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Twin 2 to 1 Defeats for Cap ers

The Lower Cap£ May boy’s basketball teahn ended their regular season on a sour note, losing a 61-52 game at Ocean City last Tuesday, then dropping a 40-32 contest to Wildwood Catholic on Thursday. On Tuesday, both teams started out quickly, with the Raiders and Capers battling to a 13-13 first quarter tie. Ocean City gained a slight advantage in the second period, outscoring Lower Cape May 11-10 for a 24-23 halftime lead THE RED RAIDERS continued to build momentum in the third stanza, outscoring the Capers 13-10 to upitheir lead to 37-33. Hoping to turn things around, Ix>wer Cape May decided to press Ocean City in the Anal period, but saw their strategy backfire as the Raiders shot 14 for 17 from the foul line, exploding for 24 fourth quarter points to the Capers’ 19 tallies. Kyle Anderson led all scorers with 16 points, while Greg Douglass backed him up with 13 points. HOMER BAKER’S - 13 points led a balanced scoring attack that saw five Ocean City players finish in double figures. Ken HOdge scored 12 points, Chris Dale and Hank Coleman each tossed in 11 points, and Chris Rackley finished

with 10 tallies. • • • BECAUSE THE 14-4 Wildwood Catholic Crusaders had a clear height advantage, Lower Cape May stalled most of the first quarter, hoping to draw the Crusaders out of their zone defense. As a result, Steve Puller sank four of hisxl2 points and Dave McCalion scored all of Wildwood C&tholic's points for 6-6 deadlock. The slow pace continued the rest of the first half with Randy Clark scoring four of the Capers' 6 second period points, while Matt Lowry and Jim Leahy combined for ten Crusader points and a 16-12 halftime advantage. LOWER CAPE MAY staged a brief rally in the third quarter, when a Puller jumpshot with 4:41 left in the period gave the Capers their first lead of the game at 18-16. That was to be their last lead, however, a& Leahy and Victor Namiotka each scored for a 22-18 lead. A steal ahd a basket by Anderson with 5 seconds left closed ifs^to 22-20, but Leahy answered with a shot at the buzzer jto give Wildwood Catholic as a 24-20 lead after three quarters Foul shooting did the Capers in again in the fourth stanza as the

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Crusaders made six of seven free throws for 16 fourth quarter points.— Puller and Anderson did their best to rally Lower Cape May, but their 10 fourth period points were not enough as the Crusaders outscored the Capers, 16-12. PULLER'S 12 points led the Capers in scoring while Anderson backed him up with 8 points. Leahy captured to scor- - ing honors for the Crusaders with 12 points, followed by Lowry and McCalion with 10 points apiece. This week, 16-6 Lower Capfe May tried to regain their composure in the first round of the State Tournament, taking on Woodrow Wilson at Erma yesterday.

THAT'S A flSH In front of Jim Moore, right; hooked at the County Park Pond. Cape May Court House. He and fellow Rio Grande resident Jerry Hewitt decided they couldn't wait for spring to go fishing last Friday.

Regional Matmen 3rd in District Tourney

by David Weinberg Led by new District champions Mike Taylor and Ray Obst, Lower Cape May placed four wrestlers in'/ the finals,xgood for a third place team finish in the District 32 Wrestling Tournament at Vineland last Saturday. Jim Sharpley gave the Capers their first points with his fourth place show-, ing in the 101 pound weight class which was won by Millville’s Doug Taylor. THEIR NEXT points came in the lift pound bout as Victor Romeo defeated three opponents to reach the finals. His luck ran out when he met Ocehn City’s Phil Faunce as he captured, a pin with 23 seconds-ieft in. the first period. Lower Cape {May’s first champion was 148 pounder Taylor, as he stormed through the preliminary rounds, then dealt Vineland’s Charles Cooper a 9-6 defeat in the finals. OBST BECAME the •second Lower Cape May champion in the 158 pound class, defeating Guy Chalow from Vineland and Mike James from Absegami, 8-3 and 18-1 to meet Millville’s Kevin Hess in the finals where Obst won an 11-8 decision. The most surprising Lower.Cape May showing came from 188 pounder Terry Randolph. Subbing for the injured Fred Fischer, Randolph wrestled to a strorffe fourth place finish. Randolph defeated Bryan Christy from

Millville and Wildwood Catholic’s Ed Dougherty before losing to Vineland's Ron Franceschini, 7-2 in the semifinals, and an 8-6 decision to John Thane of Cumberland in the consolation round. HEAVYWEIGHT Charles Jasperse became the fourth Caper to reach the finals with two pin victories over Atlantic City’s Mark Schley in 27 seconds and an upset pin over Pierre Vargas of Vineland in the third period. Tournament favorite Lionel Milboume of Millville ended, Jasperse' winning streak with a 7-2 decision in the finals. By reaching the finals of the tournament, Romeo. Taylor, Obst, and Jasperse all qualified for the Region 7 Tournament to be held in Vineland this Friday and Saturday. THEY WILL BE joined by six other wrestlers from ;Cape May County schools. Ocean City’s 115 pounder, Joe Monteleone, finished first, as did 129 pounder Faunce, and 141 pounder Bob Pheiffer. 122 pound wrestler Bob Schmidt suffered the most heartbreaking loss of the tourney in his final match with Absegami’s Jim Jones. As time ran out in the final period, Schmidt apparently had captured a 4-3 victory. Howevlr, the officials conferred and awarded Jones a one point escape, forcing an overtime, where Jones rallied for a 6-0 win.

In the 170 pound weight class, top seeded Greg MacDonald started Out strongly with a pin in the second round. In the semifinals, however, his luck ran out when Middle » Township's Jeff Kane, the eventual champion, scored an upset 14-6 decision. His misfortune continued in the consolation round as MacDonald lost a 10-6 decision to Absegami's Doug

Swtiderk to finish in last place. There will be two District .champions in the Region Tournament from Middle Township as well. l.'O pound grappler Jeff Kane became champion with a 9-5 decision over Millville's Steve Milboume Tom Tice also became champion in the 188 pound weight class with a M2-7 win over Ron icftchim

Wildlife Drawing Contest

TRENTON - The 44th annual observance of National Wildlife Week will be observed in New Jersey March 15-21, with "We. Care About Oceans” as this year’s theme. In connection with the observance, the state Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs is sponsoring a contest for the best drawing relating to the theme. THE THEME stresses the importance of protecting ocean quality on this "water planet”. A large percentage of the world’s animals live in the surprisingly fragile marine environment, which is easily upset by outside disturbances like pollution. All young people of the state through age 18 ihay gnter the art contest. The drawing must be related to

We Care About Oceans, on paper 8'/i by 11 inches or 11 by 17 inches, with the drawing taking up most of the space. THE ENTRANT’S name, address, telephone number, and age must be printed on the back of the entry, with the source of the picture (name.of book or magazine, including page number, year and month). No tracing will be accepted. Deadline for entries is 'April 30. They should be sent to Wildlife Week Art Contest, Jim Brooker, 114 James Ave., Cranford, 07016. Prizes of a 1100 savings bond will be awarded first place winners in the seniors (age 14-18) juniors, (11-13), and elementary (age 10 and under).

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