Here are scores and highlights from Thursday’s Salem County sports calendar
BASEBALL
Clearview 6, Schalick 2: The Pioneers broke open a scoreless pitching duel between Cole Hartley and Luke Yeager with five runs in the fifth inning.
Hartley held Clearview hitless through four innings, while Yeager had given up three hits and was helped by two double plays. The Pioneers (11-2) finally broke through in the fifth. Their first six batters all reached safely and Dom Abate broke the tie with a two-run double.
The Cougars (9-5) got their two runs in the sixth on Evan Sepers’ RBI double and a run-scoring single by Evan Glaspey.
SOFTBALL
Washington Twp. 7, Woodstown 4: One streak ended and another continued. Washington Twp. scored twice in the first inning and never lost the lead to snap a three-game losing streak. Woodstown lost its fourth in a row. Leah Clark had three hits and two RBIs for the Wolverines.
Wildwood 23, Penns Grove 0: Emma Contreras pitched a four-inning no-hitter with 10 strikeouts and came within a one-out hit batsman in the fourth of a perfect game. Contreras also went 3-for-4 at the plate with three RBIs. Addison Troiano homered and had four RBIs.
Salem Tech at Bridgeton
TENNIS
Collingswood 3, Pennsville 2
Pitman 3, Penns Grove 2
COLLINGSWOOD 3, PENNSVILLE 2
Clayton Robbins (CO) def. Sawyer Humphrey, 6-4, 6-1
Lucas Cooksey (P) def. Patrick Farrow, 6-1, 6-4
Jaydon Egerton (CO) def. Carter Willis, 6-4, 6-3
Jacob Cheeseman-Coen Rinnier (P) def. Phelan Pizzutillo-Carter Taylor, 6-3, 6-4
Nathaniel Auerbach-Luke Vukovic Gartian (CO) def. Lucas Thomas-Ian Peacock, 6-3, 6-2
Records: Collingswood 8-2, Pennsville 10-6.
PITMAN 3, PENNS GROVE 2
Nolan Russell (P) def. Stuart Mondragon, 6-0, 6-3
Liam Etter (P) def. Anthony Pacheco, 6-2, 6-2
Juan Ortiz (PG) def. Ben Williams, 6-2, 6-4
Spencer Bianchini-Jonah Raymer (P) def. Adam Gonzalez-Jordan Hernandez, 6-4, 6-0
Jesus Arredondo-Doel Torres (PG) def. Ezra Ralph-Ayden Employ, 6-3, 6-3
Records: Pitman 7-6, Penns Grove 3-4.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Camden Tech 2, Salem Tech 0: The set scores were 25-22, 25-11,
BOYS GOLF
Schalick 167, Overbrook 210: Seth Fisher shot 38 and Anthony Sepers 39 on the back nine at Centerton CC with birdies on the par-4 15th to lead the Cougars.
Woodstown 169, Pennsville 205: Logan Jones played his last five holes in 1-over to shoot 39 for medalist honors at Town & Country. Caden Thomas shot Pennsville’s low round (46).
Month: April 2026
Hat’s off to Wolverines
Woodstown boys, Schalick girls win Salem County track titles; Goodson, Stewart set records
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE — The war hat is back and anyone who’s a student of the history of Salem County track and field knows what that means.
For all 15 Salem County and all six state championships he won at Penns Grove, Tom Mason wore the same Marine Corps khaki camo desert hat. It’s a little worn and pinched on the seams, but it was clean and fits as well as the first day he got it from one of his former students who served in Iraq. .
It had been tucked in a bedroom drawer beneath a stack of Penns Grove shirts since he retired from coaching. He dug it out Thursday for his first Salem County Championship Meet as Woodstown’s coach and just like that old silk hat they found for Frosty the Snowman it still had magic in it.
The Wolverines won their first Salem County boys track title since 2019 — and Mason’s first as a coach since 2017 — when they pulled away from a tight battle with Penns Grove in the late events at Pennsville High School.
“The war hat is back,” the Wolverines’ first-year coach said, noting the Tri-County coaches back in the day used to refer to him as The Little General. “I knew where it was, I went to the drawer it’s in, pulled it out and said, ‘OK, I’m back, it’s time to bring it out.'”
The key to the victory was scoring points in events they typically hadn’t before, like the jumps and throws outside of Aidan Taulane, and stepping in to steal points where other teams were strong. But in the end it was the traditional way they’ve scored in the past – the distance events – that clinched it for them as they went 1-2-4 in the 800 and 1-2-3 in the 3200. Josh Crawford led the Wolverines across the line in the 800 and Jacob Marino won the 3200 for the fourth year in a row — on his 18th birthday.
