Livingston Temple Softball League 08/07/16

What seemed like the longest season we’ve ever had finally came to an end Sunday with perfect softball weather. In the A Division #1-#5 semi-final AABJD was down 6-3 in the 5^th inning in a game that looked like it could go either way. But as they usually do, Sharey Tefilo Israel found a way and scored 3 in the 5^th and 9 in the 6^th to win it 18-3. In the win, Mark Licht and Jason Grebin had 4 hits each while Steve Weissman and Dave Pressel had 3 apiece. The other semi-final was #2 Pine Brook vs. # 3 B’nai Brith and it was B’nai Brith jumping out early to a 9-0 lead. But Pine Brook closed the gap and made it close until a late surge in the visiting 6^th put BB up by 9 again as they held on for the 22-16 win. For BB, shortstop Alex Lee was 5-5 and 7 players on the team scored at least 2 runs. On defense Paul Veleleis made a lot of plays in the outfield to help hold off Pine Brook. In the A Division final STI jumped out to a 5-0 lead over BB and never looked back winning it 19-4. Ken Gorman led the attack with 4 hits. There were 3 hits each from Eric Rothfeld, Matt Katz, and Mark Licht. Jeff Becker had a homer in the win. On defense Eric Rothfeld threw out a runner at home from deep right field to end the 4^th inning. Jeff Gaier tagged out 2 runners at the plate.

In both B Division semi finals the visiting teams were giving away runs early. #3 B’nai Or fell behind #2 B’nai Jeshurun 10-1 after 1 inning and chased TBJ the whole game but slowly got it to a very tight 15-14 deficit while leaving the tying run at 3^rd in a 6 run 6^th inning. Final score TBJ 18, B’nai Or 16. Pitcher Scott Dodek had 4 hits for the winners. In the loss, Keith Barbarosh was 5-5 with a 2 run single, a run scoring triple, a 3 run homer and a grand slam (10 RBI’s). Jason Cohen had 3 hits and 4 runs. The other B Division semi final was #5 B’nai Israel vs. #8 AABJD/Ohr Torah and B’nai Israel had an early 7 run lead never looking back in a 16-9 win. In a very high scoring B Division final TBJ was ahead of B’nai Israel 20-15 in the bottom of the 6^th. They then proceeded to score 10 runs without recording an out. The final blow was a 2 run homer by Jason Miller to end the game. Also in the win, Dave Stecklowe scored 5 times and knocked a tape measure homerun that plated three. Final score TBJ 30, B’nai Israel 15.

A Division Champions 2016

Sharey Tefilo Israel

Standing left to right:

Jason Grebin, Eric Rothfeld, David Kramer, Steve Weissman, Mike Somekh, Dave Pressel, Mel Prager, Jeff Gaier, Todd Lurie

Kneeling left to right:

Bill Perlman, Matt Katz, Mark Licht, Cary Bayer,Ken Gorman, Jeff Becker, Dave Dennenberg, Rob Lazarus.

Missing from Photo:  Jared Bayer and Larry Feigenbaum

B Division Champions 2016

B'nai Jeshurun

Top - Paul Talbert, David Stecklow, Brett Freimauer, Dan Jacobs, Mike Birnberg, Eli Heitin, Rich Blann, Jason Conn

Bottom - Brett Rodriguez, Darren Port, Jason Miller, Marc Weinstein, Scott Dodek

	Livingston Temple Softball
	Playoff Results				8/7/2016
	A Division				B Division
		Semi's
#5	AABJD	3		#8	AABJD / Ohr Torah	9
#1	Sharey Tefilo Israel	18		#5	B'nai Israel	16
#3	B'nai Brith	22		#3	B'nai Or	16
#2	Pinebrook	16		#2	B'nai Jeshurun	18
		Finals
#3	B'nai Brith	4		#5	B'nai Israel	15
#1	Sharey Tefilo Israel	19		#2	B'nai Jeshurun	30

