National Results - Boys - Jan. 11, 2025

January 12, 2025

BINYAMIN AIRLEY A’H INVITATIONAL

Jewish Culture 72 Hillel Miami 43

Shilo Kahan and Michael Hazan each scored 13 points and Moshe Bleier added 11 to lead the #12 Lions (23-9) to their third straight win.

Posnack Jewish Day 57 Tiferes Torah 42

Jon Rhein scored 20 points and Gideon Greenberg added 11 for the #10 Rams (8-6).

Katz YHS 65 Ohr HaTorah 44

Ilan Attias led the #8 Storm (12-6) with 12 points.

Donna Klein Jewish Academy 50 H.A. Miami 45

The Eagles (5-4) rallied after trailing by 9 points at the start of the 4th quarter. Michael Bettan had 16 points , including 12 in the final quarter, and Joey Siemens added 10. Caleb Gdanski led the Warriors (6-19) with 17 points and Simcha Rosenberg had 11.

MIDATLANTIC

Berman Hebrew Academy 56 Jewish Day School 43

Eli Teitelbaum scored 15 points and grabbed 16 rebounds and Alex August and Itai Rozmaryn each added 12 points as the #7 Cougars (20-5) swept the season series. It was the first loss in the last seven games for the Lions (11-5).

Barrack H.A. 60 Kohelet 40

The Cougars improve to 4-7. Zeke Levitt scored 27 points for the Kings (6-7).

Mesivta 60 Pine Forge 41

Dov Hirsch scored 15 points, Yisroel Epstein added 13 and Shaked Ben David had 10 as the Mustangs (11-3) extended their win streak to eight games.

NORTHEAST

Gann def Maimonides

MIDWEST

Fuchs Mizrachi 70 John Hay 49

Moshe Jacobs scored 29 points, Elisha Pizem added 19 and Elitzur Sharvit had 17 to lead the Mayhem (7-2).

Ida Crown 61 Fasman Yeshiva 40

Avi Okner and Avu Mayer each scored 18 points to lead the #15 Aces (8-1) to their third straight win. Adir Amster had 16 points for #21 The Yeshiva (6-4).

CALIFORNIA

Shalhevet vs Grant

YESHIVA LEAGUE

MTA 55 Ramaz 53

Jake Abenaim scored 17 points and Josh Treuhaft added 12 as the #14 Lions (11-1; 18-4) won their eighth straight game. The #19 Rams are now 12-10, 5-5 in the league.

TABC 62 Magen David 48

The #8 Warriors rallied from 14 down to take a 1-point halftime lead but the #3 Storm used a 12-0 run in the 3rd quarter to take control. It was the fifth straight win for TABC (11-1; 16-3), who had four players scored in double figures. Eyal Kinderlehrer had 13 points, Dovid Saks scored 12, Yonah Manded had 11 and Akiva Borgen finished with 10. Magen David (7-5; 17-9)got 15 points from Jack Dweck and 14 from Phil Scherr.

National Results - Girls - Jan. 11, 2025

January 12, 2025

MIDATLANTIC

Berman H.A. 31 Jewish Day School 20

Nitzahn Epstein had 12 points and 15 rebounds as the Cougars (10-4) extended their win streak to 10 games and swept the season series. The Lions are now 7-5.

Barrack H.A. 61 Kohelet 34

Sami Neff led the #8 Cougars (5-6) with 16 points. Meytal Benjamini had 18 points for the Kings (5-9).

NORTHEAST

Maimonides 54 Gann 45

Leah Kaplan scored 21 points and Eden Taieb added 12 for the M-Cats (6-0). The Red Heifers are 2-4.

South Florida Boys Teams Compete in Airley Invitational

January 10, 2025

Eight South Florida Jewish boys varsities will compete this weekend in Boca Raton at the inaugural Binyamin Airley A’H Invitational, a tournament in memory of an Israeli paratrooper killed in the war in Gaza.

The tournament is raising funds for Beit Binyamin, a retreat in Tzvat in Airley’s memory that offers respite to combat soldiers, bereaved and displaced families and others experiencing the traumatic effects of war.

Airley, 21, was killed November 18, 2023, along with a commander and another soldier when he went to help them confront two terrorists in a house in northern Gaza.

Participating teams in the tournament include Katz YHS (ranked #8 in JHA Top 25), Posnack Jewish Day (#10), Jewish Culture (#12), Donna Klein Jewish Academy, H.A. Miami, Hillel, Ohr HaTorah and Tiferes Torah.

Games Saturday night and Sunday will be played at Katz Yeshiva High School and Donna Klein Jewish Academy.

Blue Bracket

8:15 - Jewish Culture vs Hillel (at Donna Klein)
9:30 - Posnack Jewish Day vs Tiferes Torah (at Katz)

White Bracket

8:00 - Ohr HaTorah vs Katz YHS (at Katz)
9:40 - Donna Klein Jewish Academy vs H.A. Miami (at Donna Klein)

Winners in the opening games will play each other in the semifinals Sunday morning with the bracket winners playing later in the championship. Losers in the opening games will play in consolation semifinals.

