BASEBALL TEAM WINS FIVE STRAIGHT IN COCOA BEACH
(March 18) The Stockton baseball team swept a doubleheader from Medaille (NY) by scores of 8-1 and 14-7 in Cocoa Beach. Matt Allen (Salem/Woodstown) led the Ospreys by going 4-6 with a double, home run and five RBI in the twinbill. Stockton batters slugged five home runs in the doubleheader.

In the opener, Scott Fisher (Toms River/TR East) went 2-3 with a home run and three RBI while Allen was 2-3 with a double and two RBI. Winning pitcher Joe Mihalyi (Hamilton/Nottingham) tossed a complete game and allowed one run on eight hits with four strikeouts. The Ospreys broke the game open with four runs in the fifth inning on their way to the 8-1 victory.

Stockton plated six runs in the top of the first inning of the nightcap. After Medaille responded with two runs, the Ospreys scored three more times in the top of the second for a 9-2 lead on their way to the 14-7 win. Allen and Jeff Lundell (Henderson, NV/Kentridge (WA)) each went 2-3 with a home run and three RBI. Craig Rich (Hamilton/Steinert) and Joe Sacerdote (Deptford/Gloucester Catholic) also blasted home runs in the game.
(March 20) Stockton scored five runs in the final three innings and defeated Bridgewater State 6-3 in Cocoa Beach. Jeff Lundell and Matt Allen each went 2-5 with a double. Eddie Ortiz (Vineland/Vineland) was 2-4 with two runs scored. Winning pitcher Scott Fisher fanned 14 batters and scattered eight hits in eight innings. John O’Hara (Clayton/Gloucester Catholic) pitched a scoreless ninth frame for the save.

Stockton took a 1-0 lead on an RBI double by Lundell in the top of the first, but Bridgewater State responded with three runs in the bottom half for a 3-1 lead. In the seventh inning, the Ospreys capitalized on three Bridgewater State errors and scored three runs to go ahead 4-3. Joe Sacerdote and Ortiz both singled and scored in the eighth inning as Stockton added two insurance runs on its way to the 6-3 triumph.

(March 21) Stockton concluded its week-long stay in Cocoa Beach with a doubleheader sweep of Penn College by scores of 11-1 and 6-3. The victories extended Stockton’s winning streak to five games and completed the team’s successful trip to Florida with an 8-1 record. The Ospreys also improved to 12-3 overall as they return to campus and resume play for the bulk of their schedule.

WEEKLY HONOR ROLL
BASEBALL: Matt Allen (Salem/Woodstown) went 4-6 with a double, home run and five RBI in a doubleheader sweep of Medaille. Allen also was 2-5 with a double in a 6-3 win over Bridgewater State.
LACROSSE: Keith Bologno (Glen Gardner/Voorhees) totaled 11 points on five goals and six assists in two Stockton games last week.
SOFTBALL: Kaitlyn Corica (Iselin/JFK) was named the NJAC Pitcher of the Week after posting a 3-1 record with 28 strikeouts and a 0.63 ERA in 22.1 innings pitched last week.
WOMEN’S TENNIS: Jessica Victor (Wyckoff/Ramapo) went undefeated in singles (4-0) and 3-1 in doubles in Stockton’s four matches in Hilton Head last week.
MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Abad Akhtar (Atlantic City/Atlantic City) was named the NJAC Track Athlete of the Week after placing fourth out of 25 runners in the 1500m run at the Stockton Invitational.
WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Victoria Barden (Bayville/Central) won the high jump and long jump at the Stockton Invitational, and she was selected the NJAC Rookie of the Week.

LATEST RESULTS

Baseball (12-3, 0-0 NJAC)
Stockton 8, Medaille 1
Stockton 14, Medaille 7
Stockton 6, Bridgewater State 3
Stockton 11, Penn College 1
Stockton 6, Penn College 3

Lacrosse (3-3, 0-0 Skyline)
Plymouth State 11, Stockton 7
Stockton 12, Centenary 9

Softball (9-1, 0-0 NJAC)
Stockton 4, Concordia 1
Stockton 6, Fitchburg State 1
Stockton 8, Edgewood 0 (5)
Stockton 7, Salve Regina 3
Stockton 11, UMass-Dartmouth 0 (5)
Western New England 5, Stockton 3
Stockton 9, Carroll 1 (5)
Stockton 8, Worcester State 0 (5)

Women’s Tennis (15-3, 4-1 NJAC)
St. Lawrence 6, Stockton 3
Stockton 9, Westminster 0
Stockton 8, Greenville 1
Stockton 6, Nazareth 3