	Livingston Temple Softball
	2nd Round Playoff Schedule			8/07/2016
	Home team on bottom
	Games start at 9 AM
	2nd game immediately following
	A Division			B Division
		Game 1
	Okner			Heritage 1
#5	AABJD		#8	AABJD / Ohr Torah
#1	Sharey Tefilo Israel		#5	B'nai Israel
	Hillside			Heritage 2
#3	B'nai Brith		#3	B'nai Or
#2	Pinebrook		#2	B'nai Jeshurun
		Game 2
	Heritage 1			Heritage 2
		Finals
	Winners of Game 1			Winners of Game 1
	Home team highest seed			Home team highest seed

Livingston Temple Softball League 07/24/16

The first round of the playoffs in the B Division brought a few unexpected surprises yesterday. AABJD / Ohr Torah (3-8) has been in the league since 2011 and had never even been in a playoff game until this season. Matched up against the 9-1 #1 seed Agudath Israel, it didn't look promising. But in 3 extra innings Ohr / Torah prevailed 12-10 to move into the 2nd round next week. In the win, early homeruns off the bats of Amir Goldstein, Eric Feiler and Moshe Berkowitz had OT up 5-3 in the 4th inning. Agudath came back to take the lead 7-6 in the home 5th but it was tied at 7 after 7. Good pitching and good defense stopped the scoring for 2 innings but in the top of the 10th Ohr Torah scored 5 runs while holding CAI to 3 in the home 10th for the victory. Also for the winners, Eric Feiler was 3-5 & Joel Tenneberg 4-5. Pitcher Jerry Blugind finished innings 6-10 with a broken finger from an earlier comebacker.  B'nai Israel has been in the league a lot longer but the #5 seed had never won a playoff game until yesterday when they defeated #4 Temple Emanu-El  22-17. Next week B'nai Israel is matched up with AABJD / Ohr Torah in the 2nd round so one of these teams will be in the finals. #2 seed B'nai Jeshurun won their 1st round game 11-8 over B'nai Abraham. They will face #3 B'nai Or who defeated Beth Shalom 15-6. B'nai Or was up 10-1 after 2 innings and played solid defense the whole way never letting Beth Shalom get close. 11 out of the last 12 outs were on the ground including the game ending double play. SS Jason Cohen fielded 7 grounders with no errors. Jason also had a HR along with Bill Schlosser ( 3 RBI's , 3B) and Scott Charles.

Sharey Tefilo Israel took care of business in the A Division as the #1 seed outscored Temple Sholom 14-6. They will now face AABJD who defeated Temple Sinai 17-10. In the win, Greg Zuckerman had a 3 run homer with Chaim Goldman & Marty Moskovitz each knocking in 3 runs. #2 Pine Brook got by Suburban Torah 18-13 and they will face B'nai Brith in the 2nd round. Chabad jumped out in front of B'nai Brith 6-0 but in the bottom of the 2nd BB scored 4 to tighten the game up. BB was still down 7-5 into the bottom of the 5th but scored 4 to take a 9-7 lead and held on for the 10-9 win. A well pitched game by Wayne Neumann and strong defense by Ira Pearlman (LF) and Andrew Kasdan (SS) helped shut down Chabad from making a comeback. They had the tying run on 2nd with 2 outs in the top of the 7th. On offense, Paul Velelis, Andrew Kasdan, Ken Merber and Greg Weinberger all had timely hits for the winners. 

Livingston Temple Softball
			7/24/2016
1st Round Playoff results
A Division			B Division
Temple Sholom	6		AABJD / Ohr Torah	12	10 innings
Sharey Tefilo Israel	14		Agudath Israel	10
Chabad	9		Beth Shalom	6
B'nai Brith	10		B'nai Or	15
Suburban Torah	13		B'nai Israel	22
Pinebrook	18		Temple Emanu-El	17
AABJD	17		B'nai Abraham	8
Temple Sinai	10		B'nai Jeshurun	11

 LIVINGSTON TEMPLE LEAGUE PLAYOFF'S     7/17/16   


Home team listed first
Games start at 10:00 AM

Okner	MP 1	Oval	Her 1	Her 2	MP 2	Hillside	MP 3
A1-A8	A4-A5	A2-A7	B1-B8	B3-B6	B4-B5	B2-B7	A3-A6