If you’re in South Florida, tickets are available at AirleyInvitational.com or at the game. All proceeds go to Beit Binyamin. The games at Katz will also be livestreamed at youtube.com/@yeshivaleaguepass5619

For more information and to donate in Airley’s memory go to BeitBinyamin.org

Read more about Binyamin Meir Airley z’l at https://aish.com/the-life-and-death-of-binyamin-airley/

National Results - Girls - Jan. 9, 2025

January 10, 2025

MIDATLANTIC

Barrack H.A. 59 Abington Friends 22

Mikayla Trajtenberg scored 18 points, Noa Singer added 12 and Sami Neff had 10 to lead the #8 Cougars (4-6).

NORTHEAST

Maimonides 69 Prospect Hill 67

Leah Kaplan scored 41 points and Eden Taieb added 17 as the M-Cats (5-0) stayed unbeaten.

Leffell vs Tuckahoe

SOUTHEAST

Katz YHS 35 Oxbridge 26

Talia Leubitz scored 8 points and Eliyah Levy added 7 as the #14 Storm (10-3) extended win streak to 10 games.

H.A. Miami 51 Hillel Miami 8

Aviella Kunis scored 11 points as the #15 Warriors (12-7) won their third straight game.

Posnack Jewish Day 58 Jewish Culture 21

The Rams are 2-8.

Margolin 38 Augustine 23

Abby Lewis led the Macs (3-7) with 14 points and Sarah Kahane added 10.

Rock Spring 49 Atlanta Jewish Academy 27

Dassie Chasen led the Jaguars (1-8) with 11 points.

MIDWEST

Fuchs Mizrachi 46 Mentor Christian 31

Izzy Wilbur scored 21 points to lead the #17 Mayhem (9-5).

Ida Crown 70 Cristo Rey Jesuit 8

The #7 Aces are 8-3.

CALIFORNIA

JCHS-San Francisco vs Drew

National Results - Boys - Jan. 9, 2025

January 10, 2025

MIDATLANTIC

St. Anselms 53 Berman Hebrew Academy 50

The #7 Cougars (19-5) led by six in the final two minutes but fell on a 3-pointer at the buzzer. A;ex August scored 24 points.

Kohelet 64 Foundations Collegiate 59

Zeke Levitt led the Kings (6-6) with 25 points and Grant Provda added 24, including seven 3-pointers.

Barrack H.A. vs Abington Friends

NORTHEAST

Golda Och 55 Newark Lab 53

Noam Waknin’s 13 points led five players in double figures for the Roadrunners (2-8). Isaac Sharret added 12 points and Brandon Sternthal and Ari Jacobs had 10 each.

Tuckahoe 61 Leffell 51

The Tigers got payback for their loss last year in the sectional semifinals as they snapped Leffell’s 4-game win streak. Nadav Hadari led the #17 Lions (5-2) with 12 points and Russell Wechsler and Jake Horowitz had 11 each.

Gann vs Boston Trinity

CANADA

St. Mother Teresa 93 Or Chaim Toronto 44

Yonatan Sarna led the Knights (4-5) with 15 points.

Tanenbaum CHAT 58 Mary Ward 34

The #24 Tigers (16-4) got their third straight win behind a balanced attack led by 8 points each from Joel Weiss and Dash Tarek-Kaminker.

SOUTHEAST

Jewish Culture 54 Posnack Jewish Day 48

Shilo Kahan led the #12 Lions (21-9) with 22 points and Jimmie Lasry added 11. The #10 Rams are 7-6.

H.A. Miami def Hillel Miami

The Warriors are now 7-18.

Highlands Christian 76 Katz YHS 34

The #8 Storm falls to 11-6.

Rock Spring 65 Atlanta Jewish Academy 54

Yaakov Spanner scored 18 points and Ari Shapiro added 15 for the Jaguars (8-10).

MIDWEST

Fuchs Mizrachi 57 Mentor Christian 23

Moshe Jacobs led the Mayhem (6-2) with 19 points and Elisha Pizem added 11.

Cabrini 63 Frankel Jewish Academy 23

The Jaguars are 1-7.

WEST

Yavneh Dallas @ Lone Star North

Vail Christian 50 Denver Jewish Day 49

Solly Bielsky scored 22 points and Michael Rafailov added 10 but the Tigers (1-2) lost on a free throw with no time remaining.

Sound Christian 63 Northwest yeshiva hs 52

Joe Benoliel scored 25 points and Sam Chernicoff added 13 for the Lions (7-3).

CALIFORNIA

Vasquez 70 Valley Torah 63

Meir Dan scored 21 points, Ben Mahgerefteh added 19 and Emmit Victor had 10 but the #23 Wolfpack (11-9) struggled from the field in the final two quarters after leading by 7 at halftime.

Tarbut vTorah 90 First Baptist 51

Jake Coblentz-Brown scored 29 points and grabbed 24 rebounds and three others scored in double figures as the #25 Lions (8-1) rolled in their first game ranked in the JHA Top 25. Graydon Carpet and Ari Vardon each added 17 points, with Carpet dishing out 10 assists, and Eli Feinberg had 10 points.