Binyamin Airley Invitational Tournament

The 2nd Annual Binyamin Airley A’H Invitational featuring eight SoFlo Jewish boys varsity teams will be played Saturday night and Sunday at Scheck Hillel Community School and the Michael-Ann Russell JCC in North Miami Beach.

The tournament honors the memory of Binyamin Meir Airley, a 21-year-old paratrooper who was killed in November 2023 along with two other IDF members when they went to confront a pair of terrorists in a house in northern Gaza.

Participating teams this year are Jewish Culture (ranked #7 in the JHA Top 25), H.A. Miami (#17), Katz YHS (#18), defending champion Posnack Jewish Day (#21), Ohr HaTorah (#24); Hillel Miami, Tiferes Torah and Landow Jewish Academy.

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

The tournament will be single-elimination with a consolation bracket.

Opening round games Saturday night at Hillel Miami are:

8:00 - Katz YHS vs Tiferes Torah
8:00 - Ohr HaTorah vs Landow Jewish Academy
9:40 - Jewish Culture vs Hillel Miami
9:40 - H.A. Miami vs Posnack Jewish Day

Winners play in the tournament semifinals Sunday with the losers moving into the consolation semis.

For more information about the tournament go to AirleyInvitational.com

JHA National Results - Girls - Jan. 8, 2026

MIDATLANTIC

Berman H.A. 48 Sandy Spring Friends 35

Adi Topolosky scored 20 points and Dalia Reiter added 16 as the #17 Cougars (8-1) won their fifth straight game.

Beth Tfiloh  41 Chapelgate 35

Shana Leibowitz led the #16 Warriors (7-8) with 22 points.

Friends Central 100 Barrack H.A. 35

Mikayla Trajtenberg scored 24 points for the #8 Cougars (6-6).

NORTHEAST

Pioneer Valley Christian 61 Maimonides  21

M-Cats (5-5) had their 4-game win streak snapped.

SOUTHEAST

H.A. Miami 52 Katz YHS 40

Eli Wolfson scored 21 points and Shana Strohli added 20 as the #10 Warriors (13-9) won their third straight game, avenging an earlier loss to the #9 Storm (8-7).

Posnack Jewish Day 59 Jewish Culture 13

Sophia Klein led the Rams (3-6) with 23 points and Gaby Klepacz added 12.

Landmark Christian 52 Weber Atlanta 15

Rams are 3-10.

MIDWEST

Fuchs Mizrachi 47 Bedford Heights 40

Izzy Wilbur had 23 points and 11 rebounds and Kayla Beer grabbed 10 rebounds for the #12 Mayhem (9-3).

Ida Crown 47 Lakeview 17

#14 Aces are 9-4.

WEST

Hyman Brand H.A. 39 St. Pius X 33

Gabi Sosland and Sabra Bergh each scored 12 points and Bergh grabbed 13 rebounds to lead the Rams (6-2).

Denver Jewish Day 38 Rocky Mountain Lutheran 20

Kaitlin Schatz scored 12 points for the Tigers.

CALIFORNIA

Nueva 35 Kehillah Jewish 32

Advah Spiro led the Rams (3-4) with 14 points.

YESHIVA LEAGUE

Ma'ayanot 37 Heschel 26

Tali Sladowsky scored 12 points and Leeba Weiss had 11 as the Rapids (3-10) continue to play spoiler. The Heat fall to 8-9, 5-7 in the league.

JHA National Results - Boys - Jan. 8, 2026

MIDATLANTIC

Sandy Spring Friends 66 Berman H.A. 51

The #14 Cougars (13-10) led by 1 at the end of the 3rd quarter but managed just two points in the 4th. Alex August led Berman with 18 points.

Beth Tfiloh 61 Jemicy 42

Seth Kott had 12 points to lead the Warriors (8-10) and Alex Kades added 11.

Girard 72 Kohelet 30

The Kings are 4-4.

Barrack H.A. vs Friends Central

Mesivta @ Liguori

NORTHEAST

Maimonides 54 Pioneer Valley Christian 44

Amiel Jotkowitz led the M-Cats (3-9) with 24 points and Itai Weinograd added 12.

SAR 79 Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom HS 59

The #11 Sting improve to 13-5.

Propel Montour 57 Hillel-Pittsburgh 54

Zach Itskowitz led the Heat (4-4) with 27 points and Coby Shaw added 12.

Gann @ Boston Trinity

CANADA

Frere Andre 53 Or Chaim Toronto 50

Ethan Berkowitz scored 14 points, Sam Essebag added 11 and Binyamin Zahavi had 10 for the Knights (3-2).

Yavne vs Vincent Massey

SOUTHEAST

H.A. Miami 64 Katz YHS 53

The #17 Warriors (13-13) won their third straight game. The #18 Storm (12-7) had their 3-game win streak snapped. Ethan Stern led Katz with 15 points, Ilan Attias added 14 and Nir Ovaknin scored 11.

Jewish Culture 72 Posnack Jewish Day 36

Shilo Kahan led the #7 Lions (18-11) with 17 points, Jojo Alfassy added 15, Noah Seplowitz scored 14 and Mica Hazan scored 12. The #21 Rams fall to 5-8.

Weber Atlanta 44 Landmark Christian 33

The Rams are 5-11.

Cooper Memphis 54 Westminster 52

Ben Freiden had 19 points and Jack Kampf added 16 for the Macs (8-7).

