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High School Basketball (Playoffs): Monday, March 9, 1998
By Art Redd
Coach Clarence Turner went into this title game with the same plan that worked all year for his Panthers. That is, to rely on his back court players to run the team and let his front court players clean up the rest. That's exactly what Camden did to defeat Middle Township 64-57 to capture the South Jersey Group 3 championship. Star guards DaJuan Wagner and Aaron Stephens were the sharp shooters hitting from the outside while Cantrell Hawkins, Kris Cooper and Arthur Barclay were the force on the boards for the Panthers. Camden now advances to the state semifinal game against Long Branch High School at Freehold Boro High School.
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High School Basketball (Playoffs): Saturday, March 7, 1998
By Art Redd
As the game with Camden Catholic at Bishop Eustace was about to begin, both neighboring schools had their cheering sections packing the house to capacity. Earlier in the regular season, Bishop Eustace won both meetings against Camden Catholic. The Crusaders would make it three in a row and defeat the Irish 57-47 to advance to the Group A South Jersey State Finals. The finals would be against St. Joseph (Metuchen) at Lakewood High School. Bishop Eustace would dominate the second half and control the interior game to come from behind and win at home.
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High School Basketball (Playoffs): Saturday, March 7, 1998
By Art Redd
The Shawnee girl's basketball team continued their winning ways this weekend on the road to the Group 4 South Jersey Championship game on Monday. The Lady Renegades advanced to the finals with a 56-43 victory over Toms River East at home. Shawnee had an easier time in this game than their past two games.
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High School Basketball (Playoffs): Tuesday, March 3, 1998
By Art Redd
The Minutemen did something that most teams haven't done in a while. Washington Township ended the six game winning streak by Cherry Hill East to advance to the Group 4 quarterfinal game against Atlantic City. Township was able to find a way, for the third time this season, to handle the defense of the Cougars and defeat them 45-42. This game marked the return of Jeff Klauder who had been sidelined with an injury to his right leg for almost two months. His key free throws at the end of the game help seal the victory.
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High School Basketball (Playoffs): Tuesday, March 3, 1998
By Art Redd
Moorestown didn't have any problems with Kingsway in their opening round playoff game. The Quakers jumped out to a 15-4 first quarter score and cruised to a 19-point victory. Kingsway was forced to shoot mostly perimeter shots with Moorestown's tight 2-3 defense. The Dragons could not convert on most of their outside shots which made it extremely hard to stage a comeback against Moorestown. This was just a tune-up game for the Quakers where they would travel to a much tougher West Deptford team in the quarterfinals. The home crowd enjoyed every minute of the 58-37 Moorestown victory.
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High School Basketball (Playoffs): Monday, March 2, 1998
By Art Redd
March is the month where high school basketball teams compete in their version of March Madness. The two-week tournament began with the first round playoff games in the South Jersey Tournament. At Maple Shade, the Wildcats hosted the Palmyra Panthers in their Group 1 tournament game but could not advance to the next round. Palmyra's Clayton Brown worked his inside and outside game and dominated the Wildcats and gain a 54-44 victory. Palmyra advances to the next round against Burlington City.
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High School Basketball: Saturday, February 21, 1998
By Art Redd
Cherry Hill East went to Moorestown and took control right at the beginning of the game for a 56-46 victory. Coach Valore's one-three-one defense ran to perfection to jump out to a 10 point first quarter lead. The Cougars created turnovers and pulled ahead with mostly 3 pointers to give them a lead they never relinquished. Cherry Hill East improved their record to 13-9 while Moorestown dropped to 13-8. Both teams were already selected to participate in the state playoffs.
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High School Basketball: Thursday, February 12, 1998
By Art Redd
Coach Bill Lane of Bishop Eustace watched his Crusaders struggle in the second and third quarters against Cherry Hill West. But when the final quarter ended, Coach Lane would be congratulated by everyone on his 300th win with a 69-66 victory. The Crusaders also continued their undefeated season by scoring 21 points in the fourth quarter to stretch their record to 15-0.
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High School Basketball: Saturday, January 31, 1998
By Art Redd
Kecia Rosado had the hot hand against Cherokee and would not be denied her points. With the score tied at 26 at the break, the Lady Red Devils ran away in the second half to defeat Cherokee by 12. Rosado was able to take the ball up the court and into the lane with authority. Once in the lane, she could either put the shot up or dish it off to the opener player. Rancocas Valley out scored Cherokee 19 to 8 in the deciding third quarter. Both teams played evenly in the final quarter, but the Lady Chiefs could not make up the deficit.
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High School Basketball: Friday, January 30, 1998
By Art Redd
Shawnee's girls' basketball team defeated Highland in an Olympic Conference game. The Renegades went on a 10-0 run in the second quarter to pull away for good for a 44-31 win at Highland High School. The Lady Tartans would play Shawnee tough for 3 of the 4 quarters but could not overcome an 11-point deficit in the third quarter.
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High School Basketball: Saturday, January 24, 1998
By Art Redd
Cherry Hill East's defense was the key to their 32-16 victory over Pennsauken. The Cougars would start out with the traditional 2-3 defense and then switched to the 1-3-1 man press to stifle any Pennsauken inside game. Jeff Pela would score all the points for his team in the first half to take a 9-6 lead. Scott Plasky and Marcus Bullock would set up screens inside the paint to free up Pela.
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High School Basketball: Saturday, January 24, 1998
By Art Redd
If the way the first 6 points were scored was an indication of how the rest of the game would be, then this had all the implications of a very high offensive scoring game. Pemberton went to work right off of the opening tip with a 3 pointer. But Lenape would respond with a 3 pointer of their own. All of this would happen within the first 10 seconds of the game. To slow things down, the Hornets would apply a full court press right after their basket and surprise the Lenape Indians. This defense would result in 8 of their 19 first quarter points off of the press. Guards Willie William and Jurron Kelly were very aggressive to force over turnovers.
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High School Basketball: Saturday, January 3, 1998
By Art Redd Highland hosted top ranked Shawnee in hopes to end their winning streak. But the Renegades guards Anthony Strachan and Kevin Evans would account for 10 of the 13 points scored in overtime to defeat the Tartans 65-55.
Highland would not let the Renegades get the upper hand in the first half. They went on a 9-2 run at the beginning of the game to force Coach Joe Kessler to call a timeout.
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High School Basketball: Tuesday, January 6, 1998
By Art Redd
Camden Catholic, coming off of a loss, defeated Woodrow Wilson in this Olympic Conference North Divisional game. It was Kate Caputi's 18 second half points which contributed to the Lady Irish 56-36 victory. She finished with a game high 25 points. Jessica Yoder contributed 9 points as was a force in the middle with block shots and cleaning up on the boards.
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High School Basketball: Friday, December 19, 1997
By Art Redd
Highland was out to prove that they could take their new team and show the
Panthers that they could play against one of South Jersey's top teams. Coach
Harold Little had a strong season last year for the Tartans and
a win would get the 1998 season started on a good note.
But it was Coach Clarence Turners' Panthers who would finally come
together in the second half to post an 88-71 victory. Dujuan
Wagner ran the floor well and Aaron Stephens drained in 37 points
for Camden High School.
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High School Basketball: Friday, December 19, 1997
By Art Redd
Washington Township went into Edgewood on opening day to follow their game plan which Coach Costa had scripted for them. Her team did exactly that and defeated the Eagles. Township had an extreme height advantage and dominated the boards on both ends.
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