28 | DECEMBER 29 • 2022 

SPORTS

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ports history is being made this 
winter at Frankel Jewish Academy.
For the first time in at least a 
decade, there’s a Frankel girls bowling 
team.
“We’ve had one or two girls on our boys 
bowling team a few times during my nine 
years as coach, but never a girls team,” 
said Joe Bernstein, who is in charge of the 
Frankel bowling program.
“Hopefully, we can get more girls out 
for the girls team in the future and keep it 
going,” Bernstein said.
Frankel Athletic Director Rick Dorn, 
who is in his ninth year in that position, 
agreed with Bernstein that this is the first 
time in at least 10 years that the school has 
had a girls bowling team.
“I think it’s great that we have a girls 
bowling team,” Dorn said. “We want to 
give our kids as many opportunities as 
possible to participate in extra-curricular 
activities.
“The new girls bowling team is getting 
some buzz, of course, but it’s important to 
point out that about 80% of our students 
(enrollment is about 130) participate in 
at least one sport for our school. That’s 
fantastic.”
A combination of Bernstein’s recruiting 
efforts and students expressing an interest 
in bowling for Frankel led to the forma-
tion of the girls team.
Five girls are needed to have a full team 
for a bowling competition. That’s what 
the Frankel girls team has … five bowlers. 
They won two of their first three matches 

this season.
“I was willing to form a team with three 
or four girls. I couldn’t be more excited 
or happier to have five,” Bernstein said. 
“Even better, the five girls are committed 
to our program and improving rapidly. I’m 
always happy about that.”
The commitment extends beyond 
Frankel’s two or three practices a week 
and matches.
“The girls are bowling on weekends, 
either with their teammates or family, to 
get some more practice,” Bernstein said.
Here’s the Frankel girls bowling team 
roster:
— Senior Kate Winkelman
— Junior Sarah Fish
— Sophomore Zoe Schiffer
— Freshmen Molly and Lilly Resnick, 
who are twins
All the girls are in their first year in the 
Frankel bowling program.
There are numbers to validate their 
rapid improvement on the lanes since the 
girls team began practicing Nov. 14 at 
Frankel’s home bowling center, Langan’s 
All Star Lanes in Walled Lake.
“I always preach that I want our bowlers 
to improve their high game by 10 pins 
each week,” Bernstein said.
The girls have done that for the most 
part, Bernstein said. And some have 
added 15 pins to their previous high game.
Fish and Shiffer have led the way for the 
team so far. Each is averaging about 130. 
Winkelman is averaging about 110.
Each of the Resnick twins is averaging 

about 100.
“I have the twins in my freshman-lev-
el World History class,” Bernstein said. 
“Great kids, great family.”
The Resnick name may be a familiar 
one to those who follow the Frankel bowl-
ing program.
The twins’ older sister Hannah Resnick, 
a 2020 Frankel graduate, was a captain of 
the school’s bowling and volleyball teams 
in her senior year, and the Most Valuable 
Player of each team. She also played soc-
cer for the Jaguars.
With all that on her resume, it was no 
surprise that she was named Frankel’s 
Female Athlete of the Year for the 2019-20 
school year.
She also was a 2020 recipient of a 
Dr. Steven and Evelyn Rosen Stars of 
Tomorrow scholarship bestowed by the 
Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation.
The 11-bowler Frankel boys bowling 
team lost two of its first three matches 
this season, but there’s promise for a good 
year, Bernstein said.
Here’s the Frankel boys bowling team 
roster:
— Senior Jacob Rond
— Juniors Jonah Miller, Avi Shere, Eric 
Diskin, Eliyah Fradkin, Ashten Spector.
— Sophomores Brody Fleishman, Meir 
Shomer, Ezra Lupovitch.
— Freshmen Ryan Reinstein, Sloan 
Gartenberg.
Shomer has been the boys team’s best 
bowler so far, Bernstein said. Right behind 
him are Miller and Shere. 

For the first time in 
many years, Frankel 
Jewish Academy has 
a girls bowling team.

 Girl 
Power

STEVE STEIN 
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Meet the new Frankel girls bowling team: Lilly Resnick, Sarah Fish, Molly Resnick, Kate 
Winkleman and Zoe Schiffer.

JOE BERNSTEIN

