Wednesday’s sports report: Schalick field hockey (12-0) blanks Woodstown; Pennsville tennis (14-0) tunes up for semifinals with sweep
By Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN — Caylan Taylor capped a strong field goal with a third-quarter goal, Ava Scurry had a goal and an assist and Lydia Gilligan came up with another shutout as Schalick’s best-ever start hit 12 in a row Wednesday in a 2-0 victory over Woodstown.
The Cougars are now 12-0, besting their previous best start of 11-0 in 2020. They are one of only two remaining undefeated teams in Group I, one of four in the state and the only one in South Jersey.
The other remaining undefeateds are Madison (NJ G1), Northern Highlands (NJ G3) and East Brunswick (NJ G4).
“I’m not surprised, but I am surprised,” Schalick coach Heather Cheesman said. “I don’t want the girls to get too comfortable. They know they have to work hard every single game. We try not to focus on records. We just want them to work hard every game because when you relax, that’s when the other team swoops in and takes a win.”
Woodstown actually had the best of it early in the game, but Scurry broke the scoreless tie with her 26th goal of the season in the second quarter. Taylor gave the Cougars a 2-0 lead in the third quarter off an assist from Scurry.
“Caylan killed it,” Cheesman said. “She was getting back, everywhere the ball was when it was around here she seemed to pick it up. The field was tough to adjust to. She did such an amazing job.”
Gilligan again was steady in the cage. She made 10 saves in recording her third straight shutout and fifth of the year. She has allowed only three goals in her last seven games.
PENNSVILLE 2, GLOUCESTER CATHOLIC 1: Laura Tamberella and Sophia Marandola scored goals for the Eagles (4-6-1).
Girls tennis
Pennsville coach Dan LaMont was really glad his team had a match between its two South Jersey Group I playoff matches Wednesday to give his new doubles teams some work and they both came through with straight set victories in the Eagles’ 5-0 win over Haddon Heights. They host Haddon Twp. in the semifinals Thursday, 3 p.m.
Woodstown’s Chew wins Salem County Cross County boys race, Schalick’s Hadfield wins girls race, their squads win team titles
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN — Two races. Two winners. Two vastly different reactions.
Schalick’s Jordan Hadfield repeated as the Salem County girls cross country champion and Woodstown’s Karson Chew made his first varsity win a big one in the boys race, but the reactions to their victories couldn’t have been more different.
CHEW
Chew was over the moon after he won the boys race at Salem Tech in 17:00.79, while Hadfield was visibly upset walking away from the finish after winning the girls race in 19:15.79.
Woodstown won the boys team title for the first time since 2021 with 17 points. Schalick edged Woodstown by nine points in what amounted to a dual meet for the girls crown.
Chew admitted he wasn’t a very good classmate or student for much of the school day because he was so locked in to winning the race. He’d come up short each of the last two years, finishing fifth as a freshman and second last year, and wasn’t sure how he’d finish this year because his teammates were equally strong, but he was determined to go for it.
He was the fastest Salem County boys runner in a Tri-County Conference batch meet on the Salem Tech course Oct. 1 (seventh overall).
“I came into it today thinking I need a win, so I went for it and here we are,” Chew said. “Honestly, this year has been rocky for me. I’ve had a couple meets where I didn’t do my best; I had one DNF, which has never happened to me before. A couple meets before this I ran my PR for the season and I was like I know I can do this.
“I knew in my heart, in my head and my legs that I could do it and I did it and I’m super proud of myself for that. I love the energy that all gave me. I’ve been in the top 25 since my freshman year, this year I’m top seven, and I was like, county, this is it, I’m going to win it.”
He’s the first Woodstown boy to win the county crown since John Turner ran a 17:58 to lead a 1-2-4 Wolverines finish in 2021 at Schalick.
He went out in a pack with several teammates, but quickly separated himself with teammate Jacob Marino. They came through the midpoint of the race stride for stride, but then halfway through the second loop he went for it and eventually beat his teammate to the line by 15 seconds. Wolverines senior track captain Cole Lucas, running cross country for the first time, was third.
“I was in my own world the whole day; I was thinking to myself about this meet the whole day,” Chew said. “This is a big thing for me. I needed this so much.
“This was the meet that my coach was hyping me up about. He was like, ‘Who’s it going to be, you or Jacob, who’s it going to be? I kept thinking to myself I need this to be me. For the rest of my season to go well, I need this to be me.”
HADFIELD
Winning races might be a new experience for Chew, it’s a regular occurrence for Hadfield. So much so that the quality of the run is as important as the finish.
And that’s what had her coming out of the finishing chute with her face in her hands on the verge of tears and then walking across the field to be consoled by coach Missy Pine. She led wire-to-wire without much push and won by more than a minute, but the 19-minute run over the flat course just wasn’t up to her standard.
She was hoping for something closer to the 18:22 she ran while winning her race Six Flags on Sept. 28 as she prepares for a run at states.
“It should not have been that,” the Cougars senior said. “I’m trying to be better each time and today I guess wasn’t me. I just wasn’t feeling good or something, I don’t know. We need to look forward to Saturday (at Dream Park) and forget about this and just focus on that.”
In her defense she was running her second race in five days and ran into a strong headwind several times along Wednesday’s route. She finished third in her race at Holmdel Park last Saturday.
“It’s definitely a lot racing multiple times a week, it definitely gets you for sure this part of the season,” she said. “You definitely felt the wind. I don’t know if that was a part of it. My first mile was fine and then after that, that’s when I fell off.”
In the team standings, Woodstown put five of the first six runners across the line in the boys race. Salvatore Longo of Schalick finished fourth to prevent them from scoring a cross country shutout. Schalick’s girls placed seven runners in the top 12 overall and had five of the first eight counters.
“It’s a small county but these small programs have always had quality teams,” Woodstown coach Steve New said. “You might think that winning Salem County is small and not that big of a deal, but I think beating some of these teams that are around here is impressive. I don’t think it’s a small feat to win this county title. It takes a lot of work to do it.”
Schalick’s Jordan Hadfield comes across the finish line to win the Salem County Cross Country girls race. On the cover, Woodstown’s Karson Chew made the boys race his first varsity win.
Salem County XC Championship
BOYS TEAM SCORES: Woodstown 17, Schalick 41, Salem Tech 77, Salem 101, Penns Grove 141. GIRLS TEAM SCORES: Schalick 25, Woodstown 34.
