The SJHSIHL has put together an All-Star team consisting of juniors and seniors to participate in an All Star Tourney that will compete against teams from other Pennsylvania high school leagues. Each All Star team will play 2 games and showcase their skills in front of local college coaches as well as a selection committee that will ultimately select 20 skaters and 2-3 goalies to represent Team Philadelphia in America’s Showcase, a tournament that features players from all around the country competing against each other.

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The tandem of Taylor Olson and Mike Vulpio combined for seven goals and eight assists as Clearview had little trouble in defeating Cherokee II 9-1 in Friday night action played at Hollydell. After a slow start, Clearview scored three goals in the final three minutes of the first period to jump ahead 3-0. Vulpio opened the scoring on a nice pass from Olson down low to make it 1-0. Then on the power play Olson and Vulpio hooked up again with Vulpio notching his second of the night with one minute left in the period.

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Mainland killed off two consecutive power play chances for Cherokee II as they held on for a 4-3 victory. With the win Mainland improved its record to 6-6-4 on the season and is in third place in the Tier II division. Jack Handshaw scored the lone goal of the first period as the teams combined for nine penalties. In the second period both teams capitalized on the power play, each scoring twice with the man advantage. Cherokee II scored two goals in less than one minute early in the period to take a 2-1 lead. After Sam Goldberg tied the score at 1-1, Zack Hendrickson gave Cherokee II a 2-1 lead scoring his fourth goal of the year and his first of two on the night.

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Coming off their second loss of the season on Friday night, Cherokee came out intent on not losing two in a row and Casey Forte and Brian Miller made sure as they led the Chiefs to a 7-1 win over Clearview. Forte had two goals and two assists, Miller added two goals. Midway through the first period Forte found Jason Spieker in front and he re-directed the pass into the net for a 1-0 lead. Later in the period Forte found Dave Mazzilli all alone in front and his quick shot made it 2-0 after one.

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Kelly Farinella stopped 27 shots and Cole Zucker and Dave Mazzilli scored two goals each as Cherokee defeated Shawnee 5-2 at the Igloo in Mt. Laurel on Monday night. Lawrence Walker scored both Shawnee goals. With the win the Chiefs clinched the number one seed for the playoffs. Walker gave Shawnee a 1-0 lead scoring a power play goal just four minutes into the game. Zucker would tie the score at 1-1 at the nine minute mark and that’s how the period would end.

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Dylan Bradley and Cole Zucker each had two goals and three assists as Cherokee had little trouble in defeating Williamstown 8-2 in SJHSIHL action played at Hollydell on Friday night. With the win Cherokee has a seven point lead in the division and has all but clinched the top seed in the Tournament. The Chiefs wasted little time grabbing the lead as Bradley scored a power play goal just four minutes into the game with Zucker and Jason Spieker getting the assists. Spieker also had a strong game contributing three assists.

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Washington Township fell to Cherokee 5-4 at Hollydell on Friday night and when they look back on this loss, going 1 for 8 on the power play just won’t get it done. Missing Jonathan Smith didn’t help either, as one of the stalwarts on the man advantage, but at the end of the day, there were many opportunities. Pat Curiale scored one minute into the game, his first of two on the night, to give Township an early lead. Carl Seitz would score his first goal of the season about two minutes later to tie the score at 1-1

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After spotting Cherokee II a 1-0 lead after one period, Washington Township used a five goal second period to motor by Cherokee II 7-1 in SJHSIHL action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Michael Buck scored a short-handed goal late in the first period for Cherokee II and despite being out-shot 23-5, the Chiefs led 1-0 thanks to some strong play in nets by James Witkoski.

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Joseph Paul had a hat trick, including two third period goals to lead Clearview over previous undefeated Cherokee 4-2 in SJHSIHL action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Coming off a loss to Township on Friday night in a game that did not produce much offense, Clearview would respond with a better effort. Norman Angel picked the perfect time to score his first goal of the season as he gave Clearview a 1-0 lead late in the first. Casey Forte got that one back for Cherokee and we headed into the second period 1-1.

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Cole Zucker had three goals and two assists as Cherokee came back from a two goal deficit to defeat Shawnee 7-3 in SJHSIHL action played in front of a packed house at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Both goalies struggled early as the teams combined for 7 goals in the first 18 plus minutes of play. However Cherokee goalie Kelly Farinella shut down the Shawnee attack for the remaining 27 minutes on arguably her biggest game in front of a large crowd.

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