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Basketball Spotlight: Saturday, February 5, 2005 By Bob Heller Clayton Barker’s three-point field goal with 1.2 seconds left lifted the New Jersey Institute of Technology Highlanders to a 72-71 over the visiting University of the Sciences in Philadelphia Devils this afternoon. Barker’s three came on the heels of Gene Willard's (Sr., Cardinal O'Hara HS/ Broomall, PA) basket which gave the Devils a two point lead with six seconds remaining. Willard received a pass from Pete Adams (Sr., Camden Catholic HS/Marlton, NJ) and nailed the 18 foot jumper. |
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Basketball Spotlight: Saturday, February 5, 2005 By Bob Heller The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) Lady Highlanders handed the USP women’s basketball team their second consecutive loss this afternoon, 61-44. The Devils could not recover from a disastrous first half where they connected on just four of 17 shots (23.5%) from the field and trailed by 21 points at the break, 41-20. Conversely, NJIT shot 62.5% for the period (15-24). Twelve of USP’s first half points came from the foul line, where the Devils shot 12 for 14 (85.7%). |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Saturday, February 5, 2005 By Kevin Kurz The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins scored three times in the second period en route to a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phantoms at Wachovia Arena on Saturday night. With the loss, the Phantoms slipped further behind in the standings in the East Division and remain in fourth place. Philadelphia is just 5-15 in its last 20 games, including a current four-game losing streak. After Wilkes-Barre's David Koci scored his first goal of the season at the 4:48 mark of the second period to open the scoring, Erik Christensen made it 2-0 on the power play at 8:09. |
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Soccer Spotlight: Saturday, February 5, 2005 By David Deal The Philadelphia KiXX (14-8) defeated the Cleveland Force (9-10) by a score of 7-6 in double overtime in front of 4,108 fans at the Wachovia Spectrum. KiXX midfielder Edgar Bartolomeu registered the game-winning goal at 7:13 of the second extra stanza. The 82 minutes and 13 seconds of action marked the second longest contest in KiXX franchise history. Peter Pappas (12-7) earned the victory between the posts for the KiXX, turning away 12 of the 18 shots he faced, while Jim Larkin () took the loss for Cleveland with 18 saves on 25 chances. |
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Lacrosse Spotlight: Saturday, February 5, 2005 By Jennifer Stefani The Wings broke a three-game losing streak with a 14-13 win against the San Jose Stealth Saturday at the Wachovia Center in front of 10,025 fans. It was the Wings first home victory this season. Jeff Ratcliffe and Tom Marechek led the scoring with three goals each. Dan Marohl added two goals and five assists and goalie Dallas Eliuk made 42 saves. The Wings face the Rochester Knighthawks in their next game on Saturday, February 12 at Blue Cross Arena. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, February 4, 2005 By Al Cohen Joey MacDonald stopped 36-of-37 shots to lead the Grand Rapids Griffins to a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phantoms tonight in front of 7,764 fans at the Wachovia Spectrum. Four different Griffins scored and Todd Robinson and Bryan Helmer each contributed two assists as Grand Rapids improved to 3-0 all-time when playing in Philadelphia. The Phantoms are set to make their only appearance in Grand Rapids on Feb. 20. |
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Thursday, February 3, 2005 By Jerome Michaels For one half of this game, the Triton Mustangs boy's basketball team kept the memory of the last time they played the Chargers from Timber Creek. In that game, the Chargers were in full control of their twenty point win on their home court. This time, Triton only trailed their opponent by three points at intermission. It would be the play of Maurice Ward who highlighted a seventeen point their quarter that gave Timber Creek a lead they would hold on to. The Chargers would defeat Triton at home by a 50-42 margin. |
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Basketball Spotlight: Thursday, February 3, 2005 By Bob Heller As hot as the University of the Sciences women's basketball were in the second half of Tuesday's game against Wilmington, the Devils were equally as cold tonight as Bloomfield College snapped their three-game winning streak, 68-51. USP shot a season low 23.6% from the field, connecting on only 13 of 55 shots from the field. The Devils made 23 of 30 free throws (76.7%) to Bloomfield's 22-for-34 (64.7%) and were outrebounded 51-44 (21-15 on the offensive glass). |
