Doug Pederson will become the next head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles. Multiple media reports say Pederson will sign up with the Eagles as soon as the Kansas City Chiefs are out of the playoffs. Pederson used to be a quarterback with the Eagles; he is currently the offensive coordinator for the Chiefs.
Tom Coughlin will not become the next coach of the Philadelphia Eagles. ESPN and multiple sources are reporting this afternoon that the two time Super Bowl winning coach has withdrawn his name from consideration for the Eagles job. The Eagles search for a replacement for Chip Kelly continues. Meanwhile, Kelly landed a job today as…
400 victories for Wildwood Catholic girls basketball coach Steve DiPatri. DiPatri notched the milestone win Friday night as the Lady Crusaders knocked off Paulsboro, 49-36. DiPatri now has an impressive 400-103 record as a basketball coach. He accumulated most of those victories as the former Sacred Heart High School. Caitlin McMullan scored 20 points in…
The Philadelphia Flyers pulled off a major trade on Wednesday with the Los Angeles Kings. The Flyers traded defenseman Luke Schenn and forward Vinny Lecavalier to the Kings for center Jordan Weal and a third round draft pick. Lecavalier already announced that he intends to retire at the end of the season.
A former standout basketball coach at Wildwood Catholic High School will enter the Hall of Fame next month. Brian Cunniff of the Gazette Leader reports that Fran McAlarnen will join the inductees into the Al Carino Basketball Club of South Jersey’s Hall of Fame during a ceremony in Cherry Hill on February 14th. McAlarnen won…
The official placement of local high school football teams into the West Jersey Football League has been completed. The league will total 95 teams in 16 divisions. Locally, Lower Cape May and Middle Township will play in the United Division, Ocean City is part of the Independence Division, and Wildwood winds up in the Classic…
The country’s largest holiday scholastic basketball tournament tips off today in Wildwood. The annual Boardwalk Basketball Classic gets underway this afternoon in the Wildwoods Convention Center on the city’s boardwalk. The big Wildwood vs. Wildwood Catholic doubleheader highlights today’s game action. Both games will be broadcast live on WCZT Radio with Brian Cunniff and Buddy…
The first weekend of high school basketball continued Saturday with impressive victories by two local teams. Wildwood Catholic staged a furious comeback and knocked off Southern in a boys game broadcast live on WCZT, 79-76. Southern missed a long shot at the end of the game that would have forced an overtime. Cape May Tech…
Let the season begin. The Wildwood Catholic boys basketball team tipped off its season Friday night with a huge 99-65 win over Buena Regional. Caleb Fields had 20 points for the Crusaders, and Trey Smith added 18. Wildwood Catholic is ranked as the fifth best boys team in our region by the Press of Atlantic…
Roy Wright is leaving Lower Cape May Regional High School to become the athletic director at Burlington City High School. Brian Cunniff of the Gazette Leader reports that Wright is slated to begin his new position in Burlington sometime in mid-February. Wright is the former girls basketball head coach at Lower Cape May and has…