Ocean City High School

Ocean City High School senior Tommy Finnegan has made his decision and will be heading to St. John's University in Jamaica, NY, to play baseball.

The recent graduate of Ocean City High School has withdrawn her commitment to play at Rutgers because of their mandate that all students must be fully vaccinated.

The Group 3 state championship game at Bob DeMeo Field at Veterans Park between Ocean City and Pascack Valley took nearly four hours on Sunday afternoon in 90-plus degree heat and humidity.

Finnegan’s only stressful inning after the third came in the bottom of the sixth, when he wiggled out of a second-and-third, two-out jam by getting a harmless groundout to second to end the inning.

The Red Raiders, ranked 9th in the state, will take on Central Jersey champion Colts Neck this week in the Group 3 semifinals.

It may be the first such pathway between a high school and college in New Jersey, but other area high schools are quickly gaining interest.

Ocean City shook off an early Shawnee rally on a sweltering Monday afternoon and answered with a heart-pounding six-goal run of its own to eventually capture the South Jersey Group 3 championship for the first time in program history.

The Red Raiders grabbed a 5-4 lead early in the fourth on a goal from Rauner, who came around the net and ripped a shot past Clearview goalie Vincenzo Gramaglia, who had an outstanding game with 10 saves.

Every softball coach is looking for that one big win before the state playoffs begin. Ocean City rookie skipper Keri Tricinelli got all that and more on a soggy Friday afternoon in Hammonton.

What’s the best way to bounce back from a frustrating loss in the Diamond Classic? Throw one of the better left-handed pitchers in South Jersey out on the mound and let him do his thing.