{"id":180022,"date":"2026-05-27T18:22:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=180022"},"modified":"2026-05-27T18:22:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:22:20","slug":"maccabi-tel-aviv-captures-youth-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/maccabi-tel-aviv-captures-youth-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Maccabi Tel Aviv captures youth championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maccabi Tel Aviv won the McDonald\u2019s Youth League championship as they defeated Hapoel Emek Hefer 78-62 in the second match of their two game total points series that finished 151-136. Yotam Halperin\u2019s yellow-and-blue squad completed the Double after winning the State Cup several weeks ago and by reclaiming the championship title.
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Tamir Gold – Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\nMaccabi jumped out to an early 11-0 lead as Halperin\u2019s team continued to show superiority by taking a 20-9 advantage. Amit Ben David\u2019s team slowly worked its way into the game, cutting the score to just 22-16 as they controlled the battle of the boards but Ron Stoller answered with a basket off an offensive rebound of his own. Yiftach Shalmon hit a corner 3-pointer and Tamir Gold extended the lead to 34-27 by halftime.<\/p>\n

Omri Orland scored the first points of the third quarter, but on the other side Liam Elkobi buried a triple to make it 41-31 for Maccabi as the yellow-and-blue\u2019s lead grew to 57-46 thanks to excellent defense. Elkobi opened the fourth quarter with another one from deep for the home side, while Yiftach Vashler answered with a three of his own and while HaEmek tried to mount a comeback, Maccabi knew how to respond on the way to the championship.
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Rom Stoller – Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\nStoller scored 17 points and Gold added 16 points in the win while Vashler scored 18 points and Yonatan Oz scored 15 points in the loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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