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Senior Tori Vliet leads Ocean City with 18 points OCEAN CITY – In a showdown of the top two girls basketball teams in Cape May County, Ocean City used the strong inside play of senior Tori Vliet and timely free throw shooting to subdue Middle Township at home 40-35 on Monday night. The win improves […]

LINWOOD — Mainland Regional boys swim coach Brian Booth knows the Cape-Atlantic League is going to be competitive this year, but believes his Mustangs should be in a good place by the time the sectional tournament rolls around. He’s also happy because after a year with a small team, the Mustangs have gained strength in […]

LINWOOD — Anna Tran was a double winner for Atlantic City High School’s swim team last week, but the Mustang girls dominated all but three of the events to win their season-opener 115 to 55. Mainland did have a meet the week before and it was competitive, but the girls weren’t facing another team. Asked […]

LINWOOD – The Mainland Mustangs and Ocean City Red Raiders girls basketball teams tipped off their season Thursday, Dec. 15, with the hosting Mustangs grabbing control early and not letting up to win 51-35. “I thought we were a little sloppy on offense,” Mainland head coach Scott Betson said. “We turned it over a little […]

OCEAN CITY – The Egg Harbor Township Eagles easily defeated the defending South Jersey champion Ocean City boys swim team 113-57 in last week’s opener for both teams, but that didn’t surprise Red Raider head coach Shane McGrath. His team, he notes, is a slow starter.   The core class is back from last year […]

LINWOOD – Mainland Regional boys basketball coach Dan Williams admits with a smile that the Mustangs were able to sneak up on some top-flight opponents at the end of last season. With four starters back from a team that won the Cape-Atlantic League post-season tournament, including leading scorer and rebounder in junior Cohen Cook, there […]

LINWOOD – When you reach the NJSIAA Group III state finals two of the last four years like the Mainland Regional girls basketball team has, it tends to catch people’s attention. One of those trips ended in a state title while last year, the Mustangs fell to Sparta in the finals. While Mainland, which built […]

More experience will help this basketball season OCEAN CITY – The Red Raiders boys basketball team will look to take advantage of their similarity on the court with most of its roster returning from last season. “You hope that with a year of experience – having almost everybody back who contributed last year – that […]

OCEAN CITY – The Red Raiders girls swim team started pretty much as expected Thursday, losing a close meet to a strong Egg Harbor Township team at the Ocean City Aquatic and Fitness Center. “It was as good of a start as we could have had for the season,” head coach Ian Keyser said. “EHT […]