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 High School Baseball:Burlington Overcomes Early Deficit Saturday, April 15, 2006 By Stu Franklin So far this season, the high school baseball season has seen its share of upsets leaving those who follow the game wondering if every game will be a difficult one. The good teams will easily put a loss behind them and take the season one game at a time. Others may find it hard to shake off a disappointing loss. In a non-league game played at Cherry Hill West, the visiting Blue Devils from Burlington had a couple of one run games that didn't go their way and the other that did. With their 7-4 victory over the Lions, Cherry Hill West evened their record to three wins and three losses. |
 College Track & Field:Stewart Sets School 5,000-Meter Mark at New Jersey Invitational Saturday, April 15, 2006 By Mike Ballard Freshman Travis Stewart set a Rutgers University-Camden record in the 5,000-meter run as the Scarlet Raptors competed at the New Jersey Invitational here April 15. Stewart posted a time of 16:16.49 to finish seventh in the race. He beat the program record of 16:20.89 by Tom Thomasson at Montclair State March 27, 1999. The Rutgers-Camden men's team finished 12th of 13 programs with 10 points. Host The College of New Jersey won the event with 119 points, barely edging Richard Stockton College (118). |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight:
Hersey Upends Phantoms Friday, April 14, 2006 By Mike Thornton The Hershey Bears scored three times on 10 power play opportunities, including twice in five-on-three situations, and took a 4-1 win over the Phantoms on Friday night at the Wachovia Spectrum. Over 11,000 piled into the Philadelphia landmark for the final home game of the 10th Anniversary Season. After a scoreless first period, the Phantoms buried the game's first goal while on the power play at 4:23. John Slaney blasted a slap shot from the left circle that sailed high and took a long bounce off the end glass back in front of the net, where Tony Voce swept it home for the 1-0 lead. For Voce, it was his team leading 28th, including 18 on the power play. |
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Lacrosse Spotlight:
Buffalo Flies Past Wings 8-7 Friday, April 14, 2006 By Jennifer Stefani The Philadelphia Wings had their playoff hopes all but dashed with an 8-7 loss to the Buffalo Bandits at HSBC Arena. In order to make the playoffs, the Wings must win their final regular season game against the Bandits tomorrow night at the Wachovia Center at 8 p.m. In addition, the Toronto Rock will have to defeat the Rochester Knighthawks and the Minnesota Swarm must defeat the Portland LumberJax in order for the Wings to qualify for post-season play. |
 High School Baseball:Camden Catholic Stretches Win Streak to Three Thursday, April 13, 2006 By Jerome Michaels It's very important, especially during the early part of the season, to pick up as many victories as a team can in order to keep up with the division leaders. A team will never know when and if a losing streak could happen, so winning those necessary games could cushion a fall if one does come around. In an Olympic Conference National Division baseball game played at Camden Catholic, the Fighting Irish would score early and often against the visiting Warriors from Camden County Vocational Tech. Starting pitcher Chris Dondarski would pick up the win on the mound for Camden Catholic. The Irish would defeat the Warriors by a 20-2 margin. |
 High School Lacrosse:West Deptford Dominates Second Half Thursday, April 13, 2006 By Clark Washington Just two days ago, St. Augustine Prep boys' lacrosse team celebrated picking up their first win of the season by defeating Winslow Township. That momentum would carry over against their game at West Deptford where the Hermits would hold a 2-1 lead at halftime against the undefeated Eagles. Austin Tracey and Max Voumard scored back to back goals before halftime for St. Augustine. But the second half would be a different out for West Deptford as they received three goals from Matt Nicolosi and three goals from Steve Helmuth and outscore their opponent 10-1. The final score was 11-3 and West Deptford would keep their unbeaten record and win their fifth game in a row. |
 South Jersey Baseball:BlueClaws Drop Home Opener 9-2 Thursday, April 13, 2006 By Mark Fletcher After starting the season with seven consecutive losses on the road, the Phillies Single-A affiliate Lakewood BlueClaws returned home to FirstEnergy Park to take on the Delmarva Shorebirds in their home opener. Despite an 0-7 record, the BlueClaws were playing competitive baseball, losing six of those seven games by one run. A very patriotic pre-game ceremony featured the R.O.T.C. Color Guard from Lakewood High School on the field and a playing of Toby Keith’s “American Soldier” complete with video on the giant screen and a fly over from McGuire Air Force Base. Fans then joined in the singing of both “The Star Spangled Banner” and “God Bless America.” |
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South Jersey Baseball:
Thunder Fall 5-4 in Front of Largest "Home Opener" Crowd Ever Thursday, April 13, 2006 By Bill Cook An RBI double from Connecticut's Eddy Martinez-Esteve in the 10th Inning powered the Defenders to a 5-4 win over Trenton on Thursday night. The paid crowd of 7,069 was the largest for a "Home Opener" in the 13-year history of the Thunder franchise. The previous high on a "Home Opener" was 6,994 in the 1995 season. The last time Trenton had a sellout for a "Home Opener" was 2001. That team was 0-9 heading into that game. |
