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 High School Ice Hockey:Third Period the Difference as Township Defeats Cinnaminson Sunday, February 24, 2002 By Mike Costantino Jason Pelle scored early in the third period to snap a 2-2 tie and propel Washington Township to a 4-2 victory in game one of the semi-finals. Nick Martorano led Township with two goals and Anthony Mottola scored both Cinnaminson goals. Cinnaminson led 1-0 after the first period, scoring in the games first minute as Mottola ripped a shot from just inside the circle. Solid defense and strong goaltending are the strengths of Cinnaminson and that was the formula in the first period as Devin Kloss made several good saves including stopping Eric Marano twice from in close. |
 High School Ice Hockey:Keyser and Lalli the Difference for Township in Tier 2 Semi's Sunday, February 24, 2002 By Mike Costantino Chris Keyser figured in all the scoring with two goals and three assists while Mike Lalli was outstanding in nets, leading Washington Township over West Deptford 5-3 in Tier 2 semi-final action last night at Hollydell. Brandon Jackmuff led the West Deptford attack with two goals. Keyser scored the only goal of the first period, getting credit for the goal as it was inadvertently deflected in by a West Deptford defenseman. Lalli made several acrobatic saves including stoning Jackmuff twice on breakaways. |
 Event Spotlight:Wings Get Bitten in Overtime by Landsharks 15-14 Sunday, February 24, 2002 By David W. Unkle Former Pittsburgh Steelers head Coach Chuck Noll once said: Before you can win a game, you have to not lose it. Last night, the Wings had the Columbus Landsharks where they wanted them in the second quarter. Down 3-1 at the end of the first period, Philadelphia reeled off seven goals to take a one goal lead (8-7) into the half-time locker room. The outcome was not what the Wings of the 13,726 fans in attendance had in mind. |
| Event Spotlight: African-American History Month: Briana Scurry Sunday, February 24, 2002 By Meaghan Williams Briana Scurry was born on September 7,1971 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but grew up in Daytona, Minnesota. She went to college at the University of Massachusetts and graduated in the spring of 1995. Yes my person is still alive. |
 Event Spotlight:Phantoms Appear to Hit Wall in 3-0 Loss to Milwaukee Saturday, February 23, 2002 By David Unkle The Phantoms are out their game; the fans know it, the players know it, and the coach knows it. Three wins in their last ten games (3-4-3) coming into the night is indicative of a team not firing on all cylinders. Granted, there is the optimist here that will look at the Phantoms' record and say that the team is undefeated in six of ten games (three wins and three ties) but reality should quickly set in and indicate a need to look at the obvious. The injuries to Brad Tiley and John Slaney are significant; what makes these injuries overwhelming is that they come at a time when the team is struggling. |
 High School Ice Hockey:Late Rally Lifts Cherokee to Game 1 Victory Friday, February 22, 2002 By Mike Costantino Cherokee scored three goals in a span of seventy-two seconds to erase a 4-2 deficit and go on to defeat Clearview 6-4 in game 1 of the semi-finals in the SJHSIHL varsity playoffs. Sean Zahacewski led the Cherokee attack with two goals and an assist and Gunnar Fox netted a hat trick for Clearview. The first two periods were in sharp contrast to the third period, with strong defense and good goaltending the formula in the first two periods. Fox and Zahacewski exchanged power play goals and high powered offense in the third period as both teams combined for eight goals. |
| High School Ice Hockey: 2001-2002 Hockey Awards Winners Announced Thursday, February 21, 2002 By Mike Costantino South Jersey Sports Online is pleased to announce its third annual ice hockey awards presented to those who we felt stood out this year. This was a banner year for the SJHSIHL with over forty teams spread out in Tier 1 through JVB. The league continues to grow and the competition level has improved tremendously. The difficult task of scheduling and maintaining order has been handled with remarkable ease once again by league President John Andrews and the "Jack of all trades" Jack Anderson. |
