This one had everything — star power, runs, adjustments, and a finish that had the entire MSAC holding its breath. Ultimately, #3 Frisch survives a thriller, taking down #6 SAR 50–47 to punch their ticket to the semifinals — and get a little revenge while they’re at it. From the jump, the game felt like the two teams knew each other well. Every action had a counter, every run had a response. Nathan Neufeld got Frisch going early, attacking downhill and taking advantage of the

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

Sting season is flying. #6 SAR takes it 75–51, in Tier I qualifying, and while #11 Katz had their moments, this quickly turned into the kind of game the Sting have been building toward all season. Early on, you could see the vision for Katz. Push the pace, let Nir Ovaknin get downhill, create some chaos — and for a stretch, it worked. A couple steals, transition buckets, and suddenly that early SAR lead started to shrink. From 24–18 to 24–22, the energy flipped. Katz fans wer

In what promises to be one of the most competitive Tier I qualifiers, the #11 Katz YHS Storm will battle the #6 SAR Sting on Thursday at 4:00 p.m. in the MSAC. SAR enters the tournament as the Yeshiva League runners-up under Coach Rafi Halpert. After a season defined by resilience, the Sting look to improve upon last year’s performance, where they entered as the #5 seed, defeated HA Montreal in the Tier I qualifier, but were ultimately knocked out by TABC in the Tier I quarte

Note: Akiva Poppers has resigned from the panel as he is now an assistant coach at Ramaz. In his place is MacsLive Associate Producer, Zachary Sicklick. Wednesday picks: HANC vs. JEC Yosef Silver: These two teams played earlier in the year, but both coaches would tell you that they aren’t putting too much stock into the JEC blowout victory. JEC is a talented team with a few nice pieces. In their playoff game, HANC showed us they can hang with some of the best. I think this g