“I had to get another one,” Marino said. “I wanted to put our team in a good position and make me happy on my birthday to get the (3200) four times. I think the win overall as a team is a huge (birthday) present. It’s going to be our first one in several years and the four times is a big thing for me. I’m really proud of that.”
Ironically, it was the same way they closed out the Red Devils Monday for Mason’s 400th career dual meet victory.
“My philosophy has always been (score in) multiple places,” Mason said. “If you can do that you have a very good chance of winning and that’s what these kids did today. The unsung hero was Karson Chew for what he did in the 400 hurdles, a race he’s never run before.
“Schalick and Penns Grove are very, very good teams and both of them easily could have won the meet, but I believe these teams kind of overlooked us because I never once said to the opposing coaches we’re gonna win this thing today, as was said to me a couple times,. We’re just trying to be competitive. We’re going to score where people don’t think and it started going 2-3 in javelin – nobody expected that – and then the 2-4 in the high jump and that set us up.”
For most of the day it was a battle between Mason’s new team and his old one. They traded the lead five times before the Senior Recognition break, with neither leading the other by more than eight once the meet got going. .The Wolverines’ 1-2-4 finish in the 1600, led by Marino’s second title in the event, provided a 16-point swing that put them back on top.
After the 110 hurdles posted, Penns Grove led by four before the Wolverines started pulling away.
“The name of the game is to compete and to fight; if everybody did their job we would be close,” Penns Grove coach Andrae Ames said. “This is my second year as coach. I’m so proud of these guys. They work hard … they listen … they bought into the program – and it’s showing. I’m just excited for the future.”
Speaking of the future, a question has persisted whether Mason would return to coach the Wolverines in 2027 after coming out of retirement this spring to take the team out of an admiration for their senior group and desire to see them succeed, and he remained non-committal throughout the season. Pressed on Thursday he said he has “sort of made a decision,” but wasn’t ready to disclose it publicly. “Let’s just say I really love the freshmen and sophomores that are out; we’ll let it go at that,” he said.
If he does return, trust the war hat will come with him.
Top photo: Woodstown coach Tom Mason (L) is congratulated by Penns Grove girls coach Marcus Dowe after the Wolverines clinched their first boys county track title since 2019.
Record setters
Penns Grove’s Kylee Goodson and Schalick’s David Stewart set records and were named boys track and field MVPs, respectively. Goodson set the county 400 record (48.89) among his two individual and 4×400 relay wins. Stewart set the triple jump meet record (47-8.25) among his four individual wins.
In addition to his 400 win, Goodson won the 100 (11.04), anchored the 4×400 relay and finished second to Stewart in the 200 (22.33).
“It was very exceptional,” Goodson said. “Like my coach said this is a business trip, so I came out here and did what I had to do. I didn’t even know I set a record. When they said it I was happy, but I also had to lock in to my 200.”
Stewart continued his domination in the county meet. The junior set the tone for his meet by winning the long jump (22-3) on his first attempt of day. He also won the 400 hurdles (54.91) to go with the 200 and triple jump. In three years at the County Meet, he has 10 total golds.
“The meet record in the triple jump felt really good because I’ve been stuck at 45 all season and last season I was 45,” he said. “Another jumping coach gave me a tip on the last jump. I just did what he told me and it all came together and I jumped 47-8. Now that I’ve hit that it’s kind of the minimum, I want to get out to 48, 49, eventually 50.”
Schalick girls three-peat
Schalick won the girls county title for the third year in a row. It wasn’t as easy as last year when they won by 63 points, but it wasn’t as tight as two years ago when they won it in the 4×400 relay, either.
The Cougars won only four events, but they medaled (top 3) in 12 and won multiple medals in three. They swept the javelin.
“I wouldn’t say (it was) reasonably easy,” Pine said. “I am very surprised. Salem has such a strong team and so does Woodstown, so it was a complete surprise and shock to me. The girls came out and just outperformed themselves today and they continuous strive for better.”
Salem and Woodstown gave them a serious run. The Rams won four events and swept the 100 and 200 with Raniyah Parsons-Smith winning both. The Wolverines won five events with Abby Marino sweeping the 800, 1600 and 3200 to win girls track MVP honors.
Schalick junior Sebrina Bradford was the girls field MVP. She won the discus (109-1) and finished second to teammate Navaeh Robinson in the javelin with a PR of 91-7.
“It’s amazing,” Bradford said. “I’m proud of all of us because we do so many things individually. I’m just so proud of them, and proud of myself, too.”
