Ocean City Honors Surf Team

The Ocean City Board of Education honored the Ocean City High School surf team on Wednesday (May 22) for capturing its 19th consecutive National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) championship on April 14.

The team is preparing to seek a national NSSA title in a June 15-17 competition in Dana Point, Calif.

Surfers are making arrangements to take their final exams early in order to participate in the contest. Seniors will be back in time for June 19 graduation.

The team is raising money to offset the costs of the trip. 

Supporters of the team will sponsor a surfer yard sale, starting at 8 a.m. at 14th Street and Bay Avenue. The sale will feature surfboards, wetsuits, skateboards and surf apparel. The team is also working to organize a June car wash.

For the NSSA Northeast competition, Ocean City fielded multiple teams under coach Mark Miedama.

Team members are as follows:

Ocean City A

• Jimmy Naplacic
• Zach Greaser
• Scotty Kirkpatrick
• Joey Tuso
• Max Bourgeois
• Jake Tuso
• Abby Lyons (women)
• Caroline Bowman (women)
• Jimmy Naplacic (longboard)

Ocean City B

• Townie Godfrey
• Luke Kelly
• Sean Bowman
• Jake Kreiser
• Luke Nicholl
• John Dupont-Town
• Sofia Lebedeva (women)
• Mary Ney (women)
• Jake Kreiser (longboard)

Ocean City C

• Frank Brady
• Nick Ceccoli
• Chandler Russo
• Max Rundgren
• Marko Pfander
• Cliff Morin
• Annie Best (women)
• Meghan Kelly (women)
• Frank Brady (longboard)

Ocean City D

• Herbie Godfrey
• Patrick Martin
• Peter Anderson
• Andrew Gallagher
• Matt Aromando
• Dustin Oves
• Herbie Godfrey (longboard)

Ocean City E

• John Simonson
• Colby McGuigan
• John Simonson (longboard)