Ocean City boys basketball survives scare in South Jersey tournament
OCEAN CITY – The Red Raiders survived a scare Saturday afternoon to advance to the semifinals in the South Jersey Group III sectional basketball tournament. After easily handling No. 16 Toms River East 54-37 in the opening round Feb. 28, the Ocean City High School boys were forced into overtime against No. 8 Seneca before […]
Another rivalry battle for Raider, Mustang girls basketball teams
Ocean City wins opening S.J. tournament game, then falls to No. 2 seed LINWOOD — The South Jersey Group III girls basketball opener Feb. 26 was typical Ocean City-Mainland Regional — neither team in this cross-bay rivalry wanting to cede an inch, emphatic defense, multiple lead changes and the victory hanging in the balance until […]
Mustang girls swimmers fall in state finals, finish 13-2
NEW BRUNSWICK – The Mustang girls swim team knocked off Moorestown High School after winning the South Jersey Group B sectional title Feb. 13 to make their way to the state finals Sunday at Rutgers University, but they fell to repeat champion Chatham High School. The Mustangs were the second seed in the state Group […]
Ocean City boys basketball avoids upset by LCMR
South Jersey sectional to begin for boys and girls ERMA – Trailing 55-54 with seconds on the clock, the Caper Tiger boys basketball team had the ball and the chance to upset Ocean City’s Red Raiders, but the shots just wouldn’t fall. The Lower Cape May Regional High School team outscored Ocean City 16-13 in […]
Ocean City’s Tommy Grimley District 29 wrestling champion
It was Red Raiders versus Caper Tigers in multiple matches; Camden Catholic dominates GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — The road to the wrestling state championships in Atlantic City began over the weekend with the NJSIAA District 29 tournament. The top wrestlers from 10 high schools gathered Feb. 22 at Absegami High School to decide who would advance […]
3-peat for Mustang boys swim team at South Jersey sectionals
They beat rival Ocean City in finals after losing to Red Raiders in regular season SEWELL — The Mainland Regional High School boys swim team earned the three-peat Feb. 13 when the Mustang swimmers beat rival Ocean City for their third straight South Jersey Group B sectional championship. Mainland began its three-year run of sectional […]
Ocean City girls beat Mainland in CAL hoops tournament; both knocked out
They will play a third time, face each other in the opening round of the sectional tournament OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City High School girls basketball team upset rival Mainland Regional in the Cape-Atlantic League basketball tournament, but fell to No. 2 seed Middle Township in the quarterfinals. The Red Raiders (13-12) fell to […]
Raider boys fall in CAL basketball quarterfinals, get top seed in sectionals
OCEAN CITY — The Red Raider boys basketball team lost a nail-biter to Wildwood Catholic in the quarterfinal round of the Cape-Atlantic League tournament Saturday, falling 52-51. The teams battled twice before during the regular season with the Ocean City High School boys winning 45-40 on the road Dec. 19 and Wildwood Catholic returning the […]
Mainland Mustang girls South Jersey swim champions
Full circle moment: Team beats Shawnee for second sectional title in four years SEWELL — During the South Jersey Public B swim final Feb. 13, Shawnee High School had a shot to win entering the final event but the Mainland Regional girls slammed the door, giving the Mustang seniors their second sectional title in four […]
Coping when injury wipes out a senior’s final seasons
OCHS teen fights through disappointment, rehab, gains new perspective OCEAN CITY — Madelyn Adamson feels like she’s letting her teammates down. She’s dead wrong, of course, but when you began your athletic career in first grade and had been psyching yourself up for your senior year at Ocean City High School, being forced to sit […]