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COURIER-POST, Sturdiy.Novmbf19,1983 3B HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER TOURNAMENT Delran wins state crown on Vermes' OT goal down there, I knew something had to happen because our team always seems to do what it has to do to 4'in," Bowyer placed his shot behind him to the far post. "There wasn't really an opening," said Bowyer, a junior with nine goals. "I just kept the shot low like we've been told to." By the time the final minute of the second overtime rolled around, it seemed Millburn, 21-2, was destined to share the trophy with the Bears, 22-0-1 and No. 1 in the Top Ten Poll. But Chiaccio had faith in Vermes, saying, "I knew he'd have to score.

I saw the whole thing. I was just hoping he wouldn't muff it." Delran's superb sweeper, Steve Bicker, who stifled Millburn's attack with a lot of help from Scott Wooding-ton and Chiaccio, also anticipated a breakthrough. "When I saw him carrying the ball By PHILLMARDER Of the Courier-Post WALL For four periods last night, Millburn High School did what South Jersey soccer teams have been attempting with little success -for four years. The Millers shut down Pete Vermes. Unfortunately for Millburn, the game went overtime and Millbura's players and fans discovered what Delran watchers have known for quite some time.

When it comes to getting the big goal in the big game, nobody does it better than Vermes. In the second overtime period, Vermes worked the ball into the right corner, faked out one defender, waltzed along the top of the box, leav- Jon Cantor, who was parked on the doorstep. Cantor took two shots that Chiaccio, still down, stopped from point-blank range. But the third went through. Surette, who spiced his evening on the sideline with leading the Delran fans in cheers, raced onto the field, claiming Chiaccio had possession.

Not only was he overruled, he received a yellow card for his trouble. With Vermes still playing Van Dorn's heavy bag, Chip Bowyer took it upon himself to even the score early in the third stanza. Vermes, breaking down the right side, led Bowyer through the middle, but Bowyer held the shot. Instead, he pulled the ball around one defender, then worked his way toward the left post. When Mill-burn keeper Steve Hein came out, senior as his personal chopping block.

Delran Coach Bob Surette has always maintained the only way to stop Vermes is to tackle him and wrestle him to the ground. Evidentally, Van Dorn read Surette's quotes. From the outset, Van Dorn put on a public display of mugging Vermes, doing everything but tying his shoelaces together. When Van Dorn slowed down a bit, his teammate, Scott Ship-pee, helped create a new Wall delicacy the Pete Vermes sandwich. The strategy worked.

Millburn took a 1-0 lead in the second period when Tyler Isaacson, who gave the Delran defense fits all night, pulled the ball past a Bear defender and leveled a hard, short-hopper at Delran keeper Joe Chiaccio. The ball bounced off the kneeling Chiaccio's chest and right to GROUP 2 ing another two defenders flatf ooted, then drilled a shot through the crowded crease and just inside the left post, giving Delran a 2-1 win and the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Group 2 championship. When Vermes turned around and looked at the Wall High School clock, it showed 17 seconds remaining. "I didn't even see it go in," said Vermes, who notched his 39th goal of the season and 106th of his career. "A defender ran in front of me, then I saw the ball in the net." Up to that point, Millburn's Dave Van Dorn had been using the Delran W.

Deptford falls to Brick Memorial fit's fJ il SJ. GROUP 4 toppled in finals CHERRY HILL Frank D'Ambro scored the first goal and Dean Lioumis added a pair to lead Toms River North High School, 17-7-1 to a 3-1 soccer victory over previously unbeaten Vine-land and the South Jersey Group 4 championship here yesterday. Toms River North, which had defeated Cherry Hill West, Jackson Memorial and Lenape on its way to the final, scored twice in the first period and once in the second before Vineland got on the board in the third. "We made three mistakes today that we hadn't made all season," said Vine-. land Coach Rich Klimek.

"We over-committed on all three goals and Toms River North took advantage each time. "I thought Toms River North was a very hungry team," Klimek added. "I was disappointed with our play, especially since we had five players in the lineup who helped us win the championship last year. Maybe that was it, we were too contented." D'Ambro opened the scoring 2:55 into the game when he lofted a shot over goalie John Pascarella's head after speeding past a Vineland fullback and in on the goalkeeper. Toms River North, bucking a stiff breeze in the first 20 minutes, made it 2-0 with only four seconds left in the period.

