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 2004 High School Schedule 2004 High School Standings 2004 High School Playoffs |
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2004 High School Schedule 2004 High School Standings 2004 High School Playoffs |
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Sunday, August 1, 2004 By Jack Schaub The StewDoggz are once again the Medford Lakes Men's Softball Champions. Successfully defending their "back to back" titles, they now own a "three-peat" with their third straight championship. It's only the fourth time that's been accomplished in modern league history. For the third consecutive year, the 'Doggz did not lose a game in the playoffs, extending their playoff unbeaten streak to 12 games. Waiting for the 'Doggz in the final of the winners bracket was the league's newest team, #2 seed Chico's Bail Bonds. The two division rivals split their regular season match ups, which were decided by one and two run margins, so another close game was in order. |
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By Vincent Lewis Mother Nature has the ability to rain on any parade at will. That was clearly demonstrated several weeks ago when the heavy rain visited Burlington County causing a substantial damage to homes and businesses. Jack Schaub and Tom Wiker from the Medford Lakes Softball League planned to go on with their league and continue their year end tradition by giving back to the community a year end celebration. Over the last 20 years the Medford Lakes Men's Softball league has donated over $30,000 to the MLAA (Medford Lakes Athletic Association). This year, the league will also have a fund drive to give towards the Medford Lakes flood relief fund. The playoffs began last weekend with the championship being scheduled for tomorrow. |
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Sunday, July 25, 2004 By Jack Schaub For the last 75 years, Medford Lakes has had a community softball league which has endured since 1929. This year is especially important due to the recent tragic floods that have crippled our lakes and homes; but not our spirit. We plan to go on and continue our year end tradition by giving back to the community a year end celebration. Over the last 20 years, the Medford Lakes Men's Softball league has donated over $30,000 to the MLAA (Medford Lakes Athletic Association). This year will we also have a fund drive to give towards the Medford Lakes flood relief fund. I'm sending out this E-mail to let you know of our community and its outpouring of help, hope and determination. |
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Monday, June 28, 2004 By Patricia Snyder Due to the gallant efforts of both Pennsauken girls softball teams, the seniors and U12 teams placed second in the Cinnaminson girl's softball tournament at Wood Park on Saturday, June 12, 2004. The senior tournament is directed by head coach Norm Waters and first base coach Mike Martino. The senior tournament teams range in age from 14 and under. With a brilliant display of talent and excellent showmanship, the girls showed themselves as true ball players. |
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Thursday, May 27, 2004 By Crystal Parker Throughout the season, there have been many games where one team with a stellar pitching staff has completely dominated a softball game. Enjoying the luxury of placing any pitcher on the mound and knowing that for seven innings or more there will not be many runners crossing the plate has to make a coaching staff feel somewhat comfortable. With that much talent, the opposing team doesn't have much of a chance of getting a rally going to produce runs on the scoreboard. So what happens when both teams are successful with pitchers who can keep the batters guessing and control the outcome of a game? That's what was expected and happened in the South Jersey Group 4 championship game between Lenape and Cherokee. Only one run was scored amongst the two teams and that lone runner would be starting pitcher Allison Twarowski who gave Cherokee the winning run and the title in the first inning. Twarowski and Lenape's Jamie Moir were both spectacular for their teams as they have done all season long. |
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Tuesday, May 25, 2004 By Susan Hall It only took one run, and it was the biggest run of the game. When the seventh seeded Lady Panthers from Palmyra traveled to the third seeded Flashes from Florence, both teams knew that winning one more game would advance them into the South Jersey Group 1 championship game. These familiar opponents relied on their strong pitching so far this season and it continued today. Both Melissa Mehrer and Kristen Mackiewicz were pitching well in this game, and that one run scored by Florence in the bottom of the first inning was enough to win this nail-bitter. |
