Yeshiva League Sports Update Unknown

Thanks Nachum!
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.

Thanks Nachum!
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.

Thanks Nachum!

They say that good things come to those who wait and here on the JM in the AM Sports Update, we bring you all of the good and the great that is the Yeshiva League Playoffs! Straight ahead, the Winter Sports Regular Season is over and the playoffs lie directly ahead of us. We'll run down the last week and get you ready for the next 4. All that and more, good morning, I'm Elliot Weiselberg
Varsity Hockey certainly had its intrigue as half of the seeds were not determined until Monday night. In the East, DRS finishes with the top seed after avenging their only loss on the season to HAFTR and will be joined by HANC as the two seed, HAFTR at the 3, Magen David at the 4 and Rambam in 5th. Magen David takes the 4th seed despite taking two losses this week, as their loss to Flatbush came in Overtime 9-8. Joe Catton netted his 32nd goal of the season to give the Falcons the win, but by going to OT, Magen David got the point that they needed to advance. In the West, TABC wrapped up the 1 but not without a fight from Kushner who the Storm defeated 3-2. The Kushner loss and Frisch win over SAR on Monday gave Frisch the 2 seed, Kushner the 3 and also dropped SAR to the 5 behind MTA. So the playoff brackets will look like this. East #1 DRS will play the winner of Tomorrow night's contest between West #4 MTA vs East #5 Rambam, West #2 Frisch will face East #3 HAFTR, East #2 HANC will take on West #3 Kushner and West #1 TABC will await the winner of tonight's battle between East #4 Magen David and West #5 SAR.
In JV SAR keeps the undefeated season, but not perfect as they tie Frisch 2-2. SAR will take the #1 seed, DRS the 2, despite taking a 1-0 loss at home to the HAFTR Hawks who will be the 3rd seed. The 4th seed will go to YDE after a crazy week where they topped Frisch 3-1 and then went in to TABC and earned an 8-7 overtime victory to claim the higher seed over Frisch. This means that we will see two repeats from this past week as Frisch will travel back to YDE for the play-in game for the right to face SAR in the semifinals and HAFTR will go back to DRS in the other semifinal. Fun fact: If Frisch defeats YDE, their matchup against SAR will make all 3 playoff games repeats from the last week.
In Varsity Basketball, Magen David wraps up the East with a win over North Shore and will join Flatbush with a bye at 2. HAFTR takes the 3 while North Shore sweeps a home and home with DRS to finish tied at 7-7 and take the 4 seed while the Wildcats take the 5 (and you wont believe who they play next...) and Waterbury takes a win over Rambam to earn the 6 seed. Out West, TABC sweeps Ramaz to take the 1 seed and drop the Rams to a 10-4 record, tied with Frisch, but Ramaz earns the 2 and the bye. Frisch will have the 3, Heschel the 4, Ohr Yisroel earns a playoff berth at 5 and SAR wraps up the West at #6. The playoff lineup will see East #3 HAFTR host Waterbury while DRS will travel to North Shore for their third straight meetup with the winners to head to either TABC or Ramaz. The West #3 Frisch will square off with SAR and Heschel will meet Ohr Yisroel with the winners to head to Brooklyn for either Magen David or Flatbush.
Finally, in JV Basketball, several ties pockmark the board. In the East, DRS runs undefeated at the top while North Shore, Flatbush and HAFTR all finished at 7-3. The Lions were awarded the bye while the Falcons and Hawks will welcome teams to their nests as the 3 and 4. Magen David earns the 5 by virtue of a win last night over YDE who takes the 6. Out West, Frisch and SAR earn the 1 and 2, both tied at 9-1, Hillel finishes right behind them at 8-2 for the 3rd seed. TABC and Ramaz both at 5-5 finish at 4th and 5th and JEC defeats Heschel to lock up the last seed in the West. So the playoff matchups will see East #3 Flatbush host #6 YDE and East #4 HAFTR taking on #5 Magen David with the winners to go to Frisch or SAR and out West, #3 Hillel will host JEC while Ramaz will travel to TABC with the winners going t