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…
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…