Track & Field
No team scoring at Stockton Invitational

UPCOMING EVENTS (Home opponents in CAPS)

Wednesday, March 26
Lacrosse @ Lycoming 3:30 pm

Thursday, March 27
Softball vs. STATEN ISLAND 3 pm
Baseball vs. ROWAN 3:30 pm

Saturday, March 29
Track & Field @ Danny Curran Widener Invitational
Baseball vs. NEW JERSEY CITY (DH) 12 pm
Softball @ Montclair State 1 pm
Lacrosse vs. DESALES 2 pm

Sunday, March 30
Women’s Rowing @ Occoquan Sprints

Tuesday, April 1
Softball @ College of New Jersey 3 pm
Baseball vs. DREW 3:30 pm

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Media Release March 25

DES MOINES, Iowa – For the second time in as many games, junior Kia Vaughn (Bronx, N.Y.) paced four players in double figures as Rutgers moved to the Greensboro Regional semifinals with a 69-58 win over Iowa State in the second round of the 2008 NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship.

Vaughn had a season-best 23 points, topping her previous season high reached versus Robert Morris (22 points) in first round action on Saturday. The center scored 17 points in the first half, including a string of 11 straight.

Sophomore guard Epiphanny Prince (Brooklyn, N.Y.) had 17 points highlighted by a 3-of-5 performance from behind the arc.

Senior guard Matee Ajavon (Newark, N.J.) added 16 points and seven assists. Senior Essence Carson (Paterson, N.J.) chipped in 10. The upperclassman combined for 10 of the team’s 11 assists and six of the squad’s 11 steals.

Junior Heather Ezell paced ISU (21-13) with 19 points, followed by Amanda Nisleit with 15.

The second-seeded Scarlet Knights (26-6) will face sixth-seeded George Washington at the Greensboro Coliseum on Sunday, March 30. The teams met earlier in the season with RU posting a 67-42 road victory on Nov. 18

Tickets for the regional games in Greensboro will be available by calling the Rutgers Athletics Ticket Office at 866-445-GORU. Tickets are $26 per session

Rutgers led 39-31 at the break but ISU cut the lead to four three times in the first six minutes of the second half. They trailed 45-41 following a lay-in by Kelsey Bolte.

Rutgers responded with a pair of three-pointers by Prince, both from the far baseline and each off a feed from Ajavon. The last triple pushed the Scarlet Knights ahead, 51-41 with 12:47 remaining.

A bank shot by Ajavon with 10:33 to go gave RU its largest lead of the second half at 55-44. The Cyclones would not go away, scoring 10 of the game’s next 14 points. A three-pointer by Nisleit off an inbounds possession with 5:00 on the clock cut Rutgers’ lead to five, 59-55.

Ajavon and Carson responded with the next two buckets for RU to push the advantage back to nine with less than four minutes remaining.

After the Cyclones took a 4-3 lead at the 16:17 mark of the first half, Rutgers pieced together an 8-0 run to push ahead by seven. Four different players scored during the spurt for RU. The lead for ISU would be its only of the night. The Scarlet Knights led by as many as 12 in the first half.

Rutgers shot 54.2 percent from the field, including a 55 percent showing in the second half.

Ajavon, Carson and Prince were three of the 40 women’s basketball players nationwide named as finalists for the 10-member State Farm Coaches’ All-America Team, it was announced by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association on Monday evening.

The All-America squad will be announced on April 5, at 9:45 a.m. in Tampa, Fla.

http://www.tcnjathletics.com/Pdfs/gen/2008/3/24/3_24Newsletter.pdf

The next meeting of the GCBA will be held at O Donnell\’s restaurant Tuesday March 25 at 5.30pm.

Commerce Bank will be on hand to give us an update on their project.

Also at the meeting will be representatives of the JGSC group to give an update on their progress with the city redevelopment and recruitment process.

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To the residents of Gloucester City,

I am the daughter of Harry and Shirley Fox and the sister of Harry Fox Jr. I am asking that you, the residents, do not make my parents feel like suspects along with my brother.

 

My parents and I had no knowledge of what had been going on in the G.C.L.L. My parents are now embarrassed to show their face in the city where they have lived their entire lives. My parents are the best parents anyone could ask for and they have instilled in us to be honest, sometimes things don\’t always turn out the way we or they expect.

 

I can only hope my brother gets the help he needs and realizes what he has done to the families of children in the G.C.L.L. They trusted him and he has certainly failed everyone.

 

All my family members, including myself, my nephew, my niece, my sister-in-law and my parents are victims in this situation. Also, please do not make my parents feel they are not welcomed in their home town.

 

Thank you for allowing me to express my thoughts with you, the residents and friends who reside in Gloucester City.

