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The Cape Atlantic Lragur nrv er had it so 2ond L**Cdi hd^kfttwii fans never had it so good Last weHi '*o differed 9 contests involving Cape Mav t nunt) schools pieved an important part in *ho vi >11 win the t Al. s Divuuon 11 First, .n boss basket ball Aiktu.M»d and Lower t ape Ma> s<|uared off for the top spot Later in the week it was A ildwood Catholic and Middle Township for the girls lead Los Ehier * onlv point at the name 'uroed out to be one of the biggest of the ' * >ear for 'he kikhood War riors Ehler s foul shot came w ith H second* left in a HM.> win over Lower Cape ttav With the victors. W ddw ond pulled itself ev en . w ith Lower at the top of the landing.* with jutf two league losses each

In the evening. Wildwood senior Mike Schafer was simplv unstoppable Schafer finished with 28 points and 11 rebound* Transfer Brian Jones top ped the Caper effort w ith IT points and nine rebounds vi ll IIHOOP VN D loWKK staved poised to take the crow n as they both picked up wins later in the . week Schafer hit for 25 and Paul Franco chipped in 16 as the Warners dumped .Absegami 65- 30 Lower recovered -from its loss to Wildwood by thrashing Pleasantville 88-76 behind Jones and Pat Hotdrn Jones was high scorer with 11 points while Holder accounted for 23 Wildwood. Wildwood Catholic Lower ( ape Mav and Middle Township will ail be in action when the plavoffs get under *a> the week of Feb 24 Four girls teams wilt

also compete in about a week and a hall Grabbing >pots in the tournament are Wildwood Ocean Cit> Wildwood Catholic and Middle Township Middle earned the top seed in Group II Now back to last w eek s action MIDDLE TOW \SHIP had a chance to vault into first place and at the same time put an end to Wildwood Catholic s SB game league winning streak Well Middle did just that 49-11 Really, the game shouldn t have been that close Middle Township is the class of the league Jen nifer Snvder led a quick running game and the balance of the Panthers will make them a sure bet to hold on for the CAL II title In the afternoon Snyder shared scoring honors w ith Con < K borne w ith 12 points

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each Melissa Grant hustled her way to 10 points for the winners Snvder scored most of her dozen points from the perimeter while Otborne hit from close range The speed of the Middle squad was too much for Wildwood Catholic as the Panthers wore down their counterparts and pulled away in the fourth quarter Following the contest Middle stood at 17-1 overall and 13 and 0 in league play W ildwood Catholic fell to 14 and 2 and 12 and 1 in the CAL II Looking elsewhere. Wildwood caitie away with a couple of vns last week as Audra Coleman got hot Coleman hit for 20 in a 55-30 victory over Lower Cape May and then Coleman knocked in 30 against Absegami in a 69-41 win I.OWFR C %PE MAY bounced back to do something that Cappr fans haven t' seen a lot/ of this year — they won a game the Capers belted Pleasantville 34-27 Senior Sam Hayes led all scorers for Lower w ith 12 points Ocean City finally got fed up with Oakcrest and did something about it The Red Raiders scored the last 30 points of the game to zap oakcrest 60-31 Ocean City won the fourth quarter 32 4 Margie Bonnet - led the Raider attack with 16 points • • • lyvwer Cape May used the heavy weights to drop Egg Harbor Township in wrestling last week 36-25 Caper standout. Erik Simonsen 11 i I . picked up a pin at 1 16 to start the late rally Earlier in the week, the Capers weren t as ior^ tunate falling to oakcrest .16-22 Wll D4IOOD < ATNOMf •ook it on the chin or should t say the mat twice last week The Crusaders fell to Absegami VMS and to Mainland 36 2* The Bulldogs of Bridgeton has an easy time with Middle Township to t he count of 46-13 Bridgeton nailed down seven pins

Ocean taty fell to 10 and 5 on the season following a 39-14 setback to Absegami The big surprise on the night was in the 122 pound weight class as Absegami s Greg Gilberson pinned Ocean City's Tim Givens in 3 SI REMARKS The NBA and the NHL had their all star games in the past couple of days and that could only mean one thing The season is just about half over L o o k i n g at f h e Philadelphia teams we find a lot of similarities in the Flyers and the Sixers Both are in second place behind teams that are arch-nvals and at mid season, both the Philly Squads seemed to he flat The Sixers lost a couple of games before the break, while the Flyers fell 10 points behind Washington They did beat the Caps Saturday night. 6-5 Mav be we could use that game to foeshadow things ,lo come I think both the >ixers and Flyers will he in post -season action, but neither will win a division title I also think the Sixers will be the strongest team in the league when the playoffs start Coach Billy Cunningham has used the entire roster to make* sure that the starters don't suf fer from the burnout in April and May % At thiw point. I see Philadelphia and Boston the class of the NBA and Edmonton is still the top squad in hockey A lot of things can happen in the se cond half of the season we II have to wait and see

9 Goals i Hockey Record m (APE MAY - Jim Hawthorne of Delias Stores scored a city Street Hockey league nine goals to lead his team to a 10-3 win over the C-View Inn in Senior league action After his team entered the third period behind 3-2. Hawthorne scored all eight goals of the period hustle to dominate the contest total ly On an ironic note, his nine goals horke the previous mark of eight that was held by Dave Zimmer man. who now coaches CView Inn THE OTHER goal for Delias was scored by Owen" Miller, who scored his first of the year The C-View goals were scored by Todd Sckoffler. Mike Straw lev and Rohhv Savins. In other Senior League action. Ron Nelson's hat trick helped lead the Cape May Fire Co. to a close 4-3 victory over AxeHson & Johnson The other goal for the Fire Company was scored by Joe Hawthorne on a power play Axelsson and Johnson were led by „ their leading scorer' ( harles Temple, who had a hat trick in the losing cause htvmhm.k l*e||*». sinr« M f apt Wa> Fire Co M liPhwe A Jnhnvon I 2 ( V tr* Inn * « l

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