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B6 South Jersey www.philly.com THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Monday, November 12, 2001 Sports Report Scoreboard Football Notebook Olympic, Colonial among winners Today's Schedule Boys' Soccer NJSIM TOURNAMENT Stste GfMp 1 SomifiMls At Memorial School, Neptune: Sctialic vs. Bernards. 2 Strto Group 2 Semifinal! AtmstDepVordPaik: Northern Burlington vs. Ridge. 2 Girls' Soccer UPE-ATUUmC HAGUE CWUMONSWP Hoty Spirit vs.

Ocean City, 3 Tomorrow's Schedule Boys' Soccer i SHARON GEKOSKI-KIMMEL Inquirer Suburban Staff Cherokee's Sean Mayers is brought down by the Shawnee defense earlier this season. The senior has 4,341 career rushing yards, placing him fourth on the all-time South Jersey list. He is the 1 1 th South Jersey player to surpass the mark in a career. South Jersey Football Top 10 Records through yesterday. 1 Willingboro 9-0 Cornell Brockington has rushed for KISMA TOURNAMENT SMGraa3Smfflub XfSteinert: Ocean City vs.

Hopewell Valley, 2 SMaCraip4SMiHMs At Toms River North: 1 Shawnee vs East Brunswick, 2 StattParocMalAFiul At College of New Jersey: Christian Brothers Academy vs. Pingry. 8 Slate ParockWBFinl At College of i ew Jersey; Bishop Eustace vs. Morris Catholic, 6 Girls' Soccer NJSIAA TOURNAMENT State GrtMptSHnrflnal AtDeptforxt: Pennsvillevs.Spotswood,2 State Group 2 Samifinal At Hightstown: Moorestown vs. Freehold Boro, 2 At Moorestown: Toms River South vs Watchung Hills, 2 State Gram 4 Seoifual At Montgomery: Brick Memorial vs.

East Brunswick, 2 Field Hockey NJSIAA TOURNAMENT State Grata 1 Semffmato At Red Bank Regional: Gatewayvs.Shore.2 State Grout 3 Semifinal! At New Egypt: Ocean City vs. Ocean Township, 2 Friday Schedule Boys' Soccer At College ot New Jersey: STATE GROUP 3 CHAMPIONSHIP Teams to be determined. 6 STATE GROUP 4 CHAMPIONSHIP Teamsto be determined, 8 Saturday Schedule 'J Boys' Soccer At Kean University: STATE GROUP 1 CHAMPIONSHIP Teams to be determined. 2 STATE GROUP 2 CHAMPIONSHIP Teams to be determined, 4 Girls' Soccer At College ot New Jersey: STATE GROUP 1 CHAMPIONSHIP Teams to be determined, 10 STATE GROUP 2 CHAMPIONSHIP Teams to be determined, 4 STATE GROUP 3 CHAMPIONSHIP Teams to be determined, 1 2 STATE GROUP 4 CHAMPIONSHIP Teams to be determined, 2 Sunday Schedule tJlr- Field Hockey 1 At Colteoeol New Jersey: STATU GROUP 1 CHAMPIONSHIP Teams to be determined, 2 STATE GROUP 2 CHAMPIONSHIP Tesmstobedetermlned, 10 STATE GROUP 3 CHAMPIONSHIP Teams to be determined. 12 STATE GROUP 4 CHAMPIONSHIP Teams to be determined, 4 Football Standings BURUNGTON COUNTY Leagua Own UbertyDWiton x-Willingboro ....4 0 9 0 Holy Crass 2 1 8 1 Moorestown 1 2 3 6 Northern Burlington 1 3 5 4 Pemberton 1 3 3 7 n-ctinched title.

