- December 5, 2025
Mainland' s defensive player Fernando Mendoza tries clears the ball from the Seabreeze player and from in front of the goalkeeper' s box.
Benny Fuentes gets past a Mainland defender to set up a goal-scoring opportunity. Photos by Jeff Dawsey
The Sandcrabs were all smiles after making quick work of crosstown rival Mainland.
The Seabreeze Sandcrabs (11-0-1) remained undefeated by forcing the 8-0 mercy rule against their crosstown rivals, the Mainland Bucs (0-13), Tuesday, Dec. 20, at the Ormond Beach Sports Complex.
"We're just looking at each game, trying to get better and improve on the mistakes we made in the prior game," coach Rob Bowling said. "Tonight was a good rivalry win, but we're going to have to go into the break and look for ways we can do things better. If we can keep putting the ball in the back of the net and keep clean sheets on in the back, then we can challenge for a district title."
Seabreeze tied Pine Ridge last Thursday for its only non-win, but the Sandcrabs quickly returned to the win column, leaving no doubts against a struggling Mainland team.
The Bucs have only scored six goals in 13 games this season.
Both teams will break for the holidays, and Seabreeze will play Leesburg at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, at Seabreeze. Mainland will play DeLand at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5, in DeLand.
Game stats: Franco Perez scored a goal and assisted on five others. Noah Collins scored two goals. Joost Groenedaal, Ben Hartsell, Will Crotty, Mason Godfrey and Chris Nave all scored goals. Jared Dale, Hartsell and Godfrey also had assists.
