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South Jersey Ice Hockey:
Jaguars Win Philadelphia Silver Stick Regional Tournament

Sunday, September 15, 2002

By Tom Basehore
Jaguars Midget A Correspondent

Jaguars Midget A team won the Philadelphia Silver Stick Regional Tournament Midget A division on Sunday with a 3-0 victory over the Philadelphia Quakers. The team now plays in the North American Championship January 17th-19th in Sarnia, Ontario. The Jaguars went 5-0, defeating the Delco Phantoms (Delaware County Pa), Ramapo Saints(Ramapo, NJ), East Coast Eagles (Raleigh, NC), American Eagles (Brick, NJ) and the Quakers allowing only 3 goals while scoring 21 goals. The Jaguars play in New Jersey Youth Hockey League, their home rink is Highridge Ice Arena in Gibbsboro NJ.
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High School Field Hockey:
Pitman Shuts Out Audubon For First Win of Season

Saturday, September 14, 2002

By Crystal Parker
SJSports Staff Writer

Right in the middle of the first weekend of high school sports, it was field hockey instead of football that was played Saturday afternoon at Audubon High School. Today's action matched up the Lady Panthers from Pitman going up against the Green Wave. Pitman was not very hospitable as they marched in and right out of Audubon with a shut out victory. Jaci Myers, Tina Weil and Danielle Soliai all scored for Pitman as they posted a three nothing shut out.
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High School Volleyball:
Lady Vikings Capture 8th Viking Invitational

Saturday, September 14, 2002

By John Daglian
SJSports Staff Writer

The 8th annual Viking invitational Girls Volleyball tournament was held at Eastern High School. This tournament normally features several of the top Group 4 schools in the state. This year the participating schools were Eastern, Cherry Hill East, Cherry Hill West, Memorial, Columbia, Fairlawn, Wayne Hills, Hackensack, West Windsor South and Clifton.
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High School Football:
Eagles' Walls Leads Ground Attack Past Woodbury

Saturday, September 14, 2002

By Art Redd
SJSports Staff Writer

After a host of Friday night games took center stage to kick off the 2002 high school football season, it was the West Deptford Eagles traveling to Woodbury's turn to be in the spotlight for the second day of football. West Deptford tested the Thundering Herd's defense early with their ground attack with success throughout the game. Junior fullback Tom Walls used his entire 225 lb frame to pound out 153 yards on the ground and scored three rushing touchdowns. The Eagles established a lead they never relinquished and posted a 30-13 win over Woodbury in a Colonial Conference game.
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High School Football:
Lindenwold Runs Over Audubon 30-0

Friday, September 13, 2002

By Gary Steiner
SJSports Staff Writer

Audubon travelled to Lindenwold on a beautiful Friday evening to start the 2002 football season. This was the first meeting between the two Colonial Conference teams, last year being Lindenwold's inaugural season. The Lions gave the Green Wave a shocking welcome, using a powerful running game and great team speed to blank Audubon 30-0.
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High School Football:
Winslow Wins Opener Over Eastern

Friday, September 13, 2002

By Boog Williams
SJSports Staff Writer

With the start of High School football on Friday the 13th, players and coaches were hoping that nothing out of the ordinary would happen. At Eastern High School, the Winslow Township Eagles defeated the Eastern Vikings 39-14 with speed and great plays on both sides of the ball.
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High School Soccer:
Audubon Begins Season with a Victory Over New Egypt

Friday, September 13, 2002

By Art Redd
SJSports Staff Writer

With the start of the fall sports schedule, every team begins with the same record and high hopes of a successful season. So when the New Egypt girl's soccer team finally made it to Audubon High School for their non-league matchup, the long anticipated wait was finally over. Audubon wasted little time getting on the scoreboard and scoring often in the first half. The Audubon Lady Wave recorded five goals from five different players in the first half to pull away from the Warriors. Audubon finished the game scoring 6 goals to shut out New Egypt.
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Event Spotlight:
Flyers Sign Forward Simon Gagne to a Two-Year Contract

Wednesday, September 11, 2002

By Joe Klueg
Philadelphia Flyers Correspondent

The Philadelphia Flyers announced today that they have signed 6'0", 190-pound forward Simon Gagne to a two-year contract, according to club President and General Manager Bob Clarke. Per club policy, financial terms were not disclosed. "We think that Simon is one of the better young players in the game and certainly has a chance to be a terrific player in the National Hockey League for the Flyers," said Clarke in making the announcement. "We waited a long time, me and my family, to get a deal and I'm very happy that we were able to get it done before training camp," said Gagne.
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