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Center Township, NJ Continues To Compete In High School Sports 

This is our fourth release of the South Jersey High School Athletics Spotlight series and we investigate Middle Township High School. Last week, we brought you inside Ocean City High School and earlier weeks investigated Absegami High School and Mainland Regional Athletics. We will do comparative profiles of other neighborhood High School Athletics here in South Jersey before long. 

While Middle Township High School has a more modest understudy populace contrasted with other provincial government funded schools like Ocean City High School and Mainland Regional, their offices and local area support is comparable to different schools in the Cape Atlantic League. Found nearby the Garden State Parkway, Middle Township High School is associated with the Performing Arts Center in Cape May Court House. It's a couple of moments' stroll from "The PAC" to the Basketball Gym where the Boys and Girls Basketball crews play. 

Situated in the core of Cape May County, Middle Township Athletic Facilities and Fields are only a couple of moments off the Garden State Parkway and on the planet before the COVID-19 Lockdowns, this was an incredible resource for the School. Center Township Assistant Principle of Athletics Dr. Sharon Rementers addressed 973 ESPN concerning how the school is attempting to fully recover however much as could reasonably be expected contrasted with the year before: 

"Last year geology was supposed to be a component with (messing around, subsequently (Middle Township played) Cape Atlantic League schools just in our spaces. In any case, this year we played everybody we could and attempted to work as ordinary (and) overall quite well. We owed it to the children to give them all that could be expected and I accept they liked the endeavors. The fans were back, the guardians were there, the understudy segments were back. The fall season was a triumph; The children and mentors without a doubt needed to play and they did precisely that." 

As it ought to be, Middle Township High School sees High School Sports is about the understudies first and Athletics are something to improve the Student's involvement with their advancement from Teenagers to Young Adults. In the result of the COVID-19 Lockdowns in 2020, it is a fragile equilibrium for High Schools to give their understudies the best involvement in Athletics while likewise staying aware of all the COVID-19 Protocols that should be authorized by state law. Dr. Rementers discussed how Middle Township anticipates finding some kind of harmony for the Winter Sports season: 

"Our occupation as Athletic Directors as a matter of first importance is to give a protected climate to the competitors and fans. Winter in a typical year brings upon various difficulties overall in any case and attach COVID concerns, the pressure mounts. Notwithstanding, at Middle Township we are working as expected all that can be expected. Luckily, we intend to stream most winter games so in case you are not happy coming into the structure (with a veil on) then, at that point, you have the advantage of watching the game in the solace of your own home." 

This Winter Sports season at Middle Township will have many eyes on Basketball; The Boys' Basketball crew is beginning another period with previous Panthers Star Player LaMarr Greer taking over for one of the most dominating mentors in South Jersey history, Tom Feraco. Dr. Rementer tells 973 ESPN about new Head Boys' Basketball Coach Greer: 

"LaMarr isn't just a stunning individual yet he is totally put resources into the program, the Student-Athletes, and the local area. At the point when you have a mentor of his level it's a conspicuous choice. I can hardly wait to see his victories this year and then some." 

While LaMarr Greer ventures into the void of one of the most well known High School Coaches in Cape May County, on the Girls' Basketball sidelines strolls another incredible mentor who is as yet dominating matches every single year: John Leahy. Mentor Leahy dominated his 300th match only several months prior to the COVID-19 Lockdowns in 2020 and he addressed 973 ESPN about the achievement: 

"The 300 success mark is a program achievement as I would like to think. I have been extremely lucky to have an exceptional gathering of colleague mentors during that time and have instructed some incredible children. We have attempted to build up a triumphant culture and when you have accomplishment collectively, the singular honors normally follow. I have an enormous emotionally supportive network and I'm extremely pleased with the program we have worked at Middle Township." 

Like other High Schools, Middle Township had many difficulties during the 2020-21 Academic Year, and for sports like Girls' Basketball, having some predictability this current school year is significant for everybody says head Girls' Basketball Coach John Leahy: 

"Having the understudies back in school has most certainly been quite provided everybody with a feeling of predictability. B-ball season was exceptionally extreme last year on the grounds that there was such a lot of vulnerability going into the season as far as COVID-19 (Protocols like) Quarantine, Social Distancing, and so on I'm confident this year will be better since individuals have been immunized and we are for the most part more learned and realize what's in store." 

For any individual who has at any point gone to a Basketball match-up at Middle Township High School, you can see that the help for the Girls' Basketball crew is genuine and in addition to an idea in retrospect. Mentor Leahy addressed 973 ESPN about the help from the Middle Township Athletics Community: 

"Doubtlessly that lately, female games have gotten much more reputation no matter how you look at it at all levels. I feel like the Middle Township people group has consistently been strong of female sports; But I generally let the young ladies know that assuming they need individuals to go to the games, we need to continue to win. More successes typically means greater groups." 

Instructing life span isn't only a piece of Middle Township Basketball programs but at the same time is a staple of the Panthers Football Program with Head Coach Frank Riggitano. He has been at Middle Township High School as one or the other educator, mentor, or executive beginning around 1986 and when the 2021 Panthers Football crew began 3-0 this year, it was whenever they first began a season 3-0 beginning around 1992, and Coach Riggitano instructed that group as well! Forthcoming Riggitano addressed 973 ESPN about the contrasts between instructing Middle Township during the 1990s contrasted with this time of High School Sports: 

"The present competitors are a result of their current circumstance. Sadly, I feel that such countless things have been developed to put accentuation on individual achievements both in sports and society. Gone are the days where individuals get things done for the benefit of all. The current year's gathering of football players has been totally different and that has been a significant supporter of the group's prosperity (this season). This group isn't a "Me First" bunch and helps me such a great amount to remember the groups I instructed in the mid 1990's. Those groups didn't address what offense or guard you ran dissimilar to guardians, players, and surprisingly aide mentors in the present games world. I have been exceptionally lucky with the current year's instructing staff and some associate mentors before. In any case, I have likewise had the individuals who thought they knew more than every other person. At the point when I began training 36 years prior, I tuned in and realized; That's not the situation with numerous more youthful mentors today. TV and online media applications have made this occupation more troublesome. A few guardians and players simply fail to really see how hard it is and the responsibility it takes to play school football at any level, not Division 1. It is an everyday work and requires such a lot of time and exertion, it generally has." 

The 2021 Middle Township Football season reached a conclusion in the Central Group 2 Quarterfinal Round of the NJSIAA Playoffs with a misfortune to Haddonfield after an amazing 6-1 season. Head Football Coach Riggitano discussed how this season was nearer to typical than what everybody managed in Fall of 2020: 

"We had a couple of COVID-19 circumstances this fall which made us lose players for quite a while. Notwithstanding, generally, things were really typical. We attempted to keep up with a portion of the strategies that were set up from the prior year. The hardest thing was adapting for inside exercises like weight lifting and film meetings. Those things took double the time since we needed to restrict the size of the social occasions, however the children got why and it really caused the staff to be more intensive with subtleties. We just have four mentors other than myself, so one on one guidance is truly challenging."