Schalick’s Price on hot streak, Willoughby erupts for five goals in girls game, Salem Tech gets first volleyball win of the season, and more
BOYS SOCCER Schalick 7, Overbrook 1: Luke Price scored three goals and Anthony Sepers and Connor Jackson both had a pair of assists at Schalick. Price has scored eight goals during the Cougars’ current four-game winning streak.
Woodstown 3, Penns Grove 1: Blake Bialecki and Bryce Ayars scored second-half goals to snap a 1-1 tie and hand Wolverines coach Darren Huck career win No. 295.
Pennsville 3, Salem Tech 0: Shane Puckett, Sam Hassler and Evan Pessoa all scored and Coen Rinnier made seven saves in posting the shutout.
Salem at Clayton
GIRLS SOCCER Schalick 9, Overbrook 1: Abby Willoughby erupted for five goals and Gia Martellacci scored twice to lead the Cougars to their third straight win. Willoughby has scored nine goals against the Rams in two games.
Woodstown 4, Penns Grove 0: Talia Battavio, Blair Baldi, Emma Perry and Gina Murray all scored for the Wolverines.
Clayton 10, Salem 2: Diondria Simon and Ava Delaney both had hat tricks for the Clippers.
Glassboro 3, Pennsville 0: Amina Brown scored two goals and Tamia Smith had the other.
Salem Tech at Pitman
VOLLEYBALL Salem Tech 2, Highland 0: Cori Farnkoph delivered nine aces and Tiara Bazemore had four kills and nine assists to lead the Chargers (1-6) to their first win of the season, 25-16, 25-10. Valeria Camacho-Martinez had five kills and Alanis James had five assists. The Chargers didn’t win their first match last season until their 14th match.
Pennsville’s reworked doubles teams sweep to clinch undefeated Eagles SJ Group I quarterfinals win over Schalick; Woodstown eliminated by Haddon Twp.
South Jersey Group I Tournament Tuesday’s quarterfinals No. 3 Haddon Twp. 3, No. 6 Woodstown 2 No. 2 Pennsville 3, No. 7 Schalick 2 No. 4 Gateway 3.5, No. 5 Lower Cape May 1.5 No. 1 Pitman 4, No. 9 Audubon 1 Thursday semifinals Haddon Twp. at Pennsville, 3 p.m. Gateway at Pitman, 3 p.m.
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – When a team is on the kind of roll Pennsville’s girls tennis team is enjoying the absolute last thing it needs is any kind of disruption. Especially in the doubles department in its sport where chemistry is everything.
The Eagles faced a potentially big disruption last week when they lost one of their steadiest doubles player to an injury. But coach Dan LaMont pulled out the depth chart, shuffled the deck and the Eagles haven’t missed a beat.
And it was one of those shuffled doubles teams that came through for them in a big way Tuesday, winning a super tiebreaker at No. 2 doubles to clinch their 3-2 win over Schalick in the South Jersey Group I quarterfinals.
The second-seeded Eagles, now 13-0 and one of two remaining undefeated teams statewide in Group 1, will host third-seeded Haddon Twp. in the sectional semifinals Thursday.
“It wasn’t the prettiest,” LaMont said. “There were times we were good. There were times we were not so good. And there were times we were able to pull it out.
“We’ve been finding ways all year and that’s what I keep on telling them. Who’s going to be the next hero? Who’s the one who’s going to pull out (the match)?”
That would be the No. 2 double teams of Naomi Hess and Morgan Holt, first-time partners who regrouped after losing the second set and won the clinching point 6-0, 2-6, 10-5 over Kayleigh Veach and Annie Podehl.
The Eagles’ lineup had been steady all season until Gabi Forino turned her right knee crashing into the fence before the Overbrook match. It forced LaMont to reshuffle his deck, but luckily he had cards to play.
He initially moved Holt into Forino’s spot at first doubles with Emma Cornette and they played together for two matches. He put Izzy Schrenker in that spot Tuesday and placed Holt with Hess, who had been paired with Schrenker for six matches.
“We really consider our top eight, nine our varsity,” LaMont said. “We always get them ready. I made a little decision, almost like a rotation with Morgan and Naomi, but they each always got matches in.
“A couple weeks ago (Forino) also had a little nagging injury, so we had a feeling; I don’t know why. But we got a challenge match in, so we have it all legal. I know they can play together. Even though they haven’t done much we have to make it work. We don’t have any other choice in the matter.”
Holt and Hess breezed through the first set like they were long-time partners, but Veach and Podehl evened the match with a big second set.
In the super tiebreaker, the first team to 10 was going to win it. The Schalick side went up 3-1 and 5-3, but Holt and Hess figured it out on their own – the changeover was still four points away – and won the next seven points to secure the win.
“We knew we had to win the tiebreaker,” Hess said. “We did everything we could to win the tiebreaker.”
“It was definitely scary,” said Holt, “because you really don’t want to lose. You don’t want to let your coach down and you don’t want to let your team down because everybody tries so hard. You just want to win. You want to win for everybody. I just didn’t want to lose.”
The match was just more of the same nailbiters the teams had been playing during the season. Pennsville won the first meeting 3-2 with Edwards clinching the match at No. 3 singles. The second meeting was suspended by weather with Schalick leading 2-1, but Pennsville leading in both doubles matches; that match is scheduled to resume Oct. 24.
There were still two points up for grabs as No. 2 doubles battled it out Tuesday. Pennsville won at No. 1 doubles (Cornette-Schrenker) and No. 3 singles (Edwards). Schalick won at No. 1 singles (Emma Adams) and Ally Green was leading at No. 2 singles making the doubles match the swing point.
The Cougars were the seventh seed, but a win would keep alive their hope of returning to the State Final Four. They lost in the state semifinals last year, but were looking to write their own history this year.
“I wanted to talk to them before we came out on the court and I told them I felt like all year long we hadn’t really put a full match together,” Cougars coach John Romano said. “We had spots here and there and, sure, we were beating people, but I told them you’re not riding the coat tails of last year’s team. You have your own legacy to set and today is going to be that day.
“We did really well. We were up 5-3 and had a shot to win it in the tiebreak and it just didn’t fall our way; kudos to them. I went over after and asked (Veach and Podehl) if they were OK and they said yes. I said I thought they played really well. I thought they both played a great tiebreak early on and then they both said they don’t know what happened.”
Pennsville tennis coach Dan LaMont visits with Naomi Hess (R) and Morgan Holt after the doubles team won the clinching point in Tuesday’s South Jersey quarterfinals match with Schalick.
