By TOM WILLIAMS The calendar year 2023 just ended and Ocean City High School sports continued to succeed. OCHS teams won 13 championships during the last 12 months. That included a pair of teams that frequently competed together and had … Continue reading COLUMN: OCHS Teams of the Year 2023
By TOM WILLIAMS So, Mainland had a pretty good football team this year. But, how good? Let’s take a look. Chuck Smith’s Mustangs were the first South Jersey team to win 14 games, the No. 1 ranked public school in … Continue reading COLUMN: How good were the 2023 Mustangs?
By TOM WILLIAMS It was another exciting season for high school football. It all started in August at Ocean City’s Carey Stadium with The Battle at the Beach and ended earlier this week for 14 schools in SHI Stadium at … Continue reading COLUMN: Wrapping up the 2023 CAL football season
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
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