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Thanks Nachum! The 2025-2026 Winter season is only a few weeks old, but already all leagues have seen dynamite matchups and jaw-dropping comebacks. Straight ahead on the Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, varsity hockey sees two shocking third period comebacks, JV Hockey's defending champs open up with a statement W, Varsity Basketball's top teams trade wins and losses on the week and familiar faces atop both divisions in the first few weeks of JV Basketball. All that and more straight ahead, good morning, I'm Elliot Weiselberg. We start off in Varsity hockey, where three upsets were thwarted by furious third-period action. Tuesday night saw TABC and Ohr Yisroel meet up in Teaneck. A close game throughout, Ohr Yisroel found themselves up 3-1 as action ran into the third, before the defending conference champions found their groove, scoring 4 goals to grab the 5-3 victory and stay undefeated atop the West. The Flatbush Falcons saw that and decided to up the ante the very next night. The Falcons found themselves down 4-0 to their rivals, the Magen David Warriors heading into the third period, before Flatbush poured in 6 goals in the first 5 minutes of the final stanza, squeezing past the Warriors 6-5 for their first win of the season. Finally, a comeback that was not to be. Defending runner-up HANC took a 5-1 lead into the final minute of the 2nd period on YDE, but the Thunder would blitz the Hurricanes, netting 3 goals in 32 seconds to end the middle period down only 5-4. HANC would regain their balance in the third for a 7-5 victory, and now sit at 2-0 atop the East. Moving over to JV Hockey, TABC has surged their way to the top of the league at 3-0. YDE gave last year's runner-ups a battle in Teaneck on Thursday night, but, ultimately, the Storm prevailed 5-2 and followed that win up with a trip to Brooklyn and a decisive win over Flatbush last night. In other action, DRS kicked off their title defense with a blanking of that same Flatbush team and now sit tight for their next week as they prepare for HAFTR next Monday night and SAR next Thursday, both on the road. Varsity Basketball saw plenty of action this week, and very little clarity as to who should be at the top. Frisch and DRS started out the week barely squeezing by MTA and YDE, respectively, both 4 point victories. Frisch would follow that up with a 62-48 loss to TABC in the first battle of the Route-4 Rivalry, behind Akiva Borgen's 19 point night for the Storm. TABC would follow that with a 45-36 loss to DRS, while Frisch would rebound with a 73-66 victory over Flatbush. The flux left the door open for Magen David and Ramaz both of whom would take advantage, Ramaz with a 19 point win over MTA and Magen David with a 50-43 win over TABC, both now leading their respective divisions at 3-0 Meanwhile in JV basketball, DRS dropped Westchester and YDE with two 70-point showings, while Flatbush has also jumped out to 2-0, but needed to survive a 51-49 contest with North Shore in order to maintain perfection. DRS will meet up with North Shore tonight while Flatbush will host HANC. Out West, SAR has opened their season at 2-0 taking wins over MTA and Kushner. And that was your Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, I'm Elliot Weiselberg.

