Author Bio

RYAN LAWRENCE

Ryan is a veteran journalist of 20 years. He’s worked at the Courier-Post, Philadelphia Daily News, Delaware County Daily Times, primarily as a sportswriter, and is currently a sports editor at Newspaper Media Group and an adjunct journalism instructor at Rowan University.

Articles by RYAN LAWRENCE

Seneca seniors leave lasting legacy

They held them like prized possessions. They raised them over their heads. They even bent down to give them gentle kisses as a few camera bulbs flashed and parents jostled…

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Resilient Winners: Lenape overcomes shutdowns to reach championship game

When COVID-19 arrived in March, it brought with it a constant storm of uncertainty that has continued to swarm around the sports scene, even with high-school athletics having returned two…

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The Comeback Kid: Gianna Marmo battles back from injury woes to lead Shawnee

Fifteen months ago, Gianna Marmo was more than a little nervous to take the field for a scrimmage at West Essex High School in North Caldwell. Marmo hadn’t played in…

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Sisterly Support: Attanasi triplets together through triumph, tragedy

After picking up flowers for his daughters, Tim Attanasi was en route to Washington Township High School last week when another car rammed into his vehicle head on. Thankfully, Attanasi…

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Full steam ahead: unbeaten Triton eager to add more hardware

Success is like a tub of ice cream. The first time you taste it, you don’t want to put it away. You want more.  Except with ice cream, if you…

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New lineup, same championship results for Cherry Hill East

As they prepared to pose for a photo a year earlier, 32 people paraded onto the center court of Cherry Hill High School East’s tennis facility.  Technically, it only takes…

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Running with a purpose: Cherry Hill East seeks sectional title this month

In each of the last three seasons, the boys on Cherry Hill High School East’s cross-country’s team had an easy target to chase at nearly every big meet: Cherokee. The…

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Next Girl Up: Meet Sydney Ritter, Eastern soccer’s latest rising star

Eastern Regional High School’s girls soccer team is in the midst of a remarkable run.  The Vikings entered Halloween weekend with a 79-3-3 record since the beginning of the 2017…

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Rise of the Renegades: Shawnee tennis eyes end of 41-year drought

It was a little over a year ago when Sarah Fitzgerald, during her first year as Shawnee High School’s girls tennis coach, was taking stock of the banners in the…

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Eagle eye for the ball: a Q&A with two of upstart Winslow’s defensive stars

Although it feels as if it’s just begun, the regular season for high school football is halfway over. Ten different South Jersey teams have began the truncated 2020 season 3-0.…

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