Callahan, Kevin. "Frambes was go-to guy for S.J. sports history", Courier-Post, July 6, 2008. Accessed July 19, 2012. That was because often unbeaten seasons and championships were on the line when the Purple Avalanche (Camden's old nickname) played the Panthers of Collingswood."
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Constitutional Convention of 1947, p. 952. Accessed July 15, 2022. "Joseph W. Cowgill (Camden County) Born April 24, 1908; son of William and Harriet Cowgill. Graduated Camden High School, 1925; University of Pennsylvania, 1929, with B.S. degree; University of Pennsylvania, 1933, with LL.B. degree."
Staff. Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey; 1990 Edition, p. 208. J.A. Fitzgerald, 1990. Accessed September 28, 2016. "Mr. Laskin was born June 30, 1936, in Atlantic City. He was graduated from Camden High School in 1954."
Official Congressional Directory, p. 68. United States Government Printing Office, 1921. Accessed May 15, 2023. "Charles A. Wolverton, Republican, of Camden, N.J., born October 24, 1880, at Camden N.J., his parents being Charles S. Wolverton and Martha Wolverton; educated in the public schools of Camden graduating from Camden High School June 24, 1897..."
History, Camden High School. Accessed July 1, 1011. "Camden High School (CHS), originally known as Camden Manual Training and High School was located at 123 Federal Street in 1891. Forty-eight boys entered and were taught by the male principals of the city. In 1894, a group of girls were admitted and ordinary teachers were assigned to the school."
Trethan, Phaedra. "School officials announce plan for when the High is on hiatus", Courier-Post, May 18, 2017. Accessed December 12, 2017. "Officials have a plan for the temporary placement of Camden High School's approximately 500 students as "The Castle on the Hill" is demolished and a new school is constructed. Most of Camden High's students will attend classes at the Cooper B. Hatch Middle School building when classes begin in September, said Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard in an interview Thursday.... The new Camden High School, a $132.6 million project unanimously approved by the state Schools Development Authority in October, will include four "learning communities" in a state-of-the-art, 242,000-square-foot facility educating about 1,200 students when it's completed in time for the 2021-22 school year, Gov. Chris Christie announced in a visit to Camden last year."
Frank, Reuben. "Savitsky, of Eagles' '48-'49 champs, dies at 88"[dead link], CSNPhilly.com, September 6, 2012. Accessed November 6, 2018. "Savitsky was born in New York, but his family moved to South Jersey in the 1930s, and he grew up on Pershing Street in Camden and attended Camden High School. He was captain of the 1942 Camden High football team, coached by legendary Billy Palese, which went undefeated, outscoring its opponents 220-8."
Wynn, Ron. "Buster Williams: Blendability", JazzTimes, April 1, 2001. Accessed September 2, 2019. "Though Williams began working professionally upon graduating from Camden High School in Camden, New Jersey, he eventually took some courses in Composition and Harmony and Theory at Combs College of Music in Philadelphia."
Fall 2011 Accreditation ActionsArchived March 9, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, The Standard; A Newsletter from the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary School, Winter 2012. Accessed November 11, 2020. "Removal of Accreditation... Camden High School, Camden, NJ"
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Staff. "Payton's a Surprise", The Dispatch, March 6, 1979. Accessed August 27, 2014. "Turner talked Payton into coming out for basketball his junior year at Camden High."
via Associated Press. "Cheyney Selects New Grid Coach", Hanover Evening Sun, August 3, 1979. Accessed January 21, 2018. "Andy Hinson, former Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference coach of the year, has been named head football coach at Cheyney State College, a spokesman announced today... The 1949 graduate of Camden, N.J., High School, was New Jersey scholastic football coach of the year following his first of three seasons there in 1973."
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"Camden Beats Union City To Win State Championship; Carter Nets 21 Points in 46-38 Victory; Outstanding Player in Tourney", Courier-Post, March 19, 1945. Accessed January 9, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "For the first time in the history of the 27 year-old New Jersey State Interscholastic Association basketball tournament, which concluded a four-night run Saturday at the Armory, Camden High school carried off a state championship. The South Jersey Group 4 representatives, who completely dominated the tourney from the minute they stepped on the floor on Friday night, turned in another super-fine exhibition in the title round, routing Union Hill, 46-38."
