MRHS tennis reels off 8 straight wins
LINWOOD – The Mustang boys tennis team lost its first match of the season, a 3-2 split against Eastern, but have reeled off eight straight wins since then. Mainland Regional High School’s tennis team is the defending South Jersey Group III champion, having toppled perennial power Moorestown last spring, then lost five of its seven […]
Red Raider softball team keeping games much closer
OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City High School girls softball team has a 2-4 record so far this season, but the numbers show a substantial improvement from last year. Unlike the prior season when the team was blown out by top opponents, the Red Raiders are keeping things much closer. On April 12, the girls […]
Baseball: Mustangs rally to top Red Raiders
Ocean City turns it around the next day to beat their cross-bay rivals OCEAN CITY – The Mainland Mustangs baseball team rallied for a come-from-behind 5-3 road win over rival Ocean City in the final inning Wednesday, April 12. The next day, the Red Raiders returned the favor, beating the Mustangs 9-2 at their home […]
Record-setting day for Raiders, Mustangs
Friendly rivalry produces great girls track and field performances SEE PHOTO GALLERY BELOW OCEAN CITY — The girls track teams from Mainland Regional and Ocean City high schools started off the season with record-setting performances last week. Coaches Mike Colombo and Tim Cook, of Mainland and Ocean City, respectively, expect a lot from their teams […]
Mustangs, Red Raider boys track match strengths
MRHS sprints, jumps enough to overcome O.C. distance, throws SEE PHOTO GALLERY BELOW LINWOOD – Ocean City dominated the distance races and held the edge in the throwing events. Mainland Regional controlled the sprints and the jumping events. The Mustangs closed out the opening boys track meet last week for both teams by sweeping the […]
Ocean City tennis team off to 3-0 start
Raiders battle Haddon Township through four three-set matches OCEAN CITY – The Red Raider boys tennis team is off to a 3-0 start this season after a big win Monday against Haddon Township (3-1) in which four of the five matches went to three sets. The Ocean City High School boys tennis team handed the […]
OCHS vs. MRHS: A fun rivalry that has lasted decades
See related story of the championship game here The Ocean City Red Raiders and Mainland Mustangs squaring off for a sectional basketball title last week is a proper occasion to reflect on the rivalry between the two schools, which dates back more than 60 years. “It’s huge, it’s gigantic,” said Mustangs head football coach Chuck […]
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 […]