Local boys and girls basketball teams learned this week who they will play in the first round of the South Jersey basketball playoffs. The girls’ pairings are highlighted by a first round game between Cape May Tech and Wildwood. Middle Township will host Audubon, Lower Cape May entertains Oakcrest, Wildwood Catholic visits Holy Cross, and…
On Sunday another Wildwood High School girls’ basketball player reached the 1,000 point mark for her career. Junior Mackenzie McCracken became the ninth player in the school’s history to break the 1,000 point total in a 77-39 win over Cape May Tech. McCracken scored her 1,000th point on a 3-point field goal from the left…
A huge boys basketball game over the weekend went to the Wildwood Catholic Crusaders who knocked off cross county rival Middle Township, 56-45. The game was part of the annual Battle by the Bay event in Atlantic City on Saturday. The win may give Wildwood Catholic at least one home playoff game in the upcoming…
Wildwood Catholic came out on the losing end of a 61-55 boys basketball game Friday night. Trey Smith scored 23 points for Wildwood Catholic, who dropped to 12-3 on the season. In girls hoops, Wildwood Catholic edges Lower Cape May, 52-47, while Middle Township knocked off Cedar Creek, 48-32.
A standout soccer player at Ocean City High School will continue his athletic career at the University of Massachusetts. The Gazette Leader’s Brian Cunniff reports that Ryan Saul signed a national letter of intent on Wednesday to play soccer at the Division I school. Saul played defender for the Red Raiders during his soccer career.
The Middle Township boys swimming team won their first-ever state playoff match Tuesday night against Cape May Tech, 90-80. The swim meet was held at the Cape May County Special Services pool, which serves both schools as their home site. Noah Barrett, who won the 200 freestyle event for Middle also takes a shop class at Cape…
Defense appeared to be an option when you look at the final score of Wildwood’s boys basketball game Friday night. The Warriors were defeated by Clayton, 101-99 which marks the highest scoring game in our area in quite some time. Kylon Flanders scored 36 points for Wildwood, while Trayvon Young added 20. The Warriors scored…
The right tackle position on the Philadelphia Eagles is now locked up through the year 2021. The Eagles announced today that they have signed offensive tackle Lane Johnson to a six-year contract extension. Johnson was drafted by the Eagles in 2013 and has been a starter ever since. The deal could approach $63 million, according…
Eight schools in the Cape Atlantic League will be changing conferences next winter, and Middle Township is among them. The CAL announced that Middle Township and Our Lady of Mercy will be shifted to the United Conference next winter. That will result in some new match ups for the boys and girls teams at Middle…
If you have tickets to Saturday night’s Sixers-Celtics game in Philadelphia, stay home. The National Basketball Association announced that the game has been postponed until Sunday evening at 7:00pm. Some other sports games in other cities are postponed, but not the NFC championship game in North Carolina featuring the Panthers and the Cardinals.