Sarachek 2025

The seeds and opening-round matchups are set for the 32nd annual Red Sarachek Tournament at Yeshiva University, scheduled for March 26-31.

The YULA Panthers, the defending champs, 9-time Sarachek winner and #1 in the Jewish Hoops America National Top 25, top the field of 20 teams. It may be the deepest field in the tournament’s history with at least 14 of the top 22 ranked teams and for the first time, 8 MYHSAL playoff teams.

For the second time, the tournament tips off on Wednesday night with a play-in game. Brooklyn rivals Magen David and Flatbush will square off to see who will be the #10 seed.

Thursday winners enter Tier 1. The top 4 Thursday losers get a bye into Tier 2. The other 4 Thursday losers play the 17-20 teams on Friday, with the winners filling out Tier 2 and the losers going into Tier 3.

This year’s tournament returns the Tier 1 MVP (YULA’s Alex Gabbay), Tier 2 MVP (DRS’ Joe Aaron), 1st Team All Tournament player (Shalhevet’s Aiden Bitran) and five or six 2024 all-stars.

1.YULA/Los Angeles,CA
2.Shalhevet/Los Angeles,CA
3.DRS/Woodmere,NY
4.TABC/Teaneck,NJ
5.SAR/Bronx,NY
6.Berman H.A./Rockville,MD
7.North Shore H.A./Great Neck,NY
8.Hillel/Ocean,NJ
9.Ida Crown/Skokie,IL
10.Magen David/Flatbush
11.MTA/New York,NY
12.H.A. Montreal/Montreal,QU
13.Fasman Yeshiva/Skokie,IL
14.Frisch/Paramus,NJ
15.Katz YHS/Boca Raton,FL
16.Mesivta/Bala Cynwyd,PA
17.Valley Torah/Valley Village,CA
18.Fuchs Mizrachi/Beechwood,OH
19.Farber Hebrew Day/Southfield,MI
20.Maimonides/Brookline,MA

Opening Round Matchups - March 27

10:00 am - #8 Hillel (19-10) vs #9 Ida Crown (18-5)
11:30 am - #7 North Shore H.A. (18-15) vs #10 Magen David (21-10) or Flatbush (13-13)
1:00 pm - #2 Shalhevet (20-13) vs #15 Katz YHS (15-12)
2:30 pm - #1 YULA (24-13) vs #16 Mesivta (19-5)
4:00 pm - #5 SAR (21-7) vs #12 H.A. Montreal (14-3)
5:30 pm - #5 Berman H.A. (31-7) vs #11 MTA (19-6)
7:00 pm - #4 TABC (19-4) vs #13 Fasman Yeshiva (15-7)
8:30 pm - #3 DRS (28-3) vs #14 Frisch (9-10)

National Results - Boys - March 4-8, 2025

March 8

YESHIVA LEAGUE

DRS 60 Magen David 58

Joe Aaron’s reverse layup with :05 left gave the #3 Wildcats (28-3) their 14th straight win and sent them to the MYHSAL championship game, where they will take on #5 TABC on March 16. Aaron led DRS with 24 points and Gabey Spodek added 14. Josh Chabbott scored 25 points for Magen David (21-10) and Phil Sherr had 16.

March 7

WEST

Granada 62 Denver Jewish Day 59

The 23rd seeded Tigers (8-11) led the #10 seed by 6 points entering the 4th quarter but could not hold on in the opening round of the CHSAA 1A state tournament.

March 6

WEST

Kim/Branson 63 Denver Academy of Torah 35

The 27th seeded Wolves (10-9) fell to the #6 seed in the opening round of the CHSAA 1A state tournament.

March 5

NORTHEAST

Bancroft 77 Gann 72

The 6th seeded Red Heifers (15-8) fell to the 3rd seed in the quarterfinals of the NESPAC Class C Large School tournament.

MIDWEST

Hinckley-Big Rock 72 Ida Crown 52

The #8 Aces (18-5) led until late in the 2nd quarter but fell in the IHSA 1A Somonauk sectional semifinals. Avi Okner led Ida Crown with 15 points, Judah Well added 11 and Avi Meyer and Ayden Mishkin each scored 10.

YESHIVA LEAGUE

TABC 46 North Shore H.A. 35

The #5 Storm (19-4) will play in their first-ever varsity championship game after dominating the second half and avenging last year’s loss in the quarterfinals. After leading by just 2 points at the half, TABC built up a 10-point lead as the #13 Lions (18-15) didn’t score until there were three minutes left in the 3rd quarter. Akiva Borgen had 16 points to lead TABC and Yonatan Faber added 10. They will play the winner of the DRS-Magen David semifinal.