Here are the results and details of Monday’s high school sports action involving Salem County teams
FIELD HOCKEY Pennsville 0, Salem 0: Kelsey Cook made 12 saves to keep Salem out of the net and Ava Rogers made two saves in Salem’s goal. It was Pennsville’s first tie since 2022 and the Eagles’ first scoreless tie since before 2010. It was Salem’s first tie and scoreless tie since a match with Glassboro in October 2022. Schalick 5, Glassboro 0: Ava Scurry had a hat trick and Phoebe Alward scored twice as the Cougars ran their record to 11-0. It’s their best start since 2020 when they also opened 11-0 before falling to Delsea. They were unbeaten in their first 11 matches in 2019 (10-0-1). BOYS SOCCER Pennsville 1, Gloucester 0: Maddox Efelis scored in the 27th minute and Coen Rinnier stoned nine shots in the goal to make it stand. Woodstown 2, Gateway 0: Landon Guglielmo and Bryce Ayars scored goals, and Ben Stengel made four saves for his fourth shutout of the season. GIRLS SOCCER Gloucester 6, Pennsville 0: Bailey Schoenfeldt scored two goals in the first half and Meghan Gorman scored two in the second half. Ava Rodgers had a goal and two assists. GIRLS TENNIS WOODSTOWN 3, KINGSWAY 2 Skylar Grabarski (K) def. Gabby Kurpis, 6-1, 6-3 Abby Malesich (K) def. Camille Osborn, 6-4, 6-4 Aubrie Rennie (Wo) def. Molly Baldino, 6-2, 6-2 Alyssa Berry-Julianna Lindenmuth (Wo) def. Krishani Parikh-Mishi Chaturvedi, 6-3, 6-7 (2-7) Nathalie Neron-Noelle Neron (Wo) def. Sophia Campbell-Kelsey Dion, 6-1, 6-3 Records: Woodstown 9-3, Kingsway 5-8.
Schalick blanks Paulsboro 17-0, moves to No. 2 in South Jersey Group I power standings; game was moved from Friday after host school discovered a threat specific to the football game on social media
MONDAY’S GAME Schalick 17, Paulsboro 0
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
PAULSBORO — Kenai Simmons was growing tired of the game being so close. His Schalick team had the best of the play, but had only one touchdown and a slim lead to show for it.
Finally, he had had enough. After the Cougars defense forced their hosts into a deep hole following a bad snap in the third quarter, Simmons walked through the bench area and said to anyone within earshot “this is where we put them away.”
Then he went out and made it happen. The senior quarterback led the Cougars on scoring drives the next two times they touched the ball and the defense did the rest to complete a 17-0 win over Paulsboro in a rare Monday game that carried big South Jersey Group I playoff seeding implications.
“I noticed they were off a little bit,” Simmons said. “This is what we like. We like capitalizing off the other team’s mistakes so I was ready to put them away. I was just trying to get us up.”
In the two scoring drives that put the game away, the Cougars (4-2) got a touchdown and a field goal in the fourth quarter.
Simmons led a seven-play 50-yard drive that started in the third quarter and ended with Reggie Allen’s 10-yard touchdown run two plays into the fourth quarter to break the ice.
In the next drive, Hunter Dragotta kicked a 36-yard field goal into a stiff wind with 5:48 left to make it 17-0.
“What we talked about all week was this game could go a couple different ways,” Cougars coach Mike Wilson said. “One way we talked about was being tight and we would take over in the second half. I think we wore them down and I think that’s what Kenai was echoing. The idea that we are a second-half team with everything we do.”
In their four wins this season, the Cougars have outscored their opponents 45-16.
Simmons threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Sherrod Jones in the final minute of second quarter for the game’s first score. That capped a 10-play drive that covered 80 yards. After wearing down the Red Raiders on the ground, Simmons found Jones wide open over the middle for the score.
“They’ve got to respect our run,” Simmons said. “When you’ve got a defense that’s aggressive and hungry going against a team who runs hard, you’re going to bite at some point. When the outside linebacker ran to the run commit, it was right over his head.”
Schalick quarterback Kenai Simmons (1) led the Cougars on two scoring drive in the second half to put Paulsboro away. On the cover, Sherrod Jones jumps for joy after grabbing a touchdown pass right before halftime. (Photos by Heather Papiano)
Despite the close margin at halftime, Schalick dominated the first half. The Cougars had the ball for nearly 18 minutes and ran 30 plays to the Red Raiders’ 12.
When Paulsboro did get the ball, the Cougars’ defense never gave it a chance. Schalick held the Red Raiders to 41 yards of net offense, minus-5 yards net rushing, and ended two drives with fumble recoveries by linebackers Riley Papiano and Alec Bramell.
The Red Raiders (4-2) lost a huge chunk of yardage on the bad snap over their quarterback’s head and their two biggest gaining plays of the game were facemask and pass interference penalties against the Cougars.
It was Schalick’s third win in a row, second shutout of the season and the third time they held an opponent to fewer than three points.
“We played very fundamental,” said lineman T.J. Hymer, the recipient of the Cougars’ defensive game ball. “We were definitely a lot more physical than them. You can’t really have an offense to where you run around and just try to throw the ball up against a natural defense like us. Coach Wilson does a lot of planning and we’re not just some midget football defense. We have a scheme.”
Paulsboro came into the game fourth in the South Jersey Group I power points standings, while Schalick was sixth. The Cougars moved to No. 2 behind Woodstown with the win and would be the Central Jersey Group 1 top seed if the playoffs started this week. If Paulsboro and Schalick finish on consecutive lines in the final standings and Paulsboro somehow is ahead, the Cougars would draw the better seed by virtue of the head-to-head win.
“It’s a pretty big win,” Hymer said. “When you really look it, this team was like our most legitimate win. No offense to the other teams, but there’s a reason one team is oh-and-whatever and the other team maybe has one win.
“This is a really good stepping stone because people now know after we lost to two pretty good teams (Woodstown and Cedar Grove, both No. 1 in their sections) we’re not just some middle of the pack people. We’re coming to win.”
The game was moved to Monday after Paulsboro officials learned early Friday of a specific threat against Saturday’s game and took action. The alleged perpetrator of the threat reportedly has been arrested.
The players said it felt a little odd playing on what normally was a JV day. Wilson tried to keep the routine as normal as possible and the players made the best of it.
“It felt kind of weird playing on a Monday, I’m going to be honest,” Simmons said. “I never played in a JV game, but it felt like a JV game on a Monday at 4 o’clock.”
“It definitely messed our schedule up a little bit,” Hymer said, “but I think we came out to play.”
