Ocean City girls fall in state basketball semifinals
Red Raiders come back from 10-point deficit to tie with 4 minutes left DEPTFORD – Ewing’s 55-44 victory over Ocean City in the NJSIAA Group III girls state basketball semifinals on Thursday evening hides the fact that the Red Raiders came back from a 10-point deficit to tie the contest with four minutes left. But […]
Raider boys fall in S.J. hoop finals
Trailing by 22 late in the 3rd, O.C. gets within 6 with 51 seconds left MOORESTOWN – The Ocean City boys basketball team nearly overcame a double-digit deficit on the road Monday night in the NJSIAA South Jersey Group III finals before coming up short 52-44 in front of a loud, boisterous partisan crowd. The […]
Ocean City girls make it to S.J. finals versus rival Mainland
Red Raiders beat Winslow, then No. 3 seed Westhampton in semifinals OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Red Raiders girls basketball team advanced to the South Jersey Group III finals Tuesday by knocking off visiting Winslow Township 56-40 on Wednesday, Feb. 22, and then Westhampton Tech 66-41 Friday.. Against Winslow, the Raiders came out firing […]
Ocean City girls crowned South Jersey basketball champions
Red Raiders upset top seed and rival Mainland 39-27 after falling to Mustangs twice earlier in the season LINWOOD – In a game that matched the intensity, ups and downs, and surprises of its rivalry, the Ocean City girls basketball team used a stout defensive effort and timely shooting to upset top-seeded Mainland 39-27 in […]
Championship-winning coach returns to lead OCHS sports
Ocean City school board names Michael Pellegrino as athletic director OCEAN CITY — Michael Pellegrino found his way back to the red and white. The coach who led the Red Raider boys soccer program to multiple state championships has returned to the fold at Ocean City High School as the permanent athletic director. Pellegrino was […]
Ocean City boys win S.J. basketball quarterfinal
They get to host semifinal Friday in doubleheader with Raider girls OCEAN CITY – The Red Raiders boys basketball team punched its ticket to a home semifinal game with a 73-50 win over Clearview in the South Jersey Group III sectional quarterfinal game Wednesday, Feb. 22. Ocean City came out and lit up the scoreboard […]
Ocean City girls win S.J. basketball quarterfinal
Red Raiders, Mainland girls each host semifinal matchup Friday OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Red Raiders girls basketball team advanced to the South Jersey Group III semifinal round Friday by knocking off visiting Winslow Township 56-40 on Wednesday, Feb. 22. The Raiders came out firing and built their lead in a hurry with an […]
MRHS GIRLS REPEAT AS CAL CHAMPS
MVP Bretones, Stokes key Mustang basketball defense limiting Vikings’ star EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Led by Sydney Stokes’ 15 points and 17 rebounds, the Mainland Regional High School girls basketball team shut down Atlantic City to win the Cape-Atlantic League Basketball Championship for the second year in a row. The Mustangs (23-2), with a starting […]
Mustang girls finish as S.J. swim runners-up
They ran into ‘a bit of buzzsaw’ with unbeaten Shawnee in Public B finals SEWELL — The undefeated Shawnee High School girls swim team ended Mainland Regional’s season Thursday evening, beating the Mustangs 96-74 to capture the 2023 South Jersey Public B sectional title. The Mustangs came in as the defending champion after winning the […]
Upper Towsnhip flag football league moves into Red Zone
Registration for new program, other township rec programs, under way UPPER TOWNSHIP — Flowers blooming, eggs hatching and children playing ball in the field are all sure signs of spring. While winter is not yet ready to release southern New Jersey from its sometimes-icy clutches, Upper Township’s youth recreation programs are getting a head start […]