First 20-win season since the ’80s
Ocean City softball hits milestone with 7-1 quarterfinal win in S.J. sectional OCEAN CITY — The 2023 Red Raider softball team did something Friday no other Ocean City High School softball team has done since the 1980s — they won their 20th game of the season. And this after going 5-15 in 2022. The victory […]
OCHS boys track is county champion
Red Raiders take first place in every event to dominate the competition OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City High School boys team dominated the 2023 Cape May County Track and Field Championships May 18, winning every event and taking a host of second and third places. The Red Raiders, under head coach Matt Purdue, finished […]
Red Raider girls win county track title
Senior Elaina Styer wins three events and helps 4×400 relay to a victory OCEAN CITY – The Red Raider girls won the Cape May County Track and Field Championship May 18 at Carey Stadium, taking first place in numerous events. Coach Tim Cook’s Ocean City High School team finished with 172 points. Middle Township was […]
Ocean City girls repeat as CAL lax champs
Red Raiders hold off Holy Spirit – again – in ‘a really hard-fought win’ OCEAN CITY — Another year, another championship-winning victory over Holy Spirit fueled by five goals from the girls lacrosse team’s leading scorer. The Ocean City High School Red Raiders defeated the Spartans 15-6 on May 19 in the Cape-Atlantic League title […]
2nd CAL lax title in a row for Ocean City boys lacrosse
Red Raiders defeat Caper Tigers 12-2 with powerful offense, stifling defense OCEAN CITY — Junior Charlie Schutta scored just 7 seconds into the game and the Red Raiders never looked back as they defeated the Caper Tigers 12-2 and repeated as Cape-Atlantic League champions May 19 at Carey Stadium. Pat Grimley, who topped 50 goals […]
Mustangs hope to be ‘dangerous’ in playoffs
LINWOOD – It’s not the season the Mainland Regional baseball team had hoped for so far, but as the postseason approaches, the Mustangs believe they can be a “dangerous” team despite a losing record. Mainland returns home this week to face Cherokee on Wednesday and Holy Spirit on Friday with an 8-11 record, and 5-7 […]
Mainland girls already look like flag football veterans
LINWOOD – There were speedy runs. Long passes. Leaping interceptions. Touchdown celebrations. The Mainland Regional girls flag football team was on fire last Thursday against Middle Township, beating the Panthers 46-6 on the field in the Mustang Corral. The club is new this spring at the high school, but these girls were playing like seasoned […]
Shaky start, strong finish on Ocean City High School Senior Day
OCEAN CITY — A brutal top of the first inning looked like it was going to put a severe damper on Senior Day on May 9 at the Ocean City High School baseball field. After more than a dozen seniors on the team lined up with their parents and gave their mothers flowers before the […]
A bench in honor of Coach H
OCEAN CITY – Late coach and teacher Mikenzie Helphenstine was honored with a bench dedicated in her memory during the annual fight cancer game between the Ocean City High School and Egg Harbor Township girls lacrosse teams May 3. Helphenstine was a standout athlete while a student at OCHS and as a college athlete. She […]
Non-CAL opponents help Ocean City lacrosse prep for playoffs
OCEAN CITY — Through the end of last week, the Ocean City High School girls lacrosse team was a perfect 8-0 in the Cape-Atlantic League and has used its out-of-conference games to help prepare for the “second season.” On Saturday at Carey Stadium, the 9-4 Red Raiders topped Spring-Ford, Pa. 13-4 at home, led by […]