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Friday, May 4, 2007 By Susan Hall Lately, there have been quite a few games that have demonstrated that a game is never over until the last out has been recorded. With that being said, no lead is safe no matter what inning the game is played in. The Lady Braves from Williamstown has been playing well this season and continues to win games keeping them among the leaders of the Tri-County Conference Royal Division. Not that far behind was the Tartans from Highland who held a two run lead heading into the final inning. That's when Williamstown finally produced some runs during the top of the seventh and rallied to defeat Highland by a 4-2 margin. |
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Friday, February 23, 2007 By Mike Costantino Cherokee used eight different goal scorers to defeat Williamstown 8-3 and advanced to the final game in the losers' bracket. They will play Shawnee Monday night at Voorhees, with the winner advancing to the championship round against Washington Township. Williamstown took there only lead of the game as Dennis Cunard scored a power play goal midway through the first period. Cherokee would score the next five goals to take control of the game. After Frank Garvey tied the score at 1-1, neither team would score any more goals in the first period. The second period began with Williamstown on the power play, but Brian Taylor scored short-handed to put Cherokee up 2-1 just eleven seconds into the period. Goals by Matt Maugeri, Kyle Manny and Kevin McMahon put Cherokee ahead 5-1. |
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Monday, February 12, 2007 By Mike Costantino It's been almost two weeks since Shawnee played and Williamstown took early advantage jumping out to a 2-0 lead, but Shawnee roared back for a 6-3 win. Brian Ruskowski led Shawnee with a goal and three assists and Ryan Welsey added two goals and an assist. With the win Shawnee will play Township on Monday night February 26th, with the winner having a huge advantage in the double elimination tournament. Williamstown wasted little time as they scored two goals in the games first two minutes as Dennis Cunard and Tim Larkin got things rolling for the Braves. |
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Friday, February 9, 2007 By Mike Costantino Williamstown converted on all three power play opportunities in the first period and Justin Osterdahl scored four goals as Williamstown defeated Moorestown 7-3 in playoff action at Hollydell. Moorestown jumped out to a 1-0 lead four minutes into the game as TJ Cassidy scored, but power play goals by Dennis Cunard, Tim Larkin and Osterdahl gave Williamstown a 3-1 lead after the first period. The second period began with Williamstown having a two-man advantage for a full two minutes; however Moorestown tightened on defense and only allowed one shot on net. Seconds after killing both penalties, Moorestown cut the margin to 3-2 as Greg Hadden on a feed from Colin Corley found the net. |
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Monday, February 5, 2007 By Mike Costantino Justin Osterdahl scored with less than two minutes left in the game as Williamstown rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Eastern 3-2 in playoff action at Hollydell. Eric Miller of Eastern scored the only goal of the first period as the underdog Vikings carried the play for much of the period out-shooting Williamstown 14-5. Torin Lawson scored a power play goal early in the second period and the lead was 2-0, but goals by Bill Fennimore and Tim Larkin tied the game heading into the third period. Both teams managed only six shots each in the final period, but it was Osterdahl who found the net and allowed Williamstown to narrowly escape. |
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Friday, January 26, 2007 By Mike Costantino In a game that played like a playoff game, Washington Township came back from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Williamstown 4-3. With the regular season winding down and Shawnee with a three point lead, Township must win their last two games and hope for some help. Williamstown scored the only two goals of the first period as Tim Larkin scored on a break and Doug Akin deflected a point shot by Mike Lamplugh. Township got on the board early in the second period as Christian Fleagle was set-up by Colin Davis in the slot and suddenly it was 2-1. Williamstown had an opportunity to increase the lead on the power play, but Davis stole the puck and after beating the defenseman, dragged the puck and lifted it top shelf to tie the game at 2-2. |