Schalick’s Reggie Allen (4) wraps up Paulsboro quarterback Malakhai McKenzie (2) with three of his teammates – T.J. Hymer (56), Riley Papiano (16) and Roneem Thomas (25) – in pursuit. The Cougars’ defense held Paulsboro to minus-5 yards net rushing. (Photo by Heather Papiano)
Schalick 17, Paulsboro 0
SCHAL
PAULS
14
1st Downs
7
42-176
Rushing
23-(-5)
3-6-0
Passes
6-13-0
25
Passing
46
3-0
Fum-Lost
3-2
3-30.0
Punts
3-33.0
7-55
Penalties
3-25
Schalick (4-2)
0
0
0
0-
0
Paulsboro (4-2)
0
7
0
10-
17
SCORING SUMMARY S-Sherrod Jones 12 pass from Kenai Simmons (Hunter Dragotta kick), 42.5 2Q S-Reggie Allen 10 run (Hunter Dragotta kick), 11:10 4Q S-Hunter Dragotta 36 FG, 5:48 4Q
WJFL DIAMOND DIVISION
DIV
ALL
Woodstown (1)
3-0
5-0
Glassboro (5)
3-0
5-0
Schalick (2)
2-1
4-2
Woodbury (14)
1-2
2-3
Penns Grove (20)
0-3
1-5
Salem (22)
0-3
0-6
NOTE: Number in parenthesis is South Jersey Group I UPR power ranking through Oct. 7
THURSDAY’S GAME Glassboro at Cinnaminson, 6 p.m. Delran at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m. FRIDAY’S GAMES Schalick at Gloucester City, 6 p.m. Salem at West Deptford, 7 p.m. SATURDAY’S GAMES Willingboro at Woodbury, 11 a.m. Woodstown at Haddon Heights, 11 a.m.
WJFL PATRIOT DIVISION
DIV
ALL
Camden Catholic (NPB-3)
3-0
5-0
Paulsboro (6)
3-1
4-2
West Deptford (G2-15)
3-1
3-3
Pennsville (10)
2-2
3-3
Collingswood (G2-13)
1-2
3-3
Overbrook (G2-23)
0-3
2-3-1
Audubon (17)
0-3
1-3
NOTE: Number in parenthesis is South Jersey Group I UPR power rankings through Oct. 7 (G2-Group 2, NPB-Non Public B)
FRIDAY’S GAMES Audubon at Collingswood, 6 p.m. Salem at West Deptford, 7 p.m. SATURDAY’S GAMES Pennsville at Paulsboro, noon Camden Catholic at Overbrook, 11 a.m.
Riley Papiano (16) is congratulated by Schalick teammate Reggie Allen after coming out of the pile with the first of the Cougars’ two fumble recoveries Monday. (Photo by Heather Papiano)
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for Oct. 7-12, featuring Schalick’s rescheduled football game, SJ girls tennis tournament and County XC Championship; all events 4 p.m. unless noted
MONDAY FOOTBALL Schalick at Paulsboro, 4 p.m. FIELD HOCKEY Pennsville at Salem Schalick at Glassboro Woodstown at Deptford BOYS SOCCER Pennsville at Gloucester City Woodstown at Gateway GIRLS SOCCER Paulsboro at Penns Grove Pennsville at Gloucester City, 7 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS Schalick at Mainland Woodstown at Kingsway
TUESDAY GIRLS TENNIS South Jersey Group I quarterfinals Woodstown at Haddon Twp., 3 p.m. Schalick at Pennsville, 3 p.m. Lower Cape May at Gateway, 3 p.m. Audubon at Pitman, 4 p.m. BOYS SOCCER Overbrook at Schalick Penns Grove at Woodstown Pennsville at Salem Tech Salem at Clayton, 6 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Clayton at Salem Glassboro at Pennsville Salem Tech at Pitman Schalick at Overbrook Woodstown at Penns Grove VOLLEYBALL Highland at Salem
WEDNESDAY FIELD HOCKEY Gloucester Catholic at Pennsville Schalick at Woodstown GIRLS TENNIS Haddon Heights at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m. Woodstown at Millville, 3:45 p.m. OLMA at Salem CROSS COUNTRY Salem County Championship, Salem Tech, 3:30 p.m.
THURSDAY FOOTBALL Delran at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS South Jersey Group I semifinals Woodstown-Haddon Twp. winner vs. Schalick-Pennsville winner Lower Cape May-Gateway winner vs. Audubon-Pitman winner BOYS SOCCER Glassboro at Penns Grove Pennsville at Salem Salem Tech at Wildwood Schalick at Woodstown GIRLS SOCCER Penns Grove at Glassboro Overbrook at Pennsville Salem at Pitman Wildwood at Salem Tech Woodstown at Schalick FIELD HOCKEY Gateway at Pennsville Salem at Maple Shade Schalick at Mainland, 4:15 p.m. VOLLEYBALL Gloucester Catholic at Salem Tech
FRIDAY FOOTBALL Audubon at Collingswood, 6 p.m. Glassboro at Cinnaminson, 6 p.m. Schalick at Gloucester City, 6 p.m. Salem at West Deptford, 7 p.m. FIELD HOCKEY Cumberland at Salem Woodstown at Ocean City, 3:45 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Audubon at Schalick Salem at Gateway BOYS SOCCER Haddon Heights at Salem Schalick at Audubon GIRLS TENNIS Pennsville at Bridgeton Vineland at Woodstown
SATURDAY FOOTBALL Willingboro at Woodbury, 10:30 a.m. Camden Catholic at Overbrook, 11 a.m. Woodstown at Haddon Heights, 11 a.m. Pennsville at Paulsboro, noon CROSS COUNTRY SJCTA Meet at Dream Park
Rams score first and hold first halftime lead, but fall in first-ever meeting with Middle Twp.; Schalick-Paulsboro to be played Monday, 4 p.m.
SATURDAY’S GAMES Middle Twp. 13, Salem 7 Clayton 42, Overbrook 42 Schalick at Paulsboro, ppd.
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
SALEM — Kemp Carr looked over his Salem football team during pre-game warmups Saturday and thought this was going be a different team this week.
“At times” it was different as the Rams returned several injured regulars to the lineup and have grown closer after a 16-hour Friday bonding experience. But, alas, they still can’t shake some of the shortcomings that have plagued them throughout the season and lost to Middle Twp. 13-7 to remain winless through six games.
“I’m looking for 48 minutes to be a different team,” Carr said. “We got three guys back. The guys we started with at the beginning of the summer are finally starting to get here, and that’s huge when you don’t have personnel issues.
