A New Jersey high school quarterback who died Friday night after a hard hit on the football field died of internal bleeding. Medical examiners say Evan Murray died Friday night from internal bleeding caused by a lacerated spleen. Murray was hit during a game Friday night and died later in the evening. Murray played for…
Former Middle Township basketball star Garrett Kerr will be playing professional basketball in the Czech Republic. The Gazette Leader reports that Kerr has signed a professional basketball contract to play overseas for BK Nova Hut Ostrava. Kerr led the Panthers to a South Jersey title in 2011 before an exemplary career with University of Sciences…
The Wildwoods Hydrofest New Jersey Governor’s Cup Regatta has been cancelled for this year and will not return in future years. The Press of Atlantic City reports that the event coordinator, Ann Fitzgerald, announced that the races scheduled for October 3rd and 4th of this year would not be happening. She said the reason for…
One of the most popular sports figures in Philadelphia history is gone at the age of 58. Darryl Dawkins, a star center for the Philadelphia 76ers, passed away Thursday morning. He passed away at a Lehigh County, Pennsylvania hospital; no cause of death has been released. Dawkins was picked as the fifth overall selection in…
On Saturday, the Atlantic Shore 14 year-old baseball team won the 14U Babe Ruth World Series title, after beating the Tri-Valley team from Fulton, California 8-7 in the title game. The team was welcomed home on Sunday with a police escort and caravan from the Northfield Volunteer Fire Company, to Fehrle Field in Somers Point, where…
Jimmy Rollins has another former Philadelphia Phillie on his Dodgers baseball team. The Phillies traded veteran infielder Chase Utley, a fan favorite, to the Dodgers for two minor league players. ESPN reported Wednesday night that the deal will result in two minor league players being sent to the Phillies. Utley is expected to approve the…
The Wildwood Leader reports that there has been a rebirth of youth football in Wildwood. In recent weeks nearly 85 football players, from grades one through eight, have been practicing at Maxwell Field in Wildwood without pads, as they prepare for a comeback season. Wildwood has not fielded a football team at the pre-high school…
New Jersey’s high school basketball finals have left Rutgers University and are coming to Toms River. Championship games in all six of New Jersey’s high school divisions will be moving closer to Cape May County, to the Pine Belt Arena in Toms River. State officials say the move makes the finals more accessible and centrally…
Brian Haas is the new athletic director at Wildwood Catholic High School. Haas has been hired to replace longtime athletic director Sal Zuccarello, who has been promoted to the position of Dean of Students at the school. Haas is the new Director of Athletics and Development at Wildwood Catholic. Zuccarello replaces Kevin Quinn who was…
Sports fans who follow high school football in the Cape-Atlantic League know how great the St. Joseph football program has been throughout the years. Now the rest of the country also knows, as the Wildcats from the Hammonton parochial school have been ranked at number seven in the country in a preseason poll by Maxpreps.com. The…