Keene ends TCNJ\’s perfect season
3/15/2008 11:36:39 PM

Chandler, AZ – Ranked 30th in the Division III pre-season poll, the Keene State College Owls posted a pair of wins over No. 8 ranked The College of New Jersey. Keene State took the first game 8-7 and then needed extra innings to collect the sweep as they posted a 12-11 win in 11 innings. TCNJ drops to 8-2, while the Owls improve to 2-0 in their first day of the season. The two wins by Keene State snaps the Lions\’ eight-game win streak as well as the team\’s 19-game regular-season that had dated back to April 14, 2007.

GAME #1
Keene State 8-7 TCNJ

TCNJ jumped out to a 2-0 lead, but the Owls got a three run homerun from senior Greg Ford (Nashua, NH) to put them up 3-2. Keene continued t tack on runs with a pair in the bottom of the fifth and single runs in the bottom of the seventh and the eighth.

TCNJ would not go away and added three runs in the top of the seventh on a three RBI shot by senior catcher Rich Gawlak (Plainsboro, NJ/West Windsor-Plainsboro South) to pull TCNJ with in one run. Keene increased the lead to two runs in the bottom half of the inning on an RBI double down the left field line by senior Jeff Perkins (Dunbarton, NH) to score Jesse Cahill who reached on an error at first base.

In the top of the eighth inning the Lions added a pair of runs as Gawlak came up big once again to drive in two more runs with a single to right field but stranded two runners before they could overtake Keene. Gawlak finished with five RBI\’s, but it was not enough for the Lions.

Keene would break the 7-7 tie as they knocked in a run on an RBI sacrifice fly by Anthony Cipolla (Glastonbury, CT) to drive in James Chevalier (Amherst, NH) who reached with a single to left center.

TCNJ\’s junior pitcher Dan Ramos-Dominko (Hampton, NJ//North Hunterdon) worked seven innings and gave up six earned runs off eight hits with six strikeouts. Freshman reliever Joe Marchitelli (Jackson, NJ/Jackson Memorial) took the loss in relief to fall to 0-1, after allowing one earned run off one hit with a walk.

Keene State\’s Chevalier, the team\’s second baseman would come in the game in relief to collect the win as he worked 1.2 innings with a pair of runs off two hits with Keene State\’s starting right fielder, Ford collecting the first of his two saves on the day after an inning of relief with a strikeout.
GAME #2 Keene State 12-11 TCNJ (11 innings)

In the night cap, there were a combined 23 runs scored off 35 hits. TCNJ\’s early 6-1 lead went by the way as the Owls capitalized on a huge sixth inning after tacking on eight runs. Down 11-6, TCNJ fought back to tie the score after adding two runs in the bottom of the seventh and three runs in the eighth.

In the Lions\’ seventh inning, senior outfielder Dave Mebs (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) drove in a run with a single to left field before junior second baseman Adam Tussey (Brooklawn, NJ/Gloucester) drove in sophomore Ryan Anzelone (Vernon, NJ/Vernon Township), who had reached on a double to left center.

Junior third baseman Vince Mazzaccaro (Gloucester, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) started the inning in the bottom of the eighth with a solo homerun to left center field. Gawlak was hit by a pitch to reach before Anzelone came to the plate to tie the score with his first career homerun.

TCNJ and Keene State would play 11 innings before the Owls triumphed as Chevalier would triple to right center to drive in Perkins who reached on a one out single to center field.

TCNJ was unable to tie the action and dropped the game as darkness was falling on the complex.

For the Lions, Tussey and Mazzaccaro each drove in three runs. Mazzaccaro was 4-4 with three RBI\’s, while Anzelone drove in a pair for the Lions. In the top of the fifth inning with bases loaded, junior short stop Jeff Toth (Parlin, NJ/Sayreville) came up with a triple play as he managed to collect a putout on a line out to short, tagged the runner out at second and threw the ball to first to end the innings.

