 High School Basketball:Wilson Ends Successful Season With Loss in the Group 3 Finals Tuesday, March 5, 2002 By Art Redd Woodrow Wilson's road to the championship came to an end, but not the way they wanted. In the South Jersey Group 3 boy's playoff game held at Eastern High School, the Lakewood Piners finally ended the eleventh seeded Tiger's run at the title. The Piners were able to found a way to solve Wilson's aggressive defense and pull away for the 67-59 victory. Lakewood's DyQuan Randolph and J.R. Smith had all of the answers against Woodrow Wilson in this championship game. |
 High School Basketball:Williamstown Falls Victim To Woodrow Wilson's Success Saturday, March 2, 2002 By Art Redd If you haven't been keeping up with the boy's basketball season lately, there's a team making some noise traveling through the group 3 bracket and advancing into the finals. The madness of March has its own story to tell by a team from Camden that has put on that glass slipper and is ready for the big dance. Being labeled as the underdog in each of their games, the Tigers are proving to be the team to beat. Woodrow Wilson has marched their way to the finals with an impressive 51-47 victory over the Braves from Williamstown. |
 High School Basketball:Lady Red Raiders Knocks Off Deptford Tuesday, February 26, 2002 By Jerome Michaels The chess match began early in this quarterfinal game as the quest for the girl's group 3 playoff continued in Deptford. The ninth seeded Ocean City Red Raiders had an uphill battle against the favored Lady Spartans from Deptford High School. After trailing midway through this game, Ocean City's defense halted the Deptford attack to hang on for the 47-44 victory on the road. Next up for the Lady Red Raiders are the top seeded Lady Chimeras from Willingboro. |
 High School Basketball:Woodrow Wilson Advances With Win Over Camden Tuesday, February 26, 2002 By Art Redd It was the second day of the South Jersey group playoffs and to start things off were the boy's group 3 match up between the Tigers from Woodrow Wilson traveling cross town to Camden High. The post season seem to bring out the best in some players who really want to advance to the next round of the playoffs. The Tigers, behind the shooting of Eriq Rosado, took their "A" game to the sixth seeded Panthers by executing well in the second half to run away with a 74-63 victory. Wilson's 8-2 run midway through the third quarter keyed the win to advance to the next round against the third seeded Egg Harbor Township. |
| High School Basketball: Olympic-Cape Challenge Basketball Weekend Held To Benefit The Shoot Down Cancer Foundation Sunday, February 17, 2002 By Art Redd This weekend, a special event took place on the Rutgers-Camden University Campus to fight against childhood cancer. The Olympic Cape Challenge along with the Shoot Down Cancer Foundation held their second annual basketball event to raise money for the Oncology Division of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. There were ten teams from both the Olympic and Cape-Atlantic Conferences participating in the two day event to help in their support of expanding the awareness of the Shoot Down Cancer Foundation. This foundation became a co-sponsor and primary beneficiary of the Olympic Cape Challenge and has donated over $51,000 before today's event. The Olympic Conference again for the second year in a row came out on top winning 6 of the 10 games over the weekend. |
 High School Basketball:Eastern Finds Their Rhythm Late Against Buena Saturday, February 16, 2002 By Vincent Lewis It seemed as if the number seed in the upcoming Group 4 playoffs were not playing like a top seeded team. Buena, on the other hand, was the team controlling the tempo capitalizing on every Eastern missed shot. In the second half of this game, the Vikings began connecting from the perimeter behind the shooting of Dominick Mejia to pull away from the Chiefs. Eastern posted a 69-49 win against the Buena Chiefs at Rutgers-Camden University. It was the third of five games participating on the day in the Olympic-Cape Challenge. |
 High School Basketball:Highland Defeats Pleasantville in Second Game of Olympic-Cape Challenge Saturday, February 16, 2002 By Jerome Michaels It was now the Tartans from Highland, representing the Olympic Conference, taking on the Pleasantville Greyhounds ready to showcase their talents on the basketball court Saturday afternoon at Rutgers-Camden University. After watching the Olympic Conference capture the first game of the day, Highland followed suit and walked away with an 87-76 win. The Tartans had control throughout most of this game, sustaining a lead as much as 20 points that the Greyhounds worked hard in closing the huge margin. |
 High School Basketball:The Big Guys Help Holy Spirit Get By Sterling Saturday, February 9, 2002 By Art Redd Henry White and Marc Milbourne were determined not to disappoint their visiting fans that traveled to Somerdale, New Jersey to watch Holy Spirit take on the Silver Knights from Sterling High School. After a slow start, White and Matthews controlled the boards late in the game in route to the Spartans 63-55 win over Sterling in a non-league game. The Knights' coach Bill Hiltner tried to overcome the foul trouble his team encountered trying to stop the potent Holy Spirit offense. |