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Basketball Spotlight: Thursday, February 3, 2005 By Bob Heller The Bloomfield College Deacons men's basketball team broke USP's modest two game winning streak tonight, defeating the host Devils, 87-69. Bloomfield placed three players in double figures, led by Daniel Terrell's 24 points (19 first half). Andre Dabney added 17 points and seven assists while Kareem Boswell chipped in 16. USP was led by Bill Kurtz (So., Shawnee HS/Shamong, NJ) and Gene Willard (Sr., Cardinal O'Hara HS/ Broomall, PA). Kurtz connected on five three-point field goals and a pair of free throws for 17 points while Willard added 14 points on 5-for-8 shooting from the field (3 'three-pointers'). |
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Football Spotlight: Thursday, February 3, 2005 By Marty Cross Stemming from an increase of teams in the north eastern section of the country, the NAFL is proud to announce the creation of the Metro and New Jersey divisions. The Metro division named for the Metropolitan New York area that it represents will comprise of four teams to begin with. It will be spearheaded by the returning New York Predators and New York Panthers and include the additions of the New York Falcons and the Kings County Cardinals. |
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Wednesday, February 2, 2005 By Stephanie Wright There has been some competitive competition this year in the Friends School Girl’s basketball league. One of the teams from that league was the Foxes from Moorestown Friends. The Foxes had just won a close game against George School and were looking to make it two in a row against St. Mary’s Hall. Participating in a non-league girl’s basketball game, Moorestown Friends was able to use their entire lineup to come away with the win. A seventeen point second quarter proved to be the difference for Friends in their 48-12 victory at home. |
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Basketball Spotlight: Wednesday, February 2, 2005 By Bob Heller The Wilmington College Wildcats made a fierce rally in the final six minutes of tonight's game against the University of the Sciences men's team, cutting a 21-point lead to single digits. However the Devils held them off to earn their second straight win 70-59. USP led 64-43 with 6:10 left in the game, when the Wildcats went on a 16-2 run to pull within seven, 66-59 with just 29 seconds left on the clock. Keying the run was Wilmington's Jason Maciey, who hit three three-point field goals including the Wildcats final basket of the run which pulled them within seven. |
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Basketball Spotlight: Wednesday, February 2, 2005 By Bob Heller The University of the Sciences Women’s Basketball Team connected on 18 of 32 shots in the second half as they turned a nine-point halftime lead into a 75-54 win over Wilmington College earlier tonight, sweeping the season series from the Wildcats. For the first time in nine games, the Devils finished the game shooting over 50% from the field, connecting on 35 of 66 shots for the game (53%). USP, however shot just 50% from the free throw line (5-10) and failed to make a three-point field goal (0-4). |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Tuesday, February 2, 2005 By Al Cohen Jeff Ulmer had a goal and two assists and Peter Budaj made 29 saves to lead the Hershey Bears to a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phantoms tonight at GIANT Center. Mathieu Darche added a pair of goals and Cody McCormick chipped in a goal and an assist as Hershey won for the fourth time in its last five games. After losing 16 straight meetings with the Phantoms, the Bears have now won three in a row. Riley Cote tallied the lone goal and Antero Niittymaki stopped 23-of-26 shots for Philadelphia, which lost its fourth consecutive road game. |
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Tuesday, February 1, 2005 By Jason Brown The Red Raiders from Paulsboro have been winning those games they were expected to win so far this season. It's those tough games that have given Paulsboro trouble coming close but not winning especially in a division that Sterling, Haddonfield and Collingswood are included. Against another team from the Colonial Conference, Paulsboro quickly controlled their game against the Green Wave from Audubon. Four players finished in double figures and Paulsboro rolled on to the 73-45 victory. |
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Tuesday, February 1, 2005 By Susan Hall You have heard it before, every win counts when trying to qualify for the post season playoffs. The Lady Tartans from Highland was one of those teams that started out the season with a few winning and losing streaks. For the second time this season, Clearview and Highland would participate in a Tri-County Conference Royal Division match-up. This time on their home court, Highland was looking for their second win in a row and they would convincingly pick up the victory. With their 39-23 victory, Highland improved their record to 7-7 which included a 6-4 record in their division. |
