Jonathan Ruiz and Pat Curiale each scored two goals as the North defeated the South 9-2 in the Junior/Senior Showcase game played at Hollydell. After spotting the South a 1-0 lead on a goal by Eric Simone just over one minute into the game the North would score the next eight goals. Kyle Parks began the streak as he put home a pass from Ruiz right along the side of the net, Jason Spieker also assisted. That line created a lot of scoring opportunities all night. Curiale, playing with teammate Garrett Quinn would give the South the lead for good at the eight minute mark as he broke in with Quinn on a 2-on-1. Adam Seitz scored an unassisted goal thirty seconds later and the lead was 3-1.

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In sports the one of the many sayings is it’s not how you start but how you finish. Look at the Giants, they got hot at the right time and unfortunately are celebrating another championship. Same can be said for the St Louis Cardinals last year. As we look back in the SJHSIHL, we used the last 6 games as a barometer to see who has been hot. Cherokee comes in as the favorite, rightfully so as they are the defending champs and finished atop of the Tier 1 division with just 2 losses. And in their last 6 games have gone 5-1. Clearview has won 4 games in a row and 5 out of 6, with the lone loss coming against Cherokee, a team they defeated earlier in the season.

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Jonny Ruiz scored four goals and Jake DiStasio added two as Williamstown opened the playoffs with a 7-3 win over Clearview. The two teams had just played on Friday night with Clearview rallying from four down to win 7-6. But tonight there was no comeback as the Braves played better defense and when there was a lapse; Troy Altbaum was there to shut the door. The Braves jumped out early as Kyle Parks, who had another strong game with a goal and two assists, scored just three minutes into the game.

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John Garbarino broke a 6-6 game scoring with less than four minutes left in the third period as Clearview rallied from a 6-2 deficit scoring five goals in the final period to edge Williamstown 7-6 in the regular season finale for both teams. The win catapulted Clearview into fourth place, as they win the first tie-breaker against Williamstown, which is most wins. The two teams will meet again Monday night in the first round of the playoffs, at Voorhees at 7:10.

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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. The game was back and forth from the start, after Quinn scored in the opening three minutes to give Township the lead; Jonathan Ruiz tied the score three minutes later on the power play. Both goalies played well in stretches, Troy Altbaum denied Frank Hughes down low, twice, to keep the score even.

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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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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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