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Ice Hockey Spotlight:
Kelly, Kavanagh Carry Phantoms Sunday, November 27, 2005 By Brian Smith The tandem of Brent Kelly and Pat Kavanagh was too much for the Binghamton Senators on Sunday evening, as the two combined the game-tying and game-winning goals to give the Philadelphia Phantoms a 3-2 overtime win at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton, NY. All the regulation scoring took place in the second period. The Senators started things at 9:54, when Steve Martins intercepted a Phantoms pass in the high slot of the Philadelphia zone and danced in all alone on goaltender Martin Houle, beating him on the backhand to the left post for a 1-0 lead. |
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Soccer Spotlight:
KiXX Drop First Road Date of 05-06 in St. Louis, 8-4 Saturday, November 26, 2005 By David Deal The Philadelphia KiXX (1-2) dropped their first road game of the 2005-06 Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) season with a 8-4 loss to former player/coach Omid Namazi and the St. Louis Steamers (1-1) at the Savvis Center. Midfielder Jeff DiMaria recorded the game-winning goal on a dish from teammate Joe Reiniger at 4:12 of the third quarter. Peter Pappas (1-2) took the loss for Philadelphia, turning away 12 of the 18 shots he faced, while Brett Phillips (1-1) earned the win for the Steamers with seven saves on 11 chances. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight:
Phantoms Find Success Abroad, Philadelphia Takes 2-1 Win At Albany Friday, November 25, 2005 By Brian Smith It had been over a month since the Philadelphia Phantoms had won a game away from the Wachovia Spectrum. So it was an understandable relief to the team when that stretch came to an end Saturday night. Ben Eager's goal 3:40 into the third period lifted the Phantoms to a 2-1 win over the Albany River Rats at Albany's Pepsi Center, snapping a nine-game road winless streak for the club. |
 High School Football:Field Goal Gives Paul VI the Edge Thursday, November 24, 2005 By Jason Brown There were a lot of reasons many showed up at Camden Catholic to witness a classic high school football game Thanksgiving morning. One reason would be to stay out of trouble with the chef of the house as temptations of sneaking a taste of the turkey dinner would bring on a slap on the wrist. During the Paul VI and Camden Catholic football game, many players got a chance to play in front of visiting family and friends. As for the game, the Eagles would finally break a tie when place kicker Joe Owens kicked the game winning field goal with seconds remaining on the clock. Paul VI would defeat the Fighting Irish 17-14 in a thrilling game. |
 High School Football:Collingswood and Sterling Gets the Holiday Started Wednesday, November 23, 2005 By Jerome Michaels Football over the Thanksgiving weekend has been a tradition that dates back for quite some time. The holiday dinner usually begins with waking up to an early morning high school game and then a number of games slated for Thursday. The Panthers from Collingswood and Silver Knights from Sterling would get the extended weekend started under the lights at Sterling High School. Both of these teams had qualified for the post season, but today was about entertaining all in attendance to start out the holiday football tradition. All of the scoring of this game occurred during the first quarter and Collingswood would hold onto their 7-6 lead and pick up the win. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight:
Admirals Sink Phantoms, Norfolk Takes 4-2 Win Wednesday, November 23, 2005 By Brian Smith Eric Chouinard had a goal and an assist in his first game back in the lineup after missing six contests due to injury, but it wasn't enough to overcome two goals and an assist from Norfolk's Nathan Barrett as the Phantoms fell 4-2 to the Admirals on Wednesday night. The Phantoms drew first blood on a 5-on-3 power play opportunity 3:50 into the opening frame. Freddy Meyer's blast from the high slot was kicked away by Admirals goaltender Corey Crawford, but the long rebound out to the top of the left circle came right back to Meyer. He made good on the second shot to give Philadelphia the 1-0 lead. Chouinard got an assist, along with Brent Kelly. |
  Winning Ways (FYI):NSCA's Essentials of Personal Training Tuesday, November 22, 2005 By Gregory "Graig" White This is one great publication, I dare say that this could be the one book about personal training that may have the answer to any question a person who is serious about the business may have. There are more than 250 pictures that illustrate proper stretching and strength training techniques that have been proven to be efficient and effective. |
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South Jersey Baseball:
Thunder Named Nation's Top Organization Tuesday, November 22, 2005 By Bill Cook The Trenton Thunder, Class AA Affiliate of the New York Yankees, was formally recognized by its governing body and the other 160 Minor Leagues teams in the United States and Canada as the Number One baseball organization in the nation. Minor League Baseball, headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL, announced that the Trenton Thunder has been awarded the John H. Johnson President’s Trophy which is given annually to the most outstanding franchise in Minor League Baseball that best exemplifies the complete Minor League Baseball organization. |
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Basketball Spotlight:
Rance Propels Devils to their First Win of the Season Tuesday, November 22, 2005 By Bob Heller Shelby Rance recorded the first double-double of her career netting 26 points and 11 rebounds as the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia won their home opener and their first game of the season 72-56. Rance scored 15 of her 26 points in the first half, connecting on seven of 11 shots from the field leading the Devils as they overcame a 7-0 deficit to start the game to leas by 12, 40-28 at the break. Rance finished the game shooting 11-for-17 from the field with one three-pointer and 3-for-5 from the free throw line. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight:
Philadelphia Marine Corps 2005 Toys for Tots Program Teams with Flyers Skate Zone Tuesday, November 22, 2005 By Jorge Palmieri Philadelphia Marine Corps will be collecting toys at the Flyers Skate Zone this holiday season to spread some cheer by participating as a drop off location for the 2005 Toys for Tots program. The program runs from Monday, November 21 through Sunday, December 11 at any of the four Flyers Skate Zone's located in Northeast Philadelphia, PA; Voorhees, NJ; Pennsauken, NJ; or Atlantic City, NJ. Community members are encouraged to bring unwrapped toys and place them in the drop boxes available inside the front lobby of each Flyers Skate Zone. All toys collected will be given to needy families in the Delaware Valley to help share holiday joy and happiness with those who are less fortunate. |
 College Basketball:Raptor of the Week: Megan Rulon Monday, November 21, 2005 By Mike Ballard Center Megan Rulon started her senior season on the women’s basketball team in style, earning all-tournament team honors at the Seventh Annual Jim Crawley Classic at Frostburg State University Nov. 18-19. While helping the Lady Raptors split their first two games, Rulon collected 37 points, 27 rebounds and nine blocked shots, raising her career totals to 220 blocks (71 shy of the school record), 596 rebounds and 906 points. She is 94 points from becoming the 10th player in program history to reach 1,000 for her career. Overall, Rulon went 14-for-23 from the floor and 9-for-15 from the foul line. She also added four assists and four steals. |
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