Ocean City Red Raiders

Ocean City (22-8) advances to the Group 3 state semifinals at 5 p.m. on Thursday at Deptford High School, where the Red Raiders will face Central Jersey champion Westampton Tech, a 61-53 winner over Neptune.

It was a career night for Mainland sophomore forward Cadence Fitzgerald.

Mainland Regional took down Ocean City to capture its sixth consecutive South Jersey Public B sectional championship on Thursday afternoon at GCIT.

Madison, left, and Marlee Brestle got to square off against each other for the first time on the varsity level recently, with Marlee’s Ocean City Red Raiders beating Madison’s Atlantic City Vikings

Mainland senior Jake Cook had 18 points, including 13 in the second half, to help the Mustangs take down rival Ocean City.

Sophomore Marin Panico came up big for Ocean City, finishing with a team-high 18 points, including three 3-pointers, in the Red Raiders’ 51-49 win over Mainland.

Ocean City hit a late 3-pointer to knock off Atlantic City in a thrilling girls game.

In South Jersey there aren’t too many rivalries that can match Mainland vs. Ocean City

Pleasantville (2-0) came out on fire from the opening tip and scored 20 of the game’s first 22 points to beat Ocean City.

Ocean City was outscored by Rancocas Valley 22-8 in the fourth quarter.