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Winslow athletic director urges switch from Olympic Conference to Cape-Atlantic League to improve competitiveness
Summary
Athletic Director Taishima Lane presented data showing multi-year losses in the Olympic Conference and recommended moving Winslow teams to the Cape-Atlantic League (CAL). Board members expressed support and asked for a two-year monitoring period; no formal vote was taken.
Taishima Lane, the Winslow Township School District athletic director, told the Board of Education on July 11 that the district should move most sports programs from the Olympic Conference to the Cape-Atlantic League to restore competitive balance and improve student-athlete morale.
Lane said the district had won 94 games and lost 463 games against Olympic Conference opponents over the past four seasons, and shared team-level records such as field hockey 0-22, girls soccer 4-42 and boys soccer 3-41 in that span. She said track is an outlier that continues to perform at state and national levels and was excluded from much of the comparative analysis.
Lane said the Olympic Conference charges $3,800 annually and uses…
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