OCHS fields young hockey team
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City High School field hockey team won the sectional championship last season, but lost a big class to graduation. Although there are a good number of seniors on this fall’s squad, coach Kelsey Burke is working with fewer players with varsity experience. However, that doesn’t change […]
Mainland girls soccer returns strong leaders
By CLYDE HUGHES/Special to the Sentinel LINWOOD – The Mainland Regional girls soccer squad had another impressive season last fall (10-2) and would have gone undefeated if they had cleared the final hurdle – rival Ocean City. The Red Raiders were the only team in South Jersey to beat the Mustangs last year, including a […]
Ocean City girls take aim at another NJ soccer title
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – This may be the “post-Faith” era, but Ocean City girls soccer coach Lisa Cuneo still wants the state finals circled on her calendar. “I don’t have the state championship date memorized yet, but I should,” she said. “That’s where I want to be. There are a few pieces […]
MRHS hockey ‘hasn’t skipped a beat’
By DAVID NAHAN Sentinel staff LINWOOD – The Mainland Regional girls field hockey team hasn’t skipped a beat, according to head coach Jill Hatz. “We’ve got a nice returning crew that are not only talented but they are very team-oriented, motivated – like self-motivated,” she said last week. “We don’t have to kick them into […]
Red Raider football shuts out Blue Devils, 24-0
Editor’s note: A complete story will appear later. OCEAN CITY – The Red Raider football team ran around, over and through the Hammonton Blue Devils Thursday night in a 24-0 home win. Spearheaded by running back Jacob Wilson, who visited the end zone twice, Ocean City moved to 2-0 on the young season. Dominant in the […]
Mustang football defeats Eagles
SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTO GALLERY By CLYDE HUGHES/Special to the Sentinel EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – It was one heck of a debut for Marlon Leslie as quarterback for the Mainland Regional Mustangs – 187 yards running and accounting for both scores in a 14-6 season-opening victory over the Egg Harbor Township Eagles last Friday night. […]
Red Raider football shuts out Vineland
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE PHOTO GALLERY By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — Red Raiders running back Jacob Wilson scored two touchdowns on the ground and quarterback Riley Gunnels added another, but it was Ocean City’s defense that really shined in the 21-0 victory over the Vineland Fighting Clan on Friday, Aug. 27, at […]
Ed Keenan to be in Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame
Ocean City media specialist has worked over 70 fights, has tales to tell By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY – Ocean City’s Ed Keenan knows the top boxers and has great stories to tell about what goes on outside the ring as well as inside. The media specialist has been helping promote fights for decades, […]
Longport wins 5th S.J. Lifeguard title in a row
SCROLL DOWN FOR A FULL GALLERY This year was a battle to the finish; Sea Isle second, Margate third By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff LONGPORT – The Longport Beach Patrol defended its South Jersey Lifeguard Championship Friday night – its fifth win in a row – but it wasn’t easy. The rowers and swimmers from the other […]
Looking up at Bill Howarth
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE A FULL GALLERY OF THE RACE Ventnor lifeguards win final women’s race of the summer in honor of their late captain By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff VENTNOR – Whether Bill Howarth was looking down from heaven last week on the female athletes he mentored for decades is a question left to theologians. […]