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Soccer Spotlight:
Sunday, January 30, 2005
By David Deal The Philadelphia KiXX (13-8) defeated the St. Louis (13-9) by a score of 7-3 in front of 5,534 fans at the Wachovia Spectrum tonight. With the victory, Philadelphia reclaims the top spot in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) standings, holding a one-half game advantage over the Steamers. Peter Pappas (11-7) earned the victory between the posts for the KiXX, turning away 22 of the 25 shots he faced, while Brett Phillips (9-7) took the loss for St. Louis with nine saves on 16 chances. |
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Saturday, January 29, 2005 By Jerome Michaels There are always those teams that have been struggling with getting their win total to increase. For Gateway and Maple Shade participating in a non-league boy’s basketball game, both teams would have an equal chance of coming out on the winning side of the scoreboard. The Gators from Gateway had previously won a close game against Paulsboro and were looking for winning two games in a row. In this game, it would be Maple Shade putting an end to their three game losing streak with their 56-46 win. The Wildcats held Gateway to just two baskets during the third quarter and Maple Shade rolled onto their ten point victory. |
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Basketball Spotlight: Saturday, January 29, 2005 By Bob Heller Shelby Rance and Leah Shumoski combined for 39 points as the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia Women's basketball team defeated Post University 70-55 in a CACC conference game at the Bobby Morgan Arena this afternoon. Rance (So., Central Columbia HS/ Bloomsburg, PA) had a team-high 21 points, on 5-for-14( 4 three-point FG) shooting from the field and 7-for-8 from the foul line. Shelby also had six rebounds, dished out four assists and had three steals. Shumoski (Jr., Marple-Newtown HS/Broomall, PA) connected on 9 of 16 shots from the field for 18 points. |
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Basketball Spotlight: Saturday, January 29, 2005 By Bob Heller The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia used a well balanced scoring attack to defeat Post University, 85-68 this afternoon at the Bobby Morgan Arena, snapping a four game losing streak in the process. Bill Kurtz (So., Shawnee HS/Shamong, NJ) and Gene Willard (Sr., Cardinal O'Hara HS/ Broomall, PA) led the Devils with 17 points apiece. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Saturday, January 29, 2005 By Al Cohen Chris Campoli's goal 3:33 into the third period was the difference tonight at the Arena at Harbor Yard as the Bridgeport Sound Tigers edged the Philadelphia Phantoms, 2-1. Campoli's fifth goal from Jim Campbell and Blaine Down allowed Bridgeport to take a 3-2 lead in the eight-game season series. The Sound Tigers also won just their second game in their last 13 tries and captured a game in regulation for the first time since Dec. 15. R.J. Umberger scored the lone goal and Antero Niittymaki stopped 18-of-20 shots for Philadelphia, which had a two-game win streak snapped. The Phantoms outshot the Sound Tigers, 32-20, but finished 0-for-7 on the power play. |
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Soccer Spotlight:
Saturday, January 29, 2005
By David Deal The Philadelphia KiXX (12-8) dropped a 6-5 overtime decision to the St. Louis Steamers (13-8) in front of 6,895 fans at the Wachovia Spectrum. Mariano Bollella recorded the game-winning goal at 3:32 of the extra stanza. Peter Pappas (10-7) took the loss for Philadelphia, stopping 15 of the 21 shots he faced, while Brett Phillips (9-6) earned the victory in net for St. Louis with 10 saves on 15 chances. |
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Friday, January 28, 2005 By Jason Brown It was a game that the coaches had to do their homework studying a team that normally would not be on their regular season schedule. In a non-league boy's basketball game, the Scotties from Bordentown representing the Burlington County Patriot Division traveled to Woodbury looking to extend their winning streak to three games. The Herd knew they would have their hands full with against Bordentown's trio of big scorers, but tonight five players were involved with Woodbury's 78-66 win. With the victory, Woodbury ended their five game losing streak. |
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Friday, January 28, 2005 By Mike Costantino Tom Ruiz had a hat trick and Justin Osterdahl added two goals and two assists to lead the Williamstown Braves to a 7-3 victory over Clearview in high school ice hockey action at Hollydell. Since losing to Moorestown back in November 5-2, the Braves are now unbeaten in their last six games going 4-0-2 and with this surge have solidified there hold on the last playoff spot. After a scoreless first period Williamstown took a 1-0 lead as Ruiz scored a power play goal by putting home a rebound of a point shot by Eric Finn. Just twenty five seconds later, Osterdahl made a great pass from behind the net hitting Andrew Lima on the short side and a wide open net to put the Braves up 2-0. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, January 28, 2005 By Al Cohen Ben Stafford scored a pair of goals tonight to lead the Philadelphia Phantoms to a 5-1 victory over the Hartford Wolf Pack in front of a crowd of 10,921 at the Wachovia Spectrum. Randy Jones, B.J. Abel and Ryan Ready also scored, while Boyd Kane and Todd Fedoruk each added two assists. Antero Niittymaki stopped 28-of-29 shots as Philadelphia avenged a season-opening 2-1 loss to Hartford. Wolf Pack goaltender Steve Valiquette, who entered the game with a league-leading 1.48 goals-against average, made 19 saves on 23 shots. The Wolf Pack had won four of their last five games, but have now lost five of their last seven on the road. |
