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 1999 High School Schedule 1999 High School Standings 1999 High School Playoffs 1999 The Tenth Game |
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1999 High School Schedule 1999 High School Standings 1999 High School Playoffs 1999 The Tenth Game |
High School Football: Saturday, July 8, 2000 By Art Redd The third annual Governor's Bowl Football Classic between the graduating all-stars from New Jersey and New York was held on a perfect Saturday afternoon. This year's meeting was on the historic campus of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. Some of the on campus cadets witnessed the New Jersey all-stars keeping the Governor's Bowl Cup in the Garden State with a 48 -7 trashing of the all-stars from New York. |
High School Football: Saturday, July 8, 2000 By Art Redd The state of New Jersey was well represented in the third annual Governor's Bowl All-State Classic football game on the campus of the US Military Academy at West Point. With the game being played in the state of New York, home field advantage was taken away with the Garden State defense. Eastern defensive back Adam Taliaferro, the game's defensive MVP for New Jersey, dominated his position by forcing the New York offense to throw away from his side of the field. Taliaferro was well represented with his family in the crowd and South Jersey proudly cheering him on. |
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High School Football: Monday, February 14, 2000
By Bob Raymond
The Overbrook Rams football team, part of the Lower Camden County Regional School District #1, finally got a chance to retire the jersey worn by #33 Ron Dayne. Ron Dayne graduated from Overbrook in 1996, and went on to become the All Time leading rusher for NCAA Division 1A with 6397 yards at Wisconsin. Ron also won the Maxwell Award for the outstanding college football player, and the Grand Daddy of them all, the Heisman Trophy.
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South Jersey Football: Saturday, February 12, 2000
By Kristi Clark Sitting across from six-foot-four Rowan Hall of Famer, Mr. Felton Jones, it's hard to believe that he was ever challenged in sports.
"I'm what you call a late bloomer," he explains, settling back in his chair. "I went to college to play baseball. I could hit any ball, but I was only so-so in football. As I got better, I began to love football."
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Athlete Spotlight: Friday, January 7, 2000 By Boog Williams Over the last 3 months, Ron Dayne broke the NCAA career rushing record on November 13th, won the Heisman Trophy on December 11th, won the MVP (second time) for the Rose Bowl on January 1st, and on January 7th, came home to visit his local schools. |
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High School Football: Tuesday, December 14, 1999
By Art Redd
Whenever you hear the word "touchdown", several images come to mind. One could be the quarterback dropping back for a touchdown pass or a spectacular run that sends the fans out of their seats. In order for those plays to happen, the responsibility starts with those guys at the front line. The offensive line from Camden Catholic represent all linemen who rarely get recognized for a job well done after that scoring drive.
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High School Football: Thursday, November 25, 1999
By Boog Williams
On a chilly, misty, and dreary morning, a rivalry of high school football took place this past Thanksgiving Day. Overbrook and Edgewood are sister schools in the Lower Camden County Regional District and have a great rivalry. Some of Overbrook's coaching staff either taught, coached, and/or are Alumni of Edgewood.
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High School Football: Saturday, November 20, 1999
By Greg Alvord
On an unseasonably mild but perfect afternoon for playoff football, the Eastern Vikings and Jackson Jaguars squared off in a classic Group IV semifinal battle. Eastern would end up winning this rock'em, sock'em game by a 13-7 score, but not before buckling down to fend off a furious Jaguars comeback.
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South Jersey Football: Saturday, November 13, 1999
By Art Redd
Yes, there was a lot of football being played in the South Jersey area on Saturday at West Deptford. With the beginning of the area high school football playoffs, there would be a tendency to forget about the semi-pro football championship game being played. Those who attended the game got to watch area high school "graduates" play in an intense game that resembles the NFL. The West Deptford Broncos captured the 1999 Mason Dixon Football League Title with a 35-12 thrashing of the Central Virginia Storm.
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High School Football: Saturday, November 13, 1999
By Art Redd
If you were in the Cherry Hill area and smelled smoke on Saturday afternoon, it came from Camden Catholic High School. Not only were smoked sausages being cooked on the barbecue grill, but also the Irish football team was smokin' their opponents on the gridiron. Camden Catholic got to host the quarterfinal state Parochial Group 3 playoff game against Paramus Catholic. The Irish defense didn't allow a touchdown in their 20-6 win.
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High School Football: Friday, November 12, 1999
By Greg Alvord
On a blustery night here at Eastern Stadium, the Vikings of Eastern and the Renegades of Shawnee treated a packed house of 3,000 gridiron fans to a fabulous playoff battle. In the end, Eastern came out victorious with a 34-19 score. The victory pushes Eastern into the state semifinals versus Jackson next week. The Vikings (9-0) had to fight long and hard against the spirited Renegades to keep their record perfect. Many a fan strapped themselves in expecting a duplicate of these two teams' first matchup, a record shattering 61-41 Viking win. They would not be disappointed with this game.
