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 High School Baseball:Rohrer Classic Tournament Finally Comes to an End Sunday, April 9, 2006 By Stu Franklin April showers paid us a visit for most of the day on Saturday and the meteorologist suggests that the area is in much need for rain. Caught in the middle of the rain drops were the teams participating in the Rohrer Classic Baseball Tournament. Burlington Township, Haddon Township, Lower Cape May and Timber Creek were the teams participating in this year's tournament. The preliminary round started off with Burlington Township taking on Timber Creek at one location and at the same time at another location, Haddon Township hosted Lower Cape May. With Haddon Township and Timber Creek advancing to the finals of this tournament, it would be the Hawks from Haddon Township outlasting the Chargers to win it all. |
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Soccer Spotlight:
KiXX Fall Just Short, 7-6, to Chicago in Season Finale Sunday, April 9, 2006 By David Deal The Philadelphia KiXX (10-20) fell just short, 7-6, in the club's 2005-2006 season finale versus the Chicago Storm at UIC Pavilion; the loss snapped the team's season-best three-game winning streak. Reigning Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) Rookie of the Year John Barry Nusum netted the game-winning goal at 1:10 of the second quarter. Storm captain Novi Marojevic netted the game winner, a restart power-play goal, at13:59 of the second quarter. Peter Pappas (10-18) took the loss in net for Philadelphia with seven saves on 14 chances, while Jeff Richey and Danny Waltman combined for 19 saves on 25 chances and the win for the Storm. |
 College Crew:Rutgers-Camden Competes at Knecht Cup Regatta Saturday, April 8, 2006 By Mike Ballard A cold, rainy, windy day played havoc with the Knecht Cup Regatta over the weekend on the Cooper River, causing Saturday's races to be postponed in the early afternoon and adding the remainder of the competition to Sunday's schedule. The Rutgers University-Camden crew team placed two boats in the finals, but due to the confusing schedule only one boat, the Men's Varsity Four Div. II/III team, was able to compete. The Rutgers-Camden Women's Division III Varsity Four team, along with another boat, missed the finals in the long delay and rearranged schedule. Another boat from Rutgers-Camden, the Men's Club Four, had to be scratched due to the scheduling changes. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight:
Penguins Edge Phantoms Saturday, April 8, 2006 By Mike Thornton Kurtis McLean broke a 2-2 deadlock just under six minutes into the third period, lifting the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 4-2 win over the Phantoms on Saturday night. The Phantoms scored the game's first goal for the 10th consecutive contest when Pat Kavanagh started things off at the 6:14 mark of the first period. Ben Eager carried the puck to the bottom of the left circle before centering to Kavanagh in the slot, who beat Andy Chiodo with a wrist shot for the 1-0 lead. |
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Soccer Spotlight:
KiXX Conclude Home Schedule with 8-2 Win Versus Baltimore Saturday, April 8, 2006 By David Deal The Philadelphia KiXX (10-19) defeated the Baltimore Blast (17-13), 8-2, in front of a season-best 9,684 fans at the Wachovia Spectrum. After the visiting Blast opened the evening with two quick scores, the KiXX responded with eight consecutive unanswered goals. Reigning Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) Rookie of the Year John Barry Nusum netted the game-winning goal at 1:10 of the second quarter. Nusum finished with four points (two goals, two assists), tying a career-high feat that he has accomplished on three occasions, all courtesy of Baltimore. Peter Pappas (10-17) earned the victory in net for Philadelphia with 10 saves on 12 chances, while Sagu took the loss for the Blast with 16 saves on 24 shots faced. |
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Lacrosse Spotlight:
Toronto Rocks Wings in Overtime 15-14 Saturday, April 8, 2006 By Jennifer Stefani The Philadelphia Wings will have to wait until the final weekend of the regular season to determine their playoff fate after a 15-14 overtime loss to the Toronto Rock in front of 18,400 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, ON. The Wings have two remaining regular season games against the Buffalo Bandits on Friday, April 14 at HSBC Arena and their final regular season home game on Saturday, April 15 at the Wachovia Center. |
 High School Softball:Morgan Provides the Arm Power for Audubon Friday, April 7, 2006 By Joyce Sagerty It all begins with the pitcher on the mound at least concentrating on getting the ball over the plate with some velocity for a strike. When that confidence begins to build up, the pitcher begins to add a bit more arm swing behind the pitch. Heather Morgan for the Green Wave from Audubon was able to strike out ten batters against Haddon Heights this afternoon. With Morgan's success on the mound, the offense would provide an early three run lead that the Lady Garnets were unable to overcome. The Wave would post a 7-2 victory in conference play. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight:
