ליגת בוגרים ירושלים – פתיחת עונה 2023-2024
פלאג בוגרים ירושלים
Nov. 10-11 2023
By: Yehuda Mendlowitz
Friday
Aish vs Old School 22-13
On the opening drive of the first game of the day, Old School drove down the field but on second and goal Samuel Krasner of TVAish made a one handed toe tapping interception in the back of the end zone to give TVAish the ball. TVAish went three and out on their first drive, punting the ball back to Old School, who then had a two play drive ending in a 7 yard Touchdown pass from Zach Stern to Amir White, Old School converted on their extra point making it 7-0 Old School. TVAish answered with a nice long drive down the field, converting on a couple first downs and a big 22 yard completion to Amittai Najman-Licht getting TVAish in position to score a 2 yard one handed Touchdown catch by Jeremy Klein and the extra point was completed between two guys in the back left side of the endzone to tie the game at 7. Old School went four and out on their next drive as Jeremy Klein got a sack on 4th down to turn the ball over. TVAish drove down the field, but on 3rd and goal Amir White had a sack and on 4th down Old School made a big stop, keeping the score tied at 7 going into the half. TVAish went three and out to start the second half, punting the ball back to Old School, but then got the ball back on deep pass that was tipped and picked off by Amittai Najman-Licht. TVAish then had a turnover on downs after a bad snap on 4th and 1. Old School drove all the way down the field to the goal line, but Najman-Licht had the play of the game with a huge 60 yard pick 6 on a tipped pass. The 2 point conversion was converted to Jeremy Making it 15-7 for TVAish. TVAish had a big sack on 4th and ten on the next drive giving them the ball back, and then scoring on a 15 yard catch by Charlie Froman who also completed the extra point making it 22-7. Old School scored a 19 yard Touchdown to Zevi Ganz on The following drive making it 22-13. They went for an onside kick, but were unsuccessful, ending the game at 22-13 for TVAish.
The Dogs vs Rocket Chai 6-15
The Jays started the game off with a three and out. Rocket Chai then got the ball and went downfield after a short slant that ended up going 45 yards for a Touchdown catch and run by Nissim Zahtz on third and long. Rocket Chai converted on the 2 point conversion making it 8-0. After 4 consecutive 3 and outs, The Jays drove down the field and scored on a 9 yard Elliot Katz Touchdown catch making it 8-6 Rocket Chai. Both teams failed to score on their last drives of the half keeping the score at 8-6. Both teams exchanged 3 and outs to start the second half, Rocket Chai’s QB Adam Schwartz tiptoed down the sideline for a very nice 20 yard Touchdown run, and after converting the extra point the score was 15-6 Rocket Chai. On the next possession Zevi Grunfeld of Rocket Chai made a great toe tapping interception with many players surrounding him. On the ensuing drive Rocket Chai went 3 and out and punted back to The Jays. The Jays drove downfield a bit but ultimately got sacked on 4th down by Akiva Lader and turned the ball over on downs. Rocket Chai went 3 and out and punted the ball again giving the ball back to The Jays for the final drive of the game. Akiva Lader stepped up again big time and had consecutive sacks to give him 4 sacks on the game and end the game at 15-6 for a Rocket Chai victory.
Motzash
Beis Vs Orange Tide 6-22
Beis went three and out on the first drive of the game and was forced to punt. On the punt, after a bad snap Dovi Geizhals got a safety to give Orange Tide an early 2-0 lead. On Orange Tides first drive they went three and out after a Yaakov Schlesinger sack. Beis then created a short drive but ended up turning it over on downs and giving the ball back to Orange Tide. Orange Tide was able to turn their next drive into points scoring on a 35 yard Touchdown pass to the Tight End Steve Steinmetz and tagged on the extra point to Yedidyah Cohen, giving them a 9-0 lead. Beis punted the ball back to Orange Tide on their next drive, who then went on a bit of a drive but ended up turning the ball over on downs after another Schlesinger sack. Beis then had a four and out with three straight incomplete passes to end their drive. Just two plays later Orange Tide scored on a very nice pass which turned into a 21 yard catch and run in the middle of the field by Yedidyah Cohen, and after a couple penalties Orange Tide converted on the extra point from 15 yards out making it 16-0. On the very next play, Mordechai Russell jumped the Beis pass and returned it to the 11 yard line. But on the next play Orange tied turned the ball right back over after Meir Cavilier put his hands under the ball on a sliding interception in the endzone right before it hit the ground to prevent Orange Tide from extending their lead before the half. Orange Tide managed to overcome a Beis sack by Dovi Beylus on the first drive of the second half, and were able to score on another Cohen Touchdown, this time to the corner of the endzone for 15 yards, but failed to convert on the extra point, making it 22-0. Beis threw another interception on their next drive, this time to Tzvi Pollack, but got the ball back on a Shlomo Warzberger interception after fighting for the ball in the endzone. Beis converted on two 4th downs on their next drive, and ended up scoring on a 12 yard Touchdown to Cavilier, but got sacked while attempting the extra point. Beis threw an incompletion while attempting the onside kick and the game ended with Orange Tide winning 22-6.
Lavoga Suiters vs Sulam 12-12 tie
Sulam opened the game with the ball, but ended up turning the ball over on downs after a couple sacks, the last one coming from Asher Ackerman on 4th down, giving the suiters the ball in the redzone. The Suiters were able to take advantage of the great field position and scored in two plays on a Mordechai Kreitenberg Touchdown from 10 yards out giving the Suiters a 6-0 lead. Despite two sacks by Avrumi Tepler on the next drive, Sulam managed to drive down the field, including a key QB run on 4th and short, and ended up scoring on a 10 yard Touchdwon to Tzvika tying the game at 6. The Suiters threw an interception to Rick, but Sulam failed to make anything off the interception, turning the ball over on downs 4 plays later. The Suiters went three and out and punted back to Sulam. Sulam got the ball back and they ended up turning the ball over at the end of the first half. The Suiters opened the second half with a great 7 play drive, scoring on a 10 yard Touchdown Pass from Eliezer Weissmandl, putting the Suiters up 12-6. On the first play of Sulams drive they hit their longest play of the year with a 50 yard bomb to Zack Weiner tying the game up at 12. After exchanging three and outs, the Suiters got the ball back but after a nice run by Weissmandl they got sacked putting them back at their original spot and ended up punting it back, giving Sulam a chance to win it on the last drive of the game. The Suiters had a big sack as time expired to end the game in a 12-12 tie.
