GO TEAM!
By: Jon Coen, ESPN
"Individual commitment to a group effort — that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work." — Vince Lombardi.
Ok, so maybe it's a little cheesy to start a post with a quote about teamwork, but after a full week of watching the Red Bull Riders Cup, which uses the National Surf League's Game format, I am feeling the team spirit. Once again, I have to say this is my favorite competition format. "It's not a contest, it's a game!"
Ocean City Repeats As NJ Regional Champs
The New Jersey Regional Championships, the sixth stop of the 2009 Red Bull Riders Cup season, took place this week in a cold tail end of the East Coast winter in Ocean City, New Jersey. This stop of the Red Bull Riders Cup, the nation’s premier high school surfing competition, saw New Jerseys best high school surfers paddle out in mostly cold and difficult conditions. Participating high schools included Ocean City High School, Southern Regional High, Manasquan High, Point Pleasant High and Middle Township High. (more…)
Ocean City wins duel with Middle Township
By Jon Coen
Ocean City High School’s surf team rose to the occasion to keep its perfect record alive.
In what was arguably the best game yet in the three-year history of the Red Bull Riders Cup New Jersey qualifier, Ocean City beat Middle Township 60.8-58.6 at the First Street beach Friday. The Red Raiders advanced to the Riders Cup national championships, to be held next month in California, for the third year in a row.
"The pressure was on from the beginning," said Chris Kelly, Ocean City’s standout senior who was named MVP of the final. "Every other game the last three years we kind of walked through. This win was the most satisfying because it wasn’t so easy."
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