By TOM WILLIAMS Last night a column was posted here reflecting opinions on the proposed changes to NJSIAA basketball starting with the 2022-23 school year. If you read it, you should read these next few paragraphs, which reflect updates. If … Continue reading UPDATED COLUMN: NJ basketball changes for 2022-23
By TOM WILLIAMS About five weeks ago, high school basketball in South Jersey came to an end. It wasn’t a typical season because of the COVID-19 virus. The attitude was basically go play your 15 games and be thankful that … Continue reading COLUMN: Has NJ basketball been hit with a technical?
By TOM WILLIAMS After a 40-week gap, high school basketball resumed in the Cape-Atlantic League in late January. The Season of COVID was without NJSIAA tournaments or a Cape-Atlantic League Tournament and limited teams to a maximum of 15 games. … Continue reading COLUMN: Reviewing CAL Hoops in 2021
By TOM WILLIAMS It was a Thursday – March 12, 2020 – and we turned off Fox Run Road into the parking lot at Deptford High School around 4 p.m. George McNally was in the passenger seat, checking his phone … Continue reading COLUMN: “The day basketball ended in New Jersey”
By TOM WILLIAMS If you spent much time in Ocean City, especially in the second half of the 20th century, Don Pileggi, who died recently, probably had an impact on your life. If you were a surfer – he was … Continue reading COLUMN: Remembering Don Pileggi
By TOM WILLIAMS Kay Wright died over the weekend, four days after her birthday. Those in the sports community will likely remember her for her volunteer efforts with the Atlantic City Marathon or running the hospitality rooms for the Prime … Continue reading COLUMN: Remembering Kay Wright
By TOM WILLIAMS It was a cold, windy night in January of 1971 when Father Ed Lyons, at his residence in St. Michael’s Rectory, talked about his idea – why not bring some of the top high school basketball teams … Continue reading COLUMN: Remembering Father Ed Lyons
By TOM WILLIAMS A variety of people have been recognized as Ocean City Sportspersons of the Year over the last six decades for a number of reasons.. It all started in 1963 in the Sentinel-Ledger with the selection of Bob French, a strong supporter of youth sports. Others in that category – like Chet Wimberg, Bill Gans, Harry Vanderslice, Rich Tolson, Naz Costanza, Greg Donahue and Joe Fagan – would follow over the years. There have been remarkable athletes (Jack Neall, Pat Lynch, Kevin Sinclair and Chad Severs) and administrators (Don Pileggi, Mike Allegretto, Paul LeFever and Walt Tucker). And … Continue reading COLUMN: Sportsperson of the Year – Geoff Haines
By TOM WILLIAMS 2020 was mostly a lousy year. But the Ocean City High School sports community made the best of it. OCHS won the Ed Byrnes Memorial Award again for 2019-20, given to the school with the most Cape-Atlantic … Continue reading COLUMN: 2020 OCHS Athletes of the Year – Joe Repetti & Faith Slimmer
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
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