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Ice Hockey Spotlight:
January Trick is Treat for Phantom Sunday, January 8, 2006 By Brian Smith Matt Ellison scored his first three goals as a member of the Phantoms, posting his first career hat trick in Philadelphia's 4-2 win over the Lowell Lock Monsters at the Wachovia Spectrum on Sunday evening. Captain John Slaney and rookie Stefan Ruzicka each had three assists as the Phantoms erased a five-game cold snap in front of 8,045. For the first time in seven efforts, the Phantoms scored first. Ruzicka was working from the left-wing corner and found Marc Cavosie in front, who was able to beat goaltender Vitaly Kolesnik from 15 feet for his first goal of the year. |
 High School Wrestling:Tigers Take Their Frustrations Out On Overbrook Saturday, January 7, 2006 By Anthony Phillips This weekend at Overbrook High School, the highly ranked Dragons from Kingsway entered the gymnasium to participate in a double match hosted by the Rams. Overbrook quickly fell victim to Kingsway's superior strength and were ready to do the same to Lower Cape May. The second match of the day also saw Kingsway coming away with the win which led to the last match of the day. Both the Tigers from Lower Cape May and Overbrook wanted to end the day with a win. After six bouts were completed and the match tied, the Tigers would record seven consecutive pins to sweep Overbrook away with the win. The final score reflected Lower Cape May determination to pick up the 54-12 decision allow them to walk off the mat with a win. |
 High School Basketball:Camden Catholic Remains Undefeated Saturday, January 7, 2006 By Jerome Michaels Seven days into the month of January, LEAP Academy boys' basketball team has been put to the test playing teams from North and South Jersey as well as teams from Philadelphia. The second year program has shown they have the talent to compete on the court and they would get another chance when they visited the undefeated Fighting Irish from Camden Catholic. The Lancers (9-2) would struggle on offense through the first half, but would pick up their scoring during the second half. Camden Catholic's team effort during the first half would be enough to pick up the 66-57 victory and increase their winning streak to eight games and no losses. |
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Basketball Spotlight:
Devils Come from Behind to Earn Fourth Straight Victory Saturday, January 7, 2006 By Bob Heller Solid defense and clutch shooting down the stretch helped propel the University of the Sciences women's basketball team to their fourth straight victory this afternoon as the rallied from a seven point deficit to defeat New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), 55-53. The win improved the Devils record to 6-4 overall and 5-2 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference play. NJIT fell to 6-4 overall and 4-3 in league play. |
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Basketball Spotlight:
Devils Defeat Highlanders for First CACC Win of Season Saturday, January 7, 2006 By Bob Heller Bill Kurtz had 18 points and Collin Harrington recorded a double-double as the University of the Sciences men's basketball team won their first Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference game of the 05-06 season, defeating the Highlanders from New Jersey Institute of Technology, 69-56 at the Bobby Morgan Arena this afternoon. The win improved the Devils record to 3-8 overall and 1-5 in CACC games. NJIT fell to 4-7 overall, 1-5 in CACC games. |
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Soccer Spotlight:
KiXX Fall to St. Louis, 6-5, in OT Saturday, January 7, 2006 By David Deal The Philadelphia KiXX (3-5) fell to the second-place St. Louis Steamers (8-2) 6-5 in overtime in front of a season-high 7,633 fans at the Wachovia Spectrum. Defender D.J. Newsom recorded the game-winning goal, a restart tally from teammate Genoni Martinez at 9:56 of the extra stanza. Peter Pappas (3-5) took the loss for Philadelphia with seven saves on 13 chances, while Brett Phillips improved to 2-0 with the Blast, turning away 11 of the 16 shots he faced. |
 High School Ice Hockey:Cardillo Nets Three as Cherokee rolls over Williamstown Friday, January 6, 2006 By Mike Costantino Matt Cardillo had a hat trick and Justin Kinniry added two goals as Cherokee defeated Williamstown 7-1 in SJHSIHL Tier 1 action at Hollydell. The opening period was played very tight and the only goal came from Cardillo, who while on his knees in the slot fired the puck at the net and somehow it went in and Cherokee led 1-0. Cherokee took over in the second period, first Patrick McMahon sent in Kinniry on a break and his goal put Cherokee up 2-0 early in the period. |
 High School Ice Hockey:Powers Late Goal Lifts East over Clearview Friday, January 6, 2006 By Mike Costantino Christopher Powers' goal late in the third period snapped a 6-6 tie and gave Cherry Hill East a 7-6 victory over Clearview in a see-saw affair played at Hollydell on Friday night. Gary Tagland led East in scoring with two goals and Kyle Poderis had a hat trick for Clearview. Clearview out-played East in the first period, as goals by Mike Sullivan, Pat Coghlan and two by Poderis were sandwiched around goals by Tagland and Andrew Roth, and Clearview headed into the second period, seemingly in control with a 4-2 lead. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight:
