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South Jersey Soccer:
Barons Home Opener a Winner Sunday, May 22, 2005 By Paul O'Donnell The weather was near perfect for soccer despite the on shore breeze, the pitch a little heavy, the entertainment by the Baronette's spectacular and the crowd enthusiastic (especially John Thompson's cheering section) while the soccer on display a bit disjointed. The result on the night was a good win for the Barons in their home opener at Carey Field over the Vermont Voltage 3-1 moving them to the top of the division with six points from their first three games. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight:
Phantoms Blank Bruins 3-0 in Game Two of Eastern Conference Finals Saturday, May 21, 2005 By Al Cohen Antero Niittymaki stopped all 33 shots he faced tonight at the Wachovia Center as the Philadelphia Phantoms cruised to a 3-0 victory over the Providence Bruins and a two-games-to-none lead in the Eastern Conference Finals. Philadelphia, which posted a 4-2 win in Game One on Friday, is now halfway toward advancing to the Calder Cup Finals as the series shifts to Providence on Monday for Game Three. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight:
Phantoms Open Eastern Conference Finals with 4-2 Win over Providence Friday, May 20, 2005 By Al Cohen Defenseman Freddy Meyer scored three times tonight at the Wachovia Center to lead the Philadelphia Phantoms to a 4-2 victory over the Providence Bruins in Game One of the Eastern Conference Finals. Meyer scored twice in the first period and added another in the second as Philadelphia improved to 7-0 at home during the 2005 Calder Cup Playoffs. The Phantoms will also host Game Two of the best-of-seven series on Saturday at 7:05 p.m. Mike Richards added an empty-net goal and chipped in a pair of assists, while Jon Sim also finished with two assists. Antero Niittymaki stopped 22-of-24 shots to move into a tie for the league lead in postseason wins (8). |
 High School Baseball:Burlington City Breaks Open a Close Game Thursday, May 19, 2005 By Jerome Michaels It was once said that no team should be considered an easy win when it comes to the sport of baseball. A good example of this was when the Wildcats from Maple Shade traveled to Burlington City to participate in a Burlington Conference Patriot Division game. Two teams that were heading in to different directions started out with Maple Shade holding a one run lead through five and a half innings. The second place Blue Devils responded by taking the lead during their bottom half of the inning and maintained that lead until the very next inning. When the final out of this game was recorded, Burlington City had recorded an 11-7 win over Maple Shade. |
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South Jersey Baseball:
Thunder Win on Hit Batsman in 13th Inning Wednesday, May 18, 2005 By Dan Loney PH Omir Santos was hit by a Jamie Vermilyea pitch with the bases loaded in the 13th Inning which gave the Trenton Thunder an 8-7 win in Eastern League play on Wednesday afternoon. The win moved the Thunder into sole possession of 2nd Place in the Northern Division. Shelley Duncan, who scored the winning run, led the offense with three hits and three RBI. |
 High School Baseball:Falcons' First Inning Explosion Enough to Defeat Florence Tuesday, May 17, 2005 By Jerome Michaels Burlington Township has been trying to prove that they deserve to be sitting on top of the Burlington County Liberty Division. No opponent should be considered an easy win when it comes to a sport that needs all the players on the field contribute to a victory. The Falcons would be tested today against a very good Florence team who represented the Freedom Division. Burlington Township wasted little time scoring runs as they sent fourteen batters to the plate in the first inning that resulted in an eleven run lead. Florence would rally during their next at bat, but the early success by the Falcons was too much for their opponent to overcome. Burlington Township would extend their winning streak to two games with their 13-8 victory. |
 High School Baseball:Camden Catholic Avoids Extra Innings Against Eastern Tuesday, May 17, 2005 By Jason Brown Baseball is a very interesting game. On any given day, playing sound baseball with good pitching and solid defense, no team could be considered the favorite. Okay, sometimes those occasional bad hops and sometimes a key call at the plate don’t go a team’s way that could factor in the decision. The Eastern baseball squad has proven to be one of the best teams in our area by climbing to the top of their division. Camden Catholic was looking to win fourth out of their last five games against the visiting Vikings. The Fighting Irish would battle back from a three run deficit to score the winning run during their last at bat. Dave Kittle would score the winning run for Camden Catholic giving the Irish the 7-6 decision over Eastern. |
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South Jersey Baseball:
Thunder Take Third Straight Win, 5-1 Tuesday, May 17, 2005 By Dan Loney Matt DeSalvo allowed one run over six innings for his third straight win and Dee Brown's three-run home run capped a five-run 5th Inning in Trenton's 5-1 win over New Hampshire in Eastern League play. DeSalvo (4-1), who won the Eastern League's "Pitcher of the Week" award yesterday, saw his consecutive scorless innings streak end at 20 2/3 when a wild pitch plated a run for New Hampshire (19-17). DeSalvo worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the 4th Inning and gave up five hits on the night. He walked four and struck out six. |
 High School Softball:Sweeney Does It Again For Red Devils Monday, May 16, 2005 By Stephanie Wright Rancocas Valley had very aspect of their game working for them when they traveled to Camden Catholic to take on the Lady Irish. By now most of everyone has heard the name Lisa Sweeney and her impressive years as the Red Devils’ starting pitcher. Today would be another game for the record books for Rancocas Valley as they would score early and often scoring more than enough runs for Sweeney. Dana Bieniek led the hit attack against the Irish collecting four hits and the Red Devils added two homeruns to defeat Camden Catholic 8-0 in a non-league competition. |
 College Softball:Raptor of the Week: Michelle Schlichtig Monday, May 16, 2005 By Mike Ballard Junior Michelle Schlichtig capped her outstanding junior season at the NCAA Division III Softball East Regional, working all 32.1 innings that the Lady Raptors played in the tournament. She went 2-2, allowing 18 hits, six walks and four runs (three earned). She struck out 26 batters as the Lady Raptors finished as a regional runnerup for the second consecutive season. She also was one of three Rutgers-Camden players named to the All-East Regional tournament team and was named to the Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III Softball East Region First Team. |
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