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Friday, May 25, 2(101 www.courierpostonline.com Varsityote South Jersey Scholastic Sports Another win, star send Gloucester into semifinals forced Coker out at home, loaded the bases for the Eagles before Boulden struck out Lauren Tancredi for the second out. Boulden then walked designated hitter Lauren Fowell to score Caitlyn McCaffrey and Gloucester's third error of the inning plated the tying run, before first baseman Mindy Myers caught a pop-up to make the final out of the inning. "I guess it was just the pressure," Maddy Boulden, a senior, said. "I knew there were run "It's always beneficial knowing how a team is," Mason "We both wanted the win badly." Gloucester advances to the semifinals to play second-seeded Burlington City, which defeated Woodbury 3-0 in another quarterfinal Thursday. The Blue Devils' Erin Skinner pitched a two-hitter, struck out 11 and walked two in the shutout, and Jen Taubel's two-run double in the fourth inning broke open the game.

S.J. Group 1 Softball Jersey Group 1 Tournament quarterfinals. "We're loaded with a team of heroes," Gloucester coach Dave Light said. "Every game, someone steps up or comes through with the big play for us. "Right now she's red hot.

She's been coming through big-time in the last couple games." Eastern advances as Santa notches tie-breaking goal is! 'X i By JASON NARK Courier-Post Staff VOORHEES The Eastern High School girls' lacrosse team was hoping things would be a little easier the second time around against Cherokee. They weren't, but the Vikings aren't complaining. Eastern sophomore Shaun Banta scored the game-winning goal with 1 minute, 27 seconds left in regulation to give the Vikings a 10-9 victory in Thursday's South A quarterfinal game. Eastern now plays No. 2 seed Shawnee in the South A semifinal at 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday at Shawnee. "I was really happy after that goal," said Banta, who scored two in the game. "But then they marched down the field and almost scored. It was scary." With less than 30 seconds left in the game, Cherokee's Lindsey Robinson took a shot that sailed wide of the net Her miss meant Eastern had held on to defeat Cherokee by one goal for the second time this year and the Vikings advanced to the semifinals. "There was no doubt in my mind that it was going to be a battle," said Eastern coach Dan-yle Heilig.

"Cherokee's a great team, and they've improved since the last time we saw them, but my team has improved, too." Eastern defeated Cherokee 11-10 with some last-minute heroics April 5. In Thursday's game, Cherokee junior Deena Turano scored the first goal two minutes into the game. Three consecutive goals by Eastern's Sarah Dawson, Mary Beth Miller and Jaime Fraser gave Eastern an early 3-1 lead. By JESSICA RYAN Courier-Post Staff GLOUCESTER CITY Every time the Gloucester High School Softball team takes the field, a different player steps up. Thursday, it was Kasey Mason's turn.

Her sixth-inning single brought home Ashley Bould-en with the winning run as the third-seeded Lions (17-4) took a 3-2 victory over sixth-seeded Pennsville (15-8) in the South Cam. George has no-hitter in Group A win Courier-Post Staff Jonathan George felt very good Thursday when he took the mound against Red Bank Catholic High School. He felt even better when he left it. George, a right-hander, tossed a no-hitter against the host team and shortstop Paul Conway took care of the offense with a grand slam in the fourth inning as Camden Catholic breezed into the South Jersey Group A quarterfinal with a 4-0 victory. George BASEBALL struck out 10 and walked three in a dominating performance.

"My arm feels good and we're playing great defense," said George, who recently became eligible after transferring from Bishop Eustace, a team he'll face Tuesday in a semifinal game. "This was the best game I've ever pitched in high school. It was definitely exciting." Group 2: Pinch-hitter Jeff Ford hit a one-out grand slam in the bottom of the seventh inning to give No. 8 seed Delran a 4-3 win over No. 9 Hammonton and a berth in today's quarterfinals against top-seeded Audubon.

Hammonton's James Christopher carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning, when Justin Whisonant opened with a single. The next batter flied out, but Christopher walked the next two. Ford then drilled his home run. Group Eric Ramos and Anthony Boscaglia combined to pitch a one-hitter as No. 5 seed Sacred Heart beat No.

