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Sunday, January 18, 2004 By Susan Hall It was a game that went back and forth for three quarters with each team wishing they could re-do that quarter over again. The Camden Catholic girl’s basketball team had a slight lead over Haddon Heights at halftime, but the teams scored only a total of nine points during the second quarter. After re-establishing the lead in the third quarter 28-26, the Garnets found themselves scoreless long enough for Camden Catholic to pull away 38-29 for the win. The Irish defense held Haddon Heights to only point in the final quarter during the Cougar Girl’s Basketball Classic held at Cherry Hill East. |
| Lacrosse Spotlight: Rochester Spoils Opening Night for Philadelphia Saturday, January 17, 2004 By Jennifer Stefani The Wings suffered their first loss of the season after a strong start on the road, falling to Rochester, 17-11, Saturday at the First Union Center in front of 14,217 fans. Philadelphia jumped to an early start, but fell apart in the middle two quarters, giving up nine unanswered goals. John Grant led Rochester's attack with five goals and five assists. Jeff Ratcliffe led the Wings with three goals and an assist. |
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Saturday, January 17, 2004 By Vincent Lewis When Clearview finished their warm-ups, they witness Deptford’s senior guard Lauren Fisher being honored for scoring over 1,000 points. It was no secret that the Lady Pioneers had to do their best to slow down her scoring chances to pick up the win. It would Clearview’s offense that gave them the win with Kristina Wallace’s ability to score from the perimeter and Mercedes Van Wagner’s rebounding success. The Pioneers led from the start and posted a 51-36 Tri-County Royal Division competition. |
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Saturday, January 17, 2004 By David Deal The Philadelphia KiXX (11-6) defeated the San Diego Sockers (9-10), 5-0, tonight in front of 4,238 fans at the Wachovia Spectrum. The shutout marked the only the third time in franchise history the club has held an opponent scoreless. KiXX player/coach Don D’Ambra recorded the game winner at 4:49 of the second quarter. Goalkeeper Peter Pappas (10-5) earned the victory in net for Philadelphia, perfect (16-16) between the posts for Philadelphia, while Victor Noguiera dropped to 9-10 with the loss for the Sockers. |
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Friday, January 16, 2004 By Mike Costantino Clearview had four power play goals and their top line of Jim Sprinkle, Wyatt Fox and Bill Dunbar combined for 10 goals as they defeated Paul VI 10-5 on Friday night. Fox and Dunbar, suspended since the Township game on December 19th, still had the same chemistry with Sprinkle before their suspensions. Clearview broke out on top early, with Paul VI on the power play, Sprinkle fed Fox in the slot and he ripped a shot past Eric Lake for a 1-0 lead just two minutes into the game. Dunbar made it 2-0 as he deposited a rebound of a Mike Sullivan shot into an empty net and Clearview led 2-0. |
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Friday, January 16, 2004 By Mike Costantino Three players had hat tricks as Washington Township defeated Cinnaminson 12-3 in Tier 1 action at Hollydell on Friday night. Bryan Paulson, Fred Brewer and Chris Keyser each netted three goals, Billy Choy added a goal and five assists as Township scored early and often to take control of the game and never look back. Township led 4-0 with the game barely five minutes old and kept the pressure on until the final buzzer. Paulson started the barrage as he put home a rebound of a shot by Matthew Grossi. Thirty seconds later Keyser was sent in on a breakaway by David Henninger and his quick shot made it 2-0. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, January 16, 2004 By Al Cohen Antero Niittymaki stopped all 19 shots he faced as the Philadelphia Phantoms remained unbeaten against the Hershey Bears with a 4-0 victory tonight at the Wachovia Spectrum. Kirby Law, Boyd Kane, Randy Jones and Peter White each scored for Philadelphia, which has won all seven meetings with Hershey this season. The Phantoms have outscored the Bears, 31-10, in the series with five match-ups remaining. After facing zero shots during the second period, Niittymaki registered 13 saves in the third to complete his third shutout of the season. The 23-year-old native of Finland has just three losses in his last 18 appearances as a Phantom (9-3-3 with three no-decisions). |
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Thursday, January 15, 2004 By Vincent Lewis The Colonial Conference has always been one of the most competitive conferences with over half of the eleven teams playing five hundred percentage basketball or better. So each time a team steps out on the court, winning the game is very important to stay ahead of the pack. When Collingswood traveled to Haddonfield to take on the Bulldogs, only one game separated the two teams as they were competing for first place. After a somewhat close first half, Haddonfield finally decided this game offensively and defensively as they outscored the Panthers 62-29. Brian Zoubek was a force to be reckoned with inside the paint and Anthony Lacatena would lead all scorers for Haddonfield. The Bulldogs convincingly defeated Collingswood by a 101-60 margin. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 By Dan Loney The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, has announced their coaching staff for the 2004 season. Stump Merrill will return for his second consecutive season as Manager. Hitting Coach Steve Braun, Pitching Coach Gary Lavelle and Trainer Greg Spratt will also return to the Thunder after spending last season with Trenton. |
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Tuesday, January 13, 2004 By Jerome Michaels This was a game that featured a coach returning to a place where he spent a great deal of time, but this time entering the basketball court as a visitor. Competing in an Olympic Conference matchup, the Indians from Lenape traveled to Pennsauken to take on the Crusaders from Bishop Eustace Prep. Bill Lange, previously Bishop Eustace boy’s basketball coach, was now coaching the Indians from Lenape and his team has been doing a very good job with their game plan. With their twenty point victory, Lenape has ripped off nine straight wins to start the season. The Indians would lead from the opening tip off and roll to a 57-37 victory. |
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College Basketball: Monday, January 12, 2004 By Mike Ballard Sophomore forward Megan Rulon turned in a dominating performance at the Craig Keeler Memorial Tournament, held at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison Jan. 10-11. On her way to earning All-Tournament honors, Rulon scored 43 points, had 28 rebounds, seven assists, seven blocked shots and four steals in the Lady Raptors’ two games. She had 24 points and 10 rebounds in a narrow first-round loss to eventual champion Trinity (CT) College. In the consolation game against Lincoln, she had 19 points, six blocks, two steals and career-high totals of 18 rebounds and five assists. Earlier in the week, Rulon had another double-double, collecting 17 points and a game-high 12 rebounds in a win over Cabini. For the week, she averaged 20 points, 13.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.7 blocks and 1.7 steals. This marks the second Raptor of the Week honor for Rulon this season. She shared the award with teammate Erin James on Nov. 24. |
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