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Friday, January 19, 2007 By Mike Costantino Tim Larkin and Justin Osterdahl scored two goals each as Williamstown defeated Clearview 6-3 on Friday night at Hollydell. Larkin and Osterdahl scored power play goals in the opening period sandwiched around an even strength goal by Jim Roescher to open up a 3-0 lead. After Osterdahl's second goal early in the second period Williamstown led 4-0, and seemingly in control. Clearview had two golden opportunities to climb back into the contest with consecutive two-man advantages, but could not capitalize on either chance, as their power play went powerless. |
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Friday, December 22, 2006 By Mike Costantino Justin Osterdahl scored four goals and Josh Haines played outstanding in nets as Williamstown defeated Washington Township 6-4 in last game before the holiday break for both teams. Williamstown was in control of the game until midway thru the final period having built a 5-1 lead. Tim Larkin and Osterdahl put Williamstown up 2-0 after the first period and Haines stopped several breakaways. The second period was much like the first, Haines again stoning Township on three breakaways and Osterdahl scoring two goals. Christian Biscardi finally solved Haines and Township trailed 4-1 after two periods despite out-shooting Williamstown 29-12. |
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Monday, December 18, 2006 By Mike Costantino Andrew Carsusone scored two goals and Doug Akin added a goal and two assists as Williamstown defeated Eastern 6-3 in Tier 1 action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Dan Drazen scored all three goals for Eastern. The Vikings jumped out early in the game as Drazen scored a power play goal two minutes into the game. But that lead was short-lived as Williamstown responded with goals by Mike Mathews and Justin Osterdahl to take a 2-1 lead after the first period. Carsusone put home a rebound of a shot by Josh Haynes midway through the second period to put Williamstown ahead 3-1 and Akin added a goal just beating the buzzer at the end of the period for a 4-1 margin. |
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High School Ice Hockey: Friday, December 1, 2006 By Mike Costantino Tim Larkin netted a hat trick and Williamstown survived a slow start and defeated Eastern 4-1 in front of a sparse crowd at Hollydell. Eastern goalie Evan Cohen played a sparkling first period stopping all 16 shots and Eastern took a 1-0 lead in the second period as Derrick Schemmel deflected a shot from the point. Larkin tied the game just over a minute later and Josh Haynes put Williamstown ahead with a top shelf goal later in the period And thirty seconds later Justin Osterdahl sent in Larkin for a 3-1 lead. Larkin completed his hat trick early in the third period, again on a feed from Osterdahl and Williamstown skated away with a 4-1 victory. |
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Monday, November 6, 2006 By Mike Costantino Joe Pezzato had a goal and three assists and Paul Gray allowed only one goal as Shawnee defeated Williamstown 4-1 on Monday night at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Ryan Welsey added two goals for Shawnee while Justin Osterdahl scored the lone Williamstown goal. Pezzato was all over the ice and created numerous scoring opportunities for his team. Welsey put Shawnee up 1-0 as he benefited from a great pass from Pezzato on a 2-on-1 break, as Pezzato drew the defenseman over and slid the puck to Welsey and he banged home the puck midway through the first period. Shawnee had three consecutive power plays and failed to convert, but they did convert when Williamstown had the man advantage. |
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Monday, October 23, 2006 By Mike Costantino Having come off two straight ties, Williamstown got back on the winning track as they handed Moorestown their first defeat, holding on for a 5-4 win at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Monday night. Williamstown goaltender Josh Haines stopped 48 shots and Justin Osterdahl netted a hat trick. After the team traded goals in the first period, Ben Smith scoring the first of his two goals for Moorestown and Doug Akin getting the equalizer for Williamstown, Osterdahl gave Williamstown the lead early in the second period on a nice set-up from Vincent Agnesino. |
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High School Ice Hockey: Friday, October 13, 2006 By Mike Costantino Timber Creek out worked Williamstown in skating to a 2-2 tie on Friday night at Hollydell, as goalie Chris Costa stopped all 13 shots in the third period to help secure the point. Dennis Cunard scores both Williamstown goals, Marin Marshall and Seth Pohle scored the goals for Timber Creek. Williamstown scored the only goal of the first period, with Josh Haynes making a diving stop at the point to keep the puck in the zone, he found Justin Osterdahl in the high slot, and his shot was stopped, but Cunard was there to put home the rebound. Timber Creek did not muster much offense, electing to play stay at home defense and wait for a scoring chance. |