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South Jersey Football: Saturday, November 6, 1999
By Art Redd
There is a class AAA semi-pro football team representing South Jersey in the Mason Dixon Football League. They are from West Deptford and are called the Broncos. With an impressive 11-0 regular season record in their first year in the league, the Broncos finished first in their division and were going up against the well-established Arbutus "Big Red" from Baltimore, MD. West Deptford had little problem in this playoff game, showing their dominance by posting a 33-7 victory to advance to the finals against the Central Virginia Storm.
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High School Football: Saturday, October 30, 1999
By Boog Williams
The new head coach of Edgewood, Coach Derryk Sellers, said that he wanted to bring back some of the tradition of Edgewood football, and he did. In early September, he went into the gym, looked up at the banners, and saw that in 1969 the football team was 9-0. He went to the Athletic Director, Mr. Frank Panhuise, and asked if the school could bring back the players from that 1969 team.
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High School Football: Saturday, October 30, 1999
By Boog Williams
It was a very warm day, the sun was shining, and it was Homecoming for Edgewood High School. What a great day for Homecoming, and to honor the 9-0 Football Team from 1969. It should have been an easy day for Edgewood, but Bishop Eustace did their best to not let that happen.
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High School Football: Saturday, October 30, 1999
By Greg Alvord
On a beautiful fall day here at Cherokee High School, the Tartans of Highland and the Chiefs of Cherokee battled on the gridiron. In the end, it was Highland gaining a 17-10 victory. The win moved the Tartans record to 4-3. With the loss, Cherokee fell to 3-4 and watched whatever playoff hopes they had go down the tubes.
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High School Football: Saturday, October 30, 1999
By Art Redd
The meeting between the Pennsauken Indians visiting the Overbrook Rams was a very important game with the playoffs coming up soon. This game got little attention, but was a big game for both of these teams. Each team had something to gain in this Olympic Conference matchup. The Rams needed this game to stay alive for the playoffs. After an extremely close and defensive first half, one big play proved to be the key to Pennsauken defeating the Rams 14-6 to capture the Patriot Division championship.
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High School Football: Saturday, October 23, 1999
By Art Redd
The game with the Fighting Irish of Camden Catholic hosting the Vikings of Eastern High School did go as expected on Saturday afternoon. With the powerhouse Eastern sporting their undefeated record and the Irish showing that they can battle with the big dogs, the fans at Shamrock Field were treated to a very entertaining football game. To the surprise of everyone, Camden Catholic had stunned their opponents by going into the locker room at the half leading by one. The Vikings came out in the second half and score fourteen unanswered points to defeat the Irish 27-14.
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High School Football: Saturday, October 23, 1999
By Rellcam
The Edgewood Eagles defense, led by Roger Brown and Chris Catania, struck early and often. On Cherry Hill West's second possession, Eagles' cornerback Roger Brown picked up a fumble and raced 30 yards for the score, giving the Eagles a 14-0 lead early in the first quarter. On the Lions' following offensive series, Eagles' linebacker Chris Catania scooped up another Cherry Hill West fumble and used a nifty cutback move and outran his pursuers, giving Edgewood a 21-0 lead.
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High School Football: Saturday, October 16, 1999
By Rellcam
The Edgewood Eagles running back Brandon Osborne's 4th quarter 4-yard touchdown run broke a 7-7 tie. This gave Edgewood their first conference win of the year, as they defeated the Rancocas Valley Red Devils by the score of 13-7.
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High School Football: Saturday, October 16, 1999
By Art Redd
It was homecoming weekend for the Gloucester Catholic Rams and Gloucester City Lions. This cross-town rivalry has been a special occasion in Gloucester City for many years. Each year, fans, players, students and alumni can remember something special from each game played. This year, the game was dedicated to Mark DiDio, who passed away last year. Gloucester Catholic was able to win this game in his honor with a 14-7 victory.
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High School Football: Friday, October 15, 1999
By Greg Alvord
In the feature game of the week and living up to its high billing, the Eastern Vikings edged the Lenape Indians 36-32 as both teams treated the 5000 fans in attendance to a highly entertaining game. Lenape began the scoring on a 44-yard burst up the middle by Mike Ceroli (one of his 5 TD's on the night.) Eastern would come right back on their next possession to take a 7-6 lead. Adam Taliaferro took the option pitch and darted in from 13 yards out. A John Riggins-like one-handed catch out of the backfield sparked the drive by Taliaferro, which picked up a key first down.
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High School Football: Saturday, October 9, 1999
By Art Redd
Today's lesson of the day was to study hard and you will succeed in life. Most of South Jersey's High Schools were busy taking the Scholastic Achievement Test this morning and pushed those classic football battles into the afternoon. It seemed as if Highland did their homework on their opponents as they were in control the whole game. The Tartans eliminated all of the Edgewood Eagles' strengths and went on to a 24-9 Olympic Conference Patriot Division victory.
