Wolverines start out well, then suffer through a series of penalties and mistakes in falling to Haddonfield
DIAMOND DIVISION SCORES
Friday’s games
Haddonfield 48, Woodstown 16
Penns Grove 32, Pennsville 3
Saturday’s games
Camden at Paulsboro, 10:30 a.m.
West Deptford at Salem, noon
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
HADDONFIELD — It was one of those games that was bad enough the first time you don’t really want to look at the film again unless they make you.
Woodstown was looking to pick up some major points in its bid to secure a couple home playoff games Friday night, but it wound up taking one of its biggest losses in four seasons, falling to Haddonfield 48-16.
Things started off well for the Wolverines (5-2). They got a defensive stop on the opening drive and then Bryce Belinfanti broke off a 76-yard touchdown run on their first play from scrimmage. They led 10-7 midway through the first quarter after a Jake Ware field goal, but then it deteriorated quickly.
The Haddons (6-1) used two big plays to take a 21-10 halftime lead. All three of their touchdowns in the first half were of the big-play variety.
It was more of the same in the second half as the Haddons went to score 35 straight points before Alex Torres stopped the surge with a Woodstown score with 4:16 to play. Things snowballed for the Wolverines under the weight of numerous mistakes, major penalties and an ejection that may keep one of their top players out of next week’s Diamond Division title game against Penns Grove.
“It was ugly,” Woodstown coach John Adams said. “We had about 14 penalties for 114 yards, something like that. It was awful. It was the worst I’ve ever seen us with penalties.
“Whatever could go wrong went wrong. They played a clean football game. They didn’t do what they typically do with all those crazy formations and such, they just lined up and played smash-mouth football and we didn’t tackle well. It was one of those things where we didn’t play well and then we killed ourselves.”
It was their biggest loss since a 48-7 setback to Penns Grove in their COVID-delayed 2020 season opener.
Belinfanti finished with 147 yards on 19 carries. Wolverines quarterback Max Webb completed 11 of 19 passes for 74 yards with one interception.
Dominic Hahn had 164 yards rushing and scored four total touchdowns for the Haddons. Declan McCarthy threw two long touchdown passes and Charlie Klaus scored twice.
Haddonfield 48, Woodstown 16
| Woodstown (5-2) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 – | 16 |
| Haddonfield (6-1) | 7 | 14 | 7 | 20 – | 48 |
Scoring plays:
W – Bryce Belanfani 76 run (Jake Ware kick), 10:10 1Q
H – Dominic Hahn 62 pass from Declan McCarthy (kick good), 7:30 1Q
W – Jake Ware 27 FG, 6:42 1Q
H – Charlie Klaus 57 pass from Declan McCarthy (kick good), 4:51 2Q
H – Dominic Hahn 42 run (kick good), 2:39 2Q
H – Dominic Hahn 32 run (PAT good), 3:38 3Q
H – Charlie Klaus 16 run (PAT good), 9:50 4Q
H – Dominic Hahn touchdown (PAT good), 6:59 4Q
W – Alex Torres 10 run (PAT failed), 4:16 4Q
H – Kai Richards 68 run (PAT failed), 3:55 4Q
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