Every Tuesday morning at 7:20 ET Nachum Segal presents Elliot Weiselberg on JM in the AM to deliver the Yeshiva League Sports (YLS) Update. Tune in for the latest Yeshiva League hockey and basketball information, as well as, the occasional update on other sports happenings in the Jewish world. For a deeper look at Yeshiva Sports check out the newest NSN program entitled Court Report, also hosted by Elliot, on Sunday evenings at 7:00pm ET (replay on Tuesdays 7-7:30pm ET). Below is the full transcript of Elliot’s update.
Straight ahead on your Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update,
The holiday weekend means a sparse number of games, but we’ve got all the results for you from the action that did go down around the league, including another basketball tournament and the division races tighten up in the JV hockey world, good morning, I’m Elliot Weiselberg.
We kick things off with Varsity Basketball where Frisch pulled off a phenomenal comeback 47-40 victory over MTA this past Motzai Shabbos. MTA jumped out to a 30-21 lead at the half before Frisch’s defense clamped down on the Lions holding them to 10 points in the second half and only 2 in the 4th quarter alone. During that stretch, the Cougars outscored the Lions by 16 to roll back and take the 7 point victory. Justin Hod put up a second-straight double-digit night, tallying 14 points. Benni Tuchman dropped 12 for the Cougars as well, adding 4 steals to the effort.
Other varsity basketball scores on the week
North Shore overpowerd HAFTR 61-53
In a rematch of the first round of the Pre-season Magen David Tournament, Magen David trounced neighboring Derech Hatorah 56-35
And previously winless Rambam stunned previously undefeated YDE 57-56.
Meanwhile over in Ramaz this weekend, we had the 2013 edition of the Sam Gyenes Memorial basketball tournament. Ramaz defeated Kushner 57-38 in a game that also doubled as a regular- season game . Jamie Cappell drained 21 in the win for the Rams. In the other semifinal, a non-league game Flatbush upended SAR, 45-43. In the finals, on Sunday, the home team Rams walked away victorious, downing the Falcons by 20.
Moving on to JV Basketball
In a rivalry filled weekend,
Long Island duos HAFTR and HANC did battle, with the Hawks coming out on top 48-20,
Brooklyn pairings Flatbush and Shaare Torah met up with Flatbush walking away winners 47-40.
And NYC natives Heschel and MTA squared off with the Heat downing the Lions 67-52
So Boys JV shakes out as follows.
In the East, HAFTR soars over the Long Island Division with a record of 2-0, and Flatbush is perched atop the Brooklyn division at 4-0.
Out West, SAR has buzzed out to a 2-0 record, while Frisch and TABC are neck and neck at 2-0 in the New Jersey Division
Onto hockey where teams are already jockeying for playoff position in the JV world.
This weekend featured 2 games that may set the tone for the respective conferences. In the West, SAR and TABC did battle on Thursday night with the Sting walking away with a 3-2 victory. Solomon Freilich netted two, to pace the JV world with 9 goals on the season.
Over in the East, Rambam upended previously undefeated Flatbush 2-0. Goals by freshmen Daniel Yizhaky and Harry Tanen led the Ravens in a heated defensive battle.
In other JV hockey action,
Frisch blanked Ramaz 5-0 with 4 goals coming from brothers Steven and Yehuda Brinn,
And HAFTR topped North Shore 4-0
Finally, in Varsity hockey
The TABC varsity team took care of the business that its JV bretheren could not. Two goals by Aryeh Berman paced the Storm to a 4-2 victory. Shmuel Levy added 1 and racked up 2 assists in the victory.
Other scores
Frisch topped Rambam 5-4. Odi Haramati put home a hat trick for the Cougars,
MTA and Ramaz tied at 1
And Kushner dominated Flatbush 7-0
For more in depth coverage of Yeshiva League Sports, tune in to the Court Report on The Nachum Segal Network every Sunday night at 7pm and if you missed it, you can catch this week’s edition, like every other week, tonight at 7pm on the stream.
And that was your Tuesday morning sports report, I’m Elliot Weiselberg.