Thanks Nachum, With Pesach break over, the Spring seasons are winding their way down toward the playoffs. Straight ahead on Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, Varsity Girls Hockey sees a 36 hour shakeup out West, Division leaders collide this coming weekend in Boys Varsity Softball and the longest current win streak in Yeshiva League boys sports is no more. All that and more straight ahead, good morning, I'm Elliot Weiselberg. We start off today's update with a Jeopardy question. The category: Boys Volleyball, Answer: June 12, 2022. The correct question: When was the last time that the Ramaz Rams suffered a loss? Or...it was the correct answer until this past Sunday. The Rams entered their contest with the SAR Sting riding a 24 game winning streak. In the majority of those contests, Ramaz was the recipient of several sweep victories. On this day, the tables would turn and the Sting would sweep Ramaz 21 to 12, 14 and ultimately 18 to put an end to the longest active winning streak in Boys sports. SAR now sits atop the West at 5-1 with Ramaz behind them at 4-1. Some added insight on that last Ramaz loss, it was to the same SAR Sting in the 2022 semifinals. So for those curious, the last time that Ramaz lost a regular season contest? Pre-covid. In Boys Softball, DRS made a statement this past Friday dominating Nishmas HaTorah in both contests to improve to 4-1 and drop Nishmas to 3-3. The Wildcats will gear up to face their biggest challenge so far when they meet May this coming Friday. May sits at 2-0 and will start the heart of their schedule with either a win that could propel them toward a division crown, or give DRS a heads-up in that race. Out West, Hillel stays undefeated drubbing Frisch this past Sunday to improve to 4-0. They'll square off with Shaare Torah tomorrow night, but the real contest for them will be this coming Sunday when they host Central division leading YDE, also at 4-0. In Girls hockey, a mad 36 hour stretch saw quite a few changes in the top 6 slots. Sunday saw the Frisch Cougars extend their lead in the West with a 5-1 win over Heschel who entered the day in the 2nd slot in the West. Meanwhile, Frisch's rival Ramaz took a 6-1 victory over SKA to improve to 4-1-0-1 and last night Ma'ayanot shutout East leading HAFTR 2-0. So the West leading Cougars are now a point away from clinching the Top seed in the playoffs and can do so against HAFTR who at 4-1-0-1 look to have the East all but put away themselves. Behind Frisch, Ramaz jumps to 2nd place, Ma'ayanot to 3rd and Heschel drops to 4th, only one point ahead of SAR and 2 ahead of Kushner with all teams still in play for the 4 wildcard spots over the next week. Finally, we are very proud to announce that the Martin Weiselberg Memorial Junior High Hockey Tournament is back and ready to roll with its 18th tournament on June 15th in HAFTR. Middle School teams will do battle in the longest-running hockey tournament in the Yeshiva Leagues while raising money for Hatzolah. Of course this also means the return of the amazing memorabilia raffle, which has seen items signed by present and future hall of famers, including Gordie Howe, Mark Messier and new goal-scoring king Alex Ovechkin. We will announce teams, prizes and schedules over the next few weeks on our website at MWTournament.com. And that was your Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, I'm Elliot Weiselberg

Thanks Nachum, Spring is in full swing and all sports are officially underway. Straight ahead on Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, the defending varsity, softball champs open the season on a run, two championship contenders put on a classic in Boys Varsity Soccer and Solomon Schecter storms to the top of the Volleyball boards. All that and more, good morning, I'm Elliot Weiselberg. One of the many great things about Spring Sports is that we get to start talking about teams that don't usually get much positive coverage during the Winter Season, and in some cases, no coverage at all. One of the teams that we don't get to talk about at all is Netzach Hatorah. The Knights, not a winter sport participant, made everyone take note last year with their dominance on the softball diamond, climbing all the way to their first school championship. The 2025 season would start off with more of the same. The Knights took two wins this week, reaching double-digit runs in both contests, defeating DRS 10-8 and Rambam 16-6. The loss, DRS's first knocked them from the top of the standings board in the East which now sees MAY at 2-0, newcomer Nishmas Hatorah at 3-1 and the Knights in what has arguably become the most competitive division in diamond sports. In other action, Hillel opens up at 2-0 with wins over SAR by a collective 19-0 margin, and YDE has taken charge in the Central, jumping out to 3-0 with wins over each team in their division. A school that we get to talk about a bit on the hockey end, but a rarity to the positive is Solomon Schechter. The Volleyball