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 2002 High School Schedule 2002 High School Standings 2002 High School Playoffs |
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2002 High School Schedule 2002 High School Standings 2002 High School Playoffs |
| South Jersey Baseball: 'Sharks Get Run Over By Atlantic City in Expressway Series 11-2 Friday, August 16, 2002 By David W. Unkle At least it started out good for Camden (21-12); Dwight Maness' inside-the-park homer with two away in the home first got Camden on the board early. That is no easy feat for the Riversharks who are struggling in the sweltering heat of August. The 'Sharks punch-less .230 batting average this month is compounded by the fact that they are hitting at a lowly .217 clip against the Surf (25-8). Scoring first is usually a good omen for Camden; the team owns a league-best 38-7 record when putting the first runs on the board. Even more impressive though was Atlantic City's record of 12-1 in August games. The third inning changed one's perspective on both of those statistics. |
| South Jersey Baseball: Lincoln Mikkelsen Named Pitcher of the Month Also Named to All-Star Team Wednesday, July 3, 2002 By David W. Unkle Riversharks starting pitcher Lincoln Mikkelsen was named the Atlantic League Pitcher of the Month for June today. During June, Link went 5-0 with an ERA of just 1.47. In his five June starts he worked 37 innings allowing just six runs while striking out 26 opponents and allowing just one walk. |
| Event Spotlight: ACBL 2002 All-Star Game Wednesday, July 3, 2002 By Tom Bonekemper The Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League will hold its 36th annual All-Star game at Campbell's Field, home of the Camden Riversharks on July 8 at 7:00 p.m. The ACBL is one of eight summer leagues nationwide, which are sanctioned by the NCAA and partially funded by Major League Baseball. |
| South Jersey Baseball: Five Riversharks Selected to Atlantic League All-Star Team Delgado, Maness, Mikkelsen, Williams, Vande Berg Honored Monday, July 1, 2002 By David W. Unkle The Camden Riversharks announced today that five members of the team have been selected to participate in the 2002 North Fork bank All-Star Game to be held in Long Island on July 10. |
| South Jersey Baseball History: Dateline: July Monday, July 1, 2002 By Charlie Schick Dateline is a diary of South Jersey baseball that highlights area players, games, events, and outstanding accomplishments in the past history of the great game of baseball. The June dates and facts listed below are taken from the manuscript entitled "A Day's Walk Through South Jersey Baseball." |
 South Jersey Baseball:Camden Drowns Somerset 13-5 in Rain-Soaked Game Wednesday, June 19, 2002 By David W. Unkle The Riversharks already had one run across the plate when the Mother Nature arrived at Campbell's Field and rains came causing a 1:14 minute delay. When the rain stopped and play resumed, the skies really opened up but this time it was caused by the Riversharks' offense. |
| South Jersey Baseball History: Dateline: June Thursday, June 13, 2002 By Charlie Schick Dateline is a diary of South Jersey baseball that highlights area players, games, events, and outstanding accomplishments in the past history of the great game of baseball. The June dates and facts listed below are taken from the manuscript entitled "A Day's Walk Through South Jersey Baseball." |
 High School Baseball:Add Parochial B State Champions to Bishop Eustace's Records Saturday, June 8, 2002 By Vincent Lewis Perfectly executed plays, smart base running and well placed hits demonstrated how focused Sam Tropiano's Crusaders were on Saturday afternoon at Toms River East High School. Now add the pitching of the reliable Nick Iannucci and you have the makings of a championship team. Bishop Eustace rolled into Dover Township for their match up with Montclair Kimberley and marched out with the State Parochial B trophy with their 5-1 victory. Matt Tobia's two run home run highlighted Bishop Eustace's quest of being the best they can be. |
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Tuesday, June 4, 2002 By Mike Costantino Nick Ianucci tossed a complete game allowing an unearned run as Bishop Eustace defeated St. Rose 3-1 and win the South Jersey Parochial B Championship. Eustace will now face Montclair Kimberly on Saturday for the state Parochial B Championship. After Eustace took a 1-0 lead in the first inning scoring on a passed ball, St. Rose loaded the bases in the second inning with one out. Ianucci escaped trouble as shortstop Joe Ambrozy went deep in the hole and started an inning ending double play. |
