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Month: April 2021

High-scoring game between Mainland, Millville

LINWOOD – The bats were working hard Thursday afternoon as Mainland Regional went head to head with Millville in a softball game.  The Mustangs lost, 14-13, as the teams traded leads. Mainland jumped to a 3-2 lead in the first inning, but the Thunderbolts outscored the Mustangs 3-1 in the second to regain the lead. […]

Mustang girls lax tops Millville 15-8

LINWOOD – The Mainland girls lacrosse team beat visiting Millvile 15-8 Thursday afternoon. Casey Murray led the Mustangs with 4 goals and one assist. Teammates Julianna Medina, Charlotte Walcoff and Samantha Rothman had 3 goals each and Eve Blanco and Bella Tenaglia added a goal apiece in the victory. Walcoff added 2 assists and Blanco, […]

Ocean City girls lax faces off against No. 2 team in state

SCROLL DOWN FOR A FULL GALLERY OF THE GAME Red Raiders down by 1 goal with 9 minutes to go before Quakers pull away By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – The last time the Red Raider girls lacrosse team faced Moorestown, it was in the South Jersey Group III sectional in May 2019. Ocean […]

Ocean City softball has new group of coaches

SCROLL DOWN FOR A FULL GALLERY They say players have adjusted well to the change By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – The Ocean City High School softball team has three new coaches this season. They hope the fact they are all former college softball players will help them with their new lineup. “I […]

Red Raider tennis ‘has to grow up quick’ with inexperienced squad

SCROLL DOWN FOR A FULL GALLERY By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Ocean City High School’s boys tennis team will “have to grow up quick,” according to coach Tim Kelley.  “We are very young and inexperienced,” the coach said, adding other teams are in the same boat because last spring’s season was canceled by […]

Mainland tennis team aiming high; playing as if they didn’t miss a beat

SCROLL DOWN FOR A FULL GALLERY By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff LINWOOD – For not playing for nearly two years, the Mainland Mustang boys tennis team started out the season not missing a beat, shutting out Ocean City in the season opener and barely giving up a game later in the week to Vineland. “I’ve been […]

Alumni to address school board about abuse and neglect

Group’s change.org petition demands investigation into incidents, practices at OCHS SEE THE ENTIRE PETITION HERE By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – A group of Ocean City High School alumni is demanding an investigation of “unsafe and unjust practices” at the school and plans to bring its concerns directly to the board of education at […]

Parents object over crackdown on bike riders

Police plan increased presence, but critics say they’re taking things too far By BILL BARLOW /Special to the Sentinel OCEAN CITY – A fight on the Boardwalk, coupled with problems with some groups of young bike riders, has Ocean City focused on teenagers.  On April 17, three girls – described in official statements as “female juveniles” […]

Murder decision is upheld

Petersburg man convicted in 2012 death of April Kauffman Editor’s note: This release is from the office of Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner. MAYS LANDING — On April 20, the New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division unanimously affirmed the conviction and all evidentiary rulings made by Judge Bernard E. DeLury in the 2018 murder […]

Eased restrictions may mean OCHS prom for all seniors

By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Gov. Phil Murphy announced larger capacities at events in New Jersey starting May 10, a move that should allow all of Ocean City High School’s seniors to be able to attend prom together. In a press conference Monday, the governor said effective May 10, indoor room capacities will […]