DRS, Hustle & Heart win NCSY 'Auburn Experience' Tournament

The DRS Wildcats and Hustle & Heart each won their four games as they took the boys and girls titles at the Auburn Experience Tournament in Alabama.

The tournament and Shabbaton was organized by NCSY to celebrate this summer’s trip to Israel by the Auburn men’s basketball team and its coach Bruce Pearl.

The boys MVP was Isaac Solomon after he scored 20 points to lead the Wildcats to a 71-26 win over Katz YHS in the final. Naomi Sigman was the girls MVP. Hustle & Heart beat HAFTR 56-18 to win the title.

Preliminary Games

Boys

Kushner 32 Beren Houston 28

Coby Brand scored 11 points to lead the Cobras. Johnny Katz led the Stars with 18 points.

DRS 44 HAFTR 27

A long way to travel to play your neighbor. Stephen Olshin led the Wildcats with 11 points.

Katz YHS 68 Beren 6

Judah Pardau scored 20 points, Ashir Rosen had 17 and Yuval Ovaknin added 10 for the Storm.

DRS 40 Kushner 10

Stephen Olshin had 10 points for the Wildcats.

Katz YHS 43 HAFTR 31

Yuval Ovaknin led the Storm with 10 points. Noah Freundlich had 11 for the Hawks.

GIRLS

Central 48 Kohelet 7

Eliana Leitner scored 18 points and Laura Nagler added 14 for the Wildcats.

Hustle & Heart 59 Kushner 5

Daphna Steinmetz’s 20 points led four players in double figures for Hustle & Heart. Sari Gross added 16 points, Naomi Sigman had 12 and Simona Goldberg scored 10.

HAFTR 25 Kohelet 11

Hustle & Heart 42 Central 18

Naomi Sigman and Sari Gross each scored 11 points for Hustle & Heart and Simona Goldberg added 10.

HAFTR 38 Kushner 9

Play-in Games

BOYS

#4 HAFTR 36 #5 Beren Houston 19

Sam Siri led the Hawks with 10 points. Ryan Miller had 13 for the Stars.

GIRLS

Kohelet 32 Kushner 30 OT

Barbara Sasson led the Kings with 13 points and Allison Bender added 11.

SEMIFINALS

BOYS

DRS 54 Kushner 17

Aiden Buchbinder scored 18 points and Stephen Olshin added 12 for the Wildcats.

Katz YHS 55 HAFTR 38

Yuval Ovaknin had 14 points for the Storm, Judah Pardau added 12 and Ashi Rosen scored 10. Sam Siri and Jacob Zwiebel each had 10 for the Hawks.

GIRLS

#1 Hustle & Heart 67 #4 Kohelet 11

Daphna Steinmetz led Hustle & Heart with 24 points.

#2 HAFTR 44 #3 Central 32

Elisabeth Gurtman led the Hawks with 15 points. Eliana Leitner had 13 points for the Wildcats.

FINALS

BOYS

DRS 71 Katz YHS 26

Isaac Solomon scored 20 points to lead four players in double figures as the Wildcats raised their season record to 9-0. Ari Saffra added 16 points, Stephen Olshin had 14 and Alex Millstone scored 13.

GIRLS

Hustle & Heart 56 HAFTR 18

Daphna Steinmetz scored 19 points and Naomi Sigman and Sari Gross each added 13 points.

National Results - Boys & Girls - Nov. 7-8, 2022

Monday

SOUTHEAST

GIRLS

H.A. Miami 41 Katz YHS 24

Eliana Wolfson scored 16 points and Shana Strohli had 15 rebounds to lead the Warriors (1-4). It was the season opener for the Storm.

TUESDAY

CANADA

BOYS

H.A. Montreal 58 Ecole Maimonide 33

Gabe Bodokh scored 27 points and Reuven Drazin added 10 to lead the Heat (2-0). Noam Elbaz had 8 points for Maimo of the North in their season opener.

Herzliah 62 Bialik 57

The Wildcats (1-1) spoiled the Bulldogs’ season opener.

YESHIVA LEAGUE

BOYS

Hillel 70 Heschel 36

Elliot Braha scored 22 points and the visiting Jersey Heat (1-0; 2-2) spoiled the season opener for the Manhattan Heat. Eddie Kassin added 12 points for Hillel and Moses Smeke had 11. Ben Eskenasi and Aden Trubowitz each scored 9 points for Heschel.

Magen David 51 HANC 19

The Warriors (2-0; 5-1) stormed out to a 24-3 lead and were never threatened. Jesse Cohen scored 10 points and Jack Franco had 9 steals to go along with 8 points. The Hurricanes are now 0-2 in the league, 0-4 overall.

North Shore H.A. 56 Rambam 17

In the first game in the Ravens’ new gym the Stars (2-0; 5-2) scored the first 20 points. David Orbach led North Shore with 12 points and Jonah Carmili added 10.

GIRLS

Frisch 66 Heschel 17

The Cougars improved to 2-0 in the league and 6-1 overall. It was the Heat’s season opener.

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