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Baseball Spotlight: Sunday, May 2, 2004 By Bob Heller The USP men's baseball team's season came to a close yesterday as the Devils dropped a pair of games to the ever-tough Dominican College Chargers, 13-5 and 7-5 to close out the season at 10-29. The Chargers rocked Devils starter Chip Wukitsch (Fr., Allentown Central Catholic/Slatington, PA) for eight runs in the first three innings as Dominican opened up an 8-2 lead. Five of those runs came off the bat of Dominican's Joe DiMicelli who hit a two-run home run in the second and a three-run shot in the third. |
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Saturday, May 1, 2004 By Gregg Willimas The #1 Jazz Band in the State of New Jersey is Overbrook High School from Pine Hill, NJ. As impressive, in March, they also won 1st place in the East Coast Jazz Festival at Berkley University in Boston (the largest HS jazz festival in the country). Overbrook High School Jazz Band won Best Jazz Band in the state on April 23. Rob Fox, trombonist from Overbrook, received the Best Soloist Award in the whole state of NJ. The band carries 21 members, 13 who went through Berlin Township Schools’ music program. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Saturday, May 1, 2004 By Dan Loney The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, announced today that INF Andy Phillips has been transferred from Trenton to Columbus (AAA) of the International League and that RHP Ramon Ramirez has been transferred from Columbus to Trenton. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Saturday, May 1, 2004 By Al Cohen Peter White recorded a goal and an assist as the Philadelphia Phantoms captured their East Division Semifinal series vs. the Norfolk Admirals with a 3-2 victory in Game Six tonight at the Wachovia Center. John Slaney and rookie Jeff Carter also scored for Philadelphia, which won the series four games to two. The Phantoms will now take on the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the East Division Finals, beginning Wednesday in Philadelphia. Antero Niittymaki stopped 27-of-29 shots, including all 11 he faced in the third period, to notch the win. The 23-year-old goaltender surrendered just nine goals in the six match-ups to help Philadelphia set a club record for fewest goals allowed in a seven-game series. |
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Friday, April 30, 2004 By Susan Hall It was a match-up between two very successful softball programs from the Burlington County Liberty Division. Both the Red Devils from Rancocas Valley and Greyhounds from Northern Burlington had won all of their previously scheduled games so for this season. So when starting pitchers Lisa Sweeney got the start for Rancocas, it would be a dual against her counterpart Chelsea Morgan. On this day, Sweeney picked up right where she left off keeping batters dazed and confused, but most important hitless. The Red Devils won this game by a 3-0 margin extending their winning streak to twelve games. |
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Friday, April 30, 2004 By Joyce Sagerty It has been a while since the game of lacrosse has been watched by this reporter who rarely gets the opportunity to relax in a chair enjoy it. It didn't take long to notice that these two teams, Cherry Hill East and Cherry Hill West, were closely matched team filled with role players with speed could simply take over a game. During the beginning of the first half, West's momentum after the face off could not be stopped. East would rebound to take the lead, but it would be that early momentum that was remembered by the Lady Cougars that allowed them to pull off the 13-12 upset over Cherry Hill East. |
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Friday, April 30, 2004 By Vincent Lewis Plain and simple, in order for a team to come away with a solid victory there has to be good pitching and error free defense. Okay, sometimes that doesn’t always happen as on several occasion, a batter or batters will have a good day at the plate. Take for instance the Colonial Conference game between Sterling and Audubon. Homeruns, triples, doubles and a total of 22 runners crossing the plate made a bad day for the pitchers on the mound. After the dust had cleared, Sterling's late inning rally allowed them to pick up the 14-8 road victory. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Friday, April 30, 2004 By Al Cohen Blake Bellefeuille's power-play goal with 1:54 remaining was the difference tonight at the Scope as the Norfolk Admirals posted a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phantoms in Game Five of the East Division Semifinals. Philadelphia, which captured Games Three and Four in Norfolk earlier in the week, still owns a three games to two lead in the best-of-seven series. The Phantoms will host Game Six on Saturday at 7:05 p.m. at the Wachovia Center. |
  Winning Ways (FYI):Full-Body Flexibility Thursday, April 29, 2004 By Gregory "Graig" White "Most fitness enthusiasts and athletes stretch before and after exercise. They stretch to warm up, to help prevent injuries, and to cool down. Now more people are beginning to realize stretching can also be an incredibly effective fitness routine." This is how the release for Jay Blahnik's "Full-Body Flexibility" starts, and I am having a real tough time getting on board with this statement. Don't get me wrong, stretching is important, but it has been my experience that sometimes this aspect of fitness gets the short end of the stick. |
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Thursday, April 29, 2004 By Susan Hall As the season begins to wind down, every win counts especially the divisional match ups when the ultimate prize is to extend their season and or capturing the division title. The Cougars were in a position of picking up their first division win against the Lady Mustangs from Triton. Leading by a run after their top half of the fifth inning was completed, Cherry Hill West watched their opponent score 10 runs during their last two at bats to break this game wide open. Triton walked away with the 14-5 victory. |
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Thursday, April 29, 2004 By Susan Hall It was brought to our attention that there were a few athletic programs that were not getting much coverage especially when a team is doing well. The Lady Warriors from New Egypt have been doing so with their schedule put in front of them. In a divisional game played at Medford Tech, New Egypt batted around during their first at bat that sent a message for the rest of the game. When the shorten five inning game was completed, the Warriors posted a 20-0 shutout extending their winning streak to five games in a row. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Thursday, April 29, 2004 By Dan Loney Jaosn Grove and Kevin Reese delivered with run scoring hits in the 7th Inning to help the Trenton Thunder to a 3-2 win over Akron in Eastern League play on Thursday. Trailing 2-1, Grive hit a solo home run, his 3rd of the year, off Akron reliever Jake Robbins to tie the game. Reese added an RBI double later in the inning scoring J.T. Stotts, who had walked, for the game-winner. Trenton (11-6) managed just six hits in the game, but had enough to win their third straight contest and maintain their hold on 1st Place in the Northern Division. |