Pascarella, who carried 1 3 shutouts into the title game, came out a little too quickly and was beaten to the ball by Lioumis, who lofted a soft kick over the goalie's head at the 19:56 mark. "That was a psychologically tough goal to come back from," said Klimek. "Anytime you score one under those conditions it serves as a big lift, but to have it scored against you and put you down 2-0, is another story. "Pascarella came out hollering he had the ball, but the next thing Vineland OnAV.V. aor mi-X CKT-X said Bicker.

When asked if he would have been satisfied with a tie, Vermes said, Not at all. It would have been better than losing, but we came to win it. We've been talking about it for four years." The Bears have now won the Burlington County Conference Freedom Division, the South Jersey Group 2 crown and the state Group 2 titlq and are South Jersey's only remaining undefeated squad. But, their season is far from over. Tomorrow, they face Cherry Hill East in continuing pursuit of defending their South Jersey Soccer Coaches Association Tournament championship.

S.J.GR0UP3 when Troy Fahey sent sophomore 30-goal scorer Steve Rammel through the middle, but Rammel rolled his shot wide of the right post. Early in the second period, West Deptford goalie Joe Gill needed a'div-ing effort to stop a header by Fogler, then the Eagles took over. They hammered away, but tbjio avail. Once again, Rammel was thwarted when Troy Fahey sent him in with a bchind-the-back pass, but Brick's fincsweeperCraigLibcratore slipped in at the last second and deflected Rammel's drive. i The third period had barely started when a missfire in communications put West Deptford two in the hole.

Mike Grimsley took a run on the right side, but West Deptford's Jim Cleary headed him off and appeared ready to clear the ball. Gill called him off, but didn't control the roller with his slide. It squibbed through, Grimsley hopped over him and drilled it into the empty net. "Joe hesitated a little bit Mid Basca. "When you make a mistake that far out and don't get full control of the ball against a team of that calibre i i Brick connected again just minutes later when a direct by John Pajrarni sailed in from 25 yards a way.

The goal was correctly disallowed as Brick had everyone but Parani and keeper Randy Chmara in the cage with Gill. Before the quarter ended, Brick missed getting it back when Aromondo sent a cross from the left $ide that just missed Fogler, cutting in at the right post. Basca moved Scott Fahey up ir) the last period, but to no avail, although Rammel tested Chmara withltta Eagles' best effort, a bullet from 10 yards away. Chmara was up to it, though, with a leaping save at; the post. i "I don't know if we had the firepower to go up against this team," admitted Basca.

"The score 2-fl is respectable, but what's respectable? You still walk away a loser. "But we finished 16-5-1 and have 12 coming back," he added. "This was such a valuable instrument. Twelve of our guys had never experienced this before. Now they have." H.S.

GYMNASTICS Cherry Hill East sectional champ in state gym meet HUNTERDON Cherry Hill feast High School captured the South Sectional title here last night in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association's championship gymnastic meeting. The Cougars nosed out their neighboring rival Cherry Hill West, 108.90 to 1 05.55, after the Lions had reversed the decision for the league title last week. "It's a little discouraging said Cherry Hill West Coach Franny Mec-han. "We beat them for theconf erence title and we come up here tonight and perform below our abilities." East won it with depth as only Matt Harrison (third in the horizontal bar) and Scott Christopher (fifth in the parallel bars) placed in the top five of any event for the Cougars. Cherry Hill West's Carey -Cunningham placed third in all-around with a score of 43.05.

He placed second in the pommel horse and vaulting, third in the parallel bars and fifth in the horizontal bars. East Brunswick was' the overall champion with a score of 128.4! East Brunswick's Tom Middleton ww the top perkormer with 48.6. By PHILLMARDER Of the Courier-Post PEMBERTON The road to a second straight state soccer championship came to a dead end yesterday for West Deptford High School when the Eagles were beaten in the South Jersey Group 3 title game, 2-0, by Brick Memorial at Burlington County College. West Deptford, Group 2 state co-champion last year and No. 8 in the Top Ten Poll, finished the season 1 6-5-1, while Brick Memorial improved its record to 21-3-1.

