Saturday, June 6, 2009
 
HERSHEY, Pa – The Radnor girls’ lacrosse team defeated Strath Haven, 20-10, in today’s PIAA state championship at HersheyPark Stadium.
After trailing 2-0, the Raiders built an 11-2 cushion with 4 minutes, 52 seconds left in the first half.
Radnor senior attacker Samantha Ellis scored six goals. Four came in the first half.
Junior midfielder Kelyn Freedman added four goals and four assists. Junior midfielder Allie Martin had three goals and two assists, while junior attacker Courtney Campbell added three goals for the Raiders. 
Senior midfielder Emily Garrity led Strath Haven with four goals and an assist. The University of North Carolina recruit scored the first two goals of the game. Teammate Ana White added three goals.
Radnor      12 8 – 20
Strath Haven      6 4 – 10
GOALS— Radnor: Samantha Ellis 6, Kelyn Freedman 4, Allie Martin 3, Courtney Campbell 3, Allie Kelly 2, Eli Kraus 2. Strath Haven: Emily Garrity 4, Ana White 3, Annalise Penikis 2, Alex Duckenfield.
SAVES— Radnor: Annie Woehling 8. Strah Haven: Lela Meunier 7
 
- Keith Pompey
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Saturday, June 6, 2009

Katrina Martinelli had four goals and three assists as Moorestown beat Mountain Lakes, 11-8 in Saturday's girls' lacrosse Tournament of Champions final at Rutgers.

It was the 10th consecutive TOC championship for Moorestown and the 210th striaght win agaisnt a New Jersey team.

Ranked No. 1 in The Inquirer's South Jersey Super Six and No. 1 in the state by Laxpower.com, Moorestown finished its season 25-1.

Bob Cabnet was at the game and will have a report in The Inquirer.

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Friday, June 5, 2009
Three PIAA state baseball quarterfinals involving area teams have been postponed for the second straight day. The  The games are now set for tomorrow.
 
Here are the rescheduled games:
 
Class AAAA quarterfinal: North Penn vs. Council Rock North, 3 p.m. at Spring-Ford.
 
Class AAAA quarterfinal: West Chester East vs. St. Joseph’s Prep, 4 p.m. at Glen Mills.
 
Class AA quarterfinal: New Hope-Solebury vs. Brandywine Heights, 4 p.m. Kings College.
 
- Keith Pompey
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Friday, June 5, 2009

Saturday's New Jersey state finals in baseball and softball have been postponed until Sunday.

There are four teams from the seven-county South Jersey area who are involved. Here are their rescheduled games.

 Baseball

Group 3 state final: Shawnee vs. JFK Iselin, Sunday 1 p.m. at Toms River East.

Softball

Non-Public B final: St. Joseph vs. Montclair Kimberly, Sunday 10 a.m. at Toms River North.

State Group 4 final: Williamstown vs. Union, Sunday 3 p.m. at Toms River East.

State Group 1 final: Gloucester vs. Saddle Brook, Sunday 3 p.m. at Toms River North.

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Friday, June 5, 2009

I've been covering South Jersey softball for The Inquirer for three years, but Tuesday was the first time that I saw a triple play.

Gloucester Catholic's Brianna Rodriguez started it with a shoestring catch at third base with Bishop Ahr runners on first and second. Rodriguez fired the ball to first-baseman Shayla Giosa for the second out. Giosa threw to second-baseman Christina Matranga for the third out.

Unfortunately for the Rams, they lost, 2-1, and Bishop Ahr captured the Non-Public South Jersey A championship.

BILL IEZZI

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Thursday, June 4, 2009
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N-G players celebrate 1-0 win

It was a mixed bag for the 2 area baseball teams (out of 7) that played in the PIAA state baseball playoffs today. Both at the AAA level, District 12 champ Neumann-Goretti knocked off Twin Valley, 1-0, and District 1 titlist Upper Merion fell to Abington Heights, 6-1. Here are tomorrow’s rescheduled games:

Class AAAA

North Penn vs. Council Rock North, at Spring-Ford High, 3 p.m.

St. Joseph’s Prep vs. West Chester East, at Glen Mills Schools, 4 p.m.

 

Class AA

New Hope-Solebury vs. Brandywine Heights, Sammy Balliet Stadium in Coplay, 2:30 p.m.

 

Neumann-Goretti needed only two hits to knock off Twin Valley. The Saints were blessed to have Mark Donato, a 6-foot, 205-pound junior southpaw, on the hill. He struck out 11 and yielded only two hits in a complete-game effort. He threw 95 pitches, 58 for strikes. On this overcast day, that was enough to earn his team a semifinal meeting with Abington Heights on Monday at a site and time to be determined.

