Paul Vi

It took Paul VI about three quarters to figure out how to contain Winslow Township quarterback Bill Belton, and Paul VI used two fourth-period touchdowns to keep its unbeaten record intact with a 34-18 victory on Friday. Belton launched touchdown passes of 34, 30 and 90 yards as Winslow (4-3) closed within 20-18 in the West Jersey Football League interdivision contest. Belton has 11 touchdown passes this fall and went over the 1,000-yard mark this season. Paul VI (6-0), ranked No. 3 in South Jersey by The Inquirer, sealed the verdict in the fourth quarter when Johnell Anderson ran for his third touchdown of the game after a five-play, 60-yard drive, and Khaaliq Burroughs hit Jakwail Bailey with an 8-yard scoring pass, capping an 11-play, 71-yard march.

Steve Locilento has become the fourth Paul VI High football coach in the last six years, Sister Mary Ann Gecina, the school's athletic director, announced yesterday. Locilento, 51, has been a highly successful coach with the Pennsauken Youth Athletic Association for the last 20 years. A few years ago, he finished a successful four-year stint as Bishop Eustace Prep's freshman coach. "He brings a genuine love for the kids," Sister Mary Ann said. "I think he'll bring us the discipline and confidence that we need.

The goals weren't pretty anywhere but on the scoreboard. Top-ranked Lenape scored all its goals off scrambles after re-starts en route to a 3-0 victory over No. 4 Paul VI in an Olympic Conference girls' soccer game Wednesday night. Junior midfielder Courtney Kovac scored twice and Alexus Cooper added the third goal for Lenape (6-0) before a crowd of around 500 spectators under the lights on the Indians' football field. "They are phenomenal on re-starts," Paul VI coach Keith Walters said of Lenape.

Michelle Wood made four free throws in the final 29 seconds last night to lead Paul VI to a 46-42 win over St. John Vianney in the South Jersey Parochial A championship game at Lakewood High School. The win moved the Eagles (26-2) into the state final against Union Catholic. The game is set for 5 p.m. Sunday at Brookdale College. Wood hit both ends of a one and one with 29 seconds left to break a 42-42 tie. Then she rebounded a Vianney miss at the other end and was fouled with 11 seconds remaining, hitting two more.

When Paul VI wrestling coach Ron Matthew took over the highly successful Eagles program earlier this year, he could not have imagined the problems he would face. And by standards set in previous years under Gary Papa, this season's 7-7-1 record in matches through last night appears to represent a down year for Paul VI wrestling. But make no mistake: The Eagles have made a remarkable turnaround from what started out as a dismal campaign. Matthew's club opened its season with big losses to highly regarded Eastern and Delsea and was 2-6-1 midway through the season.

Mike Hallahan, who enjoyed a successful tenure as both the girls' soccer and softball coach at Paul VI, resigned yesterday from both positions. Hallahan, 31, said he stepped down to pursue potential coaching opportunities at the college level in both sports. "I'm entertaining a couple of possible positions open in both sports," Hallahan said. "I love everyone at Paul VI, and they will always have a piece of my heart. I'm not ruling out some day coming back to coaching high school.

Everybody in the overflow crowd at Collingswood High last night figured that Paul VI had to win the battles against Donna Seybold and Jeanne Mooney to win the war and knock off the undefeated Panthers - the No. 1 women's team in The Inquirer's South Jersey ratings. As it turned out, the Eagles had to accomplish only part of that mission. With Sherrie Androlowicz shadowing Seybold, the No. 3 Eagles (20-2) took control of the nonleague game early and handed the Panthers (21-1)

Alec Vignola and his Paul VI football teammates don't like to talk about last season. They've made the most of it, though. On one hand, Vignola said the Eagles have decided to put 2011 "in the past. " On the other, Vignola said the Eagles have drawn on 2011 for "motivation. " It's a tough balancing act, but Vignola and the Eagles have gotten it just right. The junior quarterback is among South Jersey's statistical leaders, and Paul VI is 4-0 and has risen to No. 9 in The Inquirer's South Jersey rankings.

Brian Sheehan is returning to the high school coaching ranks. Sheehan was named last week as girls' soccer coach at Paul VI. He replaces Mike Hallahan, who resigned after last season and is now the head women's soccer coach at Gwynedd-Mercy College. A 1985 graduate of Triton, Sheehan was an assistant coach last year at Rutgers-Camden, and before that, he was head coach for two years at Gloucester County College. Sheehan, 32, had been the head coach at Bishop Eustace for three seasons, compiling a 33-22 record and winning two Olympic Conference National Division titles.

