Media Release March 30

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Senior Essence Carson (Paterson, N.J.) matched a career-high with 25 points to pull Rutgers to a 53-42 victory over sixth-seeded George Washington in the Greensboro Regional semifinals of the 2008 NCAA Women\’s Basketball Championship.

The second-seeded Scarlet Knights (27-6) will face the top-seed Connecticut, a 78-63 winner over Old Dominion. The contest is slated for a 9:00 p.m. tip on ESPN with a Final Four berth on the line. The meeting will be the third of the season for the BIG EAST rivals.

Carson went 9-of-15 from the field and grabbed seven rebounds for Rutgers. Sophomore guard Epiphanny Prince (Brooklyn, N.Y.) was the only other Scarlet Knight in double figures with 12 points. Junior center Kia Vaughn (Bronx, N.Y.) corralled 11 rebounds.

Jessica Adair led the Colonials (27-7) with 16 points.

The lead see-sawed in the first eight minutes of play with GW closing to two (10-8) following a lay-in by Whitney Allen. Rutgers responded by making seven of its next 11 field goal attempts and putting together a 16-2 run to take a 26-10 lead with 4:06 to go before the break. The spurt included seven points by Carson.

RU led 28-16 at the half.

The teams traded points to start the second before a jumper by Prince stretched the advantage to 33-20 with 18:51 remaining. The Colonials closed the gap with a 10-0 run. A 12-footer by Antelia Parrish cut the deficit to three (33-30) with 14:18 showing.

Rutgers answered with a triple from sophomore Brittany Ray on the left side and made it an eight-point game on a kiss off the glass by Carson. The lead moved back to 10 (40-30) for Rutgers after a fast-break lay-up by Prince which was commenced from a steal and an assist from senior Matee Ajavon.

The Colonials pulled to 46-42, following an offensive put-back by Adair at the 3:40 mark. Carson stepped by, draining a 13-footer from the left side for two-plus the foul to give RU a 49-42 lead with 3:20 to play. GW would not score again.

Rutgers shot over 50 percent for the third straight game, posting a 51.3 percent showing on the afternoon.

Gloucester City Easter Celebration winner Jillian Sauter with the Easter Bunny on Saturday, March 22 at Martins Lake.

photos by www.fabulousphotosbykaren.com

Below a group shot of some of the children who attended the event.

 

Photos and captions By Bill Bates

The concrete floor of the former steel building that sat in the back of the Haddonfield Lumber Yard property near 8th and Pennsylvania Avenues is all that remains as crews work on the middle buildings that are being demolished quickly.

 

The former Haddonfield Lumber Site that sits on Kings Highway and Centre Avenue in Mount Ephraim had a new occupant starting last week, the wrecking ball. Crews from a demolition company have started tearing down the buildings that have been vacant for almost 4 to 5 years.

One construction official said the entire process to have the buildings razed should take two to three more weeks to complete.

One neighbor who stopped to talk with me as I was taking a few pictures said he opposes the 42 new homes that will be built at the site, but said it is better then looking at vacant old buildings. A builder for the 42 new homes had not been signed as of the last Board of Commissioners meeting held in March.

Related: Mount Ephraim News

 

 A construction worker separates material into a dumpster as he demolishes the former buildings that will make way for a proposed 42 new homes to be built at the former Haddonfield Lumber Yard site.

 

Media Release

Ewing, NJ… The College of New Jersey softball team came back to earn a split with visiting Drew University on Sunday at Lions’ Park winning the second game of the doubleheader 5-1 after the Rangers won the opener by the score of 6-2.

The split put TCNJ at 11-9 at the midway point of the season, while the Rangers are now 13-11.

Game 1: Drew University 6, TCNJ 2
Drew broke open a tied game in the top of the sixth inning plating four runs. Jesyka Marko (Winfield, NJ/David Brearley) drove in the first run with a double and Cailin McGrorry (Avon, NJ/Red Bank Catholic) followed with a two-run single making it 5-2. Drew’s final run of the inning came on a RBI single by freshman Kati Eggert (Denville, NJ/Morris Knolls).

The Lions got the early lead in the opener as sophomore Rachel Greeby (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury) reached on an error and later scored on a single by Danielle Hagel (Egg Harbor City, NJ/Oakcrest) in the first inning.

That lead was short lived as the Rangers came back in their next at bat with a pair of unearned runs to jump in front 2-1. Scoring in the inning for Drew were Marko and Jillian Lusk (Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains-Fanwood).

