Tom Williams has been covering Ocean City High School and Cape-Atlantic League sports for more than 50 years, starting when he was a teenager. He has won 15 awards from the Press Club of Atlantic City for his writing; has been named New Jersey's Sportscaster of the Year seven times, most recently in 2008, 2009 & 2010; was presented the 2003 award for contributions to amateur football in South Jersey by the National Football Hall of Fame; was recognized by the IAABO for his contributions to high school basketball; and, in 2012, was inducted into the South Jersey Basketball Hall of Fame.

Tom's columns have been most regularly seen in the Ocean City Gazette, Upper Township Gazette and the Sentinel-Ledger. His stories also have appeared in The Wildwood Leader, The Currents of Atlantic County and the Philadelphia Inquirer.



Some of Tom's 2004 columns from The Gazette can be accessed through this menu:

12/22/04 - Another holiday shopping list
12/8/04 - Gym full of great memories
12/1/04 - NCAA game at Rowan features ex-CAL players
11/24/04 - Excellence has become the norm for Brittany
11/17/04 - Another special fall at OCHS
10/27/04 - Big numbers in CAL football
10/20/04 - Best movies about HS sports
10/13/04 - Halfway to NJSIAA football deadline
10/6/04 - Great start to CAL football season
9/29/04 - Catching up with ex-Raiders
9/22/04 - Right decisions can change directions
9/15/04 - Friday night lights
9/8/04 - Another fall season begins in the CAL
9/1/04 - Coaching opportunities & silly rules
8/25/04 - Football notes & goodbye to Father Rob
8/11/04 - A football trip during the dog days of summer
8/4/04 - Summer is a time to prepare
7/28/04 - Chad Severs faces challenges
7/21/04 - Some high school rules changes
7/14/04 - Looking ahead to the next school year
7/7/04 - Original fantasy baseball league still going
6/30/04 - Chugger has a blast at Citizens Bank Park
6/23/04 - Cristie Kerr a champion off the course
6/9/04 - Casting for 'CAL - The Movie'
6/2/04 - Brittany, football lights & two sad farewells
5/26/04 - When sports & the prom were nearly in conflict
5/19/04 - Most popular word in OCHS sports
5/12/04 - A quarter-century of girls track champions
5/5/04 - The OCHS traveling lacrosse show
4/28/04 - Memories of the OCYAA & Chet Wimberg
4/21/04 - Retro ballparks come to South Philly
4/14/04 - They probably call it Spring because it's wet
4/7/04 - Pergament Award winners, top All Star moments
3/24/04 - Wrapping up the CAL basketball season
3/17/04 - Prep, Goodman add to CAL reputation
3/10/04 - Four hoop coaches who met the challenge
3/3/04 - The Tournament is underway
2/25/04 - Remembering the great Intermediate School moments