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It's Mid-May which means the continuation of the Spring sports season and a ramp up to the postseason. Straight ahead on the Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, Boys Soccer experiences a logjam while Girls Soccer becomes very clear, the top seed in Girls Varsity Hockey comes down to one night, and in Boys Volleyball, Ramaz suffers a loss...of sorts...Good morning, I'm Elliot Weiselberg.
We start out in boys volleyball where Ramaz is no longer perfect. No, the Rams are still undefeated, having knocked off SAR this past week to improve to 7-0 and clinch the Western Conference, however, the contest marks the first time this year that Ramaz has not swept a match. Ramaz cruised in the first 2 sets against the Sting before dropping the third set 21-15, ending a 22-set win streak dating back to the 2nd set of the finals last year, where they faced SAR. The Rams will now go from one matchup of undefeateds to another, as they face Flatbush tomorrow night where the winner will be the only remaining team without a loss on the season.
Moving over to Girls Hockey where two games this Wednesday night will set the playoff picture. Of the 6 teams heading to the post-season, five will be from the West, with 4 in action and the Western Conference championship on the line. Frisch and SAR will square off with the winner being crowned the top team in the West while, at the same time Ramaz and Ma'ayanot will face off where Ramaz will have the opportunity to jump into the 3rd seed with a win. The 2 seed will go to tiebreak between HAFTR, HANC and SKA as the East champion, with that team being the only East team in the postseason. Joining the 5 will be Heschel, who know that they will be on the road come the first round of the post-season, but will await the contests to know whether they will be the 5 or 6 seed.
In Boys Varsity soccer, the top seed in the East and West may come down to tiebreakers. In the East, North Shore and DRS sit tied at 13 points with a North Shore contest against HANC remaining. Should North Shore lose, the two teams would be deadlocked with their only matchup between them a 4-4 tie. Out in the West, it could be three teams who may sit at the top where TABC and Kushner are tied at 11 points, but Frisch sits right behind them at 10 points with 1 game in hand. Meanwhile, Girls Varsity soccer is having no such problems. The East and West have clear-cut winners as SKA and Frisch have gone through the year spotless. The only spot still up for grabs is the final playoff spot in the East, which will either go to North Shore or HANC. HAFTR, Central, Ma'ayanot, Kushner and Heschel have already locked up the remaining berths and await the postseason tournament.
And that was your Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, I'm Elliot Weiselberg.

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Straight ahead on the Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, Frisch continues their dominance on the hardball rubber, Flatbush soars into the conversation on the Volleyball board and Frisch hands Ma'ayanot their first loss of the season in Girls Soccer. All that and more, good morning, I'm Elliot Weiselberg.
We've covered every sport so far this Spring season, with the exception of Baseball. Thus far, the diamond has belonged to the defending champs and this week only served to widen the gap between Frisch, last year's runners up SAR and everyone else. The Cougars went 2-0 this past week, defeating Heschel and MTA by a combined 18-1 and are now 3-0, tied with SAR who took wins over Hillel and TABC themselves. The two teams are the only Western Conference squads without a blemish. DRS joins them at 3-0 in the East, but its clear that we are potentially headed for a championship rematch between two schools who have dominated the Spring over the last few years. Other scores from the diamond, Ramaz picks up their first win in a thriller 11-10 over JEC, TABC edges out MTA 2-1 in extra innings and DRS outlasts Flatbush 6-5.
Speaking of Frisch dominance, the Girls Varsity Soccer Cougars are looking to defend their crown as well, and to this point have stood up to all challenges, including defeating previously undefeated Ma'ayanot this past week, 4-1. The win was Frisch's third in the past 8 days, having also swept SAR in a home and home to improve to 5-0. The only other undefeated West, Kushner, has yet to really start their season, having only played 2 games, albeit two big wins over Bruriah and Na'aleh. They face SAR and Ramaz this week, in hopes of making a run at Frisch for a late season meetup atop the West. In other action, Central picks up their 4th win, edging out Flatbush 4-3, and Heschel picks up their 4th win with a dominant victory over Ramaz.
Finally, we take a peek back in on Boys Volleyball where Flatbush has joined Ramaz in standing out amongst the pack. The Falcons sit at 5-0 after knocking off previously undefeated HAFTR in 4 sets, as well as Magen David and Frisch in the last 8 days. Flatbush will have a chance to continue their road to the top tonight against 3-1 North Shore as they look to keep pace with Ramaz, who, at 6-0, still has yet to drop a set. The two are on a collision course for mid-May, right before the playoffs.
And that was your Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, I'm Elliot Weiselberg.