Hall, Bill. "Camden High Romps, 64-49. To Win State Group 4 Title", The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 20, 1960. Accessed March 6, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Coach Tony Alfano's Purple Avalanche, more widely known as Camden High School's basketball team, fell on Weequahic (Newark) High, 64-49, and thereby donned its second straight New Jersey State Interscholastic AA Group 4 crown Saturday night in Camden Convention Hall before more than 5000 (4650 paid) howling; partisans."
Ryan, John. "Camden Emerges As Lone Repeater; South Jersey Club Routs Weequahic To Run Victory Skein To 47 Games", The Record, March 21, 1960. Accessed March 6, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Powerful Camden emerged as the lone successful defending , champion in the forty-second annual New Jersey State Interscholastic A. A. Basketball Tournament by whipping Weequahic, 64-49, Saturday night The South Jersey quintet, in winning the Group 4 crown, extended its 2-year undefeated string to 47, easily the best in the state at the present time."
Denman, Elliott. "Unlisted Camden Player Heartbreaker to South", Asbury Park Press, December 5, 1976. Accessed January 9, 2021, via Newspapers.com. But yesterday he broke out of the ranks of the anonymous with an 82-yard return of a fumble recovery for the touchdown that gave Camden the momentum to march to a 30-13 victory over Toms River South and the NJSIAA South Jersey Group IV championship."
"Rev. Alfred Banyard, 84, Episcopalian bishop", Courier-Post, November 25, 2018. Accessed December 3, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "A native of Merchantville, the bishop was a graduate of Camden High School, the University of Pennsylvania and the General Theological Seminary of New York, from which he earned his Bachelor of Sacred Theology (S.T.B.) degree in 1931 and his Doctor of Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) degree in 1946."
Sokolic, William. "Approval sought for Writer's House", Courier-Post, December 14, 2014. Accessed August 3, 2017. "A vibrant person who graduated Camden High School, Virgilio visited Rutgers University–Camden in search of Chinese poetry and discovered Japanese poetry instead."
"Bruce Wallace, ex-president of N. J. Senate", The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 7, 1977. Accessed August 8, 2019. " Mr. Wallace, a native of Merchantville, N. J., began serving in the State Senate in 1941... Mr. Wallace was a graduate of Camden High School and graduated from Rutgers University's South Jersey Law School in 1930."
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Via Associated Press. "Only 3 students scored college-ready in Camden", NJ.com, December 18, 2013. Accessed August 27, 2014. "The new school superintendent in Camden says it was a 'kick-in-the-stomach moment' when he learned that only three district high school students who took the SAT this year scored as college-ready."
Stypulkoski, Matt. "Ranking the 31 fiercest rivalries in N.J. HS football", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 27, 2017, updated May 15, 2019. Accessed December 1, 2020. "25-Camden vs. Camden Catholic.. This is a local rivalry that started in 1931 between Camden and Camden Catholic, which is located in nearby Cherry Hill.... All-time series: Camden Catholic leads, 35-29-2"
Romalino, Carly Q. "Going for the Gold", South Jersey Times, June 13, 2008. Accessed September 15, 2023. "Golden, who graduated from Camden High School and attended Camden County College, started training in Houston, Texas at the Houston Gymnastics Academy under coaches Rustam Sharipov, an Olympic Gold medalist and Kevin Mazeika, 2004 Olympic head coach and the head coach for the 2008 Olympic team."
Evans, Bill. "Camden's Brad Hawkins going to prep school, still committed to Michigan, coach says", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, July 8, 2016. Accessed October 6, 2022. "Brad Hawkins, a recent Camden High School graduate and football standout who committed to the University of Michigan just over a year ago, announced on Twitter he would be attending Suffield Academy (Ct.) for a year of prep school instead of going to Ann Arbor."
Stapleton, Art. "Inside NY Giants rookie Sean Chandler's odds-defying journey to the NFL", The Record, November 9, 2018. Accessed July 25, 2019. "The sun had barely risen and Sean Chandler was already there in the bleachers on those chilly April mornings four years ago. On the first day of spring practice, then-Temple University and now-Baylor University football coach Matt Rhule will never forget the sight of Chandler in the stands at Camden High School, nor what his presence told everyone about his commitment to the game and his team from that moment forward."
Newman, Maria. "Briefings: Education, Dangerous Schools", The New York Times, August 10, 2003. Accessed July 25, 2019. "The state Department of Education has named seven schools as 'persistently dangerous,' based on reports of violent incidents. The schools on the list, which is mandated by the federal No Child Left Behind Act and will be published annually, will be required to notify parents within 15 days that they can ask for their children to be transferred. The schools are Camden High School, East Camden Middle School and Bonsall Family School, all in Camden..."
Fahim, Kareem. "Instead of Fistfights, Fashion at a Troubled High School", The New York Times, May 18, 2008. Accessed November 11, 2020. "Notable happenings at Camden High School this year included a cafeteria brawl that led to the arrest of 18 teenagers and left a police officer with a bruised face, a 14-year-old boy smuggling a gun loaded with hollow-point bullets into school in his backpack, the replacement of a principal and a hip-hop fashion show that turned the auditorium into a South Jersey version of a Bryant Park tent."
Staff. "14 Hurt at Camden Stadium As Gangs Exchange Gunfire; 37 Taken Into Custody", The New York Times, November 23, 1979. Accessed July 1, 2011. "Three separate volleys of shots, perhaps a dozen in all, set off a stampede of hundreds of an estimated total of 3,600 football fans and led to the suspension of the Thanksgiving Day game between Camden and Woodrow Wilson High School, which are traditional rivals."
Strauss, Robert. "In Person; Hoop Dreams Revisit Camden", The New York Times, February 13, 2000. Accessed September 26, 2017. "Camden High has been winning state basketball championships for more than four decades now. It went undefeated all the way to the title in 1959 and 1960. Its 1986 team was ranked best in the nation by USA Today. And there were seven other state championships in the 1970s and 1980s... Legends have grown up around its stars, from the Sunkett brothers and Itchy Smith in the 1960s to Billy Thompson and Milt Wagner, teammates in the early 1980s, both of whom went on to play for the Los Angeles Lakers... On game day, the gym is usually filled and attention is almost always focused on one young man, DaJuan Wagner, son of Milt, touted by the top high school junior in the nation.
Naedele, Walter F. "Mary DiSabato; headed N.J. State Parole Board", The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 23, 2016. Accessed October 27, 2016. "Born in Camden, Mrs. DiSabato graduated from Camden High School in 1946 and served as a Sixth District Assemblywoman, covering parts of Camden and Burlington Counties from 1974 to 1980, son Stephen Croce said."
"It All Adds Up: Running, teaching and math.", Rowan University, September 16, 2009. Accessed November 24, 2020. "A 1957 graduate of Camden High School, Dr. Osler earned his bachelor's degree in physics in 1962, his MS in mathematics at New York University in 1969 and his Ph. D. in mathematics at NYU in 1970."
Hitchner, Emelia. "Catching up with a hometown hero", The St. Augustine Record, June 26, 2016. Accessed July 25, 2019. "'By going to Camden, we thought that opportunity would be afforded to me,' Ramsey said. 'And it was.' While playing at Camden High School, Ramsey added another high school football championship to his resume in 1974."
Ott, Dwight. "Camden High School Turns 100", The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 6, 1991. Accessed July 1, 2011. "The school, once predominantly Jewish and Italian and now largely black and Hispanic, has produced other well-known alumni: Superior Court Judges Isaiah Steinberg and Theodore Davis; former Camden Mayor Angelo J. Errichetti; record producer Leon Huff; former Camden County Prosecutor Samuel Asbell; former Supremes singer Cindy Birdsong; basketball player Billy Thompson of the Miami Heat, and physician and civic leader Charles Brimm."
Fall 2011 Accreditation ActionsArchived March 9, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, The Standard; A Newsletter from the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary School, Winter 2012. Accessed November 11, 2020. "Removal of Accreditation... Camden High School, Camden, NJ"
Anastasia, Phil. "Camden's Dajuan Wagner aims to play again in NBA", The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 9, 2014. Accessed August 18, 2016. "Wagner last played in the NBA in November 2006... Camden city councilman Arthur Barclay, a teammate of Wagner's at Camden and Memphis, said his old friend's return to the court would be a thrill."
Home Page, West Jersey Football League. Accessed May 1, 2023. "The WJFL is a 94-school super conference that stretches from Princeton to Wildwood encompassing schools from the Colonial Valley Conference, the Burlington County Scholastic League, the Olympic Conference, the Tri-County Conference, the Colonial Conference, and the Cape Atlantic League. The WJFL is made up of sixteen divisions with divisional alignments based on school size, geography and a strength-of-program component."
