National Results - Boys - Jan. 26-28, 2024

January 28, 2024

Jan. 28

TANZMAN TOURNAMENT

Championship

Fuchs Mizrachi 77 Farber Hebrew Day 42

This one was never in doubt as the #21 Mayhem (11-4) stormed out to a 30-3 1st quarter lead en route to their fifth straight win. Nate Jacobs led Fuchs with 26 points and Moshe Jacobs added 12.

3rd Place

Or Chaim Toronto 45 Hillel Pittsburgh 40

Cody Fox scored 13 points and Hillel Brumer added 10 as the Knights (5-5) avenged an earlier loss to the Heat.

5th Place

Denver Academy of Torah 53 Columbus Torah Academy 42

MIDATLANTIC

Jewish Day School 74 Barrack H.A. 54

Itai Topolosky led the Lions (8-8) with 20 points, Cyrus Blumentahl added 17 and Todd Lazoff had 15. Tal Kahn scored 17 points for the Cougars (3-9).

NORTHEAST

Maimonides 55 Snowden 34

Raanan Gewurz scored 13 points and the #16 M-Cats (17-1) won their 17th straight game, longest JHA streak this season.

Jan. 27

TANZMAN TOURNAMENT

Prelims

Fuchs Mizrachi 55 Or Chaim Toronto 48

The #21 Mayhem (10-4) won their fourth straight game to clinch a spot in the championship. For the Knights (4-5), Cody Fox scored 14 points and Hillel Brumer added 12.

Farber Hebrew Day 44 Hillel Pittsburgh 43

Matthew Shamayev’s steal and layup with :10 left capped a comeback from 13 points down in the final 4 minutes as the Fire (6-7) qualify for the title game.

Denver Academy of Torah 37 Columbus Torah Academy 31

MIDATLANTIC

Sandy Spring Friends 78 Berman H.A. 58

Alex August scored 19 points and Gabey Margulies added 17 but the Cougars (17-7) fell to the PVAC leaders and snapped their 8-game win streak.

WEST

Hyman Brand H.A. vs Midland

Summit Classical 69 Northwest Yeshiva HS 65

The Lions (5-10) led by 4 points with 2 minutes left but could not hold on. Joe Benoliel scored 26 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and Sam Weichbrodt had 14 points, 11 rebounds.

CALIFORNIA

YULA 62 Buckley 57

Alex Gabay’s 18 points led four players in double figures for the #4 Panthers (16-10). Judah Robin added 12 points and Yishai Rosenblatt and Yoni Hollender had 11 each.

Valley Torah 81 Palmdale Academy Charter 27

Ethan List scored 20 points and three others were in double figures as the #9 Wolfpack (20-6) won their seventh straight game. Eli Hayun added 18 points, Ben Mahgahrefteh had 13 and Levi Banon scored 10.

Western Christian 70 Tarbut vTorah 67

The Lions trailed by 13 point at the start of the 2nd quarter battled back to lead by one with 2:10 left but couldn’t hold on. Isaac Joelson led with 23 points, including 19 in the second half, and Yonah Light had 22 points, 11 rebounds.

San Diego Jewish Academy 62 Kearny 30

Ethan Abeles scored 16 points, Jack Silberstein added 11 and David Feigenbaum had 10 for the Lions (10-10).

Jan. 26

TANZMAN TOURNAMENT

Prelims

Fuchs Mizrachi 69 Farber Hebrew Day 44

Nate Jacobs scored 30 points and the #21 Mayhem (9-4) pulled away in the 4th quarter after leading by only six points through 3.

Or Chaim Toronto 66 Columbus Torah Academy 50

Cody Fox scored 18 points to lead four players in double figures for the Knights (4-4). Nathan Greenbaum added 14 points, Avigdor Novak had 13 and Yonah Klein scored 12.

Hillel Pittsburgh 82 Denver Academy of Torah 31

CANADA

King David HS 64 Fraser Academy 52

Paul Zychlinski scored 28 points and Arel Steen added 13 for the Lions (3-0).

MYHSAL Playoff Picture - Girls

January 28, 2024

VARSITY A

There’s no mystery who has qualified for the playoffs and most of the seeds are set, with SKA, Flatbush, North Shore H.A. and HAFTR in in the East and Frisch, SAR, Ma’ayanot and Ramaz making it in the West.

EAST

Flatbush (8-3) can tie SKA at 9-3 if they win their final game but the Sonics have clinched the #1 seed based on head-to-head point differential in the games they split against the Falcons.

North Shore H.A. (7-4) could tie Flatbush at 8-4 if they beat HANC and the Falcons lose to HAFTR. But Flatbush hold the tiebreaker for #2 based on sweeping the season series against the Lions.