TCNJ\’s junior pitcher Eric Gertie (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) took the loss in relief after allowing one earned run off four hits with three strikeouts in three innings of work. TCNJ used five pitchers in the game as senior Mike Oliver (Crosswicks, NJ/Hamilton West) made the start and gave up no earned runs off seven hits with seven strikeouts as the starter through five innings of work. Junior Pat Johnson (Hamilton, NJ/Steinert) worked 2.1 strong innings of relief with five strikeouts and a pair of earned runs off six hits.

TCNJ returns to action on Sunday facing UMass-Boston in the final contest of their training trip at 10:30 a.m. (PST).

On Sunday, March 15th a group of veterans will complete a 16 day walk from the NC/SC line to the Lincoln Memorial. The purpose of their mission? To raise support for U.S. troops, the military leadership, their mission and the \”Resolve to Win\”.

This march is strictly to show support for our troops in Iraq. It’s not political, nor is it to support any particular party. This is an endorsement of General Petraeus’s leadership and the skill, talent and sacrifice of our Troops to win in Iraq. Our troops need to know we remember them, by showing our Patriotism, that we care and support them and that they are, and will not be, forgotten now or later.

The effort \”Resolve to Win\” is being co-chaired by the American Legion from Virginia and the VFW from North Carolina. In addition it has gained the support of the Gathering of Eagles, Eagles UP, Patriot Guard, Rolling Thunder and the Combat Infantry Association amongst others.

Visit their blog at: http://resolvetowin.us/ or google \”resolve to win\” to find out more about this heroic endeavor, and what you can do to show your support as they enter the final days of the walk.

As any Coast Guardsman who is paying attention knows, the Coast Guard is deeply involved in the war on terror. If you are in the DC area, it would be great if you would show our Resolve to Win by being at the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday to show your support for our brothers in arms.

Thanks to Peter Stinson of An Unofficial Coast Guard Blog for bringing this to my attention.

This article is from Coast Guard News

March 14, 2008 The Department of Defense announced today that the 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, based in Fort Hood, Texas, is scheduled to deploy as part of the next rotation operating in Afghanistan. This announcement involves approximately 3,500 service members, and their deployment is scheduled to begin in late summer 2008.   This brigade will replace one active duty brigade currently on the ground, and continues the current U.S. commitment to providing two brigade combat teams in support of Regional Command East.   In consultation with Afghan officials and NATO, commanders continue to assess the situation to ensure sufficient force levels to best support the Government of Afghanistan, perform counter-terrorism operations, assist with reconstruction, and train and equip the Afghan national security forces. Afghan security forces continue to develop capability and assume responsibility for security, and this U.S. force rotation may be tailored based upon changes in the security situation.

I am a forty year old lifelong resident of Mt. Ephraim and I am very displeased in the state of our town. In recent days I have heard of tax increases, employee layoffs and unnecessary money spending being conducted by our leaders. There are a few issues that concern me and I feel need to be addressed and have not. I feel that thru this forum bringing these issues to light, maybe the people in charge will be able to provide the answers that I ( along with the rest of the residents) want and deserve.

 

The first issue that I would like to address is an issue that was first brought to the town\’s attention in the December 2007 borough meeting. At that meeting, borough commissioners stood in front of the residents who were in attendance and stated that due to the retirement of two borough police officers that two new officers were going to be hired to replace them. Not only were they going to hire two officers, but due to the rising workload and the overall need for more officers, that a third officer was going to be hired to help supplement the police departments\’ workload. It was brought to my attention that this third officer did not have what it takes to be a police officer and quit after one day. Also to my knowledge, that officer was never replaced, why is that? If the need for a third officer was so great in December, what has happened in the past three months to make that not true? Crime has not been eradicated as far as I know. If that position was so needed in December then why wasn\’t it filled when the person hired to fill that spot quit? Was that third position really needed or was it just a position for the family member of a political supporter? If the latter was true, then why tell the residents that the position is to help assist in preventing crime. I hope that half truths and lies are not the way the commissioners do business in our town.

