Ocean City boys, defending S.J. champs, are slow starters
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 […]
MRHS boys basketball won’t be able to sneak up on opponents after 2022 CAL title
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 […]
Mustang girls basketball lost some top talent, but have experienced trio for new campaign
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 […]
Ocean City Red Raider boys in better position
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 Red Raider girls face tough EHT team in swim opener
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 […]
Raiders wrap injury-plagued football season
Final Thanksgiving Day game starts well, but ends with loss to Greyhounds PLEASANTVILLE – The Red Raiders football team wrapped up its season with a 40-21 loss to Pleasantville on Thanksgiving Day. In the 100th and final Thanksgiving match-up between the two teams, a pair of back-to-back bizarre plays in the second half proved the Red […]
Last-minute disappointment for Mustangs
Mainland leads Millville through state semifinal; Bolts score with 39 seconds left MARLTON – For 47 minutes and 20 seconds on Sunday, it looked like the Mainland Regional Mustangs would be the team that would take part in New Jersey’s first true Group IV football state championship in December. Defending Group IV state champion Millville […]
MUSTANGS WIN TITLE
Mainland takes sectional crown with win over Middletown South MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP – The expectations have changed for the Mainland Regional football team this season, but that is to be expected after the Mustangs captured their first NJSIAA Group IV Central Jersey title since 2008 last Friday with a comeback 34-24 road victory over No. 1 […]
Mainland girls volleyball falls in South Jersey finals
Mustangs take first set, were close in second before falling 2-1 LITTLE EGG HARBOR – The Mainland Mustangs volleyball team won the first of three sets in the South Jersey Group III sectional final Tuesday night, Nov. 8, putting 2021 sectional champion Pinelands Regional on its heels. The Wildcats were able to regroup, take a […]
Ocean City boys, girls won CAL XC meet, both 2nd in South Jersey to qualify for the state meet
GALLOWAY – The Ocean City High School boys and girls each won Cape-Atlantic League cross country crowns at the CAL meet Oct. 25 at Stockton University, then earned their berths in last Saturday’s state meet with second-place finishes at the South Jersey Group III sectionals at Gloucester County Dream Park, where Mainland’s girls were third. […]