Egg Harbor

A 19-year-old Burlington County woman died in a single car crash Sunday in Egg Harbor, Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel announced Monday. Ashley Adams, of Southampton, was ejected from the passenger seat of a Jeep Cherokee when driver Kevin Dilks, 20, of Chatsworth lost control in the southbound lanes of Clarks Landing Road about 1:30 a.m. The SUV swerved off the roadway and overturned before crashing into trees, authorities said. Adams, who suffered multiple blunt force trauma, was pronounced dead about 7 a.m. Sunday at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City.

For Egg Harbor Township's field hockey team, defense and a balanced scoring attack have been a sweet combination. Then throw in a strong sense of team unity. The Eagles, who won the Cape-Atlantic American Division I championship with a 9-1-1 league mark, are off to their best overall start in the school's history with an 11-2-3 record. Head coach Kathy Shea's team, which has qualified for the Group 3 playoffs five straight seasons, bounced back to win division honors after going 11-9-1 last season.

An Egg Harbor Township police officer had to be rescued using the Jaws of Life on Saturday after his patrol car collided with a Volvo station wagon that appeared to have crossed the double yellow line on a two-lane highway in the township's Bargaintown section. Egg Harbor police said Patrolman Ed Bertino, 35, a nine-year veteran of the force, was traveling south on Spruce Avenue near Ninth Avenue when his 2006 Ford was struck and pinned against a guardrail by a 1989 Volvo being driven northbound on Spruce by Alexandro Doukopoulos, 18, of Linwood.

Judy Toler of Egg Harbor, N.J., arranges dried flowers at a booth at the Chadds Ford Days Country Fair. The fair, with the theme "A Bounty of Grains," was Saturday and Sunday.

AN UNFINISHED HOUSE in Washington Township was one of several marred by vandalism over the weekend. The homes, under construction near Egg Harbor and Hurffville-Grenloch Roads, were spray-painted. Police have no suspects, but they believe it was the work of juveniles.

The Haddon Township and Sterling High girls' basketball teams will be looking to repeat as South Jersey champions, and five other area teams will be seeking titles this week when the sectional finals are played. Only in Parochial A, where St. John Vianney of Holmdel and Notre Dame of Lawrenceville will meet for the championship, are area South Jersey schools not represented in a final. Following is a brief look at the title games in the other five divisions. GROUP 1. Haddon Township (23-2)

There will be no green jacket modeled by the winner, and the closest thing to a magnum of champagne that anyone will see will be an iced-tea pitcher in the clubhouse. But South Jersey golfers will have their own major when the 17th annual Carl Arena Tournament begins this morning at ValleyBrook Golf Club. "This is the biggest tournament we look forward to," said Washington Township senior Rich Hall. "Sectionals are great, but this is a one-day tournament with a lot of great teams and a lot of great players.

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Gloucester Catholic and Egg Harbor enter their sectional tournaments this week as South Jersey's only undefeated girls' teams. Is a perfect record a burden or a blessing at this time of year? Catholic coach Lisa Angelotti and Egg Harbor coach Sam Botta - while proud of what their teams accomplished during the regular season - prefer not to regard their teams as undefeated. They agree that every tournament team is without a loss when the playoffs begin. Catholic and Egg Harbor are rated No. 1 and No. 2 in The Inquirer's South Jersey Top 10. "We played well, and deserved every win, but that (regular)

It is a general consensus among the coaches in the Cape-Atlantic League Division I that theirs may annually be the most competitive division in South Jersey. But there can be no consensus on picking a favorite for the 1988 championship because as many as six of the 10 teams could wind up on top of a talented heap. Two-time defending champion Vineland should be challenged by perennial power Millville, Cumberland, Holy Spirit, Bridgeton and even Egg Harbor - a team that never has enjoyed better than a .500 record in its previous four years.

An Egg Harbor Township police officer had to be rescued using the Jaws of Life on Saturday after his patrol car collided with a Volvo station wagon that appeared to have crossed the double yellow line on a two-lane highway in the township's Bargaintown section. Egg Harbor police said Patrolman Ed Bertino, 35, a nine-year veteran of the force, was traveling south on Spruce Avenue near Ninth Avenue when his 2006 Ford was struck and pinned against a guardrail by a 1989 Volvo being driven northbound on Spruce by Alexandro Doukopoulos, 18, of Linwood.

An Egg Harbor Township police officer had to be rescued using the Jaws of Life on Saturday after his patrol car collided with a Volvo station wagon that appeared to have crossed the double yellow line on a two-lane highway in the township's Bargaintown section. Egg Harbor Township police said Patrolman Ed Bertino, 35, a nine-year veteran of the force, was traveling south on Spruce Avenue near Ninth Avenue when his 2006 Ford was struck and pinned against a guardrail by a 1989 Volvo being driven northbound on Spruce by Alexandro Doukopoulos, 18, of Linwood.

Justin Williams drained an eight-foot jumper with 1 second remaining in regulation, giving host Egg Harbor Township a 59-57 win over Mainland on Wednesday in a Cape-Atlantic League boys' basketball thriller. Williams finished with 15 points in the Eagles' balanced attack, which also featured Rahim Bunch with 17 points and Tyler Dixon's 11 points. Mainland overcame a slow start, with Ted Mazzeio scoring 12 and Darius Jerkins and Pat Kugel netting 11 apiece. In other Cape-Atlantic action: Matt Bosch capped his 27-point performance by scoring 11 in the fourth quarter, enabling Ocean City to put away host Hammonton, 45-32.

A 19-year-old Burlington County woman died Sunday from injuries sustained in a single-car crash in Egg Harbor, Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel announced Monday. Ashley Adams of Southampton was thrown from a Jeep Cherokee driven by Kevin Dilks, 20, of Chatsworth, sometime before 1:30 a.m. Sunday, authorities said. Dilks lost control of the SUV in the southbound lanes of Clarks Landing Road, causing it to leave the road and overturn before crashing into trees. Adams was pronounced dead around 7 a.m. Sunday at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City, authorities said.

Giuseppe DeLuca's highlight-reel goal in overtime sent second-seeded Timber Creek past 10th-seeded Egg Harbor Township, 3-2, on Friday in a boys' soccer quarterfinal of the South Jersey Coaches Tournament. The host Chargers built a 2-0 second-half lead on a pair of goals by Jeffrey Morgan. Egg Harbor Township's Luis Hernandez cut the deficit in half, and the Eagles pulled even when Mark Cortes scored with four minutes left in regulation. The decisive possession in overtime started with Timber Creek backup goalie Trevor Tierno, whose punt sailed 60 yards downfield.

Russ Forchion ran for a pair of touchdowns to highlight a wild first quarter as Hammonton, ranked sixth in The Inquirer's South Jersey Football Top 10, rolled to a 48-15 win at Egg Harbor Township on Thursday night in a Cape-Atlantic League interdivision game. The Blue Devils (4-0 overall) erased an early 7-0 deficit by scoring three touchdowns in a seven-minute span, with Forchion reaching the end zone on runs of 25 and 15 yards and Dave Williams capping the spree with a two-yard dive.

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Nearly 640 Federal Aviation Administration employees who work at the William J. Hughes FAA Technical Center here and are revamping the nation's air-traffic system were told not to report to work Monday. They are among about 4,000 "nonessential" FAA employees across the country furloughed at midnight Friday after the U.S. Senate failed to extend the FAA's operating authority in a partisan budget standoff. FAA employees declined to comment on the layoff, saying that they had been instructed not to speak to the media.