Every Tuesday morning at 7:20 ET Nachum Segal will present 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 the Inaugural Tuesday Morning Sports Report of the 2013-2014 season, Rambam and DRS renew their rivalry in a varsity and JV hockey doubleheader, the two city schools do early-season battle in JV basketball, and four teams represent the Yeshiva Basketball League in Memphis, but it’s California that takes the crown. Good Morning, I’m Elliot Weiselberg.
The 7th Annual Cooper Invitational Tournament took place in Memphis this past weekend, as delegations from 16 different schools across the nation converged on Tennessee in early-season tournament action For the 3rd time in the last 4 years, the YULA Panthers took home the top prize. After bowing out in last year’s quarterfinal to eventual champion, Chicagoland, the Panthers rolled through three straight Yeshiva League opponents, defeating HAFTR 51-32 in the quarters, Ramaz 49-39 in the Semis and North Shore 51-37 in the finals. For North Shore, this was the second straight finals appearance and second straight defeat in the process. Also representing the Yeshiva League was Flatbush who after a close loss to New Jew by two on day one, knocked off three straight victories to win the Tier II Championship.
Varsity scores on the week
Magen David Tournament Champion Heschel dropped Hillel 57-31
And HANC split the week losing to DRS 44-27 but rebounding to top Rambam 66-50.
Over in JV, the Manhattan matchup of Ramaz and MTA met last week. MTA jumped out quickly stunning the Rams on offense and keeping Ramaz pegged down on the defensive end, amassing an 18-3 lead at the end of the first. MTA maintained the distance throughout winning 59-47. Sophomore Daniel Mirsky and freshman Adam Motovich led all scorers with 15 points.
Other Jv Basketball scores
Frisch topped JEC 62-41
TABC upended Kushner 40-33.
YDE stopped Brooklyn rival Shaare Torah 57-52 while Magen David did the same to Lev Bonim 43-37.
JV and Varsity hockey fans were treated to another wild double header this weekend, on the heels of the fantastic Kushner-JEC battle on Motzai Shabbos, Rambam and DRS took center stage on Sunday afternoon in Lawrence. In the varsity end, Rambam jumped out early before the Wildcats put in three unanswered to walk away with the 3-1 victory. In the nightcap, the JV squads went down to the wire with Isaac Fries being credited for his second of two goals on the night with 12 seconds remaining in the game to break a 1-1 deadlock and give DRS the victory. For more on this game and a discussion of this controversial goal, tune in to “The Court Report” the newest show on the Nachum Segal Network this Sunday at 7pm.
Other hockey scores of note
DRS JV defeated North Shore 3-0
Frisch JV blanked Ramaz 5-0 to begin their season.
Ramaz varsity topped Magen David 5-3
And finally as alluded to before, Kushner needed OT in both the JV and varsity games to defeat rival JEC 1-0 and 7-6 respectively. Eli Schwartz netted 5 in the victory for the varsity Cobras giving him a league-leading 11 in only 3 games.
And that was your Inaugural 2013-2014 Tuesday Morning Sports Report, I’m Elliot Weiselberg!”
