Crazy. Absurd. Absolutely ridiculous.
Those are only a few of the ways to sum up what everybody at the Bergen Avenue ocean beach in Harvey Cedars witnessed July 31 and Aug. 1, as the host beach patrol scored its 11th straight Long Beach Island Lifeguard Tournament championship.
“I’m dumbfounded,” said HCBP Chief Randy Townsend, whose squad scored a mammoth 134 points to run away with the title. “We just wanted to keep the trophy in Harvey Cedars. That’s the goal every year.
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