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Sunday, January 16, 2005 By Mike Ballard For the past two collegiate soccer seasons, Tom Greenawalt has been forced to divide his attention to coaching details. Greenawalt won't have that problem any more after being named as the head coach of the Rutgers University-Camden women's soccer team. Greenawalt succeeds Brian Sheehan, who resigned last fall after his fifth year with the Lady Raptors' program. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Sunday, January 16, 2005 By Al Cohen Jason Morgan and Mikhail Yakubov scored in Norfolk's last two shootout attempts as the Admirals pulled out a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phantoms tonight at the Wachovia Spectrum. Each team converted just one of its first three shootout tries before Morgan launched a slap shot past Phantoms goaltender Antero Niittymaki leading off the fourth round. Philadelphia's Mark Murphy was then denied by Michael Leighton and Yakubov sealed the win with his successful penalty shot opportunity. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Sunday, January 16, 2005 By Al Cohen The Philadelphia Phantoms of the American Hockey League today announced that their game against the Albany River Rats, originally scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 23 at 5:05 p.m., has been moved to Monday, Jan. 24 at 7:05 p.m. The change is being made to alleviate potential parking and traffic problems due to the NFC Championship Game scheduled for Jan. 23 at Lincoln Financial Field between the Philadelphia Eagles and Atlanta Falcons. |
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Saturday, January 15, 2005 By Vincent Lewis No disrespect to the junior varsity teams, but the gymnasium at Camden High School was packed with fans arriving early knowing that showing up late would risk not seeing this competitive game against two excellent boy's basketball teams. The Tigers from Woodrow Wilson arrived at the High and were not intimidated with the success the Panthers were having and were ahead late in this game between the neighboring schools. Camden would regain the lead by one with less than half a minute remaining and managed to seal the victory with big time free throws by Kevin Payton. The Panthers remain undefeated with their 72-65 winning their seventh game in a row. |
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Basketball Spotlight: Saturday, January 15, 2005 By Bob Heller Shelby Rance scored 22 points as one of three players in double figures to lead University of the Sciences Women’s basketball team to an 82-58 win over host Nyack College this afternoon. Rance (So., Central Columbia HS/ Bloomsburg, PA) connected on 8 of 14 shots from the field, including three of six from three-point range. Shelby also pulled down seven rebounds and dished out five assists. Joining Rance in double figures were Stephanie Watson (Jr., Archbishop Ryan HS/Warminster, PA) and Leah Shumoski (Jr., Marple-Newtown HS/Broomall, PA). Shumoski had 14 points, five rebounds and six assists while Watson had 16 points, one shy of tying her career high, which coincidentally was set in the same gym as today's game nearly two years ago. Watson also had a team-high five steals. |
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Basketball Spotlight: Saturday, January 15, 2005 By Bob Heller This afternoon's game against the Nyack College Warriors served as a confidence builder for the University of the Sciences Men’s Basketball Team as they overcame a seven-point second half deficit to defeat their hosts, 69-63 before a nearly packed house at Nyack's Bowman Gym. Chris Brattelli (Sr., Highland Regional HS/Clementon, NJ) paced the Devils with 20 points. Brattelli also pulled down seven rebounds. Gene Willard (Sr., Cardinal O'Hara HS/ Broomall, PA) added 13 points and 10 rebounds for the double-double while Bill Kurtz (So., Shawnee HS/Shamong, NJ) chipped in 14 points. |
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Friday, January 14, 2005 By Mike Costantino Joe Piarulli scored with just over a minute left in the game as Cherry Hill West defeated Timber Creek 3-2 in action played at Hollydell. Gary Scott scored both goals for Timber Creek and Justin Hoch scored twice for West. Cherry Hill took an early 1-0 lead on the power play as Hoch went through the defense and ripped a shot into the net. Scott however tied the game scoring on a breakaway midway through the period. |
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Friday, January 14, 2005 By Susan Hall Every division has their division rivalries that teams look forward to playing during the regular season. For most of the time, those games give the winning teams a measuring stick to who might be the champs at the end of the season. Cinnaminson and Delran's girls' basketball teams were undefeated in the Burlington County League Patriot Division and tonight, someone would pick up their first loss. Hosting Delran on their home court, Cinnaminson's defense held the Bears to just five first quarter points. The Pirates behind Kerrie Pokusa's 18 points expanded on the early lead and rolled on for the 61-42 victory over Delran. |
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Friday, January 14, 2004 By Mike Costantino Washington Township scored twice in the third period to snap a 5-5 tie and defeat Clearview 7-5 before a packed house at Hollydell. In a game that was tight throughout, where neither team could get an edge or any kind of momentum, Townships’ depth was a huge factor in this win. Clearview seemed to have the edge in fans in the stands, and Chris Riggs gave them something to cheer about early, as he scored in the opening thirty seconds. Township responded on the power play as Dave Smetaniuk scored with Fred Brewer and Mike Rohach assisting. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, January 14, 2005 By Kevin Kurz Mike Brown scored a breakaway goal at 7:30 of the second period to break a 1-1 tie and Norfolk exploded for four goals in the third period as the Admirals gave the Philadelphia Phantoms their worst loss of the season, 6-2. Philadelphia fell to 1-1-2 against its East Division rival, but still holds an eight-point lead over Norfolk. The Admirals jumped out to a quick lead when they scored just 65 seconds after the opening faceoff. The goal came when Matt Keith won an offensive zone faceoff draw and Matt Wisniewski fired a slap shot towards goaltender Neil Little that was tipped in by Rene Bourque. |