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Monday, October 9, 2006 By Mike Costantino Paul Gray stopped 32 shots and Shawnee scored three power play goals and one short-handed as they handed Williamstown its first defeat of the year, a 5-2 loss at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Matt McDonald led the offense with two goals, Doug Akin and Justin Osterdahl scored the goals for Williamstown. Gray kept Williamstown off the board for two periods while his team built a 3-0 lead, two goals coming in the first period on the power play. First McDonald converted a pass from Ryan Wesley from behind the net, then with a 2 man advantage, Paul Kozarsky deflected a shot by Tom Humphreys and Shawnee led 2-0. Early in the second period, Williamstown got caught in a line change and McDonald sent in Brian Ruskowski and his breakaway goal made it 3-0. Meanwhile Gray was pitching a shut out as he stopped all nine shots in the period. |
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Friday, October 6, 2006 By Mike Costantino Justin Osterdahl had a natural hat trick as Williamstown defeated Cherry Hill East 5-2 at Hollydell on Friday night. Osterdahl scored the only goal of the first period as Eric Finn hit him in stride streaking down the left side and Osterdahl went short-side for his first of three. Williamstown struck, capitalizing on the power play, as Osterdahl skated right up the slot and his blast made it 2-0. Forty seconds later, Osterdahl made it three in a row on a nice give and go play with Andrew Carusone. East showing some speed, but a young team as only twenty percent of the roster are seniors, finally responded as Evan Ascroff’s shot from the point beat Josh Haines, as he never saw the puck. Williamstown responded as defenseman Josh Haynes responded with a shot top shelf and the lead was 4-1. |
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Friday, September 29, 2006 By Jerome Michaels Not too many people believe that soccer is one of those sports that can leave several players out of a game due to injuries, but it does happen. In a Tri-County Conference boys' soccer game played at Highland, the Braves from Williamstown were able to control most of this game against the short handed Tartans. After a closely played first half, Williamstown would put this game away during the second half. The Braves would pick up the 4-0 win and remain above the five hundred percentage mark for the season. Four different players would score for the Braves. |
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Friday, September 29, 2006 By Mike Costantino Justin Osterdahl had a hat trick as Williamstown opened the season with a 5-3 win over Clearview in a penalty filled game at Hollydell. Sean Stamm led Clearview with two goals. With the referees strictly enforcing the new rules, both teams had over fifteen penalties and found it difficult to get into a flow. Tim Larkin put Williamstown on the board first scoring a power play goal with Dennis Cunard getting the assist. Later in the period Osterdahl, positioned along the side of the net deflected a point shot by Josh Haynes into the net and Williamstown led 2-0 after the first period. |
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Saturday, September 23, 2006 By Clark Washington For nearly the entire four quarters of Williamstown's football game at Highland, the defense had an answer in stopping the Tartans from scoring any points. The Braves would build a ten point advantage with less than a minute remaining and it appeared as if they would pick up their second win in a row. But a touchdown reception and the recovery of an onside kick setup Highland's last chance drive and attempt to pull out a victory at home. Williamstown's defense would come up big again with an interception and run off the final seconds of the game. With their 10-7 win, the Braves will remain on top of the Tri-County Conference Royal Division. |
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Monday, February 13, 2006 By Vincent Lewis The winner's bracket of the SJHSIHL had narrow itself down to just four teams and those teams advancing to the semifinals were Cherokee, Washington Township, Moorestown and Williamstown. During the Cherokee versus Williamstown game, both of these are capable of putting goals on the scoreboard. Right from the beginning of this game, Williamstown's objective was to match Cherokee's intensity, speed and physical play in order to defeat the defending champs. Kyle Manny would score Cherokee's first two goals of the game and they would not relinquish their momentum or their lead for the rest of the game. Cherokee would go on to defeat Williamstown 7-2 and advance to the finals of the winner's bracket against Washington Township. |
