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Sports: Week in Review/Preview

The past seven days saw the golf team host a tournament and baseball pitcher Tony Urban strike out a career-high 16 batters in a win over Haddonfield.

Over the last seven days a couple of West Deptford sports teams have kicked off winning streaks, only to see them halted late in the week. Meanwhile, the boys track team continues to excel and the golf team hosted the Carl Arena Tournament. Here is a look back at the week that was and a look ahead to this coming week.

BASEBALL

The Eagles had a good start to their week, defeating a Haddonfield squad it had lost to earlier in the season, then took down Pitman to run their winning streak to four games. The 5-3 win over Haddonfield featured a gem by pitcher Tony Urban, who struck out a career-high 16 batters. The back end of the week wasn’t as kind though, as West Deptford lost both ends of a double-header on Friday. The Eagles dropped a 10-9 decision to Kingsway that saw a three-run rally in the seventh fall short and an 11-3 . The Eagles are 9-6 on the season.

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SOFTBALL

West Deptford was able to stop a three-game slide by picking up consecutive Colonial Conference victories last week. The Eagles had their way with Haddonfield in a 8-0 win before squeezing by Gateway, 1-0. Marissa Linquist hurled the shutout in both games, racking up 11 strikeouts in the process. The only bad news for the team came on Friday when it fell to Kingsway, 6-0, to drop to 6-7.

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GOLF

The golf team for the first time last week and the results came back positive. Jordan Haines had the top score of any WD golfer and placed 14th, while only three players from around South Jersey were able to shoot bellow 80 for the 18-hole tournament. Also last week, the Eagles scored a 179-254victory over Gateway that saw Haines shoot a 41 and Kevin Brockway shoot a 42 to lead the way.

BOYS' TENNIS

It was an up-and-down week for the tennis team, and Woodbury on consecutive days by 3-2 scores. While the losses knocked the Eagles down a bit in the standings, it did not break their spirit, as the team rallied to pick up victories against Audubon (4-1) and Haddon Heights (5-0).

BOYS' TRACK

The boys continued their excellent season, defeating Woodbury and Gateway in a tri-meet last Tuesday. The Eagles got points from all over and saw first place finishes from Rob Fearon in the long jump and triple jump, Ken Decker in the pole vault, Ferrell Cooper in the 110 hurdles, Raymond Parsons in the 3200 and Kevin Cianfarini in the 800.

GIRLS' TRACK

The girls split a tri-meet on Tuesday, defeating Gateway, but falling to Woodbury. In the meet Megan Kirschling continued to dominate, winning a trio of events, while why she has become a force to be reckoned with in distance events.

GIRLS' LACROSSE

By defeating Collingswood, 12-8, the girls surpassed last year’s win total by recording their fifth win of the season. Emily Whalin had her highest scoring game of the year, netting five goals, while Jenna Grady added four goals and two assists. Paige Ennis made 23 saves in the cage. The girls went on to lose their only other game of the week, 12-2, to Eastern.

THIS WEEK

The boys' and girls' track teams will be busy this week with a couple of tough challenges. First, both teams take on Paulsboro in dual meets today. Then on Wednesday, each squad will see how it measures up against the rest of the county in the Gloucester County Meet.

The baseball team will be home on Tuesday and Wednesday in games against Conference foes Overbrook and Woodbury, while the softball team is on the road against Haddon Township and Woodbury. Also this week, the tennis team will compete in the Colonial Conference Tournament on Friday and Saturday.

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