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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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6th Annual Thunderbird Thanksgiving "B"
Tournament:
By Art Redd In the Bantam Division, the Ice Hawks defeated the Glaciers 4-2. Campbell led Ice Hawks' scorers with 2 goals and 2 assists. Bellefontaine had 2 goals for the Glaciers.
Period 1 - Ice Hawks' Campbell scored the first goal on an assist by Richardson with 6:27 in the period. The Glaciers tied the score with 3:51 left in the period with Diamontiz passed to Pete Crocker and put a shot on goal. Andrew Bellefontaine put the rebound in the net.
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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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Burlington County YMCA Finals:
By Mark Blais
Moorestown Friends School hosted the finals for the Thursday Night Fall League Championship match on November 20, 1997. Hard Rock's strong net play helped them beat Menage a Champs in a surprising 3 game sweep in this best of 5 match. This season's finale tried the endurance of all the athletes. Both the semi-finals and finals matches were completed in the same night. On its victory tour, Hard Rock outperformed On A Mission during the semi-finals earlier in the evening, while Menage a Champs defeated The Jug to reach the finals.
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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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