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Sunday, October 27, 2002 SJSports Staff Writer As a kid growing up in South Philly, soccer was not a sport played by many, but today both boys and girls are participating at all ages. In Blackwood, the Highland Youth Soccer program has kids from age 6 and up, boys and girls, beginners and experienced all gathering on the weekend to play a game that is becoming more popular each year, soccer. This past Sunday the Sharpeis played the Akitas, a battle of 7 and 8 year old girls. At this age level, the coaches are on the field to instruct the kids, and to point them in the right direction. |
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Event Spotlight: Sunday, October 27, 2002 By Mike Williams PHILADELPHIA - This weekend, the Phantoms proved there are many ways to lose a hockey game. A hockey team can surrender leads of 3-0 and 5-3, like the Phantoms did Saturday night in Hartford. A club can also fall behind early on home ice, climb back, and then lose the game in the third period, much like the Phantoms did twice this weekend at the First Union Spectrum. The Phantom chose a slow death on Sunday night, dropping a 6-3 decision to the visiting Cleveland Barons. |
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Friday, October 25, 2002 By Mike Costantino After jumping out to a 3-0 lead in the first period, Clearview needed an empty net goal by Jon Probe to secure a 4-2 win over Cherokee. Played in front of a sparse crowd on Friday night at Hollydell, Clearview dominated the first period playing to their strength, which is forechecking and speed. Mike Sullivan gave Clearview a 1-0 lead picking up a loose puck in the slot, after some good pressure to keep the puck in the zone. Late in the period with each team skating four skaters, Nick Vacarino threaded a pass to Chris Riggs, and his breakaway goal made it 2-0. Just over a minute later and still skating four aside, Probe setup Brian Smith in front and Clearview led 3-0 after the first period. |
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Friday, October 25, 2002 By Mike Costantino Cherry Hill East built a five-goal lead and had to hang on. Township rallied with four goals in the third period, but fell short in a 6-5 loss in Tier 2 action at Hollydell on Friday night. Andrew Rovinsky led Cherry Hill with two goals and an assist; John Candelori paced the Township attack with two goals. Defensive breakdowns led to the first two goals as Rovinsky broke down the left side and after being stopped on his first shot, put home his own rebound to make it 1-0. Late in the period East broke in 3-on-1 with Louis Stomel setting up Mike Danyo and a 2-0 advantage. |
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Event Spotlight: Friday, October 25, 2002 By David Deal Former Head Coach Omid Namazi has been named the new head coach of the San Diego Spirit of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA). Namazi, the third head coach in club history, officially assumes his new position November 1. The WUSA is comprised of eight teams, including the local Philadelphia Charge. "Omid decided to leave to pursue other soccer endeavors. We are thankful for the time he spent with us, he was a critical piece of the team that won the championship last season. We wish him the best of luck in San Diego," stated KiXX Vice President of Operations Charles J. Pasquale. |
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Event Spotlight: Friday, October 25, 2002 By Mike Williams PHILADELPHIA - It was fitting that Friday night at the First Union Spectrum was Halloween Night, because a former Phantom returned to haunt his former team. Peter White's goal early in the third period snapped a tie, helping the Norfolk Admirals to a 3-2 decision over the Phantoms. The win lifted the Admirals to a 5-0-0-1 record for the 2002-03 campaign, despite the Admirals failing to capitalize on two five-minute power plays late in the second period. |
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Thursday, October 24, 2002 By Crystal ParkerSJSports Staff Writer Moorestown High School was the place to be as not only were the girl's soccer team hosting Vineland in the Coaches Tournament, Shawnee and the Lady Quakers were also battling it out in a big field hockey competition. On this day, the main focus in the soccer arena was on this quarterfinals game. The sixteen-seeded Lady Clan from Vineland were looking to get a little respect as they were looking to record another upset against the eight-seeded Moorestown Quakers. Both of these teams matched each other's intensity as Moorestown scored the lone to advance to the next round. |
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Wednesday, October 23, 2002 By Vincent LewisSJSports Staff Writer Before the start of this game, West Deptford and Bishop Eustace were able to put their regular season schedule out of their minds and concentrate on the second round of the girl's South Jersey Coaches tournament. Both of these teams were in first place in their division and were looking to add another win to their overall record and advance to the next round. The Lady Crusaders kept the offensive pressure on when it counted and posted a 2-1 victory over the Lady Eagles from West Deptford. |
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Tuesday, October 22, 2002 By Susan Hall A classic demonstration of two excellent field hockey programs competing against one another took place in Haddon Heights this afternoon. Collingswood entered this duel with the Lady Garnets with a perfect record of 10-0-0 in the Colonial Conference Liberty Division. Not to be outdone, Haddon Heights were also having a successful season posting an 11-2-1 record in the Patriot Division. This clash between two titans ended in a draw as both teams pushed their skills to the limit trying to prove who is the better team on this day. |
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Event Spotlight: Monday, October 21, 2002 By Greg WileyPhiladelphia Charge Correspondent Four Philadelphia Charge players will be making their television debut this weekend when they appear on The Learning Channel's hit show "Trading Spaces." The episode, which is scheduled to air this Saturday, Oct. 26 at 8 p.m. (ET) on TLC, will be the first that features professional athletes on the hit show. |
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Monday, October 21, 2002 By Mike Costantino Clearview had four different players score led by David Gooch who had a goal and two assists as Clearview defeated Eastern 4-3 in SJHSIHL action at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Monday night. With only nine healthy bodies available for Eastern, they received a strong performance in goal from Dan Meyers and goals from John Piermetti, Anthony Grey and Brandon Tunstall. After Gray scored early in the first period to give Eastern a 1-0 lead, Gooch broke in with Mike Sullivan. With no defenseman back, Gooch had enough time to draw Meyers over and made him commit, Gooch slid the puck to Sullivan for a tap-in and a 1-1 game. |
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South Jersey Ice Hockey: Monday, October 21, 2002 By Mary Rose Faustman Tied 1-1 at the end of the first period, the Bullies were a vibrant force for the remaining two frames and handily defeated the Wheeling Nailers by a final of 8-2. Led by right wing Scott Matzka, whose five points included an unassisted goal 11 seconds into the second period, the Bullies offered little room for the Nailers to stage a comeback. Recent acquisition Carl Corazzini tallied his first and second goals as a member of the Bullies. Ryan Mougenel picked up a rebound shot by Luke Curtin, dished it to Corazzini in the slot, and the former Providence Bruins forward one-timed it over the glove of Nailers netminder Mike Valley for the game winner. |
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