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Sunday, April 3, 2005 By Susan Hall The Al Carino Basketball Club of South Jersey has been benefiting students all the way back to 1962 when Albert Carino founded the club. Recently, Theresa DiMedio from The College of New Jersey and a graduate from Camden Catholic received the South Jersey Collegiate Player of the Year honors from Al Carino Girls’ Basketball Club of South Jersey. This past Sunday seniors from our area participated in an Albert Carino girls basketball all-star game played at Cherry Hill East High School. Two players from the Tournament of Champions winners participating in the game were all-stars from Woodrow Wilson. DeVaughn Hailey and Letitia Curry represented the North all-stars as they defeated the South by an 82-59 margin. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Sunday, April 3, 2005 By Al Cohen The Philadelphia Phantoms clinched a playoff berth and took over first place in the AHL's East Division with a 4-2 victory over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins tonight at the Wachovia Spectrum. Dennis Seidenberg had a hand in every score, recording a goal and three assists, while R.J. Umberger and Ben Stafford contributed two points apiece. Antero Niittymaki stopped 30-of-32 shots to notch the victory. Philadelphia (44-22-3-4, 95 points) won for the sixth time in its last seven games and captured its fifth straight home game to move one point ahead of Binghamton for first place in the division. The Phantoms have seven games remaining in the regular season, while the Senators have six. |
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Soccer Spotlight: Sunday, April 3, 2005 By David Deal The Philadelphia KiXX (20-15) dropped a 4-3 overtime decision to the two-time defending Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) Champion Baltimore Blast (14-19) in front of 4,275 fans at the Wachovia Spectrum today. Lee Tschantret recorded the game winner on a pass from Giuliano Celenza at 12:01 of the extra stanza. Peter Pappas (17-13) took the loss for the KiXX with eight saves on 12 chances, while Sagu (6-11) earned the win in net for Baltimore, turning away eight of the 11 shots he faced. |
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Saturday, April 2, 2005 By John Daglian The 10th annual Viking invitational Boys Volleyball tournament was held at Eastern High School on Saturday April 2nd. This tournament normally features several of the top schools in the state. This year was no exception as 7 of the top 15 schools attended. The first pool consisted of Eastern, East Brunswick, Cherry Hill East, Hackensack and St. Peters Prep. The second pool contained West Windsor South, Bridgewater, Cherry Hill West, Fairlawn and Wayne Hills. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Saturday, April 2, 2005 By Kevin Kurz Jon Sim scored once in regulation and twice in a shootout, leading the Phantoms to a 4-3 victory over the Norfolk Admirals at the Norfolk Scope on Saturday night. With the Phantoms leading 2-1 entering the third period, the Admirals scored twice on goals by Krys Barch and Rene Bourque to take a 3-2 lead. After Bourque's goal at 11:26, Sim took a feed from R.J. Umberger and sent a one-timer past goaltender Adam Munro just 20 seconds later for his 35th goal of the season, leading the team. |
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Lacrosse Spotlight: Saturday, April 2, 2005 By Jennifer Stefani The Wings couldn't keep up with first-place Toronto as they fell to the Rock, 17-15, Saturday at the Wachovia Center in front of 12,584 fans. The matchup was the first of three between the two teams to round out the season. The Wings led by three going into the third quarter and found themselves down by three at the end of the quarter. Colin Doyle led the Rock, who clinched a playoff spot, with three goals and eight assists. Tom Marechek led the Wings with four goals and four assists The Wings face the Rock again in their final regular season home game next Saturday, April 9 at 8 p.m. |
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Friday, April 1, 2005 By Crystal Parker Hosting the first game of the season has its advantages as the comforts of home are right there for you. The Cougars from Cherry Hill West seem to take advantage of their surroundings as they were in complete control of their inter-conference girl’s lacrosse competition with Camden Catholic. For an entire half and then the majority of the second half, the Cougars matched the favorite Camden Catholic team goal for goal and held a lead very early in the second half. But the Lady Irish lacrosse team remained calm and held onto a 9-7 victory. Katie Gallagher highlighted the win by scoring four of the nine goals scored by the Irish. |
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Friday, April 1, 2005 By Clark Washington The popularity of boy's lacrosse has increased by five new teams being added this season. In its brief history, high schools are finding out that the interest has grown since its inception three years ago. One of those new teams entering its first year was the Cougars from Cherry Hill West. Coach Chris Keleher has the challenge of leading the new program but is not new to the sports. Their first game was against a relatively new team in Paul VI who struggled last year. The Cougars were able to pass the ball well enough to post an 11-5 victory at home. |
