Championship Round		Please note playoff seedings
August 3rd		10:00 AM
Field		Visitor	Home
Her 1	Tennis courts	A6 - Temple Sinai	A1 - Sharey Tefilo Israel
Her 2	Below BB	B5 - Suburban Torah	B3 - B'nai Brith

Livingston Temple Softball
			7/27/2014
2nd Round Playoff results
A Division			B Division
B'nai Shalom	11		Suburban Torah	12
Sharey Tefilo Israel	21		Temple Sholom	8
Temple Sinai	6		B'nai Brith	10
B'nai Jeshurun	5		Agudath Israel	9

Livingston Temple Softball League 07/27/14

The defending champions were down 8-0 before they even blinked as B'nai Shalom started quickly in the first inning of an A division semi final. The 8 runs to begin the game were twice as many as B'nai Shalom had scored against Sharey Tefilo Israel in 14 innings prior. But there was no panic in TSTI as they came back with 5 in the bottom of the inning and tightened up the defense to allow B'nai Shalom only 3 more runs to the bottom of the 4th. That's when TSTI exploded for 6 runs to take a 14-11 lead. B'nai Shalom was held scoreless the rest of the way and Sharey Tefilo Israel added 7 more for the 21-11 victory. Mike Somekh and Jason Grebin led the offense while Corey Feigenbaum and Dave Denenberg made key defensive plays for the winners. In the other semi final #6 seed Temple Sinai defeated #2 seed B'nai Jeshurun 6-5 one week after knocking off the #3 seed. They now face the #1 seed TSTI (16-0) in the final next Sunday. Only two #6 seeds have reached the finals in the A division so far. In 2004 #6 B'nai Or lost to #4 Sharey Tefilo Israel. But in 2011 #6 B'nai Shalom defeated #1 Lubavitch Center (now Chabad).

Top seeded in the B division was Temple Sholom of West Essex but despite turning 2 double plays and Brian Frese (3-3, 3 RBI's), Glenn Lieberman (3-3), and Ben Taylor with a 2 run triple, the #1 seeded team lost to #5 Suburban Torah 12-8.  In the other semi final of the B division, #2Agudath Israel had a 2 run lead going into the top of the 7th. For #3B'nai Brith Ian Rappaport led off with a single followed by singles from Jared Resnick and Jason Crimmins which tied it up at 8.  After 1 out Paul Velelis was knocked in by Ira Perlstein and Steve Miller's sac fly drove in the 4th run of the inning giving BB a 10-8 lead into the bottom of the 7th. CAI got one run across after 1 out but left the tying and winning runs on base to fall 10-9.  B'nai Brith's defense was outstanding in the win led by pitcher Howie Jacobs, 3rd baseman Ken Merber and especially right fielder Andrew Kasdan who made a highlight reel catch early and threw a runner out at 3rd base later ending a CAI rally. For Agudath Israel Charlie Kessler was 2-3 with a double and sac fly for 3 RBI's. Greg Adelsberg had 3 hits and 2 RBI's while staying in the game with a pulled quad. Paul Aronoff and Joe Kelmanovich also had 3 hits each. It was B'nai Brith's 2nd consecutive come from behind 1 run victory and now they face Suburban Torah in the B division final with the winner moving up to the A division. The teams have met twice this season and BB has won both times.  

Playoffs Round 2		Please note playoff seedings
July 27th		10:00 AM
Field		Visitor	Home
Okner		A4 - B'nai Shalom	A1 - Sharey Tefilo Israel
Oval		A6 - Temple Sinai	A2 - B'nai Jeshurun
Her 1	Tennis courts	B5 - Suburban Torah	B1 - Temple Sholom
Her 2	Below BB	B3 - B'nai Brith	B2 - Agudath Israel
Championship games
August 3rd
A division championship Heritage 1 Tennis Courts
B division championship Heritage 2 below BB

