Mainland

For 13 years the Mainland Mustangs field hockey team has been led by one of their former players, Jill Hatz, a 2002 graduate of the Linwood school.

Mainland basketball alum Osun Osunniyi has gotten off to a fast start in his senior season for St. Bonaventure (5-0).

Mainland Regional graduate and current Oregon Ducks women's basketball player Kylee Watson made her first collegiate start on Sunday, and had a flawless game.

The Mustangs beat rival Ocean City, 4-3, in the shootout to take down the No. 1 seed on its home field.

The Red Raiders racked up more than 300 rushing yards and all six of their touchdowns came on the ground.

It was a heart-pounding, white-knuckle ride from start to finish, with Mainland fighting back from a 20-16 deficit in the decisive third set to score a 25-23 victory in that set and a 2-1 win in the match, giving the Mustangs the first league title in program history.

The Stangs have won four straight after seeing their nine-game winning streak to start the season snapped by Pinelands.

Ocean City was smarting from last week’s 1-0, double-overtime loss at the hands of Mainland — a loss that ended a 45-game unbeaten streak for the Red Raiders that stretched back to Sept. 16, 2019.

On Friday night, it was rival Mainland the unfortunate road block in Ocean City’s quest for an undefeated championship season.

This spring Randall — who was a standout football and basketball player at Mainland — signed an NFL contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent.