1. Pre-season football

Photo by Alan M. Dumoff A Paul VI player gets a first down in preseason high school football action against Holy Spirit on Thursday, Sept. 2, but Paul VI fell, 29-7. This weekend, the regular season gets underway, as the Holy Spirit Spartans...

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2. Gridiron season gearing up

Photo by Alan M. Dumoff As fall draws near, high school football teams are suiting up for another season of gridiron action. Last Monday, August 23, the St. Joseph’s, Hammonton Wildcats scrimmaged against Mainland High School. In a tune-up...

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3. NFL competition

Photos by Alan M. Dumoff Boys and girls aged 6-15 competed in the National Football League’s Punt, Pass, and Kick Competition Saturday, July 24, at the St. Peter School field in Merchantville. Competing separately, the winners of the...

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4. Holy Spirit hires Smith and Severs as new coaches

ABSECON — Holy Spirit High School announced two new coaches to their staff last week. Dennis Smith will take over the girls’ basketball program and Chad Severs will man the helm of the boys’ soccer team. Smith, a 1989 Holy Spirit...

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5. Gloucester Catholic teams take state championships

Last Saturday was twice as nice for Gloucester Catholic High School, as its baseball and softball teams captured their respective Non-Public B State Championships, both held at Toms River North High School. In the mens’ baseball championship,...

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6. Camden Catholic receives NFL Grassroots Grant

Photo by Peter G. Sánchez Eagles players Akeem Jordan and Moise Fokou, cheerleaders, and mascot Swoop pose with Camden Catholic student-athletes on Shamrock Field on Monday. June 7. The Cherry Hill school is the recipient of an NFL...

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7. John Paul II boys track team take league championship

On Saturday, May 15, the John Paul II Regional School, Stratford Boys Track Team took first in the 2010 Catholic Track League Championship Meet. After 12 long years of competition, the Boy’s Track Team beat St. Rose of Lima, Haddon Heights....

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8. Basketball clinic

Photo by Alan M. Dumoff Christina Triantiffillou practices a stop, go, and pass drill at a basketball clinic held recently at Holy Family School, Ventnor. The basketball clinic for local 5-8th grade boys and girls was run by St. Augustine...

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9. Faith in action: A story as old as sports

Do you remember the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego? The three Chaldeans who were thrown into the fiery furnace in the Book of Daniel (Chap 3)? It seems that they were given two choices: either defile their God or be thrown into the...

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10. Longtime Holy Spirit coach stepping down

ABSECON — After 38 years of coaching, including the last 10 at Holy Spirit, Larry DiGiovanni is stepping down as girls’ basketball coach. The 61 year-old coach decided that this was the right time. “It was starting to consume my life,”...

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