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Ice Hockey Spotlight:
Phantoms Top Providence Sunday, January 29, 2006 By Brian Smith The Philadelphia Phantoms came roaring back from a 1-0 deficit with four consecutive goals and then held on to beat the Providence Bruins 5-3 at the Dunkin' Donuts Center on Sunday afternoon. After a scoreless first period, Nathan Robinson started things up for the Bruins at 3:24 of the second. Robinson came down the right side, beat a man and cut across the top of the crease before tucking it past Phantoms goaltender Martin Houle for the 1-0 lead. |
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Basketball Spotlight:
Chargers Hand Devils Their Second Straight Loss Saturday, January 28, 2006 By Bob Heller A late rally by the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia fell short as Dominican College handed the Devils their second straight loss, 72-65 in a CACC men's basketball game at the Hennessy Center in Orangeburg, New York this afternoon. The loss drops the Devils to 7-11 overall and 5-8 in league play. Dominican moves into a tie with the Devils with an identical 5-8 league record and improves to 6-12 overall. |
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Basketball Spotlight:
Devils Defeat Chargers Saturday, January 28, 2006 By Bob Heller Leah Shumoski scored 24 points and Mary Beth Christian hit a key basket with 12 seconds left to put the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia ahead by four points as they went on to defeat the Dominican College Chargers, 73-68 in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference women's basketball game this afternoon at the Hennessy Center in Orangeburg, New York. The win improves the Devils record to 11-6 overall and 10-4 in CACC games. Dominican drops to 12-7 overall and 10-4 in league play. Both teams are tied for second place in the league standings with identical 10-4 conference records. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight:
Bridgeport Outlasts Phantoms Saturday, January 28, 2006 By Brian Smith Cody Rudkowsky made 29 saves on 31 shots and earned first star honors for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, anchoring his team to a 3-2 win over the Phantoms on Saturday night at the Arena at Harbor Yard. The Sound Tigers took a quick 2-0 lead, scoring on two of their first three shots over the opening seven minutes. Sean Bergenheim struck first at the 4:46 mark, taking a drop pass from Robert Nillson and walking down the slot before firing a shot past the stick side of Phantoms starter Jamie Storr for the 1-0 lead. |
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Soccer Spotlight:
KiXX Drop Third Straight With 4-3 Loss to Chicago Saturday, January 28, 2006 By David Deal The Philadelphia KiXX (4-8) dropped their season-high third consecutive contest, 4-3, to the Chicago Storm in front of 4,615 fans at the Wachovia Spectrum. Novi Marojevic recorded the game-winning goal on a pass from teammate Mark Ughy at 3:40 of the fourth quarter. Peter Pappas (4-8) suffered the loss for Philadelphia with 10 saves on 14 chances, while Danny Waltman (5-9) earned the victory with the Storm, turning away 12 of the 15 shots he faced. |
 High School Ice Hockey:Size Doesn't Matter as Freshman Paces Timber Creek Friday, January 27, 2006 By Mike Costantino Mark Lamberto is not hard to find on the ice, he’s arguably the smallest player in the SJHSIHL, but on Friday night at Hollydell, he was the best player on the ice, especially in the first period as Timber Creek defeated West Deptford 5-1. Five minutes into the game Lamberto sent in Tom Hopkins and his shot found the net for a 1-0 lead. Given a chance to tie on the power play minutes later, West Deptford was stoned by Derek Cafasso on a great scoring opportunity, and Lamberto picked up the puck and he flew down the ice with Phil Rivello and joining them on the break was Danny Cavallaro, Lamberto hit Cavallaro and his quick shot gave Timber Creek a 2-0 lead. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight:
Manitoba Gets Away From Phantoms Friday, January 27, 2006 By Brian Smith The Philadelphia Phantoms came within one minute and 39 seconds of a victory Friday night, but couldn't quite finish off the Manitoba Moose in a 2-1 overtime loss before a crowd of 8,677 at the Wachovia Spectrum. The game was scoreless for more than two periods until the Phantoms finally broke through with 14:40 left in the third frame. John Slaney put a drive on net from the left point that was blocked in front. But it bounced to Matt Ellison on the right post, and he was able to get his stick on the skipping puck and slam it past goaltender Sebastien Centomo for the 1-0 lead. |
 High School Basketball:Last Second Basket Gives Paul VI the Win Thursday, January 26, 2006 By Jerome Michaels It was a game that both teams had the confidence that they would be the winner of this game. No lead was safe and no deficit was too great to overcome when the Tigers from Woodrow Wilson traveled to Paul VI competing in an Olympic Conference National Division game. The Tigers would lead by a point with 15 seconds remaining in the game only to see Robbie Grant's basket and foul shot with 1.6 seconds remaining in the game push Paul VI's lead by two points. After a timeout, Woodrow Wilson would attempt a desperation shot from will behind the half court line but bounced off the ceiling rafters. Paul VI would extend their winning streak to nine games when they escaped with the 77-75 victory. |
 High School Basketball:Deptford Takes Advantage of Clearview Thursday, January 26, 2006 By Jason Brown With the month of January coming to an end, it serves as a constant reminder that the February cutoff date for teams to have a five hundred record or better in near to qualify for the upcoming state tournament. Two teams from two different groups but having similar goals competed in a Tri-County Conference Royal Division game. The Spartans from Deptford traveled to Clearview in search of picking up a division win, but more importantly stay or move closer to the requirement to qualify for the tournament. Deptford would start with game with a lead and maintain it through four quarters. The Spartans' 73-56 victory would move them one step closer to extending their season into the playoffs. |