Storm are looking to even the field and have done a spectacular job thus far, undefeated 3/4 of the way through the season. A day after picking up their 5th win against TABC in a battle of the Storm, SSLI defeated DRS in straight sets to improve to 6-0. The wins give the Storm a 2-game cushion over 4-2 HAFTR and a 3-game cushion over North Shore. Solomon Schechter will have a month break before they face Magen David and HAFTR in their attempt to finish undefeated. A team who knows a thing or two about being undefeated, the Ramaz Rams are on the road to another title defense, now at 4-0 halfway through the year, picking up a dominant win over Kushner this week. They can be joined by SAR who sit at 3-0 but face North Shore tonight. Moving over to Boys Soccer where we were treated to a possible championship preview and every bit an instant classic. The last two champions, Kushner and SAR squared off and made the most of every opportunity with SAR pulling out an 11-10 win over the defending champions. SAR stays undefeated at 5-0 while Kushner slips to 3-2, with only Frisch, Kushner's only other loss, separating them in the standings. Frisch took on TABC last night in their last action before the Pesach break. Speaking of Frisch, over in Girls varsity, it's been all Cougars who took two large wins to improve to 5-0. The Cougars will gear up for the main part of their schedule on the other side of the break where they meet up with defending champion Ma'ayanot, currently in the running at the top of the West at 4-1. With Pesach up ahead, we will be taking a break until action picks back up. We'll see you for our next update on April 29th. Chag Sameach everyone. And that was your Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, I'm Elliot Weiselberg

hanks Nachum, No fooling folks, it's April as the Yeshiva League turns the corner into Spring. But first, straight ahead on Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, the Yeshiva League holds court at the 2025 Red Saracheck Tournament. All that and more, good morning, I'm Elliot Weiselberg. From beginning to end, the 2025 Red Saracheck Tournament held an extraordinary amount of suspense, excitement and, of course, upsets. The Granddaddy of all Yeshiva League Basketball took place this weekend at the Max Stern Athletic Center on the campus of Yeshiva University with 21 teams vying for the most prestigious title and for the first time in a long time Yeshiva League teams were in command of the action for the Tier I and Tier II championships...just not the ones that would be believed. The afternoon session on Monday started out with the Tier II championship featuring two highly ranked teams, semifinalist North Shore and league-Champion DRS Wildcats, both teams were relegated to the lower bracket following stunning Thursday upsets, for 3rd seed DRS, it would be the 14th seed Frisch Cougars pulling off the upset on a buzzer-beating three-pointer by Nathan Neufield for Frisch in the 45-44 victory. North Shore would also fall to a Yeshiva League foe, Magen David, who gained the 10th seed by virtue of their play-in win the night before over Flatbush. More on them later. The Wildcats and Lions would rebound with wins Saturday night to advance to the semifinals and narrowly advance to the finals, with DRS needing an overtime miracle buzzer beater three by Joe Aaron to send their game with Hebrew Academy of Montreal to Double OT and then a superb second extra session from Aaron to seal the deal to move on. In the finals, it seemed as if the totality of the last two weeks had finally caught up to the Wildcats. North Shore took a two-point lead with under a minute to go in the first and never trailed the rest of the way, opening up mid-teen leads at several points. DRS would make a charge late, though and would pull within two and with 7 seconds to go, Aaron would go to the line for two shots. Aaron would only make 1 of two shots to trail by one. With the Lions hitting a free throw at the other end, DRS would have one last chance to tie as Aaron burned his way up the court cutting through to the basket, but could not get the running jumper to fall at the buzzer, giving North Shore the 49-47 Tier II victory. In Tier 1, two more Yeshiva League teams squared off in the unlikeliest of finals. 