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South Jersey Baseball:
8th Inning Rally Sinks Thunder, 6-4 Saturday, May 6, 2006 By Dan Loney Connecticut scored five runs off the Thunder bullpen in the 8th Inning to pull out a 6-4 win over Trenton on saturday afternoon. C Brian Munhall collected the game-winner, a two-run double with two outs. Trenton carried a 4-1 lead into the 8th Inning, but saw reliever J.B. Cox walk the leadoff batter, CF Clay Timpner. After a fielder's choice and a single, 1B Tyler Von Schell reached on a Kevin Howard error that also scored a run for a 4-2 game. An RBI single by LF Aaron Sisk made it 4-3. Two batters later, Trenton's Justin Pope gave up an RBI single to SS Jake Wald that tied the game at 4-4. Munhall followed with his two-run double for the lead. Cox (1-1) was charged with four runs (two earned) in 2 1/3 innings to take the loss. |
 High School Lacrosse:Collingswood Patiently Sticks To Game Plan Friday, May 5, 2006 By Stephanie Wright West Deptford was very impressive with their defense during the early moments of their game against the Lady Panthers from Collingswood. Rachel Mehaffey helped the Eagles jump out to an early two goal lead and knew that the entire team would have to continue to play at a high level against a very successful Lady Panthers team. Collingswood, after coming up short scoring a goal on their first five shot attempts, continued to apply pressure on West Deptford's defense and was rewarded by scoring eight straight goals and pull away from a determined Eagles team. Collingswood would pick up their tenth win in a row with their 18-7 victory. |
 High School Baseball:Hilt Does It All for West Deptford Friday, May 5, 2006 By Jason Brown Baseball can be a very interesting game where sometimes the bounces on the field just don't go your way. When those times occur, the main focus is to just get the outs in order to get through an inning. On the other side of the players' bench, there's a different feeling that the players don't want it to end. In a Colonial Conference game played at Audubon, the high flying Eagles from West Deptford were the recipients of everything going right for them. Starting pitcher Justin Hilt drove in seven runs with his bat and West Deptford cruised to a 22-6 win over Audubon. |
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South Jersey Baseball:
Thunder, Defenders Split DH Friday, May 5, 2006 By Dan Loney Trenton and Connecticut split a doubleheader on Friday with the Thunder winning the opener, 7-3. The Defenders came back for a win in the nightcap by a 3-1 score. Game #1 saw Trenton (10-17) jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the 2nd Inning on a Gabe Lopez RBI single. They added three more runs off Connecticut starter Chris Begg in the 5th Inning, including a two-run homer by Vince Faison. The Defenders responded with a two-run homer by Nate Schierholtz in the bottom half to cut the deficit to 4-2. The Thunder put the game away with three runs in the 7th Inning, including a two-run double by DH Randy Ruiz. Begg (2-1) allowed seven runs (six earned) in 6 1/3 innings. |
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Tennis Spotlight:
Devils Fall to Bloomsburg at NCAA East Regional Friday, May 5, 2006 By Bob Heller The Bloomsburg University women's tennis team advanced to tomorrow's NCAA East Regional Final by defeating the University of Sciences in Philadelphia, 5-0, at Bloomsburg University on Thursday afternoon. Bloomsburg jumped out to an early 3-0 advantage after doubles play. Amanda Bedway and Sarah Leonard dropped their #1 doubles match to Iida Hokkanen and Torie Cunningham ,8-1 while Bloomsburg's Lindsey Wyckoff and Emily Murphy defeated Gabrielle Exler and Christina Sebastiani 8-1 at number two doubles. Michelle Inzillo and Rachel Salahub lost to Tracy Nissenbaum and Lauren Colfer 8-2 at number three doubles. |
 High School Baseball:Camden Catholic Stuns Rancocas Valley with Late Rally Thursday, May 4, 2006 By Jerome Michaels Coaches emphasize all of the time that the game is never over until the final out has been recorded. The past two games for Camden Catholic, they found themselves trailing by at least eight runs by the start of the fourth inning. Yesterday, the Irish just could not overcome their deficit against Seneca and loss that game. Against the Red Devils from Rancocas Valley, again Camden Catholic trailed by eight runs. This game using every at bat to their fullest advantage, the Irish rallied for eleven runs over their two innings to come from behind and defeat the Red Devils by a 12-9 margin. |
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South Jersey Baseball:
Bourn Keys Reading 5-3 Win, Duncan Homers in Defeat Thursday, May 4, 2006 By Dan Loney Michael Bourn collected four hits and scored three runs to lead Reading to a 5-3 win over the Thunder on Thursday night. Yankees top prospect, Philip Hughes, allowed four runs over six innings to take the loss in his Double-A debut. Reading (11-14) took a 1-0 lead in the 1st Inning as Bourn singled, stole 2nd Base, moved to 3rd Base on a fielder's choice and scored on a wild pitch by Hughes. Bourn's single to start the 3rd Inning set up Reading's second run. He advanced to 3rd Base on a hit by LF John Castellano and scored on Jim Rushford's sacrifice fly. |
