Note: June is always a big month around high schools. There is graduation and the end of the scholastic sports careers for seniors – plus Father’s Day, which is Sunday. During previous Junes, Tom Williams has turned over his column to … Continue reading Father’s Day Salute to Ed Ritti
By TOM WILLIAMS A dozen boys have been selected as finalists for the 2022 Billy Schoppy Award, presented to the athlete from the Cape-Atlantic League Class of 2022 who had the most outstanding high school sports career. The awards originated … Continue reading Billy Schoppy Male Finalists for 2022
By TOM WILLIAMS A dozen girls have been selected as finalists for the 2022 Billy Schoppy Award, presented to the athlete from the Cape-Atlantic League Class of 2022 who had the most outstanding high school sports career. The awards originated … Continue reading Billy Schoppy Female Finalists for 2022
By TOM WILLIAMS Dashawn Hendricks had a pretty good basketball season this year. The Egg Harbor Township graduate, who works in education and is part of the Prime Events sports team that covers high school sports, is the leading scorer … Continue reading Like father, like son
By TOM WILLIAMS For the first time since 1971, Ocean City High School does not have a girls basketball coach. Wednesday night, at an Ocean City School Board meeting in the Hughes Memorial Auditorium the Board of Education voted, 7-4, … Continue reading COLUMN: OCHS girls basketball in limbo
By TOM WILLIAMS The Ocean City sports community lost its soul this week when former star athlete and coach Mikenzie Helphenstine finally succumbed to cancer after a long, courageous battle. She (Mikenzie Custer) had been a multi-sport athlete and an … Continue reading COLUMN: Remembering Mikenzie Helphenstine
By TOM WILLIAMS Harry Bakley was a very good catcher. He caught and I pitched on some middle school baseball teams. It all started during the first year of Ocean City Youth Athletic Association baseball. Bakley, who died last week, … Continue reading Remembering Harry Bakley
By TOM WILLIAMS The Cape-Atlantic League has voted to re-align its three conferences for the 2022-23 season. The league ended its use of the “snake format” but might have come up with something almost as deadly. Here are the alignments … Continue reading Cape-Atlantic basketball alignments for 2022-23
By TOM WILLIAMS The fastballs are being delivered, the batons exchanged and the tee shots are flying. Spring sports in the Cape-Atlantic League are underway. But first, our final wrap-up of the CAL basketball season. Mainland’s girls were South Jersey … Continue reading COLUMN: Reviewing CAL basketball in 2021-22
Location: Dixie Howell Memorial Gymnasium at Ocean City High School – Sixth Street & The Boardwalk. Admission is $6.00 at the door. Proceeds benefit Edythe Selvagn Memorial Scholarship Fund. Check out the previous 18 All Star Saturdays HERE. Schedule: 1pm … Continue reading Facts about All Star Saturday
By TOM WILLIAMS The NJSIAA Tournaments of Champions – competitions that paired the six state group champions into a season-ending tournament – have ended the basketball season in the Garden State since 1989. The 2022 version begins tomorrow with a … Continue reading COLUMN: NJ’s final basketball TOCs begin tomorrow
By TOM WILLIAMS This snake, like most snakes, cannot be trusted. The Cape-Atlantic League has used this reptile to align its conferences the last few years. The idea is to make them more balanced with fair competition. The CAL is … Continue reading COLUMN: Get the snake out of CAL sports
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