4th seed TABC busted through Fasman, SAR and top ranked YULA to head back to the main stage at the MSAC where they fell short only a handful of days earlier in the Yeshiva League Championship. Their opponent, the 10th seeded Magen David Warriors. Following their wins over Flatbush and North Shore, the Warriors knocked off #2 Shalhevet 58-51 and #6 Berman by 1 to become one of the lowest seeds to ever advance to the Sarachek finals. The teams would trade runs and keep a close game until midway through the 4th when the league runner up took over and finished off the game on a 17-7 run to take the tier 1 championship for TABC 61-49. Eyal Kinderlehrer saved the best for last, putting up a 24 point, 13 rebound double-double to lead the Storm to their first-ever Saracheck Tournament Championship. The final winter sport event will take place this coming weekend as the 2025 Rabbi David Beitler Memorial Tournament will take place in HAFTR for Varsity Hockey. Moving over to Spring Sports, in Girls Hockey, HAFTR has opened up a sizeable lead in the East at 4-0-1, taking a 5-point lead over second place HANC. Meanwhile, in Boys Volleyball, Solomon Schechter took a straight set win over YDE to improve to 4-0. In Boys Soccer, Westchester continues their impressive season, downing Flatbush 12-5 to match DRS at the top of the East with 4 wins and Frisch took a 5-4 win over defending champion Kushner to remain undefeated out West. And that was your Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, I'm Elliot Weiselberg

Thanks Nachum, Straight ahead on the Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, a week delayed, the JV Basketball championship receives a fitting ending, we release the schedule for the Saracheck Tournament starting tomorrow night and, we open up the Spring Sports Season. All that and more, good morning, I'm Elliot Weiselberg. The final 2024-2025 Winter sports championship, the JV Basketball final took place this past Sunday as Flatbush and Ramaz, the two division champions squared off at the Max Stern Athletic Center. The Falcons took the lead early and held leads close to and into double-digits until the closing minutes of the third, when Ramaz cut a lead that only 8 minutes earlier was 11 down to 4 at 35-31. Flatbush would try and pull away, but Ed Ash would keep Ramaz in the running and eventually tie the game at 41 with 2:37 left in the 4th quarter. Unfortunately for both teams, the lids would close on the baskets the rest of the fourth would go scoreless and we would go to Overtime still knotted at 41. The first points of the extra session wouldn't come until around the 3 minute mark when Noah Hiltzig, the overtime hero in the semifinal game against DRS drained a 3 pointer, giving Ramaz a 44-41 lead. Ramaz, though would only hit one more field goal the rest of the way and allow Flatbush to take control in what many would call appropriate fashion. Down 45-43, the ball would find its way to Louie Franco who would drain a three with a minute to go that would give Flatbush a lead it would not relinquish. Franco, clearly playing with a heavy heart following his loss last week, had a career night coming off the bench and sparking the Falcons, reaching double-digits in the first quarter and scoring 5 in the overtime session, including the last two foul shots to push to the final 51-47 score, earning him MVP honors in the Falcons Championship victory. Action now turns back to varsity with the Saracheck tournament, which we touched on last week. Flatbush and Magen David kick off the action tomorrow night with a play-in game. Other Yeshiva League teams in action will be North Shore taking on the winner of the play-in game on Thursday morning, while SAR takes on Hebrew Academy of Montreal, MTA squares off with Berman, TABC matches up with Fasman and League champion DRS will meet up with Frisch for the mid-afternoon to evening action on Thursday. Macslive will take you through the weekend into semifinal Sunday and Monday Madness as the three tier champions will be crowned. While that all takes place, the rest of the schools have already turned the corner to Spring sports. DRS finds itself in familiar position this year at the top of the boards in varsity soccer where it's currently 4-0 and looking to add more hardware. However, they are one of five undefeated teams on the early season. Heschel and Frisch remain undefeated in Girls Hockey as the Cougars look to hang up their third banner in a row. Those are just two of the leagues that we will cover over the next few weeks, including girls soccer, boys volleyball and, of course, our diamond sports, boys and girls softball and boys baseball. All that and more, straight ahead as the 2025 Spring Season kicks into high gear. And that was your Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, I'm Elliot Weiselberg

Straight ahead on the Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, Varsity Basketball completes DRS's "triple crown" and we preview the 2025 Red Saracheck Memorial Tournament. All that and more, good morning, I'm Elliot Weiselberg. The 2024-2025 Winter sports season will be known as the "Year of Green" in DRS. One week after knocking off TABC for the JV Hockey championship and HANC for the Varsity Hockey championship, the Wildcats completed the trifecta taking the Varsity Basketball championship with a 66-63 Overtime win over the TABC Storm. Overtime did not seem in the cards early on at the Max Stern Athletic Center as DRS opened up a 16-3 lead by the end of the first quarter. TABC would chip away at the lead and close the gap in the 3rd before Joe Aaron and Tzvi Tsaidi opened it back up for DRS and then again in the 4th behind Eyal Kinderlehrer's 15 point frame and Yonah Mandel's 3-pointer with 30 seconds to go to tie the game at 55. In the extra session, DRS scored the first 8 points, and despite a run at the line for TABC to close to within one possession, a pair of free throws from Aaron, his 23rd and 24th points of the night would be the finisher. TABC would hit a 3-pointer as time wound down, but without needing to inbound the ball, DRS ran the clock out, taking home their first title since 2016. The Wildcats will now set their sights on taking home the grand prize as, YU will be home this week to the 2025 Red Saracheck Memorial Tournament. 