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Decisive win
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By Leah Vann
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Modern
Yavneh captures its first outright
boys' basketball state title
Photos: Ron Romaner
Yavneh Head Coach and Athletic Director David Zimmerman, Yavneh senior and
Co-captain Jonah Eber and Assistant Coach Zack Pollack.
a Torah scroll down to the hotel,
while parents prepped a warm
feast before sunset and made
arrangements with the hotel to
reserve a room for services. All
electrical devices were turned off,
and players held services Friday
night and Saturday morning, not
holding back on a feast of tuna,
dairy and sweets just before
taking the court.
“We’re not watching films
or shooting around like other
teams,” Zimmerman said.
“The coach in me had to put
that on hold for the Jew in me.
a lot of hurdles
a Modern Orthodox Jewish
basketball team has to face to even
play high school basketball, let
alone win a state championship.
On Saturday, Feb. 29, Yavneh
defeated Rosehill Christian 50-35
to capture its first outright state
title. It marked the first time in
history a Jewish high school in
the United States won a state
championship in basketball.
“One of the things that
drove me crazy growing up was
hearing that Jews can be doctors,
lawyers, but can’t play sports,”
Yavneh athletic director and
head basketball coach David
Zimmerman said. “It was one
of those stereotypes I went on
to and now we’ve broken that
stereotype forever. Now, young
Jewish boys and girls can look
at what we did and say, ‘Hey you
can grow up and try to win the
state championship in basketball.
Don’t let anyone tell you you’re
different from anyone else.’”
Yavneh Academy has been a
member of the Texas Association
of Private and Parochial Schools
since the 2013-14 season,
following the Robert M. Beren
Academy’s lawsuit with the
organization which enforced
that game schedules should
accommodate Jewish schools
which don’t play on the Sabbath.
Before that, Yavneh
Academy played independently,
challenging teams willing to
fit the school in their regular-
season schedule.
Being a member of TAPPS
means that Yavneh is one of three
Jewish schools in the state of
Texas competing against mostly
Christian schools. Many gyms
the team walks into have never
met a Jew before, and in a world
where anti-Semitism is still
present, Zimmerman emphasizes
how important it is for the team
to set an example.
“The Yavneh way is making
sure our students needed to be
ambassadors both on and off the
court, representing not just the
school but the community and
our faith,” Zimmerman said.
“We played Marble Falls’ Faith
Academy in Waco and when
the game ended we got an email
from their head of school and
our office was fielding calls from
their parents about how amazing
and classy our team and players
were.”
But beyond walking into
culture-shocked gyms across a
predominantly Christian state,
Yavneh also faced the dilemma
of Shabbat falling in between its
state semifinal and final games.
Following its 68-35 defeat of
Midland Classical Academy at 11
a.m. Friday, the players, coaches
and parents had to prepare to
observe Shabbat in a Super 8
Motel in Hillsboro, Texas.
Rabbi Michel Lomner, a
faculty member at Yavneh, drove
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