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Sunday, February 15, 2004 By Jerome Michaels When a team has won as many games in a row as the Indians from Lenape, every game is a challenge for both teams on the court. Pleasantville was the next team on Lenape’s schedule to see if they would be the teams to give the Indians their first loss of the season. In order for that to happen, it would be in front of the packed crowd during the last day of the Olympic-Cape Challenge at Winslow High School. Despite 35 points received from the Greyhounds’ Kamron Warner, Lenape’s team effort was enough to keep their win streak in tact. The Indians would pick up the 69-60 win. |
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Sunday, February 15, 2004 By Jerome Michaels The Indians from Pennsauken and Vikings from Atlantic City were participating in their second consecutive game in two days. If you were watching these two teams running up and down the court, you wouldn’t have known they played a game yesterday. After Pennsauken held a slim lead after two quarters, the Vikings rallied to regain the lead going into the final quarter. The Indians would take the lead back as time ticked away and hold on for their 71-67 victory. |
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Sunday, February 15, 2004 By Jerome Michaels Some of these teams use this weekend as a measuring stick for the upcoming playoffs. Every team that enters the Olympic-Cape Challenge has the skills to come away with the win. During this game that featured the Cherokee Chiefs taking on St. Joseph, the first and third quarters proved to be the difference in Cherokee coming away with the 56-45 win. The Chiefs increased their overall record to 12-8 while St. Joseph still holds an impressive record with 12 wins and 7 loses. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Sunday, February 15, 2004 By Al Cohen P.J. Stock's penalty shot goal with 4:47 left in the second period was the difference this afternoon at the Tsongas Arena as the Philadelphia Phantoms edged the Lowell Lock Monsters, 2-1. Rookie defenseman Randy Jones also scored and Neil Little stopped 27-of-28 shots for Philadelphia, which ended a three-game losing streak. The Phantoms also completed a two-game sweep of the Lock Monsters following a 6-2 triumph at home on Nov. 21. Damian Surma tallied the lone goal and Patrick DesRochers finished with 22 saves as Lowell lost its third game in a row. The Lock Monsters dressed just 16 skaters today. |
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Saturday, February 14, 2004 By Jerome Michaels You never know what expect when teams get together every year for the Olympic-Cape Challenge this time at Winslow Township. The Panthers from Middle Township had been roaring through the schedule keeping pace with St. Augustine in the Cape-Atlantic Conference National Division I. Township was looking to extend their 10 game winning streak against the Irish from Camden Catholic. The Irish would stay one step ahead of Middle Township during the first half, but those steps grew larger in the second half. James Ulrich’s 21 game high points helped Camden Catholic pull away to a 58-36 win over the Panthers. The Irish now has won their last five games. |
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Saturday, February 14, 2004 By Spencer Johnson The Olympic Cape Atlantic Challenge was back for another weekend of competition between the boy's basketball teams from the two conferences. Last year when Shawnee Renegades played the Spartans from Holy Spirit, the Renegades controlled the game from the start and held on for the 5-point victory. Today, the Spartans pulled out their bags of tricks by stunning Shawnee on a shot made by Mark McGonigal right before time expired. With that shot, Holy Spirit pulled off a 58-57 win over Shawnee. |
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Basketball Spotlight: Saturday, February 14, 2004 By Bob Heller The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) has not been friendly to the USP men's basketball team this season as the Devils lost to their fourth PSAC school this year, Kutztown University, 92-74 on Saturday. The Devils held a 42-37 lead at the half but a 16-1 Kutztown run in the opening 3:37 turned that lead into a 10-point deficit - a deficit that USP never recovered from. Jeff Miller (Sr., Interboro HS/Prospect Park, PA) led the Devils with 23 points, 19 in the first half. William Kurtz (Fr., Shawnee HS/Shamong, NJ) added 18 points while Chris Brattelli (Jr., Highland Regional HS/Clementon, NJ) chipped in 12. Eric Cangelosi (Fr., Camden Catholic HS/Haddon Heights, NJ) had a game-high 11 rebounds and a team-high five assists. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Saturday, February 14, 2004 By Al Cohen Johnny Pohl and Igor Valeev each scored second-period goals as the Worcester IceCats held on for a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phantoms tonight at the Centrum Centre. Brent Johnson stopped 27-of-28 shots he faced to notch his second win for Worcester, which improved to 6-2-2 in its last 10 contests. The 26-year-old netminder was appearing in his sixth game of the season with the IceCats. Mark Murphy scored the lone goal for Philadelphia, which has lost three games in a row for the first time since Dec. 27-Jan. 2. Making his first career AHL start after three previous relief appearances this season with the Phantoms, goaltender Chris Houle also made 27 saves. |
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Friday, February 13, 2004 By Jerome Michaels The Red Devils from Rancocas Valley traveled to Bordentown to take on the Scotties but were not hospitable guest. Every player on Rancocas Valley’s bench found his way into the scoring column during this Burlington County inter-division boy’s basketball game. The Red Devils scored more points in the first quarter than Bordentown scored during the first half. While neither of these teams will be participating in the upcoming playoffs, both teams wanted to finish the season strong. Rancocas Valley cruised easily to an 88-41 victory to end their three game losing streak. |
