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August 5, 2026

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Mustang volleyball hoping to contend for CAL title

LINWOOD — In its third year as a varsity program, the Mustang boys volleyball team is hoping to be a contender for the Cape-Atlantic League crown this season. The Mainland Regional High School team got off to a good start with a 2-1 victory over Atlantic Tech and a home-opening win April 1 over Cedar […]

Mustang laxers blitz LCMR in opener

LINWOOD – The 2026 boys lacrosse season started with a matchup against Cape-Atlantic League rivals – the Mainland Mustangs and Lower Cape May Caper Tigers.  After an offseason of roster changes for both teams, Mainland Regional High School’s offense was in control from the start and rode an early lead into an 18-1 win over the […]

Pitchers’ duel in Red Raiders’ opener against Vineland

OCEAN CITY – Opening Day of the Ocean City Red Raiders’ baseball season started with a pitching duel against Vineland High School. Both pitching staffs did not seem to have any first-game jitters, but it was the Vineland offense that managed to punch through with a 3-0 win on March 26. The two teams combined […]

Small senior core leads mostly young Ocean City softball team

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City High School’s softball team returns its two wunderkind, Jessica Mooney and Brooke Douglas, for their final season, and pairs them with a young team. Mooney and Douglas made an impact with their pitching and hitting starting their freshman year and early indications are they aren’t done. In Thursday afternoon’s game […]

Ocean City basketball wins state championship

Red Raiders win first boys New Jersey hoop title since 1964 PISCATAWAY – It was a long time in the making. John Bruno and his Ocean City High School Red Raider basketball team are state champions. The Red Raiders capped off a historic season and era of boys basketball with the biggest trophy possible. In […]

Raiders repeat as South Jersey champs

Ocean City boys beat Delsea 51-33 in sectional basketball final, win semifinal, headed to state title game OCEAN CITY – Last season, Dean Lappin helped the Ocean City Red Raiders win the South Jersey championship while awaiting his turn in the spotlight. One season later, Lappin and the Red Raiders are back-to-back champions after he […]

Red Raider Jacob Chapman a district wrestling champ

He wins at 215 pounds in District 30; Red Raider, Mustang wrestlers move on to Region 8 tournament GALLOWAY – Red Raider Jacob Chapman is a District 30 wrestling champion. Wrestling in the 215-pound class at the district tournament at Absegami High School Saturday, the junior won by technical fall, 19-4, over Mainland’s Eban Kuhns […]

Ocean City boys advance in basketball sectional; Mustangs get big upset before quarterfinal loss

OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City High School boys basketball team had an easy time in the opening round of the South Jersey Group III sectionals, but Mainland Regional High School’s team pulled off the biggest upset of the tournament. The Mustangs, seeded 15th, knocked off No. 2 Shawnee (17-9) 44-39 Friday night. Sean Burke […]

Raider girls pull a major upset in sectional basketball tournament, but fall to the Blue Devils

HAMMONTON – Coming off a huge upset win in the first round of the playoffs, the Red Raiders girls basketball team ran into the Hammonton Blue Devils for the third time this season. The teams split the season series. Ocean City High School’s girls broke Hammonton High School’s undefeated 17-0 record with a 60-47 victory […]

Mainland girls win basketball opener, but are upset in quarterfinals

LINWOOD – The Mainland Mustangs lit up the scoreboard in their opening-round playoff game.  If the Mustangs had any playoff nerves, they didn’t show it as Mainland Regional High School girls put up a whopping 68 points against Winslow Township High School and won 68-52 on Feb. 27. It was their second-highest scoring game of […]