JV BOYS TRAVEL ALL THE WAY TO DEAL TO COOL DOWN THE HEAT

This past Thursday night, the SAR JV boys basketball team travelled all the way to Deal, NJ to take on the Hillel Heat. Led in a balance of scoring by Drew Greenbaum's 14, Sammy Sokol's 14, and Noah Grun's 10, the Sting jumped out to a big lead, and never turned back. To clarify how dominant the Sting were tonight, let's just say they scored 22 points in the 1st and 22 again in the 3rd. The JV boys are now 2-0 in the regular season and hope to continue their elite scoring and dominance in the upcoming games. 

VARSITY GIRL DOMINANCE IS UPON US!!!

The girls Varsity basketball team continues to dominate, standing at 5-0 entering a break before The David Cooper Memorial Tournament hosted at SAR. This past Sunday, November 15th they defeated Hillel at Hillel. The game started off close but after a key defensive switch SAR pulled ahead. Everyone on the court contributed their part, the key being they got the win. Later in the week on Tuesday the girls faced Bruriah. This seemed to be their toughest competition yet. Bruriah took the lead early on and left SAR trailing at the half by 2. After halftime SAR was determined to win. Entering the third quarter they put up 8 straight points leaving Bruriah behind. SAR never slowed down, as they kept the lead for the rest of the game. With great ball movement and spectacular play from standout Freshman Adira Orbach, the Sting were able to finish off the game strong.

By Dahlia Fischer

SAR JV FALL TO THE COUGARS BUT TIE WITH THE STORM IN PAST 2 GAMES

The SAR Sting JV Hockey team traveled to Paramus NJ to face the Frisch Cougars in the first game of a JV- Varsity doubleheader. The game, which featured two of the league’s best players, Frisch’s Benjy Feintuch and SAR’s Gordie Kolb. The game started off with a bang, with Feintuch beating SAR goaltender Jacob Nayowitz two minutes into the game, giving Frisch a 1-0 lead. Feintuch and the Cougars kept piling on the Sting, and opened up a 3-0 lead in the first 7 minutes of action. Nayowitz, after the third Frisch goal, was pulled for freshman goalie Henri Kolb. The move did not help, as Frisch scored 4 goals in the second period, opening up a 7-1 lead. SAR would add two goals late from Ethan Shafer and Jonathan Haims. Netanel Fiorino scored for the Sting in the first period.

Looking to rebound from a 7-3 loss at Frisch, the JV STING hosted the TABC Storm in a very important game Monday night at the hive. TABC took a 1-0 lead in the first period, and the score held until late in the third period. On a power play, freshman Johnny Haims sniped the puck over TABC goalkeeper Refi Minsky, tying the game. The game went to overtime, and neither team was able to score the winner. The game ended tied 1-1

By Joseph Mogilner

VARSITY BOYS SPLIT PAST TWO GAMES

In the second game of the doubleheader, the Varsity Sting looked to write the ship and make up for the JV team’s loss. The game started off promisingly for the Sting, as a powerplay goal from Josh Rosenberg sent the game into the second period with a score of 1-1. Then, Frisch opened the floodgates, scoring 3 goals in the first 2:47 minutes of the 2nd period. SAR was not able to rebound, and Frisch goalie Matthew Reinhart kept SAR at one goal until the game was in blowout mode. Jason Burian scored on a powerplay, and Eli Gelfand added another late goal, and the game ended with a final score of 7-3.

Looking to rebound from a 7-3 loss at Frisch, the Varsity Sting hosted the Kushner Cobras last Saturday Night at the hive. The Sting, playing angry and inspired jumping out to a 5-0 lead in the first two periods, with Azi Lavi scoring a beautiful goal as time expired in the second. The Sting went on to win the game 7-0, with 7 different players scoring. The goal scorers were josh Rosenberg, Solomon Freilich, Shua Friedman, Jason Burian , Joey Mogilner and captain Azi Lavi.

By Joseph Mogilner

GIRLS VARSITY BASKETBALL FIRST 3 GAME SUMMARY

The girls varsity basketball team cannot be off to a better start. In their first game against Westchester, SAR immediately found their groove as they broke the game wide open. Throughout the game their shooting was unstoppable, led by guard Leah Shulman scoring 15 points respectively. In their second game they picked up right where they left off but this time switching their approach to an inside game. Center Jessica Hecht came up big in rebounding as well as points and put up 12. Working with her sister Sophie who fed off of Jessica’s energy and contributed 16 herself. Throughout both games SAR played an incredible trap defense forcing many turnovers leading to many fast breaks, they hope to continue to use this defense throughout the season to not only play a set offense but to show teams that they can run with the ball as well.

In their third game against Maayanot SAR experienced some issues. After a timeout called by SAR in the first quarter they became a little calmer. The game continued to go back and forth leaving the score tied at halftime 21-21. Coming out of the break SAR was determined to win. Point guard Dahlia Fischer hit two threes to jump start SAR’s offense. They gained the lead and slowly broke the game open. SAR never looked back as they continued to play strong defense forcing Maayanot to commit unwanted turnovers. Dahlia Fischer led the team with 21 points, as the SAR girls varsity basketball earned their 3rd win of the season.


By Dahlia Fischer

FIRST THREE GAME SUMMARY FOR VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL

October 27th-

It was the home opener of the 2015-2016 season for the Varsity Boys Basketball team as they prepared to take on local rival, MTA. After coming up short against DRS in the preseason MDY tournament final, SAR was out for revenge. After the tip, SAR controlled the momentum throughout the quarter as they were up 11-4 at the end of the 1st. This momentum continued into the 2nd, as SAR built a commanding 24-8 lead. Out of the half, SAR could not stop their all out scoring barrage, as they created a commanding 24 point lead as the 3rd quarter came to a close. SAR went on to defeat the Lions 50-33. Led by Kubersky's 18, the Sting looked forward to taking on the JEC Thunder. 

November 3rd- 

Although SAR destroyed MTA for their 1st regular season game of the season, JEC was going to be another story. The Thunder are known for their strong guard play from Senior Shemaryahu Shulman and Junior Raanan Kimmel. This would prove to be quite the challenge. Right off the bat, Kimmel and Shulman came out hot, hitting a few quick threes, quickly switching the momentum to the Thunder's side. While SAR prepared for the potential of a shooting clinic, this game plan proved to be ineffective, as JEC led the Sting 33-18 at the end of the half. However, the Sting never gave up! Even though they were still down 43-30 going into the 4th, a comeback was soon to come... With knockdown shooting from guards Eli Friedman and Daniel Wisotsky, SAR chopped the lead down to only 2 points! But, SAR's comeback came up short after a missed three from Eitan Hain. This would ultimately force free throws in which Kimmel never planned on missing. The Sting went on to lose to JEC 51-47 to pick up their 1st regular season loss of their 2015-2016 campaign. Next up, Ramaz!

November 5th- 

For their 3rd game of the season, SAR looked to face the Ramaz Rams. The Rams are without their strong senior class and are mainly focusing on making this season a rebuilding one. Long story short, they have low expectations *SHOTS FIRED*?. Regardless, SAR felt no challenge and rammed their way through the Rams, going up 32-19 at the end of the 1st half. Then built on their lead, making it 46-23. The Sting defeated the Rams 51-37 led by Eli Friedman's 11 points. They now look forward to their upcoming tournament in Los Angeles, California which includes teams such as Frisch, Yula, Shalhevet and others.