The RYNJ Jaguars 6th grade team beat Yavneh on February 26th by the score of 50-24. The Jaguars took an early lead and never looked back. From Coby Mandel scoring the game’s first points until Benzion Rotblat scoring a buzzer-beater at the end, this game was an amazing start to the season.

Led by co-captains Tzvi Motechin, Pacey Jacoby, and Yonah Tarzik, the Jaguars played a solid game. “It was a total team effort,” said Motechin. “No-one scored more than eight points, we passed and shot the ball extremely well.”

The talented Yavneh team led By David Seisser and Daniel Stemple fought hard and made a game of it. But in the end RYNJ was too much to handle. Big man Coby Mandel led the Jaguar with eight points. Dani Pfeiffer chipped in with seven, Shai Friedman, David Markovitz, and Elie Dock each had six

The game was fun to watch the whole way. In the 4th quarter,

David Markovitz stole the ball and passed it ahead to Shai Friedman with about 5 seconds to go. Benzion Rotblat, looking to join in the scoring hustled down court. Shai missed the scoop and with 1.3 seconds left, Benzion put it right back up.

Refuah Shelema to Daniel Gopin, who had surgery on his left foot before the season, and also to Yosef Fleischman, who played only five minutes before a sore knee forced him to sit out the remained of the game.

By Shimon Staum