Royce Weber, who grew up in Surf City, and Pete Machotka of Manahawkin met at Southern Regional Middle School some 18 years ago and have remained good friends since. And as a team, they just won the Jetty Clam Jam together on Saturday.
The contest, which took place at the 68th Street beach in Brant Beach was the 15th annual. For the entire history of the event, the format has stuck to the tradition of randomly pairing the teams.
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