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SPORTS by SUE McKinley

Slow Start on Diamond, But CAL Teams Rebound

Action on the diamonds began Tuesday, but local teams should have fled the county until later in the week. "Black" Tuesday dealt blows to Wildwaod. Wildwood .Catholic, Middle Township and Ocean City. In the hardball category. Wildwood fell 10-4 to Buena: Wildwood Catholic suffered a 12-6 loss to Sacred Heart . Middle was downed 8-6 by Hammon

ton; and Ocean City was romped 14-2 by Cumberland. : Softball suffered a 17-2 Wildwood Catholic loss to ] Sacred Heart. Middle Township was delivered a i 13-4 crusher by Hammon- i ton and Bu%pa overcame Wildwood 8-5. . i IT WAS WEDNESDAY when the bats started I cracking in the county, pro- | ducing winners for the rest of the week. A baseball "W" was s earned by the Wildwood < Warriors as they defeated Middle 8-5 in a sixth inning rally. ! Steve Severio's two-run single led the attack. Severio recorded three hits while Tom Sawyer con- < nected for two. including a two-run homer. Middle was supported by two hits apiece from Rob Hicks and Sean Smith. Lower Cape May was propelled by a three-run 'homer by Frank Digillio to crush Absegami 15-4 The Capers poked 16 hits for the day. WINNINGS-WITHER Steve Worrell went fomifpr four with the stick, including two lead off triples Wildwood. Catholics squirmed past Cape Atlantic League <CALt leader Buena with a 4-3 score. Chris Haa s bunt drove in Joe Randazzo (who walked! and Frank Lafferty • who singled)' for two firstinning runs

Winning pitcher EJMcLain walked two and struck out four The Middle Township Panthers buried St Augustine 12-3, scoring four runs in the second inning for an early lead. Paul Skill had .two RBIs the fourth for Middle and Dereck Bond rapped a in the sixth to ice the game Winning pitcher Rob Hicks gave up seven hits, struck out seven and walked nine. THE SOFTB A L L STREAK started with a 12-4 Wildwood upset over Middle Township. The Warriors were fueled by two hits apiece by Roseanne Polini and Wendy

Harkins. driving in two and one run respectively. Michele Greenwaldt led the Panthers with two hits, including a second inning homer. Middle's Amy Muller added two hits. Lower Cape May girls overcame a 6-1 third inning defecit to defeat Absegami 22-8. A FOURTH INNING SPURT gave the Capers an 8-6 advantage on runscoring singles from Linda Conover and Michele Boyd. Michele McKeon. Boyd and Kirsten Flickenger led a sixth inning attack for five more runs As Absegami spent four pitchers trying to stop the Capers. Lower Cape May

racked up the runs for the win. Ocean City dominated Egg Harbcr Township 20-3. Kellie Ross rapped two hits and passed the plate four times, not to mention sending four others home for the Raiders.

Lisa Crompton. Lynn Argoe and Denise Taucher connected for two hits each, while winning pitcher Cindy Raue gave up only three hits. For a slow start, it was a heck of a comeback for Cape May County!

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