Terenik, Middle boys lacrosse keep on rolling

Last Updated on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 09:36 am Written by Brian Cunniff Wednesday, April 24, 2013 07:47 am

An extraordinary season for the Middle Township High school boys lacrosse has continued.

The Panthers earned back-to-back Cape-Atlantic League wins over Ocean City and Mainland recently, sandwiched around a very good non-league victory over Gloucester Catholic.

The team has won seven straight games and has surged to 9-1 overall, 7-0 in CAL play.

“It’s been awesome so far. It’s definitely been good,” said junior midfielder Alex Terenik, one of the CAL’s top scorers. “It brings back memories from my freshman year when we had a real good team. It’s been a great ride so far. Hopefully we can keep it going.”

On Tuesday, Middle outscored Mainland in every quarter en route to a rather dominating 17-9 victory. Thom DeMarco led the way with seven goals and two assists. Jack Denis posted four goals and three assists and Terenik chipped in three goals and three helpers. Adam Vaul, Reef Gentilini and Zach Buchanan also scored. Tom Williams made seven saves in goal.

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Ocean City YAA Rookie League starts

Written by Tom Williams Wednesday, April 24, 2013 12:00 am

The Ocean City Youth Athletic Association Rookie League got underway this week and the league released its new Travel Team schedule.

Though the OCYAA has joined with teams from Margate, Somers Point and Linwood to form its Major and Minor League schedules, the Rookie League is for Ocean City residents and only players from the OCYAA teams are playing on the Travel Teams.

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Dom DiGiacomo sets OCHS golf record

Written by Tom Williams Tuesday, April 23, 2013 12:00 am

The golf season was going pretty good for OCHS junior Dom DiGiacomo. In four matches he had averaged 36.75 for nine holes, almost a full stroke below the school record set by Jeff Michner in 2000.

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Maloy 2nd American, 20th overall at international triathlon

Last Updated on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 09:37 am Written by Brian Cunniff Monday, April 22, 2013 05:24 am

Wildwood Crest native and Wildwood Catholic High School graduate Joe Maloy enjoyed another impressive finish at a major triathlon event.

Maloy, a former Boston College swimmer, placed 20^th overall and second among American competitors at the International Triathlon Union’s World Triathlon in San Diego last weekend.

Maloy finished the course in 1 hour, 49 minutes, 35 seconds. He finished a little more than two minutes behind the winner, Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee of Great Britain. The only other American to place higher than Maloy was Matt Chrabot, who was 14^th in 1:49:23.

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Ocean City Raider spring sports roundup

Written by Tom Williams Monday, April 22, 2013 12:00 am

BASEBALL: Kyle Andrews improved his record to 3-0 on Monday when he shutout Mainland, 13-0, in a game stopped after six innings. It was the Raiders’ fifth straight win. Andrews has only allowed one run in his three outings. Mike Inacio had two doubles for Ocean City with Kieran Tracey and Sean Mooney each getting two singles.

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Improving Crusaders get rare baseball win over Wildwood

Last Updated on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 11:15 am Written by Brian Cunniff Saturday, April 20, 2013 06:06 pm

WILDWOOD – The Wildwood Catholic High School baseball program struggled tremendously last season, going only 6-16.

Seven games into this season, the Crusaders are proving to be a team on the rise. Saturday afternoon’s 5-1 victory over Wildwood – only their second in their last 14 games against their cross-town rival – moved the team over .500 at 4-3.

Kevin Laffey went 2 for 3 with two RBI, Garret Moretti was 1 for 2 with an RBI and Kevin McWade added a hit and two runs scored to pace the Crusader offense.

Meanwhile, Tyler Norris was stellar on the mound for Wildwood Catholic. The sophomore pitched a three-hitter with eight strikeouts, firing more than 130 pitches in the complete-game effort.

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Steve DiPatri lands at Wildwood Catholic

Last Updated on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 11:18 am Written by Brian Cunniff Friday, April 19, 2013 02:04 pm

Steve DiPatri won more than 350 games and numerous championships in only 15 seasons as the head girls basketball coach at soon-to-be-defunct Sacred Heart High School in Vineland.

Can DiPatri bring the same type of success to another school?

Wildwood Catholic sure hopes so.

In a stunning move made official Friday after a couple of days of speculation that swept through the local basketball community, DiPatri has been named the new head girls basketball coach at the North Wildwood school, Wildwood Catholic athletic director Sal Zuccarello has confirmed.

DiPatri replaces Vicki Dilmore, who led the program for two seasons. Dilmore was informed late this week she would not be brought back as coach, Zuccarello said.

DiPatri is one of the most successful girls basketball coaches in Cape-Atlantic League history. At 352-89 for his career, he is the league’s wins leader among active CAL coaches and is the only boys or girls basketball coach in CAL history with more than 300 wins and less than 100 losses.

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LCM lacrosse to host second HEADstrong event Friday

Written by Brian Cunniff Thursday, April 18, 2013 08:26 pm

The Lower Cape May Regional High School girls lacrosse team will take a two-game winning streak into its biggest game of the season Friday night.

The contest against Middle Township is big for two reasons. The obvious one is that Middle is the team’s – and the school’s – biggest rival. But a much more meaningful reason is that the Lady Tigers are hosting a fundraiser that evening to raise money for the HEADstrong Foundation, which raises funds and awareness in the fight against blood cancers. The charity was created in 2005 by former Ridley High School lacrosse star Nick Colleluori shortly after he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2005. He passed away in 2006 about a year after playing college lacrosse as a freshman at Hofstra University. The foundation has raised more than $3 million in the fight against cancer since its inception.

The Lower Cape May-Middle Township girls game will be played at 7 p.m. under the lights at Frank Simonsen Field, located just north of Lower Cape May’s campus on Route 9 in Erma. The Lower boys team will also play at 5 p.m. in a non-league contest against Cinnaminson.

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Focused Panthers take control of conference

Last Updated on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 11:32 am Written by Brian Cunniff Wednesday, April 17, 2013 05:46 am

To gauge how important Tuesday’s match was against Hammonton for the Middle Township High School boys tennis team, all you had to do was witness what the team did Monday.

Sure, the Panthers looked solid in making quick work of Wildwood Catholic, collectively losing just one game over 10 combined sets in a 5-0 victory over the Crusaders that took only about 30 minutes to complete.

But it was what the team did after that match that was even more impressive.

Following the win, Middle returned to its home courts just outside the high school and practiced for two hours, sharpening their skills for their most important match of the season against the Blue Devils.

That extra work paid off. Middle posted a 4-1 victory that places the team in firm control of the Cape-Atlantic National Conference. The Panthers have won the conference title in each of the last three seasons.

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Zack Novick sets new record at Middle

Last Updated on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 11:27 am Written by Brian Cunniff Monday, April 15, 2013 08:32 pm

WILDWOOD CREST – Zack Novick etched his name into the Middle Township High School athletic program’s record book Monday afternoon.

Novick, a senior on the boys tennis team, set a new program record for career victories when he recorded his 65^th with an easy 6-0, 6-0 win at second singles against Wildwood Catholic.

Novick surpassed the previous record held by former teammate Andrew Sellers, a 2011 graduate who competed at doubles for his entire career at Middle.

“It’s awesome because I know it’s a huge accomplishment,” Novick said. “To have the most wins in school history, that’s pretty awesome. I broke Andrew Sellers’ record and he already texted me to congratulate me. I’m glad I got to have that moment.”

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