By TOM WILLIAMS Most OCHS sports fans have memories of Ray Rogers. Maybe it was the 96-yard kickoff return for a touchdown his sophomore year against Mainland that is the longest kickoff return in the 104 years of Ocean City … Continue reading COLUMN: Remembering Ray Rogers
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
By TOM WILLIAMS Last year Ocean City High School said goodbye to Paul Baruffi, one of the most successful girls basketball coaches in South Jersey history. His teams won 429 games (300 wins above .500), including the school’s only state … Continue reading COLUMN: OCHS says goodbye to another Baruffi
Mainland Regional High School compiled the second highest score (29 points) in the 32-year history of the Ed Byrnes Memorial All-Sports Award and became the 2021-22 winner of the award. That ended the nine-year streak by Ocean City of either … Continue reading Mainland wins Ed Byrnes Award with near-record year
A pair of three-sport athletes have won the 22nd annual Billy Schoppy Awards, presented this year to the top athletes in the Cape-Atlantic League Class of 2022. Calem Bowman of Millville and Camryn Dirkes of Mainland are this year’s Billy … Continue reading Bowman, Dirkes win Billy Schoppy Awards
Note: June is always a big month around high schools. There is graduation and the end of the scholastic careers for seniors – plus Father’s Day, which is Sunday. For more than four decades during June, Tom Williams has turned over … Continue reading Father’s Day Salute to Chuck Smith
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
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