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The Bulldogs overcame a 5-point halftime deficit to win their season opener. Maddy Winton led Yavneh with 11 points and Danielle Feldman added nine.
The Cougars (4-1) cruised on the road in the league opener for both teams.
The Rams were never threatened, cruising to a 29-7 halftime lead over the Storm. Skye Mawardi led Posnack with 14 points and Amanda Kaplan added 10. HA Miami will play Posnack Wednesday for the championship.
Leah Weiss led the Rapids (2-0) with 27 points. Megan Horowitz scored 21 for the Sting in their season opener.
Naomi Sigman led the way with 14 points and SKA held on after taking a 20-point lead late in the 3rd quarter in the season opener for both teams. Tunie Hanan led the Falcons with 15 points.
The Bulldogs led 24-10 at the half before pouring it on in the final 16 minutes en route to a season-opening win. Hillel Baynash led Yavneh with 15 points, Jacob Blank had 11 and Daniel Schick scored 10.
Nitty Hyman scored 20 points, Rob Spirgel added 16 and Akiva Schanzer had 12 as the Sting won their season opener. Yosef Heller led the Thunder (0-2 League; 1-2 Overall) with 19 points.
What a difference two days makes. The Lions (2-0) managed just 24 points in a win over JEC Saturday night - but reached that early in the 2nd quarter as they rolled over the Cobras (0-1). Tzvi Rudman led MTA with 22 points and Abie Schwartz added 16. Ben Huppert paced Kushner with 11 points.
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In a tuneup before each team starts their regular season, Max Rishty scored 22 points and Elliot Braha added 19 to lead the Heat (2-1). Aaron Levy’s 24 points led the Kings (0-2).
The host Shalhevet Firehawks boys and girls teams reached the finals of the 7th annual Steve Glouberman z’l Tournament in Los Angeles this weekend but only one managed to come away with the title.
The top-seeded girls wrapped up a 4-0 tournament with a 67-53 over #3 Berman Hebrew Academy. Shalhevet had also beaten the Cougars in the preliminary round.
In the boys tourney, the TABC Storm used a dominant start-to-finish performamnce on both sides of the ball to knock off the Firehawks 75-51 and complete a 5-0 weekend. Yis Kaminetzky stood out in a balanced attack and was named MVP.
The boys All Tournament Team included Alex Zakheim of Frisch; Julius Rubinstein of Ramaz; Avi Halpert of Shalhevet; and Shmuel Yablock and Netanel Benloulou of TABC.
Talia Tizabi of Shalhevet won the MVP. The girls All Tournament Team was Eva Rothchild of Frisch; Tali Cohen and Jenny Kagan of Berman HA; and Yalee Schwartz and Ariella Grossman of Shalhevet.
The Warriors (2-1) beat the Lions (0-3) for the second time in the tournament.
The Cougars (1-2) opened the 4th quarter on a 10-3 run to extend their lead to nine but then had to hold on at the end as the panthers (0-3) missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Avi Halpert scored 27 points, including eight in overtime, as the Firehawks (3-0) withstood a tough effort by the Cougars (1-3). HA led until midway through the third period and then rallied from six down to force the extra session.
Jenny Kagan scored 19 points and Tali Cohen added 15 for the Cougars (2-1).
Erez Epstein scored 13 points and Daniel Ferziger added 11 as the Cougars (2-3) topped the Hawks (0-4).
The Rams (3-1) hit six 3-pointers before they hit their second 2-point field goal and led the Firehawks by as many as 10 in the first half before Shalhevet rallied in the second.
A balanced attack by the Storm (5-0) put them ahead by 14 at the half and the host Firehawks (4-1) never threatened.
The Firehawks (4-0) used a 10-2 run to close the first half up by three. But the Cougars (2-2) stayed close and trailed by only four heading into the 4th when Shalhevet pulled away for the title.
The game was close throughout with no one leading by more than three after MTA jumped out to a 4-0 lead. Offense was tough to come by as teams combined for just 18 second half points.