During a three-year stretch in the 1970s, the Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol was king of Long Beach Island. But then came the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, and Harvey Cedars struggled to keep up with most of the other beach patrol competition teams. Once 2010 arrived, the Vikings started to climb a bit and a few years ago they emerged as one of the contenders of the Long Beach Island Beach Patrol Association tournament.
“We’ve grown exponentially as a beach patrol for the past seven or eight years,” said Randy Townsend, who as captain…
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