Weekend Results - Boys/Girls - Nov. 11-12, 2023

Nov. 12

YESHIVA LEAGUE

Boys

Ohr Yisroel 63 Ramaz 62

Reuven Rozehzadeh hit the game-winning layup with :00.3 left to cap off a 27-point night as the Flames (2-1; 2-3) rallied from seven points down in the final two minutes. Shortly before Rozehzadeh’s heroics, Yirmi Gross was fouled on a 3-pointer and hit all three shots. He finished with 26 points. Isaac Ohayon led the Rams (2-1; 8-4) with 22 points and Milan Kushner and Bobby Sigoura added 10 each.

Frisch 41 North Shore H.A. 38

The Cougars (3-0; 5-2) trailed by five at the end of the 3rd quarter but scored the first 13 points of the 4th and then held on down the stretch. Eytan Slasky led Frisch with 14 points, including four 3-pointers, and Roni Heumann added 12 points. Jordan Zarka and Eli Bokhour each scored 14 points for the Lions (0-1; 1-6).

Nov. 11

Boys

MIDATLANTIC

Berman H.A. 67 Yeshiva Mekor Chaim 36

Sophomores Alex August (15 points) and Gabey Margulies (13) led the way for the Cougars in the season opener for both teams. Yoni Bakaev had 13 points and Yaakov Meister added 12 for the Cyclones.

YESHIVA LEAGUE

Flatbush 63 HAFTR 59

Beni Keda scored 23 points and Ronnie Chaaya and Isaac Cooper added 13 each as the Falcons (2-0; 10-1) rallied from 12 down early in the 3rd quarter for their sixth straight win. Sam Siri paced the Hawks (2-1; 4-5) with 21 points and Peter Drukker had 11.

Girls

YESHIVA LEAGUE

HAFTR 55 HANC 30

The Hawks improve to 2-2 and the Hurricanes are now 1-2.

Yeshiva League Results - Boys/Girls - Nov. 7-9, 2023

Nov. 9

GIRLS

Flatbush 51 North Shore H.A. 49

The Falcons (2-0; 2-4) tied it with under a minute left and won it on a Merle Kassab layup with :09 remaining. The Lions (0-1; 1-4) missed a pair of free throws and a 3-pointer in the final seconds. Kassab led Flatbush with 19 points and Stacey Gelber added 10.

Kushner 50 CeNtral 41

The Cobras are 1-2 and the Wildcats drop to 0-4.

BOYS

Frisch 51 JEC 40

Max Schachter scored 13 points and Joshua Markovitz added 11 as the Cougars (2-0; 4-2) held off a 2nd half rally. Yechiel Kadosh had 10 points for the Thunder (0-2; 1-4), who hit nine 3-pointers in the game and only four 2-pointers.

Heschel 48 Rambam 23

The Heat (3-0; 3-1) cruised at home. The Ravens fell to 1-2.

HAFTR 58 Waterbury Yeshiva 43

The game was close for three quarters and the Wolfpack (1-2; 2-4) went up one on the first shot of the 4th. But the Hawks (2-0; 4-4) scored 20 of the final 24 points to win going away.

SAR 61 Kushner 26

The Sting (1-1; 2-4) went up double figures early in The Hive and cruised from there. The Cobras drop to 1-2.

Nov. 8

GIRLS

SAR 56 HAFTR 32

Behind outstanding 3-point shooting and defense the Sting (2-0; 4-2) steadily pulled away in the 2nd half. Clara Rosen led SAR with 17 points, Liv Solomon added 16 and Nava Bousbib scored 14. The Hawks are now 1-2.

BOYS

Ramaz 59 MTA 36

The Rams (2-0; 8-3) cruised with a balanced attack led by 11 points each from Bobby Sigoura and Evan Glasberg and 10 from Isaac Ohayon. Josh Treuhaft and Aron Sabol each had 12 points for the Lions (0-2; 1-5).

Nov. 7

GIRLS

SKA 59 HANC 23

Daphna Steinmetz scored 21 points to lead the Sonics (2-0). The Hurricanes are now 0-1 in the league, 1-1 overall.

BOYS

TABC 67 Hillel 44

Charlie Simmons scored 17 points, Ayden Gurin added 14 and Eyal Kinderlehrer had 13 as the visiting Storm (1-0; 3-2) won their regular season opener. Eli Braha paced the Heat (0-2; 2-7) with 25 points.

