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Saturday, October 4, 20118 Inside Paul VI 's Janae Geonnetti (right) battles Seneca's Jorrie Trenkamp for the ball in the first half of Friday's girls' soccer game. Seneca won 1-0. Page 3 Scoreboard 2 Field Hockey 2, 8 Soccer 2-3, 8-9 Football 4-6 Girls' Tennis 10 Cross Country 11 South Jersey Scholastic Sports (856) 486-2424 Varsity Editor Dave Treffinger dtreffingercourierpostonline.com courierpostonline WEB EXTRA MHw Check out Varsity photo galleries of the following football games: Pennsauken at Washington Township, Paulsboro at Lindenwold and Burlington Township at Palmyra which will include game action, fans, bands and cheerleaders. In addition, we will have photos galleries of Gloucester Catholic at Eastern in boys' soccer, Paul VI at Seneca in girls' soccer and Bishop Eustace at Camden Catholic in field hockey. FRIDAY'S FOOTBALL ii-iwiwi 1111 1 hhl i ji mini uji jmummiujiimim i hi wijujuiiuaijjip i mpnimn wmmmiiii twi.i'i.pu..a,uM.v.,fl...y., ms 1 M' kiifl i i SCOTT ANDERSONCourier-Post Washington Township running back Nick Krauss finds a hole in the Pennsauken defense for a big gain in the third quarter of Friday's BurlcoOlympic League game.

Colavita powers Washington Twp. in win over Pennsauken iiifrifrttfyi courierpostonline WEB EXTRA EM Check out a photo gallery of the Pennsauken-Washington Township game. the big play on defense. Brandon was outstanding tonight but we have come to expect big things from him every game." Colavita wreaked havoc with the Indians all night on just 17 carries. He gave the Minutemen, No.

3 in the Courier-Post Large Schools Top 10, a quick charge when on the first scrimmage play of the night he raced 74 yards to give Township a quick 7-0 lead. "That's a great way to start the Paulsboro 37 Lindenwold 20 WestDeptford 46 Sterling 14 Bishop Eustace 14 Cinnaminson 7 Eastern 28 Cherry Hill East 7 Cherry Hill West 23 Lenape 13 Delran 20 Willingboro 0 Timber Creek 27 No. Burlington 7 Paul VI 18 Triton 12 Washington Twp. 35 Pennsauken 6 Hammonton 36 Oakcrest 0 Glassboro 60 Wildwood 0 Glou. Catholic 42 Kingsway 35 WinslowTwp.

37 Moorestown 36 Highland 14 Deptford 10 Williamstown 42 Woodstown 0 Holy Spirit 13 St. Joseph 9 Pages 4-5 FRIDAY'S FIELD HOCKEY Collingswood 4 Audubon 2 Washington Twp. 6 Cherry Hill East 3 Bishop Eustace 2 Camden Catholic 0 Holy Cross 2 No. Burlington 0 Pages 2-3 FRIDAY'S BOYS' SOCCER Eastern 2 Gloucester Catholic 0 HaddonTwp. 2 Sterling 1 Shawnee 2 Pennsauken 0 Washington Twp.

2 Cherry Hill East 1 Page 2 FRIDAY'S GIRLS' SOCCER Gateway 2 Haddon Heights 0 Seneca 1 Paul VI 0 Clearview 1 Eastern 1 Audubon 2 Collingswood 1 WASHINGTON TWP. PENNSAUKEN Player of the game: Washington Township senior running back Brandon Colavita rushed for 1 98 yards on 1 7 carries, including a 74-yard run on the first scrimmage play of the game. He also scored another touchdown for the unbeaten Minutemen. Play of the game: Early in the third quarter with Washington Township leading 14-6 and Pennsauken driving "When we scored I thought we had weathered the storm," Pennsauken coach Reggie Lawrence said. "We came out for the second half and our kids were confident and I really thought we had a chance." year, Woodbury was title town 35 6 for a potential tying touchdown, the Indians completed a pass at the Township 24 but Nick Krauss knocked the ball loose and the Minutemen's Dan Dougherty recovered.

Stat of the game: Washington Township had 381 rushing yards. In addition to Colavita's 1 98 yards, sophomore Chalie Huff rushed for 1 77 yards and one touchdown. And it appeared early in the third quarter the Indians were going to make a game of it. They drove to the Minutemen's 28 and then quarterback Nagil Johnson See MINUTEMEN, Page 5V If. rm 3.

