It’s the end of a memorable season for the Wildwood Catholic softball team. The Lady Crusaders dropped the state Non Public B championship game Sunday to Immaculate Heart, 8-2. Immaculate Heart scored five runs in the third inning to pull away. ##
One of the three finalists for this season’s American League MVP is Mike Trout from Millville and the Los Angeles Angels. Trout won MVP honors in 2014 and finished second in 2015, 2013 and 2012. The other two finalists are Boston Red Sox right fielder Mookie Betts and Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve. The…
Although Lower Township’s Matt Szczur was not on the Chicago Cub’s playoff roster during their run to a World Series title, he was able to experience the thrills from the dugout and contribute in other ways. First baseman Anthony Rizzo was in a slump during the NL Championship Series until he started using Szczur’s bat…
It’s official. Ryan Howard is no longer a member of the Philadelphia Phillies after a 15-years tenure. On Thursday the team chose not to pick up Howard’s $23 million option, which makes the 36 year-old first baseman a free agent. Howard was the only player on the Phillies’ roster remaining from the 2008 World Series…
Wildwood Crest native Frank Vogel begins the new NBA season Wednesday night coaching a different team. Vogel’s contract as head coach of the Indiana Pacers was not renewed at the end of the season and he was hired to coach the Orlando Magic. Team management says Vogel’s emphasis on defense fits perfectly with the team’s…
The Chicago Cubs have not included Matt Szczur on the World Series playoff roster, but the Lower Township native is still very much a part of the team. Anthony Rizzo used Szczur’s bat to break out of a slump in the NL Championship Series and says he will continue to use it throughout the post-season. Szczur…
New Jersey native Martin Truex, Jr. won Sunday’s NASCAR Chase race at Dover International Speedway for his second victory in three races. The win was the fourth victory this season for Truex, who remains at the top of the standings for the Sprint Cup championship. Truex won his first career Cup race at Dover in…
In his final regular season game with the Chicago Cubs, former Lower Township resident Matt Szczur hit a go-ahead two-run double in the ninth inning of a 7-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Szczur finished 1 for 3 with a run scored and two RBI after entering the game in right field as a defensive…
New Jersey native Martin Truex, Jr., won the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400 race on Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway, but his car failed the post-race inspection. The Truex JR. team, known as Furniture Row Racing, claimed the failure of the laser-inspection was due to damages suffered in the race when their No. 78 Toyota collided…
A 2011 graduate of Holy Spirit High School is now officially a Green Bay Packer. Quarterback Joe Callahan made the Packer’s roster after completing 61.4 percent of his preseason passes for 499 yards and three touchdowns. Callahan is one of three quarterbacks on the team, with former MVP Aaron Rodgers at the top of the…