 

N-G’s two hits, both singles, were provided by CF Dom Riverso (second inning) and LF Reno Regalbuto (third). It scored an unearned run in the third. The sequence: SS Marty Venafro led off and reached base on a fielding error by TV’s 3B. DH Nicky Nardini grounded out to first base, moving Venafro to second. Regalbuto dropped down a bunt that died to the right of pitcher Eric Greedy, who slipped while making the scoop. It would have been a tough out anyway. Venafro to third. With 3B Al Baur batting, Regalbuto successfully stole second. On the throw from the catcher, which was well off the bag, Venafro hurried home. The Raiders argued that SS Jesse May had made the tag, but a conference between the 2B and 1B umpire resulted in no change. NG 1, TV 0. That’s how it ended.

 

Here is N-G’s box:

                          AB  R  H  RBI

Regalbuto, LF       2   0    1   0

Baur, 3B              3    0   0    0

Donato, P             3   0    0   0

Rodriguez, PR      0   0    0    0

Armata, C            3   0    0    0

M. Riverso, 1B      1   0   0    0

D. Riverso, CF      2   0   1    0

Fulginiti, 2B          2   0   0    0

Venafro, SS          2   1   0    0

Nardini, DH           2    0  0    0

Snyder, RF           0    0   0   0

 

                        IP  H  R  ER  BB  SO

Twin Valley

Geedey (L)        6   2   1    0    1     3

 

Neumann-Gor.

Donato (W)        7   2   0    0    2     11 

-- Rick O'Brien 

 

 

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Thursday, June 4, 2009

Glassboro senior Ryan Chance won the triple jump at the Meet of Champions tonight at South Plainfield.

Chance went 47-7 to capture an event that was dominated by South Jersey athletes. Haddon Height's Chris Roundtree took second, Penns Grove's Steve Brown took fourth and Timber Creek's Eric Smith took fifth.

Haddonfield junior Colin Baker set a school record by running 4:09.30 to take second in the 1600 meters. The old record was 4:15.5 by Chris Platt set in 2002.

Washington Township's Tim Carey was the top seed in the 400 meters hurdles but fell twice. He crashed over the 2nd hurdle, got up and fell again over the 8th hurdle.

Carey finished the race.

-- Phil Anastasia

 

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Thursday, June 4, 2009

The NJSIAA said that Thursday's Meet of Champions in track at South Plainfield would go on as scheduled.

The meet was postponed Wednesday due to the inclement weather.

Field events begin at 3:30 p.m. and the running events start at 4:30.

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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

I was impressed by Gloucester Catholic catcher Colleen O'Donnell, who faced reporters almost immediately after she was involved in a play that lost the sectional championship game for the Rams Tuesday.

An umpire said O'Donnell didn't have control of the ball when she tagged a Bishop Ahr runner at the plate. As a result, Ahr won, 2-1, in extra innings.

Fighting back tears, O'Donnell said that in her opinion she had the ball and made the tag but it's the umpire's opinion that counts.

Then she congratulated the winners.

BILL IEZZI

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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Congratulations goes out to Souderton senior Jimmy Connolly for accepting a full scholarship to play basketball at Philadelphia University.
The 6-foot-3 shooting guard had also received attention from American University, Lehigh, St. Francis, New Jersey Institute of Technology, West Chester, Kutztown and Chestnut Hill College.
Connolly averaged 21 points, six rebounds, five assists and two steals against double-team defenses before being sidelined a few weeks with a sprained ankle in January. He had collected over 1,100 career points at Souderton in three seasons. Connolly transferred from La Salle as a sophomore.
-         Keith Pompey
 
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About Inquirer Staff Writers
Bill Iezzi has covered high school sports for The Inquirer since 1985 and South Jersey sports since 2006.

Keith Pompey has been an Inquirer high school sports reporter since 2004. He was named the 2007 media person of the year by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association.

Don Beideman has covered high school sports for The Inquirer since 1989. Among his favorites are field hockey and lacrosse.

Rick O’Brien has been at The Inquirer since 1993, primarily covering high school sports in Southeastern Pennsylvania.

Phil Anastasia has followed the South Jersey sports scene since 1980. A South Jersey native, Phil joined the Inquirer as a sports columnist in May 2008 after nearly 30 years with the Courier-Post in Cherry Hill.

Marc Narducci has covered South Jersey high school sports for the majority of his tenure with The Inquirer, which began in 1983. After a few years of covering the NFL and NBA, Marc returns to South Jersey, serving as the assigning editor, columnist and beat writer for various sports.