20 teams will converge at the MAC to vie for the crown including 9 from the Yeshiva League. Fresh off their win, DRS will be the highest ranking from the Metropolitan area at #3 behind two California teams, YULA at 1 and Shalhevet at 2. Action starts tomorrow night when Brooklyn rivals Flatbush and Magen David compete in a play-in to enter into the tournament. The rest of the action will start Thursday and can be seen on Macslive.com. On a down note, the JV championship between Flatbush and Ramaz that was supposed to precede the Varsity championship has been postponed due to unfortunate circumstances within the Flatbush basketball family over the weekend. We here at the Sports Update send our condolences and secondarily, will keep everyone updated as to when and where the game will be played. Next week, we'll recap the Saracheck tournament and turn our calendars over to the Spring sports that are already in the thick of the action. And that was your Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, I'm Elliot Weiselberg

Straight ahead on the Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, buzzer beaters are the theme of the week along with near dominance by one powerhouse school as JV and Varsity hockey crown its victors and JV and Varsity Basketball get ready for their finale this coming Sunday. All that and more, good morning, I'm Elliot Weiselberg. JV and Varsity Hockey took center stage this past Sunday with two thrilling championships, both decided in the waning moments. The JV championship started off the day as DRS and TABC squared off with HAFTR playing host for the early festivities. The Wildcats, victors in their regular season meeting would draw first blood and take a 2-0 lead, but TABC would erase the deficit with two goals under a minute and the score would remain deadlocked late into the third. Overtime looked to be on the horizon as the teams lined up for a faceoff in the TABC zone with 3 seconds to go, but in an instant, Eitan Rogoff turned the tide, slamming home an Ethan Lieber faceoff win for the buzzerbeater goal and DRS's 6th championship victory. The DRS faithful would then make their way over to North Shore for a battle of the top 2 Eastern schools, DRS and HANC in the Varsity championships. DRS, the defending champions and HANC in their first hockey final in school history. The Hurricanes jumped on the board mid-way through the first as three seconds into a powerplay, HANC's super-scorer Eliya Yizhaky sniped one into the DRS net. HANC would carry the lead through the second period, but 90 seconds into the third, DRS's Yitzy Yudin got a stick on a bouncer in front of the net that made its way over the goalie and into the goal to tie the game at 1. Much like the JV game, the course of play looked very much like there would be extra sessions to decide the winner, but with just under a minute and a half to go, DRS's Max Pockriss took a pass wide open in the slot and drilled the game winner into the net, sweeping the day for the DRS faithful and giving the Wildcats back to back championships. If locking down 2 championships isn't enough for DRS, they'll have the chance to capture yet another one on Sunday evening when the varsity basketball 'Cats battle for the crown after holding off defending champion Magen David in a thrilling two-point win 60-58 in the Greenhouse Saturday night. Josh Chabbott's 26, not enough for the Warriors, as Joe Aaron's 23rd and 24th points broke the tie with under 10 seconds to go, pacing the East top seed DRS who will now advance to play West top seed TABC. The Storm took a 46-35 victory over North Shore behind 16 points from Akiva Borrgen to set the stage for a matchup usually reserved for the hockey court now taking center court at the Max Stern Athletic Center on the campus of Yeshiva University. While a clean sweep would have been an extraordinary feat for the Wildcats, not all last second shots fell in their direction this past week. The JV Basketball Wildcats and the Ramaz Rams would go to double overtime where DRS held a 1 point lead over Ramaz with under 5 seconds to go, when Ramaz's Noah Hiltzik was fouled while taking a desperation three-pointer. Hiltzik would miss the first shot, but nail the next two giving the West top seed Rams the 62-61 win, spoiling a 41 point performance from DRS's Elisha Tsaidi. The Rams return to YU after a one-year hiatus having appeared in a losing effort two years ago. They will square up with the East top seed Flatbush Falcons who survived a thrilling battle by Frisch 47-44. The JV Falcons have spent quite a while away from the Max Stern Athletic Center but will look to make the most of it as they ride a 10-game winning streak into the finals, this coming Sunday. And that was your Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, I'm Elliot Weiselberg

