By TOM WILLIAMS High School football is just days away in New Jersey and 17 of the 18 Cape-Atlantic League schools in the West Jersey Football League are ready to go. St. Augustine Prep was forced to cancel its first … Continue reading Updated home game details for CAL football teams
My mother, Doris Elizabeth (Hogeland) Howell, died on Sept. 6 at age 98 in Palm Coast, Florida. She was the wife of Frederick E. “Dixie” Howell who died in 1988. My mother was born on November 19, 1921 in Driftwood, … Continue reading The life of Doris Howell – Dixie’s wife – as told by son, Terry
By TOM WILLIAMS There have been no high school sports since March 12 – more than five months ago. They had the statewide Last Dance baseball tournament that featured high school athletes. And there are Babe Ruth baseball and independent … Continue reading All the CAL Sports memories you need
By TOM WILLIAMS Kyle Klein, the former assistant coach at Cedar Creek who was hired as the Pleasantville High School football coach during the off-season, resigned today. No reason was given for the decision. The job became open when Chris … Continue reading Kyle Klein resigns as Pleasantville football coach
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 HOPEWELL – The Atlantic Shore 13-and-Under Babe Ruth team needed to win three straight games this week to capture the Southern New Jersey championship. They did it. Last night, Atlantic Shore edged Nottingham, 2-0, in the first … Continue reading Atlantic Shore wins 13U Babe Ruth title
By TOM WILLIAMS The West Jersey Football League has announced its revised 2020 schedules based on the NJSIAA start date of Oct. 2. Each school has been scheduled to play six games and can qualify for the NJSIAA playoffs during … Continue reading 2020 football schedules for CAL schools
By TOM WILLIAMS The West Jersey Football League (WJFL) announced today a set of new football schedules for 2020 that were adjusted to fit the NJSIAA requirement that fall sports not begin until Oct. 1. Ocean City High School will … Continue reading The OCHS revised 2020 football schedule
By TOM WILLIAMS The West Jersey Football League is in the process of creating a new schedule that meets the requirements of the NJSIAA, possibly including some realignment that will reduce travel. Here is one suggestion for the 18 Cape-Atlantic … Continue reading Could this be a new WJFL schedule for CAL football teams?
By TOM WILLIAMS When the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association announced today that fall high school sports in the state would not start until Oct. 1 it impacted a lot of high school football. There is a distinct possibility … Continue reading A quick look at how Oct. 2 start date affects CAL football
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
By TOM WILLIAMS It used to be that winning a varsity letter in high school sports was a great accomplishment. At some schools, it still is. But others award letters for loyalty, to student-athletes, particularly seniors, who finish out the … Continue reading The 107 Quad Star athletes from the CAL in the 21st Century
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