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Welcome back everyone to the JM in the AM Sports Update as we kick off our coverage of the 2024 Spring Sports season. For the next few weeks, we will bring to you all of the action in soccer, boys volleyball, girls hockey and the diamond sports. Straight ahead, Rambam takes flight in boys soccer, Ramaz Boys Volleyball extends their dominance, but of course, we can't totally move forward without running down Saracheck. Good morning, I'm Elliot Weiselberg.
We'll kick off at the top with the biggest competition in all of Yeshiva League sports, the 2024 Red Saracheck Memorial Basketball Tournament. 21 teams converged on Yeshiva University for the last and notably the best basketball of the school year. The action kicked off Wednesday night as two Yeshiva League teams, DRS and Frisch met up in a first-ever play-in game, which saw the Wildcats advance into the tournament round. Of the seven Yeshiva League teams in the field, three, TABC, Flatbush and league champion Magen David would make it to the final four, but the crown jewel would go to a perennial non-Yeshiva League competitor, the YULA Panthers. YULA climbed over both Yeshiva League finalists, Flatbush by 9 in the semifinals and Magen David in overtime in the finale 69-59. The win marks the 5th straight tournament won by a California team and YULA's 9th overall title. In the Third Place contest, Flatbush would erase a 9-point third quarter TABC lead, but a fantastic effort by Eitan Sulemanoff with 25 seconds to go would be the difference as the Storm took bronze with the 67-66 victory.
Coming into the 2024 Spring year, the Ramaz Rams were the personification of dominance in boys volleyball. It has been nearly five years since Ramaz tasted defeat, a feat tempered by the cancellation of two years due to Covid, but still impressive, especially after running the table to a league championship last year. For the start of the 2024 season, only more of the same. The Rams have already racked up four wins, now halfway through their regular season, running off straight set victories in each contest. They sit 2 games clear of TABC with a matchup between the two coming up on Monday. Meanwhile, in the East, HAFTR heads the leaderboard at 3-0 with Flatbush at 2-0 right behind them.
Moving over to Soccer, a surprising name tops the standings. The Rambam Ravens have remained perfect thus far, opening up with a 3-0 record, including a thrilling 7-6 win over DRS. Rambam will have three games next week against Flatbush, HANC and YDE, where they can open up a commanding lead and put pressure on the rest of the East to keep pace. Meanwhile in girls varsity, Ma'ayanot has jumped out to an impressive 3-0 start of their own, outscoring their competition 35-1 in the process.

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

We have reached the end of the 2023-2024 Winter sports season! Straight ahead on the Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, two basketball championships highlighted by bitter rivalries and divisional pride. All that and more coming up, I'm Elliot Weiselberg.
The Yeshiva League reached the conclusion of its version of March Madness this past Sunday as four teams converged onto the Max Stern Athletic Center on the Campus of Yeshiva University to crown the 2023-2024 JV and Varsity Basketball Champions. The JV finale kicked off the day with All-West foes Frisch and SAR meeting up in what had become a championship staple showdown in the mid- 2010s. The first half was a close affair that saw Isaac Stepner drain a buzzer-beater three to give the Cougars a 7 point lead at the break. The third quarter would see a changing of the tide, though as SAR racked off a 16-5 run capped by a buzzer beater three of SARs by Evan Goldberg and the Sting would barely look back as they rolled to a 59-47 victory.
The marquee matchup of the afternoon was the Varsity finale, an all-Brooklyn showdown between #2 Flatbush and #1 Magen David. Two close contests throughout the season were echoed early on as Flatbush took a 10-9 lead into the 2nd quarter and a 6 point advantage into the half. Flatbush looked to pull away early in the 3rd, but a 9-3 Warrior run to end the quarter closed the gap to within 2 and a minute a half into the 4th took the lead. Flatbush would eventually regain the lead, but with 42 seconds left, Marc Sardar give the Warriors a 44-43 lead. The Warriors would have control of an inbounds with 12 seconds left and a chance to ice the game, but a Jacob Hadded steal gave Flatbush life and an ill-advised inbounds foul with 9 seconds left put Ronnie Chaya at the line for two and a chance to win the game. Chaya would only hit one of two and the game would go to overtime tied at 44. The extra session would see a 2-point Magen David lead with 1 minute to go but that would be as close as the game would get. Missed free throws and a lid on the Flatbush basket doomed the Falcons as much as the Magen David foul shooting as the Warriors went on to win the Battle for Brooklyn finale 57-48 for their first championship since 2017-2018.
With those two seasons now in the books, we have come to the close of the 2023-2024 Winter Sports season. The Sports Update will now turn to spring sports including soccer, boys volleyball, girls hockey and of course, the diamond sports as we roll toward June and the end of the school year. We will be on break next week but will return in two weeks with all of the spring action.
And that was your Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, I'm Elliot Weiselberg.

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Two more championships have been handed out with the Winter sports finale only days ahead of us. Straight ahead on the Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, three hockey powerhouses meet up on Championship Sunday and a near major upset results in a thrilling semifinal in varsity basketball. All that and more coming up, I'm Elliot Weiselberg.
This past Sunday saw JV and Varsity Hockey crown its champions, and for those following this season, the winners were no surprise, although the games themselves proved to be something different. Varsity was on the menu first this past Sunday in Frisch as the top two teams and perennial contenders, DRS and TABC did battle. TABC looked to reverse a lopsided loss to the Wildcats in DRS during the regular season and for most of the game, looked like the more aggressive team, but the Wildcats would not break and found themselves in the driver’s seat following a Max Pockriss 2nd period goal. Doniel Austein held down the DRS net and a heads up Jack Greenbaum goal in the closing seconds capped off the 2-0 victory for DRS’ first varsity win since 2017.
In the evening session, the top seeded SAR Sting met up with the JV Wildcats in a game that was every bit the opposite of the early one. Nate Zitter would give the Sting the lead less than 30 seconds into the contest and would steal the show over the next period and a half, picking up a natural hat trick en route to a 4-1 SAR win. SAR completes the undefeated the season and tabs their first JV crown since 2015.
With boys hockey now complete, all eyes turn to JV and Varsity Basketball this coming Sunday at the Max Stern Athletic Center on the campus of Yeshiva University. The early game will see an all-West affair as #1 Frisch and #2 SAR square off for the third time this year. Frisch earned their way to championship Sunday with a 64-44 win over #3 Hillel, while SAR went on the road and dispatched previously undefeated East champion DRS 47-38. In the two contests played earlier this year, both teams took home victories over the other, with each team taking their wins by 5 points.
The evening session will see an All-Brooklyn battle that nearly wasn't. While top seed Magen David easily punched their way to the final with a 64-50 drubbing of HAFTR, their Sunday opponent, Flatbush almost found themselves on the losing end of a spirited exhibit from the defending champion North Shore Lions. The Lions held a 9 point lead in the 4th quarter, but watched the Falcons chip away and force overtime, closing out the final 10 minutes of play on a 17-2 run to stave off the upset 57-51. The JV game will tip off at 2 with the Varsity contest following at 5PM.
And that was your Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, I'm Elliot Weiselberg.