 

Another issue that has come to light from Gov. Corzine\’s budget proposal is that the town is in dire straits financially. The money crunch is so dire that one police officer has been laid off and from what I hear one court clerk, one borough clerk and at least one public works employee will also be laid off. The one police officer that was laid off being one of the two hired to replace the retiring officers. Now to my count the police department is down two officers to combat all that crime that was portrayed to us in the December meeting! Town safety doesn\’t seem to be a forefront concern of these commissioners.

 

To add to the problem, not only is the borough laying off four people who depend on these jobs as their main source of income and benefits, but they are floating a three million dollar bond so the fire department came build a new station. A three million dollar loan for a volunteer fire department that will only be occupied fifty percent of the time! The reason for the building: Because the fire department can\’t fit all three of their fire trucks in the same building. I don\’t feel that a town that has to lay off four borough employees to save money should be loaning a volunteer fire department three million dollars for a new building. Here is a better solution, sell one of the fire trucks and the spare building to offset the financial burden that the taxpayers have to assume. Seriously, when was the last time you saw all three fire trucks on the scene at the same time anyway? If the building was to encompass the fire department, the police department and the ambulance squad, then I can see the town spending the money. This way the town would receive a state of the art building to house all of its emergency services. If anyone has been to the police department lately, they would know the out dated conditions that the police work in everyday. I went there to pick up a police report recently and found that they don\’t even have any exterior windows for fresh air. My cell phone didn\’t even work because the police station is located in the basement of the borough hall.

 

I have lived in this town for over forty years, and I have to say that I am very disappointed in the state affairs that have transpired and the priority use of funds by our commissioners. I hope this letter receives serious discussion and consideration for change, and hopefully opens the eyes of people who don\’t know what\’s going on here.

 

To the commissioners I say please don\’t tell us residents what you think we want to hear and tell us the truth. The residents and employees of Mt. Ephraim deserve the truth and deserve responsible spending of our money!

 

Sincerely,

One Concerned Resident

3/14/2008 4:40:52 PM Media Release

DALLAS, Texas – The Rutgers men\’s lacrosse team, coming off two straight defeats, will look to get back on track Saturday as the Scarlet Knights will take on No. 15/18 Army as part of the 2008 Patriot Cup. The game, which is RU\’s fourth straight against a top-20 opponent, will be held in Texas Stadium in Dallas at 3 p.m. central time.

The 2008 Patriot Cup, a four-game lacrosse showcase featuring some of the nation\’s premier collegiate and high school programs, will include a college doubleheader of Rutgers vs. Army and Holy Cross vs. Navy with a pair of high school match-ups sandwiching the collegiate slate of games.

Rutgers (1-2) has dropped two consecutive decisions, including a 10-7 loss to No. 20 Fairfield on Saturday, March 8. Sophomore Gerhard Buehning (Essex Falls, N.J.) and freshman Kory Kelly (Princeton, N.J.) each netted two goals in the loss.

Army (2-2) is coming off a narrow 9-8 defeat to Cornell last Saturday. Junior attackman Brooks Korvin tallied three goals in the loss. The Black Knights also lost by only one goal to Syracuse earlier in the year.

The Black Knights lead the all-time series 49-20-1, but the Scarlet Knights topped Army last year, 10-9, in Piscataway. Rutgers outshot the Black Knights 37-29 in the win and junior Mike Dugan (Summit, N.J.) tallied two scores.

Proceeds from the 2008 Patriot Cup will benefit Wounded Warrior, a non-profit organization which seeks to assist those men and women of our armed forces who have been severely injured during the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other locations around the world.

The event will showcase the first lacrosse games played in Texas Stadium, which is home to the Dallas Cowboys.

&copy2008 Rutgers Athletics.

 

By Ann King

. Box Score

Chandler, AZ – The College of New Jersey’s baseball team picked up a 9-4 win over Suffolk University on Friday afternoon at the Snedigar Field Complex. TCNJ, ranked No. 8 in Division III now stands at a perfect 8-0 under the guidance of rookie coach Dean Glus.

