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High School Ice Hockey:
West Outlasts Holy Cross In Close Game

Sunday, November 21, 1999

By Brian Weinstein
SJSports Special Correspondent

Cherry Hill West's upstart JVB ice hockey team provided another boost to its program by defeating Holy Cross 3-2 in a highly competitive and cleanly played SJHSIHL game last Sunday at the Twin Rinks in Pennsauken. The game was in doubt right up to the final seconds, as West's goalie John Lynch made a tremendous save on a penalty shot with just twenty-two seconds remaining in the contest.
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South Jersey Cheerleading:
American Cheer Classic Held at Rutgers-Camden

Sunday, November 21, 1999

By Joanne Costantino
SJSports Staff Writer

The competition was stiff at American Cheer Classic's 1999 competition held Sunday, November 21, at Rutgers University in Camden, and the Judges had their work cut out for them with the well-trained and spirited teams presenting the fruits of their hard work and discipline.
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South Jersey Ice Hockey:
Rutgers Falls to Franklin & Marshall

Saturday, November 20, 1999

By Mike Costantino
SJSports Staff Writer

Franklin & Marshall beat Rutgers-Camden 4-1 in a college hockey game played at the Coliseum on Saturday afternoon. Unable to generate much offense and being out-shot by F & M 42-20, Rutgers fell behind in the first two minutes and never recovered. Casey Fogety scored on the power play with Dave Dymnicki assisting and F & M led 1-0. Stuart Tenney made it 2-0 in the closing minutes of the period. In past games, Rutgers has rallied from larger deficits but not today, as any scoring chances were turned away by goalie Tim Crawl.
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High School Football:
Vikings Hold Off Jackson to Advance to Finals

Saturday, November 20, 1999

By Greg Alvord
SJSports Staff Writer

On an unseasonably mild but perfect afternoon for playoff football, the Eastern Vikings and Jackson Jaguars squared off in a classic Group IV semifinal battle. Eastern would end up winning this rock'em, sock'em game by a 13-7 score, but not before buckling down to fend off a furious Jaguars comeback.
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High School Ice Hockey:
Triton Offense Too Much For Cherry Hill West

Friday, November 19, 1999

By Mike Costantino
SJSports Staff Writer

Triton defeated Cherry Hill West 7-5 on Friday night at Hollydell in a SJHSIHL game. Triton's offense generated fifty-eight shots, twenty-four in the last period. Mike Wanton and Mike Dandurand tallied two goals each to pace the Triton attack. Alex Vasserman had three goals and two assists to pace West. Wanton scored just over two minutes into the game to give Triton the 1-0 lead, with Ed Skomsky getting the assist. Ninety seconds later Bud Flick made it 2-0 and it seemed as if the rout was on, however, with West on the power play Vasserman cut the lead in half as he scored unassisted.
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High School Ice Hockey:
Clearview Blanks Shawnee, Still Unbeaten

Friday, November 19, 1999

By Mike Costantino
SJSports Staff Writer

Five different players scored for Clearview as they shut out Shawnee 5-0 and remain undefeated in a SJHSIHL game played at Hollydell on Friday night. After a scoreless first period, Gunnar Fox scored with John Meenan assisting with just about three minutes left in the second period, which was dominated by Clearview as they out-shot Shawnee 18-1. If not for the strong play of net minder Charlie Rodrigo, the score could have been worse.
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High School Field Hockey:
Eastern Finally Gets Past Shawnee In Playoffs

Wednesday, November 17, 1999

By Vincent Lewis
SJSports Staff Writer

If you first don't succeed, well, you know the rest of the saying. That's what the Eastern field hockey team was determined to do, finally defeat their nemesis, the Shawnee Renegades. These two teams faced off at Highland High School in a Group 4 state semifinal game. It was Sarah Dawson's determination that scored the winning goal in overtime to advance Eastern into the finals. Dawson's goal with 44-seconds remaining in overtime not only won the game for the Vikings, but also was a birthday gift to herself.
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High School Ice Hockey:
Vikings and Minutemen - Fit to be Tied

Monday, November 15, 1999

By Mike Costantino
SJSports Staff Writer

Eastern rallied from two goals down with nine minutes left in the game to salvage a 5-5 tie with Washington Township in a match-up of two of the top three teams in the league. Mike Becker gave the Vikings the early 1-0 lead scoring an unassisted goal three minutes into the game. Three minutes later, Joe Pelle had a breakaway. As Pelle was making his moves, the puck slid off his stick and fooled Eastern goalie Mike Keppler. Pelle effort resulted in a goal and tied the score at 1-1.
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