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Friday, April 1, 2005 By Joyce Sagerty It was a day primed for misconceptions and tricks with the traditional occurrences that could happen on the first day of April. But this was no joke being played as the beginning of a new softball season was able to avoid those showers and play the first game of the season without any delay. The Lady Eagles from Paul VI were ready to defend their Olympic Conference National Division title and it would start with their divisional game against Bishop Eustace. Trailing by two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, Paul VI rallied for four runs which included a two run homerun by Megan Bryson. Paul VI would go on to defeat Bishop Eustace by a score of 6-4. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, April 1, 2005 By Al Cohen Patrick Sharp and Tony Voce each recorded a goal and two assists to lead the Philadelphia Phantoms to a 4-3 victory over the Hershey Bears tonight in front of a crowd of 8,425 at the Wachovia Spectrum. Dennis Seidenberg added a goal and an assist and Antero Niittymaki made 22 saves as Philadelphia won its fourth straight home game and improved to 7-3 vs. the Bears this season. The Phantoms picked up their eighth win in their last 11 games, but remained one point behind first-place Binghamton in the East Division. The Senators, who pulled out a 3-2 shootout win over Worcester tonight, have played one more game than Philadelphia. |
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High School Ice Hockey: Thursday, March 31, 2005 By Mike Pontonio During the spring of 2004 officials from the South Jersey High School Ice Hockey league noticed some irregularities and an apparent shortage in our checking accounts. After reviewing copies of account statements and other records it became clear to us that we had been victimized by our former treasurer Michael Stern. It was also clear that Stern in his capacity as our league treasurer had been embezzling money from our program for a number of years. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 By Al Cohen The Binghamton Senators scored four consecutive goals to start the third period en route to a 7-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phantoms tonight at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena. After the Phantoms rallied to even the score at 3-3 through two periods, Pat Kavanagh and Jason Spezza each scored in the first 5:20 of the third to give the Senators a 5-3 lead. Minutes later, cross checking minors on Ben Eager and Joni Pitkanen gave Binghamton a 5-on-3 advantage and Chris Neil tallied his second of the game at 9:32 to make it a three-goal game. |
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Lacrosse Spotlight: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 By Jennifer Stefani With four games remaining on their schedule and a playoff berth at stake, the Philadelphia Wings (6-6) will have to fend of the division-leading Toronto Rock (8-3) three different times beginning this Saturday, April 2, as the Wings host the Rock at Wachovia Center at 8 p.m. The Wings will have to win at least two of their three games against the Rock to secure a playoff position. |
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South Jersey Football: Monday, March 28, 2005 By Marty Cross Although many veterans were missing from The 2nd Annual Camden Lynx Open Combine, there was plenty of talent to make up for it. "I am very happy with this years turnout," said Head Coach Lester Cream Jr., "This was the best display of talent of any of our previous tryouts." This was also the first time the new coaching staff was introduced to the players. Some of the players were vocal about the new staff. Edward "Butchie" Dover (3 year starting cornerback from Philadelphia) said, "I think this staff is committed to making us a better team." Also taking notice was strong safety Delvin Jones (a 3 year starter, 2003 All-American Honorable Mention recipient), "It took so long to finally get back on the field to practice, it's just the first day and the coaches are already ahead of schedule!" |
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Monday, March 28, 2005 By Mike Ballard Sophomore pitcher Jason Ronca threw no-hit ball for 6-1/3 innings and finished with a three-hitter over 7-2/3 innings during a 5-2 victory over Gwynedd-Mercy College March 22. Ronca allowed just two earned runs, both in the eighth inning, had five walks and struck out nine. With the victory, he raised his record to 2-0. He owns. a 1.23 ERA in 14-2/3 innings this season. Pitching, timely hitting and opportunistic play led the Rutgers-Camden baseball team to a 3-0 week in its return to Campbell’s Field, stretching the Raptors’ winning streak to six games. Rutgers-Camden, which has won 10 of its last 11 games, improved to 11-2. |
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Baseball Spotlight: Monday, March 28, 2005 By Deborah Rinaldi From restaurant and concession enhancements to the latest in merchandise and family-fun, the second season at Citizens Bank Park kicks off with exhibition games on April 2 with new amenities that add to the ultimate baseball and entertainment experience. |
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Soccer Spotlight: Monday, March 28, 2005 By David Deal The Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) announced today that defender Drew Kopp has been named the League’s Defensive Player of the Week (POW) for the seven-day period ending March 27. The accolade is the first such honor for the Bridgeport, Connecticut native in his five-year career. Kopp anchored the club’s defensive, which held the Cleveland Force to only a pair of goals and 23 shots in Philadelphia’s 8-2 victory on March 26. |
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