Sports
BASKETBALL The elementary school's basketball team is the Hurricanes and the high school's team is the Bulldogs. The high school team is a member of the Yeshiva High School Athletic League which represents many of the Jewish day schools throughout the New York metropolitan area.
In December 2009, the high school varsity basketball team was invited to the Cooper Yeshiva High School Invitational Tournament located in Memphis, TN. The Bulldogs, in their very first major tournament, won the Championship of Tier 2. The coach of the high school basketball team is Mitchell Hill.
SOCCER In 2011, Derech HaTorah added a wrestling team and a soccer team to their roster.
WRESTLING In the 2012 Wittenberg Wrestling Invitational Tournament, the Bulldogs had 3 wrestlers to place in the top 3 of their respective weight classes. The coaches for that year were Marat Vigdorchik, Stas Khaitin and Jesse Markowitz. The captain was Orel Salman.
In the 2013 season, the two captains were Orel Salman and Avi Hoffman. After sustaining a knee injury, Avi Hoffman had to give up the title to Raphy Bitton, and went on to become the team's manager. 2013 coaches are Jesse Markowitz and Jacob Baum.
BASEBALL Derech HaTorah has had a baseball team during the 2009-2012 seasons. They have yet to win a single game.
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“I looked so much like a guy you couldn’t tell if I was a boy or a girl. I had no hair, I wore guys’ clothes, I walked like a guy ... [ellipsis in source] I didn’t do anything right except sports. I was a social dropout, but sports was a way I could be acceptable to other kids and to my family.”
—Karen Logan (b. 1949)
“It was so hard to pry this door open, and if I mess up I know the people behind me are going to have it that much harder. Because then there’s living proof. They can sit around and say, “See? It doesn’t work.” I don’t want to be their living proof.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)
“The whole idea of image is so confused. On the one hand, Madison Avenue is worried about the image of the players in a tennis tour. On the other hand, sports events are often sponsored by the makers of junk food, beer, and cigarettes. What’s the message when an athlete who works at keeping her body fit is sponsored by a sugar-filled snack that does more harm than good?”
—Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)