Printz Crowns Bears Friday, April 7, 2006 By Mike Thornton When the Phantoms inducted former goaltender Neil Little into the Phantoms Hall of Fame Friday night, the longtime netminder mentioned the team's ongoing battle with the Hershey Bears as one of the highlights of his career. Afterwards, the Phantoms wrote another memorable chapter in that rivalry. David Printz scored the game winner on a breakaway in the first minute of overtime to give the Philadelphia Phantoms a 5-4 win over the Hershey Bears at the Wachovia Spectrum on Friday night. |
 High School Lacrosse:Cherokee Continues to Dominate Thursday, April 6, 2006 By Clark Washington With the start of a new season, the Cherokee Chiefs boys' lacrosse team would be looking to improve on advancing further into the post season tournament and that would include defeating the Renegades from Shawnee. For several years, Shawnee has not only defeated the Chiefs in every game but they have also dominated the sport. Well, with the new season upon us, new beginnings can occur and the Chiefs finally were able to defeat Shawnee earlier in the week. So that was not good news for the Fighting Irish from Camden Catholic who traveled to Cherokee looking to pick up their second win. Matt Dunn was able to muscle his way past the defense and score a total of five goals helping the Chiefs pick up the 15-2 victory. |
 High School Softball:Lady Herd Thunder Past Gateway Thursday, April 6, 2006 By Susan Hall Every season, there are always several teams that start off the season on a winning note that surprises a few people. One of those teams getting noticed early would be the Thundering Herd from Woodbury. Freshman pitcher Liz Carter has helped Woodbury's softball team begin the season win their first three games of the season and she has done so not just with her pitching. Before today's game against Gateway, the freshman hurler picked up the win as the starting pitcher and recorded a home run in each of those games. Against the Gators, Carter would not record her third home run of the season, but she would be on the winning side of a 14-0 victory. Woodbury has improved to 3-0 on the season. |
 High School Softball:Gloucester Catholic's Early Runs Enough against Highland Wednesday, April 5, 2006 By Susan Hall The Lady Rams from Gloucester Catholic has started out the season with two exciting games against very good teams. Starting pitcher Brittney Carosia had to battle Nicole Ayres and the Deptford Spartans on Monday and today's game was against Amanda Branco and the Highland Tartans. A dramatic come from behind victory during the bottom of the seventh inning against Deptford gave the Rams the opening day victory. This time, Gloucester Catholic would give Carosia a two run lead early and the Rams would pick up the 3-1 victory in a Tri-County Conference Royal Division softball game. |
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Ice Hockey Spotlight:
Norfolk Catches Up To Phantoms Wednesday, April 5, 2006 By Mike Thornton The Phantoms held a 1-0 lead for more than half the game, but the Norfolk Admirals eventually turned up the heat and took a 3-1 win at Norfolk Scope on Wednesday night. The loss mathematically eliminates the Phantoms from playoff contention. For yet another night, the Phantoms struck first with continued optimum efficiency on the power play. Matt Ellison hit paydirt from the left-side circle with Philadelphia's first shot of the night, bouncing the puck off the leg of Norfolk netminder Adam Munro and in for the 1-0 lead just 2:16 into the game. |
 High School Softball:Cherry Hill West Defeats Lindenwold Tuesday, April 4, 2006 By Susan Hall It's always nice to get that first win of the season and both Lindenwold and Cherry Hill West were looking for during their second game of the season. Shaina Bradley would get the start on the mound for the Lady Lions from Cherry Hill West and she would get plenty of support. Kelly Smith would give Bradley an early lead when she hit her homerun early in the non-league softball game. The Lions would score all of their runs they would need during the first three innings. Cherry Hill West would pick up the 14-1 victory and even their record to keep pace in the Olympic Conference Patriot Division. |
 College Softball:Raptor of the Week: Michelle Schlichtig Monday, April 3, 2006 By Mike Ballard Michelle Schlichtig captures her second Raptor of the Week honor in three weeks after posting a 2-0 record and one save in three pitching performances last week. Schlichtig started with a five-inning no-hitter against John Jay College of Criminal Justice, recording all 15 outs on strikes for her fifth career no-hitter at Rutgers-Camden. Combined with her previous outing, a perfect game against Keystone March 25, it extended her no-hit streak to 10-1/3 consecutive innings. She extended that string to 14 innings before settling for a three-hitter in a 3-1 victory April 1 over defending New Jersey Athletic Conference champion William Paterson University. Schlichtig came back to save the nightcap of a 3-2 win over Paterson, adding a solo home run in that game. |
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