Lower Cape May Regional High School needs a new baseball coach. Brian Cunniff of the Gazette Leader reports that Nick Core is done after two seasons where he led the Capers to 28 victories. Core resigned in order to pursue a career in education administration. Core believes the Caper Tigers program is in good shape…
Barnegat High School pitcher Jason Groome lived up to the hype and was selected in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft on Thursday. The Boston Red Sox picked the left-handed pitcher with the 12th overall pick, the team Groome rooted for as he was growing up. Groome is the first South Jersey…
The Philadelphia Phillies reached into the high school ranks with their first overall pick in the baseball draft. The Phils selected outfielder Mickey Moniak, an outfielder from La Costa Canyon High School in Carlbad, California. Moniak is a tremendous hitter with power in the bat and very good defensive skills.
Thursday night is round one of the Major League baseball draft and a Barnegat High School senior pitcher is projected to be a first round pick. Jason Groome, one of the top high school pitchers in the country, changed his college commitment from Vanderbilt to Chipola Junior College, so he could possibly play one year…
The Wildwood Catholic girls softball team saw their season end on Tuesday with a 4-3 loss to Benedictine Academy in the South Jersey Non-Public B final. Benedictine took a 3-0 lead in the third inning, but the top-seeded Lady Crusaders tied the game in the bottom of the inning. In the fourth inning Benedictine took…
The Ocean City High School baseball team is one win away from a state championship. Ocean City knocked off Nottingham, 10-8 on Tuesday in the Group 3 state semifinal baseball game. Ocean City will battle Northern Highlands in Toms River Saturday for the championship. The Red Raiders are 21-5 on the season.
Former Lower Cape May Regional athlete Matt Szczur returned to the Delaware Valley on Monday, as his Chicago Cubs team is in town to play the Phillies. Szczur did not start on Monday, but entered the game in the third inning when left fielder Jorge Soler injured his hamstring. Szczur had an RBI bunt in…
She did it again. Anna Nordqvist won her second consecutive Shoprite LPGA title in dominating fashion over the weekend. She closed with a seven under 64 and became the first woman to win the event in back to back years. She finished the tournament at 17 under, which ties the all time tournament record.
A South Jersey Group 3 baseball championship for the Ocean City Red Raiders. Ocean City blanked Highland on Friday, 5-0 to win their second South Jersey title in school history. Sean Mooney fired a three hit shutout for the Raiders. Ocean City will battle Nottingham in the New Jersey Group 3 State Semifinal game on…
On Thursday the Ocean City High School baseball team defeated St. Augustine 6-5 to win the Cape-Atlantic League American Conference Championship. Both teams had a record of 11-4 in the conference prior to Thursday’s game. The Red Raiders took the lead on a three-run homer by Josh Arnold in the bottom of the sixth inning. Ocean…