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. You can read the transcript of this morning’s update below.

Thanks Nachum!

Straight ahead on the Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, we near the end of the 2024 Spring sports year, and have crowned most of our indoor champions in the process. Boys Volleyball, Girls Hockey and Boys and Girls Varsity Soccer have reached their conclusion and the remaining sports are right behind them. All that and more, good morning, I’m Elliot Weiselberg.

We’ll start out in Soccer where the Ma’ayanot Rapids pull off the upset and stifle the dominance of the defending champions. The Rapids edged Frisch 2-1 not only ending Frisch’s chance at a repeat, but also puts an end to Frisch’s 21 game win streak, with their last loss coming almost 2 years to the day in the 2022 semifinals. The win marks Ma’ayanot’s first championship since 2019 and their 4th in the last 10 years.

Moving over to Boys Soccer where Kushner Cobras are kings for the first time in 7 years following their 3-1 victory over Ramaz. The battle between the 3rd and 4th seeds in the West proved to be a classic but Ramaz could not muster enough offense to keep pace with the champions.

We now leave the world of surprises and experience a bit of Déjà vu. A year ago, the Frisch Cougars found themselves locked in a heated overtime battle with SAR when Emma Hornblass tallied the championship winner to put Frisch back on top of the hockey world 1-0. This year, it would be Ramaz and it wouldn’t take overtime, but a second period goal by Hornblass would prove to be the difference in a 1-0 final while Sophomore goalie Lily Acton posted her 8th straight shutout periods in the finals, capping off a season where the Cougars yielded only three goals. Frisch has now gone back to back for the first time since 2014-2016 in a playoff season where all games in the knockout rounds were determined by a single goal.

While the Ramaz girls could not break through, the Rams varsity volleyball squad put a capper on their perfect season sweeping SAR in straight sets by identical scores of 21-13. The crown puts a no-doubter on likely the most dominant performance in boys volleyball history, with the Rams demolishing opponents 27 sets to 1 over the course of the season. Their only dropped set, the third set of their regular season contest with the Sting. Ramaz wins their 2nd in a row their 3rd in 4 finals and account for more than half the championships in the last decade.

Heading outdoors, Darchai has punched their ticket back to the varsity softball championships. The 2021 winners defeated YDE to return to the finals where they await the winner of this Sunday’s contest between Netzach Hatorah and defending champion Hillel. In Girls Varsity, there will be a new champion as the Bruriah Lightning shut out the defending champion Frisch Cougars 1-0 to advance to the championship. They’ll face Ma’ayanot who outlasted Hillel 13-9.

Finally, it’ll be the top 2 teams in the West fighting for the title in Baseball. Top seed Frisch doubled up Heschel 4-2 while SAR drilled Kushner 8-0. This will set up a repeat of last year’s final and give Frisch its chance at winning its third banner in a row.

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