4 Moores-town Friends 13-1 to advance into a semifinal against top-seeded St. Rose next Friday. Boscaglia was 3-for-5 with four RBIs for the Lions. Group 1: Freshman Eric Armstrong pitched a three-hitter, struck out five and was 2-for-4 in No. 9 Pitman's 4-2 win over No.

8 Bordentown. The Panthers, who will play top-seeded Florence today, scored two runs for a 3-0 lead in the third inning, on singles by Armstrong, Cale Shoemaker and Steve Branosky. Colonial Conference: Andrew Noe hit his 14th home run of the season and Joe Flacco tossed a six-hitter as Audubon warmed up for today's Group 2 tournament game with Delran by beating Haddonfield 5-2. Tyler Inkster also homered for the Green Wave. Tri-County: Rich Janofsky homered, doubled and drove in four runs and Justin Porter added a solo home run to help Will-iamstown measure Clearview 8-3.

I Cape-Atlantic League: Phil John ran his record to 6-1 and stroked a two-run single in the four-run fifth inning that sparked Mainland to a 4-1 win over Lower Cape May and the American Division title. Burlington County League: Winning pitcher Bobby Huntsinger hit an RBI-single to cap the three-run seventh inning that sparked Florence past Northern Burlington 7-6. Registrations Jersey Girls Fastpitch Softball League registering girls for U-10, U-12, U-14 and U-16 leagues and players for women's 18-and-up league. Call (732) 845-0880 or www eteamz.comJerseyGirlsFastPitch-Softb Haddon Township Hawks Youth Football registration June 9, 9 a for players ages 5-14 In the Haddon Township H.S. cafeteria.

Call (856) 216-0383. ners on, the strike zone was really big, so I guess it was just the pressure. Usually I can get out of those situations." The Lions defeated Pennsville 1-0 last year in the S. J. Group 1 final and split games with the Eagles this season, so they felt they had an advantage entering Thursday's game.

"Personally, this year I was more relaxed," Maddy Boulden said. "It wasn't as intense as the beginning of the season when we played." if m. ir rS 1 I South quarterfinals. Collingswood will face the winner of today's Monsignor DonovanManasquan game. In another quarterfinal, Moorestown's Courtney Legath scored five goals as the undefeated Quakers rolled past Moores-town Friends 19-1.

With its 17-7 win over St. John Vianney, Camden Catholic travels to Moorestown for the other South semi Wednesday. The Colts' lost all three singles matches. "I knew coming in against this team that we'd need to win the doubles and probably third singles," Cumberland coach Jim Breech said. "I'm not disappointed.

We had a great year, we had a great run, and we were a lot closer against Ocean than people expected us to be." A strong South Jersey contender in recent years, Cumberland loses six varsity players to graduation. But Breech isn't worried. "We'll just have to retool like Cherry Hill East and Moorestown," he said. Group 4: South Jersey Group 4-champion Cherry Hill East put up a fight against favored Central Jersey titlist Bridgewater-Raritan, but lost 3-2. The No.

2 Cougars received wins from Michael Nagelberg, at first singles, and David Lupow and Jermemy Pick at first doubles. East will send its first-doubles team and Nagelberg to the state tourney with high seedings. The rest of the team is done. "I wish I had one more match to try to finish out my career with a win. but at least we got here," said Ian Richman, East's senior second-singles player.

"I just wanted to get to Mercer Park and not end the season too early." Group South Group champ St Augustine bowed to perennial state power Newark Academy SO in the state group final. "This was my biggest hit in this situation," said Mason, a junior, who went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs. Light also gave credit to pitcher Maddy Boulden, who threw a three-hitter, struck out three and walked two. The Lions clung to a 2-0 lead until Boulden got into trouble in the top of the sixth, when Penns-ville's Amy Coker led off the inning with a triple to left field. A fielder's choice, a walk and another fielder's choice, which After Dawson's goal, the Eastern squad rushed onto the field with balloons and flowers in a belated celebration for the senior attack wing's 100th goal.

