46 | MARCH 14 • 2024 
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he future looks bright for the 
Frankel Jewish Academy boys and 
girls bowling teams.
All five members of the boys team’s start-
ing lineup should be back next season. Four 
of the five girls in that team’s starting lineup 
should be back.
They showed promise for the future this 
season.
“Our mantra is it’s not how you start a 
season; it’s how you finish. And we finished 
strong,
” said Joe Bernstein, who coaches 
both teams.
“I think our boys team can be one of the 

top teams in our Catholic League division 
next year,
” Bernstein said. “
All we need to 
do is add some depth, some guys to fill in if 
someone is sick or injured, or not bowling 
well.
”
Aside from the competition, it was an 
uneventful season for the Frankel bowlers. 
Bernstein appreciated that.
“I didn’t have to worry about the little 
things that can crop up during a season. I 
never do with kids at our school,
” he said. 
“
And our bowlers are student-athletes. Their 
GPAs are sky high.
”
The Frankel boys team’s No. 1 bowler this 

season was junior Meir Shomer. 
He finished a team-best 19th among 60 
bowlers Feb. 23 in the individual compe-
tition at the Division 4 regional at Ten Pin 
Bowling Alley in Tecumseh. The top seven 
individuals at the regional moved on to the 
state meet.
One bad game hurt Shomer at the 
regional.
After starting out with games of 189, 
212 and 160, he rolled an uncharacteristic 
116. He shook off the disappointment and 
finished with games of 159 
and 152.
The No. 2 bowler on the 
Frankel boys team was soph-
omore Robbie Feldman, who 
also played basketball this 
winter for the Jaguars.
Junior Brody Fleishman 
and freshman Noam Kantor 
were interchangeable in the 
No. 3 and No. 4 spots behind 
Shomer and Feldman.
“Brody throws the ball 100 
miles per hour, although he 
doesn’t need to do that all the 
time,
” Bernstein said with a 
laugh. “Noam was our most 
improved bowler. He struggled early but 
finished strong.
“He’s a good athlete. Some people think 
you don’t have to be a good athlete to be a 
good bowler. When you need to bowl six 
games over a three-hour period, like at the 
regionals, you must be in good condition.
”
Sophomore Ryan Reinstein, Frankel’s No. 
5 bowler, also improved during the season, 
Bernstein said.
The Frankel boys team went 4-6-1 in 
Catholic League matches. The team’s roster 
also included Eric Diskin, Ashton Spector, 
Shai Brown, Eliyah Fradkin and Noah 
Sapeika.
Frankel’s girls bowling team was a family 
affair.
That’s because the five girls on the team 
included two sets of sisters. There were 

SPORTS

LEFT: Meet the Frankel girls bowling team, 
pictured with Coach Joe Bernstein. From 
left are Lilly Resnick, Molly Resnick, Sarah 
Fish, Zoe Schiffer and Jay Schiffer. 
BELOW: Frankel boys bowling team 
members watch teammate Meir Shomer 
compete during a match against Jackson 
Lumen Christi at Thunderbowl Lanes in 
Allen Park.

KEVIN RESNICK

Staying in 
Their Lanes

Frankel Jewish Academy boys and girls bowling 
teams live up to the program’s mantra.

STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

MOLI SPALTER

