 |
 |
| |
|
|
High School Ice Hockey:
Annual Ice Hockey Awards Announced Saturday, February 25, 2006 By Mike Costantino For the last seven years SJSports has given out awards to the players in the SJHSIHL, and as always narrowing the field has been a difficult task, none more so than this year. For the first time we are awarding 2 trophies in each Tier. Another first is in the J.V. category both of our selections were goalies. We would like to congratulate the winners and you as well can congratulate them on Monday night at the Skate Zone in Voorhees as the award ceremony will be prior to the start of the Tier 1 championship game at approximately 8:15. Listed below are the winners: |
 High School Basketball:Highland Prepares For Playoffs with another Win Saturday, February 25, 2006 By Clark Washington This has been a memorable season so far this season for the Tartans from Highland. For the first time in Coach Harold Little's coaching career, the Tartans have compiled a twenty game winning season and have been awarded the second seed in the upcoming South Jersey Group III bracket. Highland had won six of their last seven games and was looking to end the regular season on a winning note. The Tigers from South Plainfield would be their opponent and a slow start didn't faze the Tartans mission. Coach Little rotated his lineup throughout this game and the entire team would be rewarded with a 59-44 win over South Plainfield. |
|
Basketball Spotlight:
Devils Defeat Tigers to Earn Playoff Berth Saturday, February 25, 2006 By Bob Heller Bill Kurtz' three-point basket with 6.3 seconds left lifted the Devils to a 60-59 win over area rival Holy Family University at the Bobby Morgan Arena this afternoon. The win improves the Devils league record to 10-12 with their overall record at 12-15. With Post University, Goldey Beacom College and Dominican College all losing, all four teams including the Devils finished in a four-way tie for the last three playoff berths. When the tie-breakers are applied, Post and Dominican get the 6th and seventh slots respectively and the Devils earned the eighth and final slot by virtue of being Caldwell earlier this season. USP will travel to #1 seed Bloomfield College on Tuesday, February 28, 2006. |
|
Basketball Spotlight:
Tigers Snap Devils Winning Streak Saturday, February 25, 2006 By Bob Heller The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia women's basketball team had their ten-game winning streak snapped this afternoon as Holy Family University defeated the Devils 51-40 to close out the regular season. The Devils finish the regular season with a 20-7 overall record and a 19-5 record in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference games. Holy Family finished the regular season at 26-1 overall and a perfect 24-0 in league play. |
|
Ice Hockey Spotlight:
Cote's First Sparks Phantoms to 4-2 Win Over Grand Rapids Friday, February 24, 2006 By Mike Thornton Riley Cote's first goal of the season led the Philadelphia Phantoms to a 4-2 victory over the Grand Rapid Griffins at the Wachovia Spectrum on Friday night. The Griffins entered the game with a league-high 39 wins, but it was the Phantoms that ended up securing their 22nd of the season. The victory marked the first time the Phantoms have ever defeated Grand Rapids in Philadelphia. Cote's goal came just 2:58 into the first, the fastest to open a game for the Phantoms this season. Cote was posed between the circles and shelved a Kiel McLeod pass for the early advantage. |
|
Cross Country Spotlight:
Devils Cross Country Teams Named as All-Academic Teams Thursday, February 23, 2006 By Bob Heller The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia men's and women's cross country teams have been selected by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association as All-Academic Teams for the 2005 season. To qualify for this honor a team must have a cumulative team grade point average through the semester of competition of a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. Athletes must have competed in at least 50% of their teams' cross country competitions and appear on the NCAA eligibility form. The coach must also be a member of the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. |
|
Ice Hockey Spotlight:
Rookies Nets Two in Phantoms Overtime Win Wednesday, February 22, 2006 By Mike Thornton The Phantoms are coming off a weekend where they went beyond regulation twice and lost both efforts in a shootout. On Wednesday night against Binghamton, they didn't let it get that far, as Alexandre Picard finished off the Senators with his second of the night, 3-2 in overtime. The Senators notched both of their goals on the power play, with the first propelling the visitors to an early lead. Steve Martins seized a rebound opportunity to the left of Phantoms backstop Martin Houle at 6:22 of the first. It stayed that way until 8:06 of the second, as Josh Gratton tied his career high-water mark in goals with his ninth of the campaign. Gratton rushed from the Phantoms blueline and into the Sens zone before unleashing a slapper from the right wing circle. |
