While the NJSIAA is just beginning to get its bearings and soon will make girls flag football a statewide, interscholastic sport, the Shore Conference has been at it for five years now. Of course, Pinelands Regional has been in the mix from the start.

SIZZLE REEL STUFF: Pinelands Regional junior Jayla Kline is a threat on both sides of the ball, and will be among those who lead the way this season as the Wildcats shoot for a Shore Conference title. (File Photos by David Biggy)

“The state will get there eventually,” head coach John Tierney said at the end of last season, after the Wildcats finished 8-1. “In the meantime, we’ll keep building. We’re going in the right direction, and we keep getting better.”