PLAYOFFS ACROSS JEWISH HOOPS AMERICA

--CALIFORNIA--

SOUTHERN SECTION

DIVISION 4AA
Round of 32

Feb. 13 - MILKEN vs Dana Hills
Feb. 13 - SHALHEVET vs Eastside

DIVISION 4A
Round of 32

Feb. 13 - VALLEY TORAH vs Santa Ynez

DIVISION 5A
Round of 32

TARBUT VTORAH - bye

Round of 16

Feb. 15 - TARBUT VTORAH vs Crossroads Christian

CENTRAL COAST SECTION

KEHILLAH JEWISH awaiting seeding for Central Coast Div 5 sectional playoffs

NORTH COAST SECTION

JCHS SAN FRANCISCO is the #3 seed in the Bay Counties League playoffs and will play #2 San Francisco Waldorf in the semifinals Feb. 15

Awaiting seeding for North Coast Div 6 sectionals

San Diego Sectionals

San Diego Jewish Academy

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--COLORADO--

DENVER JEWISH DAY SCHOOL will compete in the District 8-1A tournament

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--FLORIDA--

District Playoffs

DISTRICT 2A-7

Donna Klein Jewish Academy

DISTRICT 3A-7

HA MIAMI is the #1 seed and has a bye into the semifinals
POSNACK JEWISH DAY is the #3 seed and plays #6 Greater Miami in the quarterfinals on Feb. 12

DISTRICT 4A-5

Feb. 12 - KATZ YHS vs Somerset Canyons in quarterfinals

DISTRICT 4A-6

Feb. 12 - HILLEL MIAMI is the #3 seed and will play #2 Somerset Prep in the semifinals 

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--ILLINOIS--

ROCHELLE ZELL and IDA CROWN have opening round byes in the Class 1A Arlington Heights regional

Semifinals - Feb. 21

ROCHELLE ZELL vs Winner of #6 Manley vs #8 Christian Liberty
IDA CROWN vs Winner of #5 Walther Christian vs #9 Douglass

FASMAN YESHIVA plays in the Class 2A Niles regional

Quarterfinals - Feb. 19

FASMAN YESHIVA vs Chicago Math & Science Charter

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--KANSAS--

HYMAN BRAND HA in the quarterfinals of the Great Plains Athletic Conference Tournament

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--MARYLAND--

JEWISH DAY SCHOOL and BERMAN HEBREW ACADEMY in the Potomac Valley Athletic Conference tournament quarterfinals on Feb. 20

BETH TFILOH in the Maryland Independent Athletic Conference C tournament

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--MASSACHUSSETTS--

GANN is the 2nd seed in the Massachussetts Bay Independent League playoffs and got a bye into the semifinals

Feb. 13 - Semifinals - GANN vs Boston Trinity

(Awaiting word on New England Prep School Athletic Council Class C playoffs)

MAIMONIDES in the Massachussetts Interscholastic Athletic Association North Division 4 playoffs. Seedings/pairings in late February.

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--NEW YORK--

SCHECHTER WESTCHESTER is the #4 seed in the Section 1 Class C playoffs and plays Pawling on Feb. 15

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--NORTH CAROLINA--

AMERICAN HEBREW ACADEMY fell to Westchester Country Day in the quarterfinals of the Triad Athletic Conference tournament

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--ONTARIO--

TDCAA

Senior A Tournament

OR CHAIM TORONTO is the #2 seed with an opening round bye. They play the winner of UTS vs Frere Andre in the semifinals on Feb. 20.

Senior AA Tournament 

Tanenbaum CHAT

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--PENNSYLVANIA--

Tri County Independent Schools League

Quarterfinals

Feb. 12 - #5 BARRACK HA vs #4 Delaware Valley Friends

BARRACK HA also has a play in game for the PIASAA tournament

Feb. 13 - BARRACK HA vs Academy of the New Church

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--QUEBEC--

GMAA

Division I
Quarterfinals

Feb. 12 - BIALIK vs Lower Canada College (1A)
Feb. 12 - HERZLIAH vs Louis Joseph-Papineau

Division II
Semifinals

Feb. 14 - ECOLE MAIMONIDE vs West Indies College

Division III
Quarterfinal

Feb. 12 - YAVNE MONTREAL vs Lower Canada College (3A)

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--TENNESSEE--

COOPER MEMPHIS lost to Jackson Christian in the opening round of the Division II West District A tournament.

