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oah Adamczyk is 
taking his basketball 
talents to Mt. Pleasant.
The high-scoring 6-foot-1 
Bloomfield Hills High School 
senior guard committed earlier 
this month to Central Michigan 
University, where he’ll join a 
Chippewas team looking to 
rebound from a 10-21 season.
Adamczyk said his official 
visit to Central Michigan sealed 
the deal. The Chippewas beat 
out a few other Division I and 
Division II schools for his 
services.
“The coaches at Central 

Michigan were very nice. It 
felt like family from the start,
” 
Adamczyk said. “
And they were 
very nice to my mom. Playing 
college basketball is a dream 
come true for me.
”
Adamczyk left an indelible 
mark on the boys basketball 
program at Bloomfield Hills. 
The four-year starter is the 
program’s all-time leading 
scorer (1,519 points) and he 
led the Black Hawks to back-
to-back Oakland Activities 
Association White Division 
championships in 2021 and 
2022.

He was the leading scorer 
in Oakland County this past 
season, averaging 27 points per 
game.
Bloomfield Hills boys 
basketball coach Brian 

Canfield took an active role 
in Adamczyk’s recruitment, 
contacting schools, sending 
videos and communicating with 
coaches.
Central Michigan was one 

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Bouncing Ball

Bloomfield Hills High School basketball 
star Noah Adamczyk commits to Central 
Michigan University.

STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

SPORTS

Noah Adamczyk 
holds the game ball 
and a handmade 
sign on the night 
this past season he 
scored his 1,000th 
career point for 
Bloomfield Hills High 
School.

PAUL KOLIN

Tip Off Time Nears for Basketball 
Leagues

Registrations are still being 
accepted for the Detroit 
Jewish Basketball League’s 
second summer season 
and the league’s new youth 
basketball league.
Games will be played 
from May 31 through Aug. 
16, Wednesday nights, at the 
Beech Woods Recreation 
Center in Southfield in the 
summer league. New this season in the men’s league is a 
senior division for players ages 35 and over. Fee is $170 per 
participant.
The 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday youth league has two sessions: 
June 11 through July 9 and July 23 through Aug. 20. Each will 
be held at Farber Hebrew Day School in Southfield. Fee is $85 
per participant per session.
To sign up, contact Daniel Shamayev at (248) 797-3763 or 
danielrshamayev@gmail.com. Or go to the league’s Instagram 
page: detroitjewishbasketballleague.

DETROIT JEWISH BASKETBALL LEAGUE

quick hits
BY STEVE STEIN 

Foundation Accepting 
Scholarship 
Applications, Getting 
Ready for Greenberg

The application deadline for the Dr. 
Steven and Evelyn Rosen scholarships, 
awarded annually by the Michigan 
Jewish Sports Foundation, is May 
31. The scholarships will be 
presented in October at the 
Michigan Jewish Sports Hall 
of Fame induction banquet.
The scholarships are 
awarded to Jewish high 
school seniors and medical 
students who excel in academ-
ics and athletics.
Criteria also includes financial need, 
record of community service and extra-
curricular activities. The application can 
be found at www.michiganjewishsports.
org.
In other MJSF news, the 32nd annu-

al Hank Greenberg Memorial Golf, 
Tennis and Pickleball Invitational is just 
around the corner. It will be held June 
12 at Franklin Hills Country Club in 
Farmington Hills.
The invitational is a fundraiser for 
the Lawrence & Idell Weisberg Cancer 
Treatment Center at the Karmanos 
Cancer Institute.
This year’s award winners are 
seven-time Cy Young Award 
winner Roger Clemens (Hank 
Greenberg Memorial Lifetime 
Achievement), ESPN senior 
NFL insider Adam Schefter 
(Dick Schapp Memorial), and 
the late 44th District Court 
Judge Jamie Wittenberg (Barry 
Bremen Memorial Inspiration).
For invitational reservations and 
sponsorships, call MJSF Executive 
Director Don Rudick at (248) 390-5981, 
email him at zeedon1@gmail.com, go to 
www.michiganjewishsports.org or check 
out the invitational’s Facebook page.

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