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High School Ice Hockey: Sunday, February 2, 2003 By Mike Costantino As I'm sure you know by now, this year the SJHSIHL will use a double elimination tournament to crown its champion. A change from the normal format and I'm anxious to see how it all plays out. Will the best team from Tier 1, Clearview, be there at the end? Will playing in the AAA league help Washington Township as it competes in the tournament? Can the best team in Tier 2, Cherry Hill East, make some noise? Most of these questions might not be answered until early March, as that is when the tournament is scheduled to end. However, based on the way Clearview finished the season, they are definitely the favorites to win it all. Township, while not very successful in the win column in the elite league playing at a higher level, should help and everything will depend on goaltending. |
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Saturday, February 1, 2003 By Jerome Michaels Atlantic City High School were hosting their annual Battle by the Bay tournament which features top boy's basketball teams from the New York and New Jersey area. Today was the first of two days this event will be held which featured match up of contenders for their represented division. The extremely talented Warriors from Life Center Academy (22-5) outplayed Atlantic City Saturday afternoon and captured the 74-57 victory. Arnauld Dahi and Darryl Gladden led the way for the Warriors. |
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Saturday, February 1, 2003 By Jerome Michaels It was yet another test put in front of the Camden Catholic boy’s basketball team as they were assigned the duty of playing Middle Township in the Battle of the Bay tournament. The Panthers, last year’s group 2 champions, were now priming themselves for another run at the title going up against the Irish. It would be a battle, as Camden Catholic (14-1) would be involved with their toughest game of the season. When the final buzzer sounded to end the game, the Irish would have recorded their thirteenth straight win by defeating the Panthers 44-41. |
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Saturday, February 1, 2003 By David W. Unkle The Philadelphia Phantoms still have the monkey on their back but the load got a little easier as the Phantoms skated to a 3-3 tie in front of 12,081 at the First Union Center. Still mired in the longest winless streak of the season (0-5-1-0), the Phantoms ventured into unfamiliar territory against the Calder Cup Champion, Chicago Wolves. The Phantoms’ record when trailing after two periods of play is 1-13-0-1 coming into this afternoon’s game but demonstrated a willingness to play sixty minutes of hockey. |
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Friday, January 31, 2003 By Vincent Lewis With the deadline for making the playoffs quickly approaching, there are several teams looking to stay above the five hundred percentage mark to assure themselves a spot in the upcoming postseason. The Pioneers from Clearview are one of those teams that are in a good position and took full advantage against a struggling Cumberland team. Clearview jumped out to a commanding lead in the first quarter and cruised the rest of the way. The Pioneers convincingly posted a 68-51 victory in a Tri-County Conference Royal Division contest. |
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Friday, January 31, 2003 By Mike Costantino Cherry Hill East capped off an almost perfect season with a 7-1 win over St. John Neumann to capture the Tier 2 Championship at Hollydell on Friday night. East finished the regular season with sixteen wins, no losses and one tie and with the victory showed that balanced scoring, discipline and solid goaltending will win championships. Five different players scored for East as James Brown, Mike Danyo, Louis Stomel, Kevin Desrochers and Tim Woods all found the back of the net. Goaltender Stephen Saunders, when called upon, made the saves. Unfortunately as the outcome of the game became less in doubt, some players lost focus on just finishing the game and were more intent on being physical. |
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Friday, January 31, 2003 By Mike Costantino Clearview scored eight goals in the first period paving the way to a 9-1 victory over Eastern in the last regular season game for Tier 1. It marked the second consecutive win for Clearview over Eastern, their main threat to winning the championship. The eight goals was a new team record for one period and the second line did a lot of the damage. All are under-classmen which consists of Bill Dunbar, who had three goals and two assists, Wyatt Fox (two goals and two assists) and Chris Riggs who chipped in with a goal and three assists. Senior forward Jon Probe added three goals. |
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Thursday, January 30, 2003 By Susan Hall The girl's competition from the Colonial Conference has been a competitive conference for years. It always seem as if Haddonfield, Haddon Heights, Haddon Township, Sterling and Collingswood are among the top at the end of the season. Well two of those teams, the Lady Knights from Sterling and Lady Hawks from Haddon Township were meeting for the second time this season. This time, Sterling came out on the winning side as they narrowly escaped with a 35-34 win on their home court. |
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High School Basketball: Thursday, January 30, 2003 By Luis Rodriguez Another dominated game by Jonathan Greene and the Wildwood Warriors as they came in with a 9-4 record and beat the Cape Christian Cougars by 44 points, 83-39. To start for Wildwood it was Bobby Mulholland (11), Shane Toland (23), Pedro Perez (21), Rashon Keith (30), and Dante Rsheed (14). The Cougars started the game with a layup by #55 who quickly stole the ball after the layup and got fouled to get 2 more at the stripe. After that being done, Wildwood went on a 12-4 run. Wildwood shot 76.3% in the first quarter with some excellent shots by Jon Greene and Pedro Perez. Jon Greene had 14 of his 27 points in the first quarter. The score of the first quarter was 20-10, Wildwood leading. |
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Thursday, January 30, 2003 By Vincent Lewis When a team loses by a substantial margin the first time they've met on the basketball court, win or lose you come away with a learning experience. Realizing what was done wrong or for Woodrow Wilson, what was done exceptionally right, gives the coaching staff something to talk about the next time they meet. Today, it was the Eagles from Paul VI's turn to host the Tigers from Woodrow Wilson. Again, the Eagles would not be able to come up with a way to surprise their opponent as Wilson jumped out to a lead and never looked back. Wilson walked off the court with an 80-52 divisional win. |
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Tuesday, January 28, 2003 By David W. Unkle The annual mid-season swoon appears to be on the horizon. Comparisons between the 2001-02 model and this year's team are different but similar. Former head coach was hung in effigy for not motivating the players and practicing fundamentals. The players claimed that they needed a different type of coach resulting in the demise of Barber and the hiring of Hitchcock. The frightening realization is that there is little change from last year both in roster and performance. Therein exists the problem…and the solution? |
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Tuesday, January 28, 2003 By Jerome Michaels The Palmyra Panthers had an opportunity to let everyone of their players get their name in the box scores. Maple Shade was one of those teams were they were trying to remain competitive each and every time they took the court for a game. With only one win so far this season, they were facing a Panthers team who was in the hunt for a Burlington County Freedom Division title. Palmyra took control of the game from the opening tip-off and rolled past the Wildcats Tuesday night at Maple Shade High School. |
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