Shalhevet sweeps Glouberman Tournament titles

The host Shalhevet Firehawks won both the boys and girls titles Saturday night/Sunday morning at the 8th annual Steve Glouberman Z’L Basketball Tournament in Los Angeles.

The girls team, which trailed only twice in the entire tournament in winning all five of its games, defended its title with a 60-55 win over a valiant Frisch (5-1) squad that rallied from a 20-point 3rd quarter deficit.

The boys rallied from five points down in the final half minute and beat Valley Torah 64-63 when Aiden Bitran hit three free throws with :09 left. It was the fourth straight championship game appearance for the Firehawks but their first title since 2018.

Yalee Schwartz and Arielle Grossman each scored 18 points and were named the Co-MVPs of the girls tournament. Samantha Pruzansky, the winner of the Steve Glouberman Award for sportsmanship, led the Cougars with 14 points and Paige Ratner scored 12.

Avi Halpert was the MVP of the boys tournament. He scored 12 points in the championship game and averaged XX for the tournament.

After the game was tied at the half, Shalhevet led most of the second half, including by 52-42 with under six minutes to play. The Wolfpack then went on a 21-6 run, highlighted by an Ethan List 4-point play that broke a 55-55 tie. Shalhevet was down 63-58 but Bitran hit a corner trey with :20 left to bring them to within two. List then missed two free throws and Bitran coolly hit his three after he was fouled on another shot from the corner. Valley Torah missed a final shot from the top of the key.

Natan Sellam led Shalhevet with 20 points and Bitran had 15. Noam Mayouhas scored 21 points for Valley Torah, Gabriel R’Bibo added 14 and List had 10.

The boys All Tournament Team was Ben Farkas of H.A. Miami, Alex Zakheim of Frisch, Mayouhas, Bitran and Sellam. Shalhevet’s Elijah Stern won the boys’ Steve Glouberman Award.

Named to the girls All Tournament Team were: Kira Heumann of YULA, Eliana Wolfson of H.A. Miami, Jenny Kagan of Berman H.A., Galil Neuer of Frisch and Talia Tibi of Shalhevet.

BOYS SEMIFINALS

Shalhevet 60 Frisch 51

Avi Halpert scored 20 points, Aiden Bitran added 16 and Natan Sellam had 12 as the Firehawks (4-0) held off a Cougar rally. Shalhevet led by 16 midway through the third but Frisch whittled the deficit down to one, 46-45, with five minutes left in the game but could never take the lead.

Valley Torah 62 SAR 53

Noam Mayouhas’ 19 points led four players in double figures for the Wolfpack (3-1). Gabriel R’Bibo added 14, Johny Dan had 12 and Ethan List scored 11. The Sting (6-2) led by one at the half but gave up the lead early in the 3rd quarter and never got it back. They were led by Itai Berkowitz’s 16 points and 13 from Andrew Helft.

BOYS CONSOLATION

TABC 59 H.A. Miami 58

Yonah Luber’s 3-pointer at the buzzer won it for the Storm (1-3), who rallied from a 13-point halftime deficit. Luber finished with 9 points and Tzvi Schreiber led TABC with 15. Ben Farkas led the Warriors (1-3) with 13 points, David Saka added 12 and Owen Ebner scored 10.

YULA 64 Berman H.A. 61

Alex Gabbay scored 28 points and Yishai Rosenblatt added 18 as the Panthers (3-2) beat the Cougars for second time in the tournament. Asher Falk led Berman (0-4) with 24 points.

Maimonides 58 Ramaz 39

Raanan Gewurz scored 11 points and Nathan Weinstock, Eitan Bessler and Avi Schwartz each added 10 to lead the M-Cats (2-2). Nathan Haber led the Rams (3-5) with 17 points.

GIRLS CONSOLATION

Berman H.A. YULA

Ramaz 63 Maimonides 53

Lindsey Feit led the Rams (1-3) with 22 points, Chloe Gad added 13 and Molly Hiltzik had 12. For the M-Cats (0-4) Natalie Neusner scored 20 points and Leah Kaplan added 11.

SAR 44 H.A. Miami 41

Megan Horowitz scored 18 points and the Sting (2-2) rallied from an early 4th quarter deficit. Eliana Wolfson and Elizabeth Ebner each had 15 points for the Warriors (0-4).

