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season and there were two regular subs.
Humanitarian Vinnie
hampions have been crowned in Many Detroit sports fans remember
the B'nai B'rith summer softball
Vinnie Johnson as "the Microwave"
and golf leagues.
the sixth man who came off the Detroit
Zeiger dominated the weekly softball
Pistons bench when they won back-to-
league at Drake Sports Park in West
back NBA championships in 1989 and
Bloomfield once again, winning regular-
1990.
season and playoff titles for the second
He hasn't been idle "on the bench" since
straight year. In a touch of deja vu from
his playing days ended, and that's why
last season, Zeiger beat Brotherhood in
he'll receive the Alvin Foon Humanitarian
the playoff championship game. This year Award at the Michigan Jewish Sports
the score was 12-8.
Foundation's 31st annual Michigan Jewish
The final regular-season standings
Sports Hall of Fame induction dinner Oct.
for 2015 were Zeiger 13-5, Pisgah 9-9,
20 at the Jewish Community Center in
Brotherhood 9-9 and Impact 5-13. The
West Bloomfield.
managers were Rick Sherline, Max
In 1995, Johnson established Piston
Weberman, Gary Klinger and Greg Lewis, Automotive, creating jobs in Detroit. The
respectively.
company became a supplier of choice
"Zeiger has good balance, and four or
for Ford Motor Company and General
five power guys. Most teams have one or
Motors, and now Johnson is the Piston
two. That makes all the difference in the
Group's chairman and CEO. From a single
world" said Klinger, who is the B'nai B'rith facility in Detroit, the company now
athletic director.
has other locations in Michigan, Ohio,
Besides Sherline, Zeiger's roster
Missouri and Kentucky.
had Brad Hantler, Danny Weiss, Marc
Dale Katz, Mark Cahn and Karen Green
Tushman, Ian Freed, Dave Ettlinger,
Simon will be inducted into the Hall of
Rodger Davenport, Todd Kaluzny, Lyle
Fame on Oct 20. Stephen Bernstein,
Schaefer, Brian Tepper, Mike Geller, Eric
Robert Gershman, Irvin Horowitz,
Randolph, Bobby Efros and Shane Many.
Edward Kozloff, Harold Kutnick and Mort
The league got off to a slow start with
Levitsky will receive Pillar of Excellence
two of the first three Sundays rained out,
awards. Jewish News High School Athletes
but Klinger said it was a good season for
of the Year Emily Fisher, Griffin Mertz
competition and camaraderie.
and Jonathan Radner will be honored.
"We've been at four teams for a few
For dinner tickets, contact foundation
years now," he said. "We'd love to have
executive director David Blatt at (248)
more, of course. I've been
592-9323 or dblatt@
contacted about a possible
michiganjewishsports.org .
fifth team"
Weather wasn't a prob-
The Price Of Gold
There's more to the story of
lem for the 3-year-old
the two girls from Detroit who
golf league, which played
were part of a gold-medal win-
weekly at the Links of Novi
ning volleyball team in August
for the second straight sea-
with girls from Ann Arbor and
son and will return there
Boca Raton, Fla., at the JCC
next year.
Maccabi Games in Milwaukee.
"We didn't have one
Nia Kepes and Aviva
single rainout," Klinger
Detroit Maccabi
Lupovitch were the Detroit
said. "It seemed like every volleyball players
Thursday was beautiful"
girls. It seems Kepes dove for
Nia Kepes and Aviva
Schaefer and Howard
a ball during the gold medal
Lupovitch show off
Genser were the team win- their gold medals.
match and dislocated her
ners. Mitch Lefton and Stu
shoulder, but the team perse-
Zorn finished second. Schaefer, Genser
vered an d won the match. n
and Mike Klinger finished first through
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