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--TEXAS--

TAPPS 3A

YAVNEH DALLAS is top seed from District 3 and got a bye in the opening round Round of 16 -

Round of 16

YAVNEH DALLAS vs Winner of Harvest Christian vs Dallas Lutheran

TAPPS 2A

BEREN HOUSTON was top seed from District 7 and got a bye in the opening round of the TAPPS 2A tournament

Round of 16

BEREN HOUSTON vs

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--WASHINGTON--

NORTHWEST YESHIVA HIGH SCHOOL split their opening games in the Sea-Tac league tournament and lost to Pope John Paul in the 5th place game, failing to qualify for the district tournament.

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--YESHIVA LEAGUE--

East Division

#1 MAGEN DAVID

#2 DRS

#3 RAMBAM

#4 HANC

#5 HAFTR

#6 FLATBUSH

Byes: Magen David, DRS

#3 RAMBAM vs #6 FLATBUSH

#4 HANC vs #5 HAFTR

Winners become 3rd and 4th East seeds

West Division

#1 FRISCH

#2 SAR

#3 TABC

#4 HESCHEL

#5 RAMAZ

#6 WATERBURY YESHIVA

Byes: Frisch, SAR

#3 TABC vs #6 WATERBURY YESHIVA

Feb. 27 - #4 HESCHEL vs #5 RAMAZ

Winners become 3rd and 4th West Seeds

Quarterfinals

MAGEN DAVID vs #4 West
DRS vs #3 West
FRISCH vs #4 East
SAR vs #3 East

Semifinals

Championship Game - March 11

National Results - Weekend, February 10-11, 2018

SATURDAY

SOUTHEAST

Jackson Christian     78       Cooper Memphis      57

The 7th seeded Macs (5-18) fell to the 6th seed in the opening round of the Division II West District A tournament. Simcha Osdoba scored 25 points and Shlomo Bosin had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Osdoba and Ethan Morris were named to the All-District team.

WEBER ATLANTA    69   ATLANTA JEWISH ACADEMY   41

Daniel Livnat scored 20 points, Zach Negin added 13 and Jordan Arbiv had 12 to lead the Rams (7-10) to a sweep of the season series.

MIDWEST

IDA CROWN    44      FASMAN YESHIVA    41

Amitai Kolom scored 22 points and Ryan Bokor added 10 as the #18 Aces (12-8) held off #25 The Yeshiva (7-6).

WEST

MIDLAND ADVENTIST      58      HYMAN BRAND HA      35

Rams drop to 7-8.

CALIFORNIA

VALLEY TORAH     86     OAKWOOD     69

Ryan Turell scored 40 points and Ben Hamer added 15 for the #1 Wolfpack (25-6).

YESHIVA LEAGUE

HILLEL     58      SHAARE TORAH     48

Heat finish the season 2-13, 2-12 in the league. Stars are 3-10 in the league, 4-14 overall.

SUNDAY

NORTHEAST

MAIMONIDES    66     CRISTO REY   50

Josh Weiss scored 22 points, Eytan Pomper addd 18 and Judah Kosowsky had 11 to lead the #17 M-Cats (12-6) to their third straight win. 

MIDWEST

ROCHELLE ZELL    68     FASMAN YESHIVA   52

Grant Primer scored 23 points and Sammy Vayngart added 15 for the #9 Tigers (16-4). #25 The Yeshiva drops to 7-7.

National Results - Thursday, February 8, 2018

MIDATLANTIC

BERMAN HA          58      WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL     47

Yoni Snow scored 12 points and Josh Levieddin had 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Cougars (12-6).

BETH TFILOH     60     JEMICY     42

Kameron Glazer had 31 points and Harry Gartenhaus added 14 to lead the #20 Warriors (12-11).

NORTHEAST

MAIMONIDES    85     ATLANTIS       38

Jesse Spear scored 14 points to lead three players in double figures for the #17 M-Cats (11-6). Judah Kospwsky added 12 points and Doni Berg had 11. The win qualified Maimo for the playoffs later this month.

SCHECHTER WESTCHESTER    57    YONKERS MONTESSORI     49

Adam Goldstein scored 17 points and Jared Scheff added 14 for the Lions

CANADA

ECOLE MAIMONIDE    78     FACE    54

Maimo of the North now 10-1.

