18 Days to #Sarachek2025
Most Sarachek Tournament appearances (not counting this year):
31, MTA, YULA
29, Valley Torah
26, Ida Crown
23, Cooper Memphis
22, Fuchs Mizrachi
17 days to #Sarachek2025
Most wins ever at Sarachek:
YULA, 84
MTA, 72
Ida Crown, 65
Valley Torah, 60
Fuchs Mizrachi, 46
16 Days to #Sarachek2025
Best Team Name at 2025 Sarachek Tournament
2-part poll - winners will square off
Shalhevet Firehawks - 37.3%
Ida Crown Aces - 24.1%
Mesivta Mustangs - 20.5%
Maimonides M-Cats - 18.1%
SAR Sting - 33.7%
Fuchs Mizrachi Mayhem - 20.5%
Farber Fire - 10.8%
Fasman The Yeshiva - 34.9%
15 Days to #Sarachek2025
By a single vote, Fasman The Yeshiva edges SAR Sting, w Fuchs Mizrachi Mayhem, Farber Fire far behind; and Shalhevet Firehawks tops Ida Crown Aces, Mesivta Mustangs and Maimo M-Cats So here's this yr's final for Best Sarachek Team Name
Fasman The Yeshiva - 61%
Shalhevet Firehawks - 39%
14 Days to #Sarachek2025
Tried and true…four mascots are duplicates this year, Storm, Lions, Heat, Cougars
13 days to #Sarachek2025
enO nosaer siht s'raey yenruot si os peed? ts1 emit reve ereht era 8 LASHYM ffoyalp smeat ta kehcaraS! evaH a taerg miruP!
For those who struggle with the Nahaphochu dialect:
One reason this year’s tourney is so deep? 1st time ever there are 8 MYHSAL playoff teams at Sarachek! Have a great Purim!
12 Days to #Sarachek2025
Most Championship game appearances:
12, YULA
7, MTA
6, Frisch
5, Shalhevet
4, HAFTR, Valley Torah
11 Days to #Sarachek2025
Most Sarachek titles:
9, YULA
3, Shalhevet, MTA
2, Valley Torah, Frisch, HAFTR, Rambam
10 Days to #Sarachek2025
Coaches who will be coaching their sons at Sarachek this year:
-Morrie Levy (Zac), H.A. Montreal (3rd son!)
-Ed Gelb (Zach), Maimonides (2nd!)
-Rafi Halpert (Ari), SAR
-Jon Rich (Aiden), Ida Crown
9 Days to #Sarachek2025
Best winning percentage at Sarachek (min. 20 gms)
.718 - YULA (84-33)
.657 - DRS (23-12)
.630 - Frisch (34-20)
.629 - Magen David (22-13)
.619 - Ida Crown (65-40)
8 Days to #Sarachek2025
Only non-Yeshiva League or LA teams to win Sarachek:
Hyman Brand HA, 2004
CHAT, 2006
Ida Crown, 2008
Reached final these other times:
Hillel-Miami, 1999, 2001
Hyman Brand, 2003
Ida Crown, 2007
7 Days to #Sarachek2025
These 1st round matchups will mark 1st time the teams have faced each other at Sarachek:
#1 YULA vs #16 Mesivta
#4 TABC vs #13 Fasman
#5 SAR vs #12 H.A. Montreal
(and #3 DRS vs #14 Frisch if you don't count last year's play-in game)
6 Days to #Sarachek2025
States (and Provinces) that have sent teams to Sarachek:
CA - YULA, Valley Torah, Shalhevet, Southern California Yeshiva, Harkham Gaon, deToledo (New Jew)
CT - Hebrew High of New England
FL - H.A. Miami, Hillel Miami, Katz YHS, Ohr HaTorah, Posnack Jewish Day
GA - Atlanta Jewish Academy
IL - Ida Crown, Fasman Yeshiva, Rochelle Zell (Chicagoland Jewish)
KS - Hyman Brand H.A.
MA - Maimonides
MD - Berman H.A., Beth Tfiloh, Mekor Chaim, TA of Baltimore, Rambam, Eshkol
MO - Block YHS
MI - Farber Hebrew Day (Akiva)
NJ - TABC, Frisch, JEC, Kushner, Hillel, MAYHS
NY - MTA, DRS, SAR, Ramaz, HAFTR, North Shore H.A., Flatbush, Rambam, HANC, Magen David, Heschel
OH - Fuchs Mizrachi, Columbus Torah
ON - Or Chaim Toronto, Tanenbaum CHAT, CHAT Kimel, Beit Yitzchak
PA - Kohelet, Mesivta, Hillel Pittsburgh, Mesivta Pittsburgh
QU - H.A. Montreal, Bialik
TN - Cooper Memphis
TX - Yavneh Dallas, Beren Houston
VA - Yeshiva of Virginia
WA - Northwest Yeshiva HS
5 Days to #Sarachek2025
Felines, as always, well represented at Sarachek:
YULA
DRS
Berman H.A.
North Shore H.A.
MTA
Frisch
Maimonides
4 Days to #Sarachek2025
Returning awardees from #Sarachek2024
Alex Gabbay, YULA (MVP)
Aiden Bitran, Shalhevet (1st Team, All-Tournament)
Joe Aaron, DRS (Tier 2 MVP)
Simon Alloul, HA Montreal (All Star)
Alex August, Berman H.A. (All Star)
Josh Chabbott, Magen David (All Star)
Yoni Holender, YULA (All Star)
Moshe Jacobs, Fuchs Mizrachi (All Star)
Eyal Kinderlehrer, TABC (All Star)
Avi Okner, Ida Crown (All Star)
Josh Treuhaft, MTA (All Star)
3 Days to #Sarachek2025
2024-25 Leading Scorers playing in tournament:
Alex August, Berman H.A., 23.4 ppg
Yaacov Ohayon, H.A. Montreal, 22.4 ppg
Avi Okner, Ida Crown, 22.0 ppg
Aiden Bitran, Shalhevet, 20.5 ppg
Adir Amster, Fasman Yeshiva, 20.5 ppg
Josh Chabbott, Magen David, 19.0 ppg
Joe Aaron, DRS, 18.0 ppg
2 Days to #Sarachek2025
Schools with 1 Sarachek title:
Hillel-NJ
Magen David
Ramaz
Hyman Brand H.A.
Tanenbaum CHAT
Ida Crown
SAR
DRS
1 Day to #Sarachek2025
Coaches this year who played at Sarachek:
Mike Pollack, YULA (2001, 2002, 2003)
Rafi Halpert, SAR (MTA, 1999, 2000)
Yonah Singer, Berman H.A. (1999)
Jon Rich, Ida Crown (1995)
Elie Baratz, Katz YHS (2005, 2006)
Dani Katz, Mesivta (Beth Tfiloh, 2015)
Zac Katz, Fuchs Mizrachi (2009, 2010)