 High School Softball:Haddonfield Singles Home another Win Wednesday, April 12, 2006 By Joyce Sagerty Two teams having two different stretch of games met on the softball field at Haddonfield High School. It has been a rough beginning for the softball team from Haddon Township who were looking to end a string of tough losses. In their seventh consecutive Colonial Conference game, the Lady Hawks were looking to get back on the winning side of a game after starting the season with four straight victories. Haddonfield also have had some recently competitive games and their match up against the Hawks would be another game that both teams looked to have the advantage. Haddonfield's second inning success allowed them to take a lead and hold onto the 2-1 victory. |
 High School Baseball:Early Run Support Enough For Washington Township Tuesday, April 11, 2006 By Stu Franklin The Minutemen from Washington Township were enjoying a great start to their baseball season and you could see the players were enjoying every moment. In a non-league game against playing at Washington Township, the Quakers from Moorestown were trying to come away with the road win. Both of these teams had not loss a game yet so far, but it would be the Minutemen who exploded for five runs during their bottom half of the first inning that gave starting pitcher Nate Young an early lead. Moorestown would score a couple of late runs, but Washington Township would pick up their fifth win of the season with their 6-4 victory. |
 High School Softball:Shawnee's Defense Keys Win at Triton Tuesday, April 11, 2006 By Susan Hall When you think of the game of softball, most of the time the first thought that comes to mind is the pitcher and how much velocity the ball sails across the plate and into the catcher's glove. What is sometimes forgotten is that when the bat does come in contact with that pitch, the ball will be put in play and the defense must be ready at all times. Starting pitcher Allison Jordan for the Renegades from Shawnee would get plenty of support from the other nine players taking up positions on the field when they traveled to Triton in search of their second consecutive win. In a pitcher's duel, Shawnee would pick up the only run they needed in the first inning and held off Triton by a 3-0 margin in an Olympic Conference Patriot Division game. |
 High School Lacrosse:Seneca's Hard Work Pays Off Tuesday, April 11, 2006 By Vincent Lewis When you take a look at the statistics, the match up between the Golden Eagles from Seneca and the Lancers from Holy Cross, it appeared that this would be a competitive game. The team limiting their turnovers and executing well would pick up the well deserved win. When Mike Schiraldi scored the first goal of the game for Seneca, Holy Cross would respond with a goal scored by Joe Wagner. That's the way this Olympic Conference boys' lacrosse game went through four quarters. But on this day, the Golden Eagles' hard work especially during the second half allowed them to outscore the Lancers by three goals. Seneca's Kirk Kaiser would score three goals during that important second half and help the Golden Eagles pick up the 10-8 victory. |
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College Soccer:
Major League Soccer is coming to South Jersey Tuesday, April 11, 2006 By Boog Williams Rowan University has announced a joint venture with MLS to build a soccer stadium at the school to serve as home for a new professional franchise in 2009, Rowan spokesman Joe Cardona said Thursday. Cardona said the new stadium will be across from the school's new technology center on Route 322 and will be part of a complex that is "unlike anything on the East Coast." The stadium also will serve as home to Rowan's soccer program and could host high school events as well as youth soccer tournaments, camps and showcases. |
 High School Baseball:Haddonfield's Bat Come Alive at Collingswood Monday, April 10, 2006 By Jerome Michaels At the end of this past weekend, we all were enjoying the spring time weather Mother Nature has finally blown our way. Baseball is just one of many indicators that warmer weather is on the way and everyone including the players can't help but to get excited about playing the game. In a Colonial Conference game against the Bulldogs from Haddonfield traveling to Collingswood, it would be a chance for these two teams to pick up an import conference win. Haddonfield would be that team convincingly enjoying their times at bat as they scored eight runs during the fifth and sixth inning and defeat the Panthers by an 11-0 margin. |
 College Baseball:Raptor of the Week: Nate Buchter Monday, April 10, 2006 By Mike Ballard Junior center fielder Nate Buchter continued his red-hot hitting, going 8-for-20 (.400) during the week on his way to a new school record. Buchter stretched his hitting streak to 22 games, breaking the old mark of 18 by Bob Diepold (2001) when he went 2-for-4 against FDU-Florham April 4. Included in his week was a 5-for-11 performance in a doubleheader split against Montclair State April 9. Buchter is hitting .409 (38-for-93) during his streak and is batting even higher, at .417, for the season. He has hit safely in 25 of the Scarlet Raptors' 26 games. |
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