Chai High - National Top 18

Jewish Hoops America
Final National Top 18
March 10, 2025
Games through March 9

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

1.SAR/Bronx,NY…………………………………………26-2……………………..1
2.Frisch/Paramus,NJ…………………………………19-2……………………..2
3.Shalhevet/Los Angeles,CA ………………….17-11……………………..4
4.North Shore H.A./Great Neck,NY……….26-5…………………….3
5.Tanenbaum CHAT/Toronto,ON ………….24-3…….………………6
6.YULA/Los Angeles,CA………………………….21-13……….……………9
7.SKA/Hewlett,NY………………………………………17-6………………………5
8.Hebrew Academy/Miami Beach,FL…….22-9………….…………14
9.Barrack H.A./Bryn Mawr,PA…………………..10-8…………..…………8
10.Milken/Los Angeles,CA…………………………12-14……………………11
11.Ida Crown/Skokie,IL……………………………….17-10……………………..7
12.Ramaz/New York,NY……………………………..10-10……………………12
13.Maimonides/Brookline,MA……………………12-9…………………….16
14.Katz YHS/Boca Raton,FL………………………,,12-5…………………….17
15.Ilan/Deal,NJ……………………………………………..12-9……………………..13
16.Flatbush/Brooklyn,NY…………………………….13-14……………………15
17.Beth Tfiloh/Pikesville,MD……………………….13-12…………………….18
18.Rochelle Zell/Deerfield,IL……………………...16-11……………………..10

2025 Berman Invitational - March 7-9, 2025

March 9

Championship

SAR 93 Maimonides 61

Tournament MVP Liv Solomon scored 33 points and Ava Cohen and Nava Bousbib added 21 each as the #1 Sting (26-2) closed out the season with their 13th straight win and a tournament title. JHA leading scorer Leah Kaplan led the #16 M-Cats (12-9) with 46 points - totaling 90 in two Sunday games..

Semifinals

Maimonides 79 Fuchs Mizrachi 62

Leah Kaplan scored 44 points to lead the #16 M-Cats (12-8) into the championship game.

SAR 65 Berman H.A. 31

Play-in Game

Berman H.A. 41 Ma’ayanot 34

March 8

Round robin

Berman H.A. 53 Ma’ayanot 47

The host Cougars (19-12) rallied from nine points down in the first half to get their first win of the tournament. These two play again to determine the 4th semifinal team.

SAR 70 Maimonides 58

Liv Solomon scored 28 points, passing 1,000 for her career, and the #1 Sting (24-2) got their 11th straight win and secured top seed in the semifinals. Ava Cohen added 16 points and Nava Bousbib had 10. Leah Kaplan scored 24 points for the #16 M-Cats (11-8).

March 7

Fuchs Mizrachi 51 Ma’ayanot 38

Maimonides 68 Berman H.A. 39

Leah Kaplan led the #16 M-Cats (10-7) with 23 points, Lizzy Muzin added 13 and Eden Taieb had 12. Dana Lazar had 11 points for the Cougars (18-12) and Sara Schoenfeld added 10.

SAR 56 Fuchs Mizrachi 37

Liv Solomon led the #1 Sting (23-2) with 23 points.

Maimonides 76 Ma’ayanot 30

Leah Kaplan scored 33 points and Eden Taieb and Lizzy Muzin added 12 each to lead the #16 M-Cats (11-7).

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).