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Soccer Spotlight: Thursday, April 29, 2004 By David Deal The Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) announced today that Philadelphia KiXX defender Jeremy Aldrich has been voted to the MISL All-Rookie Team. Aldrich accompanies the Adauto Neto and Adam Guren of the Cleveland Force, Dallas Sidekicks’ Shaun David, and the Kansas City Comets’ Sanaldo and Jamar Beasley. The selections are the results of voting conducted by a panel of team-level executives and media members from around the MISL. |
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Wednesday, April 28, 2004 By Susan Hall The Braves from Williamstown had not played a game on their regular schedule for quite some time. The last game was over a week ago and that game ended with the Braves winning 5 of their first 6 games. The Pioneers from Clearview have also had success early on including holding their opponents scoreless for more than 21 innings. Lauren Sparacino's single in the fifth inning scored the only two runs of the game giving Clearview another divisional win. Lauren Davis picked up the win for the Lady Pioneers. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 By Amy Dalrymple The Atlantic City Surf announces two new additions for the 2004 season's staff. Mike Wolverton will be the play-by-play announcer and Mike DiDomenico will be the color commentator for all Surf games broadcasted on 1490AM The Game this season. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 By Al Cohen B.J. Abel scored 13:02 into the third overtime to lift the Philadelphia Phantoms to a 2-1 victory over the Norfolk Admirals in Game Four of the East Division Semifinals tonight at the Norfolk Scope. With the win, Philadelphia took a three games to one lead in the best-of-seven series. Game Five is set for Friday at the Scope. The running time of 113:02 is the longest in Phantoms history and the eighth longest in AHL annals. Philadelphia's previous record for the longest game was 100:42 - a 3-2 loss in Hershey in Game Six of the 1997 Mid-Atlantic Division Finals. |
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Tuesday, April 27, 2004 By Jason Brown After a weekend at the Woodbury relays, it was time for Bishop Eustace and Paul VI to participate in an individual outdoor track and field event. So far this young season, both the girl's and boy's squad has found their individual success from both teams. This time, the Crusaders from Bishop Eustace was playing host to Paul VI. On this day, Brian Blumenstein highlighted the boy's 85-55 win over Bishop Eustace. For the girl's meet, the Lady Crusaders posted an 80-60 win with Annie Taft winning the 200, high hurdles and long jump. |
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Tuesday, April 27, 2004 By Jerome Michaels High school competition in our area has a few twists that provide some interesting match ups when looking at a regular scheduled game. For instance two schools from the same township but in two different conferences. A rivalry that seems easy to become very familiar with, but not always played every season on the ball field. For West Deptford and Deptford, it was a treat for these two neighboring school to compete against one another and even a bigger treat for the Spartans who were the ones coming away with the 6-1 victory. Ryan Sullivan picked up the win for Deptford. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 By Al Cohen Mark Murphy scored twice and John Slaney added a goal and an assist as the Philadelphia Phantoms posted a 3-1 victory over the Norfolk Admirals in Game Three of the East Division Semifinals tonight at the Norfolk Scope. Antero Niittymaki stopped 17-of-18 shots for Philadelphia, which took a two games to one lead in the best-of-seven series. Game Four is set for Wednesday at the Scope. |
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Soccer Spotlight: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 By David Deal The Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) announced today that three members of the Philadelphia KiXX have earned All-MISL recognition. KiXX defender Pat Morris and goalkeeper Peter Pappas were selected to the League’s First Team, while player/coach Don D’Ambra was voted to the MISL’s Second Team. Morris and Pappas are joined on the All-League First Team by Genoni Martinez of the Monterrey Fury, the Milwaukee Wave tandem of Greg Howes and Todd Dusosky and Carlos “Chile” Farias of the Baltimore Blast. D’Ambra accompanies Dan Green of the Wave, San Diego Sockers’ Sean Bowers, Jeff Davis and Dino Delevski of the Kansas City Comets and Baltimore’s Denison Cabral. The selections are the results of voting conducted by a panel of team-level executives and media members from around the MISL. |
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Arena Football: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 By Matthew Gionta Two CardSharks received Player of the Week honors from the National Indoor Football League this week. CardSharks Quarterback Tony Racioppi was named Atlantic Conference Co-Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts in the loss to Fort Wayne. James "Rocco" DeMaise was named Special Teams Player of the Week for the Atlantic Conference this week as well. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 By Dan Loney The Eastern League of Professional Baseball announced their weekly honors for Player and Pitcher of the Week. Thunder RHP Chien-ming Wang received the honor as "Pitcher Of The Week" becoming the first Thunder pitcher to win the award in the 2004 season. |
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Baseball Spotlight: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 By Bob Heller West Chester University scored with one out in the bottom of the ninth breaking a 2-2 tie to defeat the USP men's baseball team 3-2 in the championship game of the Bill Giles Division II Invitational last night. The game marked the first collegiate game to be played in Citizen's Bank Park the new home of the Philadelphia Phillies. USP had advanced to the game with a 6-5 win over Philadelphia University last Thursday. |
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College Softball: Monday, April 26, 2004 By Mike Ballard Freshman Raphael Fuentes and sophomore Michelle Schlichtig turned in record-setting performances for the Rutgers-Camden track and softball teams, respectively. Fuentes set school records in the 100-meter dash (11.04) and the 200-meter dash (22.63) at the TCNJ Lions Invite 2004. He broke the mark of 11.4 in the 100, which was accomplished four times, and lowered his own week-old mark of 23.12 in the 200. |
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