"We got beat by a club that came out and knew what it was doing," said West Deptford Coach Steve Basca. "They're an experienced ballclub. This is their fourth straight South Jersey title." Most of Basca's Eagles, on the other foot, are young enough to remain in the nest for another season or two. "I have 12 coming back," he said. "That's what I'm looking at.

Today was good experience." Experience, anyway. The Mustangs of Brick Memorial jumped in front midway through the first period off a corner kick by John Aromondo. It landed in a maze of players parked in the crease and Brick's Rich Helmstet-ter had the honors of unloading the first shot. West Deptford's Gary Condit blocked it, but couldn't gain control to clear and the ball rolled to Mike Kelber, standing on the doorstep of the West Deptford goal. He hit a bullet that even the net had trouble slowing down.

It was just the second goal allowed by West Deptford in the nine games Scott Fahey had appeared as sweeper. Normally, the towering Fahey would head off that corner kick before trouble ensued. This time, he was nowhere to be found. "Scott got pushed right to the ground by Rob Fogler," said Basca. "The ball came down and was popped." West Deptford's best chance came just seconds before the quarter ended his mates on the scoreboard.

However, a pass for the two-point conversion failed and St. Joe's led 16-6. "After that kickoff I saw the Abse-garni game all over," said Wildcats' Coach Paul Sacco. "We had a 1 4-0 lead in that game and they got a kickoff return against us and the whole momentum changed. "I told the kids at half time we had to control the ball," headded.

"St. Peter's is a very explosive team and we didn't want to give them too many opportunities." Stone took matters into his own hands again early in the third period when he got looscon his 70-yard touchdown romp and, after John Fischer passed to Steve Budniak, the Wildcats led 24-6. A little later in the period, the Wildcats scored their final touchdown when halfback Glenn Jones got loose on a 76-yard touchdown run. "I got two great blocks from Stone and Brian Bannister on the play," Jones said. "Once I hit the line of scrimmage I saw nothing but daylight." "I'm very proud of ourof fensive line tonight," Sacco said.

"Mike Lista, Mike Bailey, Steve Trepiccone, Bob Hong and Bill Curley did a great job. We've had some problems with consistency in our blocking, but not tonight. They played four good quarters." St. Peter's closed out the scoring when Dave Shanosky tossed a two-yard pass to Jeff White. The St.

Joe's defense was sparkling all night. The Wildcats got a standout effort, especially from linebacker Cody Gabriel. "Our defense has been outstanding all year," Sacco said. "Our specialty teams have given up more points than the defense. Tonight the kids did another super job." HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS Happy Dean Lioumis (left) of Toms River North High School celebrates his score and receives congratulations from teammate Frankie D'Ambro during yesterday's South Jersey Group 4 championship game against Vineland at Cherry Hill West High School.

Toms I River North won, 3-1, to advance to the state semifinals. Lioumis was speeding past our fullback and beating John to the ball." Lioumis scored Toms River North's third goal at 16: 1 3 of the second period when Pascarella came out, momentarily hesitated, and watched Lioumis' 26th goal of the year sky softly over his upraised arms. GROUP burst early in the third period broke the game wide open. That run put him over the 1,000 mark this year. "The leg was a little stiff tonight, but once I got going it wasn't too bad," Stone said.

"I was speared in the leg last week and it bothered me all week, but once the game got going I was ready. "We expected a tough game tonight, but we didn't make any drastic changes. We planned to go right at them, and the line did one heckuva job should be a crime, while use and possession of other drugs (like alcohol) is not," Glasser said in a telephone interview. BOWLING Top pro bowlers set to meet in Maple Bowl regional event PENNSAUKEN Several of the country's leading professional bowlers will compete today and tomorrow in the eighth annual Maple Bowl Professional Bowlers Regional Tournament. Joe Berardi, Dave Davis, Teata Semiz, Joe Hutchinson, John Petrag-lia, Sam Maccarone of Glassboro and Dave Schrock of Bridgeton are among the top pros competing.