LaiCttt Ovarii Patriot PMitoa I Cinnaminson 2 (5 Burlington Township 1 1 6 3 Maple Shade 1 1 2 7' Delran 0 2 2 7 League Overall freedom Drvhlon Florence 4 6 3- Burlington City 3 1 6 3 Palmyra 3 1 4 5 Riverside 1 3 3 6 Bordentown 1 3 2 7 New Egypt 0 4 2 7 COLONIAL League Overall Liberty DMtlon Haffdohtield 4 1 8 WestDeptford 4 1 7-2 Sterling 3 1 7 2 Audubon 2 3 '45 Gateway 1 4 2 7 Collingswood 0 4 2 7 2. Washington Twp. 9-0 The Minutemen are 1-2 lifetime in a. wooorow Wilson 9-0 The 4. Paulsboro 9-0 The 5.

Holy Cross 8-1 The 6. Ocean City 8-1 The ligers have trailed after one quarter in thetr last two games. Red Raiders opened the playoffs with a 27-0 victory. Lancers average 43 points in a four-game playoff win streak. Red Raiders have allowed just two passing touchdowns.

7. Shawnee 7-2 The Renegades are 5-2 lifetime in 8. Hammonton 9-0 The Blue Devils allow 1.4 points per game. 9. Egg Harbor Twp.

8-1 The Eagles will try to avenge an earlier loss to Ocean City. 10. Delsea 7-2 The Crusaders suffered a tough 31-21 Under consideration listed alphabetically): Cherokee (7-2), Haddonfield (8-1). By Marc Narducci INQUIRER STAFF WRITER The big winners in the opening of the NJSIAA football playoffs over the weekend were the Olympic Conference, the higher seeds, and the Colonial Conference. The weekend action provided few surprises, although some top teams had anxious moments.

Here's a look at the big winners. The Olympic Conference. It should come as no surprise that the Olympic Conference fared well in the opening round since it is considered among the best conferences not only in South Jersey but statewide. The Olympic had five teams in the playoffs Shawnee, Cherokee and Washington Township from the American Division, and Wood-row Wilson and Camden Catholic from the National Division. All five won opening-round games.

Of course, all five were higher-seeded teams. This week, that record won't be repeated because Washington Township will host Cherokee in a Group 4 semifinal at 7 p.m. Friday. Other than Township, the rest of the Olympic Conference teams will be considered underdogs this week. Even though Woodrow Wilson is a top seed, the Tigers won't be favored in Saturday's game against Willingboro, The Inquirer's top-ranked team.

Third-seeded Camden Catholic will meet No. 2 seed Immacu-lata (9-0) in Parochial 3, and Shawnee will visit Jackson (9-0) in a Group 4 semifinal. Jackson has won 22 games in a row and beat Shawnee, 21-14, in overtime during last year's South Jersey Group 4 final. Higher seeds. In the 16 public school playoff games, the higher seed won 14 of the contests.

The only exceptions were No. 6 Sterling beating No. 3 Woods-town, 15-0, in Group 2, and No. 5 Woodbury beating No. 4 Florence, 42-6, in Group 1.

Of the parochial schools, Holy Cross was a No. 7 seed and trounced No. 2-seeded Notre Dame, 48-7, but that was no big surprise because many had questioned Notre Dame's strength of schedule. Colonial Conference. The Colonial went 4-1 in the opening round.

In addition to Sterling's upset of Woodstown, the Colonial received first-round wins from Paulsboro and Woodbury in Group 1 and Haddonfield in Group 2. Only Haddon Heights failed to win, dropping a 26-6 decision to Glassboro. Glouco woes for Florence. Over the years, Florence has been one of South Jersey's most spected programs. This year, the Flashes qualified for the playoffs for the 12th time since Trout gets By Kristian Pope INQUIRER SUBURBAN STAFF A fan at a Washington Township football game once asked Dave Trout why his son, Meredith, the team's place kicker, tries so hard.

"The guy asked, 'Why does he blast for the scoreboard on extra Trout said. For Meredith Trout, known to most of his family and friends as Merf, the answer is simple. "My dad always taught me kick with the same force and technique for extra points that you would use for field goals," Merf Trout said. "That's because when you do get the chance to kick a long field goal, you don't want to get back there and miss because you aren't used to doing it." That advice has been invaluable for Trout, a freshman for the Minutemen, who advanced in the South Jersey Group 4 playoffs on Friday with a 34-7 victory over Toms River North. What's Up A look Boys' Soccer Schalick vs.