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Monday, May 24, 2004 By Susan Hall The end of the softball season came be very exciting with so much on the line. For those teams qualifying for the playoffs, advancing to the next round is usually the main focus of the team. For Haddonfield and Sterling, a Colonial Conference title is also still up for grabs to go along with competing for the South Jersey Group 2 title. But today's softball game had nothing to do with the playoffs. Starting pitcher Therese Taraschi highlighted Haddonfield's seventh consecutive shutout with 4-0 decision against Sterling. The Silver Knights were the last two to have scored runs against Haddonfield. |
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Thursday, May 20, 2004 By Crystal Parker It's the same philosophy coached to many teams especially when there's a one game elimination tournament or playoff game is played. Getting off to a good start by scoring early runs gives that team the emotional edge that lasts throughout the entire game. Highland, who had the honor of hosting the second round of the South Jersey Group 3 playoffs, ran into a Williamstown softball team that followed that philosophy of scoring early runs. Scoring twice in the first inning against a very good Lady Tartans team was enough to not only win the game, but allowed starting pitcher Stacey Bradley to pitch a no-hitter and shutout Highland by an 8-0 margin. |
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Friday, May 14, 2004 By Susan Hall Both of these teams in today's Colonial Conference softball game had achieved their first goal of the season and that was to play above average softball to qualify for the playoffs. For Haddon Heights and Audubon that goal had been achieved. For Audubon, every win counts when trying to keep pace with Haddonfield and Sterling for the conference title. Audubon did not waste anytime putting runs on their side of the scoreboard. Giving starting pitcher Kiersten Hughes enough runs to pick up the victory early, Audubon cruised to a 6-0 win over Haddon Heights. |
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Tuesday, May 11, 2004 By Crystal Parker It has been a season of surprises for the softball team from Highland. Well maybe it's not that much of a shock to the players on the team. After failing to qualify for last year's playoffs and losing key players due to graduation, not many believed that this year the Lady Tartans would be among the leaders in a very competitive Tri-County Conference Royal Division. Starting pitchers Randi Cifelli and today's winner Megan Bianchini has been holding it down on the mound recording victory after victory. Highland's 7-0 win over Deptford was their ninth win in a row. |
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Monday, May 10, 2004 By Crystal Parker Hanging around after Gloucester had just handed Schalick its first loss of the season, you could help to hear the subject of walking Tina Londino instead of pitching to her. For seven full innings, neither team could score a run during a Tri-County Conference Classic Division softball game played at Gloucester City. Schalick had started the season winning thirteen games in a row looking for one more against the Lions. Londino stepped up to the plate and delivered the only RBI of the game with a single up the middle. |
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College Softball: Monday, May 10, 2004 By Mike Ballard Sophomore Michelle Schlichtig hurled the Rutgers-Camden softball team to the championship game of the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals before the Lady Raptors’ record-setting season ended May 10. While pitching five of the Raptors’ six games at the regionals, Schlichtig worked 35 innings, allowing only three earned runs, 27 hits and seven walks. She struck out 43 and posted a 0.60 ERA in her outings, which included three games against regional winner Salisbury University, the second-ranked team in the nation. Schlichtig finished her season with a host of school records, including 11 shutouts, 284 strikeouts and 23 wins. She also collected 52 hits, including eight in the regionals, to establish another single-season school mark. She capped her season by earning a berth on the regional all-tournament team. |
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Thursday, May 6, 2004 By Crystal Parker At the beginning of a season, there are some players who try to analyze which teams on their schedule looked like easy or difficult team to pick up the win. Most of the teams that have been put into either of those categories are a reflection on the number of times they compete each season. So when there's a team matched up in a non-league game, the best way to find out who will win is to play the scheduled seven innings of softball. Shawnee were playing host to the Lady Rams from Gloucester Catholic and they were not hospitable host. The Renegades continued to keep pace with the division leaders by recording a 4-0 decision. |
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Thursday, May 6, 2004 By Susan Hall With the season winding down and the Lady Chiefs already securing a playoff position, their next mission if they would accept it would be to capture the Olympic Conference American Division title. In an interdivision competition against Triton, Cherokee would finally enjoy a comfortable lead giving starting pitcher Allison Twarowski plenty of support early on. That comfort level was enough for the entire Cherokee team to be rewarded with the 9-0 shutout victory. |