                                                                                                            
Playoff seedings below:

A Division                                                                                                                                                               

A1 - Sharey Tefilo Israel

A2 - Pine Brook

A3 - B'nai Brith

A4 - Temple Sinai

A5 - AABJD

A6 - Chabad

A7 - Suburban Torah

A8 - Temple Sholom   

B Division    

B1 - Agudath Israel

B2 - B'nai Jeshurun

B3 - B'nai Or

B4 - Temple Emanu-El

B5 - B'nai Israel

B6 - Beth Shalom

B7 - B'nai Abraham

B8 - AABJD / Ohr Torah                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

LIVINGSTON TEMPLE SOFTBALL LEAGUE
		Final Standings		7/17/16
Division A	W	L	Pct.	Scored	Allowed
Sharey Tefilo Israel	11	1	0.917	235	116
Pinebrook	7	5	0.583	187	197
B'nai Brith	6	6	0.500	169	158
Temple Sinai	6	6	0.500	150	161
AABJD	5	7	0.417	160	190
Chabad	5	7	0.417	151	165
Suburban Torah	5	7	0.417	157	159
Temple Sholom	3	9	0.250	135	198
Division B	W	L	Pct.	Scored	Allowed
Agudath Israel	9	1	0.900	173	116
B'nai Jeshurun	7	3	0.700	168	82
B'nai Or	7	4	0.636	139	146
Temple Emanu-El	6	5	0.545	146	144
B'nai Israel	6	5	0.545	169	191
Beth Shalom	5	5	0.500	110	120
B'nai Abraham	4	7	0.364	180	164
AABJD / Ohr Torah	3	8	0.273	112	188
Ner Tamid	1	10	0.091	111	157

A Division tie breakers

B'nai Brith #3 wins over Temple Sinai #4 with the 3rd tie breaker - avg. runs allowed

AABJD gets the 5th seed tying Chabad with the best record amongst the 3 way tied group.They were both 2-1 and Suburban Torah was 1-3. But AABJD wins the next tie breaker over Chabad - whom they defeated head to head. Chabad #6, Suburban #7.

B Division tie breakers

Temple Emanu-El wins head to head matchup with B'nai Israel

GAMES CANCELED 7/10 DUE TO WET FIELDS

WE WILL REPLAY THE SAME SCHEDULE NEXT SUNDAY

STANDINGS GOING INTO THE FINAL WEEKEND

Division A	W	L	Pct.	Scored	Allowed
Sharey Tefilo Israel	9	1	0.900	188	85
Temple Sinai	6	4	0.600	128	126
B'nai Brith	5	5	0.500	129	118
AABJD	5	5	0.500	129	143
Pinebrook	5	5	0.500	152	175
Suburban Torah	4	6	0.400	117	119
Chabad	4	6	0.400	127	147
Temple Sholom	2	8	0.200	117	174
Division B	W	L	Pct.	Scored	Allowed
Agudath Israel	8	1	0.889	155	100
B'nai Jeshurun	7	1	0.875	145	50
B'nai Or	6	3	0.667	120	127
B'nai Israel	5	5	0.500	152	177
Beth Shalom	4	4	0.500	94	97
Temple Emanu-El	4	5	0.444	122	132
B'nai Abraham	3	6	0.333	148	136
AABJD / Ohr Torah	2	7	0.222	80	158
Ner Tamid	1	8	0.111	90	129

DH 7/10  REGULARLY SCHEDULED
GAMES WILL BE PLAYED FIRST.
2nd GAME IS THE MAKEUP OF 5/8.
PLEASE CHECK ALL GAME FIELDS CAREFULLY. THEY HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED TO MAKE TRAVEL EASIER WHERE POSSIBLE.