 High School Basketball:Eastern Rallies Late To Defeat Cougars Thursday, February 7, 2002 By Vincent Lewis At the end of the month, schools that qualified for the South Jersey group playoffs will begin their quest to capture the title. For those teams, the remainder of their schedule is used to either polish their skills in preparation for the playoffs or capture the divisional title. Neither was true for Cherry Hill East hosting Eastern. Cherry Hill East would not be able to capture the divisional title from Eastern (17-1, 9-0) but the Cougars would get into the South Jersey Group IV playoffs. In this game, East would lead for most of the way until the Vikings came alive late in the fourth quarter to post a 58-55 win. |
 High School Basketball:Patience Keeps Camden Catholic Undefeated Against Eastern Tuesday, February 5, 2002 By Jerome Michaels There's a basketball game that's coming to town that has been leaving most fans scratching their heads wondering why they cannot get tickets to attend the event. Some of you are probably thinking of the NBA All-Star weekend taken place at the First Union Center and the Convention Center in Philly. Well, the hottest ticket on this day involved the Irish from Camden Catholic going up against the Vikings from Eastern in a boy's basketball meeting. For those fans turned away from this event, they would not see the battle between two previous undefeated teams from the Olympic Conference. Camden Catholic showed great determination and patience to post a 67-58 victory at Eastern High School. |
 High School Basketball:Antraye Miles Reaches 1000th Point Milestone in Win Over Highland Thursday, January 31, 2002 By Jerome Michaels With the cut-off date for making the playoffs fast approaching, most teams were trying to win their final games to stay above or get to the 500 record mark. Highland hosting Winslow Township on the other hand were battling for the top position of the Olympic Conference Patriot division. Winslow's Antraye Miles scored his 1000th point in the second quarter to cap the afternoon off. Winslow's 59-49 victory put them in a tie for first place with Highland and Camden. |
| Special Event: American Water Works Company Launches Third Annual Hoops & Heroes Scholarship Program Female Scholar-Athletes Across the Country Write Essays for Chance to Win Educational Savings Bond and the Opportunity to Attend Women's Collegiate National Championship Basketball Game Tuesday, January 29, 2002 By Sherry Lytle American Water Works Company (NYSE:AWK) today announced the kick-off of its third annual Hoops & Heroes scholarship program. Designed to reward female high school basketball players for their academic and athletic achievements, Hoops & Heroes will award eight students from across the U.S. with a $1,000 educational savings bond and the opportunity to attend the 2002 women's national collegiate championship basketball game (March 31). Eight second-place winners will collect a $500 educational savings bond. |
 High School Basketball:Willingboro Wins Battle of the Undefeated at Highland Saturday, January 26, 2002 By Art Redd It was a game that many wanted to see who would win. When there are two teams who have played double digit games without a loss, it's definitely a must see. The Lady Chimeras from Willingboro traveled to Highland High School to decide which of these teams would remain undefeated. It was a classic game against two well coached and talented players showing why South Jersey basketball is very popular. In a non-league game, Willingboro's Crystal Langhorne sank two free throws with five seconds remaining in the game to defeat the Lady Tartans (14-1) by a score of 60-58. |
 High School Basketball:West Deptford Upsets Paulsboro Saturday, January 26, 2002 By Jerome Michaels It was a game that on paper, the odds were stacked against your team. Most people tend to measure an event by looking at the records, using that to determine the outcome of a game. Paulsboro (11-3) were in third place in the Colonial Conference while West Deptford (9-5) was in fifth. For this game, West Deptford ignored that theory and defeated the Paulsboro Red Raiders at home by the score of 63-47. |
 Middle School Basketball:Eisenhower Middle School Basketball Teams Record Historic First Wins Thursday, January 24, 2002 By Bob Stuart The Berlin Township Eisenhower girl's basketball team won their first game ever at home. With the break-up of the Lower Camden County School District, the seventh and eighth grade students that went to Overbrook Junior are now back playing at their home. It has been a tough year for the team so far. They have played hard, but have not been able to win. This changed, as they defeated Brooklawn 29-23. |
 High School Basketball:Eastern Uses Late Rally To Push Away Cherokee Thursday, January 24, 2002 By Art Redd Most basketball players have been in shooting slumps where nothing seems to work to end that scoring drought. Even the basic lay-up tends to roll off the rim leaving you in disbelief as a player and also a fan. Both Cherokee and Eastern were left with trying to figure out their shooter's touch through most of this game. Finally in the final quarter, Lance Evans hit three consecutive 3 pointers to finally break open the game by a 51 to 43 score. |
 High School Basketball:Haddonfield's Sobolewski Leads Lady Bulldawgs Saturday, January 19, 2002 By Jerome Michaels There's a starting guard at Haddonfield High School that's enjoyable to watch on the basketball court. The Lady Bulldawgs went right to work in the first quarter establishing their lead and never looked back. Sophomore Julie Sobolewski scored 12 points in the initial quarter to roll past Haddon Heights 64-36 in conference play. Haddonfield remained on top of the Colonial Conference with no loses to their conference record. |
