I

t was a long day at Ten Pin 
Alley in Tecumseh for the 
Frankel Jewish Academy 
bowling team.
Frankel bowlers normally 
compete in the individual and 
team portions of the MHSAA 
regional tournament at Ten 
Pin over two days — individ-
ual on Thursday instead of the 
scheduled day Saturday, and 
team on Friday, the scheduled 
day.
But the Jaguars bowled 

only on Thursday this season 
(Feb. 24) because a snowstorm 
delayed the start of competi-
tion Friday (Feb. 25) by sever-
al hours.
“Ten Pin Alley, the MHSAA 
and host school for the region-
al are always wonderful to 
work with and accommodat-
ing for us, and that was partic-
ularly the case this year,” said 
Frankel coach Joe Bernstein.
“Doing everything on 
Thursday was the best idea 

for us. I didn’t want to force 
our bowlers make a decision 
to continue bowling or go 
home Friday afternoon (for 
Shabbos) if there was a chance 
to qualify for state.”
Bernstein said Frankel’s five 
bowlers each rolled the equiv-
alent of 12 games over three-
to- four hours with about a 
half-hour break Feb. 24. No 
substitutes were available to 

give the five a rest.
“People don’t think bowling 
is a tiresome sport, but when 
you roll that many games very 
quickly, it’s tiring,” Bernstein 
said.
Frankel senior Eli Gordon 
said he felt fine at the begin-
ning of the day in his first 
three individual games, then 
started tiring, but he perked 

BRIAN SEVALD

TOP: Frankel bowling team seniors (from left) Oz Gamer, Charlie LaBelle, Eli Gordon, Andy Tukel, Daniel Stryk and Adam State line up with 
Coach Joe Bernstein.

sports HIGHlights

38 | MARCH 17 • 2022 

Marathon on 
the Lanes

Snowstorm forces Frankel bowlers to 
roll 12 games in one day.

STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Frankel bowler 
Eli Gordon 
locks his eyes 
on the pins.

BRIAN SEVALD

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