Ocean City High School Football Team's Rally Falls Short

The Ocean City High School football team’s rally fell short Friday night, but the team brought attention to a cause that was bigger than football.

The Red Raiders fell to Egg Harbor Township, 17-14, according to a box score posted on nj.com.

The Eagles scored the first 17 points of the game, then held off an attempted Ocean City comeback in which it scored 14 points in the fourth quarter.

Andrew Donoghue connected with Declan McGuigan on an 11-yard pass to get on the board for the first time in the fourth quarter. That touchdown made the score 17-7.

A 5-yard touchdown run by Jared Jones later in the quarter cut the lead to three, but Ocean City was unable to get any closer.

The Red Raiders fell to 1-4 on the season.

However, the night served a greater purpose, and that was to bring awareness to the fight against Breast Cancer.

The school donated $1 from each ticket sold to Breast Cancer awareness.

The players wore pink socks and the field had pink ribbons painted on it along the yard lines and numbers.

Mike Lenhardt, General Supervisor of Grounds for the City of Ocean City began the tradition of painting the field pink in 2010.

Lenhardt was honoring his late wife, Gina, who passed away in 2003 from metastasized breast cancer.