TCNJ knotted the score at 2-2 in the last of the fifth as pinch-hitter Camille Heller (Maple Shade, NJ/Maple Shade) singled home Steph Cintron (Northvale, NJ/Old Tappan) with a single into right field.

Ranger pitcher Lauren Collini (Dallas, PA/Dallas) picked up the win throwing a complete game, while Lion starter Ashley Minervini (Cliffside Park, NJ/Cliffside Park) suffered the loss.

Game 2: TCNJ 5, Drew University 1
The Rangers got the board first in the second game as Nicole Gagliardi (Freehold, NJ/Freehold Borough) doubled in Kerry Cowley (Montvale, NJ/Pascack Hills) for a 1-0 lead after a half inning of play.

TCNJ got the run back three innings later as Hagel lofted a sacrifice fly to centerfield scoring freshman Colleen Cawley (Riverton, NJ/Holy Cross).

The Lions took the lead for good in the bottom of the fourth pushing four of runs across the plate. Cawley accounted for the first run with a single scoring Jamie Mastrioanni (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central) and then Kathy Sikora (Marlton, NJ/Cherokee) raced home on a passed ball making it 3-1. The final two runs came home on a single by Greeby upping TCNJ’s advantage to 5-1.

Lion pitcher Alex Sietsma (Glen Rock, NJ/Glen Rock) picked up her third win of the season on the mound throwing a complete game allowing only four hits.

Cawley and Sikora each had two hits for the Lions in the win.

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Media Release March 29

Ewing, NJ… The College of New Jersey softball team hosted the No. 8 ranked Roadrunners of Ramapo College on Saturday in Lions’ Park. The visiting Roadrunners came away with two wins over the Lions holding on for a 6-4 win in the opener and then posted a 2-0 victory in the second game.

The games were the opening two for both teams in New Jersey Athletic Conference play as TCNJ is 0-2 in conference play and 10-8 overall. With the two wins, Ramapo moved to 14-2 on the year and 2-0 in the NJAC.

GAME #1
#8 RAMAPO 6, TCNJ 4
Ramapo picked up a pair of runs first in the top of the second inning as senior Kendall Patton (Hammonton, NJ/Hammonton) was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and pushed the first runner across the plate. Ramapo added another score in the inning before the Lions turned a double play to end the Roadrunners’ scoring threat.

In the bottom of the third, the Lions were able to strike when sophomore Rachel Greeby (Yardley, PA/Pennsbury) drove in sophomore Ellen Seavers (Ridgewood, NJ/Ridgewood) who lead off the inning with a single to center field.

In the top of the fourth, the Roadrunners nearly scored again as Patton returned to the plate with bases loaded and no out, but was struck by sophomore pitcher Ashley Minervini (Cliffside Park, NJ/Cliffside Park) for the first out. Sophomore short stop Jamie Chalkley (West Milford, NJ/West Milford) then flew out to center and no runners advanced. Katie Donnelly (Pequannock, NJ/Pequannock)flew out to right field to end the inning and keep Ramapo off the boards.

Freshman Jamie Moir (Mount Laurel, NJ/Lenape) replaced Minervini in the top of the fifth with one out and runners on second and first and gave up a bloop single to Ramapo’s Kelly Schriber (Montclair, NJ/Mount St. Dominic) to load the bases. McKeon then drove in a run on a sacrifice fly to center to give Ramapo a 3-1 lead. Pinch-hitter Cherese Matthews (Pequannock, NJ/Pequannock) came to the plate with the bases loaded and would reach on an error at short and help put Ramapo up 4-1. A bases loaded walk tacked on another run for Ramapo and Moir struck out Jen Vitorino (Old Bridge, NJ/Old Bridge) to end the inning.

TCNJ would fight back with an RBI sacrifice fly from rookie Colleen Cawley (Riverton, NJ/Holy Cross) and pulled within three runs. Seavers would score on a passed ball and the Lions trailed by two after five innings, 5-3.

Sophomore Danielle Hagel (Egg Harbor, NJ/Oakcrest) led off the bottom of the sixth inning with a solo home run to centerfield and the Lions trailed by just one run, 5-4 with no outs in the inning. The homerun was her second of the year and put her at 10 RBIs on the season.

Ramapo built their lead in the top of the seventh after Ashley O’Rourke (Pequannock, NJ/Pequannock) led off with a single and moved to second on a passed ball. Chalkley would single to deep right and drive in O’Rourke and Ramapo led 6-4.

Ramapo’s Lyndsay Buehler (River Vale, NJ/Pascack Valley) picked up the win in four innings of relief.

