A star baseball player for Wildwood High School has made his college choice. Senior Chris Mormile has verbally committed to play basketball at Wagner College in New York City, according to a report by the Wildwood Leader. Mormile is a pitcher who won nine games this past season for Wildwood High which advanced to the…
Triple Crown winner American Pharaoh will be running in the Garden State. His next race will be on August 2nd at the Haskell Invitational in Monmouth Park, according to ESPN. American Pharaoh won the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont. This will be the first time a Triple Crown winner ever ran at Monmouth…
A new Athletic Director has been selected for Wildwood High School and will assume the office this week. The Wildwood Leader reports that 32 year-old Travis LaFerriere was chosen to replace Phil Schaffer, who was recently promoted to principal from the AD position. LaFerriere was approved last week as Wildwood High’s new athletic director and assistant vice…
So long, Ryne Sandberg. The manager of the Philadelphia Phillies called it quits on Friday afternoon, saying he didn’t want to interfere with the new direction the team will be taking with major management changes. Sandberg says he is dissatisfied with the record of the Phillies, who are arguably the worst team in Major League…
The Philadelphia 76ers made a surprise selection in the NBA draft on Thursday night. The Sixers took Duke center Jahlil Okafor with the third overall pick in the draft. Okafor fell to the Sixers after the Lakers selected guard D’Angelo Russell with the second pick. The 76ers say they will keep Okafor and not trade…
Greg Goodwin is ready for his third tour of duty as head basketball coach at Absegami High School. The school announced that Goodwin will return a third time to coach the Braves’ basketball team this fall. Goodwin’s last stop at the high school ended five years ago. Goodwin is also a past coach of the…
Lower Cape May Regional High School graduate Matt Szczur is headed back to the minor leagues. The Chicago Cubs over the weekend send Szczur back to Des Moines, Iowa, the club’s AAA affiliate. Szczur has batted .167 for the Cubs this season on the major league level with two stolen bases. In AAA, Szczur is…
Two local high school baseball players have been selected to play in the Carpenter Cup tournament, which features the best players in the Delaware Valley. Senior catcher Jimmy Versage from Middle Township and Wildwood sophomore pitcher/first baseman Brendan Bean will both play for the Tri-Cape team on June 17th in the first round of the single-elimination…
Matt Szczur is back with the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs called Szczur up from their Triple A club on Tuesday, earning the Lower Cape May Regional grad another attempt at sticking with the major league roster. Szczur is 25 years old and so far is batting .172 in 18 games this season for Chicago.
On Tuesday two local high school athletes will be attempting to get their 100th career hits. Senior Kevin Laffey of Wildwood Catholic goes for his 100th hit in a game against Absegami in the final game of the year. In softball, Carissa Scott tries for her 100th career hit in Lower Cape May Regional’s season…