Pens Pocket Win, Brent Kelly Collects Goal and Assist in Phantoms Loss Friday, January 6, 2006 By Brian Smith The league's top team visited Philadelphia last night and the Phantoms took them to the edge, but fell to the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Penguins, 4-2. An empty-netter sealed the Phantoms fate with only a minute remaining in the third, as Brent Kelly lead the purple with a goal and an assist. The Pens took a 1-0 lead while operating on the game's first power play. Positioned on the end boards and over the left shoulder of netminder Martin Houle, Rico Fata popped it out in front to Arpad Mihaly, who was able to fire it past the rookie backstop for a 1-0 lead. |
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Lacrosse Spotlight:
Bergey Stings Swarm in 15-11 Philadelphia Win Friday, January 6, 2006 By Jennifer Stefani The Philadelphia Wings (2-0) remain undefeated as they defeated the Minnesota Swarm by a score of 15-11at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN. Nine-year veteran Jake Bergey powered the Wings with three goals on the night, while rookies Sean Greenhalgh, Chad Thompson, and Luke Wiles continued to be a factor contributing five overall goals. The Wings will face the Swarm again next Saturday, January 14 in their home opener at Wachovia Center at 8 p.m. |
 High School Basketball:Camden Catholic Uses Overtime to Defeat Wilson Thursday, January 5, 2006 By Jerome Michaels Even though most teams have completed just about a third of their schedule, enough games have been played in order to see which schools are playing up to their preseason expectations. There are still those teams looking to gain respect have established themselves as dominating teams that could come away with the win. For the Tigers from Woodrow Wilson traveling to take a ranked Camden Catholic team, a productive fourth quarter surge would send this game into overtime. But a very patient Irish squad came up with big time shots down the stretch and defeat Wilson 59-55 overcoming a four point deficit in overtime. |
 High School Basketball:Collingswood's Composure Enough to Defeat Lindenwold Thursday, January 5, 2006 By Vincent Lewis When a team is undefeated and has to an opponent's home court, there are several challenges that have to be met. One challenge of course would be to keep the game on the court and not worry about the home fans. The other would be to stick to the game plan and execute well on the court. The Panthers from Collingswood would take their six game winning streak and extend it by one when they traveled to Lindenwold High School. Jon Dempsey's success during the first half would help Collingswood defeat Lindenwold by a 74-65 margin. Collingswood improved their record to 7-0 while the Lions record dropped to 5-2 early on in the season. |
 High School Basketball:Lady Cougars Make Every Shot Count Tuesday, January 3, 2006 By Joyce Sagerty A basketball schedule is designed to give every team a chance to compete against every team from a division in order to determine who’s the best and claim the title. When that time comes when a division match up takes place, it’s very important early in the season to come away with the win. Two teams that knew the importance of their time to compete against one another were Cherry Hill East and the Minutemaids from Washington Township. After three quarters of play were completed, the Cougars would watch their double digit lead shrink down to just two points. East would rely on converting their free throws down the stretch to preserve their 50-45 victory over Township. |
 High School Basketball:Camden Catholic Have Their Way Tuesday, January 3, 2006 By Susan Hall Even before the season began, the Olympic Conference National Division seem to have several teams who could be ranked as a top team in South Jersey. Camden would be one of those teams in a rebuilding phase and would have to find a way to step up and compete with the other teams from their division. Camden Catholic would begin their game against the Lady Panthers quick and fast and control this game up until the very end. When the final buzzer was sounded, the Irish would walk off the court with an 83-34 victory at home. |
 College Basketball:Raptor of the Week: Megan Rulon Monday, January 2, 2006 By Mike Ballard Women's basketball center Megan Rulon has been a fixture as the Raptor of the Week during her senior season. She earned her third Rutgers-Camden weekly honor in five weeks after another standout performance on the court, where she was named to the all-tournament team at the South Padre Island (Texas) Shootout Dec. 28-29. Rulon averaged 17.5 points, 15.5 rebounds and 6.5 blocked shots in her two games in Texas while earning her second all-tourney berth this season. She also was on the tournament team at the season-opening Jim Crawley Classic at Frostburg State University Nov. 18-19. In a loss to Concordia University Dec. 28, Rulon collected game-high totals of 20 rebounds, 18 points and 10 blocked shots to record her second career triple-double. Her 20 rebounds set a career high. She added game-high totals of 17 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks in a consolation game win over Juniata College Dec. 29. |
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