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Football Commentary:
By Edward Owen It so frustrating rooting for the Eagles. Every year they have a competitive team but never enough to go all the way. The Vermeil years are a distant memory and this version of the green and white seems to be missing some key parts. Free agency is also having a negative effect on the fans, as you never know who is going to be playing tight end for the Eagles. Players and teams wander from place to place and never seem to find what they are looking for. I don't watch all the games now. It's usually a mixture of housework and football. The players celebrate after making routine tackles. However, it is still fun to go over to th stadium on Sundays and root for the home team. It's like one tribe against another. Our colors are stronger than yours. When we lose, it's personal. The sky seems a little darker. Pro football faces some large challenges in the next few years.Astronomical salaries, franchises moving, fan hooliganism and others. I hope it survives. I'll really miss doing that Eagles cheer.
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Group 1 Championship:
By Gary Steiner
The comment, "It's not raining today!" was frequently shouted from the visitor's stand. The day was clear, cold and windy, and the Woodbury fans were looking forward to a rematch after losing to Paulsboro 14-8 in their regular season contest.
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Thanksgiving Day
By Gary Steiner This annual contest between the two Lower Camden County rivals began with much pomp and circumstance on a sunny but windy Thanksgiving morning. Being the last game of the season, both Overbrook and Edgewood honored their football and cheerleading seniors before the game. Overbrook also honored their alumnus Ron Dayne, now a running back for the Wisconsin Badgers.
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Thanksgiving Day
By Art Redd
We will build it, they will come. Shamrock Field was the place to be on Thanksgiving morning for the first home game at Camden Catholic High School. The capacity crowd got together to see the Irish defeat Paul VI 42-0 for their first home victory at Shamrock Field. No more travelling to Camden's Farnham Field and calling it home for the Fighting Irish. The alumni, students and faculty got together on Sunday, November 23rd to officially open the celebration of their new field.
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South Jersey Group 4 Semi-Finals:
By Art Redd The Millville High School Thunderbolts got the first 14 points of the game against Lenape and held off their ground attack to advance to the Group 4 South Jersey State Championship against Toms River North.
Millville did not waste any time to get an early lead. Senior runningback Terrance Williams scored on a 65-yard run off of the right side of the offensive line. The Thunderbolts were out to prove that they could run against the Indians powerful defense. They scored quickly on their first possession and were up 7 - 0 with 8:12 left in the first quarter.
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High School Football:
By Art Redd
Unbelievable game. If you left the game early against the Overbrook Rams and the Camden Panthers on Saturday, you missed a very good game. Coach Reggie Lawrence was very animated in telling his players that they had to win this game. He also told them to keep their heads in the game and don't give up. This was when his Panthers were down 24 - 0. Each time his team would struggle on offense, he continued to have faith in his team. Well, that faith got Camden (6-1) an overtime victory over Overbrook (4-3).
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High School Football:
By Joe Martarona Saturday afternoon featured the Pennsauken High School Indians (4-2) hosting the Cherry Hill West Lions (4-2). The winner of this contest would keep their playoff hopes alive. The Indians first half offensive performance yielded over 100 yards and a touchdown pass by quarterback Cliff Horsey to Al Fisher. In the second quarter alone, the Indians managed to run more than 20 plays in spite of two fumbles and put together an exciting drive late in the first half. Click Here To Continue
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High School Football: Saturday, Oct. 25, 1997
By Art Redd This Tri-County Conference homecoming meeting had all the makings of a good football game. The match up between the Gloucester Catholic Rams at the Gloucester City Lions was dedicated to the late Joseph G. Kelly. He was a loved history teacher and assistant principal for Gloucester City High School for over 25 years.
The capacity crowd didn't let the early rains stop them from enjoying this city series game. All fans were definitely behind their schools and wanted to be heard.
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High School Football:
By Bob Grimmie
For three quarters the Shawnee High School defense dug in and kept tenth ranked Cherry Hill East out of the end zone. During those quarters Shawnee senior tailback P.J. Lockard, who finished with 108 yards on 24 carries, scored on touchdown runs and 5 and 29 yards.
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High School Football:
By Gary Steiner On a bright Saturday afternoon, the Edgewood Eagles visited the Camden Catholic Fighting Irish at Camden's Farnham Park.
Both teams struggled early, until 6:27 in the 1st quarter, when CamdenCatholic scored on a 12 yard run by #28 James Howard. The extra point was blocked to make it 6-0.
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Olympic National Action:
By Bob Grimmie Cherry Hill West opened its season by beating Olympic Conference Nation Division rival Bishop Eustace 20-13.
West jumped out to an early 14-0 lead a halftime thanks to a six-yard touch down run by Ray Harris and a Kenny Pitter 46-yard touchdown reception from Jammie Russen. |
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High School Football:
By Art Redd
Delran defeated North Burlington 19 to 16 on Saturday at Delran High School. The game was won on a 42-yard field goal by Ryan Molinaro with just over 3 minutes left in the third quarter.
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High School Football:
By Art Redd Camden's quarterback Francis Brown and runningback Patrick Thompson combined to defeat top rated Pennsauken 12 to 6.
Pennsauken got on the score board first with a 4 yard touchdown run by Michael Hawkins in the first quarter. |
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Team Preview:
Courtesy of The Trend Community Newsmagazine While most coaches dread to begin the season in the hotseat, Holy Cross coach Tom Maderia insists that he won't wake up in a cold sweat worrying about being the preseason No. 1 team in South Jersey. Holy Cross gets the nod as the Trend's preseason No. 1 team based on an experienced unit that returns from last year's 9-2 team that won the Burlington County Liberty Division and advanced to the Parochial 4 finals before losing to powerful Bergen Catholic, 48-28.
The Lancers have the ability to strike quickly on the ground or in the air. Holy Cross has size, speed and savvy. Maderia, who enters his sixth season at Holy Cross with a 37-14 record, has quickly established himself as one of the top coaches in South Jersey.
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Athlete Spotlight: Colleges After Haddonfield's Roberts
Courtesy of For an ex-soccer player, Ryan Roberts hasn't done too badly in football. Now a senior at Haddonfield, the 6-foot-2, 220-pound fullback-defensive end, is one of the most desirable football recruits in South Jersey. Colleges are enamored with his athletic ability. Roberts recently ran a 4.78 40-yard dash. He is quick enough to get by bigger offensive linemen and strong enough to throw them out of his path. Roberts has also impressed colleges with his work in the classroom. A strong student at one of South Jersey's top academic institutions, Roberts has already scored 1,250 on the SAT.
No wonder schools such as Wake Forest, North Carolina State, Rutgers, Syracuse and Virginia Tech had already offered him a football scholarship prior to the beginning of practice this season. |
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High School Football Preview:
By Rich Sandoval Head coach Bob Lee looks to an experienced backfield and offensive line as the key to improving on last year's 3-6 season.
After losing graduating seniors Sam Rosetti and Ryan Fischer to Rowan, and Eric Mitchell to New Hampshire, Coach Lee will depend on returning varsity players and players moving up from the JV and Freshman teams to improve on last year's record.
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