Herald & Lantern 7 March '84

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on the mark

sports

by Mark Mattem

Crusader, Raider Girls Keep State Title Hopes

And then there were two. Only two teams from Cape May County survived the high school basketball playoffs last week. Both were girls' teams, one from Ocean City and the other from Wildwood Catholic. Just a year ago, the Crusaders met Gloucester Catholic and wfere eliminated. Not This year. Mary Gavin led the 24 and 2 Crusaders to a 40-37 victory, scoring a team high 18 points Great defense sparked W.C. to an 11-2 first quarter edge. At the half, Gavin had already rolled up 14 points andjbe Crusaders held dn ISTZ ao\ vantage. As Gavin cooled ' in the third period, the slack was takeiT\up by Janice Boyle and,Jackie Cowan. Boyle worked the outside for three long jumpers and Cowan was effective on the inside. After three quarters. W.C. held an eight-point lead and needed to hold on to stop a Gloucester Catholic rally. High scoring Lisa Angelotti hit for 15 of her game-high 29 points to fuel the late rush. EARLIER IN the week Wildwood Catholic topped St. Rose 57-53 behind a fine performance from Cowan. Cowan paced the Crusaders with 18 points while Gavin finished with 16. Down the stretch Gavin hit on 5 of 6 important free . throws to sew up the win. The Ocean City girls kept their hopes alive in playff action with a 68-30 victory over Deptford. Marge Bonnet poured in 23 points and ripped down eight rebounds to lead the Red Raiders. Lisa Compton provided the needed punch in the first half, scoring all of her 10 points as O.C. built up a 41-16 lead. Delran gave Middle Township the early boot

from the tournament with a 65-49 victory. Jennifer Snyder scored 24 to top the Panther scoring list while Shelly Ridgeway kicked in 15 points. Despite the fine effort by Snyder and Ridgeway, Middle didn't have enought to offset the balanced Delran scoring^ THINGS LOOKED pretty good for the girls from Wildwood High following a 43-30 win over Woodstown. That was until they ran up against Schalick. The Schalick defense held Audra Coleman to just four first half points on the way to a 54-39 win. ,The > Wildwood forward ended up with 14 on thejiight as Wildwood was ^eliminated from Group I play. In boys action, Mike Schafer Scored 35 points but it wasn't enough as the Wildwood Warriors dropped a heartbreaker to Paulsboro 70-69. The Warriors held a nine-point halftime advantage and an even larger lead in the third quarter but couldn't hold on. Missed foul shots cost Wildwood the game with time running out. Senior Bill Osborn hit for just 10 points in his final game. Lower Cape May played stall-ball against top seeded Salem, but it didn’t work too well. The Capers lost the ball game while holding Salem to just 28 points in the 28-23 loss. Lower didn't attempt a shot in the second quarter against the spread out 2.one defense. Pat Holden led the Capers • with 12 points IN GROUP II play. Mid die Township got the early exit from Pennsville 58-56. The third quarter proved to be the downfall for the Panthers as they were outscored 14-8 after holding the early lead. Happy

Howell helped build a 26-23 halftime lead, scoriog eight of his 20 points in the second period. Toms River South did a number on the Red Raiders of Ocean City in a 74-58 victory. With the game still in reach, O.C. missed 10 foul Shots in the third period as TRS built up a 48-42 lead. On the game, the Raiders hit on only 18 of 34 from the charity stripe. Ocean City cut the lead to 10 with just over four minutes to play but an offensive foul and a turnover took the wind out of their sails. Dennis Jones scored 14 points to lead the Raiders, followed by a subpar 12 from Gene Watts. Looking at the playoff results s6 far, the girls from Ocean City will have to pull off big upsets to win the title, but Wildwood Catholic may have passed its toughest task with a big win over Gloucester Catholic. TWO CAPE MAY County wrestiers will be competing in the state tournament today at Princeton University following second place finishes in Region 8 action last Saturday. Lower Cape May’s John Porter lost for just the first time this year in the championship in the 148-pound class. Porter lost to Doug Downs 7-2. Downs exploded

Dellas Tops In Hockey

CAPE MAY - Dellas continued its winning ways as it cruised by Keltic News 5-1. Dellas togka 3-0 lead after the firstperiod behind two goals by Jim Hawthorne and one by John ‘‘Shaky" Walters. Jim Cavanaugh extended Dellas' lead to 5-0 as he scored two goals in the span of three minutes in the third period. Keltic’s Arthur Mason averted the shutout as he'scored with just 43 seconds remaining in the game. The C-View took over sole possession of second place as it held off a thirdperiod rally by the Cape May Volunteer Fire Co. team to wifi 5-4. C-View took a commanding 3-0 lead after two period as Mike Strawley banged in two goals in the first period and Kurt Hughes chipped in a goal in the second. Craig Oreo extended CView’s lead to a seemingly insurmountable 4-0 as he scored at the 2:30 mark of the third period. The .Fire Co. stormed back at that point as Bob Caulkins scored two quick goals to narrow ‘ C-View’s lead to 4- 2. Kurt Hughes put CView ahead by three goals as.he fired in his second goal of the evening at the 6:52 mark. The Fire Co.’s Mike Wing and Stig Blomkvest scored a goal apiece to bring their team within one goal of C-View. - but it was too little too late ' as C-View held on to win 5- 4. STANDINGS Drilat *-■ C-View M C.M.VaLFiirC*. *-4 KHUeNewt t-t

for seven points in the second period, including a nearfall, on the way to the victory. Porter’s record stood at 26-1 following the defeat to Downs, who holds a 27-0 Slate. Sophomore Bill Kane made his way to the finals and looked to be in good shape after the first period in the heavyweight contest against Charles Lawton. Kane, from Lower Cape May, held a 5-2 advantage over Lawton before being reversed into a cradle. The end came at 2:58 as Lawton finally got the pin. With two years left in his high school wrestling career. Kane made great strides reaching the regional finals. REMARKS: It was great to hear that the Philadelphia Phillies played some exhibition baseball late last week. Good weather is on the way and that means the 5-Mile Run Set In June CAPE MAY POINT - The organizational meeting of the Sixth Annual Cape May Point Five Mile Run was held recently. Plans are underway for the event, to be held Saturday, June 16. The TVo Mile Fun Run will begin at 9 a m. and the five-miler at 9:30 a.m. This event has become the prime ' generator of funds for the benefit of the Point Volunteer Fire Company and is a major community endeavor. The race committee; headed by Chris Garrison, announced that funds this year will be used for the reconstruction of the Fire House. Solicitation for Sponsors will begin shortly and local businesses are requested to

assist.

Any one interested in actively participating in race plans is encouraged to contact the Director for information as to the next meeting. For applications write Cape May Point Five Mile. Run, P.O. Box 421, Cape May Point, sending stamped, self-addressed envelope.

baseball season top. Not necessarily in that order f think the Phils have a better club than the one that woo the National League over a year ago. The N.L. East will be more cqjnpetitive this season, fm sure. The Phillies, if the pitchers hold up, should make another run at the

title.

Speaking of running at the title, what is wrong with the Philadelphia 76ers? They beat the San Diego Clippers Sunday night, but looked like a team that is on the same level as the Clippers No one takes charge anymore I think the fun has gone out of the game. At least sitting in front of the tube it has

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