Middle, Ocean City boys continue fight for CAL hoop supremacy
Raiders and Mustangs get seedings for boys and girls CAL basketball tournament OCEAN CITY – Fighting for the top spot in the Cape-Atlantic League boys basketball standings, the Ocean City Red Raiders staged a furious comeback to push the Middle Township Panthers to the limit. Middle Township High School (12-8) built a commanding 23-point lead […]
Ocean City boys swim team squeaks past Shawnee, to face Mustangs in S.J. final
OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City High School boys swim team slipped past Shawnee on Monday afternoon in an exciting meet to earn their way into the finals of the South Jersey Public B sectional tournament. Once there, at Gloucester County Institute of Technology, the Red Raiders will face defending champion Mainland Regional. The meet is […]
Raider girls swimmers fight to finish, but Mustang girls make it to the S.J. finals
LINWOOD — The Mustang girls swim team will defend its South Jersey Group B title later this week after beating a determined Red Raider team in the sectional semifinals Monday. The Ocean City High School girls kept the meet close throughout and trailed by only four points after seven events. Their Mainland Regional High School […]
Raider wrestlers work through tough competition
ERMA — The Red Raider wrestling team ran its record to 10-1 in January, but in the past two weeks, the Ocean City High School team lost six of its last eight matches, putting its record at 12-7. However, three of those losses came to teams ranked in the top 20 in the state. That […]
Warriors take down Ocean City girls with final shot
WILDWOOD – One last play separated the Ocean City Red Raider girls from victory after a back-and-forth battle against the Wildwood Warriors was decided on the final shot. Raider Marley Ostrander and Warrior Rebecca Benichou were both unstoppable throughout and forced the game to come down to who had the ball last. Despite a heroic […]
Raider boys fend off Wildwood to improve to 15-3
WILDWOOD – Despite a barrage of three-pointers by the Wildwood Warriors, Josh Lenko and the Ocean City Red Raiders managed to hold onto their fifth straight win. Lenko led all scorers with 25 points as he helped Ocean City High School fend off Wildwood High School 59-47 Saturday, Jan. 31. Ocean City jumped all over […]
Mustang girls swimmers wrap regular season with win, head to sectionals
LINWOOD – Fresh off a victory at the South Jersey Swim Coaches Association tournament and a season-ending win over Haddon Township, coach Mike Demarest believes his girls are on the right track for the South Jersey Group B sectional. The Mainland Regional High School girls are the defending South Jersey champs and if they make […]
Emily Russo sets diving record for Ocean City High School
OCEAN CITY — Diminutive senior Emily Russo will have her name writ large on the records board at the Ocean City Aquatic and Fitness Center pool after breaking the 11-dive record at a home meet Jan. 29. Russo, a former gymnast turned diver, scored 454 points, shattering the 2019 record of 434.95 points by Isabella […]
MRHS coach Booth is retiring after five state titles
Longtime boys swim team leader credits athletes for all the championships LINWOOD — True to form, before a ceremony to honor his upcoming retirement from teaching and as head coach of the Mainland Regional High School boys swim team, Brian Booth deflected credit for five state championships, 12 South Jersey sectional titles and nine Cape-Atlantic […]
MRHS girls, boys swimmers win S.J. invitational
Mustang boys comfortably atop Power Points; Mustang girls second LINWOOD — The Mainland Regional High School girls and boys teams won Group B titles at the South Jersey Swim Coaches Association Invitational on Saturday at Gloucester County Institute of Technology. For the girls, two of the highlights of the meet were winning the 200-meter medley […]