Dawson actually scored her 100th goal in Tuesday's 164 win over Pennsauken, but a mix-up in the record books left the milestone unnoticed until Thursday. Cherokee junior Kaitlyn Cu-neo put a damper on the celebration by scoring the next two goals to tie the game at 33. Eastern moved ahead 6-5 by halftime with goals by Banta, Erica Evangelisti and Alana Vi-volo. The Cherokee goals came from Robinson and senior Amy Coles. In the beginning of the second half, Eastern expanded its lead to 8-5 when Miller and Dawson scored their second goals apiece.

Just when it seemed as if the Vikings were pulling away, Cu-neo scored her third goal for Cherokee and teammates Megan Curran and Hye Won Lee scored the next two to tie it at 8-8. Eastern again regained the lead on Dawson's third goal with nine minutes remaining, but Curran tied the game for Cherokee for the sixth and final time, 9-9. The two squads fought for the ball for nearly six minutes until Banta came up with the game-winner. Cherokee coach Dana Latona knew the game could have gone either way and had nothing but praise for her team. "I honestly couldn't tell my girls what they could have done better," said Latona.

"It just came down to one goal." That one goal sent Eastern into the semifinals. Shawnee advanced with a 17-1 rout of Toms River South. S.J. Group Tennis first year playing together, and they've gotten better and better. They communicate really well on the court, and they like to be on the attack." Their victory left the state title to be decided at third singles.

Circumstances put Haddon Township third-singles player Jay Bridgeman on defense. While the Hawks' second doubles team was tying the match 2-2, a shoulder injury was limiting Bridgeman's serve and he was nearing exhaustion. He also was trailing 5-2 to Dayton's Chase Freundlich in the third set Buoyed by a vocal cheering section, Bridgeman battled back to 5-3. But facing Freundlich's serve, Bridgeman didn't have the legs to take control of points. On match point, Freundlich dropped a soft volley over the net and Bridgeman, coming from the baseline, could only watch it bounce away.

Dayton claimed the title, winning third singles 64, 63. "You're on top of the world one day and the next day you lost it in the state final," said Bridgeman, who played the hero Wednesday for Haddon Township in the South Jersey Group 1 final. "Our team played great today but I just didn't close it out As a senior captain, I like to take leadership, PARIS L. GRAYCourierPost Eastern's Alana Vlvolo heads downfield ahead of Cherokee's Lindsey Robinson during the first half of Thursday's game. Schlichtig perfect again; Haddon fits.

reaches semis Courier-Post Staff With a perfect game and two no-hitters Thursday, it must be tournament time. Michelle Schlichtig struck out 18 for her second perfect game of the season in the South Jersey Group 2 quarterfinals, as the Haddon Heights High School softball team defeated Kingsway 1-0 in nine innings Thursday. Schlichtig also scored the winning run for the fourth-seeded Garnets on a single by Ashley Butler. The Garnets advance to play in a Tuesday semifinal against top-seeded Buena, which shut out ninth-seeded Haddonfield SO be: hind the pitching of Jen Berenato Thursday. Berenato hurled a no-hitter for the Chiefs, striking out eight and walking none.

A Buena error prevented a perfect game. The Chiefs scored their first two runs on Bulldogs errors, with Jen Tobin and Amanda Trovarelli picking up RBI singles along the way. In a Group 4 quarterfinal, Danielle Cohen also pitched a no-hitter, striking out three and walking four, to lead top-seeded Cherokee to a 2-1 win against eighth-seeded Eastern. Group 4: Amy Holliday hit a double and a triple and collected three RBIs to lift third-seeded Mill-ville over llth-seeded Pennsauken 4) in a quarterfinal. Millville advances to play seventh-seeded Washington Township, which was a 1-0 winner over second-seeded Southern Regional.

Jackie Courant went 2-for-3 including a single to right field that drove in Gina D'Amico to win the game for the Minutemaids. Behind Adina DeHainaut's pitching, fifth-seeded Vineland defeated fourth-seeded Toms River East and advanced to play Cherokee. Group 3: Alexis Switenko went 2-for-3 while throwing a one-hitter, striking out nine and walking none in seventh-seeded Edge-wood's 1-0 victory over second seed Central Regional. Switenko scored the winning run by reaching base on a single, stealing two bases and crossing the plate on a suicide squeeze bunt by Lindsey Creaney. The Eagles will face third-seeded Northern Burlington, which defeated Mainland 4-1.

