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TOMS RIVER – Lenape Regional High School District girls teams won three events at the season-opening Olympic Conference Indoor Track and Field Meet Dec. 17 at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex here.

Girls Events

Distance Medley: 1-Eastern (Sophia Staiger, Kylie Dawson, Arianna Morales, Regan Bewley) 13:27.70. 2-Winslow Township 13:28.74. 3-Shawnee (Nicole Tellechea, Ryan Sheehan, Charlee Grovatt, Madelyn Valasek) 13:36.11.

LRHSD: 6-Seneca (Lindsey Hough, Alex Butcher, Elizabeth Heinemann, Rihanna Vincent) 14:23.43.

4-by-51.5-Meter Shuttle Hurdles: 1-Winslow Township (Kamryn Holness, Jaia James, Kya Robinson, Janelle Marshall) 37.81. 2-Lenape (Keira Gibbons, Jacqueline Swann, Andrea Lee, Mariah Berry) 38.61. 3-Cherokee (Alison Cooke, Grace Pajic, Taylor Argentiero, Claire Gallagher) 40.95.

4-by-200-Meter Relay: 1-Cherokee (Jillian Strauss, Erin St. John, Taylor Angentiero, Alison Cooke) 1:54.06. 2-Winslow Township 1:55.37. 3-Seneca (Caydence Feehan, Catie Andrews, Addison Rivera, Mia Hill) 1:58.29.

LRHSD: 8-Lenape (Nyla Hannah, Brooke McMonagle, Sophie Bacso, Katherine Vuong) 2:02.70.

4-by-800-Meter Relay: 1-Seneca (Elizabeth Heinemann, Hannah Cutts, Megan O’Keefe, Alex Butcher) 11:15.46. 2-Shawnee (Caroline Healy, Sydney Kiernan, Claudia Koch, Misha Yadav) 11:31.97. 3-Cherokee (Maria Froevig, Isabella Kadar, Jocelyn Kugler, Autumn Paul) 11:34.28.

LRHSD: 6-Lenape (Nina Chester, Alyson Goldbacher, Isabella Bordon, Katherine Gallego) 11:46.18.

Sprint Medley: 1-Winslow Township (Janelle Marshall, Jaia James, Briyel Brown, Victoria Campbell) 4:25.10. 2-Lenape (Keira Gibbons, Audrey Cashin, Samantha Rosado, Katherine Pappas) 4:32.57. 3-Washington Township 4:33.40.

LRHSD: 6-Seneca (Nora Eberman, Catie Andrews, Mia Hill, Rihanna Vincent) 4:53.48. 7-Shawnee (Elizabeth Clark, Sakiyah Horsley, Madison Konopka, Madison Koveloski) 4:56.55. 10-Cherokee (Erin St. John, Taylor Argentiero, Grace Panic, Claire Gallagher) 5:19.68.

4-by-400-Meter Relay: 1-Winslow Township (Kamryn Holness, Celina Daniel, Ava Milner, Alana Henry) 4:23.71. 2-Seneca (Megan O’Keefe, Caydence Feehan, Addison Rivera, Lindsey Hough) 4:37.93.

LRHSD: 7-Shawnee (Laura Tedesco, Nicole Tellechea, Ella Buckley, Ryann Sheehan) 4:55.77. 8-Lenape (Andrea Lee, Brooke McMonagle, Julia Sellers, Jacqueline Swann) 5:00.68.

Shot Put: 1-Tess Strittmatter, Seneca, 34-5 1/4. 2-Savana Dodd, Eastern, 32-1/2….

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Cherokee 38, Bishop Eustace 29: Katie Fricker led the way with 18 points, including four 3-pointers as visiting Cherokee (1-0, 0-0) opened the season with a victory over Bishop Eustace (0-1, 0-0) in an Olympic Conference interdivision game Dec. 17.

Olympic Interdivision

Dec. 17, Pennsauken

Cherokee 38, Bishop Eustace 29

Cherokee (1-0) 8-7-9-14 – 38

Eustace (0-1) 7-7-8-7 – 29

Cherokee: C.J. Apistar 2, Katie Fricker 18, Gabby Recinto 7, Delaney Jackson 5, Bri Wegner 4, Olivia Selverian 2; 3s: Fricker 4, Recinto.

Bishop Eustace: Not available.

Seneca 52, Cherry Hill East 47: Kristen Mellon led three players in double figures with 18 points as Seneca (1-0, 0-0) opened the season with a win over visiting Cherry Hill East (0-1, 0-0) in an Olympic Conference interdivision game Dec. 17.

Olympic Interdivision

Dec. 17, Tabernacle

Seneca 52, Cherry Hill East 47

CH East (0-1) 8-15-13-11 – 47

Seneca (1-0) 11-10-15-15 – 52

Cherry Hill East: Jenna McGovern 5, Humna Hussain 11, Marisa Rappaport 3, Lily Quintero 28. 3s: Quintero 4, Rappaport.

Seneca: Kate Matthiessen 2, Sophia Cooper 13, Kristen Mellon 18, Talia Lemyre 10, Vickie Crooker 7, Grace Mileszko 2; 3s: Cooper 3, Mellon 2.

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  Seneca’s Kristen Mellon puts up a shot during the season opener against visiting Cherry Hill East Dec. 17. The Golden Eagles won, 52-47.

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  Seneca’s Grace Mileszko puts up a shot during the season opener against visiting Cherry Hill East Dec. 17. The Golden Eagles won, 52-47.

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  Seneca’s Kate Matthiessen drives in the basket during the season opener against visiting Cherry Hill East Dec. 17. The Golden Eagles won, 52-47.

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  Seneca’s Sophia Cooper takes a shot during the season opener against visiting Cherry Hill East Dec. 17. The Golden Eagles won, 52-47.

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Carl LaVO  |  Special to the Bucks County Courier Times

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Video: South Jersey Indian Representative speaks about Burlington Island

South Jersey Indian Representative Harvey Blue Wolf speaks about Burlington Island on Monday, July 13, 2020.

Adam Monacelli, Cherry Hill Courier-Post

My daughter from a young age always wondered about the island on the far side of the Delaware River during family visits to Bristol. She’s like me: curious and up for adventure in the outdoors.

The wooded isle looked miles long, heavily forested and uninhabited from our vantage point in the borough’s waterfront park. Known as “Matinicunk” (Isle of Pines) in the Lenni Lenape Indian language, it’s all these things and isolated by two forks of the river between Bristol and Burlington City, New Jersey.

The mystery of what today is called Burlington Island lingered until Genevieve graduated college. On a visit home, she challenged me. “Let’s paddle over to the island, Dad!” Sure! So off we went, in her blue canoe. 

We crossed from Bristol, paddling against the outgoing tide while steering clear of pleasure craft zipping by in the 40-foot-deep shipping channel. We landed on a pristine beach mid-island, then portaged the canoe up a high embankment draped in underbrush and more than a few spider webs. To our surprise,…

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