NOVEMBER 18 • 2021 | 37

Klinger has yet to bowl this 
season. He’s recovering from 
Sept. 28 back surgery and plans 
to return to bowling after the 
first of the year. 
He’s bowling for the MIA 
team, an appropriate name 
considering his condition.
Country Lanes is the 
Brotherhood-Eddie Jacobson 
league’s longtime home. The 
league was supposed to return 
there in the 2020-21 season 
after bowling for two years at 
300 Bowl in Waterford.
The Brotherhood-Eddie 
Jacobson and Downtown Fox-
MLZG leagues each saw its 
2019-2020 season end early 
because of the pandemic.
The last Brotherhood-Eddie 
Jacobson bowling night of the 
season was March 9, 2020. 
Five weeks of regular-season 
competition and three weeks 
of playoffs remained for the 18 
teams.
There were 16 teams in the 
Downtown Fox-MLZG league 
when it shut down for the sea-
son in March 2020.
It was the 59th season for the 
Brotherhood-Eddie Jacobson 
league. The Downtown Fox 
league had been around for 
more than 100 years.

The 2020-21 seasons never 
began for the leagues. After 
waiting a few months following 
what would have been the start 
of the league seasons, the sea-
sons were canceled because of 
the pandemic.
While capacity and other 
restrictions placed on bowl-
ing alleys by the Michigan 
Department of Health and 
Human Services made it 
impossible for the leagues to 
operate normally, there was a 
more important reason for the 
cancellations.
Several bowlers in each 
league had been infected by the 
virus.
“Too much risk,
” Klinger 
said when asked why the 
Brotherhood-Eddie Jacobson 
executive board canceled the 
season in December 2020.
Brotherhood-Eddie Jacobson 
competition for the 2020-21 
season was scheduled to begin 
Jan. 4, 2021.
No opening date was set for 
the Downtown Fox-MLZG 
league, which planned to bowl 
Tuesday nights at its regular 
home, Hartfield Lanes in 
Berkley. 

Please send sports news to 

stevestein502004@yahoo.com.

Berkley High School Grads Experience 
Soccer, Hockey Success

Here are a couple of college notes:
Ben Rosenblatt (Huntington 
Woods, Berkley High School) is 
a member of the Elon University 
men’s soccer 
team that is 
playing in its first 
Colonial Athletic 
Association 
tournament since 
2017. Rosenblatt, 
a sophomore 
defender, has 
one goal this 
season, vs. 
Radford on Oct. 26. He’s played 
in most of Elon’s games. Elon is a 
Division I program based in Elon, 
N.C. There are about 7,000 stu-

dents at the private school.
Josh Nodler (Oak Park, Berkley 
High School) was the leading 
scorer on the Michigan State hock-
ey team prior to last weekend’s 
games against 
Ferris State. He 
had three goals 
and five assists 
for eight points. 
He also led the 
Spartans (4-5-1, 
1-2-0) in assists, 
was second 
in goals, tops 
in power-play 
points (2-2--4), and his 86 faceoff 
wins was seventh in the Big Ten 
Conference.

BEN ROSENBLATT

Ben 
Rosenblatt

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Josh Nodler

MAKING THE
MORTGAGE PROCESS
EASY AS PIE

This Thanksgiving be thankful for a new
home. Call us, to get started on a pre-
approval and gobble up the savings.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

This does not constitute as a commitment to lend or extend credit. Loans are
subject to credit and property approval. All information is subject to change
without notice. Not all loans or products are available in all states or for all
dollar amounts. Restrictions may apply. Capital Mortgage Funding is Powered
by Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation. NMLS#2289
EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY.

www.capitalmortgagefunding.com
1-800-LOW-RATE

Pre-Approvals
Purchase
Refinance
Renovation

START NOW

Take advantage of low rates and less competition and
find a home you love. Use a renovation loan to purchase
and create your own dream home. Start a cash-out
refinance or renovation refinance to stay in the home
you're in but make needed repairs and updates.