By TOM WILLIAMS The football teams from four Cape-Atlantic League schools will play in NJSIAA State Semi-Final games tonight and tomorrow. And all four will be on the road. If you can’t make the trip to Somerville, Winslow Township, Ramsey ..read more

By TOM WILLIAMS Here they are! The senior girls who were selected by the student body as part of the homecoming celebrations over more than the last six decades. Which ones do you remember?? 2024 Noley Schenck2023 Lindsay Tate2022 A’yanna ..read more

By TOM WILLIAMS The regular season of New Jersey high school football will end on Saturday – that’s October 26. A lot of us find that to be somewhat ridiculous. But, since the emphasis in the sport has changed from ..read more

It will have a family feel when 10 new members of the Ocean City High School Sports Hall of Fame are inducted in December. One new member joins his father and uncle in the Hall of Fame. There is another ..read more

By TOM WILLIAMS The Connor Laverty Memorial 3×3 Basketball Tournament will be held on Saturday starting at 9 a.m. Because of damage to the floor of the Dixie Howell Memorial Gymnasium in the high school, the games will be played ..read more

By TOM WILLIAMS The people in the Cape-Atlantic sports community are worn out. One after another, we have lost some of the most significant people in CAL history. Chris Ford, Nuncie Sacco, Jim Schafer, Lou Paludi, Frank Campo, John Pierantozzi, Greg Goodwin, Bob Hutchings, Father Ed Lyons, Joe Cacia, Connor Laverty, John-John Bucci, Ray Rogers, Joe Kennedy, Tim Shannon, Ed Harvard, Frank Tummarello, Steve Shincarick, Charlie Baker, Steve Young, Bob Hoffman, Frank Wickes, John Cervino, Dave Andrews, Kyle Andrews, Andy Jernee and Charlie Bowman – among others. In just three years! And now – Budd ..read more

By TOM WILLIAMS As soon as you entered a gym, you could tell if Greg Goodwin was coaching. Because of his passion for the game, he was the loudest coach in the Cape-Atlantic League, maybe in South Jersey, shouting instructions to his players (and, occasionally, to a referee or two). And he was also one of the most successful. He coached boys basketball at St. James, Millville (his alma mater) and Absegami. He had a lot to do with getting the Absegami boys lacrosse program going and coached there. But it was in girls basketball where he made history. Goodwin, who died Sunday after a long battle ..read more

By TOM WILLIAMS Ocean City High School finished second to Mainland for the 2023-24 Ed Byrnes Memorial All-Sports Award. The award is displayed by the school that wins the most Cape-Atlantic League and NJSIAA championships. Though they fell short in winning the Byrnes Award, OCHS teams were the best in Cape May County, the best in girls sports and tied for the best in fall sports. You can see more details about the Byrnes Award HERE. Ocean City senior Sophia Curtis, a track All-American headed to Virginia Tech, was the winner of the annual Billy Schoppy Award, presented to the outstanding ..read more

Dozens of athletes and a handful of teams were honored at the Ocean City Music Pier Tuesday afternoon during the annual CAL Celebration, created by Prime Events. The event concluded with the primary awards of the day. Mainland edged Ocean City to win the Ed Byrnes Memorial All Sports Award for the ninth time in the 34 years since it was created. It was Mainland’s second win in the last three years. The Byrnes Award is based on how many championships each school wins in all varsity sports. And seniors from Mainland and Ocean City were named winners of the Billy Schoppy Memorial Awards, given to ..read more

You can nominate athletes, coaches, contributors or teams to the Ocean City High School Sports Hall of Fame the rest of this month. The online nomination form is HERE. For an athlete to be eligible for induction, five classes must have graduated since his or her graduation. Those athletes who graduated in 2019 or before are eligible this year. The athletes already inducted. with their bios, are HERE. For a team to be eligible for induction, five seasons in its sport must have concluded since the completion of its season. Those teams who played during the 2018-19 school year, or before, are eli ..read more