Nachum Segal presented Elliot Weiselberg on this morning’s JM in the AM to deliver the Yeshiva League Sports (YLS) Update. Tune in every week to the YLS update for the latest Yeshiva League hockey and basketball information, as well as, the occasional update on other sports happenings in the Jewish world. Nachum and Elliot implore everyone who is a fan of the YLS Update and the new Court Report program, also hosted by Elliot to pledge their support for the backbone of great Jewish radio and keep the great programming going strong for another year. For a deeper look at Yeshiva Sports check out the newest NSN program entitled Court Report on Sunday evenings at 7:00pm ET (replay on Tuesdays 7-7:30pm ET). Read the full transcript of this morning’s update below.
Thanks Nachum,
We’ve finally hit the madness that is the month of March, folks, and that means Final 4 time! All four leagues have pared themselves down to just 4 teams over the past week and with a ton of action packed into the next few days, we’re ready for a wild ride! Good morning everyone and welcome to the Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, I’m Elliot Weiselberg.
Let’s start off with varsity hockey, which only rounded out its final 4 last night. Over the last week, TABC, HAFTR and Frisch all punched tickets to the semifinals and last night the three were joined by DRS. The Wildcats took on and defeated Ramaz 4-0 in the Greenhouse feeding off of goals by David Soffer, Sammy Rauch and two from Avi Genachowski in order, the last 3 coming on either the powerplay or 2 on 2 action. DRS netminder Ari Guttenmacher recorded the shutout. DRS will now host Frisch over the coming week, while HAFTR will travel to TABC in the other semifinal next Monday
In JV, the two semifinal games will both take place tomorrow night. These games will take on an intra-divisional flare, something unusual given the setup of the playoff brackets. In one semifinal, Eastern Champion Rambam will host the East #3 seed HAFTR at 7:30. In the other, Western Champion TABC will host West #3 seed SAR at 7:00.
The championship for both leagues will take place on March 23rd at Lawrence Middle School.
Before we switch over to basketball, we would to wish the best of luck to Noam and SAR who will play next Monday night for the NJ Junior High hockey championship in Frisch at 7:45 pm.
On the hardwood,
The varsity final 4 is as follows: Eastern Champion North Shore will battle West #2 Heschel tonight AT 8:15 in North Shore. The Stars earned their way into the semis after the wild finish with TABC that we discussed last week, while Heschel overpowered Flatbush 50-38. In the other semifinal, tomorrow night at 8:45, West Champion Ramaz will host East #2 seed HAFTR. Both teams breezed through the quarters, defeating YDE and SAR respectively.