Photo: Dan Anderson picked up his second win on the season

Suffolk drops to 0-1 on the year. With Friday’s victory, the Lions have extended their regular-season win streak to 19 games as TCNJ’s last regular-season loss came on April 14, 2007 to Montclair State University (3-1).

TCNJ’s right handed junior pitcher Dan Anderson (Lincroft, NJ/Middletown South) picked up his second win in as many trips to the mound. Anderson allowed one unearned run off four hits and fanned four on the day. Anderson is now 2-0. He got three innings of relief from sophomore Greg Spatz (Oakhurst, NJ/Ocean Township) picked up his second save after allowing three earned runs off four hits with three strikeouts and a pair of walks.

TCNJ’s senior catcher Rich Gawlak (Plainsboro, NJ/West Windsor-Plainsboro South) drove in four runs for the Lions and was 2-5 on the day. He got additional offensive support from senior outfielder Dave Mebs (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) who was 3-4 with two RBIs, two runs scored and added a triple and a stolen base.

TCNJ returns to action on Saturday, facing Keene State College in a double header starting at 11:00 a.m. (PST).

ADA, OH – Rowan University\’s Kyle Hayes (photo) finished 10th in the long jump at the NCAA Division III

Indoor Track Championships on Friday.

Hayes (fr. Pt. Pleasant, NJ/Pt. Pleasant Boro) recorded a jump of 22\’ 5\” (6.83 meters). He just missing

the finals by 0.75\” (0.02 meters). The top nine competitors from the preliminaries advanced to the finals.

Beresford Brown of Moravian College won the event with a distance of 23\’ 11.75\” (7.31 meters).

Hayes was 10th overall among the 14 athletes heading into the national championship. This season,

Hayes had his best performance at the Collegeville Classic (Jan. 18). He took first place with a jump of

23\’ 3.5\” (7.10 meters). The NCAA provisional for the long jump is 6.96 meters and the automatic

qualifier is 7.24 meters.

Hayes also recorded a NCAA provisional at the John Covert Classic (Jan. 26). He finished second with

22\’ 11.75\” (7.0 meters). This season, Hayes won the long jump at the New Jersey Athletic Conference

(NJAC) Championships (Feb. 25) for All-Conference first team honors. He had a winning leap of 22\’ 9\”

(6.93 meters).

In addition, Hayes took first in the long jump at the Frank Colden Invitational (Feb. 2) and the Collegiate

Track Conference (CTC) Championships (Feb. 10). At the Frank Colden Invitational, he had a winning

distance of 22\’ 7.75\” (6.90 meters). Hayes captured the CTC title with 22\’ 8.5\” (6.92 meters). At the

Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships, he came in third with a leap of 22\’ 4.5\” (6.82

meters).

