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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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Hollydell Ice Arena 4th Annual Manchester Cup Tournament
March 6 - 8, 1998
The Hollydell Ice Arena hosted their 4th Annual Manchester Cup Tournament the weekend of March 6th - 8th. Teams participating included the Hollydell Devils, the Hollydell Mapleleafs, the Medford Panthers, the Chesapeake Chiefs, the Nelson Maple Leafs, Strong Island and Bowie.
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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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