The Chanps have been dethroned by the new kids on the block as #4 Jewish Culture pulled away late to beat #13 TABC 57–42, in Tier I qualifying. TABC came out exactly how a defending champ should. The crowd was into it, the zone was active, and they dictated the tone early. But Jewish Culture didn’t panic — they absorbed it, settled in, and then slowly started to tilt the game in their direction. It actually started with defense. Both teams made life difficult early, but it wa

Friday picks: #3 Frisch vs #6 SAR Yosef Silver: Give me the Sting in this one, as SAR ends Frisch’s season twice in upset fashion. SAR 62 Frisch 58 Ari Schopf: Frisch will avenge their Yeshiva League semifinal loss to SAR and Stepner will put up 25+ points in the win. Frisch 60 SAR 54 Marvin Azrak: Stepner takes over. And that’s the difference as the Cougars avenge their Yeshiva League semifinal loss. Final: Frisch 68, SAR 60 Zachary Sicklick: These are both 2 great teams. Fr

This one didn’t turn into chaos. It turned into a grind, and that played right into Ramaz’s hands. The #5 Rams ousted the #12 YULA Panthers 47–35, in TiervI qualifying and from the moment the pace slowed early, you could feel exactly where this game was headed. Coming in, the question was: could YULA speed this up? Could they create that frantic, pressure-filled game where turnovers turn into points and rhythm gets disrupted? The answer came quickly. No. Instead, both teams o