List of 3 news stories.

• Boys track and field: Antonio Tarantino of Paul VI wins the 200 at the Meet of Champions, 2018

  6/13/2018

  Antonio Tarantino will admit that he was a little upset he wasn't going head-to-head against Franklin's Mario Heslop in the 200 meter dash. That didn't deter his confidence, however.

  The senior made sure he went out in style as he took home first place in the 200 with a time of 21.25 at the Meet of Champions in Columbus.
  
  

  "When I heard Mario wasn’t running I was really sad," he said. "I believe that would've been one of the greatest races to see. I was really sad when I saw that. Either way, I knew I was going to win and was going to do what I had to do."

  He knew his start on the curve would be imperative in such a short race, so he made the most of it.

  "I think my start was great," he explained. "I think I had the best start out there because I just worked the curve as best as I could. Coming around the bend I knew I just had to work even harder because I could hear footsteps all around me. When I hear those footsteps I know I have to push even harder. That's what I started doing every step I took after hearing those footsteps coming onto the straightaway. I kept pushing and digging and that’s what got me the win."
  
  

  It was a great way to close out a memorable career at Paul VI and it was especially sweet given the way his senior season unfolded.

  "My senior year was definitely one of the roughest," he said. "Signing with Rutgers, that excitement kind of took away from my focus a little bit."
  
  

  With the help of his coaches, Tarantino began to gradually began to right the ship as the season progressed and his confidence continued to grow.
  
  

  "After I got back on track, every meet I was doing excellent," he said. "I was doing better and better. Even if I didn't PR, if I got a win I was still happy with myself knowing I could do better."
  
  

  That all culminated into an emotional win for him on Saturday by a narrow margin of 0.22 seconds. 
  
  

  "To finally end my last season of high school at this track with a win in my favorite race was just amazing," Tarantino explained. "After I saw my parents I had so much emotion I almost broke down and cried. I have to really thank my parents for everything they’ve done for 18 years now. I have to thank my middle school coaches and my high school coaches too."
  
  

  Bervensky Pierre of Dickinson took home that second place finish with a time of 21.47 and Nadale Buntin of J.P. Stevens was right behind at 21.62. 
  
  

  Sterling's Jahmir Beasley took fourth at 21.71 and Charles Fields of Wildwood Catholic earned fifth with a time of 21.73.

  Boys 200 Meter Dash
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  Name Year School Seed Finals
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  1 Tarantino, Antonio 12 Paul VI: 21.32 21.25 4 
  2 Pierre, Bervensky 12 Dickinson: 22.27 21.47 2 
  3 Buntin, Nadale 12 J.P. Stevens: 21.70 21.62 4 
  4 Beasely, Jahmir 11 Sterling: 21.69 21.71 4 
  5 Fields, Charles 12 Wildwood Catholic: 21.76 21.73 4 
  6 Ridley, Dana 10 Nottingham: 22.12 21.90 3 
  7 Luzzi-Liggins, Richie 11 St. Peter's: 21.77 21.93 4 
  8 Williams, Revell 12 Bridgeton: 21.91 21.93 4 
  9 Duncan, Daniel 10 North Plainfield: 22.12 21.94 3 
  10 Burton, Taz'Mire 11 Bridgeton: 22.26 22.00 3 
  11 McCullum, Larry 12 Piscataway: 22.19 22.02 3 
  12 Perello, Matthew 10 Princeton: 22.35 22.21 2 
  13 Parisi, Nick 12 Seton Hall P 22.15 22.23 3 
  14 Boatwright, Tyler 12 Hillsborough 22.36 22.27 2 
  15 Howell, Onaje 12 Willingboro 22.22 22.37 3 
  16 Artis, Dante 12 Malcolm X Sh 22.13 22.51 3 
  17 Little, Jared 12 St. Joseph H 22.26 22.54 2 
  18 Abpadogo, Louis 10 Hamilton Nor 22.29 22.57 2 
  19 Eastman, Justin 11 Malcolm X Sh 22.37 22.62 2 
  20 Alfred, Wilby 11 Neptune HS 22.45 22.63 1 
  21 Lawrence, Avery 12 Immaculata H 22.87 23.18 1 
  -- Mitchel, Nigel 11 Red Bank Reg 21.73 FS 4
  
  
  

• Boys Track and Field: PVI's Tarantino, Haddon Twp's Mulligan impress; Camden, Highland earn county titles

  5/13/2018
  nj.com
  Antonio Tarantino has already been in the spotlight when it comes to the 200m dash. Patrick Mulligan may soon earn that spot in the 3200m race.  The two athletes put on electric performances in their respective events at the 2018 Camden County Championships. Tarantino, a senior at Paul VI who already had the NJ#2 time at 21.59 heading into Saturday's meet, lowered his PR by winning the event in 21.48.
  