Livingston Temple Softball League 07/20/14

Sharey Tefilo Israel's win in the 1st round of the playoffs is the 6th game in a row they have won by 15 or more runs. Defeating Temple Emanu-El by a 21-6 margin moved them to 15-0 this season and they scored the 21 runs without a triple or HR. The only tense moment of the game was Dave Pressel's head first slide into the backstop on the 21st and game ending run. We were told after a few stitches at St. Barnabus he is fine. STI will now face B'nai Shalom who won a squeaker over Pine Brook 5-3. Great defense was the story of the game with highlight plays from Keith Bader, Michael Helderman and David Helderman. B'nai Shalom was ahead 4-3 in the 4th and scored an insurance run in the 5th with David Helderman's triple and Bill Chuven's RBI single. Michael Chuven had 3 hits in the win. Now they have the unenviable task of meeting a team in the semi finals that has beaten them 40-4 over the 2 games they played this season. In the other half of the draw in the A division, B'nai Jeshurun had a 5 run lead going into the 7th inning but with 2 outs B'nai Abraham scored 5 runs to tie it. In the bottom of the 7th though, B'nai Jeshurun got 3 hits in a row with Jason Conn getting the winner with his 3rd hit of the day to take it 11-10. They will now face the #6 seed Temple Sinai in the semi finals who defeated AABJD 10-8 to move on. During the regular season B'nai Jeshurun won both of their contests.

Temple Sholom had no problem as the #1 seed in the B division defeating Ner Tamid 19-4. After Ner Tamid scored 3 runs in the top of the third to tie the score at 4, TSWE's defense clamped down and they exploded for 15 runs in the next 3 innings to end it. Matt Kaplan was 4-4 with a bases clearing 2 out triple, Glenn Lieberman, Doug Rouse and Marc Wolf each were 3 for 3 and Marc Wolf had back to back triples. Jeff Goldberger's single knocked in the final run. Suburban Torah won the "early" game over B'nai Or by a 5-1 margin. B'nai Or had a 1-0 lead for 5 innings as both offenses slept through the game. But Suburban Torah's 4 run 6th was all they needed to coast to the next round. They now face the #1 seed who they played evenly this season going 1-1 and losing the runs for and against battle 28-27. Agudath Israel was having an easy time with Beth Shalom ahead 9-1 after 3 innings but by the time the top of the 7th rolled around Beth Shalom had the tying runs on base with one out. But they failed to push them across and lost the game 12-10. In the loss Mike Elchoness had a HR. In the win, Jason Kay was 3-3 with 3 RBI's, and Paul Aronoff had 3 hits, 2 doubles and 3 runs. Scott Reis also had a triple and a sure HR which the Hillside fence turned into a double. Next in line for CAI is B'nai Brith who just nipped Chabad 10-9.  B'nai Brith was also down 9-1 after 3 innings but held Chabad scoreless the rest of the way. BB chipped away but was still down 9-5 into the bottom of the 7th. Their first 2 batters scored making it 9-7 then Steve Miller's clutch 2 run single tied it up. a few batters later Andrew Kasdan ended it with an RBI single for the 10-9 win. Agudath Israel and B'nai Brith have not met since the first game of the season which was an 8-6 win for CAI. Out of the 8 games this weekend 5 were decided by 2 runs or less and a 6th was 1-0 for 5 innings. Good luck to the remaining 8 teams!

Livingston Temple Softball
			7/20/2014
1st Round Playoff results
A Division			B Division
Temple Emanu-El	6		Ner Tamid	4
Sharey Tefilo Israel	21		Temple Sholom	19
B'nai Abraham	10		Beth Shalom	10
B'nai Jeshurun	11		Agudath Israel	12
Temple Sinai	10		Chabad	9
AABJD	8		B'nai Brith	10
Pine Brook	3		Suburban Torah	5
B'nai Shalom	5		B'nai Or	1

Playoffs Round 1		Please note playoff seedings
July 20th		10:00 AM unless noted
Field		Visitor	Home
Okner		A8 - Temple Emanu-El	A1 - Sharey Tefilo Israel
MP 1	Distant corner	A5 - Pinebrook	A4 - B'nai Shalom
Oval		A7 - B'nai Abraham	A2 - B'nai Jeshurun
Her 1	Tennis courts	A6 - Temple Sinai	A3 - AABJD
Her 2	Below BB	B8 - Ner Tamid	B1 - Temple Sholom
MP 2	School	B5 - Suburban Torah *	B4 - B'nai Or  *
Hillside		B7 - Beth Shalom	B2 - Agudath Israel
MP 3	Rte 10	B6 - Chabad	B3 - B'nai Brith
*Game at MP2 9:00 AM start Playoffs Round 2
July 27th
Winners A1-A8 vs. A4-A5 at Okner
Winners A2-A7 vs. A3-A6 at Oval
Winners B1-B8 vs. B4-B5 at Heritage 1 Tennis courts
Winners B2-B7 vs. B3-B6 at Heritage 2 below BB
Championship games
August 3rd
A division championship Heritage 1 Tennis Courts
B division championship Heritage 2 below BB