Joe Clifford

  OCEAN CITY — Give Ocean City senior right-hander Sean Mooney one run, and you might as well just pack your bags and go home. Ball game is over. Mooney — like he has been all season — was lights out on Friday against Highland in the South Jersey Group 3 championship game, blazing through the Tartans' lineup as the Red Raiders cruised to a 5-0 victory, and a title that has eluded this year's senio

  Like Tom Petty says, the waiting has been the hardest part. The Ocean City and Mainland Regional baseball teams — bitter rivals on the field — each earned their way into the South Jersey Group 3 semifinals with wins last week, then had to spend the entire Memorial Day weekend thinking about the matchup they had been anticipating all year. The players had to wait an extra day as well, as the fiel