AC sports

CAL's past, present and future collide at All-Star Saturday

bill.leconey@shorenewstoday.com (Bill LeConey ) — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 17:38:27 GMT

OCEAN CITY – Alexis Harris ended her high school basketball career with a bang - and took it to the bank with one memorable buzzer-beating three-point shot - to lead Team Baruffi to a 65-46 win over Team Douglass in the Just 4 Wheels Girls Classic at Prime Events All Star Saturday.

Harris, a senior from Atlantic City High School, scored a game-high 20 points, including four field goals from well beyond the arc, and flashed the kind of play-making and ball-handling skills that should serve her well as she continues her basketball career at Palm Beach State, a Division I junior college in South Florida.

"This is really just the beginning for me," said Harris. "It's sad (that her high school career is over), but I'm just glad that I got to be known as one of the best in the area through high school. I just love everything about the game."

Baby steps with a purpose for new AC lacrosse program

bill.leconey@shorenewstoday.com (Bill LeConey ) — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 18:12:17 GMT

ATLANTIC CITY – There are surely better days ahead - and hopefully soon - for the fledgling Atlantic City High School boys lacrosse team, which lost to Lower Cape May Regional 16-0 Wednesday in the program's first ever varsity game.

The Vikings, also playing their first Cape-Atlantic League game on their artificial turf field, couldn't get anything going against a very good Lower team.

Pete Tomlin scored four goals while Cole Blackley and Matt Leonard added two each for Lower, which is coming off its first ever South Jersey Group I playoff appearance.

What NJSIAA football proposal would mean to the CAL

primeevents@prodigy.net (Tom Williams) — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 03:31:21 GMT

There is a proposal that should come before the general membership of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association that would change the way high school football is structured in the state.

If it is approved, here is what the CAL might look like in 2016.

NJSIAA proposal would create parochial-only football league

bill.leconey@shorenewstoday.com (Bill LeConey ) — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 20:47:04 GMT

A series of very interesting proposals came out of Tuesday's meeting of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletics Association public/non-public committee in Atlantic City.

The most interesting - some would say most necessary - change would create a parochial-only football league to start in 2016.

If approved, St. Joseph, St. Augustine Prep and Holy Spirit would leave the Cape-Atlantic League for football. Public schools could still play parochial schools in non-league games, but public schools would no longer have to keep getting hammered in league play by non-public schools that can recruit and draw players from throughout the region. Holy Spirit, St. Joe and St. Augustine are a combined 59-10 against CAL public schools the past three seasons.

Nineteen players from area to play in All Star Saturday

primeevents@prodigy.net (Tom Williams) — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 19:25:44 GMT

OCEAN CITY - Nineteen players from area high schools will put on their basketball uniforms one last time on Saturday March 28 to play in The 14th Annual All Star Saturday at the Dixie Howell Memorial Gymnasium.

Prime Events All Star Saturday will be held at Ocean City High School on Saturday with the best seniors from the Cape-Atlantic League facing off in the final two basketball games of four that celebrate the present and future of the CAL.

The two high school games, starting at 4:30 p.m., will match the best CAL seniors. Because the CAL is aligned into three conferences, the all star teams were drafted based on the all star voting of the league’s coaches.

Successful CAL basketball season wraps up

primeevents@prodigy.net (Tom Williams) — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 19:00:47 GMT

A Tournament of Champions doubleheader Monday night in Trenton wrapped up the high school basketball season except for a few all-star games.

The Lower Cape May girls won the South Jersey Group II title. It’s the fifth straight year a Cape Atlantic League team has won either a boys or girls state title and the 44th time in the past 45 years.

On the boys side, St. Augustine won its first CAL title since 2011 and its eighth CAL title overall. The Prep also reached the Non-Public A South Jersey final before running into an unusually hot-shooting Christian Brothers Academy.

Mainland girls, Prep boys win varsity eight races at Lenape Sprints

bill.leconey@shorenewstoday.com (Bill LeConey ) — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 16:38:38 GMT

It was a brisk early-spring day on the waters of Lake Lenape in Hamilton Township, where several area high schools competed in the opening event of the local crew season, the Lake Lenape Sprints I, on Saturday, March 21.

The St. Augustine Prep boys and the Mainland Regional girls were the biggest winners of the day, capturing their respective varsity eight races. But several other schools - Atlantic City, Cedar Creek, Absegami - also had their moments in the (not-so-bright or warm) sun.

ACHS to induct 10 into Hall of Fame

front.desk@catamaranmedia.com (Staff Reports) — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 20:17:59 GMT

The Atlantic City High School Hall of Fame Association announced the 2015 inductees who will be honored at a ceremony scheduled for 11 a.m. Sunday, May 17 at the high school. Admission to the ceremony is $5.

The purpose of the Association is to honor players, coaches, individuals and teams who have made a distinctive contribution to the rich athletic history of the high school. The 2015 induction class consists of an impressive list of athletes, teams and outstanding contributors, including:

Tory Cavalieri, Class of 2000. Cavalieri was among the greatest guards in Viking basketball history. He was Press player of the year in 2000, all-conference, all-South Jersey and second team all-state. He was a three-year starter and captain at St. Francis College.

Absegami sophomore breaks the ice for Mainland hockey team

bill.leconey@shorenewstoday.com (Bill LeConey ) — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 17:19:36 GMT

Mickenzie Restle, an Absegami High School sophomore, is an ice hockey player, not a wrestler, and he plays for the Mainland Regional High School hockey club.

It’s a bit confusing, but it makes perfect sense when you watch Restle glide effortlessly on the ice like he was born to play hockey.

He scored a team-high 23 goals and compiled 38 points in leading Mainland to a 13-2-2 record and its first-ever appearance in the prestigious Flyers Cup Scholastic Championships.

Northfield youngster finds success with a new racquet

bill.leconey@shorenewstoday.com (Bill LeConey ) — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 20:05:10 GMT

Nick Walsh took to racquetball with the same relish that a bear takes to honey. And the results have been similarly sweet.

Walsh, a 14-year-old honors student at Northfield Community School, has only been playing racquetball for about 15 months. But already, through hard work and inherent ability, he is ranked No. 3 in New Jersey in the 16 and under age group, and No. 46 in the nation in the 14 and under rankings.