Basketball junkies, rejoice: The high school basketball season tips off this weekend. The biggest event to begin the season is the 18th Annual Ocean City PBA Tipoff Weekend. Games will be played on Saturday and Sunday and includes participation from boys and girls basketball teams at Wildwood Catholic, Middle Township, and Ocean City high schools.…
The largest grammar school basketball tournament tips off this Thursday in Wildwood Crest. The 22nd Annual Scoop Taylor Tournament will tip off at the Crest Pier later this week. Various boys and girls teams from throughout Cape May County participate in the tournament, with championship games being held on December 14th.
Another resignation of a local football coach in the now defunct Cape Atlantic League. Oakcrest football coach Chuck Smith resigned this week from a program he’s led for the past six seasons. Smith won 28 games during his tenure at Oakcrest. He is a teacher at Mainland High School which also has an opening in…
Wildwood High School is searching for a new football coach. The Wildwood Leader reports that Bruce Lazaruk has resigned after being at the helm of the Warriors program for the past two seasons. Wildwood won one game in two years under Lazaruk, and was winless this past season. Lazaruk told the Leader the resignation is…
The Cape-Atlantic Football League will be only a memory after this Thanksgiving’s games are completed. The league that started in 1949 in southernmost New Jersey has been absorbed by the West Jersey Football League. Starting with the 2016 high school football season, the 17 teams from the old C.A.L. will be divided into three divisions,…
The realignment of the West Jersey football League has been tentatively set. The League will have a United Division consisting of Lower Cape May, Middle Township, Pleasantville, Holy Spirit, and Buena. 17 schools from the Cape Atlantic League are divided up into three divisions. The final alignment of the league will be set before the…
It’s still very possible that public and non-public football schools will be divided in New Jersey as soon as next year. The New Jersey State Interscholastic Association voted Wednesday to keep a measure on a ballot that will separate the two classifications of schools. The big vote will take place on December 7th at a…
It’s a big day for two field hockey teams from Cape May County high schools. Lower Cape May plays in the South Jersey Group II semifinals today against top seed West Deptford. Ocean City is the number one seed in Group III; the Red Raiders host Hammonton in a semifinal game this afternoon.
The Cape Atlantic League National boys soccer title belongs to the Middle Township Panthers. Middle Township knocked off Lower Cape May, 2-0, to clinch the title on Monday. This is the third conference championship in the past four seasons for Middle Township. Brendan Forrest and Joe Fala scored goals for the Panthers, who improved to…
A couple of local football teams suffered losses on Friday night. Millville held on to defeat Ocean City, 20-13. Millville got a late touchdown pass from quarterback Will Polhamus in the fourth quarter to seal the victory. Bridgeton visited Lower Cape May and thumped the Caper Tigers, 42-7. Three players for Bridgeton each gained 100…