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 […]
Four titles in a row
Mustang swimmers have ruled South Jersey SEWELL — The seniors on the Mainland Regional High School boys swim team have never lost a South Jersey final. On Wednesday, Feb. 11, the Mustangs beat Ocean City High School’s Red Raiders 107-63 for their fourth straight South Jersey Group B championship. It was the 13th South Jersey […]
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 […]