Photo provided Milt Plum, a former Penn State and NFL star, was Woodbury's multi-sport star In 1952-53. FOOTBALL INSIDE Friday's results: Page 4V Small Schools No. 6 Holy Spirit tops St. Joseph. Page 5V Paulsboro coach Glenn Howard gets 200th win.

Page 5V game," Colavita said. "It gave us the momentum right away. But we knew the game was far from over. We had to keep going." Later in the quarter, Colavita scored another touchdown on a short run and it looked as if a rout was in the making. But to Pennsauken's credit it never flinched.

It battled back in the second quarter and cut the deficit to 14-6 on Harry Williams' three-yard run. for Thundering achievement that year may be a one and only accomplishment, although no one is certain. So, was this the crowning achievement in team sports in South Jersey scholastic sports history? And was these possibly the greatest collective group of athletes that one local school has ever produced? The answer may simply be that no one will ever really know, said former long-time South Jersey football coach Tony DeLucas, a junior on those 1952-53 Woodbury teams. "When you compare high schools, athletes and sports in general from different time periods, there's always going to be debate," DeLucas said. "There's no way to really know whether we may have had the best group of athletes ever because the circumstances were different, but our championships and accomplishments speak for themselves." According to Milt Plum, a multi-sport athlete that season at Woodbury who went on to By BOB VIGGIANO Courier-Post Staff WASHINGTON TWP.

The Washington Township football team made a huge statement Friday night. With its unbeaten record on the line, the Minutemen used a brilliant 198-yard rushing night from senior Brandon Colavita and took advantage of four costly Pennsauken turnovers to hand the Indians their first loss of the season 35-6 in a Burlco-Olympic American Division showdown game. "We knew Pennsauken was a dangerous team," Washington Township coach Mark Wechter said. "We just told the kids to be patient on offense and not give up For one YEAR OF CHAMPIONS 1952-1953 In 1952-1953, Woodbury High School won or shared conference championships in every single boys' and girls' sport available at the time. The following is a list of the championships won by those teams 55 years ago: Football: Record 8-0; Coach Mark Wayne; Colonial Conference and S.J.

Group 3 champions. Field hockey: Record 7-3; Coach" Bess Taylor; West Jersey League co-champions. Cross country: Record 6-0 in dual meets; Coach Cap Paine; S.J. Group 3 champions. Boys' basketball: Record 14-6; Coach "Speedy" Williamson; Colonial Conference champions.

Girls' basketball: Record 14-0; Coach Louise Rothermel; West Jersey League champions. Baseball: Record 13-2-1; Coach Mark Wayne; Colonial Conference champions. Girls' tennis: Record 8-0; Coach Bess Taylor; West Jersey League champions. Boys' track: Record 5-2 in dual meets; Coach Cap Paine; Colonial Conference and S.J. Group 3 champions.

Herd in 1952-53 star as a quarterback at Penn State and then in the NFL, the magnitude of his school's accomplishments did not hit home until the final two weeks of the 1953 spring season. "We had no idea that we were even approaching such a record until the last two weeks of the baseball and track season," said Plum, a senior that season. "All of a sudden we realized that we had won championships in every sport, and all that was left was for both the baseball and track teams to finish the job. "It's not like we all sat down at the beginning of the school year and planned this out," Plum chuckled." Boys' sports The most recognizable athlete from that stellar year of champions was Plum, who starred at Penn State before moving on to a 13-year NFL career for the Browns, Lions, Giants and Cardinals. Plum re- See WOODBURY, Page 6V 7 teams, 7 titles By GUS OSTRUM Courier-Post Staff WOODBURY Call it the Year of Champions for one Gloucester County high school.

In the 1952-53 scholastic sports season, Woodbury High pulled off what many consider the greatest team achievement in South Jersey history when Thundering Herd teams won or shared conference championships in every single boys' and girls' sport available at the time. That's a total of seven conference titles four for the boys in the Colonial Conference and three for the girls in the West Jersey Scholastic League along with a bonus of three South Jersey crowns. Woodbury teams combined in all sports for an overall record of 75-13-1. While the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) does not maintain league records, it is believed that Woodbury's Pages 2-3 tE3 DI dt ,1.