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

The Lion kings: West eager to hit the gridiron

The couple dozen teenagers threw on purple jersey tops, stretched, and scurried over to the opposite end of Richard Wackar Stadium at Rowan University on a recent afternoon.  Minutes later,…

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That sweet, championship swing: West’s Scott Shaw, Baseball Player of the Year

The second after he achieved the most difficult task in sports, using a round bat to make contact with a round ball while not knowing the speed or trajectory of…

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History-making performance: Deptford track, Boys Spring Team of the Year

On one afternoon two autumns ago, after football practice, Deptford junior Jake Lynch was messing around in the high school gym with a basketball. Lynch handled kicking duties for the…

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Burlington County pride: Carpenter Cup champs for fourth time since ’06

Most of them had met each other a dozen years earlier, as they were first learning the game. They grew up in Medford youth athletics and then starred together at…

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Game Saver: Moorestown’s Logan Lillie, Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year

After winning its first five games – most with relative ease – Moorestown’s vaunted girls lacrosse program received its first in-state scare of 2019 on the third Saturday of the…

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Meeting great expectations: Moorestown lacrosse, Girls Spring Team of the Year

There must have been something in the drinking water fountains at Moorestown High School in the last 10 months. During the 2018-19 school year, the Quakers celebrated state championships in…

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Consistent Excellence: Liam Caspar, Boys Golfer of the Year

From neighborhood street hockey to youth soccer, and, eventually, golf, Liam Caspar has known his best friends for over a decade. They grew up with sports and the competition among…

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No-hit Queen: Burlington Township’s Bailey Enoch is SJSW’s Softball Player of the Year

The game may have been more than two weeks old, but the result still stung. Burlington Township High School junior Bailey Enoch looked like she had just bitten into a…

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Fly like an Eagle

Aliya Rae Garozzo may have picked up track fairly quickly – she only began running competitively two years ago – but perhaps that’s not surprising since she’s known for being…

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Vikings ready to vie for state championship

Even with one more, very important game looming on its schedule as it went about practice on Wednesday, it’s fair to say Eastern Regional High School’s baseball team is ending…

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