Valley Torah beat TABC 45-34 in the Sarachek semifinals round. We will face off with DRS at 11:00 AM PDT on Monday for the championship game! You can watch the game live at the Macslive YouTube channel. The team celebrated their win at Mocha Burger in Manhattan with Rabbi Stulberger.
Category Archives: Basketball
Seniors and Team in NY
The Boys Division seniors joined the team in New York for the YU Sarachek tournament. Valley Torah (#2 seed) will be playing MTA (#15 seed) today at 2:30 PM PDT. Watch live at macslive.com.
Historic Year
Our Boys Division Basketball team ended the year second in the CIF State Southern Region. We won the first three rounds in both the CIF Southern Section and CIF State playoffs. Coach Lior Schwartzberg was named the Coach of the Year and Johny Dan was named Player of the Year for Division 4A. (BTW JohnyContinue reading “Historic Year”
Top Scoring Player – Jonny Dan
Valley Torah’s Jonny Dan’s 934 points this season pushes his near the top of the nationwide scoring list!
News Coverage and Video Recap
Here is a video recap of last night’s win and some coverage of the game in the press. NOTE: This is the first time in CIF State history that any 16 seeded team makes it to the Regional Finals. Get all the basketball news at vths.org/category/basketball/ Read the article from the562.org.
History in the Making
Valley Torah won the CIF State Regional Semifinal game vs. Millikan 72-59! Our next game is the Regional Final this Tuesday in San Diego vs . Scripps Ranch. This is farther into the State Championship than any Jewish team has every gone before! Keep up with all the basketball news at vths.org/category/basketball/ Here is theContinue reading “History in the Making”
Seniors vs. Staff and BBQ
The VTHS Boys Division Rosh Chodesh Adar II activities began with a gala BBQ lunch and was followed by an exciting seniors vs. staff basketball game. The staff came out strong and put up a big lead. But, the steam ran out of the staff machine and the seniors came back eke out a win,Continue reading “Seniors vs. Staff and BBQ”
On to the Third Round
Valley Torah defeated Chatsworth High School (yes, the big public school) by a score of 69-49! We are moving forward to the third round of the CIF State Championship. It seems that we will be playing on Moatzaei Shabbos in Long Beach against Millikan. See more Basketball news at vths.org/category/basketball/ Here is the bracket andContinue reading “On to the Third Round”
First Win On the Way to State
Valley Torah (#16) upset Westchester (#1) 66-52 in the first round of the CIF State Division 4 Championship. We are scheduled to play #8 ranked Chatsworth at Chatsworth High on Thursday at 7:00 PM. You need to purchase tickets in advance from the CIF. Here is a wrap-up of the game from Coach Lior: LastContinue reading “First Win On the Way to State”
CIF State Championship
Valley Torah Boys Division Basketball team (ranked #16) will be playing Westchester (ranked #1) in the CIF State Division 4 Championship first round game this Tuesday. Here is the bracket. See more basketball team news at: vths.org/category/basketball/
Semifinal Game Scoring Updates
The game is starting soon. The score will be updated here often. They score first VT down 2-0. Our boys are making more noise. Johnny Dan shoots free throws. Makes both. 2-2. Trading baskets. We lead 5-4. Another three. 8-4 VT. They retake lead 9-8 DP. We score. End of first quarter: VT leads 10-8.Continue reading “Semifinal Game Scoring Updates”
Semi-final Game Tonight
The Boys Varsity Basketball team – currently ranked #2 in the CIFSS Section 4A – will be playing the #1 ranked team, Dos Pueblos, in Goleta tonight at 7:00 PM. This is the fourth round of the playoffs. (We are the only Jewish team this year to make it this far in the playoffs.) IfContinue reading “Semi-final Game Tonight”
Quarter Final Game Coming Up
We won our first two playoff games. We are now set to face the #8 ranked team – Workman High School – this Motzaei Shabbos in the Quarter Final game. The game will be held at our home gym (Bell-Jeff High School) at 8:30 PM, Feb. 19. You need to purchase tickets from the CIFContinue reading “Quarter Final Game Coming Up”
First Playoff Game in the Books
The VTHS Boys Varsity Basketball team played their first playoff game of this season against Foothill Tech. Valley Torah easily won by the score of 76-37!!
Boys Basketball Playoff Brackets
The Valley Torah Boys Basketball team’s first playoff game is this Thursday. We are ranked #3 in CIF Southern Section Division 4A. See the bracket below.