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Girls track preview: Egg Harbor Township looks to build on indoor, outdoor triumphs
Last Updated on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 09:40 am Written by Staff Reports Wednesday, April 10, 2013 02:17 pm
The Egg Harbor Township High School girls track and field team set the bar high with an undefeated season last year and their first Cape-Atlantic League American Conference title.
They followed it up with an impressive indoor season, as senior Lola Agabalalogun won the South Jersey Group IV girls shot put and the state title with a school record put of 40-7 ¾, and Nabiya Garrett finished second in the 55-meter dash.
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Local high school crews hit the open water for new season
Last Updated on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 09:41 am Written by Mike Schultz Wednesday, April 10, 2013 01:18 pm
The 2013 Crew season is underway. Medal races begin April 27th with the Garden State Championships. Here is a preview of local area teams.
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Robertson's big hit helps Middle top Crusaders
Written by Brian Cunniff Tuesday, April 09, 2013 08:33 pm
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – Brittany Robertson’s big hit helped lift the Middle Township High School softball team against one of its biggest rivals.
Robertson’ two-run single with two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning broke a 1-1 tie and sent the Lady Panthers to a 3-1 victory over Wildwood Catholic Tuesday afternoon.
Middle (1-2) played an all-around solid game in the victory. The team belted nine hits and made no errors in the field, while pitcher Tori Sittineri allowed only five baserunners for the game on four hits and a walk.
Area coaches take long, hard look at Rutgers situation
Written by Tom Williams Tuesday, April 09, 2013 06:33 pm
This is the biggest three weeks of the year for college basketball and the NCAA Tournament has been exceptional, right through Monday night’s final. But, hanging over the college scene is the video of Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice behaving like a dangerous man with no self control. The tape caused him to lose his job and the school’s athletics director, Tim Pernetti, later resigned.
After Pernetti viewed the DVD last fall and relayed it to Rutgers president Dr. Robert Barchi, they decided to suspend and fine Coach Rice. However, when ESPN obtained the tape recently and aired it, the administrators decided Rice must go. Dr. Barchi claims that he did not view the tape in the fall but that in itself would seem a failure on his part.
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Gordon scores 100th goal in Mainland victory
Last Updated on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 09:42 am Written by Staff Reports Monday, April 08, 2013 09:25 pm
Anna Gordon scored her 100th career goal as the Mainland Regional High School girls lacrosse team beat Winslow, 21-2, in the home season opener Monday, April 8.
Girls lacrosse: Balanced Mainland should contend for CAL title
Last Updated on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 09:42 am Written by Bill LeConey Thursday, April 04, 2013 03:49 pm
The Mainland Regional High School girls lacrosse team is loaded with talent and experience.
The Mustangs should contend for the Cape-Atlantic League title under ninth-year coach Bernadette Daley, who returns the same core from last year’s successful 11-5 campaign.
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Boys lacrosse: First-year Oakcrest coach stresses team play
Last Updated on Thursday, April 04, 2013 10:27 pm Written by Bill LeConey Thursday, April 04, 2013 03:35 pm
The Oakcrest High School boys lacrosse team went 9-9 and made the playoffs last year after going just 4-13 in 2011. First-year coach Brett Hoffecker, who was the Egg Harbor Township coach last season, will look to build on the Falcons’ improvement.
Hoffecker inherits some talented vets, including Jon Mitchell, Blake Biren and Lou Parks.
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Gymnasts Johns, Newsome to compete at Regionals
Last Updated on Sunday, April 07, 2013 09:27 am Written by Bill LeConey Thursday, April 04, 2013 01:28 pm
Young gymnasts Jena Johns from Egg Harbor Township and Jasmine Newsome from Mays Landing will compete at regional championships this month. They are both trying to earn spots on the Region 7 Eastern and National teams, according to coach Jacqui Strickland of ZAC Gymnastics in Mays Landing.
Johns, 15, competed at the Level 9 State Championships held at Rutgers University last month. She tied for second on the bars (9.2), earned third-place on the beam (9.15) and sixth all-around (35.775).
Baseball preview: Holy Spirit has full menu of hungry players
Written by Mike Gill Thursday, April 04, 2013 01:15 pm
Expectations are always high at Holy Spirit High School, and second-year head coach Bob Soifer is well aware of that.
Last season, the Spartans finished at 16-10, losing in the first round of the playoffs to Gloucester Catholic. The team's streak of three straight Cape Atlantic League National Conference Championships was snapped by rival Atlantic City.
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Mainland’s Lenzsch to compete in Youth World Weightlifting Championships
Last Updated on Thursday, April 04, 2013 10:57 am Written by Bill LeConey Wednesday, April 03, 2013 02:39 pm
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - To say that Deirdre Lenzsch gets a “lift” from hoisting heavy metal objects above her head is not only a way-too-clever play on words – it’s also a vast understatement.
Lenzsch, a sophomore at Mainland Regional High School, will leave Sunday to compete in the Youth World Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. It will be the first international competition for the 16-year-old Somers Point resident, who has already achieved numerous honors and accolades in the sport of competitive weightlifting.
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