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THE HERALD THURSDAY JANUARY 11, 1979

SPORTS BASKETBALL OFFICIATING Middle Township’s basketball team suffered a heart-breaking loss to Sacred Heart of Vineland on Tuesday night. But the accounts in the press give no Inclination of what really happened. The story said that the Panthers lost in overtime when the Hearts outscored them 20-4. But that's not the real story. In regulation time, Middle was leading by 1 point with 3 seconds to play. Sacred Heart had the ball out of bounds at the end of the court. Now anyone with any knowledge of basketball, knows that there is not time to bring the ball down court for a legitimate shot at the basket. It would have to be a wild desperation shot from half-court. But the Hearts did not have to resort to this kind of shot. When the ball was passed in, the Hearts player pivoted around and bumped into Doug Bryant of the Panthers who was standing motionless. Yet he was called for blocking. The Hearts’ player was awarded a one and one foul try. He made the first,

tying up the game and missed the second, sending the game into overtime. Playing without Herb Jaudon who had fouled out on some other questionable fouls, the Panthers were unable to cope with the officials and Sacred Heart sank foul shot after foul shot to blow the game wide open. The final count on foul shooting was Middle 3-10 and Scred Heart 2?-32. Now this writer has observed basketball for over 50 years, coached and even officiated high school games and I know that some times an official’s vision can be blocked, but when a play happens right in the open, such as a player holding the rim with one hand and dunking with the other, and the official allows the basket and calls a foul on the Middle player, there is no excuse for him. Which brings me to the point that why is an official who lives in Vineland selected to referee a game in which a Vineland team is involved? This happens all the

time at Sacred Heart games and it is not the fault of the Sacred Heart Coach Jim Megan. The officials are assigned by a supervisor of the chapter. Coach Megan apologized to Coach Chick Ludman of Middle Township, He said he was embarrassed to win a game in such a manner. And Sacred Heart fans came up to Coach Ludman after the game and told him his team deserved to win. What can a coach tell his boys who have fought their hearts out to win a game only to have their deserved win taken away by poor officiating? He has no official protest; the calls are up to the judgement of the officials. Maybe this is a case where the videotape machine should be used to get the right decision.

C.M. YOUTH SOCCER LEAGUE MEETING Cape May Youth Soccer League has a monthly meeting the second Thursday at Middle Township High’s Library at 8 P.M. All interested people, coaches, and league officials are invited Jan. 11th. Itinerary is the election of new officials, plans for registration of the Spring league. A referee clinic is also planned.

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MIDDLE TWP. GIRLS BASKETBALL The Lady Panthers of Middle Township rolled on to their 9th straight win by defeating Sacred Heart 44-20. Laurie Budd led the scorers with 17 points, backed up by Sue McKinley’s 9. Middle played their usual solid defense in holding the Hearts to 20 points. Middle’s next game will be on Friday against Ocean City away at 3:45 P.M. The Lady Panthers are 9-1 overall. Now rated No. 1 ] Group 2 in South Jersey, the Lady Panthers made their first appearance in Courier-Post rating, number 11 in all South Jersey. PEE WEE BASKETBALL RESULTS The Sonics defeated the Trailblazers 14-5 in a game played Jan. 6th. Marty Baker spearheaded the Sonics win by canning 8 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. Gerald Green second his output by pumping in 6 more. The Trailblazers had many of their shots go in and out for a little tough luck. David Matthews led the Blazers with 3 points and Kendall Davis made a basket. The Knicks behind the shooting of Vaughn Coleman and Steve Hand surged from a 14-8 halftime deficit to defeat the Rockets 26-14 going away. Steve Hand drilled home 14 points and Vaughn Coleman nailed 8. Billy Weisheit played good ‘D’ for the winners. 1 X 3 Multiplication? No, just newspaper talk for a 1 column by 3 inch ad. Too small to be effective, right? You're reading this one, aren't you? Advertise in the Capa May County Herald.

FLAG FOOTBALL BANQUET The Raiders of Court House and the Cowboys of Delsea Drive will be honored on Saturday night at a mini-banquet to be held in the Legion Home in Cape May Court House at 7:00 P.M. The young men will be given dessert, ice cream, cake and soda. A sheet cake in the form of a football field donated by Tom Repici of the Avalon Real Estate Agency will be a highlight. Awards will be given to the Most Valuable Player on offense, defense and the Most Improved Player on each team. The names of the recipients will be a secret until the presentation. An NFL football film entitled “Football Follies’’ will be shown and Paul Goslin, a former NFL player for the N.Y. Jets and Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be the featured speaker. Master of Ceremonies Bill Sherman will introduce Coach Dave Griffin of the Cowboys and Mark Robbins of the Raiders who will introduce their players and present the trophies. Gregg Arnold, Middle Twp. Recreation Director will shew the film which was procurred by Mike Vistenzo for the Banquet. Local dignitaries, Bill Sturm, Gerry Thornton, and Ralph Evans, Phil Matalucci, Bob Hentges, Carl Baker, Joe Walsh, Sam DeVico, George Simpkin, and Mike Vistenzo, who have lent their support to the Flag Football Program have been Invited to attend the. banquet as Mary Born, the T-Shirt Lady from Mayville, who sponsored the team this year. Tickets are available to the public for a $1.00 donation and can be obtained from members of the team and the coaches.

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