Washington Township had six different players score as they defeated Cherokee 7-4 in the JVA Championship game held at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Doug Sanders led Township with two goals; Jake Toran led Cherokee with two goals. After a scoreless first period Chris Moore gave Cherokee a 1-0 early in the second period. That lead held up for two minutes, when Kevin Mello tied the score for Township at 1-1. Less than a minute later Pat Curiale gave Township the lead for good scoring an unassisted goal for a 2-1 advantage.

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The SJHSIHL had four teams invited to participate in the 31st Flyers Cup tournament. Cherokee, Cinnaminson, Eastern and Washington Township were selected from the league. Cherokee and Township will actually play each other at Hollydell on Monday March 15th at 7:15. Township the #5 seed overall in the AA division will be the home team. Cherokee, which just knocked out Township in the playoffs, comes in as the 12th seed.

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Alex Zucker stopped all 27 shots and Blake Hamilton scored his first goal of the season as Cherokee blanked Washington Township 2-0 at Hollydell on Friday night. The loss eliminated Township from the tournament. Township dominated the first period out-shooting Cherokee 16-2, but Zucker made several big stops, including stoning Ryan Marker down low to keep the game scoreless through the first period. Defensively Cherokee did an outstanding job in shutting down Eddie Sarin, constantly shadowing him and always putting a body on him when he tried to set-up in the slot.

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Eric Naccarelli scored two goals as Washington Township defeated Williamstown 6-3 in playoff action at Hollydell on Wednesday night. With the loss the season comes to an end for the Braves, but with just 5 seniors, the Braves should be a force to reckon with next season. Township playing its second game without senior forward Louie DeAngelo, dismissed from the team, had goals from five different players and will play again on Friday night at Hollydell against the winner of Shawnee-Cherokee.

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Steven Petitte was the lone goal scorer in the shootout as Holy Cross upset Washington Township 4-3 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees and will meet Moorestown on Monday night at the Igloo, with the winner going to the Championship game on Wednesday night. Township jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first six minutes of the game as Eddie Sarin and Ryan Marker both scored.

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In keeping with our tradition, SJIceHockey.com is pleased to announce our annual hockey awards given to the players we feel stood out. This year was more difficult than in the past as we had many players in all our categories, but after many discussions here are the selections:

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Garret Quinn had two goals and one assist and Eric Naccarelli had two goals and two assists as Washington Township began its playoff run with a 10-3 win over Lenape. Kyle Young scored all three goals for Lenape. This could be a good sign for Coach Macchione as usually Sarin and DeAngelo are leading the charge, but tonight the second and third lines were major contributors and that should only help the Minutemen as they try and win the title.

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With the discussions until the wee hours of the morning, the SJHSIHL Junior-Senior Showcase, to be held at Hollydell on Friday February 5th has been announced. With the teams broken up into two teams, North and South, the following is how the two teams will be divided:

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Kevin Mello scored his first career varsity hat trick as Washington Township had little trouble in defeating Eastern 12-2 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Eddie Sarin also scored three goals as Township remained tied for the lead with Moorestown. Matt Herbert scored both Eastern goals. Township out-shot Eastern 37-12 as defensively the Vikings gave little help to goalie Daisy Mase. After Mello and Herbert exchanged goals in the opening three minutes, Township took the lead for good as Louie DeAngelo scored his 37th of the season down low. Mello made it 3-1 converting a nice pass from Justin Cogbill at the five minute mark and Eric Naccarelli scored the first of his two goals late in the period for a 4-1 advantage through one period.

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Eddie Sarin had a hat trick and Louie DeAngelo added a goal and three assists as Washington Township defeated Clearview 8-2 before a packed house at Hollydell. Both Sarin and DeAngelo broke the single season record for points in a season set by Fred Brewer with 76 points back in the 2004-05 seasons. Sarin, a junior currently leads the team with 81 points; DeAngelo is second with 78 points. Township led 2-0 after one period as Sarin scored both goals four minutes apart, with DeAngelo assisting on both.

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