MAY 21 • 2020 | 27 g Adat Barry Brodsky’ s quest for a four-peat will have to wait a year. The Birmingham Marian High School girls soccer coach has guided his team to three straight Division 2 state champi- onships. The Mustangs’ hopes for a fourth consecutive state title were wiped out in March when the Michigan High School Athletic Association canceled spring sports because of the public health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. “It was very disappointing for us at first to have the season canceled, but as time has passed, we’ ve realized what’ s happening around us is bigger than sports,” Brodsky said. “The health of our families and other loved ones is more important.” Brodsky was heading into the season with a challenge: He did not have a goalie with varsity experience. “There’ s no doubt we had a strong starting lineup,” he said. “The goalie situation would have made the season interesting.” held, but relieved in one respect. “If we held the Greenberg in September, you know a lot of the conversation at the event would have centered around the pandemic, and that wouldn’ t have been good, ” she said. “It could have made the day stressful instead of fun. ” Baseball Hall of Fame relief pitcher Goose Gossage (Hank Greenberg Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award), ESPN NFL expert Adam Schefter (Dick Schaap Memorial Award for Media Excellence) and the Grenader family and Camp Mak-A-Dream (Barry Bremen Memorial Inspiration Award) were supposed to be honored at this year’ s Greenberg Invitational. The honorees are expected to receive those awards next year. The rescheduled 30th annual Greenberg Invitational will be held June 7, 2021, at Franklin Hills. Cicurel said those who paid for sponsorships or reserva- tions for the 2020 Greenberg Invitational can donate the money to the foundation’ s causes, apply it toward to the 2021 Greenberg Invitational or receive a refund. A raffle for two tickets for the third or fourth round of the 2021 Masters golf tourna- ment plus amenities, a $6,500 value, is still on. The raffle winner would have been chosen June 8 at the Greenberg Invitational, but now the drawing will take place Sept. 14 on Facebook Live on the foundation’ s web- site, michiganjewishsports.org. Raffle tickets are $100 and can be purchased online. No more than 200 tickets will be sold. Also still on — for now — is the annual Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet, present- ed by the Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation. It takes place in the fall at the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit in West Bloomfield. No date has been set. From 250 to 280 peo- ple attend the Greenburg Invitational and Hall of Fame banquet annually. BATTER UP? The Inter-Congregational softball league, which fea- COURTESY OF BRODSKY FAMILY Brodsky continued on page 28 WWW.LOWRATEONLINE.COM Serving those who Serve and served Memorial Day 248-LOW-RATE VA HOME LOANS • PURCHASE • REFINANCE DEBT CONSOLIDATION • FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER Capital Mortgage Funding is Powered by Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation. NMLS#2289. 17170 W. 12 Mile Rd. Southfield, MI 48076. 248-569-7283. This is not an offer to enter into an agreement. Not all customers will qualify. Information, rates and programs are subject to change without notice. All products are subject to credit and property approval. Other restrictions and limitations may apply. Equal Housing Lender. *A down payment is required if the borrower does not have full VA entitlement or when the loan amount exceeds the VA county limits. VA loans subject to individual VA Entitlement amounts and eligibility, qualifying factors such as income and credit guidelines, and property limits. Fairway is not affiliated with any government agencies. These materials are not from VA, HUD or FHA, and were not approved by VA, HUD, or FHA, or any other government agency.