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

A man for all seasons: Moorestown’s Giri graduating with back-to-back state titles in ’19

From launching long-range jump shots from behind the arc in the winter to sinking high-pressure putts in the spring, Moorestown’s Akhil Giri showed off an athletic skill set that demonstrated…

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Heads held high: Shawnee seniors take pride in 2019 journey

Three months ago, there weren’t any real expectations. Shawnee High School’s softball team was going to try to fill the void of Kayla Pagano, a four-year varsity player who did…

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SJSW Weekly Notebook: Championship Season

South Jersey Sports Weekly is a publication that launched in April that’s produced by Sun Newspapers that appears in physical copy within the Suns throughout South Jersey (in Moorestown, Medford,…

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Running for your life: Cinnaminson’s Gabay breaking out

Cinnaminson High School junior Austin Gabay was out on the track preparing for what is perhaps the most important month of his high school career when the kindergarten-aged son of…

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Cherry Hill East captures elusive sectional championship

From the moment the Cougars took the court, it felt like their fortune was going to change. The mid-May sun blanketed the tennis courts at Cherry Hill High School East…

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Brave new world: Melvin hoping to lead Williamstown revival

The names of more than a dozen girls are forever posted on the backside of the backstop at Coach Fred Powell Softball Field at Williamstown High School. They were the…

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South Jersey giant killer Shawnee takes first Diamond in 29 years

Entering the playoffs having lost four of your previous five games isn’t ideal. Thankfully for Shawnee High School’s baseball team, the playoffs did not begin last week. Then again, they…

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SJSW Weekly Notebook: Baseball community continues to rally around Timber Creek

  In case you missed it, Timber Creek High School second baseman Jon Martinez, the Chargers leading hitter, has been dealt adversity regularly as a teenager. He’s been homeless twice…

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Dual Threat: a Q&A with Delran two-sport star R.J. Moten

It’s a baseball cliche, but sometimes cliches exist for a reason: the sound of ball meeting bat is just different for certain players. For a moment, a reporter had his…

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South Jersey Sports Weekly Notebook: Shawnee frosh takes title

South Jersey Sports Weekly is a new publication produced by Sun Newspapers that appears in physical copy within the Suns throughout South Jersey (in Moorestown, Medford, Cherry Hill, Washington Township,…

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