Schriber finished the game going 3-for-4 to lead the Roadrunners at the plate.

For TCNJ, Seavers collected a pair of hits in four at bats.

GAME # 2
#8 Ramapo 2, TCNJ 0
Ramapo pitcher Deanna Giordana (Clifton, NJ/Clifton) pitched a complete game to improve to 4-0 on the season allowing only six hits.

The Roadrunners scored single runs in the first and fifth innings to account for all of the scoring.

Greeby shined for the Lions at the plate picking up two hits in three official plate appearances.

For Ramapo, Rachel Wong (Livingston, NJ/Livingston) and Amanda Sansevere (West Keansburg, NJ/Raritan) each finished with a pair of hits.

Freshman Alex Sietsma (Glen Rock, NJ/Glen Rock) suffered the loss for the Lions going 4.1 innings and allowing only the two runs.

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Atlanta, GA…The College of New Jersey men’s and women’s track and field teams finished off their opening meet of the season in mid-season form as the Lions turned in numerous post-season qualifying marks at the Emory Asics Classic on Saturday.

In addition to the strong individual performances, TCNJ and excelled in the team standings as the men won the invitational with 167 points and the women claimed third place with 95.

Men’s Highlights…
The top finish for the Lions was senior Brian Donatelli (Whitehouse Station, NJ/Hunterdon Central) as he won the shot put with a toss of 14.21 meters. He was also second in the discus with a distance of 38.90 meters.

TCNJ had two individuals finish second with both meeting ECAC Championships standards. Freshman Tim Blashford (Wyckoff, NJ/Ramapo) cleared a height of 4.25 meters in the pole vault and classmate Kyle Gilroy (Oak Ridge, NJ/West Milford Twp.) had a time of 15.46 seconds in the 110-meter high hurdles.

In the triple jump, freshman Oluwaseye Akele (Jersey City, NJ/Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic) finished fourth in the triple jump bouncing his way to distance of 12.52 meters.

Gilroy added a fourth-place effort in the 400 intermediate hurdles with an ECAC time of 55.19 seconds, while DeShard Stevens (Jersey City, NJ/James T. Ferris) was fifth in the 400 meters with a clocking of 51.79 seconds. Pasquale DiGioacchino (Bernardsville, NJ/Bernards) added another fifth in the 800 meters with a clocking of 1:57.58.

TCNJ’s 4×100 relay team also place fifth as the quartet of Steve Murray (East Windsor, NJ/Hightstown), Gilroy, Jule Brooks (Atlantic City, NJ/Atlantic) and Stevens combined for a time of 43.57. That time also met an ECAC standard.

Women’s Highlights…
Junior Stephanie Herrick (Wayne, NJ/Wayne Valley) met a NCAA provisional time in the first meet of the spring as she raced her way to a time of 2:13.54 in the 800 meters placing second in the race.

The Lions won two events on the second day of the invitational as senior Jessica Bonelli (Sewell, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) was the first to cross the finish line in the 400 with a time of 58.22 seconds and freshman Meryl Wimberly (Farmingdale, NJ/Colts Neck) was second in 58.27. Both of those times were ECAC qualifying marks.

The 4×100 relay team took top honors with a time of 49.32 seconds earning an ECAC time. Running in that race were sophomore Priscilla Senyah (Sayreville, NJ/Sayreville War Memorial), junior Kristen Tricocci (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson), sophomore Meghan Miller (Sayreville, NJ/Sayreville War Memorial) and Bonelli.

The Lions added another win in the 4×400 relay with a ECAC worthy time of 3:56.37 as freshman Rochelle Prevard (Sicklerville, NJ/Winslow Twp.), Bonelli, sophomore Jianna Spadaccini (Butler, NJ/Butler) and Wimberly competed.

Tricocci also tied for second in the long jump (5.28 meters) and Miller was second in the 400 hurdles (1:08.28).

Senyah added yet another second-place finish in the 100 hurdles as Senyah was the first of three Lions to place in the top 5. Senyah had a time of 15.85 to place second and Miller was fourth at 15.99 with both of those times meeting ECAC standards. Junior Kirsten Gerbehy (Califon, NJ/Voorhees) then took fifth place for TCNJ.

In the pole vault, senior Lauren Pfeiffer (Freehold, NJ/Winslow Township) cleared the bar at 3.07 meters to finish in third place.

Spadaccini also picked up a fourth-place finish in the 800 with an ECAC time of 2:17.56.

In the 1,500, junior Megan Donovan (East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick) boasted a personal-best time of 5:03.67.

