Mustang football falls to Absegami
By CLYDE HUGHES/Special to the Sentinel ABSECON – All streaks come to an end eventually and for the Mainland Regional football team, it came on the heels of four costly turnovers and a special teams breakdown this past Friday in a 28-13 road loss to the Absegami Braves. The loss snapped the Mustangs 13-game regular […]
Red Raiders romp over ’Gami, 49-7
SCROLL DOWN FOR A FULL GALLERY OF THE GAME By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Red Raiders were dominant on both sides of the ball in a 49-7 victory Friday night, Oct. 2, over the visiting Absegami Braves. Four senior starters were involved in five of the team’s seven touchdowns. […]
Mustangs hold off EHT in final minutes
SCROLL DOWN FOR A FULL GALLERY OF THE GAME By CLYDE HUGHES/Special to the Sentinel LINWOOD – Mainland Regional’s 13-6 home victory over Egg Harbor Township to start the COVID-19-shortened football season last Saturday afternoon could not have been more topsy-turvy given the circumstances both teams – and the rest of squads around the country […]
Seniors lead way for Ocean City girls soccer in 9-0 win
Scroll down for a full Gallery of the game By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Like many teams across the Cape-Atlantic League, the Ocean City High School girls soccer team decided not to delay senior day, choosing to have it at the first game of the season Saturday, Oct. 3. The girls also decided […]
It’s a good year for OCHS tennis to be rebuilding
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City High School girls tennis team has only two returning varsity players this season, turning it into a true rebuilding year. However, realignment of the league because of the coronavirus should give the girls a fighting chance. “Our main priority this season is to gain experience, […]
Mainland Regional High School tennis starts strong in weird, short season
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff LINWOOD – The Mainland Regional girls tennis team swept the Ocean City Red Raiders Thursday, Oct. 1, at home, during an admittedly “weird” season. Girls tennis normally has the shortest season of all the fall sports, getting into playoffs when most other sports are still partway into their regular seasons. With […]
NJSIAA on fall season: Focus on participation, not championships
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Fall high school sports are official, but they won’t be the same. At the beginning of last week, Gov. Phil Murphy gave his go-ahead for the fall sports season, but said the final determination would be up to the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). A few days later, the […]
Gov. Murphy supports fall High School sports
NJSIAA will make final determination this week By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association is expected to make its final determination on the fall high school sports season by the end of the week, but judging by the comments at Gov. Phil Murphy’s press conference Monday, Aug. 17, indications are that […]
Northfield team pulls out over COVID concerns
Coach won’t risk it after ACBL allows players who left state to come back without quarantine By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff NORTHFIELD — The Atlantic County Baseball League playoffs started Monday short one team. The eight teams in the league were split into two divisions for the double-elimination tournament, but the Northfield Cardinals opted out […]
NJSIAA plan: Delay high school sports season competition until Oct. 1
ROBBINSVILLE – The official start of the fall sports season is being pushed back by approximately one month, with summer workouts for high school student-athletes – which may begin on July 13 – continuing until Aug. 28. Following summer workouts there will be a two-week hiatus from Aug. 29 through Sept. 13, during which only […]