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\’ By Donna Miles American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, March 11, 2008 – Six New Hampshire volunteers committed to making sure deployed troops get the sendoffs and homecomings yesterday found themselves on the receiving end of the thanks they regularly extend — from the commander in chief himself and others on Capitol Hill and in the Pentagon. Representatives of the Pease Greeters group that greets deploying and redeploying units as they pass through Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, in New Hampshire, visited the Pentagon briefing studio yesterday after meetings with President Bush and New Hampshire Sen. John Sununu. The greeters, from left, are Bill Hopper, air terminal manager; Charlie Nichols, a World War II veteran; Edmund Johnson, group co-chair and Korean War veteran; Chuck Cove, co-chair and Vietnam War veteran; Alan Weston, air terminal maintenance manager; and Hank Page, group chaplain and Korean War veteran. Defense Dept. photo by Donna Miles (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Six \”Pease Greeters\” are spending their second day in the nation\’s capital after getting honored for their work yesterday by President Bush in the White House Oval Office, New Hampshire Sen. John Sununu on Capitol Hill, and defense officials at the Pentagon. The president offered personal thanks to the Pease Greeters, who shower deploying and redeploying soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines with applause, handshakes and snacks as their aircraft refuel at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, in New Hampshire. \”He thanked us for what we are doing and told us that it\’s important for Americans like us to show appreciation to and support the troops,\” said Edmund Johnson, a Korean War veteran who co-chairs the group. \”It was a tremendous honor for all of us!\” The greeters started almost three years ago as a band of veterans from the Marine Corps League of New Hampshire who met incoming flights from overseas. Since then, their numbers have swelled into the hundreds, and the Pease Greeters haven\’t missed a single inbound or outbound flight, Johnson said. As many as 200 greeters gather to provide boisterous heroes\’ welcomes to returning troops and encouragement to those headed overseas. The greeters range from young schoolchildren to feisty, 87-year-old Anna Labrie, many driving as much as 100 miles to greet flights any hour of the day or night, Johnson said. They assemble within an hour\’s notice, hoisting banners, snapping photos and offering hugs along with coffee, pizza or treats baked by the group\’s \”cookie lady,\” Kelly Eaton. Just before the troops reboard their aircraft, group chaplain Hank Page offers a prayer for their protection. \”I feel I have to do this. It\’s a duty,\” said Page, a Korean War veteran. At 73, Page said he\’s too old to fight himself, but young enough to offer any support he can to those going off to war. \”Being able to say a prayer for these guys is so humbling,\” he said. \”It\’s a very emotional experience.\” Page bristles when he thinks back to the reception troops received when they returned home from Vietnam. \”While there\’s breath in my body, that\’s not going to happen — not at Pease, anyway,\” he said. Al Weston, maintenance manager at the airport, said he \”got hooked\” on greeting troops the first time he volunteered to help. \”You get caught up in it all, seeing (the Pease Greeters) in their bright, red suits clapping and cheering,\” he said. \”When (troops) walk away from here, they know that people care.\” Just before troops leave, the Peace Greeters render a sharp salute, recognizing those they say are continuing the tradition of military service. \”We talk about warriors as a brotherhood,\” Johnson said. \”We tell them that we\’re the old warriors, supporting them, the new warriors, and offer them our salute in recognition of what they\’re doing for our country.\”

Related Sites: America Supports You Pease Greeters

By Lyle Fulton

Ewing, NJ… On the eve of the NCAA Division III Women’s Indoor Track & Field Championships, The College of New Jersey’s Stephanie Herrick (Wayne, NJ/Wayne Valley) PHOTO was named as the 2008 United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Track Athlete of the Year. She is the first Lion to earn the award since the USTFCCCA started presenting it.

Herrick was announced as the recipient of the award at the annual banquet leading up to the championship event. The two-day NCAA Championship is being held March 14-15 and hosted by Ohio Northern University.

Herrick has had a banner season for the Lions and is competing in three events this weekend. The Lion junior is a returning All-American in the 800 meters and qualified for that event last month breaking her own school record with a clocking of 2:11.78. She is also a two-time All-American in the event during the outdoor season. Her other individual event is the mile and she holds that school record as well. She qualified for the mile with a time of 4:56.25 at the New York University FasTrack Invitational.

Her final event is being part of TCNJ’s distance medley relay.

Herrick has earned various honors this season including being named USTFCCCA Division III Atlantic Region Indoor Track Athlete of the Year. She was previously selected Gerrity Award recipient as the most outstanding female athlete as the Lions won their 11th consecutive New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships. Herrick was a four-time honoree as the NJAC Track Athlete of the Week and was tabbed the ECAC Division III Track Athlete on two occasions.

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The Camden County School Boards Association held its annual \”8^th Grade Dialogue\” program on Wednesday, March 5^th at the Eastern Camden County Regional Intermediate High School in Voorhees.

Eighth grade student Kaitlyn Alibrando represented the Raymond W. Kershaw School in Mt. Ephraim. Kaitlyn had the opportunity to share her middle school experiences and recommendations to improve education, with students from various middle schools throughout South Jersey.

Some topics of discussion during this dialogue were state testing, science labs, technology, school safety and critical issues facing young students today.

Major concerns that the middle schoolers discussed were: stress in schools, time management, self-esteem and fear of failing. Kaitlyn will share her experience with the Board of Education members at their March 19^th meeting.

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