The home patrol scored 102 points. Surf City was second with 89, and Long Beach Township finished third with 74. Fourth was Barnegat Light with 71, Ship Bottom fifth with 50, and Beach Haven sixth with 39.

Scoring was 8-6-4-3-2-1 for the six places in each of the 18 races.

Nearly all the races in the 62nd annual two-day event were out to flags 500 feet from shore and back again.

"It was another awesome victory in the Island Tournament for our group," said Randy Townsend, the Harvey Cedar Beach Patrol chief. "Absolutely amazing opportunity both nights (Aug. 2 and 3), with all the (other) competitors. It's amazing to win one, let alone nine in a row. It's just next-level."

The previous Harvey Cedars LBI victories in the championship streak were 2015-19 and 2021-24. The tournament was not held in 2020 due to the pandemic.

"When I took over the job back in 2010, we were getting our teeth kicked in by 50 points at this event every year," Townsend said. "To be at this point is just something I never could have imagined."

Harvey Cedars won only one race on the second night but finished second in five races and placed third in two more.

"Since we started winning, the second night was always in our favor," Townsend said. "We were always stronger on the second night."

Day 1 winners

Mile doubles row: Surf City (Zach Kandel-Mark Dileo)

Women's 1,500-foot paddle race: Pepper Kolman, Surf City

1,000-foot buoy rescue: Barnegat Light (Daniel Lister, Ted Slahetka)

1,000-foot women's doubles row: Harvey Cedars (Abby O'Brien-Nicole Piskorzewski)

Surfboat rescue: Harvey Cedars (Ryan Corcoran, Don Adams Jr.)

Ironman race: Shane Stauffer, Surf City

Ironwoman race: Jenna Parker, Harvey Cedars

4x500-foot men's paddle relay: Barnegat Light (Hugh Shields, Gavin Schulze, Connor Addiego, Will Sadowski)

Day 2 winners

Line pull: Surf City (Shane Stauffer, Ryan Bonanni, Kieran Hyland)

1,000-foot doubles row: Long Beach Township (Jason Jennings-Fran Campana)

Men's 1,000-foot swim: Patrick Fanshawe, Long Beach Township

Women's 1,000-foot swim: Allie Fenska, Long Beach Township

Paddle rescue: Surf City (Ashton Garrison, Killian Todd)

Singles row: Patrick Gazzillo, Beach Haven

Mixed doubles row: Barnegat Light (Christian DiAntonio-Laura Patterson)

4x500-foot women's paddle relay: Barnegat Light (Veronica Lentz, Hanna Balla, Jaclyn Narleski, Avery Janowski)

Men's paddle race: Ben Harris, Long Beach Township

3x1,000-foot surf dash relay: Harvey Cedars (Bridget Dabb, Conor Oneil, Ryan Corcoran)