Raider, Mustang soccer teams battle
Girls teams draw 0-0 in double OT OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City Red Raiders and Mainland Mustangs girls soccer teams battled to a scoreless tie at Carey Stadium Monday afternoon. The Raiders’ decisively controlled possession throughout and seemed destined to break through eventually. “I tend to nit-pick and the girls know that,” said Raider head […]
Red Raider hockey opens season with 2 wins, 1 loss
The Ocean City High School field hockey team opened the season by shutting out Millville then was shut out by West Essex Saturday in a non-conference game. Above, Red Raider goalie Taryn Dolka makes a save against West Essex’s high-powered offense. Dolka had 12 saves in that game. West Essex goalie Abby Zanelli made 8 […]
MACE FOR THE SCORE
Mustang running back credits O-line for helping him get 6 TDs in a single game MAYS LANDING – Even for an illustrious career as a four-year starter that has led to Division I scholarship offers from major conferences, last Friday was a banner night by Ja’Briel Mace standards. Bouncing back from a heartbreaking loss to […]
OCHS tennis: new faces, but should be competitive
OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City High School girls tennis team has a lot of new faces in different places. They opened the season with a 3-2 victory over Atlantic City, led by one of the veterans, first singles Alexis Allegretto. “We had 14 graduating seniors last year so we have a lot of girls […]
Red Raider football takes down Pirates
EGG HARBOR CITY – The Red Raiders football team took down reigning Group III champs Cedar Creek High School on the road Saturday afternoon, Sept. 10. Ocean City dominated from the start defensively, picking off three passes, and made enough plays on offense to lock down the 21-7 win, improving to 2-1 on the season. “These […]
OCHS field hockey is aiming high
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City High School field hockey is a storied program with 14 South Jersey sectional titles and 10 state championships. The girls on the team would love to add to the placards hanging on the side of Ocean City Intermediate School looking over one of the team’s practice fields, but they follow […]
MRHS hockey coach is anything but ‘new’
LINWOOD – Don’t call Erin O’Connell the “new” field hockey coach at Mainland Regional High School, even though this is her first year as the head coach for the squad. O’Connell, a 2013 graduate of Mainland, honed her field hockey skills on the same field her players now occupy. She returned after playing collegiately at […]
Raiders storm back for win
Mustangs led 20-7 in intense rivalry game before Ocean City rallied OCEAN CITY – The Red Raiders came roaring back in the second half to stun the visiting Mainland Mustangs 21-20 at Carey Stadium Thursday night, Sept. 1, in a game befitting the historic rivalry between the teams. The Ocean City defense forced timely turnovers […]
Red Raiders learn lessons in season-opening loss
OCHS falls to penalties, inconsistent offense, Neshaminy’s running back OCEAN CITY — The Red Raiders football team fell 21-0 to Neshaminy (Pa.) High School in its season opener at home Friday night, done in by an inconsistent offense, too many penalties and the exploits of the Neshaminy halfback. Markus Barnett ran for 273 yards and […]
Outpouring of support for Gaitley as new girls basketball coach
OCEAN CITY — Some parents and athletes appeared before the Ocean City Board of Education on Wednesday night to practically beg them to hire Stephanie (Vanderslice) Gaitley, an Ocean City native who spent 36 years coaching in college, as the new head coach for the Red Raiders girls basketball program. There were concerns in the […]