Thursday, February 7, 2013
The Panthers will open at home against No. 11 Buena.
Fans of the Collingswood High School girls basketball team will have at least one chance to get to see the Panthers in a home playoff game. The NJSIAA released its girls basketball playoff brackets today, and the Panthers were slotted as the No. 6 seed in South Jersey Group 2. Collingswood (14-6) will host No. 11 Buena in the first round. An official date has not been selected but first-round games must be completed by Feb. 25. Playing out of the Cape-Atlantic League, Buena has grinded out a 10-8 record, which included victories in three of its last four. The two teams did not meet during the regular season but share three common opponents: West Deptford, Woodbury and GCIT. Buena defeated West Deptford (38-24), Woodbury (32-24) and GCIT (…
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
The senior point guard scored points 1,000 and 1,001 just 33 seconds into Tuesday's contest against Sterling. Despite her milestone, the Panthers lost the tilt, 46-31.
With two sisters on the team and a mother who is the head coach, seeing a bunch of family members at a Collingswood High School girls basketball team is nothing new for senior Ellie O’Neill. But O’Neill became suspicious when she looked on the crowd Tuesday night and saw a bunch of other extended family members ready to cheer her on. “I was asking why my family was here and was wondering what the big deal was,” O’Neil said. She wouldn’t have to wait long to find out. O’Neill collected a lose ball on the defensive end, raced all the way down the court, and laid it in just 33 seconds into the Panthers’ contest with Sterling for her 1,000th and 1,001st career points. As soon as the ball went through the hoop, play was stopped, and her …
Thursday, January 31, 2013
With four family members who have gone on to NCAA athletic careers, the youngest in a generation of skilled cagers is playing a key role for the dominant Panthers.
Courtney Carsillo knows a thing or two about what being a successful basketball player entails. She watched her two cousins dominate the game when she was younger. A little later, she got the opportunity to watch her two older brothers do the same. Now it’s her turn. Carsillo is one of the captains of the Collingswood High School girls basketball team, and one of the big reasons the team has been one of the best in the Colonial Conference. At 13-4, the Panthers have positioned themselves to make a serious run in the Group 2 playoffs, something that doesn’t come as a surprise to Carsillo. “When I was a freshman and sophomore, we had a group of us who knew that we were young then, but when we were seniors we would have a good year,” she said…
Friday, December 14, 2012
Three O'Neill sisters are expected to be big contributors to the Collingswood girls basketball team this year. Their mom, coach Nancy O'Neill, says she too has to leave it all on the court.
When Ellie O’Neill and her sisters Molly and Meghan return home from field hockey practice, their mother, Nancy, is waiting for them with a host of questions about how each of them and their team is doing. When Ellie, Molly and Meghan return home from basketball practice, there are no such questions, because Nancy knows better. That’s what happens when mom is also coach. All three girls are slated to play vital roles on the Collingswood High School girls' basketball team this season, putting head coach Nancy O’Neill in the rare position of having three of the five players on the court being her own daughters. It is a scenario the veteran head coach has prepared for, but one she admits, comes with ups and downs. “Some days it’s really nice…
Joe
3:11 pm on Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Congratulations, Ellie!! more ›