Schalick falls in finals of Tri-County Girls Postseason Bracket, last-second shot hits twice and falls away, includes weather update and results from Saturday’s Salem County sports calendar
TRI-COUNTY TOURNAMENT
BOYS
Championship Bracket
Cumberland 40, Kingsway 37
Postseason Bracket
Triton at Washington Twp.
GIRLS
Championship Bracket
Gloucester Catholic 65, Wildwood 26
Postseason Bracket
Deptford 33, Schalick 31
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PITTSGROVE — It was about three hours after the final horn and Schalick girls basketball coach John Whelan still hadn’t gotten completely over the game.
His top-seeded Cougars rallied from nine with 56 seconds left, eight with 34 to go, and had a good look to tie. But Nevaeh Robinson’s shot bounced twice around the goal before falling away, allowing Deptford to escape with a 33-31 victory in the Tri-County Conference Postseason Bracket championship game.
It was 33-24 with under a minute to play. The Cougars (17-7) got free throws from Ava Scurry and Liv VanAcker to start the comeback. Scurry then hit a bucket and Emmalyn Weir nailed a 3-pointer to make it a two-point game.
The Spartans (13-14) put the ball in play under their basket with 2.5 seconds left. Robinson stole the inbounds pass, got to the rim and her shot hit the backboard and then the front of the rim before falling away.
It was that kind of game for the Cougars.
“We just could not put the ball in the basket,” Whelan lamented. “It wasn’t for really a lack of anything else other than that.
“It just wouldn’t go in. Didn’t matter, layup, jump shots. We had several roll around the rim and come out. We did cost ourselves some possessions with some unforced turnovers, that hurt us a little bit, but ultimately it just wasn’t our day in terms of getting the ball to go in the hoop.”
The Cougars held an 18-14 halftime lead behind balanced scoring and their typically tight defense, but went cold in the third quarter and were outscored 11-2. Deptford’s Chaylin Morine scored seven of her team-high 11 points in the quarter. Schalick’s only points came on Willow Davis’ only basket of the game.
Scurry led all scorers with 12 points and blocked three shots to tie her 2024 single-season school record. Robinson had eight points and nine rebounds to reach 300 points and 200 boards for the season. VanAcker had 12 rebounds and five steals, and had two assists to move within one of tying that single-season school record.
DEPTFORD 33, SCHALICK 31
DEPTFORD (13-14): Colana Tymes 2 0-0 5, Kylie Galantic 2 1-4 6, Zakyah Babb 0 0-2 0, Chaylin Morine 3 5-8 11, Kendall Evans 3 2-2 8, Sanai Green 1 0-2 2, Jazlynn Diaz 0 1-4 1, LeAsia Chandler 0 0-0 0, Camille Bristo 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 9-22 33.
SCHALICK (17-7): Cali Fisler 0 1-2 1, Ava Scurry 5 2-4 12, Willow Davis 1 0-2 2, Nevaeh Robinson 2 1-2 6, Liv VanAcker 0 2-8 2, Emmalyn Weir 0 0-0 0, Jaelynn Jarmon 1 0-0 3, Emma O’Neill 2 0-0 5. Totals 11 6-18 31.
| Deptford | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8- | 33 |
| Schalick | 9 | 9 | 2 | 11- | 31 |
Indoor track
Due to the impending storm, the NJSIAA Group I & 4 indoor track championship meet in Toms River has been pushed back to Feb. 28. Salem County qualified for 28 individual spots and three relays to the meet, including Woodstown sectional champions Josh Crawford (400, 800), Kami Casiano (girls high jump) and the boys 4×400 relay.
Wrestling
POINT PLEASANT BEACH QUAD
PENNSVILLE 65, EWING 0
106: Brett Land (P) tech fall over Bryce Wittkop, 17-2
113: Greyson Robbins (P) won by forfeit
120: Maximos Efelis (P) maj. dec. Gibril Huq, 12-2
126: Mihki Dicks (P) pinned Makai Hill, 2:59
132: Chase Baker (P) pinned Joseph Lichtmann, 1:02
138: Nathaniel Mason (P) won by forfeit
144: Gabe Supernavage (P) won by forfeit
150: Vincent Grether (P) tech fall over Rocky Richardson, 16-0
157: Travis Hagan (P) pinned Tristan Amaru, 1:13
165: Robbie McDade (P) won by forfeit
175: Cristian Blyler (P) dec. Danny Umana-DelaRosa, 8-3
190: Stephen Pangle (P) won by forfeit
215: Andy Hibare (E) pinned Joseph Halstead, 5:00
285: Cephus Horton (E) dec. Trevor Waddington, 8-1
PENNSVILLE 61, PT. PLEASANT BEACH 17
113: Greyson Robbins (P) pinned Max Esposito, 2:30
120: Henry Ventresca (PPB) pinned Maximos Efelis, 1:53
126: Brandon Stizza (PPB) tech fall over Mihki Dicks, 19-3 (5:45)
132: Chase Baker (P) dec. Gavin Sramowicz, 11-4
138: Nathaniel Mason (P) pinned Dante Pezzello, 2:19
144: Gabe Supernavage (P) tech fall over Jaxon Bowers, 16-0 (5:00)
150: Vincent Grether (P) pinned Davin Marquez, 4:27
157: Travis Hagan (P) pinned Mattix Sickel, 1:49
165: Robbie McDade (P) tech fall over Gage Boyle, 17-1 (5:00)
175: Gael Santiago (PPB) pinned Cristian Blyler, 3:42
190: Stephen Pangle (P) pinned Wyland Grant, 4:23
215: Hunter Coulbourn (P) pinned CJ Engelhardt, 4:34
285: Jacob Hand (P) pinned Allan Micheletti, 3:13
106: Brett Land (P) won by forfeit
College basketball
The third-ranked Salem CC men’s basketball will host Ocean CC in its Region 19/North Atlantic District tournament semifinal Wednesday after the Vikings eliminated Philadelphia 76-63 in a play-in game Saturday. The game originally was scheduled for Tuesday, but region officials pushed the game back out of an abundance of caution for the impending snowstorm.
The Mighty Oaks (29-1), the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament, beat the Vikings twice during the regular season, 113-90 and 100-78.
The winner of the Salem-Ocean game will meet the Camden-Montgomery winner Saturday at Northampton for the auto bid to the national tournament March 11-14 in Herkimer, N.Y.
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