27 March 14 • 2019
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Family Has Had a Grand
Time Bowling for FJA
T
he Frankel Jewish Academy
bowling program was truly a
family affair this season.
Three sets of siblings were on the
14-bowler roster, and freshman Daniel
Bernstein is the son of Coach Joe
Bernstein.
It was very much like the Grand fam-
ily’
s ties to the FJA bowling program.
All four of the Grand children have
bowled for the Jaguars. Three bowled
together a few seasons ago.
Samuel, 20, Jonah, 19, and David,
17, all bowled for FJA for four years.
Elisha, 14, who prefers her nickname
“Pumpkin,
” just finished her freshman
season with the Jaguars.
Jonah was captain as a senior. David
was captain as a junior and co-captain
this year, along with Josh State, the
other senior on the roster.
The older Grand boys are in col-
lege. Samuel is a senior at Wayne State
University. Jonah is a sophomore at
Michigan State University. David is a
senior at FJA.
Stine Grand, who has been mar-
ried to Joel Grand for 26 years, said
having her children bowl for FJA has
been a wonderful experience for her
Huntington Woods family.
“When Samuel began bowling for
FJA, my husband and I each bought
our own bowling ball and bowling
shoes because we started bowling fre-
quently as a family in the month or
two before bowling season and during
bowling season,
” she said. “Before, we
maybe bowled together once a year.
”
In addition, “being involved in bowl-
ing has been a good experience for our
kids. It’
s gotten them more involved in
the school,
” she said.
David said he’
s loved his time bowl-
ing for FJA before he heads off this
fall to Wayne State. He led the Jaguars
this season with a 162 average.
He said he served as both captain
and big brother for his little sister this
season.
“If she wasn’
t bowling well, I was
there as captain to help her,
” he said.
“If she needed to get off her phone, I
was there to tell her.
”
Pumpkin she said she was happy
David bowled with her season, and
she enjoyed meeting competitors from
other schools.
After averaging 128 — but 151 over
the team’
s final five matches — she’
s
ready to carry the Grand name the next
three years.
“I’
d love to surpass what my brothers
have done,
” she said.
FJA finished 5-11 this season includ-
ing 5-9 in the Catholic League. The
Jaguars did not compete in the league
or state tournaments because of sched-
uling conflicts. Langan’
s Nor-West
Lanes in Farmington Hills was their
home base.
There were two girls on the roster.
Hannah Resnick, the other girl, aver-
aged 133. FJA does not have a girls
bowling program.
Along with bowlers mentioned ear-
lier, Avery Feldman (149), Elliot Kaftan
(137) and State (133) were the other
varsity bowlers. Jonah Feldman (154)
and Adam Karp (118) had the top aver-
ages on the FJA junior varsity team. ■
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STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
FJA bowlers David Grand and
Elisha “Pumpkin” Grand
The FJA bowling program roster:
seniors David Grand, Josh State
(co-captains); juniors Hannah
Resnick, Avery Feldman, Jonah
Feldman, Adam Karp, Elliot Kaftan;
freshmen Daniel Bernstein, Adam
State, Elisha “Pumpkin” Grand,
Eli Gordon, Andy Tukel, Jacob
Bronstein and Logan Marx.
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