Bernards in NJSIAA Group 1 state semifinal, Summerfield School, Neptune, N.J. 2 p.m. The winner advances to Saturday's state championship game. Group at 2 The has Mayers creeping up. With 4,341 career rushing yards, Cherokee's Sean Mayers is fourth on the all-time South Jersey list.

Mayers has at least two more games to play, Friday against Washington Township and the regular-season finale against Winslow Township. Here are the career rushing leaders in South Jersey: 1, Kevin Sinclair, Ocean City, 5,380 yards, 1996. 2, Gary Fauntleroy, Kingsway, 5,069, 1994. 3, Rob Marshall, Clayton, 4,701, 1991. 4, Sean Mayers, Cherokee, 4,341, 2001.

5, Derek White, Salem, 4,312, 1988. Mayers is the 11th South Jersey player to surpass the mark in a career. End of an era. One of the most the inception of the Group 1 playoffs in 1975. One hurdle Florence hasn't been able to clear, however, has been Gloucester County schools.

Saturday's 42-6 first-round loss to visiting Woodbury gave Florence an 0-8 career playoff record against Gloucester County schools. The Flashes are 8-3 against the rest of their playoff opponents. But Florence shouldn't feel too bad. Gloucester County schools have won the last 15 Group 1 titles. With Paulsboro, Glassboro and Woodbury still alive in the four-team field, it's a good chance the streak will continue.

The last non-Gloucester County team to win a Group 1 title? Florence in 1985. a kick out of following in dad's shared by Palmyra's Keith Myers, who set it in 1979, and Holy Cross' Brad Costello, who tied it in 1992. Even though Shawnee is involved in a South Jersey playoff game this week, the Renegades will play on Thanksgiving at rival Lenape. Haddonfield running back Anthony Frizano has rushed for 1,336 yards and 21 touchdowns on 164 carries. He has scored 24 total touchdowns for the 8-1 Bulldogs, who have won eight games in a row.

With a 29-8 career playoff record, Paulsboro has the most postseason wins in South Jersey history. The other teams with at least 15 playoff wins are Holy Cross (20-12), St. Joseph (19-10), Glassboro (18-10), Hammonton (16-14), Delsea (15-7), and Cherokee (15-10). Has anybody noticed what a good job first-year school Lindenwold has done? The Lions are 3-7 and will be favored in their season finale Nov. 28 against winless Timber Creek.

That Holy Cross-Don Bosco Prep rematch will not occur this year because Delbarton beat Don Bosco, 14-12, on Saturday. Holy Cross (8-1), which beat Don Bosco Prep, 41-40, in last year's Parochial 4 state title game, will travel to Delbarton (9-0) for Saturday's Parochial 4 semifinal. Last year, Holy Cross beat Delbarton, 35-34, in the semifinals. Marc Narducci's e-mail address is mnarducciphillynews.com. footsteps et teams.

Minutemen coach Tom Brown asked Trout to be part of the team as a freshman Brown prefers to play upper-classmen because of his potential as a kicker and quarterback. Brown decided to bring him along slowly, even though Trout has the potential to be a starter on offense. This season for the Minutemen, Trout has had only one field-goal attempt. He made a 38-yard field goal with a high cross-wind against Lenape Oct. 26.

Trout's destiny may be to play quarterback. He said his hobby is to watch college football games on TV and think about how his own team can use those plays. "I'm always watching other teams, and I try to guess what they'll do next," he said. When Dave Trout, who played at Pittsburgh in college for the legendary Jackie Sher-See TROUT on B7 SfiiitdtoBWB ESCross-Country NJSIAA Meet of Champions, Holmdel, N.J., 11 a.m. Moorestown is a favorite to win the girls' race, and Haddonfield is a contender to win the boys' race.