Nancy Fox-Smatana

Lumberton, NJ

PHOTOS and Caption BY STEVE SKIPTON

Here are a few shots from the Easter Egg hunt …..( I got there just in time for them to say Go ).

Despite the cold it was a nice time for the children !!
Several hundred people attended the annual event held Saturday, March 22 at Martins Lake, Brown Street and Sparks Avenue.

Suddenly on March 22, 2008. Age 76. Of Gloucester City. Predeceased by his father Robert, mother Helen (nee Crowley), sister Anna Callahan and brother Richard Deeds. Survived by his brother Robert (Marian) Hagan of Deptford, five children and many nieces and nephews.

Jim was a lifelong resident of Gloucester City and a graduate of Gloucester High School class of 1950. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend his viewing on Thursday morning from 9 to 11 am at the McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth St. (at Brown St.) Gloucester City. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11:30 am at Saint Mary’s R.C. Church: 426 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City, NJ 08030. Inurnment private at New Saint Mary’s Cemetery, Bellmawr. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations in James’ memory to Msgr. Lucitt’s Needy Children’s Fund: P.O. Box 87, Gloucester City, NJ 08030. Please write in memo: James E. Hagan, Sr. Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of James E. Hagan, Sr. Funeral Arrangements and Inquiries may be made through: McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street (at Brown Street) Gloucester City. Phone: 856-456-1142.

NOLAN Kathryn Bennett \”Kass\”

On March 19, 2008. Age 89. Of Gloucester City. Loving wife of 57 years to the late John F. Nolan, Sr. Loving mother of Jo Ann (Bill) Lenover of FL, Patricia (Larry) Eggert of FL, Bernice Nolan of Princeton, John F. (Leslie) Nolan, Jr. of CA, Kathleen (Jim) Rusk of Williamstown, Joseph (Kim) Nolan of DE. and Michael (Donna) Nolan of MD. Dear sister of Edward Bennett and predeceased by Raymond, John, Joe (surviving Nancy) and Leon. Dear sister-in-law of Pat Sampson, Theresa Nolan and Ruth Nolan and brother-in-law; Andrew Nolan. Loving and caring grandmother of 11 and great-grandmother of 8.

Kass was born, raised and lived her entire life in Gloucester City. She was a faithful and devoted parishioner of St. Mary\’s R.C. Church in Gloucester City. Kass was a graduate of Gloucester Catholic High School class of 1936. She worked 15 years in the family business as the Bookkeeper for Independent Fund Raising Inc. in Gloucester City.

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend her viewing on Tuesday morning from 8:30 to 10:30 am at the McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth St. (at Brown St.) Gloucester City, NJ 08030. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11 am at Saint Mary\’s R.C. Church: 426 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City. Interment New Saint Mary\’s Cemetery, Bellmawr.

The family requests memorial donations in Kass\’ memory to the St. Mary\’s Tuition Fund: 426 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City, NJ 08030. Please write Kathryn Bennett Nolan in the memo of the check. Expressions of sympathy can be e-mailed to the family through our funeral home website www.mccannhealey.com under online obituaries of Kathryn Bennett Nolan.

Media Release
Cortland, NY… The College of New Jersey women’s lacrosse team won an early-season showdown of nationally-ranked opponents as the Lions handled SUNY Cortland 16-4 on Saturday at SUNY Cortland’s Stadium Complex.

The win kept the fifth-ranked Lions perfect on the young season, while the 15th-ranked Red Dragons slipped to 3-3. The win also snapped Cortland’s 30-game home winning streak with TCNJ also the last time to beat the Red Dragons on their home field with an 11-5 win on during the 2004 season.

Cortland opened the scoring 46 seconds into the game, but the Lions stormed back with the next four with senior Karen Doane (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan) getting the first two that put TCNJ in the lead for good.

The Lions would build the lead to 8-3 in the late stages of the half and added to that lead with goals from sophomore Angela Wilmer (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West) and freshman Alison Jaeger (Hampton, NJ/North Hunterdon). TCNJ carried a 10-3 lead into the break.

The teams traded goals in the opening two minutes of the second with Wilmer scoring for TCNJ. Cortland’s goal turned out to be its final score of the game as the Lions recorded the final five of the contest.

Doane and Jaeger each netted four goals for the Lions with Wilmer and junior Kelly Mitchell (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape) both scoring twice.

Earning the win in goal for the Lions was Caitlin Gregory (Winslow, NJ/Eastern) as the senior finished with six saves.

The Lions return to Ewing for their home opener on Tuesday, March 25 hosting Eastern University in a 7 p.m. start at Lions’ Stadium.