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Tuesday, May 4, 2004 By Susan Hall For six full innings, neither team had an answer for scoring that elusive run. The Lady Irish from Camden Catholic was hosting their divisional rivals Eagles from Paul VI. This would be Camden Catholic’s third Olympic Conference National Division game and the Irish were looking to keep their divisional record clean from any losses. Paul VI threatened and scored during the top half of the seventh, but the Irish rallied in the bottom of the inning to pull out the 2-1 victory. |
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College Softball: Monday, May 3, 2004 By Mike Ballard The Rutgers-Camden softball team entered the New Jersey Athletic Conference championships as the fourth seed. They finished as the NJAC champions after going 3-1 in the three-day tournament, including two victories over top-seeded Ramapo College, the host team and the fifth-ranked club in the country. Rutgers-Camden swept through the winners' bracket against Ramapo and Montclair State, then clinched the title on the final day by splitting a pair of games against Ramapo, capturing the winner-take-all game, 1-0, behind the pitching of Michelle Schlichtig and an RBI single from Becky Johnson. It was the first NJAC title in program history, and only the second NJAC crown in Rutgers-Camden history. |
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Friday, April 30, 2004 By Susan Hall It was a match-up between two very successful softball programs from the Burlington County Liberty Division. Both the Red Devils from Rancocas Valley and Greyhounds from Northern Burlington had won all of their previously scheduled games so for this season. So when starting pitchers Lisa Sweeney got the start for Rancocas, it would be a dual against her counterpart Chelsea Morgan. On this day, Sweeney picked up right where she left off keeping batters dazed and confused, but most important hitless. The Red Devils won this game by a 3-0 margin extending their winning streak to twelve games. |
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Thursday, April 29, 2004 By Susan Hall As the season begins to wind down, every win counts especially the divisional match ups when the ultimate prize is to extend their season and or capturing the division title. The Cougars were in a position of picking up their first division win against the Lady Mustangs from Triton. Leading by a run after their top half of the fifth inning was completed, Cherry Hill West watched their opponent score 10 runs during their last two at bats to break this game wide open. Triton walked away with the 14-5 victory. |
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Thursday, April 29, 2004 By Susan Hall It was brought to our attention that there were a few athletic programs that were not getting much coverage especially when a team is doing well. The Lady Warriors from New Egypt have been doing so with their schedule put in front of them. In a divisional game played at Medford Tech, New Egypt batted around during their first at bat that sent a message for the rest of the game. When the shorten five inning game was completed, the Warriors posted a 20-0 shutout extending their winning streak to five games in a row. |
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Wednesday, April 28, 2004 By Susan Hall The Braves from Williamstown had not played a game on their regular schedule for quite some time. Their last game was over a week ago and that game ended with the Braves winning 5 of their first 6 games. The Pioneers from Clearview have also had success early on including holding their opponents scoreless for more than 21 innings. Lauren Sparacino's single in the fifth inning scored the only two runs of the game giving Clearview another divisional win. Lauren Davis picked up the win for the Lady Pioneers. |
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College Softball: Monday, April 26, 2004 By Mike Ballard Freshman Raphael Fuentes and sophomore Michelle Schlichtig turned in record-setting performances for the Rutgers-Camden track and softball teams, respectively. Fuentes set school records in the 100-meter dash (11.04) and the 200-meter dash (22.63) at the TCNJ Lions Invite 2004. He broke the mark of 11.4 in the 100, which was accomplished four times, and lowered his own week-old mark of 23.12 in the 200. |
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Friday, April 23, 2004 By Susan Hall Being a freshman has its advantages and disadvantages, some may think. The disadvantage could be that you have not earned the respect that most have not given. You have to start out with proving that knowledge and experience on the field would go a long way of your peers. But the advantage, as freshman pitcher Alyssa O'Connell has experienced, would be that no one really knows your ability that would leave you guessing at the plate. For the Irish, the advantage has been on their side as they upset the Lady Vikings from Eastern by a score of 2-0. |
