by Kuti Schoen

October 16, 2026

Valley Torah lost to YULA 41-7 in flag-football on October 15th at Whitsett Fields.

In the lead up to the game, confidence was high, the only reservation being  their star player Meir Dan not playing due to injury.

The game started pretty even when YULA struck first scoring two straight touchdowns going up 12-0. With one minute left in the first half Dani Riss threw up an amazing deep ball to Adam Sakoff to get within five yards of the touchdown. On the last play of the half Dani Riss threw a good pass to Mati Kovitz but the ref missed a passing interference call leading to a pick six at the end of the half the score was 18-0 Yula’s lead.

In the second half Yula scored another touchdown going up 24-0. On the next drive Valley Torah’s quarterback Dani Riss rushed for a touchdown diving into the end-zone and scoring the 1 point conversion making the score 24-7. After that Yula scored 3 straight touchdowns winning the game 41-7.