| Event Spotlight: Titans Continue Win Streak in 6-2 Victory over Nailers Thursday, February 21, 2002 By David W. Unkle Hockey players are taught from a young age to keep digging and pursuing the puck until the buzzer sounds at the end of each period. It is a fundamental concept that is sometimes overlooked, sometimes deliberately forgotten but simply not seen in many of today's athletes. The Titans' Pat Leahy, Ben Stafford, and Scott Bertoli proved exceptions to the rule last night. In an excellent example of fore-checking and fighting for the puck behind the net, Leahy scored his 16th goal of the season with 0.8 seconds left in the first period to put the Titans' on the board and set the tone for the game. Despite being thin on the blue line last night, the Titans' defense was swarming on the ice limiting Wheeling to just five shots in the first period and twenty-one in the game. |
 High School Bowling:Bowling Comes To Winslow High School Wednesday, February 20, 2002 By Winslow Bowling Team This year, there have been many new sports at Winslow Township High School. Among them were Volleyball, Lacrosse, and Bowling. Bowling became very popular this winter among the students, and during tryouts, there were 65 people to choose from. In the end, everyone who was chosen had plenty of fun. |
| High School Ice Hockey: South Jersey High School Ice Hockey League Final Four Preview Wednesday, February 20, 2002 By Mike Costantino For the first time in at least three years there is no clear cut favorite as the semi-finals are set in the SJHSIHL and the four teams left all have a legitimate shot at winning the championship. Defending league champion Washington Township will meet Cinnaminson and Clearview will meet Cherokee. Both series are the best of three with game one for Clearview and Cherokee on Friday night at the Skate Zone in Voorhees, and Hollydell will host game one in the Township versus Cinnaminson series on Sunday night. Lets breakdown each series: |
 Event Spotlight:Phantoms Snap Streak in 4-2 Win Tuesday, February 19, 2002 By David Unkle The Phantoms, winners of one of their last seven games (1-3-3) and winless in their last four games (0-3-1), played with authority at both ends of the ice and the final score was indicative of their effort. In a game where defensemen became a valuable commodity (Brad Tiley and John Slaney were injured and Dan Peters scratched) for the Phantoms, little could go wrong on the ice for the Phantoms. It didn't always look that way for the home town team. Houston's Roman Simicek opened the night's scoring with a nice shot between the five-hole of Phantoms' goalie Maxime Ouellet at 7:17 of the first period. The Phantoms came right back with a power play goal at the 10:07 mark with Vaclav Pletka scoring his 18th goal of the season (and team leading 8th power play goal) with assists from Tomas Divisek and Brad Tiley. The Phantoms came into the night with the AHL's 16th ranked power play (17.4 percent success rate). |
 High School Ice Hockey:Quakes Take Game 1 in Tier 2 Semi's Monday, February 18, 2002 By Mike Costantino Anthony Fendrick had two goals and an assist to lead the Moorestown Quakes to a 5-3 victory over Lenape in Game 1 of the Tier 2 semi-finals at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. In their first year in the league, Moorestown showed no signs of nervousness and kept their composure after Lenape took a 1-0 lead on a goal by Mike Amato late in the first period. Moments later Fendrick tied the score at 1-1, re-directing a point shot by defenseman Stosh Bangs, who was a stalwart on defense for the Quakes. |
 High School Ice Hockey:Clearview Rolls Over East, Motors into Semi's Monday, February 18, 2002 By Mike Costantino Bill Dunbar, Gunnar Fox and Joe Smith each scored twice as Clearview defeated Cherry Hill East 10-0 and moved into the semi-finals in the SJHSIHL and will face Cherokee with game one taking place Friday night at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. This game was all Clearview as they scored twice in the games first two minutes, both goals set-up by Dave Gooch. |
 Event Spotlight:Bullies Use Captain Rivard To Defeat Renegades Monday, February 18, 2002 By Boog Williams It was Kinko's Kids Day at the Mall and the 4,789 fans in attendance enjoyed a 4-3 win. The first 1000 kids (14 and younger) received the inaugural set of Boardwalk Bullies trading cards, were treated to special events and giveaways in the concourse, and were invited to a post game skate with the Bullies players. All this in addition to the regular lineup of between period fan activities. |
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