Sports

Year in Review: Collingswood Sports

Look back on why Collingswood athletes made news in 2011.

Year in, year out, wrestling proves perhaps Collingswood’s most popular sport. This year, the Panthers . The Panthers had a good season, with three wrestlers making it to the finals, where they . Senior Taylor Venanzi made it to the NJSIAA tournament, .

Collingswood boys’ volleyball proved a powerhouse this year, recording a 20-3 showing. Julian Welsh-White took that experience to the college level at .

Collingswood field hockey is another perennial dominator on the South Jersey sports scene. The team enjoyed a 13-game undefeated run and appeared in the , but fell to Camden Catholic.

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Over on the hardwood, the boys’ basketball team won its fourth-straight . Along the way, coach Joe McLoughlin racked up his 225th win with . Unfortunately, the girls’ team couldn’t say the same, logging a losing season during a rebuilding year.

, the baseball team reached the playoffs, bowing out after one round. The softball team kept its 5-14 record that it also had in 2010.

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A few years away from high school, four Collingswood alums got to relive their glory days with induction into the .

And on the professional sports side, Collingswood got Soul—the Philadelphia Soul that is. Team members and the came to visit.

It’s not all high school sports or even organized sports for Collingswood. Don’t forget about the town in an attempt to break a . This year also saw a for the woman convicted of stealing from the Collingswood Little League, ending a nearly yearlong saga.

 

Number of sports stories on Collingswood Patch in 2011: 168. Follow Collingswood Patch’s sports coverage at our sports topic page


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