YESHIVA LEAGUE
FRISCH 67 DRS 64 OT
Jack Levine's 3-pointer just before the buzzer capped off a wild finish to a great game between two of JHA's top 5 teams. #5 DRS (8-2 league; 11-5 overall) led by eight at halftime but had to rally from four down in the fourth quarter to tie the game on a running trey by Gideon Valenski at the buzzer. #4 Frisch (9-0; 16-2) went up by six in OT but Valenski tied it with :11 left on a fadeaway three from the corner to set up Levine's winning shot. Levine finished with 26 points and Jack Stepner added 22 for the Cougars. Valenski led the Wildcats with 31 points.
MAGEN DAVID 70 KUSHNER 38
Teddy Shamma scored 27 points and Mike Natkin added 16 to lead the #3 Warriors (8-0; 15-1). Nadav Twizer led the Cobras (3-6; 6-9) with 17 points and Gabe Plotsker had 12 points and 15 rebounds.
MTA 51 HANC 45
Lions (5-6) kept their playoff chances alive. #16 Hurricanes fell to 6-4, 6-3 in the league.
HAFTR 77 SHAARE TORAH 52
Dov Baratz scored 20 points and Samuel Laniado added 19 to pace the Hawks (5-6; 9-15). Stars drop to 2-8.
JEC 61 HILLEL 46
Jacob Winters scored 20 points, Moshe Heller added 16 and Shalom Dershowitz had 14 for the Thunder (2-6; 5-10). Morris Tobias led the Heat (1-10; 1-11) with 18 points.
National Results Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017
MIDATLANTIC
BERMAN HEBREW ACADEMY 58 GRACE BRETHREN 45
Ezra Biletskiy scored 16 points to lead the Cougars (5-3).
KOHELET 44 CALVARY CHRISTIAN 41
Aryeh Lipshutz paced the Kings (2-2) with 16 points.
NORTHEAST
Gann vs Berwick
SOUTHEAST
HA MIAMI 79 CUSHMAN 26
Caleb Katz scored 30 points and Jacob Stein had 10 points and 10 rebounds as the #13 Warriors (9-4) won their sixth straight.
JOHN CARROLL 74 KATZ YHS 50
Andrew Pearl scored 23 points for the Storm (2-9)
MIAMI COUNTRY DAY 56 HILLEL MIAMI 36
Aaron Ben-Shmuel led the Lions (7-5) with 15 points.
MIDWEST
FRANKEL JEWISH ACADEMY 53 AUSTIN CATHOLIC 11
Jacob Klein scored 18 points and Ethan Mostyn added 11 for the Jaguars (2-1).
WEST
DENVER JEWISH DAY 66 WELDON VALLEY 48
An 18-7 second quarter put the Tigers (4-2) in control.
YESHIVA LEAGUE
MAGEN DAVID 58 DRS 54
Teddy Shamma's 20 points led three players in double figures for the #3 Warriors (7-0 league; 14-1 overall) as they held off a late rally by the #5 Wildcats. Albert Nsiri finished with 16 points and Mike Natkin had 13. For DRS (8-1; 11-4) Gideon Valenski scored 21 points and Amiel Kerstein added 14.
HANC 62 TABC 42
Oren Betesh scored 21 points and Moshe Khalili added 14 as the #16 Hurricanes (6-2; 6-3) won their third straight. The #15 Storm are now 6-9, 5-5 in the league.
RAMBAM 65 SSLI 42
Ethan Aaron scored 20 points, Eli Hanuka added 13 and Aaron Azose had 10 to pace the #11 Ravens (9-2; 9-3). The Lions are now 2-10.
WATERBURY 53 HILLEL 39
Wolfpack now 6-5. Heat (1-9; 1-10) were led by Morris Tobias' 16 points.
FLATBUSH 68 YDE 59
Eddie Lincer scored 26 points to lead the Falcons (4-5; 7-7). Hymie Sasson also scored 26 points for the #19 Thunder (4-5; 4-6).
National Results Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017
NORTHEAST
DOBBS FERRY 55 SCHECHTER WESTCHESTER 31
#24 Lions fall to 3-2.
MIDWEST
VERNON HILLS 57 ROCHELLE ZELL 56
#9 Tigers (12-3) fell on a free throw with 0:00.4 left on the clock. Eli Nasatir scored 15 points and Brian Silverstein had 14.
CALIFORNIA
CRESCENTA VALLEY 91 MILKEN 71
Aaron Harouni scored 36 points and Amitai Afenjar added 21 but the #2 Wildcats (10-7) had to settle for fourth place in the 16-team San Fernando Valley Invitational.
YESHIVA LEAGUE
SAR 45 KUSHNER 19
Judah Oppenheimer scored 14 points to lead the #8 Sting (7-1 league; 11-5 overall). Cobras fell to 6-8, 3-5 in the league.
NORTH SHORE HA 81 SHAARE TORAH 61
Battle of the Stars goes to the Great Neck squad (6-6; 8-9) as Michael Tsor pours in 36 points. Shaare Torah falls to 2-7.
National Top 25 Week of Dec. 18, 2017
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National Top 25
Week of Dec. 18, 2017
Games through Dec. 17
Team.................................................Record...........Votes.........Prev
1.Valley Torah/Valley Village,CA(8).....13-3...............222..............1
2.Milken/Los Angeles,CA ....................9-5................208..............2
3.Magen David/Brooklyn,NY (1)..........13-1................206..............3
4.Frisch/Paramus,NJ .........................15-2...............205..............3
5.DRS/Lawrence,NY...........................11-3..............192..............5
6.Shalhevet/Los Angeles,CA..............10-6..............175..............7
7.Yavneh Academy/Dallas,TX.............14-0..............171..............8
8.SAR/Bronx,NY...................................10-5..............166..............9
9.Rochelle Zell/Deerfield,IL.................11-2...............139..............6
10.Rambam/Cedarhurst,NY.................8-3...............133.............12
11.Ida Crown/Chicago,IL......................8-3...............118..............15
12.Heschel/New York,NY....................13-5..............113.............11
13.Hebrew Academy/Miami Beach,FL..8-4..............108.............23
14.Posnack JDS/Davie,FL...................9-5................98............10
15.TABC/Teaneck,NJ............................6-8................87.............13
16.HANC/Uniondale,NY........................5-3...............81.............17
17.North Shore HA/Great Neck,NY........7-8...............63..............14
18.YULA/Los Angeles, CA.....................8-10.............62...............17
19.YDE/Brooklyn,NY.............................4-5................52..............20
20.Beth Tfiloh/Baltimore,MD.................7-5................46..............21
21.Cooper Yeshiva/Memphis,TN..........4-4................39..............17
22.Maimonides/Brookline,MA...............3-1................37..............22
23.Jewish Day School/Rockville,MD....6-5................34..............25
24.Schechter/Hartsdale,NY...................3-0................31.............24
25.Beren Academy/Houston,TX...........10-3..............24..............15
Others receiving votes: Tarbut vTorah, 23; Emery Weiner, 20; Fasman Yeshiva, 18; DeToledo, 14; Ramaz, 8; Waterbury Yeshiva, 7; JCHS San Francisco, 7; Hillel Miami, 7; Golda Och, 3; Berman HA, 2; Flatbush, 2; HAFTR, 2; Denver JDS, 1; Weber Atlanta, 1.