The 34th Annual Cape May County Lifeguard Championship was held July 7 at Ocean Avenue and Rambler Road in Wildwood Crest. Wildwood Beach Patrol won for the first time ever by one point to beat Ocean City 19-18. Sea Isle City took third place with 15 points.
Results:
Team Scoring: 1. Wildwood, 19; 2. Ocean City, 18; 3. Sea Isle, 15; 4. Wildwood Crest, 14; 5. Avalon, 13.
Doubles Row: 1. Steve McGuinn and Brandon Joyce (Wildwood); 2. Bryan Theiss and Shanin Theiss (Ocean City); 3. Anthony Onimus and Andrew Treffeisen (Cape May); 4. Jacob Enright and Matt Wolf (Avalon); 5. Justin Naylor and Pat Scannapieco (Sea Isle City).
Rescue Board: 1. Jeff Buyse (Sea Isle City); 2. Brett Pederson (Wildwood Crest); 3. Tom Coleman (Wildwood); 4. John Gregory (Avalon); 5. Pat Kennedy (Cape May).
Swim: 1. Conall Loughlin (Sea Isle City); 2. Jon Burkett (Wildwood Crest); 3. Quinn Cassidy (Ocean City); 4. Bill Auty (Wildwood); 5. Justin McLellan (Stone Harbor).
Run-swim: 1. Brian McGroarty (Ocean City); 2. Ryan Calin (Wildwood); 3. Chip Schoder (Stone Harbor); 4. Zach Emerson (Sea Isle City); 5. John Gregory (Avalon).
Singles Row: 1. John Ruskey (Stone Harbor); 2. Erich Wolf (Avalon); 3. Brandon Joyce (Wildwood); 4. Shanin Theiss (Ocean City); 5. Chris Vittese (Cape May).
Surf Dash Relay: 1. Wildwood Crest (Brett Pederson, Jake Klecko, Jon Burkett, Pat Bakey); 2. Avalon; 3. Ocean City; 4. Stone Harbor; 5. Wildwood.
Dennis Township – Warning… Stock up on toilet paper! A 25 % tariff on Canada (day one) will raise the price of toilet paper on January 20th. We may get our eggs from local farms, but we WILL pay more for necessities…