 High School Baseball:Audubon Captures South Jersey Group 2 Title Against Sterling Friday, May 31, 2002 By Art Redd Nate Schill and Rich Horan had to feel good about their performances in the South Jersey Group 2 championship game against the Sterling Knights. Good pitching, solid defense and clutch hitting was what gave Audubon a 2-1 victory at Cherry Hill High School. Schill never got into any real trouble during this game as he recorded five strikeouts through seven innings and watched his defense back up his two hit performance. Horan's clutch two out hitting accounted for both Audubon runs to go with his 3 for 3 performance at the plate. |
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Tuesday, May 28, 2002 By Vincent Lewis Starting pitcher Nick Iannucci got the call to begin Bishop Eustace's quest to capture the South Jersey Parochial B baseball championship. Already, the Crusaders have captured the Olympic Conference National Division title and were looking for more. In their way in the opening round were fifth seeded Mater Dei. Anthony Ragona provide enough runs himself with two home runs in the game giving Iannucci all the support he needed. Bishop Eustace coasted to a 10-1 victory to advance to the semifinals. |
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Tuesday, May 28, 2002 By Art Redd Camden Catholic found a way to win their South Jersey Parochial A playoff game against Holy Cross. The Irish took advantage of every mistake their opponent gave them to produce the runs they needed. Jonathan George found the command on his pitches and struck out 14 batters in route to Camden Catholic's 6-3 win in a quarterfinals matchup against the Lancers from Holy Cross. |
 South Jersey Baseball:Surf Comeback Falls Short as Game Starts at 11am Thursday, May 23, 2002 By Bob Stuart The Atlantic City Surf played a game on one of the most beautiful sunny mornings of the new season at the Sandcastle. The game started at 11:05 am in front of a crowd of 2,850. Most of the spectators were students from local schools. The Surf was coming off of a win the night before to bring their record to 8-8. This was the last of three games against the Long Island Ducks, who were also 8-8. The Surf fell short of a comeback by the score of 8-5. |
 High School Baseball:Maple Shade Squeezes Out Victory Against Glassboro Monday, May 20, 2002 By Art Redd This was the first day of the 2002 spring seasonal baseball playoffs as teams from Southern New Jersey began their quest in capturing this year's group title. The Glassboro Bulldogs traveled to Maple Shade to take on the Wildcats in a Group 1 match up. Maple Shade would manufacture a run in the bottom of the sixth when Mike Steck scored on a suicide squeeze bunt executed perfectly by Nick Foster to push the Wildcats to a 2-1 first round playoff victory over Glassboro. |
 High School Baseball:Washington Township Hammers Out Diamond Classic Win Sunday, May 19, 2002 By Art Redd After another day of rain on Saturday that postponed the 29th Annual Joe Hartmann Diamond Classic, Washington Township and Williamstown were the second game of the day competing in a quarterfinal match up at Deptford High School. Washington Township had little trouble against Williamstown as they jumped all over their opponent. The Minutemen scored 10 runs in the fourth and fifth innings to end this game early by a 14-1 victory. The first game of the day saw Buena defeat Woodstown to advance to the next round against the Minutemen. |
| South Jersey Baseball History: The South Jersey Stars Shine The Brightest in Coaches All-Star Games Saturday, May 18, 2002 By Charlie Schick Twenty-five years ago, the New Jersey Baseball Coaches Association presented their first All-Star High School Tournament at Princeton University's Clarke Field complex. The format of the tournament consisted of; a one-day program with a morning doubleheader, and a championship plus consolation game doubleheader in the afternoon, all games to be 7 innings, all players must be high school seniors, and teams from New Jersey would be divided into 4 sections, Central, North I, North II, and South. |
