• Upper Township Gazette

    SOUTH SEAVILLE — A fundraiser for an Upper Township boy who suffers from cerebral palsy and is in need of a wheelchair accessible van is planned Saturday, May 18, in Dennis Township.

  • Upper Township Gazette

    BEESLEYS POINT – The Beesleys Point Bridge is slated for demolition this summer, but pilings from the span will be used to build a walkway for anglers that have fished the area around Drag Island for years.

    State Sen. Jeff Van Drew said this week that the state plans to set aside usable pilings from the bridge after it is demolished. After construction of a new southbound Garden State Parkway bridge is complete, the pilings will be used to build a walkway from the Somers Point side of the Great Egg Harbor Bay to Drag Island. A short pier from Drag Island into the Great Egg Harbor Bay could also be included.

  • Upper Township Gazette

    The musical director for the evening, Cricket Brennan, poses with master of ceremonies Jim Birchmeier at the Sweet Taste of Music benefit for the Fayter family.SEAVILLE – The Seaville United Methodist Church hosted a concert on Friday, May 10 to benefit and celebrate the Fayter Family.

    Janet Fayter and her son Charlie escaped from their home when a fire broke out in February, but the flames destroyed all they had. Noley Schenck, a young member of the Seaville church and a friend of Charlie's, asked her parents if there was something they could do to help.

  • Upper Township Gazette

    SEA ISLE CITY – The Tri-For-Our-Veterans Triathlon scheduled for Memorial Day Weekend will not use Commonwealth Avenue for its bike race, meaning the road won’t have to close to vehicle traffic at the unofficial start of summer.

    Business owners here were worried that closing Commonwealth Drive would effectively close down Strathmere. The road is the only main thoroughfare in town.

  • Upper Township Gazette

    STRATHMERE – The post office at 9 Commonwealth Avenue in Strathmere will change its hours of operation starting Monday, May 20.

Raider girls hold off Middle, clinch conference title

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CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – Lauryn Fields exploded for 18 points in the fourth quarter. She and teammate Olivia Schwartz combined to make four three-pointers in the period, a quarter in which their team scored 28 points.

And still, the Middle Township High School girls basketball team could not come back on Ocean City.

The Raiders, who played tough, confidently and smartly with the ball and made a respectable amount of foul shots in the final quarter, held off Middle’s late surge to post a 52-44 victory, a win that clinched the Cape-Atlantic National Conference title for the Raiders.

Ocean City improved to 16-2 overall and finished out its National Conference schedule at a perfect 12-0. Middle Township dropped to 13-6, 8-2 and will finish in second place in the conference. Both teams have clinched berths into the upcoming eight-team league playoff tournament.

Julia Duggan led three Ocean City players in double figures with 14 points. Nicole Piergross added 12 and Katie Johnson contributed 11.

Ocean City made 14 of 20 free throws in the final quarter, at one point making nine in succession. The Raiders led by as many as 17 points in the second half before Middle rallied. But Ocean City’s success at the foul line made sure Middle got no closer than the eight-point final margin.

Fields led all scorers with 20 points and Schwartz netted 11 for Middle, which saw starting forward Holly McKaig leave the game with an apparent shoulder injury in the fourth quarter.


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