WEST

Denver Jewish Day 60 Rocky Mountain Lutheran 56

Solly Bielsky scored 33 points and Ronen Trujillo added 11 to lead the Tigers (3-2).

CALIFORNIA

Milken  75 deToledo 24

Grayson Coleman scored 25 points and dished out 11 assists to lead the #1 Wildcats (11-10) and Danny Kohanim and Daniel Werner added 12 points each.

Valley Torah 94 St. Monica 72

Ben Mahgerefteh hit a school-record 13 triples en route to 38 points and passed the 1,000 point mark for his career as the #5 Wolfpack (20-4) started a new win streak.

San Diego Jewish Academy 53 San Diego Academy 22

The Lions (7-3) won their third straight game.

San Francisco Waldorf 52 JCHS-San Francisco 48

The Wolves fall to 8-5.

YESHIVA LEAGUE

Magen David 67 YDE 56

Solly Mozaveb led the #9 Warriors (9-2; 18-7) with 15 points and Jacob Chami added 13. Moussa Alahalabi led the Thunder (4-7; 4-10) with 27 points and Elie Allaham added 17.

MTA 57 Heschel 51

The #15 Lions improve to 9-7, 7-4 in the league. The Heat are 2-9 in the league, 4-11 overall.

JHA Nationa Results - Girls - Jan. 7, 2026

MIDATLANTIC

International Christian 62 Kohelet @ ICHS 53

Avishag Alon scored 15 points for the Kings (5-3) and Meytal Benjamini had 14 points and 10 rebounds.

NORTHEAST

Maimonides 71 Roxbury Prep 37

Noah Aghion scored 27 points as the M-Cats (5-4) won their fourth straight game.

SOUTHEAST

H.A. Miami 58 Avant Garde 9

Tali Winer led the #10 Warriors (12-9) with 14 points.

St. Brendan’s 43 Posnack Jewish Day 40

The Rams (2-6) fell on a 3-pointer with :12 left. Emma Azafrani led Posnack with 21 points and Sophia Klein added 13.

MIDWEST

Ida Crown  50 University High 46

The #14 Aces are 8-4.

WEST

Denver Academy of Torah 25 Two Roads Charter 23

The Wolves won on a basket with :19 left.

Hyman Brand H.A. 59 Guadalupe Centers 27

Gabi Sosland led the Rams (5-2) with 22 points, Sabra Bergh scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Naama Reem added 11 points.

CALIFORNIA

Shalhevet 68 Oakwood 64

Gabriela Ackermann scored 22 points, Sarah Edwards added 19 and Marielle Bitran had 12 as the #4 Firehawks (13-7) extended their win streak to four games.

JHA National Results - Boys - Jan. 7, 2026

MIDATLANTIC

Episcopal 74 Jewish Day School 32

Cyrus Blumenthal acored 13 points but the #13 Lions (11-4) couldn’t keep up with a DC-area top 10 team with multiple D1 prospects.

Yeshiva Greater Washington 65 Lab School 23

Akiva Ravin scored 17 points and Yaakov Radner added 14 as the Knights (8-3) won their eighth straight game.

Mekor Chaim 52 Beth Tfiloh 42

Yoni Bakayev scored 25 points to lead the Cyclones (9-9). Natan Brum had 11 points for the Warriors (7-10) and Seth Kott added 10.

NORTHEAST

Leffell 75 Haldane 55

Nate Mirvis’ 18 points led four players in double figures for the Lions (6-3). Ben Gross added 16 points, Nadav Hadari had 13 and Jake Horowitz scored 10.

CANADA

Louis Joseph Papineau 85 Bialik 55

Bulldogs now 2-5.

SOUTHEAST

H.A. Miami 67 MAST 36

Jack Ciment led the #17 Warriors (12-13) with 18 points and Caleb Gdanski scored 17.

Jewish Culture  60 Immaculata-LaSalle 50

Mica Hazan scored 19 points, Shilo Kahan added 17 and Zee Itzkowitz had 16 to lead the #7 Lions (17-11).

Posnack Jewish Day Jewish Leadership

MIDWEST

Fuchs Mizrachi 73 Youngstown East 66

The Mayhem (8-4) extended their win streak to four games behind 27 points from Moshe Jacobs, 14 from Elisha Pizem and 10 from Elitzur Sharvit.

Ida Crown 59 Westmont 37

The #20 Aces are 8-0.

North Shore Country Day 61 Fasman Yeshiva 42

The Yeshiva is now 8-6.

Farber-Detroit  63 Merritt Christian 32

Jake Schon led the Fire (4-1) with 21 points, Michael Goldman added 17 and Ami Feldman had 15.

Cabrini 77 Frankel Jewish Academy 39

The Jaguars are 5-4.

WEST

Denver Academy of Torah 57 Two Roads Charter 50

Avi Askenazi scored 15 points, Ami Gelman added 14 and Ami Gitler had 10 to lead the Wolves (3-3).

Mount Vernon Christian 91 Northwest Yeshiva HS 39

The #22 Lions (8-2) ran out of steam without two starters and had their 5-game win streak snapped. Evan Kaufthal scored 16 points and Leon Varon had 10.

CALIFORNIA

Tarbut vTorah 51 Valley Christian 47

Ori Maya had 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Lions (6-6) and Ari Varon added 14 points, including a key 3-pointer with :12 left.

Nueva 76 Kehillah Jewish 35

The Rams are 1-5.

YESHIVA LEAGUE

Ramaz 44 JEC 41

Alon Sidi led the #10 Rams (8-2; 14-7) with 10 points.