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High School Girls Basketball:
Lady Renegades Rolls Past Lenape

Tuesday, December 22, 1998

By Art Redd
SJSports Staff Writer

Talk about a player finding the range on her jump shots... Shawnee's Lynlee Phillips could do no wrong when she hit seven 3-pointers Tuesday night at Lenape High School in an Olympic Conference game. This was Shawnee's second victory in as many games to start the season out undefeated. The Renegades had little problem getting a 63-44 win on the road.
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High School Boys Basketball:
Lenape Loses Its 2nd In A Row

Tuesday, December 22, 1998

By Steve Robbins
SJSports Student Correspondent

Coach Kevin Kelly's Lenape Indians (0-2) lost a hard fought battle to their rivals, the Shawnee Renegades (2-0), 49-60. Shawnee's much-hyped point guard, Sean Mulholland, played sparingly throughout the first half after an ankle injury that occurred early in the first quarter. However, with Shawnee's pressure defense and with Michael Medvedtz's outstanding play, they took an early lead and never looked back.
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High School Wrestling:
Overbrook Holds On To Defeat Edgewood 42-36

Saturday, December 19, 1998

By Stephanie Conn & Boog Williams
SJSports Staff Writers

The meet started off with excitement and ended with excitement. The first match, at weight class 103, had Overbrook's Frank Frochlick pin Edgewood's Stephon Tompson with 57 seconds left in the first period to give Overbrook a 6-0 lead. At 112, Gary DeBridle (O) won by forfeit to make the score 12-0. At 119, Ryan Saunders (O) pinned David Casaboon (E) to make the score 18-0. At 125, Jeff Mullen (E) scored a 14 - 2 win over George Larsen to make the score 18-4.
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High School Wrestling:
Shawnee Tops Pine Barrens Classic

Saturday, December 19, 1998

By Forrest Robleto
SJSports Staff Writer

The Big Guy, Dave Webb took the heavy weight division over John Ashton as Shawnee took top honors at the Pine Barrens Classic on Saturday. Doug Easlick took a minute four to pin his Egg Harbor opponent Alex Martinez to pass his older brother's win record at Cherokee.
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High School Boys Basketball:
Camden Starts Season With Easy Victory

Friday, December 18, 1998

By Art Redd
SJSports Staff Writer

For Camden High School, the biggest question was whether top-scorer Dajuan Wagner would remain at Camden. Once rumored to be transferring to the Panthers' conference rival Camden Catholic, Wagner remained at Camden for his sophomore year. The Cherokee Chiefs hosted this Olympic Conference openining season game on the losing end. Camden had little problem starting the season off with a 67-35 victory.
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High School Boys Basketball:
Washington Township Cruises Over Highland In Season Opener

Friday, December 18, 1998

By Mike Costantino
SJSports Staff Writer

The Minutemen from Washington Township began their '98-99 season at home by routing the Highland Tartans 58-20 in a varsity basketball game played on Friday night. It was a meeting between two Olympic American Division teams. The Minutemen were without senior guard Jamie Huckel.
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High School Ice Hockey:
Clearview Defeats Eastern In Battle For First Place

Friday, December 18, 1998

By Mike Costantino
SJSports Staff Writer

In an entertaining game played Friday night at Hollydell, Clearview defeated the defending champions from Eastern High School 5-2. The game started with Eastern spending the first minute in the Clearview zone, but goaltender Rich Reeger stymied the Vikings on two close-in scoring chances. Clearview would score on their first shot by Ryan Arnold, and it was 1-0 with less than two minutes played.
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High School Boys Basketball:
Bishop Eustace Outlasts Edgewood In Opener

Friday, December 18, 1998

By Boog Williams
SJSports Staff Writer

The 1998-99 boys basketball season is now in progress. With the NBA not playing, why not go and support the local kids in your area as they play a very competitive, fast paced, game? (Click here to see video of the tip off between Bishop Eustace and Edgewood.) The game between the Crusaders and the Eagles was a perfect example.
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