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Three days after the major championship season ended, Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh played like they still have plenty to prove yesterday by taking a share of the lead in the NEC Invitational in Akron, Ohio. Woods twice escaped trouble from the trees but never came close to making bogey on a Firestone course that offered no letup for those coming off the PGA Championship. He made a 15-foot birdie on his final hole for a 4-under 66, and later was joined by Singh and Henrik Stenson, of Sweden.

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A decade ago, Sony's Walkman tape cassette player set us free to program our musical entertainment wherever and whenever we wanted. In the 1990s, our liberation will extend to a variety of hand-held products that supply us both with sound and sight on demand, using software that - like an audio cassette - slips readily into a slot or shirt pocket. One case in point is the TurboExpress portable game system from NEC, a nifty (albeit expensive at $250) new rival to the red-hot Nintendo Game Boy. Unlike the competition, NEC's multi-level games play in full color, with cartoon-quality animation and sometimes even stereo sound.

On the eve of Nintendo's entry into the 16-bit videogame wars with its Super NES system, rival NEC has taken a strong offensive move - dropping the price of its TurboGrafx 16-video-game console to under $100 - half the original price. Sega's Genesis system, currently the U.S. market leader among higher- resolution 16-bit games, was recently reduced to $150. Nintendo has yet to announce the price tag for its Super 16 bit system, due in stores this fall, but electronics and toy trade magazines have speculated that it would fall close to the $200 mark.

Charles Smith, a forward on the Rider University basketball team, has become the first sophomore in team history to score 1,000 points. Smith, a Chichester High graduate, entered Sunday's game against Marist College needing one point to reach the mark. He scored 26. Entering last night's game against St. Francis (Pa.) in the Northeast Conference tournament quarterfinals, Smith had started all 24 games for the 17-7 Broncs this season. He was averaging 21.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.5 blocked shots per game.

If you want to know what's hot in computer technology today just step on over to the Philadelphia Computer Conference and Exposition being held in the Civic Center and take a look around. Color thermal laser printers, notebook laptop computers and "windows" are taking over. And everyone is out to sell them to you. "This is the hottest, don't let anybody tell you differently," Jerry Selthoffer of Automated Systems Inc., said about the new color thermal laser printer. The printers generate high resolution graphics with bright, bold colors, similar to a magazine photo.

Opened: Sept. 7, 1926. Location: Torresdale Avenue, near Erie. The Market-Frankford El had opened in 1922, making the site accessible to students along the El from Bridge Street Station to 69th Street in Upper Darby. Administered by: The Oblates of St. Francis de Sales. Colors: Cardinal red and white. Cardinal red was chosen to honor Cardinal Dennis Joseph Dougherty, head of the Archdiocese for 33 years. Motto: Tenui nec dimittan : I have it and I won't let go. Mascot: The falcon, because once it grabs hold of something in its talons, it never lets go. Enrollment at opening: 449 Peak enrollment: 4,726 in 1953, when North was recognized as the world's largest Catholic high school for boys.

With his unfolding series of dramas written under the overall title We, Charles Fuller has given the Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) enough black history to fill a season, let alone a month. The history is useful, but, so far, the drama has been negligible as the Pulitzer Prize-winning Philadelphia playwright has explored the contradictions and cruel deceptions of emancipation in the Civil War and the era that followed. This is true of the fourth installment, Burner's Frolic, which opened Sunday at the NEC's home base, Off-Broadway's Theater Four.

Senior infielder Matt Furman, an Audubon High graduate, is leading Philadelphia University in several offensive categories and is one of four South Jersey players on the baseball team. Entering yesterday, Furman led the 10-23 team in batting average (.425), hits (52), homers (7), and RBIs (29). Senior outfielder Kevin Stinger, a Washington Township graduate, and sophomore infielder Dan Schmincke (Paul IV) were also key contributors. Stinger was hitting .294 with four homers and 15 RBIs, while Schmincke was hitting .272 with five homers and 24 RBIs.

Bridget Bigley, a junior midfielder who graduated from Camden Catholic, helped the College of New Jersey win its 12th NCAA Division III women's lacrosse championship. An all-Metro Region all-star who finished second on the Lions with 73 points (56 goals, 17 assists), Bigley scored the winner when the College of New Jersey overcame a four-goal second-half deficit and defeated the defending national champion, Middlebury College, by 15-14 in the semifinals. In the final, the Lions avenged a regular-season loss and upset previously undefeated Salisbury, 9-7. The games took place last Saturday and Sunday at Lions' Stadium in Ewing, N.J. Baseball Junior first baseman Eric Smith continued to improve, and helped Mount St. Mary's University (Md.)

