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SPOR TS by SUE McKinley

Soccer: Four Winners; Football: Three Losses

I. oral soccer players gave Cape May County a good name this past week, as Ocean City. Middle Township. Wild wood Catholic and Uiwer Cape May recorded wins. (icean City was powered hv Hrenden Gallagher who accounted for three goals to defeat Atlantic City 5-1 Jim Milligan and Frank Kd wards finished off the win by netting goals for the I (aiders Larry Delfiner prevented a shutout with an AC goal in the third quarter Ocean City also made an impressive comeback against Milvillc to capture another victory Milvillc owned a 3-0 lead after two periods, but the battle had just liegun Haiders Frank Kd wards and Jamie McKlgin came to life and

evened the score in the fourth period Jim Milligan stepped in with a direct hit at 3:50 into overtime to secure an O.C. win WILDWOOI) CATHOLIC and Middle Township had a close encounter early in the week, but Fat MacFarlane thought it was too close for comfort and decided to do something about it. The Crusader leader booted one in the final period to give Catholic the game A first period goal by Panther James Carmen and a second period goal by Crusader Andy Weiss set up the tie for MacFarlane to break, giving the Crusaders a 3-0 record Lower Cape May delivered a first loss to Wiidwood Catholic dropp ing them to 3-1 by the week's end The match was

knotted with two goals each halfway through the fourth quarter After losing Bruce Calverley (ejected) and Kevin Jackson (injured), the Capers called on Keith Jackson to pick up the slack. Jackson went to work by making a 30-yard deposit into the Crusader net. for a final score of 3-2. Middle Township's James Carmen and Sean Smith put a couple of unassisted shots passed Sacred Heart for a 2-0 lead that turned into a 2-1 win after Sacred Heart's Mike Fralinger netted a penalty kick in the fourth period. FIELD HOCKEY also supplied some games to write home about Ocean City dealt a crushing defeat to Egg Harbor Township The Haiders ouLshot the Eagles 21-4 and hit for four goals from Vicky and Kristie Miller. Laurie Good and Claudia Gorman Egg Harbor was unable to score and suffered a 4-0 loss that boosted O.C 's record to 4 0 The Haiders a d ministered equal treat men! to Bridgeton in a later match Kristie Miller. Laurie Good and Beth Delcorio netted three in the i first half O.C goalie Linda Cooper made three saves in I recording the shutout Middle Township tied Buena thanks to Tami Symour who knotted the score with 10 seconds re maimng in the game Pan ther goalie Carole Coles

h had 13 saves for the day as b a major contribution, e Darlene Linville was the d only Chief able to put one '• past Coles early in the h game. c The Panthers relied on 0 Michelle Eisiminger and d Katie Trainer to defeat r Absegami 2-0. Trainer and/ ! Eisiminger each flicked a s score during the first half n for the win. if WII.DWOOI) CATHOLIC d and Hammonton went d scoreless until late in the o second half when Kim e Scarpelli came to Hamy monton's rescue with an unassisted goal, making it a 1-0 victory over the o Crusaders. 0 Catholic also fell to St Joe 1-0 via a Gina Comer - 1 ford one on one confronta- ; lion with Crusader goalie e Megan Gallagher Comers ford hit the net from just ins side the circle for the r topper. i Tne Crusaders did record one win last week due to a I fine Nichole Helverson pert formance The junior d veteran scored both goals for a 2 1 contest over Oakcrest LOWF.lt CAPE MAY'S r immunity system was low to St. Joe's Joanne i Sulmonetti Sulmonetti col ? lected two goals in the first i half Michelle Warner net i ted the final shot on Caper goalies Nike Passerello for 1 a 3-0 St Joe triumph i The Capers proceeded to ? whitewash Oakcrest 4-0 as Ann Huediger hit for two goals Linda Conover and < Denise Smith also con tributed a goal each Smith and Conover didn't put their sticks down until finishirig off Absegami 2-0 later in the week THE TENNIS COI'KTS produced more winners than the gridiron in last week's action Middle Township's Tracy Yar borough is keeping led Middle with a 6-3. 6-0 defeat over Wiidwood Catholic's Thea Sandford Panther Helen Lloyd I started off slow but ended up with a smashing win over Liz Buchanan 6-3. 6-0 In doubles action. Pan thers Tracy Greenwatd and Gail l-ogue played a consistent match for a 6-3. 6-3 vie torv over Michelle Brzvsk and Michelle Miller Middle's Kara McVey and Missy Whittington were down 3-6 after the first set. but their endurance outweighed the strength of Crusaders Hoi ly Stokes and Jakie Steday The comeback gave McVey and Whittington a 7-5, 6^4 finish and a win. Middle Township's 4-1 victory over Catholic makes the Panthers a favorite for the league title Lower Cape May. last year's tennis champions, displayed some of their old spunk against Absegami With onlv two returning players from last year's team, the Capers grabbed a 3-2 win Caper veterans. Jill Escher and Sherri Sheppard won singles matches, along with Krist ine Flickenger Lower was unsuccessful on the doubles courts CAPE MAY COUNTY football statistics are a little ironic this week Of four local teams, the only win- | ner was Wiidwood. which

> defeated Pleasantville 6-0 It was the first Warrior win ? in two years. : A Pleasantville snap er- ! ror gave the Warriors possession on the i Greyhound 10 yard line I Wiidwood quarterback 1 . Tory Harris took it into his \) own hands for the winning ' points f Ocean City's all ll-game winning streak ended with a Holy Spirit 15-14 win. Spartan coach Ed Byrnes had a decision to make with 1 the score at 14-13. Ocean City. He decided to go for the 1 win rather than the tie. Byrnes got just what he wanted from Joe Marczyk who made a brilliant catch for a two-point conversion and a win. I.OWKK CAPE MAY was crushed by Oakcrest 21-6. Maintaining complete control. the Falcons accumulated 233 yards on the ground, the Capers a mere 15. Oakcrest earned 15 first downs to the Caper's two Lower's Frank DiGillio squeezed a fumble out of Falcon Robert Daughtry at the Falcon 16. and ran for the only Caper goal Middle Township collected only 13 yards and a first down in the first 24 minutes of play against St. Joe St Joe's Brian Bannister took a 31-yard journey after spotting a hole in the defense Bannister then picked up the two-point conversion pass from Danny Sococca St Joe's game winner was an H-play. 75-yard advancement including a Sococca toss to Bill Curelv that consumed 22 yards Kelly Gabriel ended the first half with a one-yard hop for, a 14-0 St Joe lead With the assistance of a pass interference penalty, the Panthers graobed a touchdown with 4 41 re niaimng in the the third quarter It was a Mark Ed wards scoot up the Middle c i i

1 for 18 yards. Bob Hicks 1 then tossed one to Panther teammate Chris Chase for the two-point conversion. 4 Middle was unable to get ■ beyond that point and suffered a 14-8 loss.

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