10-17-2012 | 2012 COOPER INVITATIONAL SEEDING RELEASED; MAGEN DAVID YESHIVAH TAKES NO. 1 SEED IN STACKED FIELD

10-17-2012 | 2012 COOPER INVITATIONAL SEEDING RELEASED;MAGEN DAVID YESHIVAH TAKES NO. 1 SEED IN STACKED FIELD

By Cooper Invitational Staff

At 11:00 AM CST this morning, the Cooper Invitational released the 16 team tournament seeding and first round match-ups for the 2012 event slated to tip-off October 25, 2012.

The Magen David Yeshivah WARRIORS will open the Invitational as the Number 1 overall seed with the defending Yeshiva League Champion Frisch Cougars, and 2-time defending Cooper Champion, YULA Panthers, rounding out the top 3. But there will be no cakewalks in 2012 Invitational bracket; with national powerhouses from across the country participating, the Cooper Invitational, top to bottom, will be one of the most competitive Tournaments anywhere this year:

1. Magen David Yeshivah WARRIORS Brooklyn, NY

2. The Frisch School COUGARS Paramus, NJ

3. Yeshiva University of Los Angeles PANTHERS Los Angeles, CA

4. Northshore Hebrew Academy STARS Great Neck, NY

5. SAR High School STING Riverdale, NY

6. Chicago Community TIGERS Deerfield, IL

7. Yavneh Academy BULLDOGS Dallas, TX

8. Cooper Yeshiva MACABBEES Memphis, TN

9. The New Community Jewish High School JAGUARS West Hills, CA

10. Rabbi Alexander S. Gross Hebrew Academy WARRIORS Miami Beach, FL

11. Weinbaum Yeshiva High School STORM Boca Raton, FL

12. American Hebrew Academy EAGLES Greensboro, NC

13. The Fasman Yeshiva High School Skokie, IL

14. Rambam Mesivta RAVENS Lawrence, NY

15. Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School COBRAS Livingston, NJ

16. Yeshiva Atlanta LIONS Atlanta, GA

Below, please find the complete list of seeding and the Round 1 game schedule:

1:00 p.m. (7) Yavneh Academy vs. (10) RASG

1:15 p.m. (6) Chicago Community vs. (11) Weinbaum Yeshiva

2:30 p.m. (1) Magen David vs. (16) Yeshiva Atlanta

2:45 p.m. (2) The Frisch School vs. (15) Kusnher Yeshiva H.S.

4:00 p.m. (3) YULA vs. (14) Rambam Mesivta

4:15 p.m. (4) Northshore vs. (13) Fasman Yeshiva H.S.

5:30 p.m. (5) SAR vs. (12) AHA

5:30 p.m. (8) Cooper Yeshiva vs. (9) New Community Jewish H.S.

Rosters for all tournament teams can be viewed on the “Teams” page of the Web-HQ at www.cooperinvitational.com. Stay tuned to all the action beginning with tip-off at 1:00 pm CST on Thursday, October 25, 2012, by watching the games LIVE in full HD on the internet via the Web-HQ.