  
  
  

  The only athlete that Tarantino is chasing in the in-state 200m rankings is Franklin's Mario Heslop, who ran a 20.97 at the Skyland Conference Championships earlier this week. But with some more 200m races on the horizon and the NJSIAA postseason quickly approaching, Tarantino feels he won't be too far behind for long.
  
  

  “I feel pretty good about it, I think I should be around the low 21 (seconds), high 20s but it’s still early," Tarantino said. "I haven’t run 200s every single meet so I’m expecting to hit 20.5 or around there by the end of the year.”
  
  

  Tarantino also won the 100m dash in 11.14 and was a part of Paul VI's winning 4x400m relay team that raced to a 3:23.47 time.
  
  

  While Tarantino was already among the top athletes in his event, Mulligan leapt up the N.J. rankings in the two-mile event as the Haddon Township senior ran an NJ#5 9:26.36. That performance obliterated his former personal best, which was 9:40.31 set at last year's Groups championships.
  
  

  He also ran 9:34.45 at the indoor Meet of Champions in the 3200m where he placed ninth.
  
  

  The race started out too slow for Mulligan's liking, forcing him to the front but giving him that edge of leaving plenty in the tank for a final kick. Mulligan's time was just shy of the small school meet record of 9:25.74, which was set in 2011 by Haddonfield's Tim Malloy.
  
  

  “I didn’t know how fast it was going to start out," Mulligan said. "It went out a little slower than I hoped so I had to get to the front. The pace was fine, I just knew I would have plenty left at the end if it kept at that pace.
  
  

  “Last night I was looking at the best times in this meet and I saw the record was 9:25. I knew I could hit that. I was just off today but I can definitely hit that. The goal was to go under 9:28 and see how much further I could go from there.”
  
  

  CAMDEN CLAIMS COUNTY CROWN
  In a meet filled with close finishes in the team standings, Camden had the widest margin of victory by winning the small school team title by a seven-point difference. The Panthers earned 85 points with second-place Haddonfield following with 78.
  
  

  Both JaJuan Hudson and Damon Rice doubled up with two gold medals to help Camden to the team title. Hudson claimed the top spot in the 110m hurdles, crossing the finish line in 15.29 and recording a 21-10 leap to win the long jump.
  
  

  Rice tallied a pair of gold medals as well and placed in one more event. He won the 200m dash in 22.57 and placed first in the 400m dash in 49.90 with teammate Dontae Guest following in 51.02 for second.
  
  

  Corey Palmer added to the Panthers' pile of gold, winning the high jump by clearing 6-0. The 4x400m relay team capped off all that winning, running a 3:23.11 for the fastest time of the day.
  
  

  HIGHLAND WINS LARGE SCHOOL TITLE IN TIGHT RACE
  The margin for error in the large school team standings was slim as Highland edged out three other teams with 80 or more team points in Timber Creek (92.5), Sterling (88.5) and Paul VI (82), tallying 94 points to claim the team title.

  Highland found plenty of success in the distance event thanks to Ben Woodward, Yarayah Hawkins and Nuriddin Wise. Woodward won both the 1600m and 3200m events with respective times of 4:23.56 and 9:35.13 with Wise claiming gold in the 800m race off a 1:58.26 run. Hawkins secured silver in both the 800m and 1600m events with respective times of 1:58.68 and 4:24.31 as Chris Corsaro placed fourth in the 3200m run in 10:03.02.

  Floyd Whitaker found just as much success in the field events. Whitaker earned first place in the triple jump with a 42-8 leap and cleared 5-10 in the high jump to earn second place. In that same event, teammate Kasim Randall-Dale followed in third place as he finished at 5-8.

  Devon Starks had the top discus throw. Starks fouled on three of his four attempts but his third, a throw he launched 148-2 feet, was plenty to claim gold in the event.
  
  OTHER HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE BOYS CAMDEN COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS
  • The Haddon Heights tandem of Cameron Kee and Te'Sean Pressley held down the small school 400m hurdles with the duo taking the top two spots. Kee won the race in 55.94 with Pressley following in 56.82.

