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January 26 • 2017

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he B’nai B’rith basketball league
has tipped off a new season.
Seven teams are in the league
this year, two more than in the past
couple of years. That’s great news for
league director Gary Klinger, who has
worked tirelessly to grow the league’s
roster.
“We have a third Brotherhood team
and a new team from Centennial,”
Klinger said. “I received a phone call
out of the blue from the guy who put
together the Centennial team. I got
the call during the week before the
league started, but all I needed to do
was adjust the league schedule and we
were ready to go.”
The three Brotherhood teams and
Centennial are joined by teams from
Pisgah-Zeiger, Downtown Fox and
Great Lakes Region. There are about
10 players on each team.
Each team will play 10 regular-
season games on Sunday mornings at
the Jewish Community Center in West
Bloomfield. Because of the odd num-
ber of teams, there will be weekly byes
and doubleheaders.
The top four teams in the regular-
season standings will compete in the
playoffs April 2. Semifinals and the
league championship game will be
played on that Sunday.
Pisgah-Zeiger is back to defend its
league championship. After losing in
the title game to Downtown Fox four
straight years, Pisgah-Zeiger made it
back to the championship game last
year and beat Great Lakes Region
95-41. Downtown Fox had won six
consecutive championships.
Pisgah-Zeiger finished 8-2 in the
regular-season standings last year and
earned the No. 1 seed for the four-
team playoffs. It defeated No. 4 seed
Brotherhood 57-28 in the semifinals
and No. 3 seed Great Lakes Region
shocked No. 2 seed Downtown Fox
67-63 in the other semifinal game.
“What a surprise that was,” Pisgah-
Zeiger coach Rick Sherline said
about Great Lakes Region’s semifinal
win, which was especially shocking
because the team was missing one

of its top players who had an Easter
commitment (non-Jews are welcome
to play in the league).
“We were absolutely certain we’d
play Downtown Fox for the league
championship again,” Sherline said.
After two weeks of the new season,
two teams are 2-0. They are Pisgah-
Zeiger and Brotherhood No. 2.
“Pisgah-Zeiger looks strong again,”
Klinger said. “I’d say they’re the team
to beat.”
The league was founded in 1976.
Games have been played at several
locations through the years includ-
ing the former Southfield-Lathrup
High School, Orchard Ridge campus
of Oakland Community College in
Farmington Hills and Walled Lake
Western High School.
Klinger thinks the league has found
a permanent home at the JCC. This is
its fourth season there.
“The JCC is perfect,” he said. “The
guys love it because it’s centrally locat-
ed — and we should be there.”

BOWLING HISTORY
The Jewish Historical Society of
Michigan and the Michigan Jewish
Sports Foundation are presenting a
program titled “History of Bowling
in the Motor City” on Feb. 4 at
Century Bowl, 7345 Highland Road in
Waterford.
Much of the program will focus
on the Jewish men and women who
owned bowling centers in the sport’s
heyday in Detroit, and the thousands
of Jewish men, women and children
who bowled at the centers.
Food, cash bar and the program will
be from 6:30-8:15 p.m. For those who
want to roll a few frames, bowling will
start at 8:15 p.m. Bowling shoes are
included.
Cost for the “Nosh Gen” food and
program is $40. Add bowling, and the
cost is $52.
To RSVP, call (248) 432-5517 or visit
www.michiganjewishhistory.org. •

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