While the Atlantic Ocean often plays a major role in determining the outcome of many lifeguard tournaments, sometimes the difference between winning and losing comes down to a mistake by one team and whether another team is in the position to capitalize. In the Ship Bottom Beach Patrol’s Jack Donlon Memorial Invitational on July 20, the host team made the most of a Harvey Cedars mistake to win its tournament for the first time.

“We’ve been training really hard the whole year, and it’s nice to be able to put it all together as a team and get a…