“That’s the first thing: Do I line up with the strongest team I can possibly line up with? Two is can we execute? Three, can we go win the game?”
If Saturday is any indication, the Rams are getting closer to No. 1, but they have work to do on the other two elements – and No. 2 directly impacts No. 3.
The most frustrating element to the Rams’ start is their ability to move the ball between the 30s, but can’t punch it into the end zone. They’ve scored only four touchdowns all season.
They got the ball inside the 10 twice, inside the 20 three times and had five plays inside the 30 in the fourth quarter and had only seven points to show for it. That was Pop Jackson’s 6-yard touchdown run late in the first quarter that gave the Rams their second lead of the season.
They missed a field goal attempt and turned it over on downs in the other two situations.
“We can’t move the ball inside the 10 and don’t score,” Carr said. “We just ran the ball all the way down the field with no problem. We did a lot of good things to get down there. We’ve got to compound those things and do them even better.
“We’ve got to block better, we’ve got to run harder and that’s the things that we’re not sustaining and finishing drives. It’s been an all-year situation. We get down there and don’t complete the task. I don’t just want to flip field position and pin a team back. We need to come out with bonus points on the scoreboard saying we got seven points.”
The way the game started it looked like the Rams were shifting the focus of their offense to Pop Jackson the way it did last season. Last season, coach Danny Mendoza looked to Jackson on a rainy day at Rutgers to jump start his struggling offense. Jackson responded with 249 yards and two touchdowns on 33 carries and it stayed The Jackson Show the rest of the year.
On this day, he ran it six times for 60 yards on the Rams’ second possession of the game and pin-balled his way into the end zone from the 6 for the first touchdown of the game and their first lead since scoring first on Cinnaminson in their second game. He wound up with a season-high 146 yards on 22 of the team’s 35 carries. He also went 42 yards with one of Quimere Bergen’s jump passes, bouncing off multiple defenders and dragging several others inside the 15.
Kemp was quick to caution reading anything more than the Rams taking what they were given in the game.
“He was one of our workhorses, of course, but he’s not the only guy,” Kemp said. “We’ve got other guys. We want to utilize everybody. We’re a more dangerous team when we use a lot of guys. If you put all your eggs in one basket and just have one donkey you’re going to be in trouble. You have to be versatile.”
Even Jackson disputed the notion.
“The offense has weapons; I’m just a weapon to the offense,” he said.
Middle Twp. took the lead with two third-quarter touchdowns. The Panthers tied the game on a short-field touchdown, then after holding the Rams on downs near midfield set off to get the go-ahead score.
Salem’s defense made three fourth-down stops in the first half (including a missed field goal attempt) and appeared to have stopped the Panthers at the 13 with another one. Quarterback Tommy Gontz appeared down short of the line to gain, but stretched and made it less than the length of the football.
On the next snap, Remi Rodriguez changed into the end zone from the 14 with 23.9 seconds left in the quarter. Rodriguez rushed for 140 yards on 22 carries.
“I thought he (Gontz) was well short of the line,” Kemp said. “The film may say different, but my eye at real speed tells me I thought he was short.”
Bergen drew his first career start for the way he played in relief of injured Troy Carrey last week against Schalick and the moment was a little too big for the freshman. Carrey returned under center in the third quarter right after the Panthers got the go-ahead score. The junior got the Rams in position to get the tying touchdown – twice – but neither drives came to fruition.
Carrey took a big shot on the first drive but his pass to the end zone, one of the best he’s thrown all year, was just off the fingertips of Kaden Robinson. The second drive ended when Middle tipped away a fourth-down pass intended for Omarion Pierce.
The Panthers took over with 4:01 to play and held it the rest of the game.
If the Rams looked like a closer bunch during their Senior Day game, credit the trip Kemp took them on Friday. After being in school all day, the Rams went to a gaming education center in Wilmington, had a nice meal together, then went to the Penns Grove-Pennsville game as a team.
“I saw something magical last night,” Kemp said. “We spent all day together. That’s what matters to me, the brotherhood outside the game. To me, that’s magical. That’s where the stuff happens. The Xs and Os are going to come. You know, you only need one spark to start a wildfire, you only need one snowflake to have an avalanche. You just have to get there.”
Middle Twp. 13, Salem 7
MT (3-2)
SAL (0-6)
12
1st Downs
9
35-176
Rushing
34-156
5-13-0
Passes
1-10-2
67
Passing
42
0-0
Fum-Lost
0-0
2-20.5
Punts
2-28.0
4-40
Penalties
8-60
Middle Twp.
6
0
6
0-
13
Salem
7
0
0
0-
7
SCORING SUMMARY S-Pop Jackson 6 run (Andrew May kick), 33.6 1Q MT-Ayden Howell 18 pass from Tommy Gantt (PAT kick), 8:47 3Q MT-Remi Rodriguez 14 run (kick failed), 23.9 3Q
Schalick game on again
PAULSBORO — The first-ever regular season meeting between Schalick and Paulsboro is on again and it has been rescheduled for 4 p.m. Monday.
The game was originally scheduled for Friday night, but was postponed due to a security concern being investigated by the host school district. Paulsboro officials learned of a threat specific to the football game circulating on social media and took action. The perpetrator reportedly has been arrested.
Now, the game will go forward at Paulsboro without restrictions.
“The waiting game is over, so now we can get ready to play a football game,” Schalick coach Mike Wilson said. “The waiting is the horrible part.”
It’ll put the Cougars is a short week – they play at Gloucester City Friday – but Wilson said none of their plans with change.
“You control the controlables, so we play Paulsboro on Monday and we move forward from there,” he said. “We’re going to keep our same schedule on game day. We’re going to keep everything as normal as possible.”
The teams have met four times previously, all in the South Jersey Group I playoffs. Monday’s game carries serious playoff seeding implications as both teams are currently in the top seven of the SJ Group I power points standings.
WJFL DIAMOND DIVISION
DIV
ALL
Glassboro (4)
3-0
5-0
Woodstown (1)
3-0
5-0
Schalick (7)
2-1
3-2
Woodbury (12)
1-2
2-3
Salem (23)
0-3
0-6
Penns Grove (18)
0-3
1-5
NOTE: Number in parenthesis is South Jersey Group I UPR power ranking through Sept. 28
SATURDAY’S GAMES Schalick at Paulsboro, ppd. Middle Twp. 13, Salem 7 NEXT WEEK’S GAMES MONDAY Schalick at Paulsboro, 4 p.m. THURSDAY Delran at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m. FRIDAY Glassboro at Cinnaminson, 6 p.m. Schalick at Gloucester City, 6 p.m. Salem at West Deptford SATURDAY Willingboro at Woodbury, 10:30 a.m. Woodstown at Haddon Heights, 11 a.m.
