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| High School Basketball: Olympic-Cape Challenge Basketball Weekend Held To Benefit The Shoot Down Cancer Foundation Sunday, February 17, 2002 By Art Redd This weekend, a special event took place on the Rutgers-Camden University Campus to fight against childhood cancer. The Olympic Cape Challenge along with the Shoot Down Cancer Foundation held their second annual basketball event to raise money for the Oncology Division of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. There were ten teams from both the Olympic and Cape-Atlantic Conferences participating in the two day event to help in their support of expanding the awareness of the Shoot Down Cancer Foundation. This foundation became a co-sponsor and primary beneficiary of the Olympic Cape Challenge and has donated over $51,000 before today's event. The Olympic Conference again for the second year in a row came out on top winning 6 of the 10 games over the weekend. |
 High School Ice Hockey:Williams Puts Up a Wall That Township Can't Break Down Sunday, February 17, 2002 By Mike Costantino Bryan Williams stopped thirty-seven shots while Rory Levenson and Dan Tavana each scored three goals as Eastern ended Washington Townships' JVA season with a 7-1 victory in the opening round of the playoffs. Tavana opened the scoring in the games first minute as his shot went through the five hole and Eastern led 1-0. After Williams stoned Townships' Chris Keyser on a breakaway, Paul Gainer blasted a shot just inside the circle and Eastern had a 2-0 lead. Levenson made it 3-0, scoring on a breakaway, right after serving a penalty and Eastern led 3-0 heading into the second period. |
 High School Ice Hockey:Smith Nets Seven as Clearview Romps in JVA Playoff Sunday, February 17, 2002 By Mike Costantino Joe Smith scored seven goals and Wyatt Fox added three as Clearview crushed Lenape 13-1 in JVA playoff action at Hollydell on Sunday. The score was only 2-0 after the first period on two of Smith's goals. Actually, Lenape's goalie Ray York kept his team close as most of the period was spent in the Lenape end. York faced fifteen shots while his team could only muster one shot on goal. |
 Event Spotlight:Storm Knocks Out Wings 13-11 Loss Sunday, February 17, 2002 By David W. Unkle Last night the Wings hosted their Anti-Valentine's Day party, billed as "Scorned Lover's Night" for a season high 17,488 at the First Union Center. At half time, four contestants got to tell their story of woe and shred a memento of their former loved one with one contestant winning a trip to Jamaica. The New Jersey Storm (3-9) also participated in the night's events as they shred the unusually porous Philadelphia defense for 10 first half goals en route to a 13-11 win over Wings. It was the first home loss of the season for the Wings. |
 High School Basketball:Eastern Finds Their Rhythm Late Against Buena Saturday, February 16, 2002 By Vincent Lewis It seemed as if the number seed in the upcoming Group 4 playoffs were not playing like a top seeded team. Buena, on the other hand, was the team controlling the tempo capitalizing on every Eastern missed shot. In the second half of this game, the Vikings began connecting from the perimeter behind the shooting of Dominick Mejia to pull away from the Chiefs. Eastern posted a 69-49 win against the Buena Chiefs at Rutgers-Camden University. It was the third of five games participating on the day in the Olympic-Cape Challenge. |
 High School Basketball:Highland Defeats Pleasantville in Second Game of Olympic-Cape Challenge Saturday, February 16, 2002 By Jerome Michaels It was now the Tartans from Highland, representing the Olympic Conference, taking on the Pleasantville Greyhounds ready to showcase their talents on the basketball court Saturday afternoon at Rutgers-Camden University. After watching the Olympic Conference capture the first game of the day, Highland followed suit and walked away with an 87-76 win. The Tartans had control throughout most of this game, sustaining a lead as much as 20 points that the Greyhounds worked hard in closing the huge margin. |
 Event Spotlight:Phantoms Get Bit By Wolves in 5-1 Loss Saturday, February 16, 2002 By David Unkle February has been a rough month for the Phantoms with one win in their last six games (1-2-3). Last night's 5-1 loss to the Chicago Wolves at the First Union Spectrum did nothing to reverse their misfortune. In their first game following the AHL All-Star Game, the Phantoms looked a step or two behind the Wolves and their unusually porous defense allowed Chicago too many scoring opportunities. Odd man rushes and players left alone in the slot or at the side of the net were commonplace last night at the Phantoms end of the ice. |
 High School Ice Hockey:Third Period Burst Allows Township to Advance Friday, February 15, 2002 By Mike Costantino Washington Township scored three goals in a span of ninety seconds to break open a close game and defeated Shawnee 5-1 in a quarterfinal elimination game played at Hollydell on Friday. Actually this game was Shawnees' other than that burst in the third period and the last minute of the second period. The first minute of the third was when Township scored there other two goals. |
 High School Wrestling:Camden Catholic Easily Captures Sectional Title Thursday, February 14, 2002 By Vincent Lewis One by one St. Augustine sent their wrestlers out on the mat to compete against the Fighting Irish from Camden Catholic. Both teams were looking to capture the South Jersey Parochial B Title, but it would be Camden Catholic (23-2-1) who would dominate the match from the beginning to tie their school record for wins in a season. The Irish never let St. Augustine get a strong hold on them as they won the first 10 bouts before the Hermits recorded their first team points. Camden Catholic manhandled St. Augustine 58- 7 to win the match and now have their sites set on capturing the state title. |
| Event Spotlight: Houston Texans Hold National Conference Call Regarding Upcoming Expansion Draft Thursday, February 14, 2002 By David W. Unkle The Houston Texans held a conference call yesterday to review their strategy for the upcoming NFL Expansion Draft. The 2002 entry into the AFC will select players from a pool of 155 qualified veteran players on February 18 at 3:00 PM Eastern. Participating in the call with the national media were Houston"s Charley Casserly, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Football Operations and Dom Capers, Head Coach. |
| Event Spotlight: Limited Number Of Tickets Remain For The Flyers' Wives 26th Annual Carnival Tuesday, February 12, 2002 By Joe Klueg A limited number of tickets remain for the 26th Annual Flyers' Wives Fight for Lives Carnival on Sunday, March 3, 2002; from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children under 12 and can be purchased by calling the Carnival Office, Monday through Friday during regular business hours, at (215) 389-9426 or in person at the Flyers Box Office in the First Union Center. Tickets will not be available for purchase at the door the day of the Carnival. |
| Event Spotlight: Phantoms Week In Review Monday, February 11, 2002 By Al Cohen Philadelphia maintained a share of the AHL points lead (67) after going 1-1-1 on its three-game road trip last week. The Phantoms opened the trip by cruising to a 6-3 victory over South Division rival Norfolk on Wednesday. Philadelphia actually trailed 3-2 midway through the final period before tallying four unanswered goals. Mark Greig finished with two goals and an assist; Kirby Law, Guillaume Lefebvre and John Slaney all contributed two points; and Neil Little made 25 saves. |
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