Sports Scope

by Jacob Schaad )r.

AS THE high school football seasav nears an exciting climax, this is the time of the year that coaches and players start thinking of championships and playoffs. That certainly is on the minds of the personnel at two Cape May county teams, Middle Township and Lower Cape May Regional. Both are in contention for the Division II title of the Cape Atlantic League and for state tournament playoff berths. The picture is still clouded but developments of the next two weeks - perhaps next Sunday - could shed some light on their fortunes or misfortunes. Middle Township right now appears to have an edge, but it is not home free. The Panthers are 5-2 overall and 4-1 in league play. It is tied for first place with Hammonton, a team it faces on Saturday in a big game at Middle Township. After that it must travel to Ocean City which certainly will attempt to be a spoiler. If the Panthers can win their last two games, they will be 7-2 overall, 6-1 in the league and probably will take the division title. The chances are fairly good, too, that they will get a State playoff berth, if they keep winning. Lower Cape May Regional, which defeated Middle Township, is in an unusual situation. The Tigers are 3-1-1 with two games left at winless Buena and arch rival Wildwood, a teafn that upset the Tigers last year. Two wins would place Cape May at 5-1-1 and it would still take a long shot for the Capers to win the loop title, especially since Hammonton and Middle are ahead of them by the scantiest of margins. As far as the state tournament is concerned, Lower Cape May has the disadvantage of playing a smaller schedule this year (only seven games), a problem that developed becaase of the pre-season league reorganization. Although it defeated Middle Township, the Capers may have not accrued enought points to qualify for post season competition. That would be a shame, of course, since Lower Cape May is one of the better teams in South Jersey. *• Eight other teams are in contention for four Group Two playoff berths in this region. They include Delsea, Salem, Hammonton, Northern Burlington, Penns Grove, Haddon Township, Burlington City and Lacey. High school state playoff pairings will be announced on Monday morning, November 15. The first Saturday of play is November 20 and the finals are December 4. A BIG upset occurred in the Cape Atlantic League girls tennis Division II championship last week when Ocean City's seventh seeded Dovales team.of Sue Unsworth and Sharon Seltzer defeated Wildwood’s fourth seeded Jacqui Romaine and Lisa Wilson by identical sepres of 6-1. Unsworth and Seltzer got to the finals, by beating Chris Moore and Jennifer Snyder of Middle Township and second seeded teammates Linda King and Kathy McCann. Meanwhile, the singles title competition between top seed Jackie McClelland of Ocean City and defending champion Michele Oliva of Hammonton got off to a false start and will start from scratch on Thursday at a neutral indoor site in Somers Point. The players and their coaches decided to call it quits because of the lateness of the day and the glare of the sun at certain spots on the court. • • • ANOTHER CAPE MAY County athlete is turning in outstanding performances on the collegiate gridiron. The latest is Susquehanna’s Frank Riggitano, a Cape May resident who was graduated from Lower Cape May Reginal High School in 1979. Last Saturday against Upsala, Riggitano kicked three field goals and two extra points to lead the Crusaders to a 23-7 win ovfer the New ■Jersey college. Their distances were 35, 37 and/24 yards. A VIRUS ATTACK aparently didn’t hurt tne running style of Wildwood’s Joey Hall. After being sidelined for a week because of the ailment, Hall showed his resiliency by winning the Cape-Atlantic League Division II Boys' Individual championships. He was clocked in 15 minutes, 59 seconds ahead of Dan Lowden of Ocean City who was six seconds in back of him in the cross country event. The first place finish was his seventh this year and his 14th since his sophomore year. Hall is now a senior.

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HOMECOMING FLOAT al football game of I.ower Cape May Regional High School featared a "Hold That Tiger" float. From the left are Jill Mandreychak, Tara Sherretta and Carl McGaffney. ‘Express ’ Still Undefeated

VILLAS t- In local soccer Sunday Cape Expfess 1 soared past Pineland’s Rolling Thunder with a 4 to 0 victory. The game, played on the Pineland’s field, began with Express offense dominating the play. Super passing by players Michael Nicely, Bobby Knudsen, and Kris Ekstrom kept the ball from crossing the center line a majority of the first half. During the second half.

Cape’s defense — lead by John Leahy, Justin Vogel,and Chris Diamond — kept Pineland’s scoreless and upheld Express' imdefeated title. Cape Express 2 also tasted victory Sunday when they slipped by Absecon 4 to 3. Both the Cape Express teams remain in the Township this week. Games start at 1 p.m. Sunday on the Teitelman School field.

by Jacob Schaad Jr. MIDDLE TOWNSHIP - A big showdown battle between Middle Township and Hammonton will take place here Saturday at i :3o. First place in Division II of the Cape Atlantic League will be at stake. , Both teams tuned up for their confrontation last Saturday with victories Middle had a relativelyeasy time of it in overpowering Pleasantville, 30-6, while Wildwood gave Hammonton fits before succurribing 21-12. Wildwood had a 6-0 lead, then went down 14jf> and drew to 14^2 befere*Hammonton sewed \p the game. The initial Warriors' touchdown was on a six yard pass to Calvin Hayward from Tom Osborne. Hammonton responded with- two touchdowns of 45 and nine yards by Jerome Clements and Bill Curcio respective-' ly. Osborne made it close again with a six yard TD run in the fourth quarter, "but with five minutes left in

the game a blocked punt ict up a clinching 15 yard touchdown run by Dave Caporale. MIDDLE TOWNSHIP used its typical power , game to win at will against Pleasahtville which,, was supposed to be tougher than they vere. Rich Rhinesmith ind Clayton Pa|mer ■ s< ored two touchdowns eich. Palmer, injured ear ier in the season but no t' the leading team rusher v ith 100 yards per game, scolred on 41 and ,14 yard runs Rhinesmith tallied on twe runs of two yards each. Middle, which scored in every period including a last quarter safety, moved to a 14 0 lead before Pleasantville brought it t<j 14-6. After that, it was ail downhill for the Atlantic bounty team as the Panthers turned on the power Middle and Hammonton are now 4-1 ir league play I>owcr Cape May Regional, which did rot play this weekend, is right behind with a 3-1-1 it ark

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