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Many of these anglers live for the opening day of trout season as the state Division of Fish and Wildlife stocks about 100 streams and 80 lakes and ponds with about 600,000 fish each year. It\’s a tradition that goes back almost a century.

On Tuesday morning, trout raised at the state\’s Pequest Trout Hatchery in Warren County were driven here and released at the city\’s Giampietro Park Lake. Opening day is April 5 at 8 a.m.

With unusually high rainfall this winter, stream flow is very good. It may not be quite as easy as shooting fish in a barrel, but most anglers do catch one of the hatchery-raised fish – a great way to teach children about the sport or just to get outside for a day.

But there is some concern this year. The program is not funded by state tax dollars. It needs customers who buy fishing licenses to keep going.

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Box Score

GLASSBORO, NJ – Sixth ranked The College of New Jersey defeated 16th ranked Rowan University, 5-2 in a New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) game on Friday.

TCNJ improves to 13-2 overall and 2-0 in the conference. Rowan has a 13-4 record and a 1-1 NJAC mark.

Left hander Bob Buskett (PHOTO…..sr. Trenton, NJ/Notre Dame) pitched a complete game for the win. Buskett (3-0) scattered eight hits and gave up two earned runs, while striking out four batters. Lefty Joe Cichy (sr. Vineland, NJ/St. Augustine Prep) took the loss for the Profs. Cichy (1-2) went 7.1 innings, allowing five hits and two earned runs.

Lions\’ catcher Rich Gawlak (sr. Plainsboro, NJ/W.Windsor-Plainsboro S.) was one for two with one RBI, one run scored and a double. Shortstop Jeff Toth (jr. Parlin, NJ/Sayreville War Mem.) had one hit (four at bats), one RBI and one run scored. Left fielder Chris Esperon (so. Union, NJ/Union Catholic) recorded a double and one RBI. First baseman Bill Kropp (sr. Pottstown, PA/Owen J. Roberts), third baseman Vince Mazzaccaro (jr. Gloucester, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) and center fielder Dave Mebs (sr. Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) each scored once.

For Rowan, second baseman Roland Rodriguez (so. Miami, FL/Miami Killian) was two for three with two runs scored. First baseman Tom Ready (jr. Blenheim, NJ/Triton Reg.) had two hits (four at bats) and one RBI. Right fielder John McMullin (jr. Woodbury, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) added two hits in four trips to the plate.

Rowan went ahead 1-0 in the bottom of the first inning. Ready singled in Rodriguez, who reach base on a walk. TCNJ tied the game in the top of the third. Toth singled to center field, scoring Mebs. Rowan went up 2-1 with one run in the bottom half. Rodriguez singled and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. He went to third and scored on two wild pitches. The Lions took the lead for good in the top of the fourth. Gawlak led off with a double to left field and Kropp followed with a single to right. Gawlak came home on a balk and Kropp moved to second. Kropp scored from second on an error. In the fifth, Gawlak drove in Toth with a sacrifice fly. TCNJ added an insurance run in the eighth when Esperon doubled to left field, plating Mazzaccaro.

Rowan travels to Kean University for a NJAC doubleheader on Saturday, March 29 at noon. TCNJ plays a conference doubleheader at Rutgers-Newark on Saturday starting at 11:30 a.m.

The Gloucester City Board of Education is urging community residents to vote in the 2008 annual school election on Tuesday, April 15.

\”The local School Board plays an essential role in the education that our children receive,\” said Ms. Louisa W. Llewellyn, Board President. \”On April 15, voters will have the opportunity to select the men and women who will set the policies under which our community\’s schools will operate. Voters will also weigh in on the proposed school district budget.

\”But citizens cannot be heard if they don\’t exercise their right to vote.\”

Ms. Llewellen explained the school board\’s \”essential role\” in education:

The local board of education sets policies in areas such as classroom instruction, student, discipline, and the use of school facilities. These policies guide the school administration in managing the educational program.

The school board approves the local district\’s proposed budget for presentation to the voters.

It negotiates employee contracts, and approves the hiring of teachers, administrators, and other staff.

Voters unable to go to the polls on April 15 may apply for absentee ballots, which are available at the county\’s clerk\’s office.

County clerks must receive mail applications by Tuesday, April 8.

In addition, voters have until 3 p.m. on April 14 to apply for absentee ballots mailed to all registered voters prior to the election.

\”Local school board membership is an important public office – one that affects the quality of life in our community,\” said Ms. Llewellyn \”I urge voters to make sure their voices are heard on April 15.\”