 High School Basketball:Moorestown Wins the Battle of Two Halves Tuesday, February 21, 2006 By Joyce Sagerty There's always a plan on how an opponent can be defeat on the basketball court. The coaching staff works on trying to exploit the weakness of a team in an effort to give their team an edge. When the Lady Quakers from Moorestown traveled to Collingswood to take on the Panthers, both teams would be looking to overcome their opponent's game plan. But one team, the Quakers, used the halftime break to execute a defensive plan that kept Collingswood off the scoreboard during the third quarter. From that point on, Moorestown would rally and defeat the Panthers by a 40-35 margin. |
|
Basketball Spotlight:
Ten in a Row for USP with Win over Caldwell Tuesday, February 21, 2006 By Bob Heller Leah Shumoski recorded her 12th double-double while Allison Weiss and Lori Sedina had the hot shooting touch as the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia cruised to their tenth straight victory, 70-52 over Caldwell College in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference women's basketball game tonight in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With the win the Devils improve their record to 20-6 overall and 19-4 in league play. Caldwell falls to 8-18 overall and 8-15 in league play. The Devils reach the 20-win plateau for the third consecutive season with the win. The ten straight wins ties a school record set in 2003-2004, the year they won the CACC championship and participated in the NCAA Northeast Regionals. |
|
Basketball Spotlight:
Charity Stripe Uncharitable as Devils Fall Again in Overtime Tuesday, February 21, 2006 By Bob Heller The free throw line, also called "the charity stripe" proved to be uncharitable to the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia men's basketball teams as the Devils hit less than 60% of their shots from the line, falling to the Caldwell College Cougars in overtime, 71-66 tonight in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The loss, USP's fourth straight, drops the Devils to 11-15 overall and 9-12 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference play. Caldwell improves to 17-12 overall and 13-8 in league play. |
|
Ice Hockey Spotlight:
Phantoms Make Pair Of Roster Moves Tuesday, February 21, 2006 By Mike Thornton The Philadelphia Phantoms have announced a pair of roster moves in advance of Wednesday night's game with the Binghamton Senators at the Wachovia Spectrum. The Flyers have reassigned center Kiel McLeod to the Phantoms from the Trenton Titans, and have reassigned defenseman Stephen Wood from the Phantoms to the Titans. The 6-6, 230-pound McLeod found a scoring touch in Trenton, tallying five goals and adding four assists for nine points in eight games: 8 (5-4-9). The Flyers acquired McLeod from the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for Eric Chouinard on Dec. 28 and assigned him to the Phantoms. He appeared in 10 games without a point before going to Trenton on February 4. |
 High School Ice Hockey:Township Reaches Finals as Cherokee Suffers First Loss Monday, February 20, 2006 By Mike Costantino Christian Biscardi scored with six minutes left in the game as Washington Township rallied to defeat Cherokee 5-4 in a battle of two undefeated teams in the double elimination tournament. With the win Township now moves into the finals, Cherokee will face Moorestown and the winner will play Township for the championship. This was a playoff game that had everything you want, hard hitting, great goaltending, end-to-end action and minimal penalties, and played in front of a packed house. Cherokee jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period scoring two goals in less than a minute, first Justin Kinniry scored on a short-handed breakaway, then at the end of the power play, Matt Cardillo scored on a breakaway and just seven minutes into the game and a 2-0 lead it looked like Cherokee was going to run away from Township. |
 College Basketball:Raptor of the Week: Megan Rulon Monday, February 20, 2006 By Mike Ballard Senior center Megan Rulon ended her brilliant four-year Rutgers-Camden basketball career in style last week. In a victory over New Jersey City University Feb. 15, Rulon collected her third triple-double of the season with 12 points, 14 rebounds and 10 blocked shots. In her final game against William Paterson University Feb. 18, she added 10 points, six rebounds and three more blocks to break the program's single-season record with 136 blocked shots. She finished her career with 1,220 points (sixth on the all-time list), 817 rebounds (fifth) and a school-record 347 blocks, which is the seventh-highest career total in Div. III history. The honor is Rulon's fourth Raptor of the Week this basketball season. She also won the award on November 21, December 12 and January 2. |
|
Soccer Spotlight:
KiXX Fall to the Cougars in the Golden State, 5-3 Monday, February 20, 2006 By David Deal The Philadelphia KiXX (4-14) were defeated by the expansion California Cougars (4-17), 5-3, tonight at the Stockton Arena. The loss extends the club’s franchise worst mark of consecutive losses to nine. Forward Aaron Susi recorded the game-winning goal on an assist from Ricardinho at 8:55 of the fourth quarter. Peter Pappas (4-12) suffered the loss for Philadelphia with 12 saves on 16 chances, while Jim Larkin (3-13) earned the victory with the Cougars, turning away 12 of the 15 shots he faced. |
 |