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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