YAVNE      55        VINCENT MASSEY COLLEGIATE     42

Yavne now 10-1.

SOUTHEAST

POSNACK JEWISH DAY    45      BOCA CHRISTIAN    43

The #11 Rams (20-8) won in the final of the ECC Tournament, giving them their first-ever conference title. It was the fifth straight win for Posnack. Bryce Daub scored 14 points, Josh Schultz added 13 and Joey Levy had 11. Levy was named ECC Player of the Year and Joel Brandwein made All-Conference. Coach Keith Feit was named ECC Coach of the Year.

HILLEL MIAMI     58     DIVINE SAVIOR      36

Yaniv Assraf scored 19 points and Alan Berkman added 17 for the Lions (13-12).

GREATER GWINNETT CHRISTIAN     69     WEBER ATLANTA     66     2OT

Daniel Livnat scored 26 points, Jordan Arbiv added 19 and Zach Negin had 10 but it wasn't enough for the Rams (6-10).B

NORTHPOINT CHRISTIAN      78       COOPER MEMPHIS       39

Macs drop to 5-17.

Atlanta Jewish Academy vs Georgia School for the Deaf

MIDWEST

CRISTO REY      70      FRANKEL JEWISH     65     3OT

Ryan Otis led the Jaguars (6-9) with 31 points.

Columbus Torah Academy vs Liberty Christian

WEST

YAVNEH DALLAS    77    HERITAGE CHRISTIAN     41

Griffin Levine scored a career-high 35 points and the #7 Bulldogs took control with a 26-9 first quarter to finish the regular season a perfect 28-0. Pierce Bell added 10 points for Yavneh.

BEREN HOUSTON      56      BRAZOSPORT CHRISTIAN    27

Akiva Garner scored 18 points to lead the #24 Stars (18-3) to their eighth straight win.

LUTHERAN SOUTH      79      EMERY WEINER      39

Jaguars (8-17) led 14-9 after the first quarter. Clay Cohen scored 14 points and Nate Lacewell added 12.

CALIFORNIA

MILKEN    60      BUCKLEY     59

The #3 Wildcats (16-9) held on to win their third straight game and finish the regular season as co-champs of the Liberty League. Amitai Afenjar scored 20 points, Aaron Harouni added 14 and Doron Matian had 11.

DETOLEDO       42     BESANT HILL     32

Liam Evenhaim had 15 points and 12 rebounds for the Jaguars (12-9).

TARBUT V'TORAH      53    AVALON    46

Kabir Suri scored 19 points, Aaron Gerber added 14 and Ben Siegel had 12 for the #19 Lions (15-3). 

JCHS SAN FRANCISCO       45     THE BAY SCHOOL    32

Toby Holm had 24 points and nine rebounds as the #22 Wolves (15-6) avenged an earlier loss. 

KEHILLAH JEWISH   45     MID-PENINSULA     38

Noah Engel scored 16 points, Ben Winer added 11 and Guy Manor had 10 for the Rams (12-6).

YESHIVA LEAGUE

FRISCH      64     HESCHEL    28

Jack Stepner scored 25 points and Max Mayerhoff added 12 as the #3 Cougars (13-1 league; 20-3 overall) finished the regular season as co-champs of the East Division with SAR. Frisch gets the top seed based on strength of schedule. The Heat (8-6; 18-11) limp into the playoffs with four straight losses. They finish in a 4-way tie for third, getting the #4 seed and an opening-round matchup at home against #5 Ramaz.

DRS      83       FLATBUSH     63

Gideon Velenski scored 31 points to lead the #6 Wildcats (12-2; 20-5) to their ninth straight win. The game had no bearing on the playoff race, as DRS had already secured a #2 seed and a bye into the quarterfinals. Flatbush (6-8; 9-10) is the #6 seed and will travel to #3 Rambam in the opening round.

National Results - Wednesday, February 7, 2018

MIDATLANTIC

KOHELET    64     MESIVTA    56

Kings now 7-9. Mustangs drop to 3-4.

NORTHEAST

SCHECHTER WESTCHESTER       69      BIONDI      42

Jared Scheff scored 27 points to lead the Lions (9-8).