WJFL PATRIOT DIVISION
DIV
ALL
Camden Catholic
3-0
5-0
West Deptford
3-1
3-3
Paulsboro (5)
3-1
4-1
Pennsville (14)
2-2
3-3
Collingswood
1-2
3-3
Audubon (20)
0-3
1-3
Overbrook
0-3
2-3-1
SATURDAY’S GAMES Schalick at Paulsboro, ppd. Clayton 42, Overbrook 42 NEXT WEEK’S GAMES FRIDAY Audubon at Collingswood Salem at West Deptford SATURDAY Pennsville at Paulsboro, 10:30 a.m. Camden Catholic at Overbrook, 11 a.m.
Eagles end seven-year drought with Penns Grove to take the Wildman Willey Boot; Woodstown handles Pleasantville to go 5-0 for second time in three seasons; Saturday’s Schalick-Paulsboro game postponed due to security threat
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE — Mike Healy has been trying to get his hands on The Boot his entire coaching career.
Once he finally got his mitts on it Friday night and raised it above his head during the joyous post-game celebration, he said it was “a little bigger than I thought,” but beyond that, holding the trophy was “just perfect.”
Pennsville claimed the Pennsville Lions Club Award that goes to the winner of the Pennsville-Penns Grove game – better known as the Norm Wildman Willey Boot – for the first time since 2016 Friday when it made big play after big play on critical downs, especially in the second half, to secure a 19-12 victory.
It was the first time Healy had won it in his seven-year coaching tenure with the Eagles. The Red Devils’ seven-game winning streak in the Riverview Rivalry was the longest by either team in the series.
“It was awesome to finally do it,” said Healy, who also got soaked by the ice bucket in the celebration. ‘This game means so much to our kids and our town.
“We had our pep rally today and everyone was excited. Everyone kept asking me ,‘Are we going to get it? Are we going to get it?’ I felt good, but just to finally get that feels so good. There’s not much else I can say.”
It means a little more residing in the Eagles’ trophy case. Willey was a three-time Philadelphia Eagles All-Pro way back in the day and a teacher in the Pennsville school district for more than 30 years. One of his original game cleats adorns the top of the trophy.
The trophy was a late arrival at Lou D’Angelo Stadium. The Red Devils left it back at school and Penns Grove athletics director Anwar Golden drove back to retrieve it, returning with trophy in hand just as they started playing the national anthem, and it stayed on their sideline until it wound up in the Eagles’ hands at the end of the game.
“It was everything I thought it would be,” quarterback Robbie McDade said. “We came in here wanting to get The Boot, knowing we had to get The Boot. It’s been so long, it felt really good.”
The Eagles never trailed in the game, but they never could relax.
Penns Grove closed to within 13-12 on MahKye Murray’s 40-yard touchdown catch late in the third quarter. But Pennsville answered it with another long touchdown drive to push its lead to 19-12.
The Eagles went 73 yards in 10 plays that included three long completions on crucial downs to move the chains.
McDade hit Luke Wood in stride down the sideline on a 48-yard pass on third-and-21. He hit Rylan Hardy for 24 yards on third-and-20. And the Eagles scored on an 18-yard pass to Wood on fourth-and-17 with 8:10 to play. They ran the same play to Wood on the snap before, but to the other side of the field, that was out of his reach.
The Eagles converted a fourth-down situation in each of their two touchdown drives in the first half, too.
“That’s what we’ve been looking for on offense,” Healy said. “When we’re in those big moments are we going to step up and get it done and tonight we stepped up and got things done. We know our kids are capable of it. They’ve just got to constantly believe they can do it. If they buckle down they’re capable of doing anything.”
“It’s just all about trusting your guys,” McDade said. “You’ve got to trust your receivers, you’ve got to trust the offensive line. I trusted myself to make that play all the time. We’ve just got to do our job and I think we did that and we got big plays out of it.”
McDade was 9-of-14 for 146 yards passing. Wood, a senior playing his first year of varsity football, caught four balls for 81 yards.
“They used to play this game on Thanksgiving Day and the centerpiece of our table would be The Boot whenever my dad would win it,” said Wood, whose dad Ryan was a longtime Eagles head coach and now a Healy assistant. “So, if there was one game I had to win it was this one.
“I grew up every Thanksgiving looking at that in the middle of my table and we haven’t had it in so long it feels so good.”
There was still plenty of time after Pennsville scored for the Red Devils to come back and retain The Boot.
They got it down in the red zone, but Melo Erickson’s fourth-and-5 pass to KaRon Ceaser from the 10 with less than four minutes to play fell incomplete.
“That’s me; I’m an athlete, I can make a play,” Ceaser said. “That’s on me. The quarterback put in a route to get it. I should’ve went to go get it.”
Ceaser was a big part of the Red Devils’ offense all night. He had two 11-yard runs and a 17-yard catch to keep that drive moving. He finished with 107 yards rushing and 17 yards receiving.
There was some confusion late in the drive that may have cost the Red Devils a down. The pass to Ceaser gave the Red Devils a first down at the 15. Erickson ran for 2 yards on the first-down play, then the Red Devils were flagged for delay of game. The next play they ran was third down.
Erickson hit Knowledge Young for 8 yards, but it left the Red Devils to face what the down marker read as fourth-and-5 for The Boot.
They lost another scoring chance at the end of the first half on a similarly confusing situation. Erickson looked like he spiked the ball at the 8 to stop the clock with 15.8 seconds left, but it later was explained to Healy the quarterback took too long making the spike and that’s what drew the flag for grounding.
The Red Devils lost yardage, lost the down and eventually time expired.
