By TOM WILLIAMS The calendar year 2020 is about to end (thankfully!) and, in many ways, it was a year to forget. Except for Ocean City High School sports. Later this week the OCHS Athletes of the Year and Sportsperson … Continue reading COLUMN: OCHS Teams of the Year
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, for the first time in modern history, is … Continue reading COLUMN: Ending 2020 with another gift list
By TOM WILLIAMS Not since the end of World War II has there been such an unusual high school football season around here. Games were cancelled and postponed, sometimes at the last minute. New games, to replace those that disappeared, … Continue reading COLUMN: Wrapping up the 2020 CAL football season
By TOM WILLIAMS It was pretty obvious in the middle of the summer that the 2020 Ocean City High School football season would be different. But just how different was not yet clear. This was the original OCHS schedule – … Continue reading COLUMN: The 2020 OCHS football season
By TOM WILLIAMS It has been quite a football season for Cape-Atlantic League teams. It didn’t start until October and, for most schools. it will end next week. When fans check Twitter and Facebook every day this year it is … Continue reading COLUMN: The excitement of Jordan, Jake & JoJo
By TOM WILLIAMS Almost everybody is hoping for a high school basketball season this winter. Some coaches will tell you privately that they think the chances are less than 50-50, but they all try to stay optimistic. The NJSIAA and … Continue reading COLUMN: How to save the CAL Basketball Tournament
By TOM WILLIAMS Classes began today at Ocean City High School but something is missing. Yes, about 50 percent of the student body is missing as Ocean City tries to make a hybrid attendance schedule work in these times of … Continue reading COLUMN: Something missing at OCHS – Bill Nickles
By TOM WILLIAMS The 1960s and early 1970s were interesting times in the Ocean City High School sports community. Hall of Famer Dixie Howell was coaching baseball and boys basketball and later became athletics director. Fred Haack took over in … Continue reading COLUMN: Remembering Ted Klepac
By TOM WILLIAMS The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association today announced modifications to the sports schedule for 2020-21 in its continuing effort to keep high school sports alive for New Jersey’s student-athletes. Today the NJSIAA announced a new schedule … Continue reading COLUMN: NJSIAA makes more adjustments to high school sports schedules
By TOM WILLIAMS The most frustrating thing about COVID-19 and its affects on high school sports is the waiting. Nobody knows what is going to happen – not athletes, not coaches, not administrators. Because decisions about high school sports have … Continue reading COLUMN: How to save 2020-21 high school sports
Note: June is always a big month around high schools, though this is not the typical June. There is graduation and the end of the scholastic careers for seniors, plus Father’s Day, which is Sunday. During previous Junes, Tom Williams … Continue reading COLUMN: Father’s Day tribute to Joe Fenton
By TOM WILLIAMS The second week in June is underway. It is normally a time filled with graduations and preparations for graduations; for athletic and academic award ceremonies; for end of the school year celebrations. Because of COVID-19, some of … Continue reading COLUMN: The Wildcats & The Crusaders
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