Woodstown basketball falls to Delsea; Penns Grove wrestling battles in Maryland, Pennsville suffers first duals loss
By Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN – Woodstown was looking to purge the bad taste left by the upsetting loss to Penns Grove the night before, but instead lost another close game.
The Wolverines held Delsea to its season-low in points and hit seven 3-pointers Friday, but their fourth-quarter rally came up just short and they fell to the Crusaders 40-37.
Blake Bialecki and Alejandro Vazquez combined for five of the Wolverines’ 3-pointers and had nine points apiece. Delsea’s Chase Ambrosius led all scorers with 17 points, going 11-of-13 from the free throw line.
It was Delsea’s sixth win in a row. It’s the Crusaders’ longest winning streak since winning eight in a row in 2018-19.
DELSEA 40, WOODSTOWN 37
DELSEA (7-1) – Luke Van Auken 4 2-2 10, Frank Master 1 0-0 2, Chase Ambrosius 2 11-13 17, Mike McGinley 5 0-0 11. Totals 12 13-15 40.
WOODSTOWN (4-2) – Manny Ortega 1 0-0 3, Blake Bialecki 3 0-0 9, Alejandro Vazquez 3 1-1 9, M.J. Hall 1 0-0 3, Garrett Leyman 2 1-2 5, Anthony Bokolas 0 0-0 0, Max Webb 1 0-2 2, Rocco String 3 0-3 6. Totals 14 2-8 7.
| Delsea | 18 | 9 | 8 | 5 – | 40 |
| Woodstown | 11 | 7 | 8 | 11 – | 37 |
Wrestling
CHESAPEAKE CITY, Md. – Three Penns Grove wrestlers scored second-round pins Friday to stay alive in the championship bracket of the Red Devils’ annual pilgrimage to the Battle at the Bridge tournament.
Devine Arce (120), Anthony Brown (150) and Isaiah Upshur (190) all reached the quarterfinals. Arce scored his second round pin in 1:50, Brown scored his in 1:07 and Upshur scored his in 3:37.
The Red Devils, who’ve been coming to the tournament regularly since 2012, brought 11 wrestlers to the event and are currently 16th in the team standings. Plymouth Whitemarsh (Pa.) leads the field.
Clinton Bobo (175) has scored 10 points for the Red Devils win pins in the first round and the consolation second round.
BATTLE AT THE BRIDGE
TEAM SCORES: Plymouth Whitemarsh 92, Sussex Central 75, Havre de Grace 66, Aberdeen 58, Harford Tech 57, Conrad Science 56, Langley 55, North Caroline 54, Linganore 51, Marple Newtown 51, Penncrest 44.5, Howard 44, Odessa 44, Queen Anne 41, Concord 36, Penns Grove 33, North East 32.5, Middletown 31, Elkton 19, Kent County 15.5, Bohemia Manor 8, St. Charles 8.
Eagles drop first duals
PENNSVILLE – Absegami won six of seven bouts in the middle of the match to hand Pennsville its first dual match defeat of the season 45-26.
Robbie McDade’s pin at 165 got the Eagles (4-1) to within 33-20 with four bouts remaining, but Julian Rivera scored a pin in the next bout to close out the match.
Travis Hagan (138) and Trevor Waddington (285) also scored pins for Pennsville, while Christopher Daniels and Gabriel Supernavage scored major decisions.
The Eagles are currently No. 2 in the South Jersey Group I power points standings, 0.33 points behind undefeated Gloucester.
ABSEGAMI 45, PENNSVILLE 26
106: Liam Kisby (A) pinned Lucas Thomas, 2:31
113: Amelia Taylor (A) pinned Vincent Ciccantelli, 3:02
120: Christopher Daniels (P) maj. dec. over Tristan Brown, 14-1
126: Gabriel Supernavage (P) maj. dec. over Michael Famelio, 14-2
132: Nathaniel DeStefano (A) pinned Ayden Perez, 2:43
138: Travis Hagan (P) pinned Brendan Ross, 1:25
144: Johnny Font (A) pinned Joseph Maurer, 5:11
150: Christopher Eaton (A) won by forfeit
157: Ibn Russell (A) dec. Sky Eppes, 4-3
165: Robbie McDade (P) pinned Joshua Herring, 1:00
175: Julian Rivera (A) pinned Justin Oldaker, 0:36
190: Brayden Wright (A) dec. Elias Lussi, 5-0
215: Thomas Appello (A) dec. Daniel Emmons, 3-0
285: Trevor Waddington (P) pinned Brandon Miller, 2:58
Records: Absegami 1-2, Pennsville 4-1
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