HS Girls Basketball Playoffs: Lions Go Down Fighting

Gloucester High Lady Lions dream for a South Jersey championship title was broken today by Wildwood in a heartbreaker that was played at the Gloucester High Field House.

Gloucester, who beat Riverside on Thursday night to advance in the tournament, was down by nine at one point in today\’s game against Wildwood.

But the Lions kept fighting. As time started to wind down in the fourth quarter the score was tied 39-39 with seconds left on the clock. It appeared to the fans that the game was going to go into overtime.

With five seconds left Wildwood has possession. As the seconds ticked down a Wildwood player shoots and the ball drops in the basket as the buzzer sounded.

The final, Wildwood 41-Gloucester High 39.

Report submitted by Ken MacAdams

This post was imported from a legacy archive. Please excuse any formatting inconsistencies.

LIONS HIT NCAA PROVISIONAL MARKS AT NYU INVITATIONAL

New York, NY…Fresh off of their 11th straight New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships earlier in the week, The College of New Jersey women’s indoor track and field team was back on the track competing at the New York University. The Lions had plenty of qualify performances at the event with three NCAA provisional marks and a host of ECAC worthy times. The event held at the 168th Street Armory.

Junior Stephanie Herrick (Wayne, NJ/Wayne Valley) placed fourth in the one-mile run with a school-record time of 4:56.25 and was the top NCAA Division III finisher in the race. That time was also a NCAA provisional cut.

Junior Kristen Tricocci (Cinnaminson, NJ/Cinnaminson) posted a NCAA provisional distance of 5.45 meters in the long jump to place seventh overall and was also part of TCNJ’s 4×400 relay team that met NCAA provisional standards. She was joined on that team by senior Jessica Bonelli (Sewell, NJ/Gloucester Catholic), sophomore Jianna Spadaccini (Butler, NJ/Butler) and freshman Meryl Wimberly (Farmingdale, NJ/Colts Neck) as the quartet combined for a time of 3:57.55.

Junior Martine McGrath (West Long Branch, NJ/Shore Regional) placed second overall in the 5,000 meters with an ECAC worthy time of 17:39.31, while Wimberly took 10th in the 800 meters in 2:19.11 and Spadaccini was 16th in 2:20.16. Both of those times met ECAC standards.

The Lions received another top-10 finish in the weight throw as sophomore Ashley Krauss (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central) had a personal-best and ECAC distance of 13.48 meters.

TCNJ had three more ECAC qualifiers as Bonelli posted a time of 59.86 seconds in the 400 meters, Michelle Wallace (Emerson, NJ/Emerson) in the 3,000 (10:49.64) and junior Justine Carnevale (Oceanport, NJ/Shore Regional) in the 1,000 (3:08.96).

Junior Kirsten Gerbehy (Califon, NJ/Voorhees) had a solid meet for the Lions with a personal-best effort of 9.67 seconds in the 600-meter high hurdles and cleared a height of 1.5 meters in the high jump.

Men’s 4×400 hits ECAC mark…
TCNJ’s 4×400 relay team boasted season-best and ECAC qualifying time of 3:20.18 to place eighth overall in the event. Running the event for the Lions were junior Rob McGowan (Monroe Twp., NJ/Monroe Twp.), sophomore DeShard Stevens (Jersey City, NJ/James T. Ferris), senior Steve Murray (East Windsor, NJ/Hightstown) and freshman Kyle Gilroy (Oak Ridge, NJ/West Milford Twp.).

-30-

This post was imported from a legacy archive. Please excuse any formatting inconsistencies.

Lions Play Wildwood Today at 4 PM; Come Out & Cheer Them On!

WE NEED FANS!!!

GLOUCESTER HIGH LADY LIONS BASKETBALL TEAM

BEGINS THEIR QUEST FOR A SOUTH JERSEY CHAMPIONSHIP AS

THE NO. 1 SEED IN THE TOURNEY

COME OUT AND CHEER THEM ON:

GLOUCESTER HIGH LADY LIONS BEAT RIVERSIDE 47-25 Thursday AND WILL NOW PLAY WILDWOOD

**** SATURDAY, MARCH 1st at 4:00 pm***********

AT GLOUCESTER HIGH\’S FIELDHOUSE*****

 

GO LADY LIONS!!!!

This post was imported from a legacy archive. Please excuse any formatting inconsistencies.

Amber Alerts for Pets Help Owners Locate Missing Pals

Sites like FindToto.com and AmberAlertforPets.com Help to Locate Missing Pets

Source http://abcnews.go.com

Despite calling countless animal shelters in her New Jersey neighborhood and plastering the area with missing fliers bearing the dog\’s furry mug, Backer had no luck locating Mooch, who had managed to escape her front yard\’s invisible electric fence and disappear in broad daylight.

It wasn\’t until she discovered FindToto.com, one of the few Internet-based companies specializing in locating lost pets, that Baker found Mooch at a local country club, skinny and tick-ridden, but otherwise OK.

\”[Losing a dog] is like losing your child. I was panicked and frantic,\” said Backer. \”I had been spreading the news all over. But I couldn\’t hand out enough fliers or put them in enough places.\”

Source

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/AmazingAnimals/story?id=4356199&page=1 

 

This post was imported from a legacy archive. Please excuse any formatting inconsistencies.