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January 15, 2025

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Mazur sisters lead MRHS to undefeated start

4-0 Mainland Mustangs set to host Ocean City Red Raiders on Jan. 5 LINWOOD — Mainland Regional High School’s girls basketball team is ending 2023 on a great note. Sisters Ava and Bella Mazur combined for 36 points as the Mustangs defeated Gloucester Catholic 50-34 on Dec. 21. The whole team was dominant in the […]

Ocean City High School boys rally in hoops win

Red Raiders lean on experience to top Wildwood Catholic OCEAN CITY — Basketball has finally returned to Ocean City. The Red Raiders boys basketball team opened its 2023 season Dec. 14 at home with a 66-61 victory over the Wildwood Catholic Crusaders.  After the Crusaders erased a double-digit deficit in the second half, the Raiders […]

STATE CHAMPIONS

Mainland trounces Ramapo 56-0 in Group IV title game PISCATAWAY – Mainland Regional High School head coach Chuck Smith completed his task of turning his Mustangs into state champions with a resounding 56-0 victory over the Ramapo Raiders in the NJSIAA Group IV state championship game Sunday at Rutgers University. In a contest in which […]

Mainland headed to state championship

Mustangs gallup past Winslow Township, 41-7, in Group IV semifinal WINSLOW TOWNSHIP — Complete domination by the Mustangs this season has brought them to the biggest football game of the year. Mainland Regional High School, the NJSIAA South Jersey champion, defeated Central Jersey champion Winslow Township High School 41-7 on Nov. 17 in the Group […]

Mainland volleyball team wins G3 final, falls in state semifinal

LINWOOD — A historic season for the Mustangs was cut just short of another title Nov. 9. Two days earlier, the Mainland Regional High School volleyball team defeated Pinelands Regional High School 2-1 to capture their first ever NJSIAA South Jersey Group III championship.  Mainland got revenge on Pinelands after they lost to the Wildcats […]

South Jersey Group IV champions

Ordille runs for four TDs in Mustangs’ 35-13 win over Millville MILLVILLE — The Mustangs galloped into a second straight state Group IV semifinal appearance with one of their biggest wins in program history Nov. 10. On the road at Wheaton Field, Mainland Regional High School ran over two-time defending state champion Millville High School […]

OCHS surf team wins NSSA state championship

ATLANTIC CITY — The Ocean City High School surf team won the National Scholastic Surfing Association state championship Oct. 29 at Vermont Avenue in Atlantic City, taking home the Joe Keenan High School Championship Award. Coach Nate Garza said teams compete all day long, with individuals scoring points based on placement in their heats. Each […]

Mainland keeps rolling with win over Colts Neck

Gets shot at redemption on Friday versus Millville LINWOOD — Last year, the Mainland Regional High School football team fell 40 seconds short of reaching the NJSIAA Group IV state final in a stunning last-minute loss to eventual state champion Millville in the state semifinal. On Friday night, the Mustangs earned the right to avenge […]

Fast times at high school cross country finals

Red Raider boys take fourth overall HOLMDEL — The Ocean City High School boys cross country team gave it everything they had in their final race of the season.  The Red Raiders competed in the NJSIAA group championships Nov. 4, finishing in fourth place with 131 team points, just 2 points behind third.  Peyton Shute […]

Ocean City High School girls soccer loses 3-2 in OT

Liebrand, Rhodes level match but Raiders cannot find a winner OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City High School girls soccer team dropped a 3-2 overtime heartbreaker in its NJSIAA South Jersey Group III championship battle with Shawnee High School on Monday, Nov. 6. Ocean City battled back from a 2-0 hole to send the title […]