Heschel 34 JEC 30

The Heat (2-0; 2-1) squandered an 11-point 3rd quarter lead but scored the game’s final eight points to get the win. The Thunder (0-1; 1-3) had scored just 13 points before three 3-pointers late in the 3rd quarter - including one at the buzzer - got them to within 2 heading to the 4th. They took the lead and led 30-26 late but did not score again.

YDE 60 HANC 44

Isaac Beda had 25 points and Isaac Nsiri added 22 to lead the Thunder (2-2; 3-4). The Hurricanes are now 0-5, 0-3 in the league.

Shalhevet boys, girls sweep Glouberman titles

For the second straight year, the Shalhevet Firehawks boys and girls won the Steve Glouberman Z’L Basketball Tournament.

Double figure leads figured into both championship games - with the girls nearly squandering theirs against Frisch and the boys rallying for a late victory over Ramaz.

The Firehawks’ Yalee Schwartz and Arielle Grossman were named co-MVPs of the girls’ tourney following the 56-50 win over the Cougars in a rematch of the last year’s title game. It was the third straight tournament title for the girls. Grossman scored 21 points, including six 3-pointers and Schwartz had 16 points and 12 rebounds.

The girls’ All Tournament team included Dillan Haghighat of North Shore H.A., YULA’s Kira Heumann, Eliana Wolfson of H.A. Miami, Samantha Pruzansky of Frisch and Kira Kupferman of Shalhevet.

In the boys’ championship, Ramaz seemingly had things in control before the Firehawks started chipping away. The Rams missed four free throws in the final minute setting the stage for sophomore Yaakov Lieberman’s driving layup and one with :03.1 to play that tied and won the game.

Aiden Bitran scored 27 points and was named MVP of the boys’ tourney. Isaac Ohayon led the Rams with 18 points. Ohayon made the All-Tournament Team along with teammate Evan Glasberg, Shalhevet’s Zev Jacobson, Yishai Rosenblatt of YULA and Daniel Pollack of H.A. Miami.

Tournament Results

GIRLS

Preliminary Games

Shalhevet 61 SAR 27
YULA 55 Ramaz 43
H.A. Miami 49 North Shore H.A. 44
Frisch 54 H.A. Miami 48
Shalhevet 55 Flatbush 26
Ramaz 50 North Shore H.A. 48
Frisch 54 YULA 51
SAR 58 Flatbush 33

Quarterfinals

Ramaz 51 H.A. Miami 47
SAR 69 YULA 61
Shalhevet 66 North Shore H.A. 49
Frisch 42 Flatbush 16

Semifinals

Shalhevet 68 SAR 32
Frisch 74 Ramaz 40

Championship

Shalhevet 56 Frisch 50

Consolation

Flatbush 53 North Shore H.A. 46
YULA 47 H.A. Miami 42
Ramaz 40 SAR 26

BOYS

Preliminary Games

Shalhevet 57 SAR 56
YULA 66 Jewish Culture 33
Ramaz 59 H.A. Miami 58
Frisch 41 Jewish Culture 32
Shalhevet 50 Frisch 48
SAR 57 H.A. Miami 55
YULA 57 Ramaz 47

Quarterfinals

Shalhevet 65 Jewish Culture 45
Ramaz 57 SAR 47
H.A. Miami 53 Frisch 46

Semifinals

Shalhevet 44 H.A. Miami 35
Ramaz 55 YULA 46

Championship

Shalhevet 59 Ramaz 58

Consolation

Frisch 47 Jewish Culture 46
Jewish Culture 51 SAR 43

Flatbush wins Cooper Invitational in Memphis

The Flatbush Falcons avenged an early season loss to Brooklyn rival Magen David when they beat the Warriors Sunday in the championship game of the 14th Cooper Yeshiva Invitational Tournament in Memphis.

The tournament had not been played since 2019 but a deep field made for exciting action in both Tier 1 and Tier 2 of the 16-team event.

The Falcons led most of the way Sunday, turning back each Warrior rally en route to the 63-57 win. Beni Keda led Flatbush with 18 points and was the Tier 1 Most Outstanding Player.

In the Tier 2 First Place game, Maimonides rallied from a double-digit 3rd quarter deficit to beat Katz Yeshiva High 59-54 in overtime behind Nathan Weinstock’s 19 points, 13 from Jonathan Greenberg and 11 from Raanan Gewurz. Haim Elmakies led the Storm with 17 points, Ben Ededin added 11 and Jake Kaweblum had 10. The M-Cats’ Avi Schwartz was the Tier 2 Most Outstanding Player.

Magen David beat Flatbush last month in the final seconds of the championship game of its annual Elliot Torkieh A’H Magen David Preseason Tournament.

