Lower Cape May Regional High School native Matt Szczur has his first home run as a member of the San Diego Padres. Szczur collected the home run against the Chicago White Sox Friday night. The Padres won the game, 6-3; Szczur is batting .281 this season. ##
Matt Szczur appeared in his first game for the San Diego Padres on Tuesday. Szczur grounded out in the seventh inning and played some left field for the Padres during an 11-0 loss to the Texas Rangers. Szczur was traded by the Cubs to the Padres this week. ##
Lower Cape May Regional High School graduate Matt Szczur is now a member of the San Diego Padres. The world champion Cubs traded Szczur to the Padres for a minor league pitcher. Szczur is expected to get more playing time with the Padres than he did in Chicago. ##
It looks like former Phillie Ryan Howard may have seen his career come to an end. Howard was cut Monday by the Atlanta Braves where he was playing Triple A baseball. Howard batted only .182 with one home run in the minors. ##
A surprise resignation in the local high school football ranks. Mark Reardon has resigned as the head football coach at St. Augustine High School after he won nine of his ten games last season. Reardon coached the Hermits for five seasons. ##
Ocean City High School gets a new athletic director come July 1st. 35 year old Vincent Leavey was hired to the post by the Ocean City Board of Education earlier this month. He is leaving a position in Coatesville, PA to accept the position in Ocean City, according to Brian Cunniff of the Gazette Leader.…
Two Middle Township lacrosse players have set all time state records in the same game. Bridget Ruskey and Allison Hunter set state records for goals and assists during Friday’s 17-11 victory over Mainland. Ruskey scored eight times and has 440 career goals. ##
Middle Township’s girls lacrosse team beat Lower Cape May, 22-6 on Thursday as two Lady Panthers approached all time offensive records. Bridget Ruskey scored seven goals, and now is just three goals away from the state record. Allison Hunter had eight assists, leaving her four away from that state record. ##
The Pleasantville Board of Education may decide to dedicate the high school gym to honor the legacy of former boys basketball coach Ken Leary. Leary died in 2016 at the age of 73 after one of the most successful coaching careers in South Jersey history. ##
It’s another go at arena football in New Jersey. The Jersey Flight will be the 10th team to participate in the National Arena League in the spring of 2018. The Flight will play its football games inside the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton. ##