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Vinsky, Kobernick Driving Pitchers Batty
STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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t’s been a great spring for college baseball players
David Vinsky and Ian Kobernick.
Vinsky is a Northwood University freshman out-
fielder from Farmington Hills. He was named the Great
Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s Rookie of the
Year and he was a first team all-conference selection.
The Harrison High School graduate is batting .455
in 54 games with four homers and 59 RBIs for the
Timberwolves, who have qualified for the NCAA Division
II tournament.
Northwood will take a 43-11 record and a No. 1 seed
into the Division II Midwest Regional, which will begin
Thursday and continue through Monday on Northwood’s
home diamond in Midland.
The Kalamazoo College baseball team celebrated
a walk-off win in the first round of the Michigan
Intercollegiate Athletic Association tournament thanks
to Kobernick, a junior outfielder from Huntington
Woods.
He smacked an RBI single in the bottom of the 10th
inning May 10 to give the Hornets an 8-7 victory over
Hope.
There were runners on first and second when
Kobernick drove a pitch into a gap in right-centerfield.
It was the second hit of the game for the Berkley High
School grad.
Hope scored four runs in the top of the eighth to take a
6-4 lead, but Kalamazoo countered with three runs in the
bottom of the eighth and led 7-6 going into the ninth. A
run by Hope sent the game into extra innings.
Kobernick was hitting .300 through 45 games this sea-
son. He had scored 35 runs and driven in 18.
Last season he led Kalamazoo in doubles, triples and
runs, was second in hits and third in batting average.
RELAY ON THE GOLF COURSE
Organizers of the West Bloomfield and Bloomfield Hills
Relay for Life fundraiser for the American Cancer Society
have put together a golf outing to raise more money for
the fight against the disease.
The Fore Hope Golf Classic will be held Monday, Aug.
21 at Edgewood Country Club in Commerce.
Hole sponsors can have a dedication and picture on
their sign in memory of a loved one lost to cancer or
in honor of a cancer survivor. Sponsorship deadline is
Friday, July 21.
Cost to participate in the Golf Classic is $225. It
includes 18 holes with a cart, food, contests, awards, a
gift, and a dinner with a silent auction and live entertain-
ment provided by the band Collision. Cost for the dinner
only is $50.
Michelle Silber is the long-time leader of the West
Bloomfield and Bloomfield Hills Relay for Life.
For information on the Golf Classic, contact Brandon
Achtman at forehopegolfclassic@gmail.com.
35TH ANNIVERSARY
It’s a special year for the B’nai B’rith Great Lakes Region
Golf Classic.
The 35th annual Golf Classic will be held Monday, June
5, at Tam-O-Shanter Country Club in West Bloomfield.
Proceeds benefit B’nai B’rith programs across the state
and the world including the Great Lakes Region’s scholar-
ship fund. Scholarship winners will be the awards dinner
at the Golf Classic.
Cost to participate in the Golf Classic is $250. It
includes 18 holes with a cart, locker room facilities, valet
parking, breakfast, lunch, snacks, beverages and the din-
ner that will have silent and live auctions. Cost is $50 for
the dinner only.
A raffle for a seven-night cruise for two plus $500 in
spending money once again is part of the Golf Classic.
Tickets are $25 each. The winner does not need to be
present at the drawing.
David Lubin and Michael Fishman are the Golf Classic
co-chairmen once again.
To play golf, donate an auction item, sponsor a hole or
buy a raffle ticket, contact the Great Lakes Region office
at (248) 646-3100 or send an email to Bobbie Levine at
blevine@bnaibrith.org.
HILLEL BASKETBALL
Teams from the Hillel of Metro Detroit and the Michigan
State University Hillel participated in the seventh annual
National Hillel Basketball Tournament at the University
of Maryland this spring thanks to funding from the B’nai
B’rith Golf Classic.
Golf Classic proceeds covered transportation costs for
the teams.
“It was a great weekend for our students to play a game
they love and meet other Jewish college students from
around the country,” said Neil Cantor, director of Jewish
student life at Hillel of Metro Detroit.
About 500 players from nearly 50 universities com-
peted in the tournament. There were more than 1,600
participants. Tournament proceeds support Hillel chap-
ters in the U.S.
Hillel of Metro Detroit teams have played in the tour-
nament for three years.
The organization serves Jewish students at Wayne
State University, Oakland University, Oakland
Community College, Lawrence Technological University,
University of Detroit Mercy and the University of
Michigan-Dearborn. •
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Bob Breitman gets into the swing of things in the B’nai B’rith
golf league at the Links of Novi. Twenty-two golfers, the most
in the weekly league’s six-year history, are competing.
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