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Tuesday, February 1, 2005 By Boog Williams Winslow Township High School was buzzing early in the morning, as two of the football team members signed national letters of intent to Navy and Purdue. Coach Felton Jones is very proud of the two, Jeremy Miles and Todshon Jones. As he said, “Isn’t it great to see two students, that were All Conference, get the chance at over $250,000 in scholarships?” |
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Basketball Spotlight: Tuesday, February 1, 2005 By Bob Heller University of the Sciences in Philadelphia Women’s Basketball player Leah Shumoski (Marple-Newtown High School/Broomall, PA) was named the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Women’s Basketball Co-Player of the Week for the week ending January 30, 2005. Shumoski becomes the first CACC Women’s Basketball player this season to earn Player of the Week honors three times. Leah shared Player of the Week honors for the Week of January 16, 2005 and earned the award for the week ending November 28, 2004 earlier this season. It is also the fifth time Shumoski has been recognized by the CACC for her accomplishments on the basketball court, having been named to the CACC honor roll for the weeks ending January 10, 2005 and January 3, 2005. |
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Monday, January 31, 2005 By Mike Costantino Dan Drazen had three goals and two assists to lead the Eastern Vikings over Shawnee 6-4 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Monday night. Ryan Doner stopped forty-two of forty-six shots as Eastern jumped into fourth place in closing out their regular season schedule. The two teams exchanged goals in the opening period as Rory Levinson used his reach to poke check the puck into the net and give Eastern a 1-0 lead. Dave DeBarth answered one minute later scoring on the power play for Shawnee. Drazen gave the Vikings the lead early in the second period scoring on a break and then made it 3-1 late in the period on a nice breakout pass from Richard Smith. |
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Monday, January 31, 2005 By Mike Costantino Chris Riggs scored four goals and assisted on two more as Clearview defeated Cherokee 2 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees by a score of 8-3. Cherokee broke out on top early in the first period as Tom Paradise gave the Chiefs fans something to cheer about just over three minutes into the game. Riggs responded sixty seconds later on a give and go with Mike Sullivan. Less than three minutes later those same two hooked up again, this time Riggs fed Sullivan and his quick shot put Clearview on top 2-1. |
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Monday, January 31, 2005 By Mike Ballard Freshman guard Amir Fantroyal continued his fine rookie play for the Rutgers-Camden men’s basketball team last week, averaging 13.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 4.0 steals in a pair of New Jersey Athletic Conference games. In a loss at Rowan Jan. 26, Fantroyal had a game-high 14 points and tied for the team lead with two assists. In a home loss against No. 18 Ramapo Jan. 29, he tied for game-high honors with three assists and five steals, while adding 12 points, four rebounds and one blocked shot. The assist, steal and block totals all tied his career high. It capped a big week for the guard, who was named as the NJAC Rookie of the Week on Jan. 24. |
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Football Spotlight: Monday, January 31, 2005 By David W. Unkle Terrell Owens shouldn't go against doctor's recommendations not to play in the Super Bowl, writes NBCSports.com's David W. Unkle. The topic of Terrell Owens, his leg injury and whether he'll play in the Super Bowl has been debated not only by a plethora of journalists, but also doctors and medical ethicists. Owens, who suffered a high ankle sprain and a small fracture of his leg in a game against the Cowboys on Dec. 19, wants to play against the Patriots, even though the surgeon who operated on him won't release him. |
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Soccer Spotlight:
Monday, January 31, 2005
By David Deal The Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) announced today that three members of the Philadelphia KiXX were honored with the League's Player of the Week (POW) accolade for the seven-day period ending January 30. Goalkeeper Peter Pappas was named the MISL's Goalkeeper of the Week, his fourth such honor of 2004-05, while Pat Morris pulled in his League-high fifth Defensive Player of the Week award and player/coach Don D'Ambra earned his first Offensive Player of the Week accolade of the season. |
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