Timber Creek

Saturday, 4 p.m, Rowan University. At stake: South Jersey Group 3 title. Coaches: Hammonton, Pete Lancetta (197-51-1); Timber Creek, Rob Hinson (40-23 at Timber Creek, 5-5 at Salem). Sectional titles: Hammonton, five (2009, Group 3; 1996, 1994, 1993, 1985, Group 2); Timber Creek, none. Fast fact: Hammonton beat Timber Creek, 23-17, in the South Jersey Group 3 title game in 2009. - Phil Anastasia

Timber Creek softball coach Marci Logan let Brianna Fisher work through her struggles Saturday, and it paid off. Fisher pitched all seven innings and had an RBI double as the hosts won the Charger Classic final over Woodstown, 9-7. Woodstown entered the seventh inning down by four runs and closed the gap to two. Fisher withstood the late rally by getting a fly ball to right field with a runner on base to end it.

They saved their best for last. They capped a perfect season with a priceless performance. Timber Creek played its best football of the long season at the end of a long weekend of championship competition at Rowan University. The Chargers excelled on offense, defense, and special teams in an imposing 33-7 victory over Hammonton on Saturday in the South Jersey Group 3 title game. "They did everything," Hammonton coach Pete Lancetta said. "They were just too much for us. " Senior Calvin Lowe was 8 for 12 passing for 167 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score as Timber Creek completed a 12-0 season and captured the first sectional title in the history of the program.

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. - The time was terrific. The place was something else for Damiere Byrd. The Timber Creek junior ran the fastest 100 meters of his life at Thursday night's Meet of Champions. He blazed to a time of 10.42 seconds. But Byrd was determined to win the race and earn the title as the fastest boy in New Jersey. He finished second to Long Branch junior Miles Shuler-Foster, whose blistering time of 10.39 seconds was the fastest in the event since Camden's Jamar Ervin ran 10.35 in 2000.

Jeffery Lewis hit a game-winning layup with 11 seconds remaining, and Timber Creek won a thriller over Pemberton, 55-54, in nonleague boys' basketball Saturday. After Lewis' layup, Timber Creek's Denzel Washington blocked Pemberton's final shot. Lewis scored 14 of the Chargers' 15 points in the fourth quarter. He grabbed eight rebounds in the fourth period and 16 overall. Antoine Wilson led Pemberton with 15 points. The Hornets hit five three-pointers in the second quarter, when they outscored Timber Creek, 21-7.

7 p.m. Friday. Rankings: Camden Catholic is No. 3 in The Inquirer's preseason Top 10. Timber Creek is No. 1. Last season: Camden Catholic went 10-1 and reached the Non-Public 2 state final. Timber Creek went 12-0 and won the South Jersey Group 3 championship. Key players: Camden Catholic is led by senior RB/LB Jarred Alwan, a Temple recruit, as well as senior two-way lineman Jeff Miller and senior WR/DB Tom Wescott. Timber Creek features senior DE/TE Dajaun Drennon, a North Carolina recruit, along with senior DE/QB Myles Nash, a Rutgers recruit, and senior RB Zaire Williams, a West Virginia recruit.

The Woodrow Wilson girls' basketball team plays with speed, fury and intelligence, but its best asset this season has been balance. That balance was evident again yesterday in an 80-46 win over Timber Creek in a South Jersey Group 3 semifinal. Second-seeded Wilson (25-1) will make its second straight trip to the South Jersey championship game. The Tigers will meet top-seeded Highland (27-0) in the final, scheduled for 8 p.m. tomorrow at Cherry Hill East. Highland routed Manchester Township, 83-28, in the other semifinal.

TOMS RIVER - Nothing comes easy at this stage of the soccer season. Just ask Giuseppe DeLuca, Jeff Morgan, and Andrew Garcia. The three Timber Creek players spent much of the Group 3 state semifinals on the turf at Toms River North. But at the end of the night, all three were still standing - and so were the Chargers. DeLuca and Morgan scored goals and Garcia made 10 saves to record the shutout as Timber Creek defeated previously unbeaten Princeton, 2-0, to advance to the state finals.

Dominique Reid played in just five games last season for Timber Creek because of a knee injury. But the 6-foot-8 forward still earned a Division I basketball scholarship. Reid on Wednesday signed with Niagara University, according to Timber Creek coach Rich Bolds. "Once Dom gets healthy, he can dominate that league," Bolds said of Reid, who averaged 20.2 points as a junior. Reid suffered the knee injury in the spring of 2012. He didn't take the floor for Timber Creek until late February.

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Colan Miller has a way of sneaking up on opponents. The same can be said for the Camden Catholic baseball team. Like their senior righthanded pitcher, the Irish began the season in the shadows. But they will step into the spotlight on Saturday. "We've been overlooked the whole time I've been here," Miller said. Camden Catholic could be classified as one of the most surprising qualifiers for the 40th annual Joe Hartmann Diamond Classic tournament, which begins today with doubleheaders at four sites.

Colan Miller pitched a four-hitter with six strikeouts as Camden Catholic tightened its grip on the top spot in the Olympic National with a 7-2 victory over Timber Creek on Monday. Miller, a senior righthander, allowed just two hits and no runs in the final five innings as the Irish improved to 13-7 overall and 8-2 in the Olympic National. Junior centerfielder Tom Gallagher delivered the big hit for the Irish, a two-run single in the third. "We've been overlooked all year," Miller said.

Timber Creek football coach Rob Hinson will serve as head coach of the North team at the fourth annual Chesapeake Bowl all-star game Dec. 28 in Hyattsville, Md. Hinson has led Timber Creek to back-to-back South Jersey titles. The Chargers won in Group 3 in 2011 and Group 4 in 2012. Hinson was The Inquirer's South Jersey Coach of the Year in 2011. Sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Football Foundation, the Cheasapeake Bowl is a seniors-only invitational game featuring players from New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

It has happened fast for Adonis Jennings. It has also been a long road. "I've worked hard to make this happen," Jennings said of his emergence as one of the most highly recruited football players in the state in the class of 2014. A junior wide receiver at Timber Creek, Jennings has generated plenty of buzz this spring. He was the only South Jersey player on the list when the ESPN 150 was announced a couple of weeks ago. A four-star recruit, he was No. 132 nationally and No. 5 in New Jersey.