We are not using behind the HS, Riker or Harrison. The Mount Pleasant fields will be used for the remainder of the season.
MP 1 - distant corner
MP - 2 closest to the school
MP 3 - closest to RT 10



1st game - 9:00 AM  2nd game approx. 10:30 AM

Okner	MP 1	Oval	Her 1	Her 2	MP 2	Hillside	MP 3	No Game
B4-B9	A8-A6	A2-A1	A7-A5	B5-B2	B6-B3	A4-A3	B10-B8	B7-B1
B6-B4	A6-A8	A1-A2	A5-A7	B2-B8	B7-B9	A3-A4	B10-B3	B1-B5

A Division	B Division
A1 - Sharey Tefilo Israel	B1 - BYE
A2 - AABJD	B2 - B'nai Jeshurun
A3 - Pinebrook	B3 - Beth Shalom
A4 - Temple Sinai	B4 - B'nai Or
A5 - Suburban Torah	B5 - Agudath Israel
A6 - Temple Sholom	B6 - Temple Emanu-El
A7 - B'nai Brith	B7 - B'nai Israel
A8 - Chabad	B8 - B'nai Abraham
	B9 - Ner Tamid
	B10 - AABJD / Ohr Torah

Livingston Temple Softball League 06/26/16

No one involved in B'nai Brith's 1st game against Temple Sinai last Sunday could have thought there'd be a softball game more exciting and tension filled than that one (What did they know?). BB saw a 12 run lead evaporate against a relentless Temple Sinai who turned a 13-1 deficit into a 14-13 advantage. But B'nai Brith came back to tie it at 14 and scored 4 in the top of the 8th on the way to an 18-14 win.  Strong hitting by Andrew Kasdan, Alex Lee and Ian Rappaport helped keep B'nai Brith in the game and Paul Velelis had a 3 run homer for the winners. Clutch pitching by Wayne Neumann in the bottom of the 8th allowed BB to hold on for the win. Sharey Tefilo (9-1) won two more games clinching another regular season A division title in this rain shortened season. Against B’nai Brith (2nd game) the score was 4-1 going into the 5^th when TSTI scored 6 runs to put the game away. They went  on to win 11-2 with Matt Katz, Cary Bayer and Steve Weissman each getting 2 hits, while Dave Dennenberg made several great plays in the field. In their 1st game, TSTI scored 6 runs in the 5^th and 8 runs in the 6^th to break open a close game enroute to a 28-13 win over Pine Brook. Eric Rothfeld led the attack with 5 hits, Cary Bayer had 4, and Jason Grebin, David Kramer, Matt Katz and Jeff Gaier each had 3. AABJD edged Chabad 25-24 highlighted by Jeff Falkenstein hitting for the cycle and Jay Gertleman’s homerun. In their first game though, AABJD fell to Temple Sholom 24-15 with Steve Holinstat going 5-6 (2 HR’s, 6 RBI’s) and Mark Fortgang 4-6 only a single short of the cycle in the win. Temple Sholom’s 2nd game was a 22-18 loss to Temple Sinai but in that contest Nate Treff was 4-4 and scored 4 times. Also for TSWE Jeff Goldberger was 4-5 and a double short of the cycle.

The B division race is  coming down to the 7/10 matchup between Agudath Israel (8-1) and B'nai Jeshurun (7-1) on what we are assuming will be the last day of the regular season. Agudath only had 1 game last week which was a 9-2 win over AABJD / Ohr Torah. Paul Aronoff had 2 homers in the win and was 3-3. Agudath played great defense led by Robert Field's tremendous diving catch. B'nai Jeshurun won both ends of their DH for their 7th straight win. They are also averaging a league low 6 runs allowed per game. But their next meeting vs. Agudath is against the highest scoring team in the league  (17 RPG). Ner Tamid lost both of their games but Justin Festa had 4 homers and a double on the day for NT. B'nai Or was down 8-5 to Temple Emanu-El in the 6th inning but batted around for 8 runs on the way to a 16-8 win. Eric Axler had a 3 run homer and 5 RBI's while Bill Schlosser and Fred Kain had 4 hits each. For Beth Shalom, Steve Siegal had a grand slam, 4 runs scored, 5 hits and 8 RBI's in a 23-7 win over AABJD / Ohr Torah. In their 2nd game, Beth Shalom was down 12-4 to B'nai Israel only because they threw out a runner at the plate and 2 runners at 3rd base (long strike from deep left center to 3rd by Eli Montag) with 3 outfield assists. Then they batted around in the bottom of the 6th to take a 13-12 lead only to fall in the 7th  16-13. In the loss, Eli Montag, Aaron Attermann and Steve Siegal all had homeruns. No game July4th weekend. Next games will be July 10th.

