By TOM WILLIAMS One of the top girls basketball players in South Jersey will play her final season at Ocean City High School. After missing her junior year at Wildwood Catholic because of a knee injury, Lola McGonigle is attending … Continue reading One of South Jersey’s best girls basketball players has enrolled at Ocean City High School

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By TOM WILLIAMS Sam Carchidi, one of the top sportswriters on the East Coast, will be in Ocean City tomorrow. A multiple winner as New Jersey Sportswriter of the Year, Carchidi has also written six books. His latest is “Bullies”, … Continue reading Award-winning writer Sam Carchidi is coming to town

ABSEGAMI – Grant Gibson ATLANTIC CITY – Wayne Nelson ATLANTIC TECH – Hunter Paone BRIDGETON – Carlos Lebron BUENA – James Bell CAPE MAY TECH – Dan Loesch CEDAR CREEK – Randy Dean EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – Joe Kessler HAMMONTON … Continue reading The updated CAL boys basketball head coaches’ list for 2026-27

The Frank Campo Memorial Humanitarian Award was created in 2014 by PRIME EVENTS and Dave Talarico of William Schoppy Inc. upon the retirement of the longtime Atlantic City athletics director in recognition of Campo’s more than three decades of dedication … Continue reading Mainland’s Nate Kashey wins Frank Campo Award

NOTE: May and June are always big months around high schools. The games are more important and there is graduation day, and the prom. Plus, Mother’s Day comes around in May and Father‘s Day in June, which is actually Sunday. … Continue reading Father’s Day Salute to Paul Rodio

Mainland’s John Franchini and Lauren Cella of Holy Spirit were the winners of the Billy Schoppy Memorial Awards for the Cape-Atlantic League’s Class of 2026. The awards are presented annually by Prime Events to the senior athletes with the most … Continue reading John Franchini, Lauren Cella win Billy Schoppy Awards

NOTE: May and June are always big months around high schools. The games are more important and there is graduation day, and the prom. Plus, Father‘s Day comes around in June and Mother’s Day in May, which is actually Sunday. … Continue reading Mother’s Day Salute to Jodi Sutton-Davis

By TOM WILLIAMS This column was supposed to be written more than three weeks ago. But we lost access to the Internet during the blizzard and it wasn’t restored for more than two weeks. Try to avoid Infinity, if you … Continue reading Shot Clock for NJSIAA basketball – why??

By TOM WILLIAMS On Sunday afternoon, the Ocean City High School boys basketball team won the state championship. John Bruno’s Raiders defeated North Jersey champion Colonia, 55-46, to become the only state champion from South Jersey in boys basketball this … Continue reading The OCHS State Champions

By TOM WILLIAMS In 2025, the Ocean City boys basketball team reached the South Jersey Group 3 championship game for the third straight season, defeating Timber Creek to win the title. All of Ocean City’s South Jersey tournament games were … Continue reading Bruno is OCHS Coach of the Year for 2025