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CANADA
Maimo du Nord won its season opener.
YESHIVA LEAGUE
Joe Aaron scored 18 points - including a breakaway dunk late in the 4th - and Yitz Bennett added 14 points as the Wildcats (1-0; 5-1) won their league opener and stretched their win streak to four games. Josh Chabbott led the Warriors (0-1; 3-2) with 15 points and Phil Sherr had 12.
YESHIVA LEAGUE
Dillan Haghigat scored 23 points and had seven steals, Becca Golyan added 21 points and Alexa Hajibay had 19 points and 10 rebounds as the Lions rolled in the season opener for both teams.
Lea Steinmetz scored 18 points and Daphna Steinmetz added 14 to lead the Sonics.
Leila Sakhai scored 18 points and Lindsey Feit added 10 as the Rams (2-0) rallied from 8 points down in the 3rd quarter to sweep the home-and-home series. Ayelet Preston led the Hawks (0-2) with 17 points, including five 3-pointers, Sophia Fruchter added 11 points and Megan Scharf scored 10.
Baila Gopin’s basket with :24 left broke a 19-19 tie as the host Rapids rallied from a 7-point halftime deficit to beat the Cobras (0-2) in their season opener. Tali Zelkowitz led Ma’ayanot with 8 points and Gopin added 6. Sophie Baum scored 7 points for Kushner.
YESHIVA LEAGUE
Joey Esses’ 12 points led four players in double figures as the Falcons (1-2) rolled in their league opener. Claude Pardo added 11 points and Ricky Haddad and Aaron Romano scored 10 each. The Kings dropped to 0-3.
The Cobras (0-2) rallied from a 16-point halftime deficit to get within one midway through the 4th but the Lions pulled away late in their season opener. Jake Abenayem led MTA with 17 points and Josh Treuhaft added 11. Noah Sinnreich scored 17 points for Kushner.
SOUTHEAST
Benny Freiden scored 15 points as the Macs won their season opener.
WEST
Rafi Miller scored 28 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and Jonathan Kluger and Leeroy Tubol added 10 points each as the Stars won their opening game.
The 10th annual Steve Glouberman z’l Basketball Tournament tips off Nov 6 at Shalhevet.
The host Shalhevet Firehawks are the defending champs in both the boys and girls tourneys and will be joined by 9 boys teams and 10 girls teams. Berman H.A., Flatbush, Frisch, H.A. Miami, Ramaz, SAR, Yavneh Dallas and YULA are sending both varsity teams. The Jewish Culture boys team and the Katz YHS and North Shore H.A. girls teams round out the participants.
The seeding for play-in games and quarterfinals will be based on preliminary matchups Wednesday and Thursday, with each team playing two games:
BOYS PRELIMS:
Wed. - 2:30 - Flatbush vs Jewish Culture
Wed. - 3:45 - Shalhevet vs Yavneh Dallas
Wed. - 7:30 - YULA vs Frisch
Wed. - 8:45 - Ramaz vs Berman H.A.
Thu. - 10:15 - SAR vs Yavneh Dallas
Thu. - 10:30 - H.A. Miam vs Ramaz
Thu. - 10:45 - Berman H.A. vs Frisch
Thu. - 11:45 - Jewish Culture vs YULA
Thu. - 2:15 - Flatbush vs Shalhevet
Thu. - 2:15 - H.A. Miami vs SAR
GIRLS PRELIMS:
Wed. - 5:00 pm - Shalhevet vs Ramaz
Wed. - 6:15 pm - SAR vs Berman H.A.
Wed. - 10:00 pm - YULA vs Flatbush
Thu. - 9:00 am - Frisch vs H.A. Miami
Thu. - 9:15 am - Yavneh Dallas vs North Shore H.A.
Thu. - 9:30 am - KATZ YHS vs SAR
Thu. - 11:30 am - North Shore H.A. vs YULA
Thu. - 12:00 pm - Berman H.A. vs Flatbush
Thu. - 12:45 pm - Yavneh Dallas vs Shalhevet
Thu. - 1:00 pm - H.A. Miami vs Ramaz
Thu. - 1:15 pm - Frisch vs Katz YHS
For the full schedule go to https://www.shalhevet.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=490206&type=d&pREC_ID=2528162
GIRLS
Nov. 3
Nava Bousbib scored 20 points, Liv Solomon added 18 and Ava Cohen had 12 as the Sting won the season opener for both teams. Talia Zucker’s 12 points paced the Invaders, who are playing in Girls Varsity A for the first time.
BOYS
Nov. 2
Ness Salem scored 33 points, including five 3-pointers, and Nate Meyer added 12 points as the Hawks (1-1; 2-3) won their home opener. Aviad Dahari led the Wolfpack (0-1) with 17 points.
Nov. 3
Akiva Guggenheim (35 points) and Aviad Dahari (27) combined for 62 points to lead the Wolfpack (1-1). Jack Swaid had 13 points for the Kings (0-2).