LIVINGSTON TEMPLE SOFTBALL LEAGUE
		Standings Week 10		6/26/16
Division A	W	L	Pct.	Scored	Allowed
Sharey Tefilo Israel	9	1	0.900	160	72
Temple Sinai	6	4	0.600	128	126
AABJD	5	5	0.500	114	119
Pinebrook	5	5	0.500	139	147
B'nai Brith	4	5	0.444	122	118
Suburban Torah	4	6	0.400	117	119
Chabad	4	6	0.400	127	147
Temple Sholom	2	7	0.222	93	152
Division B	W	L	Pct.	Scored	Allowed
Agudath Israel	8	1	0.889	155	100
B'nai Jeshurun	7	1	0.875	145	50
B'nai Or	6	3	0.667	120	127
B'nai Israel	5	5	0.500	152	177
Beth Shalom	4	4	0.500	94	97
Temple Emanu-El	4	5	0.444	122	132
B'nai Abraham	3	6	0.333	148	136
AABJD / Ohr Torah	2	7	0.222	80	158
Ner Tamid	1	8	0.111	90	129
Game 1			Game 2
Temple Sholom	24		Suburban Torah	20
AABJD	15		Pinebrook	14
Pinebrook	13		B'nai Brith	2
Sharey Tefilo Israel	28		Sharey Tefilo Israel	11
Chabad	14		Temple Sholom	18
Suburban Torah	9		Temple Sinai	22
B'nai Brith	18		Chabad	24
Temple Sinai	14		AABJD	25
Beth Shalom	23		B'nai Israel	16
AABJD / Ohr Torah	7		Beth Shalom	13
B'nai Or	16		B'nai Jeshurun	22
Temple Emanu-El	8		Ner Tamid	11
B'nai Abraham	4		B'nai Abraham	33
B'nai Jeshurun	20		B'nai Or	15
Ner Tamid	9		Agudath Israel	9
B'nai Israel	13		AABJD / Ohr Torah	2

DH 6/26  REGULARLY SCHEDULED
GAMES WILL BE PLAYED FIRST.
2nd GAME IS THE MAKEUP OF 5/1.
PLEASE CHECK 2nd GAME FIELDS CAREFULLY. THEY HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED TO MAKE TRAVEL EASIER WHERE POSSIBLE.

We are not using behind the HS, Riker or Harrison. The Mount Pleasant fields will be used for the remainder of the season.
MP 1 - distant corner
MP - 2 closest to the school
MP 3 - closest to RT 10



1st game - 9:00 AM  2nd game approx. 10:30 AM

Okner	MP 1	Oval	Her 1	Her 2	MP 2	Hillside	MP 3	No Game
A7-A4	A6-A2	A3-A1	B9-B7	B3-B10	B4-B6	B8-B2	A8-A5	B5-B1
A7-A1	A8-A2	A5-A3	B2-B9	B7-B3	B5-B10	B8-B4	A6-A4	B1-B6

A Division	B Division
A1 - Sharey Tefilo Israel	B1 - BYE
A2 - AABJD	B2 - B'nai Jeshurun
A3 - Pinebrook	B3 - Beth Shalom
A4 - Temple Sinai	B4 - B'nai Or
A5 - Suburban Torah	B5 - Agudath Israel
A6 - Temple Sholom	B6 - Temple Emanu-El
A7 - B'nai Brith	B7 - B'nai Israel
A8 - Chabad	B8 - B'nai Abraham
	B9 - Ner Tamid
	B10 - AABJD / Ohr Torah