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College Sotfball: Monday, April 19, 2004 By Mike Ballard A rainy week played havoc with the Lady Raptors' softball games, postponing doubleheaders April 12, 13 and 14, and forcing a reshuffling of the schedule. By the time the fields dried, Rutgers-Camden started a grueling stretch off six doubleheaders in 10 days, beginning with the second twinbill of the season against Ursinus College April 15. The Raptors swept the doubleheader, 4-1 and 5-0, before running into stiff weekend compeition against New Jersey Athletic Conference foes. They lost a twinbill against Montclair State University (3-0 in eight innings and 2-0) on Saturday and split a doubleheader against The College of New Jersey Sunday, losing the opener, 3-2, and winning the nightcap, 5-3. |
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Softball Spotlight: Sunday, April 18, 2004 By Bob Heller The USP women's softball team had their four game winning streak snapped by Wilmington College yesterday as the Wildcats swept their doubleheader, 8-0 and 11-10 in 11 innings. In the opener, Wilmington scored three times in the first and made it stand up for the rest of the game en route to an 8-0 win, ending USP's winning streak at four. It was of the same in the nightcap as the Wildcats struck first with three in the first to take a 3-0 lead. The Devils got two back in their half of the third on Samantha Lavooy's two-out two-run double, scoring Chrissy Stirrat (walk) and Megan Trimble (single) to trail 3-2. |
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Softball Spotlight: Saturday, April 17, 2004 By Bob Heller The USP women's softball team ran its winning streak to four straight with its second consecutive doubleheader sweep on Saturday, defeating host Goldey Beacom College 7-4 and 2-1. Devils second baseman Megan Trimble (Fr.,Coatesville Area HS/ Coatesville, PA) continued her assault on the Devils record book, hitting two home runs in USP's 7-4 opening game win. It was Trimble's third multiple home run game of the season and improved her record-setting season total to 14. |
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Friday, April 16, 2004 By Susan Hall It was one of those games that opposing batters are left frustrated after they were unsuccessful at the plate. It was also one of those games that the pitchers love hearing or seeing that third strike called keeping runners off the base. The Bulldogs from Haddonfield sent Therese Taraschi on the mound to face Kiersten Hughes from Audubon. Both pitchers limited the hits in this game as this Colonial Conference teams were battling to stay ahead of the pack. Haddonfield would come up with that illusive run in the eighth inning to down Audubon by a 2-1 margin. |
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Thursday, April 15, 2004 By Crystal Parker When looking at a way to find out how a team is performing, the best place to go is your team's divisional standings. But before you take a peak, deep down your team feels they could do better as they have loss a game or two that they should have won. So far this season, no team has really established themselves as the leaders of the Olympic Conference National Division. Two of those teams met on the softball field at Bishop Eustace Prep. The Lady Eagles from Paul VI would use a big first inning and held on to defeat the Crusaders by a 5-1 margin. |
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Thursday, April 15, 2004 By Susan Hall Most players want to know a few things about their opponent before stepping up to the plate to face the opposing team. That’s the sign of a good coaching staff and player in preparing themselves to have a successful day at the plate and on the field. When the Mustangs from Triton hosted Sterling in a non-league softball game, it would seem as if they were well prepared to take on the Lady Knights. Scoring four runs in the first and second inning, Triton eight run lead would just the start of their 11-1 victory. |
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Monday, April 12, 2004 By Mike Ballard A 6-0 no-hitter against Swarthmore College April 8, in which she missed a perfect game on the last batter, was the highlight of a sensational week for Michelle Schlichtig, who struck out 17 in hurling the eighth no-hitter in program history. The lone batter to reach base came on a two-out error in the seventh inning. Schlichtig also won both ends of a doubleheader at Kean University April 10, including an 8-0 shutout, and finished her week with a 3-1 record and only one earned run allowed in 27 innings (0.26 ERA). She struck out 40 and walked only one. She also hit .471 (8-for-17) during the week. |
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Friday, April 9, 2004 By Susan Hall So far this season, the weather has not cooperated with most of the spring outdoor sports. High School athletes can be caught looking out the window seeing if the rain has started or ended in time to play their scheduled or even rescheduled sporting event. Taking advantage of a rare sunny day on a "Good Friday", Burlington City and Riverside got together for a Burlington County interdivision softball game. Stacy Thompson completed the seven full innings helping the Blue Devils post a 6-0 victory over Riverside. The win completed a string of four games played in as many days for Burlington City. |