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Friday, February 3, 2006 By Vincent Lewis There has to be a lot said about a team that has not won a single game during the regular season and has loss their starting goalie. So when the Braves from Williamstown took the ice against Lenape in a Tier I first round playoff game, on paper it appeared that this game would be an easy win for Williamstown. And it would start out that way when twenty seconds into the game, Thomas Ruiz's difficult angle goal from behind the net gave Williamstown the lead. Another goal during the second period pushed that lead even further. During this entire game, the Braves attempted shot after shot after shot that John Hood put himself in front of. But the two goals that got pass were more than enough for Williamstown to advance to the next round. |
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Monday, January 30, 2006 By Mike Costantino Six different players scored as Williamstown rolled over Eastern 6-1 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Monday night. Eastern was out-shot 41-10 and despite surrendering six goals, goalie Zak Fayer played strong in nets, with three of the six goals coming from odd-man rushes. Mike Lamplugh put Williamstown up 1-0, scoring on a screen shot from the point two minutes into the contest. Eastern could not muster up any offense and scored their only goal of the game on their only shot of the period. |
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Friday, January 6, 2006 By Mike Costantino Matt Cardillo had a hat trick and Justin Kinniry added two goals as Cherokee defeated Williamstown 7-1 in SJHSIHL Tier 1 action at Hollydell. The opening period was played very tight and the only goal came from Cardillo, who while on his knees in the slot fired the puck at the net and somehow it went in and Cherokee led 1-0. Cherokee took over in the second period, first Patrick McMahon sent in Kinniry on a break and his goal put Cherokee up 2-0 early in the period. |
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Monday, November 7, 2005 By Mike Costantino Tom Ruiz scored two goals and Joe Altamuro stopped 25 shots as Williamstown rallied from a two-goal deficit to tie Cherokee 3-3 in an intense and hard hitting game played in Voorhees. In a game that featured the only two teams without a loss and a possible preview of the championship series, Williamstown proved that they are a team to be reckoned with. After Justin Kinniry and Scott Weiner put Cherokee ahead 2-0 just five minutes into the game, Williamstown could have panicked and start taking silly penalties, but they kept there heads and given a two-man-advantage in the closing seconds of the period, Ruiz banged home an important goal to bring his team to within 2-1. |
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Saturday, November 5, 2005 By Jerome Michaels The Braves from Williamstown has proven game after game that they could run the ball against any defense. They have been successful all season long with that philosophy as their undefeated record is proof of their success. Traveling to Deptford participating in a Tri-County Conference Royal Division game, Williamstown were unsuccessful scoring a rushing touchdown against the Spartans but would go to the passing game and surprise their opponent twice with touchdowns. The Braves defense would prevent Deptford from tying this game with time expiring and preserve their undefeated record by defeating the Spartans 14-7. |
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Saturday, September 17, 2005 By Jerome Michaels There's always that debate amongst fans about which part of a football team really decides the outcome of a game. Sure the quarterback gets most of the credit handing the ball to the runningbacks or passing it to a receiver. Then there's the discussion about the defense and their ability to stop the opposing offense. So when Williamstown traveled to Gloucester to take on the Rams from Gloucester Catholic, it was those guys in the trenches that really made the difference in this game. The offensive line for the Braves allowed Tyrone Pouncy and Mark Masterson to rush for two touchdowns against Gloucester Catholic. The defense allowed only one first half touchdown and Williamstown picked up the victory by a 26-8 margin for an opening day win. |
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South Jersey Soccer: Thursday, May 5, 2005 By Boog Powell South Jersey Sports Online would like to send our congratulations to the 8 new members of the South Jersey Soccer Hall of Fame. The South Jersey Soccer Hall of Fame now has a total of 138 members. The first class to be inducted was back in 1988. A member can be an Official, Player, Coach or Contributor. This year’s class consisted of one contributor, four players, and three coaches. |