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High School Football: Saturday, October 9, 1999
By Rellcam
Highland Regional power running back Brant Tyson rushed for 150 yards on 8 carries and scored a touchdown to lead the attack against the Eagles of Edgewood. On Highland's second possession, Highland's QB connected with WR Andrew Frazier for a 40 yard gain. On the next play, he found an open receiver that took the ball down to the Eagles 3-yard line. The drive was capped by a 1 yard run by fullback Alto Saba.
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High School Football: Saturday, October 9, 1999
By Greg Alvord
These are dark days indeed for the Cherokee faithful. Not since the dark ages when the Rheumatic fever ran amuck, or the crash of Wall Street, or somebody grabbing that last burger off of the grill, have things looked so bleak for the Cherokee Chiefs. On the other hand, the newly ranked and well-deserved Eastern Vikings put on a dazzling display of football to showcase their success. Eastern dominated the Chiefs, here in Evesham, by notching their forth victory of the year with a powerful 49-7 victory.
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High School Football: Friday, October 8, 1999
By Boog Williams
The last two Fridays, I've covered Freshmen Football. These players and coaches put in a lot of time and don't get any coverage. This Friday, I traveled to Eastern to see their Freshmen play Cherokee. Cherokee won the game by the score of 31 - 14. The game was closer than the score suggests.
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High School Football: Friday, October 8, 1999
By Brendan Burke
The Edgewood Eagles Freshman Football Team is off to a 4 and 0 start. After a forfeit by Woodrow Wilson, the team was 1-0 in the first week. The second week was the start for the Eagles. They defeated Paul VI 34-0, making them 2-0. The following week Edgewood defeated Pennsauken by the score of 30-0.
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South Jersey Football: Saturday, October 2, 1999
By Ben Landi
The West Deptford Broncos pulled out a last minute victory Saturday night with a 21-20 victory over the Bay Neptunes of Norfolk, VA. The victory clinched home field advantage throughout the Mason Dixon playoffs.
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High School Football: Saturday, October 2, 1999
By Gary Steiner
The Riverside Rams dominated the Palmyra Panthers on both sides of the ball, using a strong running attack on offense and a pressure defense. On an unusual note, Palmyra did not commit a single penalty, with Riverside giving away 106 yards on mistakes. But the dominating play of the Rams, combined with 4 interceptions, just overwhelmed the Panthers for a 42-7 victory.
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High School Football: Saturday, October 2, 1999
By Gary Steiner
Thw Washington Township Minutemen visited Pine Hill to face the Group IV Champion Overbrook Rams. The Rams were carrying a 15 game winning streak, with their last loss coming in a tough overtime game at Camden High on Nov. 15, 1997. The Minutemen were ready for an upset, and would survive a defensive struggle with a 7-6 win to end the Ram's streak.
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High School Football: Saturday, October 2, 1999
By Art Redd
Just image arriving to the football field, geared up for a classic battle between two Olympic Conference teams and smelling food being cooked on the grill. The Irish Football Club run by the parents of Camden Catholic provides fans at every home game with grilled sausage, meatball sandwiches and more for sale. But it was the Highland Tartans who were hungry enough for a road victory and captured their first win of the season. Highland used the second half to pull away for a 31-8 win.
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High School Football: Saturday, October 2, 1999
By Rellcam
The Pennsauken Indians football team (3-0) took advantage of 4 turnovers by the Edgewood Eagles (2-1). Edgewood jumped out with a 12-0 lead in the first quarter on a 2-yard run by Brandon Osborne and a 1-yard run by QB Nick Rosetti. Pennsauken answered with a score of their own when their tailback, Derrick Singleton, plunged in for a 2 yard run. The Eagles led at the half 12-7.
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High School Football: Friday, October 1, 1999
By Greg Alvord
On a brisk autumn night here at Triton stadium, the only thing crispier than the nighttime weather was the Lenape Indians. It was here that the Lenape team flexed its muscles and pounded out a 26-0 victory against the Mustangs of Triton. The highly ranked Indians gained the upper hand against the respectable Mustangs in a tough Olympic Conference American Divisional meeting.
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High School Football: Monday, September 27, 1999
By Frank Panhuise
The Athletic Department of Edgewood Regional High School in Atco, NJ will be recognizing the undefeated 1969 football team on October 30th, 1999. This team went 9-0, had the number one rated defense in the State of New Jersey, and were conference champions.
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High School Football: Saturday, September 25, 1999
By Gary Steiner
In an Olympic Conference interdivisional game, Rancocas Valley came out ahead 10-6 versus Camden in a defensive contest that saw both offenses struggle. But it was the Red Devils, who scored with less than two minutes on the clock in the 4th quarter, who would take home the victory.
