Boys
Frisch 58 Kushner 15
The Cougars (2-0) jumped out to an 18-3 lead and were never threatened, as the Cobras managed just two free throws in the second half in their season opener. Isaac Schiffman led Frisch with 20 points and Alex Zakheim had 9.
National Results - Boys - Oct. 30, 2022
Elliot Torkieh A’H Magen David Tournament
Championship
DRS 34 North Shore H.A 22
The Wildcats 5-0) opened strong, leading 8-1, but cooled off in the second quarter and trailed 12-10 at the half. The Stars struggled offensively from there, managing just 10 points in the final two quarters as DRS gradually pulled away.
Stephen Olshin led DRS with 13 points and Alex Millstone added 10. For the Stars (3-2), Jonah Carmili had 8 points.
YESHIVA LEAGUE
Frisch 85 Ohr Yisroel 53
Alex Zakheim scored 27 points over the first three quarters and Sammy Zelenetz added 12 as the Cougars rolled in the first game of the MYHSAL season. The Flames kept it close in a high scoring 1st quarter trailing by only 25-19. But they were outscored 15-4 in the second before Frisch extended its lead after halftime. Asher Goldberg led Ohr Yisroel with 13 points, Shmoozie Rosen added 12 and Reuven Rozehzadeh had 11.
Magen David denied chance at fifth straight tournament title
A Long Island team will take home the championship trophy at the Elliot Torkieh A’H Magen David Tournament this weekend after DRS and North Shore H.A. won their semifinal games Thursday night.
Magen David’s 47-44 loss to DRS in the nightcap means the host Warriors will not have a chance to “5peat”.
The Wildcats rallied from seven down early in the 4th quarter before Stephen Olshin put them ahead 45-44 on a deep 3-pointer w 1:05 left. Ari Saffra hit a layup with :32 left but missed the ensuing free throw, giving the Warriors a flurry of chances in the final seconds but none of their shots at a tie hit the mark.
Saffra and Shuey Bernstein each scored 12 points and Isaac Solomon added 10 for DRS (4-0).
Mark Sarder led Magen David (3-1) with 15 points and Asher Melamed, who had averaged 25 points a game in the tournament, scored 10.
Magen David has won the tournament 10 times since it began in 2001, including each year since DRS won in 2015. The tournament was renamed this year in memory of Torkieh, a former Magen David student.
In the earlier game, SAR (3-1) led by eight at halftime but managed just eight points in the second half and fell 37-30 to North Shore (3-1).
The championship game is at 6 pm Sunday and will be streamed live at https://events.locallive.tv/school/magen-david-yeshivah
Top 4 seeds advance to Magen David Tournament semifinals
The seeding held up Tuesday in the quarterfinals of the Elliot Torkieh A’H Magen David Preseason Tournament with all four top seeds winning.
In Thursday’s semifinals, #1 SAR will play #4 North Shore H.A. and #2 DRS will take on #3 Magen David.
SAR 54 Ramaz 48
Akiva Schanzer, who missed Sunday’s preliminary games, led the top-seeded Sting (3-0) with 13 points and Jonah Sokol added 10. Milan Kushner scored 19 points, Sam Ostad had 13 and Eden Bracha 12 for the #8 Rams (1-2).
DRS 62 Hillel 51
Stephen Olshin led the #2 Wildcats in scoring for the third straight game, finishing with 21 points, and DRS (3-0) pulled away from the #7 Heat (1-2) in the final four minutes. Ari Saffra added 15 points and Isaac Solomon had 10. Elliot Braha led Hillel with 27 points and Moses Smeke scored 13.
Magen David 59 YDE 28
The outcome was never in doubt as the #3 Warriors (3-0) jumped out to a 14-2 1st quarter lead over the #6 Thunder (1-2) and extended it to 31-9 at the half. Asher Melamed led the hosts with 28 points.
North Shore H.A. 55 JEC 37
The #5 Thunder (1-2) broke a halftime tie with the first bucket of the third quarter but never led again as the #4 Stars (2-1) pulled away in the fourth to beat JEC for the second time in the tourney. David Orbach led North Shore with 19 points, Jonah Carmili added 12 and Jordan Zarka had 10 points and 15 rebounds.
SAR, DRS & host Warriors are top seeds in Magen David Tournament
The SAR Sting, DRS Wildcats and Magen David Warriors each won their two preliminary games Sunday and will be the top three seeds in the quarterfinals of the Magen David Preseason Tournament.
Rounding out the eight seeds are five of the six teams that went 1-1 on Sunday, North Shore HA, JEC, YDE, Hillel and Ramaz.
Flatbush was the only 1-1 team not to qualify for the quarterfinals. The Falcons lost the Points Allowed tiebreaker to Ramaz, giving up 122 points while the Rams allowed 113. The three 0-2 teams, HAFTR, HANC and Magen Abraham, also didn’t qualify.
The matchups Tuesday night are:
7:15 pm: #4 North Shore HA vs #5 JEC *
7:15 pm: #1 SAR vs #8 Ramaz
8:45 pm: #3 Magen David vs #6 YDE *
8:45 pm: #2 DRS vs #7 Hillel
* - Game will be livestreamed at https://events.locallive.tv/school/magen-david-yeshivah
Winners will play in the semifinals on Thursday. The championship game is Sunday night.
Here are recaps of Sunday’s preliminary games:
JEC 66 HAFTR 37
The Thunder scored the last seven points of the first half to lead 31-22 and then pulled away in the second half. JEC was led by Yosef Heller with 14 points and Eitan Speyer with 13.
Flatbush 67 Hillel 65
Isaac Cooper fed Zack Hassoun for the game-winning basket at the buzzer as the Falcons overcame 29 points from the Heat’s Elliot Braha. Cooper scored 20 points, Beni Keda had 12 and Hassoun finished with 11. Moses Smeke added 12 points for Hillel.
Magen David 73 Ramaz 62
Asher Melamed scored 22 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, Mark Sardar added 15 points and Jesse Cohen had 12 points as the Warriors won their opener. Sam Ostad led the Rams with 21 points and Milan Kushner had 12. The first quarter took nearly 40 minutes as 18 fouls were called. For the game the teams combined for 56 fouls and 70 free throws.
Hillel 69 HAFTR 38
The Heat bounced back from their loss at the buzzer to overwhelm the Hawks. Moses Smeke led Hillel with 17 points and Elliot Braha and Eddie Kassin added 16 each. Sam Siri led HAFTR with 15 points.
North Shore HA 50 JEC 38
David Orbach scored 17 points and Jonah Carmili added 15 to lead the Stars. Akiva Sepieka paced the Thunder with 11.
YDE 45 HANC 37
Isaac Faham had 14 points to lead the Thunder.
Ramaz 50 Magen Abraham 40
Milan Kushner paced the Rams with 29 points. The Kings were led by Albert Sweid’s 15 points.
DRS 57 Flatbush 45
Stephen Olshin led the Wildcats with 20 points and Alex Millstone added 14. Isaac Cooper had 20 points for the Falcons.
Magen David 72 HANC 26
The Warriors scored 33 points in the first quarter and were never threatened. Asher Melamed led them with 27 points.
SAR 48 YDE 32
Jonah Sokol led the Sting with 12 points.
DRS 63 Magen Abraham 36
Stephen Olshin had 18 points and Alex Millstone scored 16 to lead the Wildcats.
SAR 49 North Shore HA 39
Itai Berkowitz hit four 3-pointers en route to 16 points and Benny Neuwirth added 13 points for the Sting. David Orbach led the Stars with 16 points.