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Friday, February 13, 2004 By Anthony Phillips Plain and simple, Absegami’s never needed to wrestle Camden Catholic to prove that they are the best team in the state. With an impressive 19-0 record and an even more impressive 90 game unbeaten streak still in tact, the Braves have proven they are the team to beat. It was necessary for these two powerhouse teams who have dominated their schedule to finally prove who is number one amongst the standing room only crowd at Camden Catholic High School. When the match finally started, Absegami was never threaten on this night as the Braves won seven consecutive matches that was highlighted by pins from J.J. Gilly and Dave Williams. Despite losing the first bout of the day, the Braves went on to win 9 of the 14 bouts to win this non-league competition 39-17. Nick Bridge also recorded a pin for Absegami. |
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Thursday, February 12, 2004 By Jerome Michaels With the post season brackets already established, the regular season schedule still has two more weeks before the battle of the group titles. The Eagles were looking to end their two game losing streak against Woodbury, as these Colonial Conference teams competed at West Deptford. The Thundering Herd established a 13-point lead at the half only to see West Deptford pull ahead in the final quarter. A balanced scoring that included four Woodbury players scoring in double figures to hold off the Eagles. Woodbury extended their mini-winning streak to three games in a row with their 66-65 victory. |
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Thursday, February 12, 2004 By Evonne Vaughn Tracy Stonaker is currently a freshman at Rutgers University in Camden and majors in computer graphics. A graduate of Cinnaminson High School (CHS) she says, "I love the sport" of soccer. During her earlier years, she played with the Cinnaminson Travel team and the CHS soccer team. Tracy's twelve years of playing soccer has developed her into a skillful and effective goalie. |
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High School Ice Hockey: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 By Mike Costantino For the second consecutive year, the SJHSIHL will decide its champion through a double elimination tournament after its successful debut last year. While Eastern is the odds on favorite having just completed there season at 16-0-2, there are a few teams that have the talent to pull off an upset. Namely Washington Township, Clearview and Rancocas Valley. Here are some early results: |
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Soccer Spotlight: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 By David Deal The Philadelphia KiXX (16-8) defeated the Cleveland Force (7-16) 5-3, in front of a season-high 10,153 fans at the club’s Ninth Annual School Day Game at the Wachovia Spectrum. With the victory, the KiXX extend their winning streak to five. Defender Pat Morris recorded the game-winning goal at 4:37 of the fourth quarter on a dish from teammate Goran Vasic. Peter Pappas (15-6) earned the victory between the posts for Philadelphia, turning away 19 of the 22 shots he faced, while Jim Larkin (5-10) took the loss for Cleveland, stopping 12 of 17 chances. |
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Tuesday, February 10, 2004 By Susan Hall It’s never any fun losing a game especially when you know that a good effort was made for four quarters. The Lady Panthers had loss a disappointing game this past weekend at the Shoot Out At The Shore tournament by six points. The difference in that game was a sluggish second quarter that proved to be the difference. Haley Crites lead the defensive effort for Collingswood helping the Panthers win easily over Paulsboro. Collingswood double-digit advantage at the half turned into a 60-39 Colonial Conference victory. |
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Tuesday, February 10, 2004 By Vincent Lewis What an exciting basketball game that took place at Cherry Hill East High School. It was a classic battle between the sharp shooting Cougars hosting a very successful Winslow Township team. The first half featured East’s willing and ability to hit the three pointer with success giving them the edge at the break. Still firing up the three ball during the second half, East watched the Eagles continued to play their game to battle back and eventually pull ahead. The Cougars’ chance to win the game in regulation fell short giving Township their opportunity to pull out the 92-89 overtime victory. |
 
Winning Ways (FYI):The Mental Athlete Tuesday, February 10, 2004 By Gregory "Graig" White This publication, like most of this type, was written for the athlete who may have an idea as to what is creating the performance drains on them but not fully prepared to go and seek professional help. Don't get me wrong, I thought that the book was thought provoking but sometimes didn't go far enough into concepts that I believe may be of more help to the reader. |
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College Basketball: Monday, February 9, 2004 By Mike Ballard Freshman guard Kelly Stafford notched 25 points off the bench in a pair of huge conference wins for the Lady Raptors basketball team last week. In a 64-62 victory against The College of New Jersey Feb. 4, Stafford paced the team with 14 points, including consecutive three-pointers in the second half that lifted Rutgers-Camden from a 41-40 deficit to a 46-41 lead. In a 56-51 win at New Jersey City University Feb. 7, Stafford added 11 points, including a 9-for-13 performance from the foul line. She also had five rebounds. |
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