• Haddonfield tops W.D. on late field goal
WEST DEPTFORD TWP. -ÊWhen the Haddonfield High School football team needed a big play, it turned to senior quarterback Phil Bhaya.

• Overcome slow start to bounce Bridgeton
FRANKLINVILLE - As it has a few times this season, the Delsea High School football team got off to a slow start Friday night. Bridgeton pushed the Crusaders in the first quarter, but as it has for much of the season, eventually fell victim to the numbers game.

• Shortage of players; no shortage of effort, heart
FRANKLYNVILLE - For the third time in the last four years the Bridgeton High School football team competed for the right to play in a South Jersey final.

• BHS tries to stop the unstoppable
UPPER DEERFIELD TWP. - Everyone is supposed to have a weakness.

• New rules gave BHS a taste of playoffs
Due to the state's new rules, every team at Bridgeton High School qualified for the playoffs this season.

• Top runners to be on display
One is the leading rusher in South Jersey. The other is the leading rusher for the top team in South Jersey.

• CCC women get out to a perfect start
During two different stints as the head coach of the Cumberland County College women's basketball team, Steve Kaneshiki has proven he knows how to win, and he sure knows how to recruit.

• Dukes eye big picture
While the Cumberland County College men's basketball team won a school-record 18 games last season, Dukes coach Darryl Brown was ecstatic but not content.

• Growth in the trenches
Bridgeton High School sophomores Sean Henigin and Sam Bell will each readily admit they had a lot of ground to make up as two-way linemen on the football team each of the last two years.

• Hunters bucking idea of deer shortage
I am not sure what this Nor'easter is going to do to the fishing, but it sure hasn't had any effect on the bow-and-arrow season.

• No slowing three locals in first round of playoffs
From staff reports

• Bolts tennis forms dynasty
It is impossible to tell when exactly it started, but the Millville High School athletic department has a dynasty on its hands. With three straight Cape-Atlantic American Conference titles, the girls tennis team has earned that distinction.

• Curran storm stops Colts after delay
OCEAN CITY - First, the Cumberland Regional High School football team waited an extra week to play Ocean City in an NJSIAA Consolation game because it had a bye.

• Girls tennis shined at CR this season
It was the year they had all been waiting for.

• Mainline knocks off Freitag
From staff reports

• Defeats defending champs in downpour
VOORHEES - Repeating as a South Jersey champion is difficult enough.

• Rivalry developing with schools
VOORHEES - For two high schools that are located so far apart, the Sacred Heat and St. Rose boys soccer teams are sure forming quite a rivalry.

• Goalie leads SH into S.J. final against St. Rose for second straight season
VINELAND - It was a year ago at this time that Sacred Heart High School goalie Jesse Dickenson emerged from the shadow cast by his predecessor Dom Mezzatesta, the school record holder in shutouts.

• Pressed into starting
Bridgeton High School freshmen long snapper Dontrey Mosley doesn't look like the typical football player at 5-foot-2, 125 pounds, but last week he filled the role nicely.

• Lions trample Crusaders; will vie for S.J. title
VINELAND - The Sacred Heart High School boys soccer team played two one-goal games against Wildwood Catholic this season. When the Cape-Atlantic League National Conference rivals met for a third time Tuesday afternoon, both teams knew what to expect.

• Close losses haunt Eagles
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Andy Reid sees no difference in his team whether it's playing a close game or enjoying a blowout.

• Freitag stays unbeaten
From staff reports

• SH soccer falls just short
DELRAN - Sacred Heart High School girls soccer coach Esa Staples had a clear game plan going into Monday afternoon's game. It was executed to near perfection, and it almost landed the Lions in a South Jersey final.

• Few questions for Phils
As the Phillies packed up their belongings in the visiting clubhouse at Yankee Stadium Wednesday, less than an hour after being denied a second straight World Series title, many of the players were already looking ahead to next year.

• Phils decline option on Pedro Feliz
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Philadelphia Phillies have declined their $5.5 million 2010 option on third baseman Pedro Feliz.

• Sectionals brings XC season to end
MULLICA HILL - It was hardly a fitting ending for the Millville High School girls cross country team and lead runner Alyssa Harris.