  • Camden Catholic claimed the top two spots in the small school 100m dash as well. Tirek Austin-Cave paced the pack and won the event in 11.38 as teammate Marcus Hillman was right behind him, running 11.57 for second place.

  • Timber Creek sophomore Tarheeb Still hadn't cleared the minute mark in the 400m hurdles heading into this season. That changed Saturday as he ran a 55.92 to win the 400m hurdles large school run, shaving just under five seconds off his former PR.

  • Connor Melko of Bishop Eustace had the fastest 1600m time of the day. Melko won the small school mile run in 4:23.05 while Camden Catholic's Richard Castaneda earned second in that race with a time of 4:24.59.

  • Seamus Glennon of Haddonfield broke the 170-foot mark in the javelin and earned a spot among the top 20 N.J. performances in doing so as he launched a 171-1 throw to win the small school event.
  
  

  FINAL TEAM SCORES
  
  Small school
  Camden 85; Haddonfield 78; Bishop Eustace 63; Camden Catholic 53; Haddon Township 52; Haddon Heights 50.5; Collingswood 36; Overbrook 26.5; Audubon 20; Gloucester City 19; Lindenwold 11; Gloucester Catholic 2
  
  

  Large school
  Highland Regional 94; Timber Creek 92.5; Sterling 88.5; Paul VI 82; Winslow 61; Cherry Hill East 24; Triton 18; Eastern 15; Camden County Tech 10; Cherry Hill West 8

• Paul VI Class of 2018 College Signing Day

  4/13/2018

  PAUL VI HIGH SCHOOL SHOWCASES SENIOR ATHLETES 
  ON NCAA NATIONAL SIGNING DAY 
  (April 11, 2018)

  Haddonfield, NJ, April 12, 2018 –
  
  The following 24 Paul VI High School Senior Athletes formally signed with NCAA teams as noted below:
   

  FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	SPORT	COLLEGE	NCAA DIVISION
  Jill	Badgley	Soccer	Lycoming College	D3
  Bryce	Bovell	soccer	Stockton University	D3
  Lauren	Calabria	Soccer	Caldwell University	D2
  Sekya	Campbell	Basketball	Drew University	D3
  Tanner	Clark	Baseball	Alvernia University	D3
  Anthony	Curtis	Baseball	Stockton University	D3
  Ava	Delaney	Lacrosse	Jefferson University/Phila. University	D2
  Eric	DiDomenico	Baseball	Rowan University	D3
  Angela	DiNunzio	Basketball	McDaniel College	D3
  Jamir	Garland	Football	Delaware Valley University	D3
  Demetrius	Hudson	Football	Valley Forge Military Academy	D3
  Hollie	Jones	Volleyball	Widener University	D3
  Will	Lyons	Tennis	Johnson & Wales University	D3
  Gabby	Marra	Soccer	Jefferson University/Phila. University	D2
  Joseph	Matricardi	Baseball	Jefferson University/Phila. University	D2
  Ryan	Maylie	Baseball	Marymount University	D3
  Eric	Matos	Football	Delaware Valley University	D3
  Rylee	Milligan	Soccer	Penn State Berks	D3
  Austin	Rapp	Football	Delaware Valley University	D3
  Devon	Rand	Football	Widener University	D3
  Jaclyn	Schultz	Track/cross country	University of New Haven	D2
  Alan	Tucker	Football	Southern Charleston University	D1AA
  Keanu	Williams	Football	Widener University	D3

  
  Photo 1: Paul VI High School President Michael Chambers and Principal Sr. Marianne are pictured with senior athletes Gabby Marra, Joseph Matricsardi, and Jaclyn Shultz on National Signing day.
  
  
  
  Photo 2: Paul VI Senior Athletes who signed with NCAA Teams on National Signing Day, April 11, 2018.
  
  
  
   

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  Paul VI High School is a regional college-preparatory high school with 18 advanced placement courses, over 100 athletic conference championships, serving over 1050 students from throughout South Jersey.  Paul VI is located on thirty-five acres in Haddonfield, New Jersey.   The school has forty-five years of academic excellence grounded in Christian values and Catholic doctrine and educates for academic achievement and a total development of spiritual, moral, and social values.  Paul VI is a vital presence in the educational community, helping to form young men and women capable of leading us in this century.
   

  Excellence in Learning, Excellence for Life.