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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Sunday, February 1, 2004 By David W. Unkle John Slaney’s power play goal at 1:23 of overtime kept the Phantoms’ home unbeaten streak intact as Philadelphia downed the Milwaukee Admirals 4-3 in front of 15,603 at the Wachovia Center. With less than 30 seconds left on the man advantage, Slaney’s one-timer beat Flaherty who could only watch as the Phantoms remained one point behind first place Bridgeport in the East. Antero Niittymaki stopped 23 shots in earning his 14th victory of the season. Milwaukee’s Wade Flaherty stopped 22 of 26 shots in a losing effort. The Phantoms started January with a 3-1 loss to the Worcester Ice Cats; aside from a 4-3 road loss the Phantoms have been next to perfect. |
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Saturday, January 31, 2004 By Crystal Parker With the last day of January upon us, many teams were looking to find those much-needed wins in order to make it to the playoffs. Most teams have to play as if it is the last day of their season to find that extra gear that will speed them into the post season. For the Red Devils from Rancocas Valley, it would be a tough test to rebound from their 11-point loss during their last game on their own court. Camden Catholic has been very successful with Kelly Killion’s scoring ability, and now they have a dominant presence in the middle with sophomore Rashidat Junaid. The two would combine for 36 of the Irish’s points handing Rancocas Valley a 68-31 defeat in a non-league competition. |
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Saturday, January 31, 2004 By Susan Hall The last time these two Tri-County Conference Royal Division leaders met, Highland walked away with a seventeen-point victory in front of their home crowd. After that game, Clearview would win six of their next seven games to remain a game behind the division leading Lady Tartans. It would not make a difference for the visiting Tartans as they kept the pressure offensively and defensively against the Pioneers. Highland expanded their fourteen-point halftime lead to a 45-22 victory and extended their unbeaten streak to fourteen games. Lisa Steele led the Tartans with 21 points. |
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Thursday, January 29, 2004 By Vincent Lewis It was one of those games between two basketball programs that was a nail-bitter until the final quarter. Meeting for their second time this season, the Chimeras from Willingboro were hosting the Greyhounds from Northern Burlington in a classic match-up between the two top teams from the Burlington County Liberty Division. Willingboro had their way against the Greyhounds during the season opener winning by double-digits. The second time around was a bit tougher, but Willingboro’s come from behind victory snapped the Greyhounds nine game-winning streak. With the Chimeras’ 73-67 victory, they would remain in first place. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Thursday, January 29, 2004 By Dan Loney The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, have announced the players who will be featured on the team’s seven Bobblehead Doll Giveaways this season. Former Yankees great Don Mattingly will be the first player featured on April 10. |
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Soccer Spotlight: Thursday, January 29, 2004 By David Deal The Philadelphia KiXX (12-8) snapped a two-game losing streak tonight, defeating the hosting Monterrey Fury 5-4 in front of 7,112 fans at the Monterrey Arena. The meeting marked the club’s first trip to Monterrey, Mexico in franchise history. Player/Coach Don D’Ambra led the club with a pair of goals, including the game winner at 9:56 of the third quarter. Peter Pappas (11-6) earned the victory in net for Philadelphia, turning away 14 of the 18 shots he faced, while Hector Mireles (5-15) took the loss for the Fury, stopping 12 of 17 chances. |
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Monday, January 26, 2004 By Mike Costantino Joey Johnston scored on the power play with less than five minutes left in the game as Eastern rallied from a 3-0 deficit to tie Washington Township 3-3 in the last scheduled game of the regular season. Eastern has a make-up game with Cherry Hill West on Thursday. The Vikings started out very sluggish and Township jumped on them early scoring all their goals in the first period. After Marco Jordan put Township up 1-0, Dave Smetaniuk increased the lead to 2-0 as his shot from the right circle squeezed through the five hole of Danny Meyers. Moments later Mike Rohach intercepted a bad clearing pass and was all alone in front and his quick shot put Township up 3-0. |
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College Basketball: Monday, January 26, 2004 By Mike Ballard A pair of guard/forwards, freshman Dane Nicholson and senior Jonathan Jean-Louis, came up big as the Rutgers-Camden men’s basketball team stunned the nation’s 23rd-ranked team, Kean University, 66-65, Jan. 24. Nicholson tied for game-high honors with 18 points and 10 rebounds, while adding four steals as the Raptors rallied from a 13-point second-half deficit. He had eight points during a key 17-0 run which gave Rutgers-Camden the lead for good. Jean-Louis, meanwhile, collected 10 points, three steals and two assists in the win before fouling out. |
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Monday, January 26, 2004 By Mike Costantino Mike DeGennaro scored three goals and Zach Booth added two goals as Paul VI came back from a 5-3 deficit to defeat Timber Creek 8-6 in the regular season finale for both teams. Danny Cavallaro had a hat trick for Timber Creek and Lanny Frederick added two goals as Timber Creek took advantage of a five-minute major penalty to go from trailing 3-2 to leading at 5-3. Timber Creek dominated the first period with 17 shots but their lone goal was scored by Cavallaro. DeGennaro and Rich Ferro scored goals for Paul VI as they led 2-1 thanks in large part to Eric Lake. |
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