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on the mark by Marie Mattem 6 Cape Capers Wind Up Season in Style

• It has been a very ex citing year for local high school basketball teams Eight of the !• county <choalr made the playoffs and the latest honor was

grabbed by the girls from Middle Township The Panther Express roared yet another time for a 76-30 win over Lower Cape May With the nc

tory Middle Township won the Cape- Atlantic II title Middle replaces Wildwood Catholic, the winners the past two seasons The title-clincher was also the 20th win in a row for Middle Township. SOUTH JERSEY'S leading scorer. Jennifer Snyder, played the entire game and finished with 34 points Debbie Leone hit for 14 points and Bev (.rant chipped in with 13. Leading the Capers was Pam Frets with 10 points Following the contest Lower stood at 3 and 17 on a disappointing year Wildwood Catholic kept a stronghold on the second position in league play with a 65 25 win over Absegami. Kate ( anna scored 20 points to go along with 20 rebounds, edging team mate Janice Boyle for scor ing honors Boyle finished with 18 markers Dorana Yallese ran the offense for the Crusaders, handing out eight assists W I L !> W O O D CATHOLIC * record following the win stood at 15 and 3 overall and 14 and 2 m circuit play Wildwood upped its record to 13 and 6 following a 61 30 win over St Joseph at Wildwood The Warriors opened quickly with a 14-4 run in the first quarter and never looked heck \ udr a ( ole man and Fran Rarra* combined for 34 points for Wildwood THE GAIJI FROM Ocean City moved into the lop spot in the CAL I with a win over Cumberland last week Last month the Colts nipped the Red Raiders by three points As in the first meeting. Lumber land zipped out to an early lead but this time Ocean City came hack for a 40 to 45 victory Trisb levin led the comeback with 13 second half points and a total of IS Margie Bonnet topped the Red Raider searing sheet wMh 20 points in rinding free throws at the end of the first half to create a 78-23 Raider adv ant age Ocean City boasted a 16 and I league record follow-

ing the victory over a IS and 1 ( amber land team. • • • THE BOYS from Wildwood and Lower Cape May continued to play good Basketball and win game? last week Lower Cape May remained tied for the top position in the CAL II with a 44-36 win over Middle Township at a sold out Middle Township High School gym Middle effectively slowed down the Caper offense and kept things close for

three quarters In the final stanza. Lower popped in 21 points to pull away Lower led going into the fourth quarter. 23-19 Brian Jones led all scorers with 19 poinLs Mike Schafer and Ciereld Wright made sure Wildwood stayed on top in a V 54-48 win over St Joseph Schafer. a senior center, scored 18 points and Wright chipped in with 14 markers WILDWOOD Catholic traveled to Galloway Township and came back with a loss to 6 and 16 Absegami The Braves us 66

ed 12 free throws in the fourth quarter to hold off the Crusaders 58-52 Joe Aita hit for 19 points for the Crusaders and freshman Dan leahy came through with 15 points Wildwood Catholic fell to an even 10 and 10 on the season following the loss to Absegami Ocean City fell to 7 and 13 following a setback to Cumberland. 87-68 Cumberland used the inside game to jump to an early ten point lead and the Raiders couldn't fight their way back into the contest I .con Brown's 15 points were high for Ocean City, while Dave Farina tallied 13 • • • IF YOI' HAVE ever been to a swim meet, you would know how exciting a twopoint win can be Well, a two-point loss by Ocean City was almost as exciting last week The Red Raiders fell to Holy Spirit by a 87-85 count, but things weren't decided until the second position of the last event Holy Spirit took a first and second in that critical event to squeeze out a victory For Ocean City. Rob ,\stle doubled in the 100 but terf ly and the 100 breaststroke A double also went to Mary Garrett, who won the 200 and the 400 freestyle • • • REMARKS: Spring train ing is upon us and that could only mean that warm weather can't be far behind The Philadelphia Phillies head into a new season with a lot of question marks and a couple of positions that will not he subject to discussion The top of the Phillies' lineup is the best in all of baseball With Jeff Stone. Juan Samuel. Von Hayes and Mike Schmidt in the top slots, we can expect a lot of fireworks On the other side of the coin, how will the pitching staff hold up" Sieve Carlton is getting up in years Who is going to play shortstop" Can they afford to play a kid with a great glove and no hat* Can Of. zk Virgil came through again at the catcher post lion* Can At Holland come hark after such a bad September" And finally. How will John Felske han dk his first year as tl,< manager" Ah. Springtime Time for haseball and asking ques lions about things to come I guess we II Just have to wait to see how the Phils respond to another season ford Volley ball W CAPE MAY The city is conducting a Coed Volleyball league at pari of its spring recreation scheduk The kague will run from March 12 through the end of May It will he divided into two leagues, a Recreation League and a Power I cague for more advanced players Those interested can contact the Depart ment of Clvk Affairs at *4 8411. etf 20 or 27 no later than today

