Jim Bonder was at a loss for words. His Haddon Township boys soccer team had just won one of the most prestigious tournaments in the sport – the South Jersey Soccer Coaches Tournament championship. And when the veteran coach gathered his players after a penalty kick shootout win over perennial power Shawnee, Bonder kept his message short and sweet.
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The Haddonfield Memorial Bulldogs are the 2022 Colonial Conference champions. The boys and girls teams swept the team titles in last week’s race that took place at West Deptford Park. Other teams from The Retrospect coverage area also made impressive showings.
Haddonfield’s boys soccer team was disappointed for sure, but the Bulldogs didn’t allow it to affect their play on the field. One of the goals for the Bulldogs was to earn a spot in the South Jersey Coaches Tournament. The top 16 ranked teams in the final South Jersey Soccer Coaches Poll earned the berths.
Call it a double championship Tuesday. The Haddon Township High School and Haddonfield Memorial girls tennis teams played in their respective NJSIAAsectional championship matches Tuesday afternoon. More important, both squads held post-match celebrations on their home courts.
The results don’t exactly come as a surprise as both schools entered the playoffs as No. 1 seeds.
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John Bellis just kept getting better at baseball year by year and by the time he concluded his college career, he was a mainstay in the Arcadia University record books. He is somebody who had a good high school career at Audubon but then things really took off when he attended Arcadia.
Both Haddonfield Memorial cross country teams enjoyed very successful weekends competing in regional competitions.
Haddon Heights first-year girls soccer coach Ryan Yaniak entered his initial high school head coaching job with a major challenge of guiding one of the younger teams in the Colonial Conference. The Garnets might actually be the Colonial’s youngest team, with only one senior on the squad, midfielder- forward Brianne Repolio.
