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Basketball Champions In a tremendously exciting game that had the fans sitting at the edge of their seats, Moriah’s 8th grade boys basketball team defeated S.A.R. for the championship of the Metropolitan Yeshiva Basketball League 54 to 44. In a replay of last year’s 7th grade championship competition which also pitted Moriah against SAR, Moriah played one of it best defensive games ever and managed to hold onto its hard won lead. Trading basket after basket, steal after steal and pass after pass, the teams played a game of varsity high school quality and made their coaches and schools proud. To reiterate Dr. Prager’s sentiments in his congratulatory post-game email, “Yishar Koach to all of our boys who played such an outstanding game…to every one of our team members who played so hard and so magnificently as a cohesive team with an undefeated record. Yishar Koach and an abundance of gratitude to Coach Van for his masterful coaching, bringing him to a 500+ wins record, to his 18th (maybe more) championship….to Nurse Toby who has kept our boys healthy and whole through every single practice and game…to all of our parents who hung in there, practice after practice, game after game – with their love, support…and transportation.” Mazal to team members Michael Bouaziz, Miles Bronstein, Zach Dicker, Sammy Goldberg, Zev Lindenbaum, Jonathan Lobel, Zach Mayerhoff, Oliver Schwalbe, Max Shulman, Yishai Sinai, Josh Wildes, Kevin Wolf, Alex Yablonovich and team manager, Avi Seidman, on a season that will go down in Moriah history as one of the most successful and memorable basketball seasons ever. |