In Sunday’s title game, Flatbush led most of the way but Magen David (10-1) kept chipping away. The Warriors scored the first six points of the fourth quarter after trailing by seven but could not take the lead again as Flatbush soon pushed the lead back up to six and maintained it the rest of the way.

Solly Gadeh added 12 points for the Falcons and Isaac Cooper had 10. For the Warriors, Moses Smeke led the way with 18 points, Jakey Arakanchi had 15 points and 14 rebounds and Joshua Chabbott scored 12 points.

Cooper, Smeke and Chabbott made the All Tournament Team, along with Valley Torah’s Ethan List, Kevin Levy of HAFTR and Eli Braha of Hillel.

TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Opening Round

#1 North Shore H.A. 47 #16 Atlanta Jewish Academy 24
#2 Valley Torah 92 #15 MTA 47
#3 Magen David 75 #14 Cooper Memphis 36
#4 Rochelle Zell 45 #13 Hillel-NJ 30
#5 Flatbush 73 #12 Fasman Yeshiva 31
#11 Milken 48 #6 Posnack Jewish Day 46
#7 TABC 68 #10 Maimonides 64
#9 HAFTR 73 #8 Katz YHS 66

Tier 1 Quarterfinals

#9 HAFTR 50 #1 North Shore H.A. 30
#2 Valley Torah 60 #7 TABC 56
#3 Magen David 50 #11 Milken 39
#5 Flatbush 60 #4 Rochelle Zell 38

Tier 2 Quarterfinals

Maimonides 66 Atlanta Jewish Academy 29
Posnack JDS 61 MTA 44
Katz YHS 70 Cooper Memphis 48
Hillel-NJ 70 Fasman Yeshiva 53

Tier 1 Semifinals

Flatbush 57 HAFTR 35
Magen David 64 Valley Torah 36

Tier 1 Consolation

Rochelle Zell 40 North Shore H.A. 33
Milken 46 TABC 44

Tier 2 Semifinals

Maimonides 79 Hillel 70
Katz YHS 76 Posnack JDS 61

Tier 2 Consolation

Cooper Memphis 61 MTA 44
Fasman Yeshiva 63 Atlanta Jewish Academy 43

Tier 1

Championship: Flatbush 63 Magen David 57
3rd Place: Valley Torah 71 HAFTR 66
5th Place: Milken 39 Rochelle Zell 35
7th Place: TABC 63 North Shore H.A. 38

Tier 2

1st Place: Maimonides 59 Katz YHS 54
3rd Place: Posnack JDS 70 Hillel-NJ 37
5th Place: Fasman Yeshiva 47 Cooper Memphis 37
7th Place: MTA 55 Atlanta Jewish 39

Top Scorers

Ethan List, Valley Torah, 23.0 ppg
Eli Braha, Hillel, 19.3 ppg
Brandon Klein, Milken, 18.5 ppg
Moses Smeke, Magen David, 17.3 ppg
Gabriel R’bibo, Valley Torah, 16.5 ppg

Top Scoring Games

38, Eli Braha, Hillel vs Maimonides
32, Ethan List, Valley Torah vs TABC
30, Ethan List, Valley Torah vs MTA
27, Ayden Gurin, TABC vs North Shore H.A.
27, Brandon Klein, Milken vs TABC
26, Eli Braha, Hillel vs Fasman Yeshiva
26, Avi Schwartz, Maimonides vs Hillel
26, Joshua Chabbott, Magen David vs Valley Torah

S-Sweep! Schwartz, Silberman and Steinmetz win JHA awards

Shalhevet’s Yalee Schwartz is the 2022-23 Jewish Hoops America Player of the Year after leading the Firehawks to a California state title.

The Coach of the Year is Becky Silberman of Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School and sophomore Daphna Steinmetz of SKA is the Underclassman of the Year.

Schwartz, a junior, also won top player last year when JHA began the girls’ awards. She led the Firehawks with 20 points per game as they became the first Jewish team ever in the United States to win a girls’ state title.

Joining Schwartz and Steinmetz on the 1st Team All-Jewish Hoops America are seniors Jenny Kagan of Berman Hebrew Academy and Eden Singer of Barrack Hebrew Academy and junior Shani Schwartz of Jewish Day School.

Making the 2nd Team are seniors Megan Horowitz of SAR, Samara Glazer of CHAT and Ilana Schwartz of Ida Crown and juniors Samantha Pruzansky of Frisch and Arielle Grossman of Shalhevet.

