Mainland Regional High School girls win Atlantic County track title; boys 2nd
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — The Mainland Regional girls won the Atlantic County Track and Field Championship on May 16 with 171 points, far ahead of the rest of the 12-team field and buoyed by dominating the distance events. Sofia Day was a double winner, taking the 800 and 1600 meter races, and teammate Gillian Lovett […]
Ocean City, Mainland tennis lead in Power Points
OCEAN CITY — It was proved once again that every contest between rival Ocean City and Mainland teams is a fight, and this fight had ramifications for the playoffs. With the cutoff for the South Jersey Group III sectional tournament closing in, the Mainland Regional boys tennis team was able to replace Ocean City atop […]
Mainland baseball routs Hammonton 17-2 as it heads into postseason
LINWOOD – It was supposed to be a close game against a fellow outstanding South Jersey Group III team that Mainland Regional would likely see again in the post season. It wasn’t. The Mustangs’ 17-2 victory over the Hammonton Blue Devils (16-6) was just one game in Mainland’s long season, but they hope it will […]
Ocean City’s Raider softball atop division
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City High School’s Red Raider softball team is a perfect 10-0 in the National Division and 14-5 overall, putting the girls neck and neck with Triton atop the South Jersey Group III power points as sectionals loom. The Raiders came off a big week and some tough but exciting games over […]
Mainland Regional’s young girls lacrosse team working toward the future
OCEAN CITY — With a group of young players, the Mainland Regional High School girls lacrosse team is looking toward the future “with a lot of great foundation.” The girls are 5-5 this season with a squad that features some upper class players as leaders, but it is filled out with freshmen and sophomores. “We […]
OCHS girls lacrosse prepping for state playoffs
OCEAN CITY — The Red Raider girls lacrosse team has been ricocheting back and forth between Cape-Atlantic League foes and tough out-of-conference opponents in a packed schedule this spring. Ocean City High School’s girls are a perfect 7-0 in the CAL, with its most recent win coming Friday afternoon in a 14-3 victory over a […]
Ocean City’s flag football team builds on last year’s inaugural season
OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City High School girls flag football team has nearly doubled its numbers from last year’s inaugural season. With a roster of underclassmen — only four juniors and the rest freshmen and sophomores — things should keep looking up. After last week’s 21-6 win over visiting Pleasantville, the Raiders are 2-1 […]
Ocean City’s relentless attack too much for Mainland boys lacrosse
LINWOOD – The Ocean City Red Raiders took down the Mainland Mustangs with a relentless offense Friday afternoon. Jon Moyer and Pat Grimley scored three goals each for the Raiders as Ocean City High School beat Mainland Regional High School 10-2 May 3. With the win, Ocean City swept the season series versus Mainland 2-0. […]
Mainland Regional budget has ‘heartbreaking’ staff cuts
‘The hardest thing I’ve had to do’ – Chief School Administrator Mark Marrone LINWOOD — “It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do in almost 25 years,” Chief School Administrator Mark Marrone said about cutting staff to make up for a significant loss in state aid. “Unfortunately it’s heartbreaking the way you get to […]
Raider boys track team has big ambitions this season
OCEAN CITY – The Red Raider boys track team is aiming high this season. So far it has a 4-1 record that features a close loss to Egg Harbor Township. “We have big ambitions. We lost a couple of athletes to injury and one transferred to a different high school and it all kind of […]