Pro-Am segment of the tourna-t will be 9 a.m. today. KkLVv' Stone leads St. Joe's to title win over St. Peter's By BOB VIGGIANO 01 the Courier-Post NEW BRUNSWICK Fullback Fred Stone romped for 187 yards and three touchdowns here last night as St.

Joseph's High School's football team captured the South Jersey Group championship with a convincing 32-1 2 victory over St. Peter's of New Brunswick. Stone, a junior, performed with a badly bruised thigh, but still managed to play havoc with the St. Peter's defense. He rushed for 1 05 yards in the first half, and his 70-yard touchdown BASEBALL Courier-Post photo by Sharon Gekoski "We kept trying but could only come up with the one." Vineland (21-1) will have an opportunity to rebound tomorrow, when it meets Paul VI in a semifinal round game in the South Jersey Coaches Association Tournament at 12:30 p.m.

at the Berlin Tech field, started a drive from their own 24 With Stone picking up 38 yards on five carries, the Wildcats moved to the St. Peter's one. Stone crashed over, then ran for the two-point conversion. Moments later, the Wildcats were on the march again. Starting from their own 38, they moved to the Cardinals' four in nine plays, and the score came when Stone went in from there with 3:17 remaining in the half.

Stone again ran for the two-point conversion to give the Wildcats a 16-0 lead. The cheers quickly subsided when, on the ensuing kickoff, the Cardinals' Eric Young returned it 91 yards to put sentences "That would be against the code of judicial ethics," said the woman, who did not give her name. In his statement, Glasser called the judge's decision hypocritical. "He said he was sending these men to prison because they were an example for the youth of America," Glasser said. "That is unfair because it means that lesser-known individuals convicted of the same 'crime' would not have been imprisoned.

"And it is hypocritical, because while these athletes are sent to jail for attempting to buy cocaine, other athletes are making fortunes doing beer commercials on television, and encouraging young people to drink." The ACLU head said drug abuse should be "dealt with the way we deal with alcoholism. The criminal sanction has been unjustly used in this case." Vineland came roaring back in the third period, but could manage only a goal by Jim Rodriquez at 4:13, a shot that eluded goalkeeper Jan Mihalek low into the corner of the net. "Toms River went into a defensive shell in the second half, using the double sweeper system," said Klimek. for us." St. Peter's Coach Greg Arakelian came away extremely impressed with the entire St.

Joseph's performance. "We knew they could run the ball andStone was a good one," hesaid. "We felt coming in the key would be how well our defensive line handled their line. And they just plain whipped us." Stone wasn't the only player who punished the Cardinals. The Wildcats' entire running game gained 432 yards and completely dominated the host club.

Late in the first period, the Wildcats hits Royals' "No one is sent to prison for alcohol, even if he is to be treated for it there the word penitentiary means a place where people go to get better, and that's supposed to be the theory of all criminal justice, but it makes no difference to our point," Glasser said. In imposing sentence in federal court at Kansas City, U.S. Magistrate J. Milton Sullivant told the three ballplayers that as professional athletes, "there are certain obligations and responsibilities you must live up to." Sullivant said the convicted players occupied a "special place in society" and that they were responsible for setting an example for the nation's youth. Yesterday, a woman who answered Sullivant's office telephone and identified herself as his secretary said the magistrate would not discuss his decisions with the news media.

Civil Liberties Union NEW YORK (AP) The American Civil Liberties Union yesterday denounced the sentencing of three Kansas City Royals' players on drug charges, saying it made "a mockery of the criminal sanction." "Even if these individuals were addicted, putting them in prison makes as little sense as putting an alcoholic in prison for attempting to buy liquor," ACLU Executive Director Ira Glasser said in a statement distributed to the news media. Willie Wilson, Willie Aikens and Jerry Martin each were sentenced on Thursday to spend three months in prison for trying to buy cocaine. Each also was ordered to pay a fine. Glasser said that the fact that each player was ordered to go through drug treatment while imprisoned did not affect the ACLU's stance. "Our point is that we don't believe the use or possession of certain drugs.