HAFTR (.4-7) is locked in at #4.

WEST

Frisch (11-0) has clinched the #1 seed and home court through the semis.

SAR (8-2) clinches #2 if they win one of their last two games (vs Frisch and Ramaz) or Ma’yanot (7-4) loses to Kushner. But the Rapids would leapfrog the Sting into #2 if they beat Kushner and SAR loses out. That’s because of the point differential tiebreaker - with Ma’ayanot winning by 12 and SAR only by 8 in the games they split.

If Ramaz (6-5) beats SAR and Ma’ayanot loses to Kushner, the Rapids would still hold the #3 seed because they swept the Rams this season.

So, the quarterfinals look like this:

Frisch vs HAFTR
SKA vs Ramaz
SAR or Ma’ayanot vs North Shore H.A
Flatbush vs Ma’ayanot or SAR

VARSITY B

Ilan and SKA have clinched two of the four playoff spots, with undefeated Ilan the top seed. Bruriah and YDE have been eliminated.

SKA (7-4) clinches the #2 seed with a win in its final game against YDE.

If SKA loses and Na’aleh (6-5) beats Shulamith (5-5), Na’aleh would finish #2, SKA would finish #3 and Magen David (6-6) would be #4, with Shulamith eliminated because they lost twice to Magen David.

If SKA wins and Shulamith wins its final two games (vs Na’aleh and YDE), Shulamith would finish 3rd and Na’aleh 4th, with Magen David eliminated because of point differential in their season split with Na’aleh.

If SKA loses and Shulamith wins out, Shulamith would finish #2, SKA #3 and Na’aleh #4.

If Na’aleh, Shulamith and Magen David all finish 6-6, Magen David would finish #3, Shulamith would be #4 and Na’aleh eliminated.

MYHSAL Playoff Picture - Boys

January 28, 2024

Eight teams have clinched spots in the Yeshiva League playoffs so far - Magen David, Flatbush, HAFTR, DRS in the East and Ramaz, TABC, Frisch and Heschel in the West - and five teams have been eliminated - Rambam and HANC in the East, Kushner, MTA and Hillel in the West.

That leaves six teams jockeying for the final four playoff spots - North Shore, Waterbury Yeshiva and YDE for two spots in the East and Ohr Yisroel, SAR and JEC for two spots in the West.

The only thing that is known for certain about the teams that are already in is that Magen David and Flatbush will get first round byes as the top two finishers in the East.

Once the playoffs are set, the opening round in each conference will pit #3 vs #6 and #4 vs #5, with the top two winner reseeded as #3 and #4 respectively. The quarterfinals then crossover conferences - with East #1 vs West #4, E #2 vs W #3, W #1 vs E #4 and W #2 vs E #3.

Here are some possible scenarios with a few weeks remaining in the regular season.

EAST

Magen David (11-1) and Flatbush (12-2) have clinched the first two spots and opening round byes. The Warriors hold the tiebreaker for 1st having beaten Flatbush in both regular season games. Flatbush, which has finished its regular season, can only win the division if Magen David loses its final two games (vs North Shore H.A. and HAFTR).

HAFTR (8-4) will clinch 3rd place if it wins one of its remaining two games (vs YDE and Magen David) or if DRS (7-5) loses one of its games against North Shore. If the Hawks lose out and DRS sweeps the Lions, DRS finishes 3rd and HAFTR 4th.

North Shore (5-6) has the toughest schedule remaining among East teams in the playoff hunt (2 vs DRS, one vs Magen David). But they could actually still finish as high as 3rd if they sweep their three games and HAFTR loses their two.

If North Shore sweeps DRS and HAFTR wins one of its games, North Shore will finish in 4th and DRS in 5th.

YDE and Waterbury Yeshiva (each 4-8) will both make the playoffs if they win out and North Shore loses all three of its games.

If either YDE (vs HAFTR, HANC) or Waterbury (vs Rambam, JEC) lose a game and the other wins out, the team that finishes 5-9 will be eliminated even if North Shore loses all of its games.

If all three teams finish tied, YDE would be eliminated, North Shore would get the 5th seed and Waterbury the 6th seed. Waterbury holds the head-to-head tiebreaker with YDE, having beaten them by 2 points in the only regular season meeting.

WEST

Ramaz (10-2), TABC (9-2) and Frisch (10-3) are all still in the running for a 1st round bye but only Ramaz or TABC can win the division.