1 ,073 yards and 19 TPs. the postseason vs. Cherokee. opening round Group 4 games. loss to Willingboro.

respected coaches in the area quietly closed out a successful career on Saturday when Oakcrest beat Pemberton, 31-21, in a Group 3 consolation game. Pemberton coach Bill McDowell announced before this season that this would be his 29th and last year guiding the Hornets. Pemberton finished 3-7 this year, but McDowell was 146-118-8 in his career and guided the Hornets to the 1977 South Jersey Group 4 tide. In victory or defeat, McDowell ran his program with class, and he will be missed in the coaching fraternity. Extra points.

Dave King of Holy Cross owns the South Jersey record of 111 conversion kicks. The previous record of 101 was like a natural thing for Trout, 15, who has looked to his fa-" ther for inspiration, motivation and instruction. "I remember watching tapes of him playing in the USFL and thinking that's what I want to do," said Trout, who uses a soccer-style kick on which his stride is long and low to the ground. Trout learned to kick, he said, at age 6. He began to kick in games in a Pop Warner league when the family lived in Arizona until two years ago.

At the time, no one on the team could get the ball through the uprights. At age 11, he was easily hitting 40-yard field goals. And when the snap is accurate, he can nail it from 55 yards without problems. The family moved to Washington Township two years ago, and Trout has been involved in the local football system ever since. As a kicker and quarterback, he was the best player on the town's midg CFoctball Willingboro at Woodrow Wilson, noon.

This Group 3 semifinal game is expected to be a classic between 9-0 teams that havif great size, speed and skill. hA 1 MICHAEL PLUNKETT Inquirer Suburban Staff Meredith "Meif Trout, the placekicker for unbeaten Washington Township, is the son of Dave Trout, a former pro football kicker. The younger Trout, a freshman, also can play quarterback. League Patriot DMilon ifPaulsboro Woodbury Haddon Heights Lindenwold Haddon Township x-clinched title. Zi 0- ..3 1 1 2 ..1 3 .0 3 9 6 3 4 4 3 8 1 7 OLYMPIC American DMaloH ifWashington Township Shawnee Cherokee Eastern Winslow Township Lenape Cherry Hill East x-clinched title.

Patriot PMtkw ifRancocas Valley Pennsauken Camden Triton Highland Cherry Hill West x-clinched title. National Myhlon xWoodrow Wilson Camden Overbrook Bishop Eustace Paul VI Timber Creek x-dinched title. TM-COUNTY Royal OMsIn League I Overefl Clearview Kingsway Woodstown Deptford Cumberland Gloucester Catholic. Williamstown Penns Grove Clank OMsiM Gloucester Glassboro Salem Pitman Pennsville Schalick I Clayton CAPE-ATLANTIC AMERICAN League I Ocean City Egg Harbor Township Atlantic City Absegami Millville Mainland Oakcrest Lower Cape May Vineland CAPE-ATLANTIC NATIONAL League It's also advice you just can't buy. i That's because Dave Trout knows what he's talking about.

A former NFL kicker with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1981 and '87, Trout, now 44, spent five years playing pro football. He also played for the Philadelphia-Baltimore Stars of the de funct United States Football League from 1983-85. Merf Trout has been an added bright spot for the talented Minutemen (9-0). The top kicker this season, he is expected to be a major influence in the next few years as a kicker and quarterback. Becoming a kicker seemed ahead at some of the week's must-see events a aj Ijajejjl i mwmemimmxmm CGirls' Soccer Gloucester Catholic vs.

Morris Catholic in NJSIAA Parochial state final, Kean University, 6 p.m. This is a rematch of last year, when Gloucester Catholic won, 1-0. HField Hockey Gafeway vs. Shore Regional in NJSIAA 1 state semifinal Red Bank Regional, p.m. Gators face a Shore Regional program that nine state titles.

CField Hockey Eastern vs. Shawnee in NJSIAA Group 4 state semifinal at Cherokee, 2 p.m. The Vikings have won the last three meetings against Shawnee. Hammonton St. Joseph Pleasantville Holy Spirit St.

Augustine Buena Bndgeton Middle Township Wildwood.