Dave O'Sullivan

OCEAN CITY — The Mainland Regional girls basketball team wanted some payback, and the Mustangs were determined to get it. And ruin not only a perfect record for Ocean City, but also the Red Raiders' Senior Night.

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — The final score Monday night was Vineland 45, Egg Harbor Township 38. But Senior Night for the Eagles was about much more than whatever the final score turned out to be.

ABSECON — The Holy Spirit wrestling team has come a long way, baby.
Just a few years removed from not being able to win a dual meet because they couldn't fill out a full lineup, the top-seeded Spartans on Friday night dominated No. 2 Donovan Catholic, 51-28, to secure their second straight…

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Visiting Toms River North had some tough, scrappy wrestlers, but Egg Harbor Township's senior-laden lineup with simply too powerful for the Mariners to handle in the opening round of the South Jersey Group 5 playoffs on Monday night.

ATLANTIC CITY — St. Augustine Prep senior center Justyn Mutts calls teammate Austin Kennedy the best point guard in the Cape-Atlantic League. The number of people who might doubt that statement dwindled even further after Kennedy's performance against rival Atlantic City at the Battle by …

 
LINWOOD — As the heavyweight bout was going on Wednesday night, Mainland Regional wrestling coach Clayton Smith gathered his lower and middle weight wrestlers together behind the bench and got in there ears pretty good. With the Mustangs trailing Ocean City, 22-12, at the time, Smith said — in no u…

If you're a fan of high school girls basketball, Holy Spirit is the place to be this weekend, as some of the top local teams join several outstanding programs from out of the area at the 22nd Annual 97.3 ESPN FM Girls Shootout.

OCEAN CITY — The Cape-Atlantic League is hereby on notice: Ocean City is coming after ya.
The Red Raiders, not expected to be much of a contender in the league this season after graduating Conner Laverty, took down rival Mainland 58-48 on Wednesday night to move into a tie for first place with the Mu…

PLEASANTVILLE — Everybody in the gym knew St. Joseph guard Marcellus Ross was going to take the last shot for St. Joseph. The visiting Wildcats trailed Pleasantville, 68-67, and Ross had scored 25 points already. He did take the last shot — and missed a runner in the lane — but tea…

Dakota Hitchner, a senior guard at Atlantic Christian School in Egg Harbor Township, came into Monday afternoon's game against New Foundations Christian School needing just four points to reach 2,000 for her career. Tension began to mount when, four minutes into the game, Hitchner remained scor…