Wednesday roundup

Woodstown softball rallies to give new coach first win; Wolverines’ Stemberger moves closer to a coaching milestone

SOFTBALL
Gloucester Catholic 19, Salem 0
Pitman 13, Pennsville 11
Woodstown 7, Schalick 3

By Riverview Sports News

PITTSGROVE – Leah Clark went 3-for-4, Lila Bowling had two hits and two RBIs and Johanna Way allowed just one earned run over seven innings as Woodstown rallied from an early deficit to open its season with a 7-3 win over Schalick 7-3 and give Rob Hildebrand his first win back as the Wolverines coach.

Schalick led 2-0 in the first inning and 3-2 after three, but Shyann Higinbotham, Ellie Wygand and Talia Guardascione plated runs on consecutive at-bats in the fourth to give Woodstown the lead. The Wolverines added two insurance runs in the top of the seventh on RBIs from Bowling and Hannah Hitchner.

Way allowed eight hits and struck out seven in her complete game in the circle for Woodstown. She also contributed a pair of hits at the plate.

Cloe Elliott and Ava Lauglin had two hits each for Schalick. Maddie Brown’s two-run single staked the Cougars to a 2-0 lead in the first.

PITMAN 13, PENNSVILLE 11: The Eagles appeared headed to a one-sided win after scoring eight runs in the first inning, but Pitman steadily climbed back into it and eventually overtook them in the sixth inning.

The first four hitters in the Pennsville lineup – Lily Edwards, Graillyn Weber, Kylie Harris and Savannah Palverento – were a combined 11-for-21 with six RBIs, but the rest of the Eagles’ lineup had only three hits. Weber was 4-for-6 and Edwards was 3-for-5.

Jess Bretz, who pitched for the Pennsville LL Senior Softball World Series team two years ago, entered the circle with two outs in the first inning, limited the damage the rest of the game and was rewarded with the win. She struck out 12.

GLOUCESTER CATHOLIC 19, SALEM 0: Gloucester Catholic put the game on a run-rule path in the second inning and held Salem to two hits overall. Julliana Love and Phoenix Holland had Salem’s hits. 

TENNIS
Drew Stengel won a dramatic third-set tiebreaker at first singles and Woodstown swept the doubles points to beat Middle Twp. 3-2 and give coach Jesse Stemberger his 299th combined tennis coaching victory.

He can hit the 300 mark Thursday at Triton and would become the third Wolverines coach to reach that milestone this academic year (soccer’s Darren Huck, wrestling’s Adam Hyland). Stemberger has 250 wins with the girls team, 49 with the boys.

WOODSTOWN 3, MIDDLE TWP. 2
Drew Stengel (WO) def. Darp Patel, 6-2, 1-6, 10-6
Miles Stafford (M) def. John Farrell, 6-3, 6-4
Michael Ratchford (M) def. Joseph Kurpis, 6-0, 6-1
Luke Shaw-Mason Shimp (WO) def. Kenny Martin-Evan Chew, 6-2, 6-4
Ben Stengel-Nicholas DiTeodoro (WO) def. Mario Tenaglia-Dante Duca, 6-2, 6-2
Records: Woodstown 2-0, Middle Twp. 2-3.

PENNSVILLE 4, OVERBROOK 1
Gabe Schneider (P) def. Connor Kustera, 6-0, 6-0
Maddox Efelis (P) def. Thomas Mason, 6-1, 6-0
Brody Wiggins (P) def. Colin Campbell, 6-0, 6-0
Alan Marcos-Gabe Martinez (O) def. Lucas Cooksey-Sawyer Humphrey, 6-3, 4-6, 10-6
Carter Willis-Ian Peacock (P) def. Mohammed Shihab-Gerardo Trinidad-Palillero, 6-0, 6-0
Records: Pennsville 2-0, Overbrook 0-3.