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Soccer Spotlight: Sunday, February 22, 2004 By David Deal The Philadelphia KiXX (16-10) dropped their second decision of the weekend with a 8-3 loss to the Milwaukee Wave (19-7) in front of 4,768 fans at the Wachovia Spectrum today. Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) point-leader Greg Howes led all scorers with four goals, including the game winner at 2:12 of the third quarter. Peter Pappas (15-6) took the loss in the net for Philadelphia, stopping nine of the 16 shots he faced, while Dan Green (10-3) earned the victory for the Wave, turning away seven of 10 chances. |
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Basketball Spotlight: Saturday, February 21, 2004 By Bob Heller For the second consecutive game, the USP men’s basketball team came out firing in the second half as the overcame an early deficit to defeat host Dominican College 72-66, earning their third straight win and their first win ever in Orangeburg, New York. With the win, the Devils improved to 14-9 overall and 14-4 in the CACC. The win also secured a home playoff game for USP as they can finish no worse than third place. The Devils shot 66.7% from the field in the second half, connecting on 14 of 21 shots. This performance comes on the heels of a 76% second half shooting spree against Bloomfield on Wednesday. |
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Soccer Spotlight: Saturday, February 21, 2004 By David Deal The Philadelphia KiXX (16-9) watched their five-game winning streak come to an abrupt end tonight, as the St. Louis Steamers (10-15) used a four-goal performance in the third quarter to defeat the KiXX by a score of 8-3 at The Family Arena. St. Louis player/coach Daryl Doran recorded the game-winning goal at Defender Pat Morris recorded the game-winning goal on an assist from Jeff DiMaria at 14:02 of the third quarter. Stuart Dobson (1-3) took the loss between the posts for Philadelphia, turning away 11 of the 18 shots he faced, while Brett Phillips earned the victory for the Steamers, stopping 22 of 25 chances. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Saturday, February 21, 2004 By Al Cohen Rookie defenseman Freddy Meyer recorded a hat trick and John Slaney broke the AHL record for most career goals by a defenseman as the Philadelphia Phantoms rallied for a 4-1 victory tonight at the Giant Center and improved to 10-0 vs. the Hershey Bears this season. With Philadelphia trailing 1-0 entering the third period, Meyer evened the score on the power play at the 4:57 mark before Slaney netted the game-winner with 8:46 remaining. The goal was the 125th in his AHL career, eclipsing the mark held by Jim Wiemer, who accomplished the feat over 548 games from 1981-95. Slaney has played 399 career AHL games. |
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Friday, February 20, 2004 By Mike Costantino Last week Cherokee’s junior forward Jeff Burd passed away from meningitis and on Friday night at the Skate Zone in Voorhees, family, friends and well-wishers gathered to pay their respects and say their last goodbyes before Moorestown and the Chiefs took the ice for their playoff game. The standing room only crowd showed how Jeff Burd has touched the lives of many in the ice hockey community. The pre-game ceremony was organized by the South Jersey High School Ice Hockey League (SJHSIHL) and was represented by all of its board members including President Mike Pontonio, Vice President Jack Anderson, Treasurer Mike Stern and Cherokee President Dave Sabol. As he does so often, Mr. Anderson handled the microphone and was elegant in this tribute. |
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Friday, February 20, 2004 By Mike Costantino After an emotional and moving pre-game ceremony honoring teammate Jeff Burd, Cherokee played an inspired game as they defeated Moorestown 7-3 to advance in the SJHSIHL tournament. Louis Sarcone honored his fallen linemate by scoring two goals and leading a balanced attack as six different players scored for Cherokee. Coach Rumbos could not have asked for a better start as Cherokee scored four goals in the first period and never looked back. Dan Shaw opened the scoring in the games first minute and the packed house at the Skate Zone in Voorhees erupted. Mick Scian, Kevin Magnin and Sarcone also found the net, as Cherokee was relentless with their pressure. Moorestown finally responded on the power play in the final sixteen seconds of the period as Dan Greene cut the lead to 4-1. |
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Friday, February 20, 2004 By Mike Costantino Timber Creek scored three goals in a span of nineteen seconds to erase a 4-3 deficit and key a 7-4 victory over a very tough Cherokee II. Proving that their undefeated season in Tier 2 was no fluke, Cherokee II gave Timber Creek all it could handle and led for most of the game. Each team traded goals in the games opening moments, Lanny Frederick for Timber Creek and Doug Ferguson for Cherokee II. Phillip Rivello put Timber Creek up 2-1 as he picked up a loose puck in the slot and ripped a shot into the net but Zach Sawyer tied the game at 2-2 scoring on the power play. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, February 20, 2004 By Al Cohen The Philadelphia Phantoms improved to 9-0 against the Hershey Bears this season as Neil Little stopped all 29 shots he faced in a 3-0 victory tonight in front of a crowd of 11,875 at the Wachovia Spectrum. Little made 12 saves in the first period and 10 in the third as Philadelphia posted its third consecutive shutout over the Bears, extending its scoreless streak against the instate rival to 221:38. The nine straight wins vs. Hershey is a new franchise record for most consecutive victories against one opponent. |
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Thursday, February 19, 2004 By Susan Hall As the regular season winds down for the 2003-04 girl's basketball season, sometimes it can be hard to focus on the final games of the season. For some, their basketball season will end, but for others the season is extended for as long as your team comes out on the winning side during the playoffs. The Minutemaids from Washington Township was that team not only prepping for the playoffs, but also leading the Olympic Conference American Division. During their interdivision basketball game against Pennsauken, Township's second quarter surge built a lead that was able to withstand the Lady Indians rally in the final quarter. Washington Township picked up the 56-50 victory at Pennsauken High School. |