Becky Johnson hurled a three-hitter, striking out 13, in top-seeded Cumberland's 12-2 win against Bridgeton. The Colts advance to play Clearview, a 1-0 winner over Lac-ey Township. Katie Scherle's sixth home run won the game. Group 2: Devon Paruszews-ki's single knocked in the winning run in the ninth inning for 14th-seeded Woodstown in a 4-3 quarterfinal win over sixth-seeded Pinelands. Woodstown will play second-seeded Manchester Township, which defeated Audubon 2-0.

Group 1: A three-run rally by fifth-seeded Haddon Township in the eighth inning lifted the Hawks to a 4-3 win over Wild-wood. Maria Lutz struck out six and walked two for the Hawks, who advance to play top-seeded Florence a 6-1 winner over Palmyra. Mellisa Brophy and Stacy Haas each went 2-for-3 for the Flashes. Group Megan O'Brien's triple sent Erica Romond across the plate to give ninth-seeded Paul VI a 1-0 first-round win over eighth-seeded Holy Cross in 10 innings. The Eagles play top-seeded Bishop Ahr in the second round Tuesdav.

Stephanie Janice scored four gaols and Kierstan Carlson and Lindsey Calla each had three for the Renegades. The other semifinal will feature Toms River North against Jackson, which defeated Washington Township 17-7. South Collingswood senior Kim Feeley scored 10 goals, including the 200th of her career, as the Panthers went on to defeat Cinnaminson 18-12 in the Haddon Twp. loses Group 1 title match By SEAN McCANN Courier-Post Staff WEST WINDSOR Sometimes heart is enough, and sometimes it isn't The Haddon Township High School boys' tennis team, ranked No. 11 in the Courier-Post Top 20 Poll, had the advantage in heart and emotion against North I sectional champion Jonathon Dayton, but Dayton finished with the advantage on the court and beat the Hawks 3-2 for the state Group 1 title Thursday at Mercer County Park.

"The kids left it all on the court today," Haddon Township coach Lorie Dickinson-Foster said. "I'm so proud of the way the kids played. They're great kids, and they're great sports." Dayton led 2-1 after the quick matches were through, winning at first and second singles in straight sets. Haddon Township took second doubles easily. When the skir-mishes were over, attention turned to the wars at the two remaining positions.

At first doubles, Haddon Township's Luke McGee and Bill Reeves led in the third set 54, but couldn't close out Dayton's Chad Freundlich and Adam Cohen. When the Hawks got another chance at 65, they delivered and won the match 4-6, 64, 7-5. "They always know it's never over," Dickinson-Foster said of McGee and Reeves. "This is their make it or break it for our team, and I just didn't do it today." Haddon Township advanced to the final match by cruising past Central Jersey champ South River 50 Thursday morning. Group 2: The top team in South Jersey, Moorestown, finished its season with a 3V2-2V2 loss to Central Jersey champ Holmdel in the state Group 2 semifinals.

With Holmdel holding a decided edge at first singles and Moorestown owning the advantage at second doubles, the key matches were played in the middle of the lineup. Holmdel's Mike Crapano beat Joe Pat McAleer 64, 7-6 (7-3) at third singles, while the Quakers' first-doubles team of Brian Riley and Adam Kravitz fell to Mike Marano and Steve Su, 6-1, 7-6 (7-2). Although he'd hoped for a matchup with state powerhouse West Essex in the group final, Moorestown coach Bill Kingston remained proud of his team. "I've had a lot of great teams at Moorestown, but I think this one is my favorite," Kingston said. "I'm going to miss them.

That sounds like a cliche, but it's the way I feel" Moorestown finished 24-5 and all of its losses came to teams outside of South Jersey. Group 3: South Jersey Group 3 champion Cumberland finished its playoff run with a 3V IV2 loss to Central Jersey titlist Ocean Township. $1.