By TOM WILLIAMS OK, here we are. It’s the final week of the regular season in Cape-Atlantic League basketball. The CAL Tournament is a week away and the NJSIAA Tournaments start a week later. The NJSIAA tournaments have been seeded … Continue reading COLUMN: About CAL seedings and alignments

By TOM WILLIAMS When you recognize people as Cape-Atlantic League Sportspersons of the Year there are many reasons. The list is quite diversified and the selections have been for accomplishments in just one year or over a longer period of … Continue reading COLUMN: CAL Sportsperson of the Year – John Rodio

By TOM WILLIAMS It was a very successful calendar year for Ocean City High School sports. OCHS won the Ed Byrnes Memorial Award again for 2018-19, given to the school with the most Cape-Atlantic League and NJSIAA championships. And the … Continue reading COLUMN: 2019 OCHS Athletes of the Year – Bill Kroeger & Abbey Fenton

By TOM WILLIAMS The calendar year is about to end and it was a great 12 months for Ocean City High School sports. For a little more than a week now, lets take a break from the Teams of the … 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, despite being busy with tournaments and bowl games, … Continue reading COLUMN: It’s that time – time for another gift list

By TOM WILLIAMS The swimmers are in the pools and, starting this week, jump shots and takedowns will replace third down conversions and extra points. But first, one final look at the 2019 football season and the Cape-Atlantic League teams … Continue reading COLUMN: Final CAL wrap of the 2019 football season

By TOM WILLIAMS Another exciting high school football season has ended for the teams at Cape-Atlantic League schools. CAL teams won four division championships in the West Jersey Football League and, for the 33rd straight season, a football team at … Continue reading COLUMN: Thanks to those who made live coverage of high school football possible

By TOM WILLIAMS It was an interesting Thanksgiving for high school football fans. Only one home team – Ocean City – was a winner. The Raiders surprised Pleasantville and notched their fifth shutout of the season. But Mainland defeated Egg … Continue reading COLUMN: Thanksgiving football and the playoffs

By TOM WILLIAMS Ocean City plays in its sixth South Jersey football championship game on Friday. This has been a team that has faced many challenges and overcome most of them. Shawnee will present another challenge this week. The Raiders … Continue reading COLUMN: Raiders will add to football history Friday night

By TOM WILLIAMS The Ocean City High School boys cross country team finished first in its race – the Robin Hood Run – during the Disney Cross Country Classic in Florida on Friday. The OCHS girls finished second and both … Continue reading COLUMN: A feel-good cross country story

By TOM WILLIAMS Ocean City High School has had a string of impressive pitchers over the past decade and the string doesn’t figure to run out any time soon. It started 10 seasons ago with Connor Ortolf and Kolya Stephenson. … Continue reading COLUMN: Ocean City’s great decade of pitchers

By TOM WILLIAMS If the Atlantic City Surf was still playing in the Atlantic League fans would be listening to Tony Blum and John Leon doing the play-by-play and John Kiphorn and Jo Carroll would be working behind the scenes … Continue reading COLUMN: Let’s change some rules in sports