High School Ice Hockey: Eastern Rallies to Upset Clearview Friday, December 21, 2001 By Mike Costantino Mike Purwin scored two goals in a span of two minutes midway through the third period as Eastern rallied to upset first place Clearview 5-3 giving Coach Pontonio an early Christmas present. Six of the eight goals scored in the game were a result of the Vikings power play. Clearview scored two goals, both by John Probe on shorthanded breakaways. The first one with Eastern having a two-man advantage, Probe stole the puck at center ice and skated in alone and beat goalie Dan Myers just under the crossbar. |
High School Ice Hockey: Moorestown Too Much for Inexperienced Kingsway Friday, December 21, 2001 By Mike Costantino Chris Frynkewicz had a career night scoring four goals and assisting on four others as Moorestown cruised by Kingsway 11-0 in Tier 2 action played at Hollydell on Friday night. Kevin Schaeffer and Andrew Jaffola chipped in with two goals each as Moorestown scored five times in the opening period and never looked back. Jason Ketchel gave Moorestown a quick 1-0 lead just two minutes into the game. Moorestown put on constant pressure with Ketchel putting in the puck from the side of the net. |
High School Basketball: Highland Starts Season With Road Victory Tuesday, December 18, 2001 By Art Redd It's a known fact that practice makes a team close to being perfect. Those long hours of running the coach's play book to perfection were ready to be examined. Well that is, until you go up against another school instead of themselves. Traveling to Cherry Hill West, Highland looked like a team excited about playing against unfamiliar faces. It showed on the court as the Lady Tartans put together an impressive start against West in route to the 71-40 win. |
High School Basketball: Lady Indians Pushes Past Camden Tuesday, December 18, 2001 By Jerome Michaels Can you believe that basketball in the South Jersey area has begun? Most of the teams were already into their third regular season game. Today's meeting between the Lady Indians from Pennsauken hosting the Lady Panthers from Camden were playing their second game of the early season. In a very close game, Pennsauken came away with their first win of the season, defeating the Panthers 57-52 in an Olympic Conference game. |
Event Spotlight: Winter Soccer Festival at Rocket Sports Tuesday, December 18, 2001 By Jason Luzak This Holiday Season the Philadelphia Charge and the Philadelphia KIXX are asking the soccer community to support the Friendship Soccer Games at Rocket Sports on December 26th, 27th or 28th. |
High School Ice Hockey: Martorano and Pelle Brothers Too Much for East Monday, December 17, 2001 By Mike Costantino Nick Martorano had a goal and three assists, Joe and Jason Pelle scored two goals apiece as Washington Township defeated Cherry Hill East 8-2. In a game that became more physical as time wore on, Township took advantage of the man advantage by scoring four power play goals. Joe Pelle scored the only goal of the first period on a great cross-ice pass from Martorano, as he just redirected the puck into the net. The period ended with Township up 1-0. |
High School Ice Hockey: Shawnee Blanks Rancocas Monday, December 17, 2001 By Mike Costantino Jeff Sutphin stopped all twelve shots as Shawnee blanked Rancocas Valley 3-0 in SJHSIHL action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. John McGinnis scored the only goal of the period and the eventual game winner, as Todd Dennison set him up in the slot and Shawnee led 1-0. Neither team generated much offense as both teams combined for a total of seven shots in the period. Midway through the second period, Rancocas turned the puck over in their own zone and Bill Hansbury broke in all alone and beat Chelsea Ward to make it 2-0. |
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