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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Sunday, November 16, 2003 By Al Cohen Philadelphia Phantoms goaltender Antero Niittymaki today was named the Sher-Wood AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Nov. 16. In three appearances last week, Niittymaki went 1-0-1, posted a 0.41 goals-against average and stopped 61-of-62 shots he faced (.984 save percentage). Niittymaki's week began on Wednesday when he came on for the third period of a 5-3 loss to Cincinnati and turned aside all four Mighty Ducks shots he saw. Niittymaki then made 33 saves in a 1-1 tie vs. Cincinnati on Friday, only allowing a power-play goal by Chris Kunitz during the first period. |
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Saturday, November 15, 2003 By Crystal Parker The Irish from Camden Catholic has dominated the sport of field hockey for the past three years. Winning two straight sectional titles is something that the Irish has gotten use to and were looking to add a third. Well the fifth seeded Lady Eagles from West Deptford had other plans as they had knocked off the top seeded team on Thursday and looking for more. Overcoming an early deficit, West Deptford score the next three goals to hold on for a 3-2 victory claiming the South Jersey Group II title. |
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Saturday, November 15, 2003 By Jason Brown Paulsboro has dominated the South Jersey Group I playoffs for a very long time. And for a very long time the Lions from Gloucester City was the team that Paulsboro rolled all over them towards their journey in capturing a group title. All of that ended Saturday afternoon at Paulsboro High School for Gloucester. The Lions defense was hungry and came up big in the second half of this first round of the South Jersey Group I playoff game. By keeping the Red Raiders scoreless, Gloucester posted a 15-0 victory to advance to the next round against the top seeded Cougars from Schalick. |
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Saturday, November 15, 2003 By Vincent Lewis Knowing you’re the number one seeded team and playing as if you are that top seeded team can be difficult. For the Spartans from Deptford High School, it looked as if they were not happy with their 14-point lead at the half. They would be happy with the final results as the defense stepped up and were able to shut down Kingsway’s offense. After recording their 27-0 victory against the eight-seeded Dragons, the players knew there could have been more points put on the scoreboard. Deptford will be looking to increase their unbeated streak to ten games when they face Toms River South. |
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Saturday, November 15, 2003 By Jerome Michaels Overbrook took one step closer in proving their football program has come a long way during the past few years of rebuilding. Several reasons for their recent success is a result of coaching, the running game, defense and the addition of Frank Wilczynski. The versatile player not only can call the plays as the quarterback, he also catches touchdowns as well. During their first time matchup against the Bears from Delran, Overbrook wasted little time putting this game out of reach. After scoring all the points they needed in the first quarter, the Rams ran away with a 34-14 win. Frank Hales scored four times for Overbrook. |
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Friday, November 14, 2003 By Vincent Lewis The Quakers started their quest for a group title off to a good start against the Bulldogs from Haddonfield Friday night in Moorestown. What was impressive were the twenty-five points put on the scoreboard before halftime. The not so impressive were the turnovers in this game that did not really hurt Moorestown at all. Tailback Steve Phillips had a banner day scoring two touchdowns while his counterpart Al Pierce also had a successful day running the ball. Moorestown advanced to the next round with their 39-7 victory over Haddonfield. |
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Friday, November 14, 2003 By Mike Costantino Wyatt Fox scored three goals and Bobby Kovarovic stopped thirty shots as Clearview handed Rancocas Valley its first loss of the season 6-3 in Tier 1 action at Hollydell. The power play was the key for both teams; each team scored three times with the man advantage. Clearview got the only two goals in the first period, both on the power play, when Fox on a great pass from Bill Dunbar in the right corner, had the whole net to shoot. Jim Sprinkle made it 2-0 scoring unassisted about one minute later. |