Glouberman 2022 - Day 3 - Nov. 4, 2022

BOYS

Play-in Games

#7 Ramaz 52 #10 TABC 51 OT

Milan Kushner’s putback off his own miss with :01.4 left won it for the Rams (3-3), after they had rallied from a 14-point third-quarter deficit. After a TABC 3-pointer put the Storm up 25-24 late in the first half Ramaz led only two times, a 1-point advantage early in overtime and then the winning margin. Kushner led the Rams with 17 points and Eden Bracha added 15, including 9-of-12 from the free throw line. Tzvi Schreiber led the Storm (0-3) with 19 points

#8 YULA 53 #9 Berman H.A. 39

Alex Gabbay’s 15 points led four players in double figures for the Panthers (2-1), who jumped out to an 18-5 lead and then weathered two rallies before pulling away in the 4th quarter. Yoni Holender added 11 points and Daniel Yasharpour and Josh Barak each had 10. Asher Falk had 19 points for the Cougars (0-3).

QUARTERFINALS

#1 SAR 46 #8 YULA 24

Second game in four hours, plus some injuries, took their toll on the Panthers (2-2) as the Sting (6-1) closed the first half on a 13-0 run to lead 26-8 and cruise from there. Itai Berkowitz led SAR’s balanced attack with 10 points. Yishai Rosenblatt and Yoni Holender each scored 8 for YULA.

#3 Frisch 54 #6 Maimonides 46 OT

Aaron Heumann’s corner trey with 2:25 left in overtime put the Cougars (4-1) up 48-46 and the M-Cats (1-2) didn’t score again. Maimonides rallied from an 11-point 2nd quarter deficit and the two teams traded the lead in the 4th.

#4 Valley Torah 71 #5 H.A. Miami 66

Noam Mayouhas scored 23 points and Johny Dan added 22 as the Wolfpack (2-1) held off a late 4th quarter rally. Ben Farkas had 28 points for the Warriors (1-2).

#2 Shalhevet 77 #7 Ramaz 53

GIRLS

QUARTERFINALS

#1 Shalhevet 73 #8 Maimonides 33

#2 Frisch 46 #7 SAR 38

#3 Berman H.A. 45 #6 Ramaz 29

#4 YULA 51 #5 H.A. Miami 36

SEMIFINALS

Shalhevet 67 YULA 48

The Firehawks (4-0) faced their first deficit of the tournament in the opening minutes and trailed by seven midway through the second quarter. But they closed the half on a 15-2 run to lead 31-25 and the Panthers never threatened in the 2nd half.

Frisch 46 Berman H.A. 32

Stephanie Pruzansky led Frisch (4-0) with 17 points as they won the Battle of the Cougars for the second time in the tournament. Maayan Zakheim led Berman with 14 points.

Glouberman Tournament - Friday Schedule

Here is the full schedule for Day 3 of the Glouberman Tournament. All Times are Pacific

8:00 - Boys Play-in Game - #7 Ramaz vs #10 TABC
8:30 - Boys Play-in Game - #8 YULA vs #9 Berman H.A.
8:30 - Girls Quarterfinal - #4 YULA vs #5 H.A. Miami
9:30 - Girls Quarterfinal - #1 Shalhevet vs #8 Maimonides
10:00 - Girls Quarterfinal - #3 Berman H.A. vs #6 Ramaz
10:00 - Girls Quarterfinal - #2 Frisch vs #7 SAR
11:00 - Boys Quarterfinal - #3 Frisch vs #6 Maimonides
11:30 - Boys Quarterfinal - #4 Valley Torah vs #5 H.A. Miami
11:30 - Boys Quarterfinal - #1 SAR vs YULA-Berman winner
12:30 - Girls Semifinal - Shalhevet-Maimonides winner vs YULA-H.A. Miami winner
1:00 - Girls Semifinal - Frisch-SAR winner vs Berman-Ramaz winner
2:00 - Boys Quarterfinal - #2 Shalhevet vs Ramaz-TABC winner

All games will be shown live at:

https://www.shalhevet.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=490206&type=d&pREC_ID=1600244

Glouberman Tournament - Day 2 - Nov. 3, 2022

PRELIMINARY ROUND

BOYS

Shalhevet 55 Frisch 48

The Firehawks (2-0) led by as many as 21 before holding off the Cougars’ rally. Avi Halpert led Shalhevet with 16 points and Nathan Sellam had 14. For Frisch, Alex Zakheim had 12 points and Isaac Schiffman finished with 11.

