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Ice Hockey Spotlight:
Power Surger...Phantoms Go 3-for-4 On Power Play, Beat Toronto 5-3 Sunday, December 17, 2006 By Mike Thornton Triston Grant and Boyd Kane led the way with two goals apiece as the Philadelphia Phantoms rode a 3-for-4 performance on the power play to a 5-3 win over the Toronto Marlies on Sunday at the Wachovia Spectrum. Petr Nedved contributed three assists for the Phantoms, who snapped a five-game losing skid. Philadelphia struck first while on the power play at 8:26 of the first period. *Petr Nedved* saucered a pass cross-ice to *Denis Tolpeko* in the left circle. Tolpeko, in turn, sent the puck to the top of the crease where *Boyd Kane* redirected it past goaltender Justin Pogge to give the Phantoms a 1-0 lead. |
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High School Ice Hockey:
Township Balance too much for Timber Creek Friday, December 15, 2006 By Mike Costantino Seven different players scored for Washington Township, including four players with two goals each as the Minutemen rolled to an 11-1 victory over Timber Creek. Dave Moore, Marc Remini, Colin Davis and Christian Biscardi paced the Township attack with two goals each. Mike Schwer scored the lone goal for Timber Creek. Township jumped out to a 4-0 lead after the first period, with Remini tallying twice and Cameron Rowand and Biscardi joining in as well. Davis and Schwer exchanged goals in the second period, but Township exploded with six goals in the third period. |
 Team Conditioning Systems:The Varsity Club is Open for Business Thursday, December 14, 2006 By Gregory "Graig" White The Varsity Club is now open for business!! We are celebrating our first group of student athletes at the Gloucester County Institute of Technology. There are currently 23 members in our after school program and we are looking to add to that number. I would like to take this time to thank Mr. Sam Kennish and Mr. Jamie Dundee the athletic director at the school; these two gentlemen have done a lot of the heavy lifting to help me get this program off of the ground! The scope of the Varsity club is to offer solutions; one solution is to offer athletes a chance to enhance their ability to compete in a setting that is convenient and accessible, by that I mean with athletes always looking to get better, by offering it at the school we have an opportunity to effect athletes who may not be able to get transportation to an off site training program. |
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High School Ice Hockey:
High School Ice Hockey, a Sport You are Missing!! Wednesday, December 13, 2006 By Mike Costantino Back in the fall of 1998 a few people were starting a web site dedicated to high school and youth athletics, mainly in South Jersey. Initially I gravitated right to football, but after a few games I realized everyone covers high school football. Our editor mentioned that high school ice hockey had little or no coverage, and I immediately said that's for me. Now over the years there has been plenty of excitement and usually a decent amount of fans. Now you always get your big crowds for the neighborhood rivalries, Clearview-Township, Cherry Hill East- Cherry Hill West, etc. But in the last few years attendance has noticeably dropped off, and I really can't figure this out. Is it because of the times? |
 High School Ice Hockey:Gray's Anatomy hands Township First Loss Monday, December 11, 2006 By Mike Costantino Shawnee goalie Paul Gray used every part of his body, including three great glove saves as Shawnee handed Washington Township their first loss of the season 2-1 in a playoff-like game played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Township's lone goal came early in the game on the power play as Christian Fleagle converted a pass from TJ DiSpaldo. Despite scoring just one goal, Township launched 40 shots after the early goal but could not solve Gray. It wasn't for lack of trying. Meantime Shawnee was not generating much offense as the only had 5 shots in the opening period and just four in the second period. Township has five of the top eight scoring leaders in the league and they each had at least two good opportunities each to score but Gray stoned them each time. |
 High School Ice Hockey:Folkman paces East to First Victory Monday, December 11, 2006 By Mike Costantino Dan Folkman scored three goals and assisted on two others to lead Cherry Hill East to a 6-3 win over Eastern. The victory was the first of the season for East after eleven straight losses. With a roster full of underclassmen the team should only get better. Folkman got the offense going as he scored less than a minute into the game. Torin Lawson responded about ninety seconds later scoring on a breakaway. Dan Drazen gave Eastern a 2-1 lead scoring a short-handed goal late in the period, but Folkman responded with a power play goal to tie the score at 2-2 after one period. |
 College Basketball:Raptor of the Week: Jennifer Christy Monday, December 11, 2006 By Mike Ballard Junior forward Jennifer Christy collected 34 points, 21 rebounds, three assists, five blocked shots and two steals in three games last week for the Rutgers-Camden women's basketball team. Most impressively, however, is what she did at the foul line, nailing 18 of 20 foul shots, including 6-for-6 against Elizabethtown (Dec. 4) and 2-for-2 against Richard Stockton (Dec. 6). Although she missed her first foul shot of the season against William Paterson (Dec. 9), she recovered to shoot 10-for-12 from the line, including the last eight in a row. The miss ended her season-opening streak of successful foul shots at 19, setting a new program record. |
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Cross Country Spotlight:
Aifuwa Named to the 2006 Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Cross Country Monday, December 11, 2006 By Bob Heller University of the Sciences junior cross country runner Joy Aifuwa were amongst the seven female athletes named to the 2006 Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Women’s Cross Country Team. This is second consecutive year that Aifuwa has been named to the Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Women's Cross Country Team, joining Carolyn Roberts of Cabrini College, Rachel McCormick of Rutgers-Camden and Rachel Papin of LaSalle as repeat selections. |
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