Pennsville 19, Penns Grove 12
PG (12)
PV (19)
10
1st Downs
16
22-134
Rushing
36-148
7-14-1
Passes
9-14-0
86
Passing
146
1-0
Fum-Lost
1-1
2-34.5
Punts
2-29.5
5-36
Penalties
6-45
Penns Grove (1-5)
6
0
6
0-
12
Pennsville (3-3)
7
6
0
6-
19
SCORING SUMMARY PV-Malik Rehmer 8 run (Luke Wood kick), 4:02 1Q PG-KaRon Ceaser 39 run (kick failed), 2:22 1Q PV-Robbie McDade 1 run (kick failed), 4:03 2Q PG-MahKye Murray 40 pass from Melo Erickson (pass failed), 2:17 3Q PV-Luke Wood 18 pass from Robbie McDade (pass failed), 8:10 4Q
Woodstown’s Bryce Belinfanti is about to leave the Pleasantville defense in the dust on the way to his game-breaking 50-yard touchdown Friday night. (Photo by Ellen Sickler)
Woodstown remains undefeated
WOODSTOWN — Bryce Belinfanti rushed for 189 yards and two third-quarter touchdowns and went 60 yards on a screen pass to set up their first score as Woodstown handled winless Pleasantville 24-12 to go 5-0 for the second time in three seasons.
The Wolverines were 5-0 in 2022 as well, but coach Frank Trautz doesn’t get caught up in all that.
“Obviously it’s another win and it feels great, but we’re not looking at 5-0,” he said. “We’re not looking at 2, 3, 4 weeks down the line. We’re on to Week No. 6 and trying to get that one.
“It’s our approach and our staff’s approach to take it a week at a time and we try to do our best to win that game. It’s our goal to try to win every week. If you were to ask me at the beginning of the season, I was focused on Week No. 1. Now, I’m focused on Week No. 6. We’re not done writing the story yet. We’re focused on the next chapter.”
For Belinfanti it’s never a case of if he’s going to break a long one but when. The Homecoming crowd didn’t have to wait long on this night. The senior took a screen pass from Jack Holladay and bolted downfield 60 yards to set the stage for the Wolverines’ first touchdown. Holladay finished it off with a 1-yard run.
In the third quarter, Belinfanti scored on a 50-yard run and a 1-yard run to help the Wolverines stretch their lead to 24-6.
He had a 25-yard touchdown run in overtime to win the opener against Delsea and has had other scores of 35, 85, 37 and 44 this season.
“He’s got that big play capability,” Trautz said. “We do a good job up front with our blocking, he sees a little window and he’s got the ability to go.”
Woodstown 24, Pleasantville 12
Pleasantville (0-6)
6
0
0
6-
12
Woodstown (5-0)
7
3
14
0-
24
SCORING SUMMARY W-Jack Holladay 1 run (Jake Ware kick), 3:30 1Q P-Nazir Griffin 55 run (run failed) W-Jake Ware 37 FG, 4:56 2Q W-Bryce Belinfanti 50 run (Jake Ware kick), 7:09 3Q W-Bryce Belinfanti 1 run (Jake Ware kick), 0:57 3Q P-Dajaun Martin 6 pass from Ahmad Jones (pass failed), 8:09 4Q
Woodstown’s Rocco String (21) tries to sake off a block so he can chase down a Pleasantville ballcarrier. (Photo by Ellen Sickler)
Schalick-Paulsboro ppd.
PAULSBORO — Schalick’s first-ever regular-season meeting with Paulsboro Saturday has been postponed due to a “security concern” that is being investigated by the host school district. According to sources, Paulsboro became aware of a threat specifically linked to the football game earlier Friday and took action.
“Both school districts have collectively determined that postponing the game is in the best interest of our students and families while the investigation is underway,” Schalick principal Yvette DuBois Trembley and athletic director Doug Volovar said in a joint statement from the Cougars. “The safety of our students, staff and community remains our top priority.”
It wasn’t immediately known if or when the game would be rescheduled. The game does have South Jersey Group I playoff seeding implications as both teams are currently ranked in the top seven in the sectional power points standings.
The teams have played four times previously, all in the South Jersey Group I playoffs.
WJFL DIAMOND DIVISION
DIV
ALL
Glassboro (4)
3-0
5-0
Woodstown (1)
3-0
5-0
Schalick (7)
2-1
3-2
Woodbury (12)
1-2
2-3
Salem (23)
0-3
0-5
Penns Grove (18)
0-3
1-5
NOTE: Number in parenthesis is South Jersey Group I UPR power ranking through Sept. 28
THURSDAY’S GAME Woodbury 35, Gateway 6 FRIDAY’S GAMES Glassboro 51, Deptford 0 Pennsville 19, Penns Grove 12 Woodstown 24, Pleasantville 12 SATURDAY’S GAMES Schalick at Paulsboro, ppd. Middle Twp. at Salem. noon
WJFL PATRIOT DIVISION
DIV
ALL
Camden Catholic
3-0
5-0
West Deptford
3-1
3-3
Paulsboro (5)
3-1
4-1
Pennsville (14)
2-2
3-3
Collingswood
1-2
3-3
Audubon (20)
0-3
1-3
Overbrook
0-3
2-3
FRIDAY’S GAMES Camden Catholic 48, Haddon Heights 22 Collingswood 20, Sterling 6 Haddonfield 30, West Deptford 28 Pennsville 19, Penns Grove 12 SATURDAY’S GAMES Schalick at Paulsboro, ppd. Clayton at Overbrook, 11 a.m.
Wolverines soccer program to unveil Wall of Fame Saturday enshrining the all-time greats of its boys and girls teams
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN – The Woodstown athletics program has a long and storied history, but much of it, it seems, is an oral history. Outside of the trophies in the case and the stories the old-timers tell in the stands, there’s not really anything that recognizes the heroes of their history.
But one of the school’s longest-tenured coaches is setting out to change that, even if it is just in his little corner of the world.
Darren Huck has a nose for these kinds of things. After putting together a comprehensive statistical history of both the boys and girls soccer teams, he set off on a project to recognize the all-time legends of those programs.
The result is a Woodstown Soccer Wall of Fame that will have its public unveiling Saturday before Huck’s Wolverines boys team plays Northern Burlington at the Ron Udy Soccer Complex. No one has seen the sign but Huck and the designers
“Almost every school out there has a Hall of Fame or a Wall of Fame; Woodstown High School does not have one,” said Huck, in his 26th season as the Wolverines’ boys coach. “When I look around at all these schools I go to, I see all these schools that have it and we don’t have anything. That’s no disrespect to people in leadership there now or in the past. For whatever reason there’s nothing there.
“This isn’t to compare Woodstown soccer to Pennsville or Audubon or anything like that. It’s just for us to recognize these are the best players who have played at Woodstown High School and recognize and honor them.
“I don’t know of another high school in South Jersey – and maybe even the state – that has anything like this, their own boys and girls soccer Wall of Fame. For our school, since we don’t have anything like that, this will be a little groundbreaking and something to be super proud about.”
School officials aren’t involved in the project, but they did give their blessing.
