Mustangs fall to ’Bolts in final minutes
Mainland led with 2 minutes to go, but the little things hurt LINWOOD – It was the little things that made the difference in Mainland Regional football’s 22-21 loss to the Millville High School Thunderbolts Friday night at the Mustang Corral. Up 21-14 with just over two minutes to go, Mainland Regional High School had […]
Mustang volleyball in rebuilding season
LINWOOD – The Mustang girls volleyball team is in a building season this year after losing some key players to graduation. Helping them on their learning curve is head coach Torie Rich, who was the inaugural coach of the program and now back at the helm. Rich coached the team for the first three years […]
Mainland Regional High School Class of 2025 graduates
Don’t trade in who you are to keep people comfortable LINWOOD — Thunderstorm warnings prompted Mainland Regional High School to move its graduation ceremony up an hour June 19, saving everybody from a brief but robust downpour. Families, friends, teachers and administrators gathered to celebrate the 305 graduates at the Mustang Corral amid 90 degree heat. […]
$1.1 mil in aid not coming this year for Mainland budget
LINWOOD — The administration presented its $34,361,814 budget for 2025-26 to the Mainland Regional High School Board of Education on March 10. The budget calls for a tax rate increase of 1.9 cents to 78.44 cents per $100 in Somers Point, 2.4 cents to 78.33 cents in Linwood and 2.5 cents to 78.46 cents in […]
Ocean City girls soccer tops young Mainland Regional team
OCEAN CITY – In the first meeting between the rival schools this season, the Ocean City Red Raiders shut out the Mainland Mustangs 5-0 Friday, Sept. 20. It was the Raiders’ fourth straight win against the Mustangs dating back to 2022. Ocean City controlled the tempo for most of the first period and scored three […]
Ocean City girls cross country crowns three champions at Cherokee Challenge race
Mainland Mustang girls XC working with very low numbers, but strong No. 1 runner OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City High School girls cross country team crowned three champions at the Cherokee Challenge in Marlton and is 2-0 so far in dual meets early in the season. Senior standout Maeve Smith not only won the […]
Defending football state champ Mustangs gear up
Unbeaten 2023 team lost key players, has hard schedule but experienced returnees LINWOOD – Mainland Regional opens the 2024 football season this year with an extension to its name – defending state champions. The team opens its season at 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, at Carey Stadium in Ocean City against Atlantic City. The Mustangs […]
Editorial: Returned school aid not nearly enough
New funding formula desperately needed Gov. Phil Murphy touted two bills he signed last week returning some of the state aid to districts that have been facing serious aid declines. While he makes the legislation sound rosy, the impact is anything but for districts including Upper Township, Somers Point and Mainland Regional High School. As […]
BEST MRHS GIRLS SWIM SEASON EVER
Mustang girls finish as state Group B finalist SEWELL – The Mainland Regional High School girls swimming team finished its best season ever Sunday night, making it to the state finals for the first time in school history after securing only the team’s second South Jersey championship 12 days earlier. The girls lost in the […]
Mainland tennis South Jersey champions
No. 3 seed Mustangs topple No. 1 seed Moorestown LINWOOD – The Mainland Regional High School girls tennis team upset top seed Moorestown 3-2 to claim the South Jersey Group III championship Tuesday. Three of the matches went to three sets. Mainland’s second and third singles, Hannah Carson and Christina Htay, respectively, won their matches […]