ACBP sweeps surfboat races to win 2026 South Jersey Lifeguard Championship
AVALON — The Atlantic City Beach Patrol swept the surfboat races and took third in the swim to secure victory Aug. 14 during the 2026 South Jersey Lifeguard Championships at 35th Street in Avalon. The ACBP accumulated 13 points, followed by the Avalon Beach Patrol with 10 and Upper Township Beach Patrol with 8. Rower […]
Ocean City High School Dance Team performs
OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City High School Dance Team added more highlights to the Miss Ocean City Pageant Aug. 8 and to the Junior Miss Ocean City Pageant Aug. 15. Outgoing Miss Ocean City 2026 Antonella DiAntonio, a 2026 OCHS graduate, was part of the dance team, and now is at the University of […]
Longport edges Margate for South Jersey Women’s Lifeguard Championship title
VENTNOR — The top two teams tied and the third-place finisher was just one point behind during the 2nd annual South Jersey Women’s Lifeguard Championship on Aug. 12 at Suffolk Avenue beach. The Longport Beach Patrol edged out the Margate City Beach Patrol on the strength of its win in the doubles row, the tiebreaker, […]
Atlantic City lifeguards win fourth event this summer
MARGATE — “Just having a hell of a season,” Atlantic City Beach Patrol Chief Steve Downey said after his crew won the 80th annual Margate World War II Memorial Lifeguard Races on Aug. 7. The ACBP won the swim and took third in both rowing races to accumulate 11 points for the team title. The […]
Hawthorne, Hollerbach, Schultz prevail in Tuesday Senior Golf scramble
By TONY CHERBY/For the Sentinel BUENA VISTA — Last week in the writeup for the Ocean City Tuesday Senior Golf League, I bemoaned how tough it is to putt for dough on fast, dried out greens. Turns out the guardian golf god who looks after us follows Ocean City Sentinel sports. On Monday, she dumped […]
Heat, tight matches define Week 13 of Thursday Ocean City Senior Golf
By BEN FONG/For the Sentinel EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – Summer heat and humidity provided an added challenge during Week 13 of the Thursday Ocean City Senior Golf League season at Harbor Pines Golf Club. Even under difficult conditions, league members continued to produce outstanding golf as the race for playoff positions entered its final stretch. In […]
ACBP women position themselves for S.J. Championship run
Atlantic City lifeguards win Bill Howarth title; Ventnor second, Upper Township third VENTNOR — The women of the Atlantic City Beach Patrol have positioned themselves as the team to beat heading into the South Jersey Women’s Lifeguard Championship on Aug. 12 in Ventnor. The crew of veterans and young guards combined to win the 30th […]
Failure as a motivator: Gearing up for an ultramarathon
Ocean City native Maddie Brady training for brutal Moab 240-mile race MIAMI — Maddie Brady plans to run the Moab 240 in October. The 241.8-mile ultramarathon through Utah’s canyons, desert and mountains has a maximum time limit of 112 hours. That’s equivalent to more than nine marathons in about four and a half days. Brady, […]
O.C. Tuesday Senior Golf League nears backstretch of 2026 season
By TONY CHERBY For the Sentinel BUENA VISTA — For the second time in as many weeks, the Ocean City Senior Golf Tuesday Leaguers dodged a weather bomb. A 77% chance of thunderstorms July 28 morphed into a morning of “partly cloudy.” We made it through our ninth round of match play with nary a […]
Blady’s birdies highlight as Thursday Senior Golf championship chase heats up
By BEN FONG For the Sentinel EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — With the postseason drawing closer, Week 12 of the Thursday Ocean City Senior Golf League produced another exciting round of competition at Harbor Pines Golf Club. Several contenders strengthened their playoff position with impressive performances, while one veteran golfer stole the spotlight with a remarkable […]