 High School Baseball:Northern Burlington Holds on to Defeat Burlington Township Thursday, May 16, 2002 By Art Redd The Greyhounds from Northern Burlington traveled to Burlington Township with not much to lose and neither did the Falcons. As both of these teams took the field on Thursday afternoon, the group playoff brackets had already been decided. All there was left in this game were some individual goals, another win to their record and preparation for the upcoming playoffs. Mike Roman's home run in the second inning completed Northern Burlington's scoring and was enough to defeat Township 7-6. The Falcons' Ace Robinson's grand slam wasn't enough to overcome the Greyhounds lead. |
 High School Baseball:Delran's Bats Come Alive To Defeat Pemberton Thursday, May 16, 2002 By Jerome Michaels The Pemberton Hornets traveled to Delran to take on the Bears in a Burlington County Conference baseball game. In this game, the pitchers were having trouble keeping the runs to a minimum. Delran broke a three all tie in the bottom of the third inning to finally pull away from their opponents. Matt Luber highlighted this game with a triple to ignite Delran's victory over Pemberton. The Bears went on to post a 12-8 win. |
 High School Baseball:Moorestown Stuns Riverside For Their Sixth Straight Victory Monday, May 6, 2002 By Vincent Lewis It's never fun getting ready for a game and then you're told that it has been cancel. Moorestown has fallen victim to bad weather postponing most of their earlier scheduled games. With Riverside visiting the hungry Quakers, Moorestown exploded and scored in every inning. Moorestown got home runs from Spencer Gaskill, Ian Palumbo and Derek Gaul to highlight their 15-4 win against the Rams from Riverside. |
 South Jersey Baseball:Middlesex County College Defeats Camden County College Sunday, May 5, 2002 By Vincent Lewis The men's baseball team from Middlesex County College traveled to Camden County to take on the Cougars. Middlesex scored all the runs they needed in the first inning to capture the win. Starting pitcher John Bird picked up the win for Middlesex as they went on to defeat Camden County Community College by a 5-3 margin. |
 High School Baseball:Audubon Have Easy Time Against Collingswood Tuesday, May 1, 2002 By Vincent Lewis In a Colonial Conference game, Audubon continued their winning ways by scoring early and relying on strong pitching. Collingswood was the team who fell victim to the Green Wave's onslaught as they scored six runs in the first inning. Joe Flacco pitched a two hitter as Audubon ended this game early in the sixth inning with a 10-0 win over Collingswood. |
| South Jersey Baseball History: Dateline: May Wednesday, May 1, 2002 By Charlie Schick Dateline is a diary of South Jersey baseball that highlights area players, games, events, and outstanding accomplishments in the past history of the great game of baseball. The June dates and facts listed below are taken from the manuscript entitled "A Day's Walk Through South Jersey Baseball." |
 High School Baseball:Ace Robinson's Homer Lifts Burlington Township Past Holy Cross Tuesday, April 30, 2002 By Art Redd You couldn't have scripted the ending of this game any better for Burlington Township. The fans from both Holy Cross and Burlington Township were treated to a pitching duel through six and a half innings. But with a scoreless tie going into the bottom of the seventh inning, Ace Robinson drilled the first pitch through the raindrops and over the fence for the game winning home run. The Falcons mobbed the slugger as he touched home plate to record the only run of this game. |
 High School Baseball:Audubon Overcome Quick Start By West Deptford Friday, April 26, 2002 By Art Redd Audubon's starting pitcher Tyler Inkster knew he was in for a long day as he faced all nine West Deptford batters in the top of the first inning. West Deptford exploded for five hits in the inning jumping out to a 5-0 lead. The Green Wave opened the floodgates of their own to give their starting pitcher some run support. Inkster would settle down and pitch all 7 innings and help Audubon record 9-7 victory over the West Deptford Eagles in a Colonial Conference meeting. |
 High School Baseball:Last Inning Run Pushes East Past Cherokee Wednesday, April 24, 2002 By Jerome Michaels In a battle between two Olympic Conference American Division teams, both Cherokee and Cherry Hill East were attempting to get back on the winning track. Each of these teams were chasing the division leading Washington Township in the standing with the playoff cut-off date coming next month. After the Chiefs tied the game in the top of the sixth inning, it was Cherry Hill East's Tom Caracciolo's single in the bottom of the seventh inning for the 5-4 victory. |