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Thursday, April 8, 2004 By Susan Hall When a team has been successful at winning games, everyone on the roster gets the credit for keeping that streak in tact. The Lady Chiefs from Cherokee were starting yet another softball season looking for their 29th victory in a row. With that much success over two softball seasons, opponents are either intimidated or motivated against the Chiefs when they take the softball field at the start of a game. When Eastern had their chance to play the South Jersey Group 4 defending champs, they took full advantage of their limited scoring opportunities. The Lady Vikings would be that team who ended Cherokee's reign over their opponents by posting a 2-1 victory on the road. |
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Wednesday, April 7, 2004 By Susan Hall Lenape knew the history they have against the Minutemaids from Washington Township. For the past two seasons, Lenape has come close but could not find a way to come away with the victory. When these two Olympic Conference opponents met for the first time, it looked as if Lenape might end their regular season losing streak against Township. Both teams were even at two runs apiece after seven full innings which sent this American Division game into extra innings. During the top of the ninth inning Sarah Carangelo singled home the winning run for Washington Township. The Minutemaids would walk away with a 6-2 road victory. |
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Monday, April 5, 2004 By Susan Hall Softball in April is known for schedule changes due to Mother Nature’s ability of giving us those May flowers that indicate better weather will be here soon. So what happens when old man winter refuses to go away when Spring sports takes the spotlight for high school students? Nevertheless, the game has to be played with long sleeves shirts and sweat pants to keep the players as comfortable as possible. The Green Wave was the team generating all the heat they needed to easily defeated West Deptford at a game played at Audubon High School. Starting pitcher Kiersten Hughes tossed a no-hitter as Audubon’s 18 hit attack was more than enough to shutout West Deptford 15-0. |
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College Softball: Monday, April 5, 2004 By Mike Ballard Rutgers-Camden freshman right fielder Autumn Millett continued her torrid hitting last week, going 9-for-18 (.500) with seven runs, three RBIs, two doubles, one triple and one home run during the Lady Raptors’ 5-1 week on the softball diamond. Millett posted an .889 slugging percentage during the week. She ran her hitting streak to seven games before it was snapped, then finished the week on a three-game hitting streak which included three extra-base hits. Overall, she has hit in 10 of her last 11 games, including six multi-hit games in that span. |
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Thursday, April 1, 2004 By Susan Hall Opening day finally arrived for the Red Devils from Rancocas Valley and the Indians from Lenape. Knowing they were the focal point for their softball team, the starting pitchers for both squads were able to stand on the mound and execute the game plan set out. On this day, Lisa Sweeney was in complete control of her pitches striking out 14 batters. Rancocas Valley jumped out to a three run lead and finished the game with a 3-1 victory. Katie Mastoris tacked on the extra run with a solo homerun in the fourth inning. |
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College Softball: Monday, March 22, 2004 By Mike Ballard Freshman catcher Maureen Baney and senior designated hitter Mike Carlino tore the cover off the ball during their spring break trips as they stretched their hitting streaks to 12 and 11 games, respectively. Baney hit .458 (11-for-24) during the week as the Lady Raptors won all eight games at the Florida Coast Spring Training Camp. A rare left-handed catcher, Baney also has been outstanding behind the plate for the 11-1 Lady Raptors, gunning down all four runners who attempted to steal on her, and handling a pitching staff which has posted a 0.46 ERA and 111 strikeouts in 75-1/3 innings. |
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College Softball: Monday, March 15, 2004 By Mike Ballard Junior Becky Johnson turned in a memorable performance at the season-opening Sea Gull Softball Invitational at Salisbury University. The Scarlet Raptors’ pitcher/outfielder went 6-for-13 (.462), collected five RBIs and ripped three home runs to post an incredible 1.154 slugging percentage as the Raptors won three out of four games. With her three homers, Johnson raised her career total to 10, setting a program record. She passed the mark of eight shared by Melanie Pewor (1980-82) and Nelly Cruz (1989, 1991). Johnson also went 1-0 on the mound with a 0.78 ERA, striking out 14 in nine innings. She hurled a one-hitter against York, throwing perfect ball for five innings and a no-hitter for 5-2/3 innings. |
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