Jay McKeown, the smallest player in the game, drilled a three-pointer with 1 minute, 34 seconds left in overtime last night to lift visiting Paul VI to a 41-40 victory over Bishop Eustace. McKeown, a 5-foot-8 senior, made the only two field goals scored by Paul VI (11-5) in the final 10 minutes of the game (both from three-point range) to help the Eagles hold off a rally by Eustace (11-3), the No. 5 team in The Inquirer's South Jersey Top 10. "I'll give (McKeown) that shot in that situation," said Bill Lange, the emotionally drained Eustace coach.

Regrouping after two weekend losses, Gloucester Catholic earned a share of the Tri-County Diamond Division softball title with a 4-1 home win over co-champion Cumberland on Wednesday. Junior third baseman Annie Robinson opened the Rams' scoring in the first inning with an RBI single, then followed up with a solo home run in the third. Senior starter Abby Merryman stymied the Colts from the pitcher's circle, allowing just an unearned run in her complete-game victory. Cumberland loaded the bases with one out in the seventh, but Merryman escaped the jam, inducing a line drive to second base to spark a game-ending double play.

GCIT pitcher Erynn Sobieski did not get much help against Tri-County Royal foe Delsea, but she got just enough in a 1-0 home win Friday. Sobieski went the distance, giving up five hits and striking out eight. GCIT scored in the fourth inning when Cheyenne Revoir drove in Claire Lucas with a sacrifice fly. Delsea's Julia Voluntad was a hard-luck loser after giving up seven hits and striking out nine in seven innings. Tri-County Classic. Pitman's Maggie Brown picked up her 100th career hit in a 17-2 win at Wildwood.

After Paul VI scored two runs in the seventh to force extra innings Tuesday, Nick Gallo lofted a game-winning sacrifice fly in the 10th to give the Eagles a 6-5 win against visiting Seneca in an Olympic National baseball matchup. Paul VI trailed, 5-2, before scoring a run in the sixth and the two in the seventh. Burlington County Patriot. Delran's Justin McFadden went 3 for 4 with a home run and four RBIs in a 9-8 home win over Cinnaminson. Burlington County Freedom. Pete Perez struck out five en route to a two-inning save for Burlington City, which beat visiting Florence, 3-1. Burlington County Liberty.

After Bishop Eustace junior Brianne Innamorato zoomed into second base with an RBI double in Wednesday's softball game against Paul VI, she did not celebrate much. The tall shortstop with long, blond hair did not react much when she ranged to her left or right to make a strong play in the field, either. Bishop Eustace is 2-10 this season. While Innamorato has committed to play at Florida Gulf Coast University and is hitting .517 with five doubles, a triple, and three home runs this season, she puts her emotion into supporting the teammates around her. You can hear whenever she's in the field.

After giving up the tying run in the top of the fifth inning Saturday, GCIT's Erynn Sobieski made amends in the bottom half. Sobieski slugged a two-run home run to beat Eastern, 4-2, and advance GCIT to the final of the Triton Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament. Sobieski played a big role against GCIT's first opponent in the tournament, when she tossed seven shutout innings with six strikeouts, no walks, and two hits in a 7-0 win against Camden Catholic. Taylor Favinger went 3 for 3 with two runs and two RBIs for GCIT.

Junior leftfielder Eric Straub rapped a run-scoring single with two out in the sixth inning, allowing Paul VI to defeat host Bishop Eustace, The Inquirer's third-ranked baseball team in South Jersey, 2-1, in an Olympic Conference National Division game Wednesday. Senior starter Dominic Disirri kept the Crusaders' bats quiet, striking out seven for the complete-game victory. Senior Nick Gallo also drove in a run for the Eagles, sending Bishop Eustace to its third loss in two weeks.

Baseball OLYMPIC CONFERENCE AMERICAN Eastern 7, Cherokee 6 Softball BURLINGTON COUNTY FREEDOM Maple Shade 10, Burlington City 0 OLYMPIC CONFERENCE AMERICAN Eastern 13, Cherokee 4 Boys' Lacrosse Gloucester Catholic 19, Paul VI 6 Woodstown 14, Holy Cross 13 (OT) Egg Harbor Township 14, Mainland 5 Cherokee 15, Haddonfield 10 Kingsway 13, Camden Catholic 7 Clearview 7, Eastern 1 Girls' Lacrosse BURLINGTON COUNTY LIBERTY Cinnaminson 18, New Egypt 14 BURLINGTON COUNTY PATRIOT Delran 16, Northern Burlington 13 OLYMPIC CONFERENCE Seneca 19, Cherry Hill West 8 Camden Catholic 13, Sterling 8 Eastern 15, Washington Township 3 Boys' Track TRI-COUNTY DIAMOND Deptford 118, Gloucester Catholic 13 Boys' Volleyball Sterling 2, Pennsauken Tech 0 Boys' Golf OLYMPIC CONFERENCE Seneca 155, Timber Creek 175 Girls' Golf Moorestown 208, Old Bridge 249 Cherokee 200 202 0 - 6 4 3 Eastern 200 002 3 - 7 6 2 WP: Cameron.

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