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on the mark by Mark Matt em

Fall Starts With Gridiron Gloom

The first day of fall turned out to be one of the most delightful Saturday afternoons of the year, but for

four county high school football teams, it wasn't so delightful. Ocean City scored a few

I points in a tough loss to Hoi ly Spirit. Going into the last 15 seconds of the contest, the Red Raiders held a slim 7-6 advantage. Holy Spirit called on Evan Horner to do something that you don't see too often in high school play — kick a field goal. Horner made good from 27 yards to finalize a 9-7 Holy Spirit victory. Ocean City took the lead at the start of the second half, marching 63 yards on a drive. Capping the drive was a one-yard plunge from junior fullback Graig Swennes. Senior Fritz Ferrell booted the extra point for a 7-6 lead that held up until the game-ending three-pointer. ALL CAPE-ATLANTIC League II running back Tim Edwards returned to the Middle Township starting lineup Saturday, but the defense of St. Joseph didn't welcome him back with open arms. Wildcat defenders continued to wrap their arms around Edwards and held him to | just 37 yards rushing in a I .23-0 win bver Middle Township. Middle Township got close to cracking the scoreboard early in the second quarter. Running backs Edwards and Frank Hall moved the pigskin to the one-foot line, but on the next play, quarterback Bob Hicks and Edwards misconnected on a handoff. The fumble went into the Wildcat end zone with St. Joseph recovering for a touch back At Erma , Lower Township watched Oakcrest roll up 264 yards on the ground, but the Falcons only managed one score in a 7-0 vrfn. Oakcrest scored with just four minutes to play on a threeyard run. On the next kickoff. Lower's Mike Wing gave the Capers good field position at the 50-yard line. Two plays later, Lower tried to pull off a fleaflicker, a play that beat I Oakcrest last season, only I to have the pass picked off. I The interception killed the I last chance for the Capers I to bid on a come back.

Lower did get the ball back on a Jumble, but with the scoreboard clock not working, time ran out before the Capers could get off another play on the Falcon 28 yard line. W1LDWOOD LOADED UP the bus and took off fop Pleasantville Saturday onfy to see Pleasantville load up the guns in a 31-0 romp. Five different players scored for the Greyhounds. It was the Bruce Calvery show in soccer last week. Calvery scored the hat trick to lead Lower Cape May past Bridgeton 5-1. Calvery 's three goals were followed by single tallies from Kevin Jackson and Jim Rosell. Pat McFarlane hit the nets with just over two minutes left as Wildwood Catholic stopped Middle Township 1-0. McFar lane's goal came on the 24th Crusader shot on goalie Sean Wittington. Chris McCurdy stopped all 11 shots that came Ids way to earn the shutout. Ocean City goal-keeper John Spoltore knocked away 16 shots in a 3-1 victory over Mainland. The Red Raiders scored a goal in each of the three periods as Bill Gallagher, Dan Delia Porta and Frank Edwardi each tallied once. dee-f'ense, deeFENSE. That was the battle cry in the field hockey game between Ocean City and Egg Harbor Township. The two teams battled to a 0-0 stalemate. The Raiders came close to taking the win in the final seconds, but a shot from close range sailed wide. The defense continued in Court House as Middle goalie, Carole Coles turned back Buena to the tune of 4-0. Melody Coles was the offensive star for the Panthers, scoring twice. Chris Cox and Katie Trainor adped goals for the winners. Middle Township ran its record to 2 and 0 with a 3-2 win over Lower Cape May in tennis. Jennifer Snyder, Traqj Yarborough and Helen Ann Lloyd all took singles matches for the Panthers. Lower closed the gap with two doubles victories. Karen Smith and Margaret Kelly and Sally Pomkacz and Sherri Sheppard paired for the wins. Ooean City suffered its first setback of the young season as Egg Harbor Township won for the first time, 3-2. Linda King and Kelly Hasbrouck posted the only wins for the Raiders. Ross Hoffnagle of North Wildwood took time off from the busy cross country schedule to win the Hereford Lighthouse fivekilometer run in 17 minutes and 57 seconds. Hoffnagle runs for Wildwood Catholic. Wayne Yenny Court House finished second, Steve Osmer of Erma took third and Villas resident Harry McCarthy . finished fourth. Proceeds from the run go toward the lighthouse restoration. More than 100 local runners participated in the event last Saturday.

REMARKS The Philadelphia Phillies are just playing out the string, but it looks like the next couple of years will be fun if the Phils keep Jeff Stone, Juan Sameul and Von Hayes at the top of the line-up. I hope the Phils top brass doesn't do anything over the winter to break up that . trio. Is there still hope that Paul Owens will not be back as manager next year? A fews weeks ago I had my top 10 college rankings in this space and I wish I had left it out. UCLA, my top team, was shown how they football in the midWest as Nebraska manhandled the Bruins. Well, I did say that the rankings didn't mean much.

VFW HONOR — Paul F. Parrinelk) has been named 'member of month' by Peterson-Little Post 386, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Cape May. A veteran of Army Air Force service in World War II. be is public relations officer and membership chairman of post. Villas residents, he and wife Ruth have two daughters.

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3 Away DEL HAVEN -r Paul O'Brien's outstanding goaltending for the Cape Express Soccer Club's under 14 Rovers, was the leading effort in limiting the New Jersey Avengers to three scoring shots, but could not turn a defeat into a victory. Express forward Eddie Edwards, on a pass from Ron Gamble, was responsible for the only point the Rovers succeeded in making. Meanwhile, the Midnight Special traveled to Vineland only to face a 2-0 shut-out. Justin Kurtz and Jason» Burke led the Express' defensive plays while Jason Phillips, as goalie, blocked shot after shot to hold the home team to only two balls in goal. The under-12 Silver Streak played host to Cohansey under-12 and overdid hospitality by allowing the visitors to return home the 3-2 victors. David Nordone assisted a Chuckie Magill score, " while Greg Forres aided J.R. Coomer's well-placed kick. The field was then taken over by the under-10 Golden Flyer which welcomed the Cohansey under-10 team. Michael Barth's single tally was what was needed to record the game a 1-1 tie. Next Sunday, Rovers, Silver Streak, and Golden Flyer all travel to face their opponents, while the Midnight Special challenges the Cohansey under- 14 team on the soccer fields at the county park in Del Haven at 2 p.m.

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