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Harvey's Captures Power Net Title

CAPE MAY — Harvey's I>ounge won the Cape May City Women's Power Volleyball Championship with a convincing three game sweep of Middle Recreation The scores were 15-4. 15-9 and 15-7 Harvey's entered the game as an underdog against Middk Rec. which had finished first in the regular season, hut over came that and played very aggressive volleyball throughout the evening, capitalizing on Middle Rec's mistakes HARVEY** stormed out to an early kad in game one and never looked hack, led by lorain#- Holt's sets to Shawn Merkk. who had some overpowering spikes Harvey's pulled out to an early lead again in the sec rood game as it utilized some great teamwork to hold the lead for the wir\, Rarh Kakely and Holt showed great quickness with some great digs and were abk to set Terrt Taylor

for convincing spikes Sheri Hickok and Mericle contn buted with fine allcourt play The final game of the evening once again showcased the all around team hustk that has propelled Harvey's throughout the season and once again in the championship game MIDDLE RECREATION' also had a great season It finished the regular season with a 48-8 record and swept the semi finals to get to the championship game The team included Captain Peg \rnoM. Robin Gilbert. Jan Seer. Trkh Cowhey. Barb Brown. Debbie Rretl. Gwvn Williams and Rftrh Hraiil. Harvey's finished the regular season with a 45 11 record and loft only one of seven playoff games Team members are Captain Jaitke Kellaway. who was injured the last part of the season hut helped coach the team after her injury. Holt. Taylor. Mericle Hickok. and Rakky

Delias Surge Puts Knot in 2nd Spot

CAPE MAY* Delias Stores moved info a tie for second place as it swept three games against Cape May Mobile Estates in men s recreation volkyhall The scores were 15-16. 15-6 and 15-3 Delias came out on top in game one behind the court coverage of < hark Howard and Bob If off Team work and excellent blocking by Ken Fcrrsot* and *hep Taylor helped Delias take the last two games Delias continued its surge into second place by sweeping Dekelco in three games 15-12, Ik 14 and 15-3 DELI. A* was paced in the first game by the set ting of Ken F err sole to 'piker chart!* Fotrber Despite the great serving of Dave Mataglese of Itekeko. Deltas won the ae cond game in large pari to the setting ot Garv Berber to Bob Moff rhe serves of Dave Bsrtkisn and the defense of Howard led Delias in thegasf game The Coast O u a r d Breakers stayed in playoff contention as they swept

Buck s Electric IS-2. 15-8 and 15-10 Bumps by John Rarr and perfect serves by Donald Fw led the Coast Gfcard in the first game The humps of Check Welsh and dependable serves of Bob McLaughlin led the Coast Guard in the second game g Rumps by F.d *yket and good net coverage by Rob Boyd led Ruck's Electric in a competitive final game hut the serves of Mark Towns end led the Coast Guard to the victory In a week filled with forfeits Bowman Builders forfeited to National Associates. Cape May Mobik Estates forfeited to J T Builders and the Coast Guard forfeited to leagiw leading Breakwater Electric STANOfN#.' Rtesiwttee eifrirK a IS NNtHwiai A—winum M |4 IIMtetStertN 14 14 (I S ( O 14 17 Met * OwmH 91 17 undo % i: 6m men ttetebii wtfi J T M6ll 14 11 n*#rv « r>rirv > m ( 0p0 Mm Msteb PJH0400 9 41