H.A. Miami hosts annual Galbut Tournament

Twelve teams, including six ranked in the Jewish Hoops America Top 18, will participate this weekend in the 17th annual Captain Hyman P. Galbut Girls Basketball Shabbaton in Miami.

In addition to the host H.A. Miami Warriors, the teams include Central, Fuchs Mizrachi, HAFTR, Hillel NJ, Hustle & Heart, Hyman Brand H.A., Ida Crown, Katz YHS, Margolin H.A., YULA and Frisch JV.

Each team will play in two preliminary games Wednesday and Thursday to determine seeding. The play-in games and quarterfinals are scheduled for Friday. The consolation and semifinal games with be Saturday night with the championship game at midnight.

All games played at the Hebrew Academy (HA) will be livestreamed at https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/rabbi-alexander-s-gross-hebrew-academy-miami-beach-fl

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Links for games played at Miami Beach Jewish Community Center (MBJCC) are provided below with each session.

Schedule

Wednesday

MBJCC games - livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9juTAn_a6nE

6:30: Hillel vs HAFTR
7:45: Margolin H. A. vs Central

HA games

6:30: Hyman Brand H.A. vs Fuchs Mizrachi
7:45: Ida Crown vs Katz YHS

Thursday AM

MBJCC games - Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Te2Hod3oDY

9:00: Hustle & Heart vs Hyman Brand H.A.
10:15: Frisch vs Ida Crown

HA games

9:00: YULA vs Hillel NJ
10:15: H.A. Miami vs Margolin H.A.

Thursday PM

MBJCC games - Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuNvvfr41RM

6:30: YULA vs HAFTR
7:45:Frisch vs Katz YHS

HA games

6:30: Fuchs Mizrachi vs Hustle & Heart
7:45: H.A. Miami vs Central

Friday - Game locations TBD

MBJCC livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkDcZ8aK1_U

Top 4 seeds with byes into quarterfinals

Play-in Games

8:30

#8 vs #9
#5 vs #12

9:45

#7 vs #10
#6 vs #11

Quarterfinals

11:30

#1 vs 8/9 winner
#4 vs 5/12 winner

12:45

#2 vs 7/10 winner
#3 vs 6/11 winner

Saturday Night

MBJCC livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq9gfRyWwd0

8 PM

Semifinals (at HA and MBJCC)

11th Place game - Scott Rakow Gym

9:15 PM

5th Place game at HA
7th Place game at MBJCC
9th Place game at Scott Rakow Gym

10:30 PM

3rd Place game at HA

12:00 AM

Championship game at HA

National Results - Girls - Feb. 21, 2023

MIDATLANTIC

Berman H.A. 65 Sandy Spring Friends 39

The #5 Cougars (25-4) extended their win streak to 21 games and advanced to the Potomac Valley Athletic Conference semifinals.

Jewish Day School 36 Waldorf 18

Shani Schwartz scored 24 points, passing 1,000 for her career, and the #10 Lions (19-6) won in the PVAC quarterfinals.

Barrack H.A. 56 Kimberton 27

Mikayla Trajtenberg scored 13 points and Eden Singer and Sami Neff added 11 each as the #6 Cougars (19-8) advanced to the Penn-Jersey championship game.

MIDWEST

Morgan Park 55 Ida Crown 50

Ilana Schwartz scored 19 points but the #7 Aces (16-4) fell to the top seed in the IHSA 1A sectional semifinals.

National Results - Boys - Feb. 21, 2023

MIDATLANTIC

Berman H.A. 68 Model 40

Asher Falk scored 29 points, Alex August added 16 and Erez Epstein had 10 as the #19 Cougars (24-12) won their ninth straight game and advanced to the Potomac Valley Athletic Conference semifinals.

Jewish Day School 57 St. Anselm’s 32

David Fritz scored 20 points as the #15 Lions (21-6) advanced to the PVAC semifinals.

CANADA

Or Chaim Toronto 86 LaMarche 62

Gavi Balsam had 24 points, Maurice Nsiri added 23 and Benny Judelman had 10 as the Knight (6-3) advanced to the championship of the TDCAA “A” playoffs.

MIDWEST

Ida Crown 58 North Shore Country Day 43

The #10 Aces (18-4) advanced to an IHSA 1A regional final.

Fuchs Mizrachi 74 International Sports 38

Netanel Jacobs led the #21 Mayhem (14-5) with 39 points and Eitan Joel added 15.

National Results - Boys - Feb. 20, 2023

WEST

Denver Jewish Day 92 Mile High Academy 20

The #18 Tigers (15-3), 2nd seeded in the league, scored the game’s first 23 points and were never threatened in advancing to the District 8-1A semifinals.

Front Line Baptist 63 Denver Academy of Torah 29

The 5th seeded Wolves (11-5) fell to the 4th seed in the District 8-1A quarterfinals.

National Results - Boys/Girls - Feb. 17-19, 2023

BOYS

Feb. 17

CALIFORNIA

Kehillah Jewish 62 North Valley Baptist 44

Ittai Kohavi scored 16 points, Zach Berman added 14 and Sam Burns had 13 as the 11th seeded Rams (14-4) won in the opening round of the CIF Central Coast Division 5 playoffs.

Feb. 18

MIDWEST

Ida Crown 71 Islamic Foundation 29

The 3rd seeded Aces (17-4) easily advanced to the IHSA 1A regional semifinals where they will play #5 North Shore Country Day.

Rochelle Zell 51 Schaumburg Christian 22

The 4th seeded Tigers (12-6) advance to the IHSA 1A regional semifinals.

North Shore Country Day 61 Fasman Yeshiva 31

The Yeshiva (6-9) fell in the regional quarterfinals of the IHSA 1A playoffs.

WEST

Yavneh Dallas 53 North Dallas Adventist 42

The #20 Bulldogs (25-5) won their 18th straight game - including three against NDAA - to advance to the TAPPS 3A state semifinals for the second straight year and sixth time in the last seven years. Yavneh won the state championship in 2020. Jordan Dekelbaum led Yavneh with 16 points and Jacob Blank added 14.

CALIFORNIA

Blair 84 Tarbut vTorah 66

The Lions cut a 23-point halftime deficit to 8 midway throught he 4th quarter but could get no closer and fell top seed in the CIFSS Division 5A semifinals. Yonah Light led Tarbut w 29 points and 15 rebounds, Jake Coblentz-Brown had 12 points and 10 rebounds and Graydon Carpet scored 11 points. The Lions did qualify for the state regionals.

Thomas More 49 Kehillah Jewish 45

The Rams (14-5) fell to the #6 seed in the 2nd round of the CIF Central Coast Division 5 playoffs.

Feb. 19

MIDATLANTIC

City School 60 Kohelet 30

Eli Wallace scored 15 points to lead the Kings (11-7) but their fell in the quarterfinals of the Penn Jersey tournament.

GIRLS

Feb. 18

CALIFORNIA

Buena Park 59 Shalhevet 55

Yalee Schwartz scored 27 points and Arielle Grossman added 17 but the #1 Firehawks (27-2) had their 9-game win streak snapped in the CIFSS Division 4AA semifinals. Shalhevet held the top seed to just 17 points in the first half, leading by 10 at the break, but could not hold on. They still qualify for the state regionals.