Thanks Nachum! The playoffs continue on as we March toward the championships. Straight ahead on the Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, the first of our Winter championships are set, nail-biters across the board in basketball and DRS and SAR may as well just consider this a rivalry week. All that and more, straight ahead. Good morning, I'm Elliot Weiselberg. The first championship games are set, as Girls Varsity Basketball will have an all-West affair this Sunday following two nail-biter semifinals. The defending champion Frisch Cougars will return to defend their crown following a 53-50 win over East top seed North Shore. Standing in their way, though, will be the only team to defeat them this year. The West top seed SAR Sting needed overtime to knock off the defending runner-ups SKA Sonics 58-56. SAR comes in with two wins over Frisch this season, but the Cougars have been to the big game before and that could be the great equalizer. In fact, the Cougars will hope for not one, but two wins on the day against teams who have handed them a loss as the Cougars JV squad will face the Ma'ayanot Rapids in the early game. The two teams split their season series, but the Cougars are looking to pen their 4th straight championship season. Ma'ayanot hopes to raise a banner for the first time in a decade. Moving over to Boys Varsity where the quarterfinals were made complete following SAR's 50-41 victory over Ramaz. After dropping both regular season games to the Rams, the Sting buzzed when it counted most and will now advance to take on East top seed DRS this Thursday night with the winner to take on the winner of tomorrow night's contest between Magen David and West 2 seed MTA. On the other side of the bracket, a thriller in North Shore that went down to the final few seconds with the home team Lions pulling out the victory over West 3rd seed Hillel 58-56. North Shore wont get much of an advantage, though, as their opponent will be decided tomorrow night when Flatbush travels to TABC with a ticket to the semis on the line. Meanwhile, JV Basketball is one step ahead of their varsity brothers as one half of the semifinal bracket was filled in. The first berth was earned by the East 1 seed Flatbush who withstood a good fight from the West 6 seed Hillel but downed the Heat 64-56. Their next opponent, the Frisch Cougars did not have any such scares as the 2nd half lead never really dropped below double-digits in their battle with East #3 HANC, knocking off the Hurricanes en route to a showdown with the Falcons with a spot in the finals on the line. On the other side of the bracket, Magen David will meet up with West #1 Ramaz tonight, while SAR and DRS will follow their varsity brethren and battle in the quarters this Thursday night. Over in JV Hockey, yet another DRS- SAR matchup this postseason. In a rematch from an earlier contest this season where SAR went into the Greenhouse and knocked off DRS, the Wildcats gained a measure of revenge as Max Isaacs kept the Sting off the board in a 1-0 victory. Josh Steinman's rebound goal late in the first, the only tally on the night for either team and it would stand, sending DRS back to their 4th straight finals where they will meet up with one member of the Route-4 Rivalry matchup as TABC and Frisch will battle this Thursday night with the ticket to the finals on the line. Frisch won both matchups by a combined 6-1 and the Western Champs will have a decided edge as they look to get back to the finals for the first time in just a bit over half a decade. Finally, in Varsity Hockey, the semifinals are set. A trio of games on Wednesday night got things kicked off as two shutouts set up one half of the bracket. East top seed DRS disposed of Kushner 7-0 and will enjoy a semifinal home game against...who else...SAR! The Sting rode a Nate Zitter goal to a 1-0 win and a date with DRS, where two years ago, as a JV team, the Sting were 5 minutes from a Final berth. That game will take place tomorrow night. On the other side of the bracket, TABC put an end to Flatbush's season with an 8-1 drubbing, closing out Joe Catton's stellar season for the Falcons, the Senior putting an exclamation point on his career, putting up 54 goals including playoffs, setting the new regular season record at 46. The Storm will take on HANC, who knocked off Frisch 3-1 Saturday night. They'll face off this coming Saturday night in Teaneck in a rematch of a contest from a few weeks ago in a 5-2 TABC win. And that was your Tuesday Morning JM in the AM Sports Update, I'm Elliot Weiselberg