28 | OCTOBER 6 • 2022 

T

he Greenberg Division is the top 
tier in the Inter-Congregational 
Men’s Club Summer Softball 
League.
This is where the best teams play. The 
ones with the most talent.
Until this season, teams from Temple 
Israel dominated the division, winning all 
five division playoff championships.
For the first time, a team not named 
Temple Israel won the division playoff title.
It was Temple Beth El No. 1, a new 
team. Several players played for Beth El 
previously when it had only one team.
Beth El No. 1 took on a big challenge.
“We asked to play in the Greenberg 
Division because of the tough competition 
there,” said Beth El No. 1 player-manager 
Billy Wiseman.
The team’s road to the division playoff 

championship was dotted with potholes.
“Four of our players suffered sea-
son-ending injuries, three during games,” 
Wiseman said.
One of the injured players was 
Wiseman. He broke his wrist diving for a 
ball.
Beth El No. 1 went 14-5-1 during the 
regular season, earning the No. 3 seed for 
the double-elimination playoffs in the five-
team division.
Temple Israel No. 2 (17-3) and Temple 
Israel No. 6 (15-5) finished in front of Beth 
El No. 1 in the regular season, and Temple 
Israel No. 5 (14-6) and Temple Shir 
Shalom No. 2 (10-10) ended up behind it.
Beth El No. 1 won all three of its play-
off games including a 14-8 victory over 
Temple Israel No. 5 in the division cham-
pionship game. Each team had the mini-

mum nine players available for that game.
Temple Israel No. 5 edged Temple Israel 
No. 2 16-15 earlier in the day to earn a 
shot at Beth El No. 1.
Also on the Beth El No. 1 roster were 
Brad Steel, Mike Barnett, Seth Gorback, 
Fred Stibor, Sean Seid, Jared Hocking, Max 
Surnow, Jeff Hollander, Andrew Broder, 
Matt Broder, Ryan Weiss, Mick Kindred 
and Darryl Goodwin.
The other division playoff champions 
were Temple Israel No. 1 in the Koufax 
Division and Congregation Beth Ahm in 
the Rosen Division.
Temple Israel No. 1 also was the regular-
season champion in the five-team Koufax 
Division with a 13-7 record, ahead of 
Temple Israel No. 3 (10-9-1), Congregation 
Shir Tikvah (8-12), Shir Shalom No. 1 
(5-14-1) and Congregation Shaarey Zedek 
(4-16).
Temple Israel No. 1 battled Temple Israel 
No. 3 in the division playoff championship 
game, won 9-3 by Temple Israel No. 1, 
which was victorious in all three of its 
playoff games.
Longtime league organizer Steve 
Achtman was the Temple Israel No. 1 
player-manager. He left the weekly league 
after the season to free up his Sunday 

End of an Era

PHOTOS COURTESY INTER-CONGREGATIONAL MEN’S CLUB SUMMER SOFTBALL LEAGUE

SPORTS

New team wins playoff championship in 
Inter-Congregational Men’s Club Summer 
Softball League’s top division.

STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Meet the Greenberg 
Division playoff 
champion: Temple 
Beth El No. 1.

Meet the Koufax Division playoff 
champion: Temple Israel No. 1.

Meet the Rosen Division playoff 
champion: Congregation Beth Ahm.

