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South Jersey Sports

Regional Sports

• Wash. Twp. Has Busy Football Offseason
If you want to know how much high school football teams work on their craft in the summer, all you have to do is follow Washington Township coach Mark Wechter around.
Here’s some advice: you better have a cart to keep up with the veteran coach.
This summer, Wechter is recovering from extensive foot surgery and is getting around via cart, but it’s not stopping him from preparing his team. His team has already been to one team camp and there are workouts each week in the weight room to monitor.

• Trout, Doolitte in MLB All-Star Game
South Jersey has always been known as a strong baseball area, and all one had to do was look at this year’s MLB all-star game as another example.
Two of the American League all-stars were standouts in South Jersey. Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout, as everybody knows, is the pride of Millville. Oakland A’s reliever Sean Doolittle was a standout two-way performer at Shawnee.
When Trout returned in May for a two-game series against the Phillies, he attracted thousands of fans, many from the Millville area, but also a number from South Jersey who have enjoyed his staggering success.

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Sports Feature

• Living the Dream
When Devin Smeltzer was diagnosed with cancer at 9 years old, he just wanted to play baseball again. Now, he’s cancer free, on the verge of going pro, and making sure other kids in similar situations know he’s by their side.
Although it was nine years ago this summer, Devin Smeltzer remembers the moment like it was yesterday. He had just been told, at age 9, that the severe abdominal pain he had been experiencing for months was actually a form of cancer called pelvic rhabdomyosarcoma, and a softball-sized tumor was discovered on his prostate.

• Challenge Accepted
…From the pages of South Jersey Magazine…
Rookie Sixers coach Brett Brown knows that he is responsible for building a new future for the franchise, and he wouldn’t have it any other way.
Brett Brown has always loved challenges and testing himself to see just how far he could push the limits of the rules surrounding him. It was the late 1970s back in South Portland, Maine. The neighborhood where Brown grew up was full of hardworking families and his parents, Bonny and Bob, were among them, both educators.

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Sports News

• inRecruit Creators on a Mission
2 South Jersey natives-including one former NBA player- are revolutionizing pro basketball

• Clearing the Air
Local authors team up to put the long-running Philadelphia sports stereotypes to rest

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Sports Events

• Keith Schwab Memorial Kick Off
• 1st annual South Jersey Black Storm Lacrosse Golf Fundraiser
• Annual Doug Evans Golf Classic

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Golf Course

• Fore Shore
…From the pages of South Jersey Magazine…
These 20 golf clubs offer more than close proximity to the beach.
Atlantic City Country Club, Northfield
Known for: The place where the term “birdie” was coined in 1903.
What’s new: The club has invested in a fleet of new golf carts, dining room tables and chairs in the Taproom Bar & Grille.

• On Course
From public to private, we take a look at what’s new and notable at our area golf courses.
Burlington Country Club, Mount Holly
Known for: The course, designed by Alexander Findlay, first opened in 1930, and was renovated in 2002 with an all new back nine and six new greens. Practice makes perfect: The club’s teaching program is one of only two Stack & Tilt Golf Academies in the country. What’s new: A top-of-the-line 3D golf swing and ball flight analysis radar system. (609) 267-1886, BurlingtonCCNJ.org

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Shore Golf

• Greens with Envy
…From the pages of South Jersey Magazine…
No matter what Jersey Shore town you’re partial to, there’s no shortage of unique and challenging golf courses nearby. But before you book your tee time, there are some things you should know. Which is why we reached out to several of these fine courses, both public and private, to find out what’s new and notable around the greens, clubhouse and beyond. We also asked several area pros and experts to give us their opinion on what makes golfing at the Shore such an experience. We can’t help you with your swing, so we figured this was the least we could offer.

• Fore Shore
…From the pages of South Jersey Magazine…
These 20 golf clubs offer more than close proximity to the beach.
Atlantic City Country Club, Northfield
Known for: The place where the term “birdie” was coined in 1903.
What’s new: The club has invested in a fleet of new golf carts, dining room tables and chairs in the Taproom Bar & Grille.

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