March 4

MIDATLANTIC

New Hope 81 Berman H.A. 76

Alex August scored 27 points to lead four players in double figures for the #6 Cougars (31-8), who rallied from 14 points down in the final three minutes but could get no closer than two. Ezra Sushner added 15 points, Eli Teitelbaum had 14 and Itai Rozmaryn scored 11.

2025 Berman Invitational - March 6, 2025

Round Robin

Fuchs Mizrachi 41 Berman H.A. 39

The Mayhem (11-8) won it on a pair of free throws in the final seconds. Ayla Offer and Adi Topolosky each scored 13 points for the Cougars (18-10).

SAR 70 Ma’ayanot 29

Liv Solomon scored 23 points as the #1 Sting (21-2) cruised over their division rivals.

Maimonides 65 Fuchs Mizrachi 47

Leah Kaplan scored 23 points to lead the #16 M-Cats (9-7) and Eden Taieb added 18.

SAR 68 Berman H.A. 32

Ava Cohen scored 22 points and Liv Solomon added 17 and the #1 Sting (22-2) put the game away with a 24-4 third quarter. Ayla Offer scored 12 for the Cougars (18-11).

National Top 25

Jewish Hoops America
National Top 25
Week of March 3, 2025
Games through March 2

Team……………………………………………………………..Record……….Votes……….Prev

1.YULA/Los Angeles,CA (9)…………………………24-13…….……225..…………..1
2.Shalhevet/Los Angeles,CA……………………..20-13…………..216……………2
3.DRS/Woodmere,NY……………………………………27-3..…………206…………..3
4.Milken/Los Angeles,CA……………………………...12-8…………..193……………5
5.TABC/Teaneck,NJ … ….………..…….……………….18-4….………..190...…………4
6.Berman H.A./Rockville,MD………………………..31-7……………..177.……..…….6
7.SAR/Bronx,NY……………………………………………….21-7……..……..174…………….7
8.Ida Crown/Chicago,IL…………………….….……..…18-4…….……..149.………….14
9.Magen David/Brooklyn,NY,,, …..………..….……21-..9….……….144…...……..8
TiePosnack Jewish Day/Davie,FL…………………17-10…….……..144……………10
11.Hillel/Ocean,NJ……………………………………………..19-10……….…125…………….9
12.Hebrew Academy/Montreal,QB………………..13-3……………118…………….11
13.North Shore H.A./Great Neck,NY…………….…18-14…………116……………22
14.Fasman Yeshiva/Skokie,IL……………………….…..15-7………..…105…………..15
15.Rochelle Zell/Deerfield,IL………………….…..……..14-12….………104……..……16
16.MTA/New York,NY………………………………………….19-6……………93…………..12
17.Ramaz/New York,NY………………………………..…...14-11……………..76…………..13
18.Jewish Culture HS/Miami Beach,FL…………..26-11…………….71…………..18
19.Frisch/Paramus,NJ …………………….…….…………….9-10.……………59…………..18
TieDonna Klein Jewish Acad./Boca Raton,FL…11-9……………..59…………20
21.Toras Chaim/North Miami Beach,FL………………9-2…………….41………….25
22.Katz YHS/Boca Raton,FL……………………………....15-12……………38………….17
23.Leffell/Hartsdale,NY…………………………………..…….13-8…………….28…………21
TieTanenbaum CHAT/Toronto,ON……………………30-6…………….28…………22
25.Tarbut vTorah/Irvine,CA……………………………...,,..16-4……………..12………….24
TieAkiba Yavneh/Dallas,TX………………………………….22-10……………12…………..-

Others receiving votes: Flatbush, 9; Gann, 6; Jewish Day School, 5; Mesivta, 2; Yeshiva Greater Washington, 1.

SAR tops Frisch in Girls championship game

The #1 SAR Sting overcame horrible shooting in the 1st half Monday night to rally past the #2 Frisch Cougars for a 51-35 win in the 2024-25 MYHSAL Girls Varsity A championship game at Heschel.

The Sting were so out of sorts in the opening two quarters that they had not even reached double figures at the break, trailing 17-9. But three Nava Bousbib 3-pointers in the span of 3 minutes of the 3rd quarter gave them a lead they did not relinquish.She finished with 20 points and Ava Cohen added 16.

Frisch had not shot much better in the 1st half and their shooting woes continued past intermission, when they were outscored by 24 points. Izzy Nadtrich led the Cougars with 19 points.

It was the Sting’s 3rd straight win over their rivals from Paramus since the Cougars beat them in November in the championship game of the Glouberman Tournament. Those were the only losses Frisch suffered the entire year as they finish the season 19-3. SAR is 20-2, with their only other loss to SKA in overtime during the regular season. The Sting still have six games left this weekend when they travel to Maryland for the Berman Invitational.