The list of players that will appear on the wall is more than just that year’s statistical leaders. All the inductees must meet a rigid criteria for inclusion. Huck put it together through painstaking research, checking and cross-referencing multiple sources, to devise a scorecard for everyone who has played in the program.
Through it all, 134 players have made the cut. The list goes all the way back to 1982 – 17 years before Huck became the head coach.
He had already done a lot of the legwork while researching the complete statistical record for his boys program, a seven-year endeavor that became the all-time records board posted on the wall at the entrance of the soccer complex. And then he started on the girls program.
“In the back of my mind I always had the vision of putting a Wall of Fame together,” he said.
Huck didn’t want to have a committee to select the roster of players. Instead, he put together a scoring sheet with all the possible accomplishments a player could have in their careers. Things like captaincies, letters won, all-star recognition, and, of course, statistical credentials were considered. He plugged every player into the formula and if a player met the threshold they made the wall.
Huck, who is on the verge of becoming Salem County’s second 300-win coaching veteran, is not on the Wall. He was a very good outside back for the Wolverines back in the day, but his biggest claim as a player he says was being a three-year varsity starter on one of the program’s the top five defensive teams of all time.
He showed his grading system to several coaches for validation and without them seeing the players’ statistical component all said he was right on the mark.
“I didn’t want anyone to look at it and judge it as, well, looks like everybody got in or it was too easy,” he said. “I didn’t want it to lose its legitimacy and it didn’t. There are some good players who didn’t make it, but that’s not a bad thing, because it just shows it’s legit. If you’re good, you’re in it.”
HUCK
The 8-x-4-foot blue metal sign with orange and white lettering was designed by Glassboro’s Astro Sign Company, whose co-owner Nick Painter played for Huck. The roster of honorees wraps around the Woodstown Soccer Wall of Fame crest designed by another former Wolverine, Rylie Gantz, who is on the wall (2021).
The sign cost “a couple thousand dollars” and the program raised the funding for it. All the inductees will receive a special gift commemorating their inclusion on the Wall.
The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.
Huck spent weeks gathering contact information for all the players who qualified to be on the wall and there were only about a half dozen he was unable to reach. Almost 100 of the 134 from nearly a dozen states have RSVP’d their intention to return. Andrew Blaszczyk (2016) is coming from California on leave from the Navy. Todd Shimp in coming up from Florida with his family to honor his late brother Kevin (1992).
“People are coming up and coming down and coming over from all over; it’s pretty remarkable,” Huck said. “There are a ton of brothers on the wall, sisters on the wall, brothers and sisters, mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, fathers and sons and daughters (among the inductees).”
Players will be added as they reach the criteria or may have been missed in the previous research. No doubt future inductees will include current Woodstown seniors Adrian Ibarra, Ben Stengle and Talia Battavio.
The unveiling and player recognition begins at 9 a.m. and will be broadcast on the new Woodstown soccer YouTube channel.
“It’s a way of almost having a reunion but also honoring the best of the best,” Huck said. “The only thing that could ruin it maybe is rain and I’m telling you right now even the rain I don’t think can dampen the enthusiasm that’s around all this.”
WOODSTOWN SOCCER WALL OF FAME 1982: Brian Udy, Doug Hathaway 1983: David J. Fedora Sr., Mike Bickford 1984: Eric Sigurdson 1985: David “Mugsy” Nathans, Kevin Udy, Magnus Ramquist, Robert Hammond, Steve Demarest, Tom Boger 1987: Jack Reistle 1988: Cherie Hill Lombardo, Jon Gonzalez 1989: Amy K. Hill, Bobbi Andrews Elwell, Scott McCall 1990: Brian Ritchie, Daniel Emmans, Sean Weiser 1991: Becky Gantz Blum, John Burger, Thanh Mai 1992: Dr. Kevin M. Shimp 1993: Lauren Eichmann Morgan, Lauren Weaver, Raechelle Hatchell 1994: Amy Bender McGroarty, Amy Gray, Bill Olbrich, Carrie Ann Flemming, Craig Patterson 1995: Laura Flitcraft Merkle, Lauren Weist, Matt Foote 1997: A.J. Washington, Jeff LaPalomento, Kim Merkle-Souder 1998: Brian Bender, Bruce L. Bobbitt Jr., Laura J. Sanderlin 1999: Paul Hughes 2000: Amanda Clark Rondon, Amy Wasersztein Fredrick, Brian Roberts, Oscar Hernandez 2001: Bleigh Ahl Garcia, Bradford L. English, DR Ayers, Jessica Coles, Randall Clark 2002: Christine Monforto, Lauren Tavani, Lindsay Thompson, Rebecca Callen Iacovone 2003: Dana Ayars Hitchner, David Roman, Rob Polk 2004: Jenny Finocchiaro, Jillian Sigars, Leslie Long, Probyn Allen 2005: Ashley Jones, Julia Godsmark, William Layton 2006: Corie Coles, Craig Bober, Lucia V. Allen, Megan Beal, PJ Tucker, Randy Wickersham, Ta-Monica Moore 2007: Brynn Really Bross, Elena Layton, Emma Geiger, Greg Tavani, Kathryn LaPann, Lindsey Butler 2008: Ethan Kavanagh, Travis Goss 2009: Noelle Kitchin, Tori Malpezzi 2010: Alexander Zeidler, Chelsea Norbuts, Drew Geiger, Michael Love, Rachel Norbuts, TJ Schaefer 2011: Fran Smith, Jacob Allen 2012: Greg Conner, Jon Robbins, Marlyn Malpezzi, Zachary Smick 2013: Bonnell Reynolds, Dillon Martell, Victoria Smick 2014: Alexandra Sottile, Astasia K. Williams-Bertles, Brandon Dean, Clark Hathaway, Eric Hepler, Fallon Secaur, Kelly O’Kane, Lexi Brown, Matthew Simmermon 2015: Alex Norbuts, Cole Kugler, Mickey Demarest, Tom Brady 2016: Andrew Błaszczyk, Dylan Varner, Geoffrey Schaefer, Paige Rodriguez 2017: Brice Monefeldt 2019: Chris Williams 2020: Maddy Hunt, Nathan Hitchner, Sadie Boatright, Shaye Kelly, Trevor Lodge, Zac Moore 2021: Ava Lammersen, Jake Moore, Justin Olbrich, Rylie Gantz 2022: Chase Prater, Dean Sorantino, Will McQueston 2023: Elizabeth Morgan, Ellen Olbrich, Gabrielle Saia, Jordana Fredo, Tatum DeVault
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