn, Friendship Circle's program manager. Briefly ... • Downtown Fox won its fifth straight B'nai B'rith basketball league champion- ship thanks to a 49-39 win over Pisgah- Zeiger in the playoff title game at the JCC in West Bloomfield. • Longtime golfers Judy and Walter Coleman of Keego Harbor shot their first holes-in-one less than a month apart — March 13 and April 8 — at the same Boynton Beach, Fla., golf community where they spend time off and on during the winter. • Harrison Milen and Brett Kramer helped the North Farmington High School baseball team win its second straight Oakland Activities Association White Division championship. Each also pitched an inning May 1 at Comerica Park during a 7-3 win over Bullock Creek. • Andrew Cahn, a former Michigan Mr. Tennis from West Bloomfield High School, went a team-best 20-13 in doubles for Western Michigan University in his sopho- more season on the men's tennis squad. • About 50 players in the InterCongregational Men's Club Summer Softball League took time out from their regular-season schedule on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend to raise $290 for West Bloomfield Relay for Life. Each player donated a minimum $5 to play exhibition softball games. • Western Michigan University sopho- more relief pitcher Gabe Berman from Bloomfield Hills Andover High School had a 2.62 ERA and nine saves in 23 games for the baseball Broncos. He struck out 41 in 34 1/3 innings. • Coach Barry Brodsky led the Birmingham Marian High School girls soccer team to the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 2 state cham- pionship game but lost 2-1 to Richland Gull Lake. Marian finished 19-1-1. ❑ Please send sports news to stevestein502004@yahoo.com .