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January 15, 2025

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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 […]

Raider football falls by 1 point to Hammonton

HAMMONTON — Lightning did not strike twice for the Ocean City High School football team. A week earlier, the Red Raiders were catapulted into the playoffs by Ryder Hay’s walk-off field goal against the Hammonton Blue Devils. Ocean City would get hit by a sense of déjà vu, as its first opponent in the playoffs […]

Mustang victory over Manalapan sets up semifinal

Now 10-0, Mainland to face Colts Neck for shot at final LINWOOD — The Mainland Regional High School football team will take on probably its toughest task of the 2023 season in the NJSIAA South Jersey Group IV semifinal when they play the Colts Neck High School Cougars at 6 p.m. Friday at the Mustang […]

Ocean City High School tops MRHS 2-0, advances

Lindsay, Evans score late in each half; semifinal Wednesday OCEAN CITY — Ocean City High School topped cross-bay rival Mainland Regional High School 2-0 in the second round of the NJSIAA South Jersey Group III soccer playoffs. Playoff season brought together the heated rivals as they battled for their playoff lives. The Mustangs had beaten […]

Hay day: Place kicker sends Raiders to postseason with walk-off field goal

Ocean City faces Hammonton in opening round HAMMONTON — Spectators got their money’s worth in the last game of the regular season as the Ocean City Red Raiders played in their best game of 2023 in a 24-21 win over the Hammonton Blue Devils thanks to big plays and a game-winning field goal. In a […]

Mustang field hockey falls to Cedar Creek

LINWOOD — The Cedar Creek High School Pirates used two third-quarter goals to top the Mainland Regional High School Mustangs field hockey team Oct. 11 in Linwood. Senior Carlene Mains opened the scoring for the Pirates, netting her fourth goal of the season at 8:42 of the third quarter off an assist from Chesney Bugdon. […]

Red Raiders football falls to Millville

OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City High School Red Raiders fell victim to the long ball and nothing went their way during the team’s fifth loss of the season Oct. 13. Wide receiver Lotzeir Brooks scored four touchdowns on the night as the Millville High School Thunderbolts scorched the Raiders 35-0.  Ocean City never got […]