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High School Ice Hockey:
Township Overwhelms St. John Neumann

Sunday, October 24, 1999

By Mike Costantino
SJSports Staff Writer

Eight different players scored for Washington Township as they skated by St. John Neumann 10-1 in a JVA division game in the SJHSIHL played on Sunday. Township opened the scoring in the first period as Mike Smetaniuk jumped on a loose puck and fired home the shot just beyond the left face-off circle and it was 1-0. A few minutes later Joby Passanate scored off the face-off with Mike Schauffele assisting to make it 2-0.
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High School Football:
Eastern Gets Past Camden Catholic to Remain Undefeated

Saturday, October 23, 1999

By Art Redd
SJSports Staff Writer

The game with the Fighting Irish of Camden Catholic hosting the Vikings of Eastern High School did go as expected on Saturday afternoon. With the powerhouse Eastern sporting their undefeated record and the Irish showing that they can battle with the big dogs, the fans at Shamrock Field were treated to a very entertaining football game. To the surprise of everyone, Camden Catholic had stunned their opponents by going into the locker room at the half leading by one. The Vikings came out in the second half and score fourteen unanswered points to defeat the Irish 27-14.
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High School Football:
Edgewood's Defense Strikes Early In Win Over Cherry Hill West

Saturday, October 23, 1999

By Rellcam
SJSports Special Correspondent

The Edgewood Eagles defense, led by Roger Brown and Chris Catania, struck early and often. On Cherry Hill West's second possession, Eagles' cornerback Roger Brown picked up a fumble and raced 30 yards for the score, giving the Eagles a 14-0 lead early in the first quarter. On the Lions' following offensive series, Eagles' linebacker Chris Catania scooped up another Cherry Hill West fumble and used a nifty cutback move and outran his pursuers, giving Edgewood a 21-0 lead.
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High School Soccer:
Pitman Shuts Out Oakcrest 5-0

Saturday, October 23, 1999

By Boog Williams
SJSports Staff Writer

In a non-conference soccer game, the Oakcrest Falcons traveled to play the Pitman Panthers at the Alcyon Lake Park Complex. The Panthers outplayed the Falcons to the score of 5-0.
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High School Ice Hockey:
Clearview Rally Stuns Lenape

Friday, October 22, 1999

By Mike Costantino
SJSports Staff Writer

Gunnar Fox scored with fifty seconds left in the game as Clearview rallied from a three-goal deficit and defeated Lenape 4-3 in a SJHSIHL game played at Hollydell on Friday evening. Both teams were missing key players, but Lenape was starting their JV goalie Malloy, who played strong defensively and helped his team to a 1-0 lead when Jon Bianco scored with Dan Whitlock assisting.
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High School Ice Hockey:
Kelly's Hat Trick Leads Chiefs Over Eagles

Friday, October 22, 1999

By Mike Costantino
SJSports Staff Writer

Kyle Kelly scored three goals to lead Cherokee over West Deptford 6-4 in a SJHSIHL game played at Hollydell on Friday night. With the outstanding play of goaltender Phil Guinto, it looked like West Deptford might steal one as he denied Cherokee early on. The Chiefs came out and dominated the first six minutes, putting constant pressure on Guinto for most of the first half of the period that was spent in the West Deptford zone. Finally at the eight-minute mark, Bob Cook scored for the Eagles on the first shot of the game with Jay Bratton getting the assist.
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Team Conditioning Systems:
Athlete Spotlight: Kinia McGough

Thursday, October 21, 1999

By Joanne Costantino
SJSports Staff Writer

In her senior year at Rutgers University in Camden, Kinia McGough is confident and ready for business. A cheerleader for the Rutgers Raptors, Kinia is also an accounting major with professional affiliations already in the works. She has re-established the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) for the eastern region of the United States. NABA is a national organization that focuses on minority students who are majors in accounting and/or finance helping them to bridge the gap into the workplace and set up mentoring from professionals affiliated with the Philadelphia chapter. Kinia sits as President of the eastern region chapter at Rutgers.
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High School Ice Hockey:
Township Rolls Over Cinnaminson

Monday, October 18, 1999

By Jack Anderson
SJSports Special Correspondent

Washington Township continued to roll through the early part of its schedule with a 6-0 romp of Cinnaminson. Junior forward Joe Gori notched a hat trick, while Scott Singer, Bill Verdecchio and Steve Brown tallied a goal apiece. Senior defenseman Joe Junfola rang up 2 assists in the first period.
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High School Ice Hockey:
Renegades Too Much For Neumann

Monday, October 18, 1999

By Mike Costantino
SJSports Staff Writer

Shawnee defeated St. John Neumann 6-1 in a SJHSIHL game played at the Coliseum on Monday night. Despite being undersized and moving up from Tier 2 to Tier 1, the Pirates were only down 2-1 with four minutes left in the second period. Shawnee's Williams scored the first two goals of the game, one shorthanded as Shawnee led 2-0 heading into the second period.
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High School Ice Hockey:
Balanced Scoring Leads Eastern To Win

Monday, October 18, 1999

By Mike Costantino
SJSports Staff Writer

Five different players scored for Eastern in a 6-1 victory over Holy Cross in a SJHSIHL game played at the Coliseum on Monday night. For the second straight game, the Vikings had over fifty shots on goal but Lancer goaltender Brian Holland was outstanding in nets and kept Eastern off the scoreboard until the four minute mark. With the face-off in the Lancer zone, Adam Roy directed the puck to Mike Becker who skated in alone and beat Holland for the goal and the 1-0 lead.
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