MRHS football rebounds, tops Hammonton
Down 13-0, Mustangs storm back with late TDs By CLYDE HUGHES/Special to the Sentinel HAMMONTON – It would have been easy to write off Mainland Regional’s football season after the humbling loss at Millville a week earlier, but the Mustangs saved their best for last in a stunning 14-13 comeback win over the Hammonton Blue […]
Excitement builds as MRHS plans prom at very different venue
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff LINWOOD — “I am really excited for prom this year just to celebrate with everyone, and I like that it’s outside because it will be really pretty on the bay,” Anna Paytas said. She and the other members of the Class of 2021 learned last week that Mainland Regional High […]
MRHS to expand in-person learning
Plan is to have students in on alternating days By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff LINWOOD — “We’re trying to get students in school more as soon as possible,” Chief School Administrator Mark Marrone told The Sentinel last week. Marrone presented the administration’s plan to expand the instructional schedule Tuesday, Feb. 23, to the Mainland Regional […]
Mainland falls to Moorestown 2-0 in boys soccer final
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff MOORESTOWN — The Mainland Regional High School boys soccer team had a great season and terrific playoff run, ending in a disappointing loss Saturday, Nov. 21, to perennial power Moorestown. “We hung on, we battled. I thought we were dangerous as well when we played our brand of soccer,” head […]
Mainland cancels football
Positive tests, quarantines By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff LINWOOD — Mainland Regional High School has canceled the remainder of its football season due to a player testing positive for the coronavirus. Athletic Director Michael Gatley notified media of the situation Tuesday, Nov. 10. “Unfortunately, due to a positive COVID case on the football team today, […]
Mustangs beat Greyhounds, 7-6, in rainy, sloppy game
SCROLL DOWN FOR A FULL GALLERY OF THIS GAME By CLYDE HUGHES/Special to the Sentinel LINWOOD – One play, one miscue or improper execution of something as routine as an extra-point play can mean the difference between winning and losing a football game. For example, Mainland Regional’s 7-6 victory over Pleasantville last Friday, Oct. 16. […]
Mustang football falls to Absegami
By CLYDE HUGHES/Special to the Sentinel ABSECON – All streaks come to an end eventually and for the Mainland Regional football team, it came on the heels of four costly turnovers and a special teams breakdown this past Friday in a 28-13 road loss to the Absegami Braves. The loss snapped the Mustangs 13-game regular […]
Mustangs hold off EHT in final minutes
SCROLL DOWN FOR A FULL GALLERY OF THE GAME By CLYDE HUGHES/Special to the Sentinel LINWOOD – Mainland Regional’s 13-6 home victory over Egg Harbor Township to start the COVID-19-shortened football season last Saturday afternoon could not have been more topsy-turvy given the circumstances both teams – and the rest of squads around the country […]
NJSIAA on fall season: Focus on participation, not championships
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff Fall high school sports are official, but they won’t be the same. At the beginning of last week, Gov. Phil Murphy gave his go-ahead for the fall sports season, but said the final determination would be up to the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). A few days later, the […]
Mainland plans hybrid education model for fall
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff LINWOOD — School administrations across the country are using the latest information available and trying to come up with plans for students to return to the classroom this fall, and Mainland Regional High School is no exception. The New Jersey Department of Education released The Road Back: Restart and Recovery […]