Three local basketball teams are in action tonight in the Cape Atlantic League basketball championship semifinal round. Middle Township takes on Wildwood Catholic at 5pm in a girls semifinal game, followed by Ocean City vs. Mainland Regional. The Wildwood Catholic vs. Middle matchup will be broadcast live on WCZT Radio. On Thursday night, we will…
The Wildwood Catholic girls basketball team won on the road Monday night in the C.A.L. Tournament, but the boys were upset at home. The Lady Crusaders, seeded sixth, beat the third seeded Atlantic City Lady Vikings 52-49. Junior Caitlin McMullan made a layup and a foul shot with 0.4 seconds to go for the win.…
Both Middle Township Girls and Boys basketball teams advanced beyond the first round of the C.A.L. basketball tournament Monday night. The Middle girls beat Cedar Creek 57-41, while the Middle boys won a close game over Holy Spirit 42-40. The Lady Panthers never trailed in the game and were led by junior Bridget Ruskey, who…
The Cape-Atlantic League announced their seedings for the 2016 boys and girls basketball playoff tournament Thursday afternoon. Opening round games will be played on Monday. To nobody’s surprise, The undefeated St. Augustine Hermits earned the No. 1 seed and will host No. 8 St. Joseph. Wildwood Catholic gets the No. 3 seed and will host No.…
On Tuesday night both the Wildwood Catholic boys and girls basketball teams clinched Cape-Atlantic League United Division titles. The boys beat Cedar Creek 59-45 for their fifth consecutive division title, as Trey Smith led all scorers with 25 points. The Lady Crusaders captured their first C.A.L. division title since 1997, with a 65-62 win over…
The boys and girls basketball teams could clinch conference titles tonight if both teams capture wins over Cedar Creek. The Gazette Leader’s Brian Cunniff reports that the boys face Cedar Creek on the road, while the girls’ basketball team is home tonight. Victories would give the teams respective Cape Atlantic League United Conference championships.
In one of the best boys basketball games of the month, Lower Cape May knocked off Wildwood Saturday with a 64-62 win. Pat Holden scored 21 points and grabbed five rebounds for the Caper Tigers. Wildwood was led by Trayvon Young, who scored 14 points. Lower won its fourth game of the season.
In one of the marquee matchups of the basketball season last night, Middle Township was defeated by St. Augustine, 76-51. With the win, Hermits coach Paul Rodio captured his 850th career victory. St. Augustine improved to a perfect 18-0 on the season.
Local boys and girls basketball teams learned this week who they will play in the first round of the South Jersey basketball playoffs. The girls’ pairings are highlighted by a first round game between Cape May Tech and Wildwood. Middle Township will host Audubon, Lower Cape May entertains Oakcrest, Wildwood Catholic visits Holy Cross, and…
On Sunday another Wildwood High School girls’ basketball player reached the 1,000 point mark for her career. Junior Mackenzie McCracken became the ninth player in the school’s history to break the 1,000 point total in a 77-39 win over Cape May Tech. McCracken scored her 1,000th point on a 3-point field goal from the left…