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 Sports information, as well as, the occasional update on other sports happenings in the Jewish world. The transcription for this morning’s update is below.

Thanks Nachum!

Winter break is fast approaching and that means that playoff races are tightening up. Straight ahead on the Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, Magen David Basketball gains control of the Varsity East, Frisch locks up the JV Basketball West and in JV Hockey, not many games, but quality will sure make up for quantity, but first a mea culpa. All that and more, good morning, I’m Elliot Weiselberg.

Before we begin, a correction. On last week’s episode, when covering the accomplishments of Reuven Rozezadeh, I mistakenly referred to his school as Ohr Torah. As a high schooler in the late 90’s and early 2000’s one can certainly see where my thoughts were going, having played against OTI at several points. Rozehzadeh’s play has benefitted Ohr Yisroel all year and as a token, last week’s report has been re-recorded and edited, on the archives, in place of the erroneous segment.

We’ll start out in JV Hockey, where there were only two games this past week but both were important for the standings board. We start out at the top, where SAR has set the stage for a run-away season. The Sting blank DRS 3-0 to move to 9-0 and clinch the top seed in JV. The Sting have not ceded a goal since November 30th and will look to close out a perfect regular season when they face Frisch in February. Speaking of the Cougars, in the other matchup, HAFTR leaps Frisch into 3rd place by virtue of a 2-0 Hawk win. The win locks up a playoff berth for the Hawks who join the Cougars and the aforementioned SAR and DRS in the post-season. YDE, Ramaz and MTA will all make a run at the final playoff spot on the other side of the break.

In Varsity Hockey, a stunning turn of events at the top of the league. In what most expect to be a preview of the championship, the DRS Wildcats put a major hurting on the TABC Storm 5-0 in the Greenhouse on Wednesday. Five different Wildcats posted goals and Doniel Austein locked up the shutout to clinch at least a first-round home game in DRS and a major leg up in the mental battle as we head toward the postseason. In other action, Kushner takes two on the week to leap into 2nd in the West at 8-4. HANC bounces back with two on the week, downing HAFTR and YDE to lock up at least the East #2 and in the race for the final playoff spots, MTA rides wins over Ohr Yisroel and SAR to clinch the 4th of 5 spots out West and Magen David defeats Flatbush and SSLI to go 4 up for the 5th spot in the East.

Moving over to Varsity Basketball, where the Magen David Warriors have earned the inside edge for the top seed in the East, Moses Smeke’s buzzer-beater 3-pointer capped a 63-60 win over the Flatbush Falcons to move Magen to 10-1, still behind Flatbush’s 12-2 record in the standings, but with the Warriors in control as they await a home-and-home with North Shore bookending winter break. The two teams met in the Finals of the Satran Tournament this past weekend in HAFTR, with Magen David downing North Shore 57-36, a repeat of which could spiral into disaster for the hopes of a championship repeat in Great Neck. The Lions defeated YDE this week to gain some cushion, however, with their last two games against DRS, who topped Hillel to move above .500, the door is open for YDE and Waterbury to both sneak past North Shore down the stretch. Out West, TABC powers past Frisch 34-32 to jump into a tie with Ramaz at 8-2. Both sit two wins behind Frisch at 10-3 but one will be guaranteed to earn win number 9 when they play each other tonight in Ramaz. And in the battle for the 6 spot out West, SAR and JEC, both presently at 5 wins will square off Thursday night looking to separate themselves from the other.

Finally, in JV Basketball Frisch completes their 9-1 record with a 3 point win over TABC, locking up the West top spot. Hillel is right behind them at 7-2 following their win over JEC this week, but the road to the 2 seed is in SAR’s court as the Sting are 5-1 and play JEC and TABC this coming week. In the East, DRS will look to wrap up the top spot, tonight, when they play Westchester.

And that was your Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, I’m Elliot Weiselberg.