 High School Lacrosse:Moorestown Continues to Accept the Challenges Wednesday, May 3, 2006 By Stephanie Wright It was suppose to be one of their toughest games of the season, but all of the indications on the field showed that the Lady Quakers from Moorestown were clearly the better team. The Lady Gators from Seton Keough, located in Maryland, were nationally ranked as the twenty-fifth team found themselves faced with a relentless and defensive minded Quakers team. Seton Keough had won three of their last four games and was looking to pick up their third win in a row. Moorestown's first goal of the just about a minute into this game was the first of seven goals scored during the first half. It would be the first of six goals that Brooke Cantwell would score helping Moorestown improve their record to 10-0 on the season with their 16-2 victory. |
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South Jersey Baseball:
Sardinha's "Walkoff" HR Gives Thunder 3-2 Win Wednesday, May 3, 2006 By Dan Loney Bronson Sardinha's three-run homer in the bottom of the 9th Inning gave Trenton a 3-2 win over Reading on Wednesday night. The win is the third "walkoff" win for Trenton on their current 7-game homestand. Trenton (9-15) trailed 2-0 entering the 9th Inning thanks to six shutout innings by Reading starter Brian Mazone and strong work from relievers Luke Lockwood and Tim McClaskey. But reliever Adam Shafer gave up a single to CF Vince Faison to start the inning and then walked SS J.T. Stotts. With Gabe Lopez up, Faison was picked off 2nd Base by Reading C Jason Jaramillo for the first out. But Shafer (0-2) walked Lopez and then allowed the three-run homer to Sardinha that ended the game. |
 High School Softball:A Win in the Right Direction for Highland Tuesday, May 2, 2006 By Susan Hall There are several teams looking ahead on their schedule trying to find out how many games they need to win in order to qualify for the upcoming tournament. The Lady Tartans from Highland was one of those teams as every game is a necessary win in order to finish with a five hundred percentage record or better by next Friday. West Deptford would take their two game winning streak to Highland which included winning four of their last five games. The Tartans put all of their opponent's recent success behind them and went on to defeat West Deptford 8-5 in a non-league softball game. |
 College Softball:Rutgers-Camden Sets New Victory Records as Schlichtig Hurls One-Hitter in NJAC Tourney Opener Tuesday, May 2, 2006 By Mike Ballard Senior All-American Michelle Schlichtig hurled a one-hit shutout and Rutgers University-Camden set new program records for most wins in a season and most consecutive wins as the Lady Raptors defeated The College of New Jersey, 6-0, in the opening round of the New Jersey Athletic Conference Softball Championship here May 2. With the victory, the top-seeded Raptors improve to 37-4, passing the old school mark of 36 wins set in 2004. They also have won 27 consecutive games, one more than the mark set last season. TCNJ, the sixth seed, falls to 25-16. |
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South Jersey Baseball:
Reading Outlasts Trenton, 10-7, in 14 Innings Tuesday, May 2, 2006 By Dan Loney Peter Bergeron's RBI single in the 14th Inning started a three-run uprising as Reading beat the Thunder, 10-7, in 14 Innings at Waterfront Park on Tuesday. Reading (10-13) loaded the bases against Thunder reliever Michael Brunet with a walk and two singles. Bergeron followed with a RBI single for a 8-7 lead. An error on Thunder 1B Randy Ruiz allowed another run to score. 3B Jesus Merchan capped the inning with a squeeze bunt to score a run for a 10-7 lead. Brunet (0-2) allowed three runs (one earned) in to innings for the loss. Nick Mattioni then retired Trenton (8-15) in order to record his 1st save. The win went to Evan Fahrner (1-2) with three scoreless innings of relief. |
 High School Softball:Chain Comes Through For Gloucester Monday, May 1, 2006 By Joyce Sagerty Here we go again! Another year has past and teams are enjoying the spring time weather we were having but an important date would trump any enjoyment of sunny skies. The cutoff date to qualify for the postseason tournament was less than two weeks away. Pitman, one of the teams hovering around the qualifying win/loss ratio, had to find a way of scoring against freshman pitcher Taylor Chain and the Lady Lions from Gloucester. The Lions' offense would provide enough run support early on and Gloucester would continue to remain amongst the leaders of the Tri-County Conference Classic Division with their 7-1 over Pitman. |
 College Track & Field:Raptor of the Week: Travis Stewart Monday, May 1, 2006 By Mike Ballard For the second time in two trips to The College of New Jersey this spring, Rutgers-Camden freshman track star Travis Stewart came away with a school record. On April 29, Stewart set the Scarlet Raptors' program mark with a 10:21.31 clocking in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Lions Invitational. He broke the mark of 10:32.7 set by Tom Thomasson in 1995. Earlier this spring, on his first visit to TCNJ for the New Jersey Invitational, Stewart set a school mark of 16:16.49 at 5,000 meters. That time also broke a record by Thomasson, who ran a 16:20.89 in 1999. |
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South Jersey Baseball:
Thunder Win Fifth Straight Thanks to Pinch-Hit HR Monday, May 1, 2006 By Dan Loney Vince Faison delivered a pinch-hit two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth that helped the Trenton Thunder to a 7-4 win over Reading on Monday night. The win was the fifth straight for the Thunder. Trenton (8-14) jumped out to a 4-0 lead after three innings. RF Bronson Sardinha hit a 1st Inning solo homer off Reading starter Daniel Haigwood for the early lead. An RBI double by 2B Gabe Lopez (2nd Inning) and an RBI triple by 3B Kevin Howard (3rd Inning) helped Trenton to that four run lead. Haigwood got a no-decision allowing four runs (three earned) in five innings. He walked one and struck out seven. |
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