POINT PLEASANT BORO – The Caper Tiger football team stayed close to Point Pleasant Boro in the first round of the Central Jersey Group II playoff opener, ending the first half down 19-14, but the second half all went to the Boro.
Point Pleasant Boro scored two unanswered touchdowns in each of the second and fourth quarters to win the game 48-14 on Oct. 30.
The Lower Cape May Regional High School team ended its season with a 7-3 record and repeated as a division champion, taking a share of the Memorial Division title. Last year, they were champions in the Liberty Division.
Senior Ryan Mallon, who ran for more than a 1,000 yards through last week’s game against Oakcrest (a 29-23 victory), added 140 yards against Point Pleasant Boro. He picked up the biggest chunk on a 78-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. Teammate Ashton Ray scored the Caper Tigers’ other touchdown in the first quarter. Britton Walls kicked the extra points on those.
Caper Tiger teams in
sectional tournaments
The LCMR volleyball team, with a 16-7 record, earned a bye in the play-in round of the South Jersey Group II sectional tournament Oct. 31, and swept Roselle Park (13-112), the No. 11 seed, in the opening round Monday, Nov. 2. They now will face Cape May Tech, the No. 14 seed, that upset No. 3 Bard 3-2. Lower will host the game at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4.
The Lower boys soccer team, with the No. 12 seed, opened the South Jersey Group II sectional tournament by traveling to No. 5 seed West Deptford for an 11 a.m. game Wednesday, Nov. 4. The Caper Tiger boys are 10-5-3. West Deptford is 10-8-3.
On Monday, after the Cape May Star and Wave sports section went to press, the Caper Tiger field hockey team (12-5-1) was hosting Bordentown (11-8). LCMR is the eighth seed in the tournament. Bordentown is No. 9. Lower won, 1-0, on a Brooke Robinson goal in overtime after scoreless regulation.
The girls soccer team, with the No. 10 seed, lost 7-0 to No. 7 Deptford Tuesday in the opening round of the Group II South Jersey tournament. The Caper Tiger girls entered the game with a 7-11 record. Deptford was 8-11-1.
The winner will advance to the quarterfinals Friday, Nov. 6, against the winner of No. 2 Haddon Heights vs. No. 15 Oakcrest.
– By DAVID NAHAN/Cape May Star and Wave staff
