Two students at NYHS  are reviving the broadcasting club to commentate on the NYHS Lions’ basketball games for those who cannot attend. 

Elie Harel and Audrey Hoffman, freshman and sophomore at NYHS, run the club. They will be attending the varsity boys basketball games live at the Seattle Hebrew Academy gym, which is the NYHS Lions’ home court. 

Hoffman and Harel started this club for a simple reason: they think that it will be fun. 

“I really wanted to do it because it seems like a really fun thing, and there was no interest in anybody else doing it this year,” Hoffman said. 

Many families live outside of Seattle, in places such as Bellevue, Mercer Island, and Issaquah. Some families live in Seattle but are far from SHA. Therefore, they cannot make it to the games. Hoffman’s father, Ari Hoffman, and her brother Izzy Hoffman have broadcast games in previous years. Last year, Izzy Hoffman was in charge, but he graduated from NYHS. Hoffman decided that she was going to keep the club going and took charge this year.  

“My brother did it last year, and he looked like he was having a great time,” Hoffman said.  “So I wanted to do it too.” 

Ari Hoffman is a radio show host (The Ari Hoffman Show, 570 AM), and sets up all of the details of radio work. 

This club is mainly to be these two casters, but on rare occasions, they will have other people commenting if the main hosts can not make it. 

The broadcasts will be able to be seen either on the main NYHS YouTube page or on the NYHS Basketball channel. 

They plan to have a booth where they will discuss the game with each other. 

“We’re going to be at the game live, doing the commentary, and we’ll set up at a table near the stage,” Hoffman said. 

The duo will also have guests on the show during any breaks. 

“We’ll bring in a coach, or bring in my dad, bring in…fun people,” Hoffman said. 

All in all, this is supposed to be a fun and interactive experience with the game. 

“It’s so everybody can understand what’s going on,” Hoffman said, “and it’s gonna be a fun experience. It makes it feel more like a real game.”