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Ice Hockey Spotlight:
Philadelphia Wins 2-1 In Shootout Behind Backstop's 41 Saves Sunday, March 11, 2007 By Brian Smith Scott Munroe threw the Philadelphia Phantoms on his back Sunday, making 41 saves in regulation and a perfect four in the shootout to lift his team to a 2-1 shootout win over the Portland Pirates on the road Sunday afternoon. The Pirates took a 1-0 lead just over four minutes into the game. Joe Motzko carried a puck into the Phantoms zone and kept moving to the net before stuffing a puck high to the glove side of Munroe. The unassisted marker came at 4:03. Portland nearly held the advantage for the rest of the game, but the Phantoms finally got on the board with 6:45 remaining in the third period. Denis Tolpeko had the puck on the right side and centered for Boyd Kane, who tipped it past Sebastien Caron to tie affairs at 1-1. Mark Cullen added an assist on the play. |
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Soccer Spotlight:
KiXX Fall Short in Milwaukee, 11-7 Sunday, March 11, 2007 By Tom Hushen The Philadelphia KiXX (15-10) were defeated by the Milwaukee (12-13) 11-7 at the U.S. Cellular Arena to fall one-half game behind the first-place Detroit Ignition and into a tie for second place with the defending champion Baltimore Blast in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) standings. Detroit will take the field in Chicago to battle the Storm, while the Blast will-square off with the California Cougars at the Stockton Arena later this evening. With the loss, Philadelphia posted a 1-1 record in the back-to-back weekend and are now 4-6 in such contests this season. |
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Soccer Spotlight:
KiXX Defeat Storm in Chicago; Pull into First Place Tie Saturday, March 10, 2007 By Tom Hushen The Philadelphia KiXX (15-9) defeated the Chicago Storm (10-12) 18-11, pulling the club into a tie for first place in the MISL with the expansion Detroit Ignition. KiXX captain Pat Morris is catching fire at the right time, with 21 points in his last five games as the club marches towards the playoffs. With just six games remaining in the regular season, Philadelphia can be the first team in the League to clinch a playoff berth with a victory over the Milwaukee Wave, Sunday, March 11. Genoni Martinez wasted no time extending his current point streak to nine games with a two-point restart goal 9:32 into the first quarter. |
 Team Conditioning Systems:Meeting of the Minds Friday, March 9, 2007 By Gregory "Graig" White During the begin of this month, had the chance to attend the NJSIAA Strength and Conditioning Coach's Clinic in Robbinsville, New Jersey and one thing that jumped out at me was the number of attendees. I thought with people getting a better understanding of the role of the strength coach, more coaches would be there. The coaches presenting were top notch and you could not beat the price. With other clinics going for rates much higher than the one charged for this one, I thought it was a bargain. You had guys like John McKenna, strength coach at Notre Dame High School, who has done some work in the South Jersey area, Chuck Mound who I thought wowed people with not only his knowledge but energy as well. These two guys alone were worth the price of admission. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight:
Providence Comes Back For 3-2 Win Over Phantoms Friday, March 9, 2007 By Brian Smith Philadelphia defensemen Martin Grenier and David Printz both ended personal 23-game goalless streaks, but the Providence Bruins charged back with three goals in a five-minute span to take a 3-2 win over the Phantoms at Dunkin' Donuts Center on Friday night. All the scoring took place in the third period. Grenier's drought-drencher came first, just 1:50 into the frame. Jared Ross won a faceoff back to Grenier on the right point, and his wrist shot beat goaltender Hannu Toivonen to open the scoring. Just over two minutes later, Printz accomplished a similar task. A puck came to him on the left point, and he fired a shot through traffic and past Toivonen at 3:57 of the period. It gave the Phantoms a 2-0 cushion. |
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High School Ice Hockey:
Some Thoughts on Penalties for Fighting Wednesday, March 7, 2007 By Mike Costantino After month's embarrassment at Voorhees between Clearview and Cherokee, I started thinking about what would be the best course of action to penalize a player, especially a senior, who participates/initiates in a fight during any game, not just a playoff game. Now over the years the league has addressed fighting and the penalty has increased to a 5 game suspension and a $250 fine to the team. We spoke to a few coaches and they are thinking of asking for $250 from a senior prior to the playoffs begins and if you don't put it up you don't play. Well while I do agree with the idea, most parents probably will not, mainly for financial reasons as most of the kids play on travel teams, juniors or whatever and the cost is already huge. |
 High School Basketball:Shawnee Keeps Streak Alive and Claims the SJ Group 3 Title Tuesday, March 6, 2007 By Jerome Michaels It was a game that a lot of people wanted to see which team would come away with the win. The Camden Panthers and the Renegades from Shawnee took center stage competing for the South Jersey Group 3 title game played at Eastern High School. Shawnee had the momentum through three quarters and weren't quite able to complete put the game away. The Panthers would rally and tie this game during the fourth quarter with less than a minute and a half remaining. Julian Sanders aggressive play scored the go ahead basket for Shawnee and the number one seeded Renegades would hold off the third seeded Panthers in front of a capacity crowd. Shawnee's 68-62 win extended their winning streak to seventeen games. |
 High School Basketball:Haddonfield Rewards Coach with their SJ Group II Victory Monday, March 5, 2007 By Jerome Michaels The third seeded Bulldogs from Haddonfield were out to prove that winning their past sectional group titles were not accomplished because of one dominated player. In a rematch of last year's title game, the number one seeded Panthers from Collingswood had successfully overcome an early deficit and led at the break by two points in front of a packed house at Washington Township High School. Haddonfield's second half defense along with their motion-style offense allowed the Bulldogs to outscore Collingswood 38-18. Coach Paul Wiedeman's game plan worked perfectly allowing him to be rewarded with his 200th career victory. Haddonfield would claim their fourth straight group title with their 64-46 win. |
 College Indoor Track & Field:Raptor of the Week: Jonathan Salamon Monday, March 5, 2007 By Mike Ballard Sophomore Jonathan Salamon broke his own Rutgers-Camden indoor track record in the 500-meter dash and anchored the record-setting 4x800 relay team at the ECAC Division III Indoor Track Championships March 3 at Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.). Salamon's 1:07.36 clocking in the 500 meters broke his old mark of 1:07.75 and gave the Raptors three points with his sixth-place finish. He helped the 4x800 team to a second-place finish in a record time of 7:57.68, producing eight points as the Raptors compiled 12 points and tied for 26th place out of 55 scoring teams. A day earlier at the ECAC Championships, Salamon helped the distance medley team produce one point with an eighth-place finish in a school-record 10:32.93 clocking. |
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