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High School Football: Saturday, September 25, 1999
By Gary Steiner
The Overbrook Rams defeated the Cherry Hill West Lions 28-10 at Jonas C. Morris Stadium in a contest that was closer than the score indicated. Penalties and turnovers added up in the mistakes made by the Lions in this Olympic Conference Patriot Division game.
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High School Football: Saturday, September 25, 1999
By Greg Alvord
Can you smell what the Cherokee Chiefs and Triton Mustangs were cookin'? Here in Evesham, the Chiefs and Mustangs went tooth and nail at one another in a slugfest that would have made the late greats Jersey Joe Walcott and Rocky Marciano proud. On a beautiful autumn afternoon, this made for football day treated the fans at a packed Cherokee stadium to one of the most exciting games of this young season. Triton edged Cherokee by the close score of 34-28.
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High School Football: Saturday, September 25, 1999
By Rellcam
Brandon Osborne was electrifying as the Eagles improved to 2-0 with a 49-7 win over Paul VI. Osborne had 150 yards on 5 carries, including 3 touchdowns. Jason Sapp scored on the first play from scrimmage, racing 50 yards for the Eagles' first score. Abner Tsadick kicked the extra point giving the Number 20 ranked Edgewood Eagles a 7-0 lead.
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High School Football: Saturday, September 25, 1999
By Vincent Lewis
The sound of football pads crunching against one another was a familiar one Saturday morning at Deptford High School. This defensive matchup between the Kingsway Dragons and the Fighting Spartans saw no touchdowns scored until the final quarter. With the combined score totaling five points through three quarters, Kingsway got the fourth quarter started with the only touchdown of the game and defeated Deptford 8-3 in a Tri-County Conference meeting.
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High School Football: Friday, September 24, 1999
By Greg Alvord
On a full moon night at Eastern, the Pemberton Hornets played like the "Werewolves of London" for three and a half quarters before succumbing to the top ranked Eastern Vikings. The final score was 25-14 in favor of Eastern, but don't let the score fool you. For forty minutes in this game, the Hornets gave the Vikings all that they could handle plus some. Pemberton played the highly ranked Vikings as if they were powered by the energy of the full moon. Just like those crazies, who extract extraordinary powers come Luna time, the Hornets played like Lon Chaney Jr. possessed.
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High School Football: Saturday, September 18, 1999
By Art Redd
The beginning of the 1999 South Jersey Football season is filled with every team's anticipation of having a great start and winning every game. This afternoon at Camden Catholic High School, the Willingboro Chimeras were hoping for another easy game and start off the season on a winning note. Last year, the Chimeras had little problems defeating the fighting Irish. This time, Camden Catholic played a competitive game to put a scare into Willingboro's opener. The Chimeras held off the charging and determined Irish team 20-14 to hang on and start the season on the right foot.
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High School Football: Saturday, September 18, 1999
By Chris Chambers
In the season opener, Eagles new Head Coach Derryk Sellers began his tenure at Edgewood Regional with an impressive 38-6 win over the highly ranked Woodrow Wilson Tigers. The Eagles Junior running back Brandon Osborne scored his first of two touchdowns on an explosive 32 yard run. Eagles tailback Jason Sapp added a 3-yard touchdown run to give the Edgewood Eagles an early first quarter lead of 14-0. On the Tigers' first possession, the Edgewood Eagles defense held the Woodrow Wilson Tigers. On the Eagles first possession running back Brandon Osborne led the Eagles scoring attack with a 15-yard run and a 32-yard touchdown run.
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High School Football: Saturday, September 18, 1999
By Greg Alvord
Here at Lancer Field, Holy Cross hosting Mainland squared off in a slugfest that would rival Oscar Delahoya versus Felix Trinadad. In an intensely played, wild affair, it was the Mustangs of Mainland edging the Lancers of Holy Cross 44-41. On a beautiful day that was made for football, the packed house was treated to the kind of football that would make Papa Bear George Halas smile.
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High School Football: Saturday, September 18, 1999
By Vincent Lewis
Now that the remnants of Hurricane Floyd have gone north, the season of South Jersey High School Football can get underway. With most practices limited during the week because of heavy rain and wind, it was time to finally hit someone other than a practice squad. Well, it was time for the Pennsauken Indians to travel to Jonas C. Morris Stadium to face the Cougars of Cherry Hill East. The Indians were the team to get their offense on track first to post a 20-7 victory on the road.
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High School Football: Friday, September 17, 1999
By Greg Alvord
On a crisp September night at Triton High School, two Olympic Conference foes battled in a hard fought football game. The highly anticipated Eastern Vikings traveled to Triton Field in a season opener on Friday evening. The Vikings of Eastern topped the Mustangs of Triton by a score of 27-14.
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