 High School Baseball:Sterling Remains Undefeated, Shuts Out Haddon Heights Friday, April 19, 2002 By Art Redd It has been a successful start for Sterling this season with the Silver Knights baseball program. Coach Chris Carpenter has watched his team execute flawless baseball during their 7-0 start. Pitching has been the key to their success. Today it was Karl Beckett's turn on the mound and he continued his winning ways recording his third win of the season. Sterling won this rain shortened game over Haddon Heights by a 3-0 score. |
 South Jersey Baseball History:Baseball's All Stars of 2001 Tuesday, April 16, 2002 By Charlie Schick Now that the 2002 baseball year is in full swing, lets take a quick look back at some of the outstanding baseball players of the past 2001 season. Many of these talented gentlemen helped carry their respective teams to championship seasons. Some distinguished themselves as individual league leaders and a few elite even etched their names into history's record books. But one thing is for sure, everyone listed upon these pages are true and deserving All-Star performers of 2001. |
 High School Baseball:The Long Ball Helps Sterling Shutout Woodbury Monday, April 15, 2002 By Art Redd Starting pitcher Andy Meyers for Sterling didn't have to wait long to see his team give him an early lead against Woodbury. Mike Reagle blasted a two run homer in the second inning and Dave Cogan drilled a pitch over the left field fence in the third to allow Meyers to breeze through the Thundering Herd lineup. The Silver Knights relief pitching preserved the 10-0 victory at Woodbury High School. |
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Saturday, April 13, 2002 By Bob Stuart Along with the opening day of baseball and softball in the world of little league, Berlin Township also opened a new complex at Luke Ave. The complex is made up of four new fields, a walking/biking track, and basketball courts. Every league gets a field; one softball/t-ball field, one minor league, one major league, and a very large Babe Ruth league baseball field. |
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Saturday, April 13, 2002 By Boog Williams With the start of another Little League season, Berlin Township honors Frank Buchanan and Frank Adair for their years of service. Frank Buchanan has been helping the players of Berlin Township for the past 30 years. The president of the BTAA, Mr. Brian Dotts said, "Franks served as the BTAA's Baseball Commissioner and was our main liaison with the Little Leagues Williamsport. He has organized several coaching and umpires clinics and was the main organizer for the BTAA Baseball Program." The District 21 Little league Commissioner also honored Frank for his service to the baseball community. Here is what was put on one of the plaque: |
 High School Baseball:Gloucester Catholic's Early Explosion Puts Away Gloucester City Friday, April 12, 2002 By Jerome Michaels The Rams from Gloucester Catholic have for years established themselves as arguably the best baseball program in South Jersey. This year they were yet again off to a good starting in defending their Tri-County Classic Division Title. Gloucester Catholic put together a 10 run third inning to highlight their victory over their cross-city opponents Gloucester City. The Lions late rally wasn't enough to get by Gloucester Catholic as the Rams defeated Gloucester City by a 13-7 margin. |
 High School Baseball:West Defeats Highland on Potter's Extra Inning RBI Monday, April 8, 2002 By Vincent Lewis Cherry Hill West traveled to Highland on a day when not only did the temperatures go from warm to cold but also the players. Starting pitcher Mike DiPiero for West cooled off the Tartans recording eight strikeouts through four inning and hold a 3-run lead. Highland would tie the game in the sixth to send the game into extra innings. Jeff Potter would get his third hit of the game to record his third RBI that scored the game winning run to defeat Highland 6-4 in eight innings. |
| South Jersey Baseball History: Dateline: April Monday, April 8, 2002 By Charlie Schick Dateline is a diary of South Jersey baseball that highlights area players, games, events, and outstanding accomplishments in the past history of the great game of baseball. The June dates and facts listed below are taken from the manuscript entitled "A Day's Walk Through South Jersey Baseball." |
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