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,

Straight ahead on the Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, a week delayed, the JV Basketball championship receives a fitting ending, we release the schedule for the Saracheck Tournament starting tomorrow night and, we open up the Spring Sports Season. All that and more, good morning, I’m Elliot Weiselberg.

The final 2024-2025 Winter sports championship, the JV Basketball final took place this past Sunday as Flatbush and Ramaz, the two division champions squared off at the Max Stern Athletic Center. The Falcons took the lead early and held leads close to and into double-digits until the closing minutes of the third, when Ramaz cut a lead that only 8 minutes earlier was 11 down to 4 at 35-31. Flatbush would try and pull away, but Ed Ash would keep Ramaz in the running and eventually tie the game at 41 with 2:37 left in the 4th quarter. Unfortunately for both teams, the lids would close on the baskets the rest of the fourth would go scoreless and we would go to Overtime still knotted at 41. The first points of the extra session wouldn’t come until around the 3 minute mark when Noah Hiltzig, the overtime hero in the semifinal game against DRS drained a 3 pointer, giving Ramaz a 44-41 lead. Ramaz, though would only hit one more field goal the rest of the way and allow Flatbush to take control in what many would call appropriate fashion. Down 45-43, the ball would find its way to Louie Franco who would drain a three with a minute to go that would give Flatbush a lead it would not relinquish. Franco, clearly playing with a heavy heart following his loss last week, had a career night coming off the bench and sparking the Falcons, reaching double-digits in the first quarter and scoring 5 in the overtime session, including the last two foul shots to push to the final 51-47 score, earning him MVP honors in the Falcons Championship victory.

Action now turns back to varsity with the Saracheck tournament, which we touched on last week. Flatbush and Magen David kick off the action tomorrow night with a play-in game. Other Yeshiva League teams in action will be North Shore taking on the winner of the play-in game on Thursday morning, while SAR takes on Hebrew Academy of Montreal, MTA squares off with Berman, TABC matches up with Fasman and League champion DRS will meet up with Frisch for the mid-afternoon to evening action on Thursday. Macslive will take you through the weekend into semifinal Sunday and Monday Madness as the three tier champions will be crowned.

While that all takes place, the rest of the schools have already turned the corner to Spring sports. DRS finds itself in familiar position this year at the top of the boards in varsity soccer where it’s currently 4-0 and looking to add more hardware. However, they are one of five undefeated teams on the early season. Heschel and Frisch remain undefeated in Girls Hockey as the Cougars look to hang up their third banner in a row. Those are just two of the leagues that we will cover over the next few weeks, including girls soccer, boys volleyball and, of course, our diamond sports, boys and girls softball and boys baseball. All that and more, straight ahead as the 2025 Spring Season kicks into high gear.

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