By TOM WILLIAMS Note: This column was originally written 15 years ago and appears here just as it was written then, even though some facts have changed. With the recent death of Frank Wickes it has new meaning. The column … Continue reading COLUMN: Looking back with Ocean City’s 1955 state champs
By TOM WILLIAMS Through the decades there have been athletes at Ocean City High School whose names just go together. They were athletes who played together, complimented each other and whose performances led to success for the Raiders. There was Tarves and Davis, Leary and Krattenmaker, Foglio and Vanderslice, Lynch and Muzslay, Bryant and Rackley, LeFever and Lipford, Fox and Banks and Picketts and Doto. In recent seasons you could add Nunan and Wallace, Aungst and Lashley, Donoghue and Rolls and Slimmer and Reimet. But the original combination, back in the mid 1950s, was Kennedy and Wickes. Joe Kennedy was … Continue reading COLUMN: Remembering Frank Wickes
By TOM WILLIAMS For your continuing viewing pleasure, this week the offering features video highlights of the 2010 Ocean City High School football season. The final season of Mark Impagliazzo’s five as head coach, this team finished 3-7. These Raiders … Continue reading Video Flashback: OCHS 2010 football highlights
By TOM WILLIAMS Quarantines continue and there is no sports happening at Ocean City High School this month. As wise citizens continue to stay at home it is a good time to again look back at some sports results from … Continue reading More OCHS sports memories from Aprils past
By TOM WILLIAMS Ocean City and Holy Spirit have been in the same conference for the last four seasons in boys basketball. After the recent unique re-alignment by the Cape-Atlantic League, the two teams will no longer be in the … Continue reading Video Flashback: Raiders & Spartans in 2017 OT boys basketball game
By TOM WILLIAMS There isn’t anything happening in the Ocean City High School sports community this month as wise citizens observe the quarantines that will save lives. But April has been a busy month for the Raiders in the past. … Continue reading Remembering April at OCHS
By TOM WILLIAMS Serious Cape-Atlantic League fans might remember Myron Rolle. He grew up as an outstanding athlete in Galloway Township and went to St. Augustine Prep as a freshman. He played varsity football and basketball for The Prep that … Continue reading COLUMN: He grew up in Galloway, played in the NFL and now treats the virus
By TOM WILLIAMS Many people believe it was the best football team Ocean City High School has ever had – possibly the Cape-Atlantic League’s best. In 1996, Gary Degenhardt’s Raiders played Shawnee – which came into the game ranked No. … Continue reading Video Flashback: OCHS vs Shawnee for 1996 South Jersey Group 4 football title
By TOM WILLIAMS For more than half a century the Ocean City Sportspersons of the Year have been recognized. And, during that time, five people have been selected as Sportspersons of the Decade. That group included Paul Baruffi (1st Decade), … Continue reading John Bruno – Ocean City Sportsperson of the Decade
By TOM WILLIAMS The second decade (2010-19) of the 21st Century was a very successful one for sports at Ocean City High School. Over the past eight months we have offered reviews of those 10 years, including all star teams … Continue reading Bill Kroeger & Amanda Nunan; OCHS Athletes of the Decade
By TOM WILLIAMS For the past four years the basketball fans of the Cape-Atlantic League have had a chance to enjoy the career of the greatest girls basketball player in the league’s history. If you look at the numbers – … Continue reading COLUMN: Kylee!
By TOM WILLIAMS When you have a decade of sports success like Ocean City High School had from 2010-19 you can be sure of one thing – there were good coaches involved. You can review the top teams of the … Continue reading Coaches of the 2nd Decade – Purdue, Terry and Baruffi
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