 High School Basketball:Sterling Withholds Haddonfield's Rally Thursday, January 17, 2002 By Art Redd There were two undefeated teams in the Colonial Conference that battled hard not to get that first loss of the season in league play. Haddonfield traveled to Sterling's new gymnasium with their loyal fans looking to move on top of their conference. Pat Bentley did everything he could to come away with a road victory, but the Knights worked together for a 5 point win. Bentley and Sterling's Dan Terrell showed why these teams remain on top the Colonial Conference. Sterling posted a 69-63 win to remain undefeated. |
 High School Basketball:Camden Catholic Remains Undefeated With Win Tuesday, January 15, 2002 By Art Redd When reviewing this game, looking at the standings Pennsauken Tech was only one game behind Camden Catholic in the Olympic Conference American Division. Once the game started, there was a big difference in size and the score between these two teams. Camden Catholic were able to dominated the interior to walk away easy against the Tornadoes from Pennsauken Tech. The Irish never let their opponent gain any momentum in their 73-29 home victory. |
 High School Basketball:Cherokee Help Each Other To Another Win Saturday, January 12, 2002 By Art Redd Can you image being in a situation when you can always count on someone being there for you? Every turn you make, that person is right beside you helping in whatever task you are trying to accomplish. Well the Lady Chiefs played as a solid team, helping each other capture a very well played game on the road. The Lady Rams from Overbrook unfortunately ran into a Cherokee Chiefs team who were executing well on their plays to capture the 71-39 Olympic Conference win. |
| High School Basketball: St. Augustine Prep Freshman Play Major Roles Friday, January 11, 2002 By Max Walins Let it be known that two freshmen are making significant contributions to the St. Augustine Prep (8-1) basketball team. They have been influential and play makers in every game for the Hermits. Here is a closer look at these young stars. |
 High School Basketball:One Half Doesn't Make a Whole Saturday, January 5, 2002 By Anton Figg It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Gateway came out of the starting block real strong in their basketball game with Sterling and for one half didn't look like a team that hadn't won a game this season. Sterling, which hasn't lost a game, looked like a team that was ready to suffer it's first defeat of the season, worked to keep Gateway in the game and to give their fans hope of a big upset. The game flowed for both teams and you could tell that everyone involved was prepared. The first half ended with Sterling holding a slim 34-28 lead. |
 High School Basketball:Second Half Surge Moves Highland Past Township Saturday, January 5, 2002 By Art Redd There was yet another challenge standing in front of the Lady Tartans Saturday afternoon at Highland High School. Washington Township entered the building in search of giving their opponent their first loss of the season. The Minutemaids' patient style of basketball seemed to be the way to slow down Highland's offense, but it was only a matter of time before Highland found a way to capture the 50-24 win at home. The second half of this game proved to be the turning point. |
 High School Basketball:Highland Dominates Boards In Win Against Pennsauken Thursday, January 3, 2002 By Art Redd Coach McGettigan watched his girl's basketball team from Highland take advantage of every mistake Pennsauken gave them throughout this Olympic Conference game. The Lady Tartans dominated the offensive boards and converted most of their second chance opportunities into points. The Lady Indians allowed Highland's Lisa Steele and Danielle Hemerka gain the inside position to pull away quickly in this game. Highland rolled past Pennsauken by the score of 68-50. |
 High School Basketball:Highland Starts Season With Road Victory Tuesday, December 18, 2001 By Art Redd It's a known fact that practice makes a team close to being perfect. Those long hours of running the coach's play book to perfection were ready to be examined. Well that is, until you go up against another school instead of themselves. Traveling to Cherry Hill West, Highland looked like a team excited about playing against unfamiliar faces. It showed on the court as the Lady Tartans put together an impressive start against West in route to the 71-40 win. |
 High School Basketball:Lady Indians Pushes Past Camden Tuesday, December 18, 2001 By Jerome Michaels Can you believe that basketball in the South Jersey area has begun? Most of the teams were already into their third regular season game. Today's meeting between the Lady Indians from Pennsauken hosting the Lady Panthers from Camden were playing their second game of the early season. In a very close game, Pennsauken came away with their first win of the season, defeating the Panthers 57-52 in an Olympic Conference game. |
| High School Basketball: The Paul VI Eagles Boy's Basketball Team is Looking To Maintain A .500 Record Tuesday, December 11, 2001 By Boog Williams Coach John Innocenzo feels that his team will have a 9-8 record by February 2nd and will maintain a .500 record for the season. The Eagles are coming off of a 10-14 season and hope to improve on it. The Eagles will have three returning starts: Guard Joe Mason (Sr.), Forward Brendan Eicholtz (Jr.), and Guard Jim Hayden (Jr.). Also returning that saw some action last year are Guards Bob Famular (Sr.) and Marc Decastro (Sr.). |
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