Ocean County High Schools

It's Wednesday, which means that it's time once again to take a look at where the Mascot Madness 2017 races stand at the moment, and we have some interesting insight at this midweek point!

It's here, Ocean County! With Round 1 of Mascot Madness 2017 in the books, it's time to unveil the 8 top vote getters and make your brackets for Round 2!

UPDATE - Round 1 voting has completed. Click here to vote on Round 2! Mascot Madness 2017 has now officially been live for three days, and we're already getting an idea of who is going to make a hard go at it this year!

UPDATE - Round 1 voting has completed. Click here to vote on Round 2! The time is finally here, Ocean County. Mascot Madness is back!

One of the biggest online competitions for us in 2016 was the inaugural Mascot Madness. By the time it was all over, we'd received over 100,000 individual votes and the Toms River East Raiders walked away with the win.

After 5 weeks and a stunning total of over 33,000 votes, we have a winner in our all-shore matchup of Monmouth vs. Ocean to see who has the best school spirit at the shore!

I told you on Wednesday that as Manchester Township was basking in the glory of their victory in the Ocean County school spirit competition, they were also enjoying a comfortable lead over Monmouth County's champions, Matawan Regional. But the lead has shrunk a bit since then.

As Manchester Township High School supporters enjoy the afterglow of their victory in the Ocean County school spirit competition, our work as a community has just begun!

Remember on Friday when I said that our Ocean County school spirit competition was still anybody's game?

WE HAVE A WINNER! CLICK HERE TO SEE WHO TOOK THE CHAMPIONSHIP! As we get ready to head into the weekend, let's take one more look at where the Ocean County school spirit championship round stands: