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COLUMN: Can high school basketball scheduling be better?

March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 TW

By TOM WILLIAMS It was a pretty good year for basketball in the Cape-Atlantic League. Generally, most years are pretty good because it is a good basketball league. You can read about the top performers in 2022-23 HERE. It is … Continue reading COLUMN: Can high school basketball scheduling be better?

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COLUMN: Reviewing CAL basketball in 2022-23

March 20, 2023March 22, 2023 TW

By TOM WILLIAMS Work has begun on the curveballs, the baton exchanges, the serves and the tee shots. Ocean City baseball players are even dancing on the Florida dugout with The Phillie Phanatic. Spring sports in the Cape-Atlantic League are … Continue reading COLUMN: Reviewing CAL basketball in 2022-23

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All you need to know about the 20th All Star Saturday

March 9, 2023March 11, 2023 TW

Since 2002 at Wildwood High School (except for the COVID years 2020 and 2021) Prime Events has conducted all star basketball games between the top seniors from the Cape-Atlantic League. The event actually started in 1989 by the CAL but … Continue reading All you need to know about the 20th All Star Saturday

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COLUMN: Segich, Chevere, Schlatter & Sakers made history

March 6, 2023March 7, 2023 TW

By TOM WILLIAMS There were lots of historical moments in the 2022-23 Ocean City High School basketball seasons and the rest of the Cape-Atlantic League – including playing 27-30 games in 76 days. But four OCHS players created there own … Continue reading COLUMN: Segich, Chevere, Schlatter & Sakers made history

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Remembering Chris Ford

January 20, 2023January 20, 2023 TW

By TOM WILLIAMS Chris Ford was the face of Cape-Atlantic League basketball. When great players would come along – Reggie Miller, Alan Shaw, Walt Montford, Rick Harmon, Lou Roe, LaMarr Greer – they would be compared to Chris. But very … Continue reading Remembering Chris Ford

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COLUMN: CAL Sportsperson of the Year – Fran St. John

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 TW

By TOM WILLIAMS When Fran St. John first became a basketball head coach at Wildwood Catholic, Richard Nixon had just been elected President of the United States. Earlier that year, both Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and Senator Robert Kennedy … Continue reading COLUMN: CAL Sportsperson of the Year – Fran St. John

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Remembering Bob Hutchings

January 11, 2023January 11, 2023 TW

By TOM WILLIAMS Basketball was a passion for Bob Hutchings. (Only his mother called him Bob, to everyone else he was Hutch.) He played on one of the greatest Cape-Atlantic League teams of all-time – the 1968-69 Millville team that … Continue reading Remembering Bob Hutchings

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COLUMN: OC Sportspersons of the Year – Matt Ulmer & Bill Shallcross

January 10, 2023January 10, 2023 TW

By TOM WILLIAMS Back in the 1960s and 1970s high school sports play-by-play was presented on live radio. There was Jim Quinn at WMVB in Millville, Ray Martin at WCMC in Wildwood, Gene Hart (later one of the top announcers … Continue reading COLUMN: OC Sportspersons of the Year – Matt Ulmer & Bill Shallcross

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COLUMN: 2022 OCHS Athletes of the Year – Riley Gunnels & Tori Vliet

January 6, 2023January 6, 2023 TW

By TOM WILLIAMS 2022 was a pretty good year and Ocean City High School’s sports teams made the best of it. The coaches play a big role in this success, especially because the strength of the programs continues even after … Continue reading COLUMN: 2022 OCHS Athletes of the Year – Riley Gunnels & Tori Vliet

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Remembering Frank Tummarello

January 4, 2023 TW

By TOM WILLIAMS When you faced the challenges that Frank Tummarello faced, life could get you down. He struggled with polio as a child but became an athlete. And, as an adult, he needed a heart transplant and battled cancer. … Continue reading Remembering Frank Tummarello

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COLUMN: OCHS Teams of the Year

December 31, 2022 TW

By TOM WILLIAMS The calendar year 2022 is about to end, a year not completely out from under the cloud of a pandemic, but getting much better. Through it all, Ocean City High School sports continued to succeed. Nine teams … Continue reading COLUMN: OCHS Teams of the Year

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Remembering Joe Kennedy

December 24, 2022December 24, 2022 TW

By TOM WILLIAMS In the 1950s, the names Kennedy and Wickes seemed to go together when Ocean City sports fans talked. They had been the leaders of the 1955 state basketball championship won by the Raiders. Both were belatedly inducted … Continue reading Remembering Joe Kennedy

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