The 3rd Team is senior Naomi Sigman of SKA, junior Ayelet Ostrin of Ma’ayanot, sophomores Kira Heumann of YULA and Lily Yalovsky of Yavneh Dallas and freshman Eliana Wolfson of H.A. Miami.

Steinmetz averaged 20 points per game and led the Sonics to an undefeated season, the Yeshiva League championship and the #2 JHA ranking. Others considered for Underclassman of the Year were Heumann, Yalovsky, and Wolfson and sophomores Leah Kaplan and Eden Taieb of Maimonides and Alana Rubensohn of HANC and freshmen Dina Lavian of HANC and Tali Loeffler of Jewish Day School.

Silberman paced the JDS Lions to the championship of the Potomac Valley Athletic Conference and a #7 ranking in the JHA Top 18. Other coaches considered were Ryan Coleman of Shalhevet, Batsheva Aaron of SKA, Sean Rochester of Barrack H.A. and Brittany Peters of Ida Crown.

1ST TEAM ALL-JEWISH HOOPS AMERICA

Yalee Schwartz, Jr., Shalhevet/Los Angeles,CA
Jenny Kagan, Sr., Berman H.A./Rockville,MD
Eden Singer, Sr., Barrack H.A./Bryn Mawr,PA
Shani Schwartz, Jr., Jewish Day School/Rockville,MD
Daphna Steinmetz, So., SKA/Cedarhurst,NY

2ND TEAM ALL-JEWISH HOOPS AMERICA

Megan Horowitz, Sr., SAR/Bronx,NY
Ilana Schwartz, Jr., Ida Crown/Skokie,IL
Samara Glazer, Sr., CHAT/Toronto,ON
Samantha Pruzansky, Jr., Frisch/Paramus,NJ
Arielle Grossman, Jr., Shalhevet/Los Angeles,CA

3RD TEAM ALL-JEWISH HOOPS AMERICA

Naomi Sigman, Sr., SKA/Cedarhurst,NY
Ayelet Ostrin, Jr., Ma’ayanot/Teaneck,NJ
Kira Heumann, So., YULA/Los Angeles,CA
Lily Yalovsky, So., Yavneh/Dallas,TX
Eliana Wolfson, Fr., H.A. Miami/Miami Beach,FL

HONORABLE MENTION

Simone Amkraut, Sr., Flatbush
Carmel Baratz, Jr., CHAT
Simona Goldberg, Sr., SKA
Alexa Heumann, Sr., YULA
Leah Kaplan, So., Maimonides
Merle Kassab, Jr., Flatbush
Dahlia Leibowitz, Sr., Beth Tfiloh
Coral Levy, Sr., HANC
Natalie Neusner, Sr., Maimonides
Rachel Sedaghat, Jr., Schechter-L.I.
Talia Sporkin, Sr., Jewish Day School
Talia Tibi, Sr., Shalhevet
Mikayla Trajtenberg, Fr., Barrack H.A.
Jenna Ufberg, Sr., Barrack H.A.
Ma’ayan Zakheim, Sr., Berman H.A.

FINAL JHA TOP 18

1.Shalhevet/Los Angeles,CA…………………31-2……………..1
2.SKA/Hewlett,NY……………………………………15-0…………….2
3.Tanenbaum CHAT/Toronto,ON………….21-1……………..3
4.Barrack H.A./Bryn Mawr,PA…………………19-8……………5
5.Frisch/Paramus,NJ………………………………..17-3…………….4
6.Ida Crown/Skokie,IL……………………………..20-5…………..7
7.Berman H.A./Rockville,MD…………………..26-5…………..6
8.Jewish Day School/Rockville,MD……….21-6……………8
9.Ma’ayanot/Teaneck,NJ…………………………11-8…………….9
10.YULA/Los Angeles,CA…………………………19-16………….10
11.Flatbush/Brooklyn,NY…………………………..13-6…………….11
12.HAFTR/Cedarhurst,NY………………………..17-10…………...13
13.Milken/Los Angeles,CA……………………….9-13……………12
14.Yavneh/Dallas,TX…………………………………21-8…………….14
15.Hebrew Academy/Miami Beach,FL….12-10………….…15
16.SAR/Bronx,NY………………………………………10-7……………...16
17.Ramaz/New York,NY……………………………10-13…………….17
18.Fuchs Mizrachi/Beachwood,OH………13-12…………....18

PAST PLAYERS OF THE YEAR

2022 - Yalee Schwartz, Shalhevet

PAST COACHES OF THE YEAR

2022 - Ryan Coleman, Shalhevet