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Nine Ocean City High School surfers are back in town for the end of the school year after competing in the national high school surfing championship last weekend.
Ocean City's team traveled to Dana Point, Calif., to compete against the nation's top surfers in the National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) high school championship at Salt Creek Beach.
Surfers from the combined Maui and Honolulu campuses of King Kamehameha High School edged San Clemente (Calif.) High School to win its second straight title, but the Ocean City team showed that it can hang with the best in the nation.
Seven of the surfers competed in the opening rounds on Saturday (June 13): Matt Aromando, Aspen Lawler, Nick Brady, Pat McCarron, Jeff Dahl, Russell Eggert and Townie Godfrey.
Four-year team members Pat Martin and Andrew Gallagher traveled with the team. Coach Mark Miedama and five parents also made the trip.
The waves were small, which frustrated the visiting teams and provided an advantage to the local California teams that knew the break. Teams from Hawaii, California, New Jersey and Florida competed.
Pat McCarron made it through into the second round, but got knocked out by less the 0.10 of a point when a surfer from Kamehameha caught a wave just as the time ran out.
The surfers, coach and parents got to surf Trestles in San Clemente and Windansea in LaJolla before and after the competition.
Through donations and a series of fundraisers, businesses and citizens throughout Ocean City and the region raised money to help send the team to the NSSA event. The team would like to thank the community for the support that made the trip possible.
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