TABC finishes 1st if they sweep Ramaz. Ramaz takes the division if they sweep TABC in their final two games or if the two teams split and TABC loses to SAR. If they both finish 11-3 (and Frisch loses to SAR to finish 10-4), the first tiebreaker would be point differential in their two games. If Frisch beats SAR and all 3 teams finish 11-3, TABC (3-1 in head-to-head tiebreaker) will get 1st, Ramaz (2-1) would be 2nd and Frisch (0-3) 3rd.

Frisch would jump to #2 if they beat SAR and there’s a sweep in the Ramaz-TABC matchups. They would also finish 2nd if they beat SAR, Ramaz and TABC split and TABC falls to SAR.

Heschel (8-4) clinched a spot when it beat SAR - and could still finish as high as 3rd if they win their final two games (vs JEC and HANC) and TABC loses its final three games (vs Ramaz (2) and SAR). Heschel could also finish third if they lose a game and TABC goes winless because the Heat hold the tiebreaker.

Ohr Yisroel (7-6) makes the playoffs for the first time ever with a win over Hillel - UNLESS there's a 4-way tie at 8-6. They'll also get in if they lose - as long as either SAR (6-6) or JEC (6-6) loses both of their games.

SAR certainly didn’t help themselves losing to Heschel but it wasn’t fatal. Their schedule is tough (vs TABC and Frisch) but they’re in if they win both. They would also make the playoffs if they lose one of the games and Ohr Yisroel or JEC lose. And the Sting could even sneak in if they lose out - but JEC would have to lose both of their games (vs Heschel and Waterbury Yeshiva) as well.

JEC is in if they win their two games. They need help if they split. And they’re out if they lose both.

The 4-way tie at 8-6 is a longshot but if it happens the head-to-head tiebreaker would put SAR (2-1) in 4th, Heschel (3-2) in 5th and JEC (2-2) in 6th, with Ohr Yisroel (1-3) on the outside looking in, still awaiting that first playoff berth.

National Results - Girls - Jan. 25-28, 2024

January 26, 2024

Jan. 28

MIDATLANTIC

Barrack H.A. 61 Jewish Day School 44

Sami Neff scored 23 points, Mikayla Trajtenberg added 18 and Noa Singer had 12 to lead the #18 Cougars (7-10), who led by 10 at the half and put the game away with an 11-0 run to start the 3rd quarter. Shani Schwartz led the #14 Lions (13-6) with 19 points.

Jan. 27

WEST

Northwest Yeshiva HS 35 Summit Classical 22

Paulina Gamel led the Lions (6-5) with 20 points.

Jan. 25

MIDATLANTIC

Academy of the New Church 64 Barrack H.A. 47

Mikayla Trajtenberg scored 20 points and Sami Neff added 13 for the #18 Cougars (6-10).

NORTHEAST

Golda Och vs Newark Collegiate

WEST

Hyman Brand H.A. vs Christ Prep

Emery Weiner vs KIPP Mosaic

Northwest Yeshiva HS 37 Northwest Christian 36

Rose Clayman led the Lions (6-5) and Paulina Gamel added 14.

CALIFORNIA

Holy Martyrs 55 Milken 53

#17 Wildcats are now 11-10.

Pescadero 32 Kehillah Jewish 31

Ariella Sheppard scored 29 points for the Rams (1-8).

National Results - Boys - Jan. 25, 2024

January 26, 2024

TANZMAN TOURNAMENT

Hillel Pittsburgh 45 Or Chaim Toronto 32
Farber Hebrew Day 72 Columbus Torah Academy 29
Fuchs Mizrachi 78 Denver Academy of Torah 20

MIDATLANTIC

Beth Tfiloh 50 Cristo Rey 48

Michael Cohen and Jake Schloss each scored 14 points to lead the #19 Warriors (17-5) to their 11th straight win.

Kohelet 63 International Christian 23

Daniel Benjamini had a triple double, 10, points, 14 rebounds, 11 assists, Asher Kahlon scored 22 points and grabbed 14 rebounds and Zeke Levitt had 11 points for the Kings (14-5).

Barrack H.A. vs Academy of the New Church

NORTHEAST

Leffell 61 North Salem 59

Will Hirsch scored 26 points and Russell Wechsler added 18 for the #23 Lions (10-6).

Nutley 41 Golda Och 35

Joseph Askin led the Roadrunners (4-12) with 11 points.

CANADA

St. George 66 Yavne 63

Yavne du Nord is 2-6.

King David HS 54 West Vancouver B 48

Paul Zychlinski led the Lions (4-0) with 18 points.

SOUTHEAST

Donna Klein Jewish Academy 91 SLAM 80

Josh Matheson’s 30 points led four players in double figures for the Eagles (7-9). Tal Kessous added 22 points, Jason Lewin scored 13 and Joey Siemens had 11 points, 10 rebounds.