A student athlete best known in the Philadelphia area for her prowess on the little league diamond will be playing basketball this weekend at Holy Spirit High School. Mo’ne Davis will be playing basketball for Springside-Chestnut Hill Academy during a basketball tournament being held this weekend at the school. Davis is best known for gracing…
The countdown continues in local girl’s basketball as Lower Cape May Regional senior Lauren Holden zeros in on scoring the 2,000th point of her career. On Tuesday Holden scored 22 points as the Lady Tigers trounced Millville 59-27 as the starting team made an early exit from the game. Holden should reach the 2,000-point plateau…
On Wednesday night the top two boys basketball teams in South Jersey hosted two local teams and won. #1 Holy Spirit defeated Middle Township 55-40 and #2 St. Augustine beat Wildwood Catholic 81-66, despite 15 three-point field goals by the Crusaders. St. Joeseph beat Ocean City 51-45 and Pitman defeated Cape May Tech 59-57. On…
The Wildwood Catholic boys and girls basketball teams both won their games at Tuesday’s opening night of the Boardwalk Basketball Classic Tournament. The Lady Crusaders beat Wildwood 51-37 as Olivia Rulon scored 31 points. The Wildwood Catholic boys shot 6-9 from the 3-point arc as they defeated Wildwood 68-40. In the Boardwalk Classic Showcase Game,…
A very successful football coach in the Cape Atlantic League has called it quits. Hammonton High School football coach Pete Lancetta announced his resignation this week. Lancetta told his team that he’s done coaching on Tuesday. Lancetta accepted a job as an offensive line coach for the Rowan University football team.
There is a new head basketball coach at Cape May Tech. The school promoted from within and Josh Mercado is the new head coach, according to shorenewstoday.com. He takes over the program that was led by Jim Ridgeway for the past 16 seasons. Mercado graduated Lower Cape May Regional in 2003. He teaches history and psychology…
A football tradition continues between Lower Cape May Regional and Middle Township on Thanksgiving. The two teams will face off in the annual Anchor Bowl, which didn’t happen last year because Lower Cape May Regional had to forfeit a number of games on their schedule. Besides last year, the annual tradition has been played ever…
Friday will be the day when a judge issues a ruling on a sports betting debate in New Jersey. United States District Court Judge Michael Shipp is expected to rule on Friday whether or not legalized sports betting can be conducted in the State of New Jersey. Arguments on both sides of the case were…
On Thursday night the Wildwood Warrior High School football team got their first victory in the final game of the season. Wildwood defeated visiting Pleasantville 22-6 in a chilly mist that caused several turnovers, including a Warrior interception return for a touchdown. Middle Township won their home consolation game over Audubon 22-0 and Ocean City…
The first weekend of high school football playoffs kicks off Thursday night with a schedule of consolation games. Three of our local teams will be in action at 7 p.m. Audubon plays at Middle Twp., Pleasantville travels to Wildwood and Ocean City will play at Deptford. Friday night’s schedule will feature sectional semifinal playoff games.