CANADA

YAVNE      52    JOHN F. KENNEDY     44

Yavne improves to 9-1

SOUTHEAST

CATHOLIC   79      COOPER MEMPHIS     68

Simcha Osdoba (26) and Ethan Morris (23) combined for 49 points and each pulled down 10 rebounds but the #23 Macs (5-16) were undone by a 25-11 second quarter. Asher Kirshtein added 15 points for Cooper.

MIDWEST

NEW DAY      50        FUCHS MIZRACHI       33

Dov Ratner scored 13 points but the Mayhem (5-9) had little answer for the length and athleticism of New Day's 6-5, 6-7, 6-7 front line.

WEST

POPE JOHN PAUL     53       NORTHWEST YESHIVA     45

Lions (11-12) fall in the 5th Place game of the SeaTac 1B playoffs, so don't qualify for Tri-District tournament.

CALIFORNIA

SHALHEVET      59     WISEBURN DAVINCI    34

#6 Firehawks (23-9) won their 10th straight game behind 30 points from Zack Muller and 12 from Ze'ev Remer.

HOLY MARTYRS      63       YULA      40

#16 Panthers fall to 12-18.

FAIRMONT PREP      74      TARBUT V'TORAH      37

Ben Siegel scored 12 points for the #18 Lions (14-3) but they lose for the first time in five games.

San Diego Jewish vs Rock Academy

YESHIVA LEAGUE

RAMAZ      63        KUSHNER    42

Rams (9-7 overall) finish the regular season 8-6. Cobras end their season at 6-14, 3-11 in the league.

National Top 25

JEWISH HOOPS AMERICA
NATIONAL TOP 25
WEEK OF FEB. 5, 2018
GAMES THROUGH FEB. 4

After Shalhevet's win over Valley Torah, the Firehawks jumped five spots to share the #1 ranking with the Wolfpack. It was believed to be the closest vote in the poll's 12 years, with five teams garnering first-place votes and all separated by just eight points.

TABC returns to the Top 25 (which was the Top 27 a week ago) and two of the three teams that hung on by a thread last week - North Shore HA and Berman HA - dropped out.

Team............................................................Record...........Votes.........Prev
1.Shalhevet/Los Angeles,CA (4)............22-9...............233..............6
tieValley Torah/Valley Village,CA(3)....23-5...............233...............1
3.Frisch/Paramus,NJ (1).............................19-2...............227...............2
tieMilken/Los Angeles,CA (1)...................14-9...............227...............2
5.Magen David/Brooklyn,NY (1)............25-2...............225..............4
6.DRS/Lawrence,NY...................................18-5................198...............5
7.Yavneh Academy/Dallas,TX.................27-0...............193...............7
8.SAR/Bronx,NY...........................................15-5.................180..............8
9.Rochelle Zell/Deerfield,IL......................14-4.................172..............9
10.Hebrew Academy/Miami Beach,FL..15-4.................160.............10
11.Posnack JDS/Davie,FL..........................17-8...................139..............13
12.Rambam/Cedarhurst,NY......................11-7...................134...............12
13.Heschel/New York,NY...........................18-9.................130..............11
14.YULA/Los Angeles, CA........................12-16..................111...............16
15.HAFTR/Cedarhurst,NY.........................15-17...................87.............20
16.HANC/Uniondale,NY.............................9-10..................78...............14
17.Maimonides/Brookline,MA..................10-6...................77..............17
18.Ida Crown/Chicago,IL............................11-7....................71...............15
19.Tarbut vTorah/Irvine,CA.......................13-2..................66..............18
20.Beth Tfiloh/Baltimore,MD...................11-11...................42..............19
21.Golda Och/West Orange,NJ...............10-4..................40.............22
22.Jewish Community/San Fran,CA.....13-5.................39..............21
23.TABC/Teaneck,NJ...................................9-10................24..............-
24.Beren Academy/Houston,TX.............16-3..................23.............24
25.Fasman Yeshiva/Skokie,IL...................7-5...................22............25

Others receiving votes: Cooper Memphis, 18; North Shore HA, 17; Berman HA, 14; Jewish Day School, 14; Emery Weiner, 13; Gann Academy, 13; Hillel Miami, 12; Ramaz, 12; Flatbush, 10; Waterbury Yeshiva, 10; Or Chaim Toronto, 5.