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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Jonathan Ruiz scored his 100th goal as a member of the Williamstown High School Varsity Ice Hockey Club against Black Horse back in November and has since added 19 more goals. We unfortunately were not aware of this back in November, but are aware now and we congratulate Jonny on this remarkable achievement. In addition to his goal record, Ruiz has also compiled 66 assists in his four seasons with the Braves. Having had his older brother Tom precede him did not seem to put any added pressure on Jonny as he has continued to improve his all around game as he also kills penalties as well.

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Jake DiStasio had a hat trick and Kyle Parks had a goal and three assists as Williamstown used an eight goal second period to defeat Holy Cross 8-1 on Friday night in SJHSIHL action at Hollydell. Brian Clegg scored the lone goal fro Holy Cross as they led 1-0 after the first period. It was the play of Parks that sparked the Braves in the second period as he set-up three straight goals for the Braves in a two minute span early in the period.

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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 trailed 4-3 with two minutes left in the game, and goals by Garrett Quinn to tie the game and Jonathan Smith with thirty one seconds left gave Township a 5-4 win over cross-town rival Williamstown. The final few seconds was marred by a brawl at center ice, which otherwise ruined a great game by both teams.

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Rich Busch scored in the final minute as Williamstown rallied from a 3-1 deficit to tie Shawnee 3-3 in SJHSIHL action at Hollydell on Friday night. Jonathan Ruiz scored the lone goal of the first period as the Braves led 1-0. Jesse Pagliuso scored both Shawnee goals in the second period, one early on the power play to tie the game at 1-1. Then with just over five minutes left he gave Shawnee its first lead at 2-1 with Vinny Misiewicz getting the assist.

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Matt Olbrich had three goals and two assists as Moorestown outscored Williamstown 9-8 in an offensive display put on at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Monday night. Jonathan Ruiz led Williamstown with three goals and three assists. The teams combined for nine goals in the third period.

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Kyle Parks had a goal and two assists and Jonathan Ruiz added two goals as the Williamstown Braves defeated rival Washington Township 4-3 in front of a standing room only crowd at Hollydell on the night before Thanksgiving. Small in stature but huge in heart and determination Parks has never shied away from contact and it was clear early on that the senior forward wanted to provide leadership to his team.

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Allen Haynes scored a short-handed goal in the final minute of the game to allow Williamstown to gain one point and finish in a 1-1 tie. Despite launching 30 shots on Cinnaminson goalie Steve Renshaw, the Braves could not dent the scoreboard until the last minute of regulation. The Braves were still missing leading scorer Jonathan Ruiz and were frustrated by the outstanding play of Renshaw in nets.

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Rich Busch, Jake DiStasio and Allan Haynes each scored twice as Williamstown had little problem in defeating Cherokee II 12-1 at Hollydell on Friday night. The game was scoreless for the first eight minutes, and then Williamstown had a 2-man advantage and capitalized as Kyle Parks would put home a rebound of a Brandon Mead shot for a 1-0 lead. Just about one minute later Haynes would get his first of the night on a deflection and it was 2-0.

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