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 2003 columns from The Gazette can be accessed through this menu:

12/24/03 - Once again, shopping for the holidays
12/17/03 - The best (and worst) of the CAL fall season
12/10/03 - New OCHS coaches will be hired according to state code
12/3/03 - Changing the focus to basketball
11/26/03 - Offering thanks for some worthy Hall of Famers
11/19/03 - NJSIAA needs a new video camera
11/5/03 - CAL to remain the same for 2 more years
10/29/03 - Injury could end Matt Chila's season
10/22/03 - Brenda Briney is Homecoming Queen
10/1/03 - Doug Colman returns home
9/24/03 - Ex-Raiders flourishing in college
9/10/03 - Another exciting CAL football season coming
8/27/03 - Just call him Lt. Col. Fritters (USAF, Ret.)
8/6/03 - An unnecessary coaching controversy
7/16/03 - Is Holy Spirit's future in doubt?
6/4/03 - Notes from trackside
5/14/03 - Wayne Colman has one more goal before retirement
4/16/03 - Spring break is a good time to play catch up
3/26/03 - The best (and worst) of the high school basketball season
3/5/03 - It was back to the future for OCHS sports
2/26/03 - Raider girls become part of CAL championship week
2/19/03 - South Jersey basketball finally recognizes Pat Dougherty
2/5/03 - Basketball gods are smiling on us again
1/29/03 - Deadline approaching for hoop teams
1/22/03 - Ernie Troiano - CAL Sportsperson of the Year
1/8/03 - Larry Blohm - Ocean City Sportsperson of the Year