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High School Basketball:
Welcome to the 6th Annual Olympic-Cape Challenge Thursday, January 26, 2006 By Dave Catalana For the past five years, The Olympic-Cape Challenge has given basketball fans in South Jersey one of the most action packed weekends of high-school basketball of the year. With twenty-eight of the best teams from the two best basketball conferences in South Jersey set to do battle at Timber Creek High School for fourteen great matchups. The challenge format of the event will pit teams from two of the best leagues in the state - The Olympic Conference and the Cape Atlantic League. Among the teams participating will be eleven of the top twenty teams in South Jersey, including some perennial state powerhouses. The listing of teams reads like a "who's who" of New Jersey basketball: St. Augustine Prep, Camden Catholic, Middle Township, Woodrow Wilson, Atlantic City, Winslow Township, Holy Spirit, Shawnee, Egg Harbor Township, Lenape, Pleasantville and many more. As usual, the tournament will feature some of the best individual players and coaches in the state as well. |
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Basketball Spotlight:
Ten Devils Named Academic All-CACC Thursday, January 26, 2006 By Bob Heller Ten University of the Sciences in Philadelphia student-athletes were named to the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Fall All-Academic Team announced earlier today. To qualify for the honor, recipients must have maintained at least a 3.50 cumulative grade-point average, participated in a fall CACC championship sport, and been at least a sophomore academically and athletically. The ten Devils were among 111 honorees in six sports from all 13 conference schools. Six of the ten are repeat selections from last year's team. |
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South Jersey Sled Hockey:
Wings of Steel Will Play Refs in Charity Event Wednesday, January 25, 2006 By Mike Costantino Being an official in sports is a thankless job, where you are constantly second-guessed, booed and accused of missing your last eye exam. For the second straight year the referees in the SJHSIHL are volunteering there time to play an exhibition game against the Wings of Steel, the local South Jersey Sled Hockey team. Timber Creek is once again sponsoring the event led by the tireless efforts of Gary Scott and this year being assisted by Wayne Gibb, the gatekeeper. This year the game is being played at Hollydell Ice Rink on Saturday February 18th at 4:30 PM. There will be a raffle at the game and all donations of cash or used equipment are welcome and needed. Please support this event, even if you cannot stay for the game, stop by and make a donation. |
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Basketball Spotlight:
Rally Fizzles as Devils Again Fall to Rams Tuesday, January 24, 2006 By Bob Heller Just like it was in their first meeting, a strong second half rally by the University of the Sciences men's basketball team fell short as the Philadelphia University Rams defeated the Devils 71-64 tonight at the Bobby Morgan Arena. The loss drops the Devils record to 7-10 overall and 5-7 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) games and snaps the Devils four game win streak. Philadelphia improves to 13-8 overall and 8-4 in league play. |
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Basketball Spotlight:
Rams Hand Devils a Tough Loss Tuesday, January 24, 2006 By Bob Heller The Philadelphia University women's basketball team came into USP's Bobby Morgan Arena having won their last two games and made it three in a row as they defeated the Devils 72-67 this evening. The loss dropped the Devils into a tie with Philadelphia University in the conference standing with 9-4 records. USP fell to 10-6 overall while Philadelphia University improved to 11-5. |
 High School Basketball:Willingboro Makes it Two in a Row against Greyhounds Monday, January 23, 2006 By Jerome Michaels For the second time this season, Northern Burlington and Willingboro competed against one another this time on the Greyhounds home court. Willingboro won the first game by ten points, but it's always harder to play a team twice and expect that the same game plan will work. The Chimeras’ first quarter success pushed Northern Burlington into a deficit they would try to recover from for the remainder of this game. The Greyhounds would outscore Willingboro during the final three quarters, but the Chimeras would hold on to this game and pick up the 55-51 victory. |
 High School Ice Hockey:East's Second Period Performance Decides Outcome Monday, January 23, 2006 By Vincent Lewis Two teams from the Tier I division of the SJHSIHL were looking to gain some momentum before the playoffs met on the ice at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Both Eastern and Cherry Hill East were looking to pick up an important win for the team as the regular season was coming to an end. Eastern would lead by one goal heading into the second period, but East would erupt for six goals all scored by different players to put this game away. Cherry Hill East's John Faford would record a goal and two assists during that very success period. East, behind goalie Mike McNulty's 19 saves, blasted past Eastern by a final score of 8-1. |
 College Basketball:Raptor of the Week: Wayne Smalls Monday, January 23, 2006 By Mike Ballard Rutgers-Camden freshman guard Wayne Smalls earns Raptor of the Week honors for the second time in three weeks after collecting game-high scoring honors in a pair of losses against William Paterson University (19 points, Jan. 18) and Rutgers-Newark (26 points, Jan. 21). In the Paterson game, he also added three rebounds, two assists and tied his career high with four steals. In a narrow 73-70 loss to Newark, he helped the Raptors take an early lead, scoring 18 points as Rutgers-Camden jumped to a 22-9 advantage. He shot 12-for-17, including 2-for-5 from three-point range, and added one rebound, three steals and a team-high three assists. Smalls, who enters this week as a four-time New Jersey Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week, leads the Scarlet Raptors in scoring average (19.3) and foul shooting (.893, 50-for-56). |
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