OCC Golf Launches 2026 Season at Seaview Bay

March 30, 2026

Toms River, NJ - The spring 2026 NJCAA Region 19 golf season is off the tee, and the Ocean County College Vikings are straight down the middle. Carding their 2025 season four-man average of 343, Coach Sean Fawcett's Vikings, led by returning players, and '26 team captains Maxx Agnello (Lacey, NJ/Central Regional H.S.) and Danny Sicknick (Lacey, NJ/Lacey Township H.S.), drove the ball long in Monday's opening day round at home at Seaview's historic Bay Course, playing in a seven-team field which also included Rowan College South Jersey Gloucester and Cumberland campuses, County College of Morris, and other rivals representing Raritan Valley, Union and 2026 addition, Sussex.

First-year players Cole Hinton (Manchester, NJ/Manchester H.S.), Mason Krey (Barnegat, NJ/Barnegat H.S.) and Aaron Palmer (Toms River, NJ/Toms River East H.S.) chipped in with Sicknick's 87 and Agnello's 88. Seven scores in the 70s, led by CC Morris's medalist Jake Morgan's 1-over-par 71, highlighted the day.

"The scoring was lower than I thought it would be with the winter conditions of the course and the winds whipping right off nearby Reed's Bay," said Fawcett. "Seventeen players all recorded scores in the 80s, and we had four of them. It was nowhere near our best, but for the first time out there, it was a pretty good day. We know our competition now. Overall, Region 19 has the most talent and firepower that I've seen in my six years coaching."

TEAM SCORES:

RCSJ Gloucester - 310

County College of Morris - 324

RCSJ Cumberland - 326

Raritan Valley CC - 336

Ocean CC - 343

Union College of NJ - 412

INDIVIDUAL SCORES:

Cole Hinton - 83

Mason Krey - 85

Danny Sicknick - 87

Maxx Agnello - 88