Since 2002 at Wildwood High School (except for the COVID years 2020 and 2021) Prime Events has conducted all star basketball games between the top seniors from the Cape-Atlantic League. The event actually started in 1989 by the CAL but … Continue reading All you need to know about the 20th All Star Saturday

By TOM WILLIAMS Chris Ford was the face of Cape-Atlantic League basketball. When great players would come along – Reggie Miller, Alan Shaw, Walt Montford, Rick Harmon, Lou Roe, LaMarr Greer – they would be compared to Chris. But very … Continue reading Remembering Chris Ford

By TOM WILLIAMS When Fran St. John first became a basketball head coach at Wildwood Catholic, Richard Nixon had just been elected President of the United States. Earlier that year, both Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and Senator Robert Kennedy … Continue reading COLUMN: CAL Sportsperson of the Year – Fran St. John

By TOM WILLIAMS Basketball was a passion for Bob Hutchings. (Only his mother called him Bob, to everyone else he was Hutch.) He played on one of the greatest Cape-Atlantic League teams of all-time – the 1968-69 Millville team that … Continue reading Remembering Bob Hutchings

By TOM WILLIAMS When you faced the challenges that Frank Tummarello faced, life could get you down. He struggled with polio as a child but became an athlete. And, as an adult, he needed a heart transplant and battled cancer. … Continue reading Remembering Frank Tummarello

By TOM WILLIAMS The calendar year 2022 is about to end, a year not completely out from under the cloud of a pandemic, but getting much better. Through it all, Ocean City High School sports continued to succeed. Nine teams … Continue reading COLUMN: OCHS Teams of the Year

By TOM WILLIAMS In the 1950s, the names Kennedy and Wickes seemed to go together when Ocean City sports fans talked. They had been the leaders of the 1955 state basketball championship won by the Raiders. Both were belatedly inducted … Continue reading Remembering Joe Kennedy

WINSTON-SALEM, NC- Three sportscasters and a sportswriter from the Cape-Atlantic League area are among the finalists for 2022 New Jersey state awards according to the National Sports Media Association (NSMA) here. Mike McGarry is a finalist for the state’s Sportswriter … Continue reading Four from area nominated as state’s best in 2022 sports media

Ocean City High School’s longest serving athletics director and most successful girls basketball coach are among the nine individuals who will be inducted into the OCHS Sports Hall of Fame this fall. Paul LeFever was OCHS Director of Athletics for … Continue reading Paul LeFever, Paul Baruffi, seven athletes & one team added to OCHS Sports Hall of Fame

By TOM WILLIAMS Mainland senior Linden Wineland was named the winner of the Frank Campo Humanitarian Award, created by Schoppy, Inc. and Prime Events, and presented annually to the Cape-Atlantic League senior varsity athlete whose academic achievement and dedication to … Continue reading Linden Wineland wins Frank Campo Award