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Friday, November 14, 2003 By Mike Costantino Trailing 6-1 late in the second period, Holy Cross shocked Timber Creek scoring five goals in the last period and salvaged a point as they skated to a 7-7 tie on Friday night at Hollydell. Timber Creek led after the first period 2-1 on goals by Jeff Scully and Gary Scott Jr. after Mike Welch had given Holy Cross the lead scoring on the power play. The second period was all Timber Creek as they controlled the play for most of the period, scored two short-handed goals within seven seconds and were seemingly in control when Daniel Cavallaro scored with sixteen seconds remaining in the period to make it 6-1. |
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Friday, November 14, 2003 By Jerome MichaelsSJSports Special Correspondent It seemed as if it was a privilege to be playing on the nice soccer field at Rutgers-Camden University. Now on particular days, especially this South Jersey Parochial A title game, the wind just blows right off of the Delaware River creating more challenges for teams to overcome. St. Augustine took full advantage of their scoring opportunities even when they were facing the wind in the second half against Paul VI. The Hermits showed why they were the number one seed by shutting out the Eagles 2-0. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, November 14, 2003 By Al Cohen Antero Niittymaki made 33 saves and Boyd Kane scored Philadelphia's lone goal as the Phantoms skated to a 1-1 tie with the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks tonight at the Wachovia Spectrum. Niittymaki finished with a Phantoms season high for saves, only allowing Chris Kunitz's goal 8:20 into the game. The Phantoms ended a two-game losing streak, which included Wednesday morning's 5-3 School Day Game loss to Cincinnati. Reigning AHL Player of the Week Ilya Bryzgalov stopped 27-of-28 shots for Cincinnati, which has lost just one of its last six games (4-1-1). |
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Thursday, November 13, 2003 By Susan Hall West Deptford’s quest for the title just got one step closer when they traveled to Collingswood to take on the number one seeded Lady Panthers. These two teams met twice during the regular season with Collingswood having the slight edge. As they say, the post season is a brand new season and a chance to re-write the past. The fifth seeded Eagles scored three first half goals, two by Tiffany Hunter, and kept Collingswood scoreless for the entire game. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 By Al Cohen Cam Severson recorded a goal and two assists and Tony Martensson scored the game-winning goal with 1:45 left in the second period as the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks posted a 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phantoms in front of a School Day Game crowd of 10,092 at the Wachovia Center. Mike Mottau and Joel Stepp each added a goal and an assist for Cincinnati, which has won four of its last five games. Subbing for last week's AHL Player of the Week Ilya Bryzgalov, goaltender Eddy Ferhi stopped 34-of-37 shots to notch his first win of the season. |
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Monday, November 10, 2003 By Mike Costantino Manny Rayo stopped 23 shots and seven different players scored for Eastern as they rolled over Williamstown 9-1 in league action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Dan Tavana and Anthony Orner led the Vikings with two goals each; Tom Ruiz scored the lone goal for Williamstown. Brandon Tunstill got Eastern off and running early, scoring in the first twenty-one seconds. After Ruiz tied the game at 1-1, Joey Johnston gave the Vikings the lead for good scoring on the power play late in the first period. |
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Monday, November 10, 2003 By Susan HallSJSports Special Correspondent The Lady Crusaders were in a very familiar place but something was a little different. For the past three years, the girl’s soccer team from Bishop Eustace was the third seeded team heading into the playoffs. This year as the number one seed in the South Jersey Parochial B bracket, the Crusaders moved one step closer. Making another run at capturing their second straight title, Bishop Eustace recorded a 2-0 victory over fifth seeded Purple Roses from St. Rose of Belmar. Next up for the Crusaders will be the title game against Holy Spirit. |
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Monday, November 10, 2003 By Mike Costantino Fred Brewer scored three goals and Derek Anderson continued his solid play in nest as Washington Township defeated Cherry Hill East 5-1 in Tier 1 action at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Monday night. Andrew Rovinsky scored the lone goal for East. Township took a 1-0 lead as Pete Laman broke in with Billy Choy and as Choy drew the defenseman over, he put the puck right on the tape and Laman just re-directed it into the net. Not many games are won in the first period, but Township killed off five short-handed situations, twice being down two men and were able to score on their only power play. |
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