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Monday, February 14, 2005 By Mike Costantino Chris Riggs had a hat trick and Shaun Stamm added two goals as Clearview rallied from a 2-0 deficit and went on to defeat Williamstown 6-4 in first round playoff action for both teams. Clearview will now face Cherokee on Wednesday night at the Skate Zone in Voorhees and Williamstown will move into the loser bracket. Williamstown led 2-0 after the first period on goals by Justin Osterdahl and Tom Ruiz and excellent goaltending by Joshua Haines as he stopped all 18 shots. The second period Clearview continued the pressure and scored three goals in less than two minutes to take a 3-2 lead. |
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Friday, February 11, 2005 By Mike Costantino The Williamstown Braves struggled early with Highland but scored four goals in the second period on the way to a 7-1 victory at Hollydell on Friday night in the final regular season game for both teams. Justin Osterdahl and Tyler Dornewass scored twice for the Braves and Mike Zelaskey scored the lone goal for Highland. After a scoreless first period in which both teams had nine shots on goal, Dornewass and Osterdahl scored goals in the opening two minutes of the second period. Dornewass started the scoring right after the face-off and with Highland on the power play Osterdahl anticipated a cross-ice pass and intercepted the puck and his breakaway goal put the Braves up 2-0. |
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Friday, January 28, 2005 By Mike Costantino Tom Ruiz had a hat trick and Justin Osterdahl added two goals and two assists to lead the Williamstown Braves to a 7-3 victory over Clearview in high school ice hockey action at Hollydell. Since losing to Moorestown back in November 5-2, the Braves are now unbeaten in their last six games going 4-0-2 and with this surge have solidified there hold on the last playoff spot. After a scoreless first period Williamstown took a 1-0 lead as Ruiz scored a power play goal by putting home a rebound of a point shot by Eric Finn. Just twenty five seconds later, Osterdahl made a great pass from behind the net hitting Andrew Lima on the short side and a wide open net to put the Braves up 2-0. |
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Friday, January 7, 2005 By Mike Costantino Justin Osterdahl scored five goals, including the game winner with twenty-three seconds left in the game as Williamstown upset Eastern 6-5 in high school ice hockey action played at Hollydell. Williamstown led 2-0 after the first period on goals by Eric Finn on the power play and one by Osterdahl on a breakaway. Eastern fought back to tie the game at 2-2 as Andrew Kaiser scored two goals less than a minute apart early in the second period. |
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Monday, December 13, 2004 By Mike Costantino Martin Marshall scored early into the third period to lift Timber Creek into a 2-2 tie against Williamstown in high school hockey action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. In a well-played game between two evenly matched teams, the game was tight from start to finish. Justin Osterdahl scored the only goal of the first period, on the power play as he was stationed in front of the net and put home a rebound of a shot by Mark Cunnard. Timber Creek came back to tie the game, again with Williamstown on the power play. |
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Monday, November 8, 2004 By Mike Costantino Shawnee survived a two-man advantage by Williamstown in the final minutes of the game and held on for a 4-3 victory in high school ice hockey action played at the Skate Zone. Shawnee scored the lone goal of the first period as Williamstown got caught in a line change and TJ Flynn broke in all alone and his quick blast found the back of the net. Tom Ruiz would tie the game at 1-1 as he was fore-checking with his team down a man and he stole the puck and deposited it into the net. Shawnee scored a late power play goal and led 2-1 heading into the third period. |
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High School Ice Hockey: Monday, November 1, 2004 By Mike Costantino The Williamstown Braves came back from a two goal deficit and earned a 4-4 tie with Paul VI in high school ice hockey action played at the Skate Zone on Monday night. Tom Ruiz led Williamstown with two goals. Bret Balco also tallied two for Paul VI. Balco scored the only goal in the first period, as Dustin Isbert and Mark Forte assisted on the goal in the opening moments. Dennis Cunnard got the equalizer for Williamstown after Ruiz was stoned by Eric Lake. Cunnard was camped in front for the easy rebound goal. |
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