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?
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
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
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
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
By TOM WILLIAMS Here it is, that time of year when people focus on gifts and giving. And this is the month that most of those gifts are distributed. The sports community, after continuing to battle through COVID-19 and its … Continue reading COLUMN: Another holiday gift list
By TOM WILLIAMS It was quite a season for high school football. It started in August at Ocean City’s Carey Stadium, ended the first weekend of December for 10 public schools in SHI Stadium at Rutgers but was strangely over … Continue reading COLUMN: Wrapping up the 2022 CAL football season
By TOM WILLIAMS Here we are in the home stretch of the new high school football in New Jersey. The 10 public schools that have reached state championship games have the week off before playing in SHI Stadium at Rutgers … Continue reading COLUMN: The new football in NJ
By TOM WILLIAMS There is a lot of conversation these days about the NJSIAA football playoffs – who will qualify, will they be in the South or Central bracket and will they get a home game. Next weekend we will … Continue reading COLUMN: What you need to know about the NJSIAA football playoffs
By TOM WILLIAMS Things have changed a bit for Ocean City residents and visitors recently. Ward’s Pastry closed its doors last month. Express Pizza & Subs is for sale. Ocean City Surf Cafe and Starfish Cafe have both closed. And, … Continue reading COLUMN: Memories of Voltaco’s
By TOM WILLIAMS Most OCHS sports fans have memories of Ray Rogers. Maybe it was the 96-yard kickoff return for a touchdown his sophomore year against Mainland that is the longest kickoff return in the 104 years of Ocean City … Continue reading COLUMN: Remembering Ray Rogers
By TOM WILLIAMS Last year Ocean City High School said goodbye to Paul Baruffi, one of the most successful girls basketball coaches in South Jersey history. His teams won 429 games (300 wins above .500), including the school’s only state … Continue reading COLUMN: OCHS says goodbye to another Baruffi
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