By TOM WILLIAMS 2022 was a pretty good year and Ocean City High School’s sports teams made the best of it. The coaches play a big role in this success, especially because the strength of the programs continues even after … Continue reading COLUMN: 2022 OCHS Athletes of the Year – Riley Gunnels & Tori Vliet
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
By TOM WILLIAMS Here it is, that time of year when people focus on gifts and giving. And this is the month that most of those gifts are distributed. The sports community, after continuing to battle through COVID-19 and its … Continue reading COLUMN: Another holiday gift list
By TOM WILLIAMS It was quite a season for high school football. It started in August at Ocean City’s Carey Stadium, ended the first weekend of December for 10 public schools in SHI Stadium at Rutgers but was strangely over … Continue reading COLUMN: Wrapping up the 2022 CAL football season
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
By TOM WILLIAMS Here we are in the home stretch of the new high school football in New Jersey. The 10 public schools that have reached state championship games have the week off before playing in SHI Stadium at Rutgers … Continue reading COLUMN: The new football in NJ
By TOM WILLIAMS The football teams from twelve Cape-Atlantic League schools are ready for the NJSIAA playoffs – nine public schools starting this weekend and a trio of Non-Publics beginning next week. Before that happens, however, four other teams play … Continue reading Football stat leaders ready for NJSIAA playoffs
By TOM WILLIAMS There is a lot of conversation these days about the NJSIAA football playoffs – who will qualify, will they be in the South or Central bracket and will they get a home game. Next weekend we will … Continue reading COLUMN: What you need to know about the NJSIAA football playoffs
By TOM WILLIAMS Things have changed a bit for Ocean City residents and visitors recently. Ward’s Pastry closed its doors last month. Express Pizza & Subs is for sale. Ocean City Surf Cafe and Starfish Cafe have both closed. And, … Continue reading COLUMN: Memories of Voltaco’s
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
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