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Thursday, January 27, 2005 By Anthony Phillips Not too often we get to see two evenly matched teams take the mat when both school's wrestling programs are expected to come away with the victory. Pound for pound, muscle against muscle and strength for strength could be described by the match between Audubon and Deptford. These two undefeated teams with individual records at stake, there will be someone coming away with the loss but the team as a whole would be first on the minds of the coaching staff. After Audubon's Carmen Fanelli decision tied the match with four bouts remaining, Brandon Baxter and Matt Ahearn put the Green Wave ahead for good with pins in the 140 and 145 bout. Audubon walked away with a 37-25 decision and increased their record to 8-0. |
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Thursday, January 27, 2005 By Jason Brown So far this season, three teams have dominated the Colonial Conference in boy's basketball and those teams are Haddonfield, Sterling and Collingswood. On each of those teams you will find that go to guy or guys that have been called on to come through with that big basket when needed. Today's match up between the Knights from Sterling traveling to Collingswood was no difference. Senior Justin Dempsey broke Collingwood's school record during the game with his game high 31 points. But on this day, Sterling's fourth quarter was the difference and the game winner erasing their deficit to win by a 66-57 margin. |
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Thursday, January 27, 2005 By Jerome Michaels The ultimate goal of winning every game put in front of a team is to completely outplay your opponents and go undefeated for the entire season. Cherokee had won its first seven games of the season before losing back to back games against Olympic Conference teams. Since then, the Chiefs made up those losses and were looking for a third win in a row at Pennsauken High School. During their opening minutes of this American Division game, Cherokee scored the first eight points and never looked back. Outscoring Pennsauken in every quarter, Cherokee’s balanced scoring resulted in an 88-63 victory. |
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Basketball Spotlight: Thursday, January 27, 2005 By Bob Heller Stephanie Watson came off the bench to score as career-high 25 points as the USP women’s basketball team defeated Felician College 70-59 tonight in Rutherford, New Jersey. Watson (Jr., Archbishop Ryan HS/Warminster, PA) scored 15 of her 25 points in the second half as the Devils overcome a slight halftime deficit to outscore the Golden Falcons 38-25 in the period for their 12th win of the season. Watson connected on 7 of 14 shots from the field and was 8 for 11 from the free throw line. Stephanie also pulled down 13 rebounds for her first collegiate double-double. |
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Basketball Spotlight: Thursday, January 27, 2005 By Bob Heller The USP men’s basketball team connected on just nine of 31 shots from the field in the second half as the Felician College Golden Falcons handed the Devils their fourth consecutive loss, 66-55 in Rutherford New Jersey earlier tonight. The Devils finished the game shooting just 31.7% for the game (19-60) and were an uncharacteristic 53.3% from the free throw line, missing 12 free throws (7-for-19) in the second half. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Thursday, January 27, 2005 By Al Cohen Philadelphia Phantoms defenseman Joni Pitkanen and goaltender Antero Niittymaki were among the 20 skaters and three goaltenders named today to the PlanetUSA team roster for the 2005 Dodge AHL All-Star Classic, to be held Feb. 13-14 at Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, N.H. The Finnish duo will both be making their first AHL All-Star Game appearances. Pitkanen was chosen a starter via on-line balloting at theahl.com, while a committee of AHL coaches selected the remainder of the roster. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 By Al Cohen Philadelphia Phantoms center Patrick Sharp was among the 22 skaters and three goaltenders named today to the Canadian team roster for the 2005 Dodge AHL All-Star Classic, to be held Feb. 13-14 at Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, N.H. Sharp, who will be making his first AHL All-Star Game appearance, currently leads the Phantoms in points (33), goals (15) and power-play goals (7). He has also compiled 18 assists and three game-winning goals over 38 games to help Philadelphia remain atop the East Division standings virtually all season. |
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Monday, January 24, 2005 By Mike Ballard Freshman guard Imani Hafiz continued her fine play in a pair of games last week for the women’s basketball team. Hafiz, who is one of the New Jersey Athletic Conference’s leaders in steals per game (3.12), notched a game-high 10 rebounds and collected a team-high two steals at St. Mary’s College of Maryland Jan. 17, then added a team-high four steals and tied for game-high honors with four assists against William Paterson University Jan. 19. The Lady Raptors’ leader with 53 steals, she has collected six games of four or more steals so far during her freshman season. |
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Basketball Spotlight: Monday, January 24, 2005 By Bob Heller Kutztown University's men's basketball team connected on 12 of their first 13 shots and finished the game shooting 61.7% from the field as they handed the University of the Sciences their third consecutive loss at home, 79-66 tonight. The Golden Bears finished the first half making 16 of 24 shots (66.7%) and led by six 36-30 with the Devils keeping things close by forcing nine turnovers. USP shot 40% for the half (12-30). |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Monday, January 24, 2005 By Al Cohen Todd Fedoruk and Boyd Kane each recorded a goal and an assist to help the Philadelphia Phantoms pull out a 3-2 victory over the Albany River Rats tonight at the Wachovia Spectrum. Patrick Sharp also scored as Philadelphia snapped a four-game losing streak and improved to 4-0 vs. Albany this season. The Phantoms are also unbeaten in their last eight home match-ups with the River Rats. Playing in his 200th game as a pro, Antero Niittymaki snapped a personal eight-game losing streak by stopping 27-of-29 shots. His counterpart Scott Clemmensen was unscored upon after 40 minutes of play, but surrendered three goals over the first seven minutes of the third and finished with 34 saves on the night. |
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