Ocean City basketball wins state championship
Red Raiders win first boys New Jersey hoop title since 1964 PISCATAWAY – It was a long time in the making. John Bruno and his Ocean City High School Red Raider basketball team are state champions. The Red Raiders capped off a historic season and era of boys basketball with the biggest trophy possible. In […]
Raiders repeat as South Jersey champs
Ocean City boys beat Delsea 51-33 in sectional basketball final, win semifinal, headed to state title game OCEAN CITY – Last season, Dean Lappin helped the Ocean City Red Raiders win the South Jersey championship while awaiting his turn in the spotlight. One season later, Lappin and the Red Raiders are back-to-back champions after he […]
Red Raider Jacob Chapman a district wrestling champ
He wins at 215 pounds in District 30; Red Raider, Mustang wrestlers move on to Region 8 tournament GALLOWAY – Red Raider Jacob Chapman is a District 30 wrestling champion. Wrestling in the 215-pound class at the district tournament at Absegami High School Saturday, the junior won by technical fall, 19-4, over Mainland’s Eban Kuhns […]
Ocean City boys advance in basketball sectional; Mustangs get big upset before quarterfinal loss
OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City High School boys basketball team had an easy time in the opening round of the South Jersey Group III sectionals, but Mainland Regional High School’s team pulled off the biggest upset of the tournament. The Mustangs, seeded 15th, knocked off No. 2 Shawnee (17-9) 44-39 Friday night. Sean Burke […]
Raider girls pull a major upset in sectional basketball tournament, but fall to the Blue Devils
HAMMONTON – Coming off a huge upset win in the first round of the playoffs, the Red Raiders girls basketball team ran into the Hammonton Blue Devils for the third time this season. The teams split the season series. Ocean City High School’s girls broke Hammonton High School’s undefeated 17-0 record with a 60-47 victory […]
Mainland girls win basketball opener, but are upset in quarterfinals
LINWOOD – The Mainland Mustangs lit up the scoreboard in their opening-round playoff game. If the Mustangs had any playoff nerves, they didn’t show it as Mainland Regional High School girls put up a whopping 68 points against Winslow Township High School and won 68-52 on Feb. 27. It was their second-highest scoring game of […]
Basketball heartbreaker
Raiders fall to Atlantic City Vikings 62-61 in CAL title game EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – Led by star sophomore Don’Taye Thompson, the Atlantic City Vikings edged the Ocean City Red Raiders in an instant classic Cape-Atlantic League championship basketball game. Thompson lifted the trophy with the rest of his teammates after he delivered Atlantic City […]
MRHS girls mount CAL hoop comeback, fall just short
LINWOOD — The Mainland Mustangs’ Cape-Atlantic League Tournament run was cut short after their massive comeback attempt against the Hammonton Blue Devils ran out of steam. Mainland Regional High School took the lead late after trailing by as many as 16 points but eventually fell to Hammonton High School 47-41 on Feb. 13. Jenna Vivadelli […]
Ocean City boys still in hunt in CAL hoop tournament
Update: Ocean City’s boys basketball team beat St. Augustine Prep 46-42 Tuesday night to earn a berth in the Cape-Atlantic League Tournament finals Saturday at Egg Harbor Township, where they will face Atlantic City, which upset No. 1 seed Middle Township 78-72. OCEAN CITY — The Red Raiders boys basketball team ran past Absegami and […]
Shawnee too deep for Mustang girls in S.J. final
Mainland falls in championship meet to team it defeated for title in 2025 SEWELL — The Mustang girls swam their hearts out, putting up some of their personal best times, but Shawnee High School’s team was just too deep and too fast Thursday, Feb. 12. Shawnee swam away with the 2026 South Jersey Group B […]