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Orthodox Jewish school loses championship game after Sabbath rescheduling

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March 2, 2012: The Beren Academy basketball team lines up during a prayer before a high school basketball game against Dallas Covenant in Fort Worth, Texas on Friday. The Orthodox Jewish school played an afternoon playoff game that was rescheduled so it doesn't conflict with the Sabbath. The Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools made the change after first rejecting appeals from Beren Academy to move the game. Beren won 58-46. (AP)

March 2, 2012: Beren Academy's Aaron Hakakian, right, hugs teammate Drayton Ratcliff (55) during the first half of a high school basketball game against Dallas Covenant in Fort Worth, Texas on Friday. The Orthodox Jewish school played an afternoon playoff game that was rescheduled so it doesn't conflict with the Sabbath. The Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools made the change after first rejecting appeals from Beren Academy to move the game. Beren won 58-46.  (AP)

March 2, 2012: Beren Academy's Albert Katz (1) and Aaron Hakakian (30) cheer for their teammates during the first half of a high school basketball game against Dallas Covenant in Fort Worth, Texas on Friday. The Orthodox Jewish school played an afternoon playoff game that was rescheduled so it doesn't conflict with the Sabbath. Beren won 58-46. Beren's Draton Ratcliff (55) an Isaac Jacobson (12) look on. (AP)

In this Feb. 28, 2012 photo, the Robert M. Beren Academy boys basketball team stretches out before practice in Houston. The Orthodox Jewish school in Texas has been reinstated to its state basketball tournament after a judge ordered organizers to reschedule the team's game so it doesn't conflict with the Sabbath. Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools director Edd Burleson said Thursday, March 1, 2012 that the association will honor the restraining order and allow Beren to play Friday afternoon. (AP/Houston Chronicle, Mayra Beltran)

Feb. 28, 2012: Roni Buchine, 14, practices with the Beren Academy boys' basketball team in Houston. (AP/Houston Chronicle, Mayra Beltran)

Feb. 28, 2012: Senior Isaac Mirwis, 18, shoots a 3-pointer during basketball practice at Beren Academy in Houston. (AP/Houston Chronicle, Mayra Beltran)