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Thursday, February 19, 2004 By Vincent Lewis If we were to use this game as a measuring stick for the upcoming South Jersey Group playoffs, buckle your seat belts because its going to be a bumpy ride. On paper, all indications pointed to the Eagles from Winslow Township winning their Olympic Conference match-up against Woodrow Wilson. To support that assumption, Winslow Township was riding a 10 game winning streak and was looking to extend that by one at Woodrow Wilson High School. Cedric Smith has been the top scoring during season and their opponent knew that. The Tigers’ double threat in Bryant DeShields and Semaj Inge proved to be the difference in this game as they upset the Eagles 91-81. |
| High School Bowling: Maple Shade Boys and Pemberton Girls Win BCSL Championships Wednesday, February 18, 2004 By Charlie Barker Maple Shade sophomore Fred Haug bowled the high game of 258 to lead his team to the championship at the Burlington County Scholastic League Tournament, held at the Maple Bowl in Pennsauken. Pemberton was second with 2753 and Northern Burlington third with 2736. Josh Bell of Moorestown bowled the high series with a score of 687. |
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Wednesday, February 18, 2004 By Mike Costantino The South Jersey High School Hockey League will remember Jeff Burd, the Cherokee hockey player who passed away from meningitis last week, before Cherokee's playoff game on Friday night at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Each team will have a player present as the league remembers the passing of one of its own. Life goes by so quickly and our lives are so hectic, between taking the kids to dance class, dropping them off for practice, working our jobs or cooking dinner, our kids are the most important focus in our lives. All of us at South Jersey Sports Online cannot fathom what it would be like to lose a child, and our hearts and deepest sympathy go out to the Burd family. |
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Basketball Spotlight: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 By Bob Heller Leah Shumoski recorded her second consecutive double-double and Kate Jordan became the Devils all-time steals leader as the USP women's basketball team returned to action after a break for final exams with an 87-69 win over Dominican College last night, remaining undefeated in conference play with a 3-0 CACC record. Scoring 14 points in first half, Shumoski (So, Marple-Newtown HS/Broomall, PA) finished with a game-high 21 points and 10 rebounds. Leah also added five blocked shots and five steals. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 By Al Cohen Patrick Boileau recorded a goal and an assist and Sebastien Caron stopped all 30 shots he faced as the visiting Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins downed the Philadelphia Phantoms, 2-0, tonight at the Wachovia Spectrum. Boileau set up Matt Murley's first-period goal and tallied his first of the year in the second stanza to help Wilkes-Barre/Scranton win for just the second time in its last 10 tries (2-5-2-1). The Penguins evened the season series at 3-3, with four match-ups remaining. Reassigned from the Philadelphia Flyers earlier in the day, goaltender Antero Niittymaki finished with 20 saves and suffered the loss for the first time in his last 10 starts as a Phantom. Philadelphia has dropped four of its last five games overall and had a nine-game home unbeaten streak (8-0-1) come to an end. |
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College Basketball: Monday, February 16, 2004 By Mike Ballard For the second consecutive week, freshman guard Kelly Stafford earns Raptor of the Week honors after averaging 18 points in a pair of games, shooting 57.9 percent (11-for-19) from the floor, including 50 percent from three-point range (5-for-10) and hitting nine of 14 shots from the foul line (64.3 percent). She had a career-high three steals and added 11 points in a loss at William Paterson Feb. 11, then collected a career-high 25 points as the Raptors defeated previously-unbeaten Keystone College Feb. 13. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Monday, February 16, 2004 By Dan Loney The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, has released its 2004 Spring Training Schedule. The spring schedule includes 14 games and four intrasquad games before the Season Opener against the Erie SeaWolves on Thursday, April 8th. |
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Basketball Spotlight: Monday, February 16, 2004 By Bob Heller Shelby Rance scored a career high 31 points as the USP women's basketball team cruised to an easy 94-53 victory over Goldey Beacom College last night at the Bobby Morgan Arena. The win clinches a home conference playoff game for the Devils on March 2nd. Rance (Fr., Central Columbia HS/Bloomsburg, PAQ) connected on ten of 16 shots from the field, including three of four from three-point range. Shelby was a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line and pulled down six rebounds, had four assists and four steals. in just 24 minutes of playing time. |
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Basketball Spotlight: Monday, February 16, 2004 By Bob Heller Lightning did not strike the USP men's basketball team last night, but the Devils struck for 47 points in the second half to strike down the Lightning of Goldey Beacom College, 85-64 at the Bobby Morgan Arena last night. The win improves the Devils to 12-9 overall and 12-4 in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC). USP remains in third place, one game behind Teikyo Post and two behind front-runner Felician College. |
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Soccer Spotlight: Monday, February 16, 2004 By David Deal The Philadelphia KiXX (16-8) return to action this Saturday, February 21 for their seventh set of back-to-back games this season. The club kicks-off the weekend with a trip to the Family Arena to square-off versus the St. Louis Steamers at 8:05 pm ET, before returning home to conclude the series with a battle versus the League-leading Milwaukee Wave on February 22. |
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