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 High School Softball:Burlington Township Stuns Number One Seeded Audubon Thursday, May 23, 2002 By Art Redd When Burlington Township defeated the ninth seeded Kingsway in the first round of the South Jersey Group 2 playoffs, all they could talk about was traveling to Audubon and take on the number one seeded Lady Green Wave. With an impressive 21-1 overall record, Audubon has proved to be seeded as the number one team in their group. But today would the Lady Falcons day to be in the spotlight as they upset Audubon in nine innings by a 5-2 margin. Vanessa Moczulski picked up the win for Burlington Township as she gave up just one hit and recorded six strikeouts. |
 South Jersey Baseball:Surf Comeback Falls Short as Game Starts at 11am Thursday, May 23, 2002 By Bob Stuart The Atlantic City Surf played a game on one of the most beautiful sunny mornings of the new season at the Sandcastle. The game started at 11:05 am in front of a crowd of 2,850. Most of the spectators were students from local schools. The Surf was coming off of a win the night before to bring their record to 8-8. This was the last of three games against the Long Island Ducks, who were also 8-8. The Surf fell short of a comeback by the score of 8-5. |
 High School Softball:Haddon Township Wins 14 Inning Battle Against Cinnaminson Tuesday, May 21, 2002 By Art Redd For fourteen straight innings, the Pirates from Cinnaminson battled the Lady Hawks from Haddon Township in the first round of the South Jersey Group 2 playoffs. After watching batter after batter approach the plate in extra innings, both teams were eager to get that one base runner in scoring position to end this scoreless game. Finally in the bottom of the 14th inning, Ashley Olt scored from second base when Alialen Fallon lined to single up the middle to send the Lady Hawks to the next round of the playoffs. |
 High School Softball:Haddon Heights Pitch Their Way Past Pitman Tuesday, May 21, 2002 By Crystal Parker The Pitman Lady Panthers traveled to Haddon Heights in search of a road victory against the every so tough Michele Schichtig in the first round of the South Jersey Group 1 playoffs. The Panthers also had Schmidt on the mound matching her opponent. The defense for both teams was solid until the fifth inning. Haddon Heights scored four runs in the bottom of the inning to win this game by a 5-1 margin. |
 High School Baseball:Maple Shade Squeezes Out Victory Against Glassboro Monday, May 20, 2002 By Art Redd This was the first day of the 2002 spring seasonal baseball playoffs as teams from Southern New Jersey began their quest in capturing this year's group title. The Glassboro Bulldogs traveled to Maple Shade to take on the Wildcats in a Group 1 match up. Maple Shade would manufacture a run in the bottom of the sixth when Mike Steck scored on a suicide squeeze bunt executed perfectly by Nick Foster to push the Wildcats to a 2-1 first round playoff victory over Glassboro. |
| Event Spotlight: Three Phantoms Nominated for PHPA Awards Monday, May 20, 2002 By Al Cohen Defenseman Dan Peters was one of eight nominees announced recently for theProfessional Hockey Players' Association 2001-02 US Airways Player of theYear Award. The annual award is presented to an AHL or ECHL player who demonstrates the most outstanding charitable service to his playing community. The winner, who will receive two tickets to anywhere US Airways flies in North America or the Caribbean, will be announced in June. Peters took time out of his schedule on several occasions this season to read to school children, and participated in Phantoms Player Clinics as well as the Phantoms Wives bachelor auction for charity. |
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