Alysia Lee can already hear the voices of the Sister Cities Girlchoir. She can see the faces of young women from Camden and Philadelphia as they harmonize with and help each other and their communities. "We'll start with 60 middle school students in Camden and another 120 in Philly in September," says Lee, who has spent the last six months enlisting support from civic leaders, musicians, and educators in both cities to launch the group. "We're looking for people who like to sing.

Opened: Sept. 7, 1926. Location: Torresdale Avenue, near Erie. The Market-Frankford El had opened in 1922, making the site accessible to students along the El from Bridge Street Station to 69th Street in Upper Darby. Administered by: The Oblates of St. Francis de Sales. Colors: Cardinal red and white. Cardinal red was chosen to honor Cardinal Dennis Joseph Dougherty, head of the Archdiocese for 33 years. Motto: Tenui nec dimittan : I have it and I won't let go. Mascot: The falcon, because once it grabs hold of something in its talons, it never lets go. Enrollment at opening: 449 Peak enrollment: 4,726 in 1953, when North was recognized as the world's largest Catholic high school for boys.

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Three days after the major championship season ended, Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh played like they still have plenty to prove yesterday by taking a share of the lead in the NEC Invitational in Akron, Ohio. Woods twice escaped trouble from the trees but never came close to making bogey on a Firestone course that offered no letup for those coming off the PGA Championship. He made a 15-foot birdie on his final hole for a 4-under 66, and later was joined by Singh and Henrik Stenson, of Sweden.

Bridget Bigley, a junior midfielder who graduated from Camden Catholic, helped the College of New Jersey win its 12th NCAA Division III women's lacrosse championship. An all-Metro Region all-star who finished second on the Lions with 73 points (56 goals, 17 assists), Bigley scored the winner when the College of New Jersey overcame a four-goal second-half deficit and defeated the defending national champion, Middlebury College, by 15-14 in the semifinals. In the final, the Lions avenged a regular-season loss and upset previously undefeated Salisbury, 9-7. The games took place last Saturday and Sunday at Lions' Stadium in Ewing, N.J. Baseball Junior first baseman Eric Smith continued to improve, and helped Mount St. Mary's University (Md.)

University of Delaware freshman Casey McCrudden, an Eastern High graduate, was named the Colonial Athletic Association's women's lacrosse rookie of the week recently. McCrudden, an attack, posted the first hat trick of her career in the Blue Hens' 21-4 win over Villanova. She continued her big week with two goals in a 14-7 win over Mount St. Mary's. Baseball Gettysburg junior Brian Spicer (Haddonfield) was named the ECAC Southern Region's pitcher of the week. He capped the Bullets' Florida trip with a four-hit, eight-strikeout shutout in a 5-0 win over Hartwick.

If anyone had questions about Stewart Cink being chosen for the Ryder Cup team, he answered them with authority yesterday at the NEC Invitational at Akron, Ohio. The last man to make the U.S. team, Cink never let anyone within two shots en route to becoming the first wire-to-wire winner this year on the PGA Tour. He closed with an even-par 70 in the final round, ending with a 15-foot birdie putt that gave him a four-shot victory over Tiger Woods and Rory Sabbatini, who tied for second.

Three former South Jersey football players - Central Connecticut State senior tight end Mike Malone, Monmouth senior offensive lineman Jeff Gallo, and his teammate, freshman punter Sean Dennis - were named to the Northeast Conference all-star team. The league is composed of Division I-AA teams. Malone, a Williamstown High graduate, led all NEC tight ends with 37 receptions for 600 yards. The 6-foot-3, 230-pounder had eight touchdown catches, the second-best total in the conference.

The only thing Chris Riley knew about Firestone was that it usually took a score of about 12-under-par to win, and the trophy always went to Tiger Woods. It might not be that simple this year. As the wind and rough sent Woods to a sloppy finish and his worst score in 22 rounds at Firestone, Riley and David Toms pulled away with pars to share the lead after two rounds of the NEC Invitational in Akron, Ohio. Riley and Toms each had a 3-under 67 and were the only players to break par among the final dozen who teed off late yesterday afternoon.

Robert Allenby has been looking for a spark in his game, a little something extra to turn good rounds into good scores. His 8-under 63 in the second round of NEC Invitational yesterday might do the trick. Allenby han eagle and five birdies on his final seven holes set the course record and take a share of the lead with Steve Lowery in the $5 million World Golf Championship event. "I haven't played anywhere near the way I played last year or the year before, when I won twice each year," Allenby said.