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Thursday, January 13, 2005 By Jason Brown We hear it all the time from the coaching staff about jumping out to an early lead puts the opposing team out of their game. The Lenape boys’ basketball team lately has been leaving their opponents looking for an alternate game plan searching for a way to cut into their deficit. This time it was Washington Township finding themselves down by double digits in the first quarter against the Indians at Lenape High School. From that point on, Lenape was able to cruise to the 46-27 win and pick up their fourth victory in a row. |
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Basketball Spotlight: Thursday, January 13, 2005 By Bob Heller Leah Shumoski recorded her third consecutive double-double as the University of the Sciences women's basketball team cruised to their fourth straight win, 68-47 over host Georgian Court University earlier tonight. Shumoski (Jr., Marple-Newtown HS/Broomall, PA) had 20 points on 8 of 18 shooting from the field and a perfect 4-for-4 from the free throw line to pace the Devils. Leah also led the Devils in rebounding, pulling down 11 rebounds. In addition, Shumoski, the CACC steals leader, recorded four steals, three assists and had one blocked shot. |
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High School Wrestling: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 By David Benson The Cherry Hill East wrestling team reeled off 7 straight victories en route to a 33-30 home victory against sister school Cherry Hill West on Wednesday night. And all the success was due to a team concept of sacrifice and some well timed leadership displayed by one of its leaders early in the meet. It was the first time in Cougar head coach Scott Wright’s tenure that East was able to walk off the mat victorious. The meet had all the drama and sub plots a good rivalry has in any sport. |
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Basketball Spotlight: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 By Bob Heller Leah Shumoski burned the Goldey Beacom Lightning for 30 points and 13 rebounds as the USP women's basketball team won their third straight game, 84-54 at Goldey Beacom's MBNA Hall earlier tonight. Shumoski (Jr., Marple-Newtown HS/Broomall, PA) connected on 14 of 20 shots from the field and two of four from the free throw line en route to her second 30-point game in two weeks. Leah also recorded eight steals and dished out three assists on the night.Her 30-point, 13-rebound performance is her fifth double-double on the season and second consecutive. |
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Basketball Spotlight: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 By Bob Heller The Goldey Beacom Lightning, after rallying from a five-point deficit in the final 37 seconds of regulation to send the game into overtime scored the first nine points of the extra period send the Devils to their seventh loss of the season, 86-81. The loss drops the Devils record to 5-7 overall, 4-3 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference play. Goldey Beacom earned their first victory of the season with the win. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 By Al Cohen Denis Hamel scored twice to lead the Binghamton Senators to a 4-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phantoms in front of a crowd of 9,143 tonight at the Wachovia Spectrum. Brandon Bochenski and Jason Spezza each added two points as Binghamton evened the six-game season series at two wins apiece. The Senators have now won eight of their last 10 games and drew within six points of the first-place Phantoms in the AHL's East Division. Ray Emery picked up the win by stopping 29-of-31 shots, while Neil Little made 19 saves in the loss. |
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Tuesday, January 11, 2005 By Jerome Michaels The Colonial Conference is made up off eleven boy's basketball teams all familiar with one another competing for those inter-conference wins. What was a pleasant surprise this season was Lindenwold's new coach and her name was Jackie Trakimas. Hired this season to head up the boy's basketball program, the Lions picked up their first victory of the season when they traveled to Haddon Township. Lindenwold was able to overcome a five point deficit by posting a game high 18 point fourth quarter to edge the Hawks by a 47-44 margin. The win was the first for a woman coach of a boys' varsity basketball team in South Jersey. |
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Monday, January 10, 2005 By Mike Costantino Rory Levinson and Dan Drazen scored two goals each as Eastern came back and defeated Paul VI 7-4 in high school ice hockey excitement at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Coming off a loss to Williamstown on Friday night, Eastern rebounded nicely and battled all night in this seesaw affair. Drazen got things going early scoring in the opening two minutes of the game. After Paul VI tied the score at 1-1 on a goal by Zack Booth, Chris Ball put home a rebound of a shot by Levinson to give the Vikings a 2-1 lead heading into the second period. |
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Monday, January 10, 2005 By Mike Ballard Sophomore guard/forward Dane Nicholson became only the 11th player in Rutgers-Camden men's basketball program history to record 40 points in a game when he reached that mark while lifting the Scarlet Raptors to a 90-87 triple-overtime win at Arcadia University Jan. 6. He went 17-for-28 from the field, including 4-for-6 from three-point range, and also shot 2-for-3 from the foul line. He also had two steals and set a career high of 14 rebounds. In four games last week, Nicholson averaged 17.5 points and 7.0 rebounds, while shooting 50 percent from the field (27-for-54) and from three-point range (5-for-10). Nicholson's honor marks his second Raptor of the Week this season. He also won the award Dec. 13. |
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