Hometown View

In the spring of 1993 athletic directors from the high schools in Ocean County decided to start a program aimed at promoting good sportsmanship.

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Sometimes good does come out of bad and in the case of the James Volpe Foundation, the tragic death of a teen-age student-athlete has been turned into a positive that has helped many individuals and organizations. 

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Considering the powerhouse high school baseball programs that Ocean County produces annually it’s certainly no surprise that we have a team playing for a state sectional title. 

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If you were expecting a firestorm from Governor Christie on his Ask The Governor radio show here last night when the latest fiasco at Rutgers University was brought up you were certainly disappointed. 

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Random notes and thoughts following what was for many a long holiday weekend.

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A subject of considerable discussion among my group of old-timers is the demise of the three-sport athlete who is being killed by over-bearing and selfish coaches and parents whose vision is being clouded by dreams of scholarships and dollars.

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The Jersey Shore Sports Hall of Fame is made up of over 250 athletes, coaches and others who have contributed to sports landscape in Monmouth and Ocean County.

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So you might have noticed I was away for a few days.  I wouldn’t call it a vacation but rather a long weekend which was spent in Absarorkee, Montana. 

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I would imagine more than a few people had similar reactions to Rutgers naming of Julie Hermann as the school’s new athletic director Wednesday by saying or thinking “men have screwed things up enough there…its time for a woman to clean up the mess.”

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Let’s bounce around a bit this morning but let me first say I was invited by Seaside Heights Mayor Bill Akers to meet Prince Harry yesterday but gave my spot to someone else.  I’m in the company of royalty on a regular basis anyway.

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