Maimonides 70 Berman H.A. 59

Raanan Gewurz scored 19 points, Nathan Weinstock added 16 and Eitan Bessler had 14 as the M-Cats (1-1) held off a fourth quarter rally. The Cougars (2-0) started strong, leading by seven after the first quarter , but were then outscored 42-18 over the next 16 minutes. They did mount a furious comeback to get within three but a layup and a Bessler 3-pointer pushed the lead to eight and they never got any closer. Erez Epstein led Berman with 21 points, Asher Falk had 11 and Alex August scored 10.

H.A. Miami 70 Ramaz 57

Ben Farkas scored 23 points, Daniel Pollack added 15 and Alon Perez had 12 to lead the Warriors (1-1). Milan Kushner led the Rams (2-2) with 14 points and Eden Bracha had 11.

SAR 69 Valley Torah 68 OT

Akiva Schanzer scored 20 points and Andrew Helft added 19 to lead the Sting (5-1). Noam Mayouhas (33 points) and Johny Dan (27) scored nearly all the points for the Wolfpack (1-1).

YULA 46 TABC 32

The Panthers (1-1) outscored the Storm (0-2) 26-7 in the second half.

SEEDING:

1.SAR
2.Shalhevet
3.Frisch
4.Valley Torah
5.H.A. Miami
6.Maimonides
7,Ramaz
8.YULA
9.Berman H.A.
10.TABC

GIRLS

Berman H.A. 60 Maimonides 46

Jenny Kagan led the Cougars (1-1) with 18 points and Maya August 16. For the M-Cats (0-2), Natalie Neusner scored 18 points and Leah Kaplan scored 12.

Shalhevet 51 SAR 21

Yalee Schwartz scored 17 points and Arielle Grossman added 16 and the Firehawks (2-0) were never threatened after scoring the game’s first 16 points. Megan Horowitz led the Sting (1-1) with 9 points.

Frisch 47 H.A. Miami 32

Samantha Pruzansky and Annabel Silverman each scored 12 points and Sydney Weinblut added 10 for the Cougars (2-0). Eliana Wolfson led the Warriors (0-2) with 14 points and Sophia Lurie scored 10.

YULA 39 Ramaz 31

Kira Heumann paced the Panthers (2-0) with 19 points.

SEEDING

1.Shalhevet
2.Frisch
3.Berman H.A.
4.YULA
5.H.A. Miami
6.Ramaz
7.SAR
8.Maimonides

Yeshiva League Results - Boys & Girls - Nov. 3-6, 2022

Nov. 3

BOYS

North Shore H.A. 47 YDE 28

Jonah Carmili scored 19 points and the host Stars (3-2) beat the Thunder (1-3) in the regular season opener for both teams.

Waterbury Yeshiva 48 HAFTR 40

The Wolfpack won in the regular season opener for both teams. The Hawks fell to 0-3 overall.

Ohr Yisroel 55 HANC 44 OT

Moshe Alexander hit two of three free throws to tie the game at 42 with :09 left in the fourth quarter and the Flames (1-1) dominated in overtime. Asher Goldberg led the way with 14 points, Reuven Rozehzadeh added 13 and Alexander had 11. It was the regular season opener for the Hurricanes, who fell to 0-3 overall.

GIRLS

Maayanot 67 Kushner 30

Ayelet Ostrin scored 38 points to lead the Rapids in their season opener. The Cobras fell to 0-2.

Nov. 5

Magen David 54 Magen Abraham 13

Jakey Arakanchi scored 13 points and Asher Melamed added 12 as the Warriors (4-1) won their regular season opener at home. The Kings fell to 0-2 in the league, 0-4 overall.

Nov. 6

JEC 59 Ohr Yisroel 46

Michoel Cornick’s 14 points led five players in double figures and the Thunder (2-2) pulled away from a close game at the start of the 4th quarter to win their regular season opener. Gavi Walzman added 13 points, 12 in the 4th quarter, Eitan Spier and Yosef Heller each had 11 and Akiva Sapieka scored 10. For the Flames (1-2) Shmoozie Rosen had 16 points and Reuven Rozehzadeh scored 15 points.