BOYS
Feb. 17
CALIFORNIA
Kehillah Jewish 62 North Valley Baptist 44
Ittai Kohavi scored 16 points, Zach Berman added 14 and Sam Burns had 13 as the 11th seeded Rams (14-4) won in the opening round of the CIF Central Coast Division 5 playoffs.
Feb. 18
MIDWEST
Ida Crown 71 Islamic Foundation 29
The 3rd seeded Aces (17-4) easily advanced to the IHSA 1A regional semifinals where they will play #5 North Shore Country Day.
Rochelle Zell 51 Schaumburg Christian 22
The 4th seeded Tigers (12-6) advance to the IHSA 1A regional semifinals.
North Shore Country Day 61 Fasman Yeshiva 31
The Yeshiva (6-9) fell in the regional quarterfinals of the IHSA 1A playoffs.
WEST
Yavneh Dallas 53 North Dallas Adventist 42
The #20 Bulldogs (25-5) won their 18th straight game - including three against NDAA - to advance to the TAPPS 3A state semifinals for the second straight year and sixth time in the last seven years. Yavneh won the state championship in 2020. Jordan Dekelbaum led Yavneh with 16 points and Jacob Blank added 14.
CALIFORNIA
Blair 84 Tarbut vTorah 66
The Lions cut a 23-point halftime deficit to 8 midway throught he 4th quarter but could get no closer and fell top seed in the CIFSS Division 5A semifinals. Yonah Light led Tarbut w 29 points and 15 rebounds, Jake Coblentz-Brown had 12 points and 10 rebounds and Graydon Carpet scored 11 points. The Lions did qualify for the state regionals.
Thomas More 49 Kehillah Jewish 45
The Rams (14-5) fell to the #6 seed in the 2nd round of the CIF Central Coast Division 5 playoffs.
Feb. 19
MIDATLANTIC
City School 60 Kohelet 30
Eli Wallace scored 15 points to lead the Kings (11-7) but their fell in the quarterfinals of the Penn Jersey tournament.
GIRLS
Feb. 18
CALIFORNIA
Buena Park 59 Shalhevet 55
Yalee Schwartz scored 27 points and Arielle Grossman added 17 but the #1 Firehawks (27-2) had their 9-game win streak snapped in the CIFSS Division 4AA semifinals. Shalhevet held the top seed to just 17 points in the first half, leading by 10 at the break, but could not hold on. They still qualify for the state regionals.