Crowd rushes the floor after Salem’s Tymear Lecator reaches 1,000-point plateau, Woodstown wrestling wins division title in coach’s final regular-season home match, also ncludes scores and highlights from Tuesday night’s Salem County sports calendar
BOYS BASKETBALL
Salem 71, Penns Grove 52
WRESTLING
Delsea girls 46, Schalick 21
Woodstown 58, Timber Creek 24
Penns Grove at Palmyra
Schalick 45, Cedar Creek 33
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
SALEM – Tymear Lecator had known for a while what was going to happen if he scored his 1000th career point at home. When the milestone came, he just let it come to him.
The sellout crowd rushed the floor after the Salem junior guard hit the number Tuesday night on a free throw with 2:22 left in the Rams’ 71-52 win over rival Penns Grove.
When he swished the historic shot, they came out of the stands. They came from the other side of the floor. They came in waves. But instead of running away from crush of humanity, Lecator just let the love envelop him. He backed off the foul line, raised his arms in triumph and let the crowd carry him all the way to the far baseline.
“It’s been talked about in school since Monday,” he said. “I didn’t get away from it. I just stood them and let everybody just run into me. I knew they were coming so I just stood there.
“(Scoring 1000 points) has been on my mind since I was a freshman and I knew I had a high chance of getting it, especially in the role I’ve been playing on this team since my freshman year.
“It means a lot because not a lot of guys do it as a junior. Everybody usually gets it their senior year. It means everything because I know how much work I’ve put in over the years. I’m just proud I hit the milestone.”
Lecator is the 18th player in the boys program’s history to join the 1000-Point Club and the first since Anthony Farmer, the son of coach Anthony Farmer, did it in January 2024.
Ironically, they did it against the same team, on the same floor, under similar circumstances and from the same free throw line.
Farmer needed 35 on his night to reach the milestone; he scored 36. Lecator needed 22; he scored 23.
Farmer got it on a free throw in the fourth quarter. Lecator hit the mark on a free throw in the fourth quarter.
The crowd rushed the floor for Farmer. They did the same for Lecator.
“It brought back some good memories,” the elder Farmer said.
It took about 10 minutes to clear the floor after the celebration. And the player still had another free throw to make.
In some ways it was easier to nail that one down than the first one.
“Honestly, it was 10 times easier to make the second one than the first one,” he said. “The first one everybody was standing up getting ready to run on the court, so I was definitely real nervous. The second one was nothing compared to the first one.”
Needing 22 to reach the milestone wasn’t as big an ask as Farmer’s target number against Penns Grove, but it was lofty nonetheless. But Lecator wasn’t worried about getting it. He scored 20 or more 15 times in his career and six times each of the last two seasons, including Monday night at Paulsboro to get close.
“I’m used to scoring 20 … so I was like that ain’t that crazy. I could get that today,” he said. “I just made the right reads and I let the game come to me, and luckily I hit enough shots to score the 22.”
NOTES: Lecator also had eight rebounds and four assists. Deshaan Williams had his sixth double-double of the season (14 points, 10 rebounds). Marshall Stephens and Fatah Paige also grabbed 10 rebounds apiece. Penns Grove’s typical balanced scoring attack was led by Carson Pearsall’s 14 points … Salem remains the No. 1 team in the South Jersey Group 1 power points standings by nearly two full points over Haddon Twp. Saturday is the cutoff date.
SALEM 71, PENNS GROVE 52
PENNS GROVE (14-9): Roman Gipson 3 2-4 9, Geonni Conrad 2 2-3 6, Naheef Frisby 2 0-0 5, Will Roy 2 0-0 4, Mishawn Brantley 1 0-4 2, Jameel Horace 2 0-0 4, Carson Pearsall 4 5-9 14, Zane Thomas 3 2-2 8. Totals 19 11-22 52.
SALEM (18-4): Tymear Lecator 9-4-23, Marshall Stephens 3-0-6, Neziah Spence 3-1-8, Fatah Paige 2-0-4, Darrelle Johnson 2-0-4, Deshaan Williams 5-4-14, BJ Robbins 1-2-4, Xavier McGriff 2-1-6, Kyaire Parsons 1-0-2. Totals 28-12-71.
| Penns Grove | 10 | 18 | 11 | 13- | 52 |
| Salem | 11 | 26 | 17 | 17- | 71 |
Wrestling
BOYS
SCHALICK 45, CEDAR CREEK 33
106: Sincere Wilcox (CC) pinned Victor Fenske, 0:46
113: Galel Solano-Lopez (CC) pinned Nicholas Latona, 1:35
120: E’Shion Underwood (S) pinned Luke Sess, 0:40
126: Hector Villarrubia-Torres (CC) pinned Caleb Jenkins, 1:39
132: Gavin Marcasciano (CC) maj. dec. over Jacon Potts, 14-3
138: Masen Cruz (CC) tech fall over Gabriel McFeeley, 15-0 (2:50)
144: Michael Baisch (S) pinned Kyle Smith 1:27
150: Mason Hollywood (S) pinned Jakob Dase, 1:16
157: Ayden Jenkins (S) tech fall over Jake Hardiman, 16-0
165: Anthony Deaver (S) pinned Cole Burton, 3:30
175: Ricky Watt (S) pinned Xavier Villarubia-Torres, 3:06
190: Gerardp Foe;o[e (S) maj. dec. Giovanni Carnes, 8-0
215: James Cook (S) won by forfeit
285: Slayton D’Amico (CC) pinned Jeff Edmonds, 1:08
WOODSTOWN 58, TIMBER CREEK 24
106: Jimmy Boone (TC) pinned TJ Conto, 0:19
113: Jadon Middlemiss (WO) won by forfeit
120: Carson Bradway (WO) pinned Dyllan Klotz, 2:43
126: Walker Battavio (WO) pinned Seth Redman, 1:12
132: Barry Coverly (WO) won by forfeit
138: Chase Icon (WO) won by forfeit
144: Nehemiah Carter (WO) won by forfeit
150: Mathyias Ellis (WO) won by forfeit
157: Matt Cordovz (TC) pinned Tyrell West, 4:24
165: Ricky Watts (WO) pinned Nathaniel Collazo, 3:25
175: Greyson Hyland (WO) maj. dec. Zyeir Green, 12-4
190: Elijah Green (TC) pinned Asher Fitzpatrick, 3:43
215: Julian McCray (TC) pinned Bradley Snitcher, 2:27
285: Mateo Vinciguerra (WO) pinned Roland Green, 0:52
GIRLS
DELSEA 46, SCHLAICK 21
100: Isabella Gjini (D) won by forfeit
107: Karleigh Six (D) won by forfeit
114: Ava Baldino (D) won by forfeit
120: Nevaeha Chaney (S) won by forfeit
126: Olivia Guzman (D) pinned River Wojcik, 0:29
132: McKenna Thomas (D) won by forfeit
138: Angelia Deaver (S) dec. Ellie Fanz, 7-3
145: Elizabeth Ostoyic (D) maj. dec. Haley Batista, 11-0
152: McKayla Rutledge (D) won by forfeit
165: Ranae Scurry (S) pinned Kyleigh Dotzel, 0:42
185: Lydia Gilligan (S) pinned Samaiya Figueroa, 5:11
235: Jessica Fantini (S) won by forfeit
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