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Friday, April 23, 2004 By Susan Hall Being a freshman has its advantages and disadvantages, some may think. The disadvantage could be that you have not earned the respect that most have not given. You have to start out with proving that knowledge and experience on the field would go a long way of your peers. But the advantage, as freshman pitcher Alyssa O'Connell has experienced, would be that no one really knows your ability that would leave you guessing at the plate. For the Irish, the advantage has been on their side as they upset the Lady Vikings from Eastern by a score of 2-0. |
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Friday, April 23, 2004 By Vincent Lewis Rivalries always add something special to a season especially when you participate in a game with your neighboring school. Relationships have been formed outside of the sport and friendly competition exists on the field. For Northern Burlington and Burlington Township, it would be yet another Burlington County Liberty division game this time held at the Falcon's home field. But it would be the Greyhounds who made themselves right at home breaking a two all tie in the sixth inning to defeat Township by a 7-5 margin. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Friday, April 23, 2004 By Dan Loney The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, announced today that Sonny Pittaro, head coach of the Rider University baseball team, will be inducted into the Trenton Baseball Hall of Fame in a ceremony prior to June 7th's 7:05 p.m. game against Portland. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, April 23, 2004 By Al Cohen Quintin Laing scored the winning goal 9:51 into overtime to lift the visiting Norfolk Admirals to a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phantoms in Game Two of the East Division Semifinals tonight at the Wachovia Center. Norfolk, which lost Game One by a score of 2-1 on Wednesday, will now return home to host Games Three through Five next week. Making his first appearance of the playoffs, Craig Anderson made 28 saves to notch the win for Norfolk. His counterpart Antero Niittymaki turned aside 14-of-16 shots to suffer the loss. |
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Thursday, April 22, 2004 By Jerome Michaels There are those special games that you mark on your calendar at the beginning of the season as a must-see. Usually it's a divisional rivalry or just two teams that have always peak your interest to see who would come out on top. For Cinnaminson and Delran, it would be a game to see if they could hand the other their first loss of the season. Both of these Burlington County Patriot divisional teams were riding a five game winning streak and wanted that success to continue. On this day, the Pirates were the team winning their sixth game in a row by posting a 6-1 victory. Dave Mebs picked up his 100th hit in his high school career for Cinnaminson. |
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Baseball Spotlight: Thursday, April 22, 2004 By Bob Heller Trailing 5-3 and down to their last strike in their final at-bat, the USP men's baseball team scored three runs to defeat Philadelphia University 6-5 to advance to the championship game of the Bill Giles Division II Tournament. The win marks the first time in the four-year history of the tournament that the Devils will play for the Championship Trophy. The game will be played at the Philadelphia Phillies new ball park- Citizens Bank Park on Tuesday, April 27th at 7 p.m. the Devils will take on West Chester University (34-7) who defeated Wilmington College, 6-5 earlier in the week. The Golden Ram's are ranked 16th nationally as of the April 19th poll. This will be the first collegiate and non-Phillies game to be played in the new ball park. |
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Wednesday, April 21, 2004 By Jerome Michaels During the early portion of the regular scheduled baseball season, players are using their time at the plate working on getting solid contract with the ball in searching for a base hit. By mid season, high hopes of an average that’s above 300 would show how well the work at the plate has paid off. But again, it starts with those early at bats that set up how well a player’s individual season will be at the plate. The Rams from Gloucester Catholic would definitely take one step closer to increasing their averages by pounding out 16 hits during their 14-2 victory over Highland. |
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Wednesday, April 21, 2004 By Vincent Lewis Having a game scheduled almost every day of the week can either hurt a team or help them improve on their skills. Every batter accepts the challenge when stepping up to the plate in search of making good contact with the bat. By having played five days in a row, every starting player in the lineup has had the opportunity of working on coming through with those big hits. The Renegades from Shawnee had a day’s rest after completing their fifth game that ended on Monday. Cherokee was looking to put up their second win against Shawnee, but Sean Doolittle’s efforts only the mound allowed the Renegades to post a 7-0 shutout. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 By Al Cohen Ian MacNeil and Stefan Ruzicka each scored to lead the Philadelphia Phantoms to a 2-1 victory over the Norfolk Admirals in Game One of the East Division Semifinals tonight at the Wachovia Center. Antero Niittymaki made 30 saves and recorded an assist on MacNeil's goal to notch the win in his first postseason appearance as a Phantom. Philadelphia was playing its first game since the regular-season finale 10 days ago, as the team captured the division title and had to await the winner of the qualifying round series between Norfolk and Binghamton. |
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Baseball Spotlight: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 By Bob Heller The University of the Sciences men's baseball team snapped their six game losing streak with a 5-4 win over Division I Temple University yesterday, handing the Owls their first loss at Ambler Field, their new home. Starter Daniel Fox (So., Harriton HS/Narberth, PA) worked out of two bases loaded jams and combined with two other Devil relievers to limit Temple to seven hits. Fox earned his first win of the season against four losses while Mike DeVincenzo (Fr., Bishop Hoban HS/Plains, PA) picked up his first save for the Devils, who improved to 9-21 overall. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 By Dan Loney The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A Affiliate of the New York Yankees, announced today that INF Teuris Olivares has been transferred from Columbus (AAA) of the International League to Trenton and that C Omar Fuentes has been transferred from Trenton to Columbus. Olivares went 1-4 with Trenton this year, smacking a home run in Trenton's 5-4 win over New Hampshire on April 18. In 2002, Olivares was the starting shortstop for Trenton, batting .231 with 6 HR and 33 RBI. He signed as a non-drafted free agent in 1995. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 By Dan Loney The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A Affiliate of the New York Yankees, have announced that Ereka Vetrini from The Apprentice, Heidi Strobel from Survivor Amazon and Tazz and Dawn Marie from the WWE will all be making appearances at Waterfront Park during the 2004 season. In addition, the NASCAR number 9, Cottman Transmissions racing car will also be on display for a game this season. |
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Monday, April 19, 2004 By Mike Ballard For the second time this season, junior right-hander Matt Ulmer earns Raptor of the Week honors after hurling 8-1/3 strong innings in a 2-1 victory over The College of New Jersey April 15 in Camden. Facing a team that had posted 49 runs and 43 hits in a doubleheader sweep in its previous two games, Ulmer limited the hard-hitting Lions to five hits, two walks and one earned run while raising his record to 4-3. He struck out seven and lowered his ERA to 1.83. Ulmer also received Raptor of the Week honors on March 8, 2004. He also won the school's weekly honor as a sophomore (April 28, 2003) and was Co-Raptor of the Week as a freshman (March 4, 2002). |
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Monday, April 19, 2004 By Jerome Michaels It was a game that the Minutemen needed to win. After starting out the season winning 4 of their first 5 games of the season, the Ralph Shaw Classic baseball tournament can either turn a season around or let you scratching your head in disbelief. For Washington Township, they had split their games during the tournament and were looking for a much needed win. Steve Roop took charge on the mound while Mike Modica had a good day at the plate against the Chargers from Timber creek. Roop pitched a one hit shutout to highlight Washington Township's 10-0 victory. |
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