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| CHEMERINSKI, STEINMETZ TAKE TOP HONORS |
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Jewish Hoops America has selected Eitan Chemerinski, a 6-foot-9 senior forward for Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville, MD, as the 2009 National Player of the Year.
Chemerinski, who is expected to play for Cornell in the fall, led the Lions to a 22-1 record and the #2 ranking in the final Jewish Hoops America poll.
The Coach of the Year is Elliot Steinmetz, who steered his Hebrew Academy of Nassau County Hurricanes (HANC/Uniondale,NY) to the #1 national ranking and the school's first ever championship in the Metropolitan Yeshiva High School Basketball League.
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The below is an email conversation with Coach Phil Martelli of St. Joseph's (PA) from October of 2006.
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My first experience in this rivalry was a fantastic one. A packed house, well before the game started. Students from both sides chanting, faces painted. An experience that I and all the players involved will remember long after their playing days have passed.
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The Origins and First 40 Years of Yeshiva Maccabee Basketball
By David Gleicher
It happened in the 1936-37 season: The score was tied 29-29 against Manhattan College of Staten Island as the game entered its final minute. Close games are always physical and Hough of Manhattan pushed Yeshiva’s captain Max Levy to show him who was boss. Levy, disagreeing with Hough, pushed back, and the angered Manhattan player responded with a punch to Levy’s head. Levy jumped on Hough, but was restrained by his teammates. The ref refused to continue the game and the result of the first Yeshiva basketball fight was its only tie game.
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