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Pros brush with CrestNFLers blown out by eighth-graders

At left, Nick Dellaquila, 13, dribbles against NFLers while, at right, Killian Sloan, 14, skies over Jeremiah Trotter Jr. at Hopewell Crest Friday night.

Former Eagle Jeremiah Trotter bumps fists with fellow NFL play-ers Derek Murphy, Shawn Mayer, Stephen Baker, David Scott, Alvin Swindell and Nick King during the Hopewell Crest School NFL night.

—Staff Photos byCathy Cramer

Trash out of commissionU.D. Environmental Commission cleans up

From left, Brian Godfrey and A.J. Echevarria; S.J. Young Marine, 8-year-old Cody Powell; BHS volunteers Ruth Herrera and Liliana Castro in Upper Deerfield on Saturday.

From left, Sean Carter Jr.; Daniel Colon; Ronald C. Kinchen clean up old dumping ground.

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By Greg Adomaitisnj.com/south

COMMERCIAL TWP. — A blaze broke out in the basement of a historic building along the Maurice River here around 2 a.m. Sunday.

No injuries from the fire were reported at the two-and-a-half story wooden build-ing at the end of Noble Street, located in Mauricetown.

“The basement was scorched up pretty good,” said Mauricetown Fire Company Chief Donald Hundt, Sr.

Damage was also done to the heater and s o m e melting of the c o p p e r pipes in the basement was reported, Hundt said.

“It was hot in the basement,” he stat-ed.

Fortunately, most of the damage was contained to that area and firefighters were able to prevent the fire from spread-ing to the above portions of the building.

Hundt said he wasn’t positive on the age of the historic building but the one woman who lived there got out safely. Thereport came in at 1:59 and was deemed under control around 3:30 a.m.

Fire departments from Port Norris, Laurel Lake, Millville, Leesburg and PortElizabeth responded to the blaze, as did the Millville Rescue Squad.

A cause of the fire has not been deter-mined and the county fire marshal’s office is investigating the incident.

Contact Greg Adomaitis at (856) 451-1000, ext. 418 or gadomaitis@south-jerseymedia.com.

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By Jim Cook Jr.nj.com/south

UPPER DEERFIELD TWP. — It’s time for spring cleaning.

And many hands got the job done on the Upper Deerfield Township Wildlife Nature Pre-serve Saturday.

The land is adjacent to the Upper Deerfield Midget Football Field on Old Burlington Road.

“The land has been a mess for a long time now, and we’re try-ing to keep the dumpers away,” said Mayor James Crilley.

The group leading the effort was the Upper Deerfield Envi-ronmental Commission.

“We’ve had a great response,” Crilley said at the event Satur-day.

Included in the clean-up were the Boy Scouts of Troop 98, Girl Scouts of Troop 53359, volun-teers and students from the Bridgeton High School Environ-mental Club and Service Learn-ing group.

Commission member Steve Smith led the event, distribut-ing supplies, instructing the participants and doing a good amount of the cleaning himself.

“We’ll probably pick up close to four to five tons of trash

(See TRASH, Page A-5)

By Jim Cook Jr.nj.com/south

HOPEWELL TWP. — A star-studded basketball team dribbled, passed and slam-dunked around the Hopewell Crest Elementary School gymnasium, but couldn’t seem to beat the Hopewell Crest eighth-grade bas-ketball players in the team’s biggest face-off yet.

A two-round match squared off parents and staff members, then students, against National Football League (NFL) players, who took a rest from the football and gave basketball a try.

The lively event that drew repeated cheers from the bleachers was held as a benefit for the Hopewell Crest Sci-ence and Technology Foundation.

The NFL basketball team head-lined with Jeremiah Trotter, former linebacker for the Eagles, along with Shawn Mayer, 2005 Super Bowl linebacker with the New England Patriots, Stephen Baker, 1990 Super

(See NFL NIGHT, Page A-5)

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