Brooklyn Technical High School, aka Brooklyn Tech, as seen from Ashland Place in Fort Greene. Wikimedia photo by Jim Henderson
It was a good run, but the Brooklyn Tech basketball Engineers unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Jan. 26. They fell 59-47 to Robeson Business Tech.
Miles Wurmfeld scored 12 for the Engineers, and Chadwyck Beckford added 12 with seven rebounds and two steals.
The loss dropped Tech’s record to 9-6. As for Robeson Business Tech, their victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them, up to 2-9.
Prior to their loss, the Engineers topped Sunset Park, 58-49. Baseer Mirza scored 12 for the winners with nine rebounds. Teammate Luke Opalack had a double-double on 14 points and 16 rebounds.
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Iona University’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams rolled to a pair of wins on Senior Day, last Saturday. The Iona women topped Manhattan by a score of 182-79 to pick up their third win of the season and the Iona men posted a 182-56 tally for their fifth win on the year.
Brooklyn’s Brian Baldwin (Xavier High School) was a winner in the 100-Butterfly (53.06). The MAAC Championships are set for February 14th.
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Jerry Donner, the former athletic director at LIU, reported on the South Florida Basketball Association Annual Legends Charity Luncheon staged at the Broken Sound Club last month in Boca Raton, Fla.
“Israel’s Mr. Basketball Tal Brody, NBA Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens (Boys High) and Miami Heats’ Tony Fiorentino were featured guests.
“Tal (Brody) flew in from Israel and mesmerized the audience with stories about his basketball journey and the incredible Maccabi Tel Aviv World Championship in 1977,” Donner writes. “Tal was introduced by award winning producer Dani Menkin, whose documentary, “On the Map,” tells the story of the Israeli victory.”
Donner added: “It’s impossible to hold an event like this without honoring the founder of the SFBA, Dave Weissman. Dave…
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