By TOM WILLIAMS The ongoing 2nd Decade all star teams at Ocean City High School have fallen behind and they will now be concluded with the balance of the winter sports over the next 10 days. Girls swimming has become … Continue reading Amanda Nunan is OCHS Girls Swimmer of the Decade
By TOM WILLIAMS It was more than three decades ago when Paul Baruffi journeyed down Route 49 from Vineland. He had been an undersized corner back and point guard for the Fighting Clan and he wanted to be a coach. … Continue reading COLUMN: No. 8 for Paul Baruffi
By TOM WILLIAMS Both Ocean City High School basketball teams will be playing in the Cape-Atlantic League Tournament starting Monday according to seedings announced today by the league. Paul Baruffi’s girls (17-6), the defending tournament champions, are seeded No. 2 … Continue reading OCHS boys at top seed, girls host OLMA in CAL Tournament
By TOM WILLIAMS Indoor track is not a Cape-Atlantic League sport (though it easily could be). There are few available sites that can handle the state’s larger meets, forcing the NJSIAA to hold its Meet of Champions in New York. … Continue reading Bridget Flynn & Miles Schoedler are OCHS Indoor Track Athletes of the Decade
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 The 54th Super Bowl is history – a great comeback win for the Kansas City Chiefs (the team from Missouri) and an initial championship for former Eagles coach Andy Reid. Dave Weinberg covered Reid on an almost … Continue reading COLUMN: Is Dave Weinberg missing?
John “Butch” Gleason loved basketball. The only thing the former Ocean City High School athlete loved more was his family (though thoroughbred racing and certain special sandwiches belong on the list, too). Tomorrow an event will be held at OCHS … Continue reading Butch Gleason Coaches vs Cancer Day is tomorrow
A quarter of a century ago the Prime Events Girls Shootout began in Egg Harbor Township. It has continued for 25 years, moving to the Ventnor Complex to Holy Spirit and. last year, to Ocean City. Through the years what … Continue reading Ocean City-Mainland showdown Sunday in 97.3-ESPN Girls Shootout
By TOM WILLIAMS Ocean City High School’s football schedule for 2020 was released today by the West Jersey Football League. In addition to WJFL Independence Division games with Absegami, Egg Harbor Township, Pemberton, Oakcrest and Seneca, the Raiders will play … Continue reading Raiders 2020 WJFL schedule announced
WINSTON-SALEM, NC- Mike Frankel, a former Cape-Atlantic League athlete who has been covering sports for more than a decade, was chosen New Jersey Sportscaster of the Year by members of the National Sports Media Association here. Frankel primarily works as a host and editor for Jersey Sports Zone. He is the former sports director and anchor at NBC-40 and SNJ Today, who also does some work with Prime Events. This was his first win as the station’s top sportscaster. He was a state finalist for the fourth time. Frankel and Tom Williams – play-by-play voice, producer and online coordinator for … Continue reading Mike Frankel is NJ Sportscaster of the Year
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 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 with the selection of Bob French, a strong … Continue reading COLUMN: SportsPerson of the Year – Kelly Halliday
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