NOTES: Schalick’s Gary Simonini was the day’s first boys winner, taking the javelin with an official PR of 161-5 using an implement he put in competition for the first time. His rainbow model has been with him since his freshman year, but it produced his shortest throw of four attempts Thursday. He put it aside and hit the winning mark with golden jav. “I think this is my new gamer for the rest of the year,” he said … In a battle of the county’s top throwers, Penns Grove’s JaKai Ingram edged Woodstown’s Taulane in the shot put for the second time this week … Penns Grove’s Arianna Dowe was the day’s first girls champion, winning her first county title in the long jump (15-3) … One of the more courageous efforts of the day was turned in by Woodstown’s Lia Covely. The Wolverines’ senior suffered a leg injury somersaulting at the finish of her second-place run in the girls 400 hurdles, but she bounced back to win the 100 hurdles by more than a second. Schalick’s Brooke Valentine won the 400 hurdles by 0.06 seconds.
44TH SALEM COUNTY TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Top 3 win medals, top 5 score points)
BOYS
Team scores: Woodstown 104, Penns Grove 89, Schalick 67.5, Salem 62.5, Pennsville 12.
400 Hurdles: 1. David Stewart, Schalick 54.91; 2. Bryan Garlic, Penns Grove 56.05; 3. Grady Buzby, Salem 58.06.
100: 1. Kylee Goodson, Penns Grove 11.04; 2. Will Roy, Penns Grove 11.35; 3. Danny Knight, Pennsville 11.46.
1600: 1. Jacob Marino, Woodstown 4:34.14; 2. David Farrell, Woodstown 4:35.13; 3. Gavin Cronrath, Salem 4:50.71.
400: 1. Kylee Goodson, Penns Grove 48.89 (county record, old record, Lance Husser, Woodstown 49.00-h, 2004); 2. Josh Crawford, Woodstown 49.79; 3. Karon Chew, Woodstown 50.29.
110 Hurdles: 1. Timothy Gregory, Salem 15.36; 2. Bryan Garlic, Penns Grove 15.59; 3. Sherrod Jones, Schalick 15.61.
800: 1. Josh Crawford, Woodstown 1:58.33; 2. Karson Chew, Woodstown 1:59.89; 3. Steve Chomo, Schalick 2:00.31.
3200: 1. Jacob Marino, Woodstown 10:28.36; 2. Pacey Hutton, Woodstown 10:42.26; 3. Jackson Perry, Woodstown 10:47.41.
200: 1. David Stewart, Schalick 22.26; 2. Kylee Goodson, Penns Grove 22.33; 3. Will Roy, Penns Grove 23.39.
4×400 Relay: 1. Penns Grove (Bryan Garlic, Tommy White, Savior Allah, Kylee Goodson) 3:28.35; 2. Salem 3:30.18; 3. Woodstown 3:30.36.
Long Jump: 1. David Stewart, Schalick 22-3; 2. Will Roy, Penns Grove 21-6.75; 3. Danny Knight, Pennsville 21-5.
Triple Jump: 1. David Stewart, Schalick 47-8.25 (meet record, old record, Steven Brown, Penns Grove, 47-5, 2009); 2. Bryan Garlic, Penns Grove 44-3; 3. Donovan Weathers, Salem 41-10.
High Jump: 1. Tommy White, Penns Grove 6-0; 2. Andrew White, Woodstown 6-0; 3. Donovan Weathers, Salem 6-0.
Discus: 1. Aidan Taulane, Woodstown 154-8; 2. Ethan McLean, Schalick, 142-2; 3. Giovanni Traini, Salem 120-3.
Shot Put: 1. JaKai Ingram, Penns Grove 47-3.75; 2. Aidan Taulane, Woodstown 47-0.5; 3. Connor Wariwanchik, Woodstown 44-2.5.
Javelin: 1. Gary Simonini, Schalick 161-5; 2. Noah Chiu, Woodstown 138-0; 3. Aidan Taulane, Woodstown 126-0.
Pole Vault: 1. Grady Buzby, Salem 11-0; 2. Jelani Beverly, Salem 9-6; 3. Messiah Allah, Penns Grove 9-6.
GIRLS
Team scores: Schalick 114.50, Salem 80, Woodstown 64, Pennsville 51.5, Penns Grove 25.
400 Hurdles: 1. Brooke Valentine, Schalick 1:10.22; 2. Lia Covely, Woodstown 1:10.28; 3. Ava Scurry, Schalick 1:17.79.
100: 1. Raniyah Parsons-Smith, Salem 12.88; 2. Dynastie Tucker, Salem 13:37; Amaia Massengill, Salem 13.65.
1600: 1. Abby Marino, Woodstown 5:27.23; 2. Emma Wilbur, Schalick 5:50.48; 3. Sawyer Slad, Pennsville 5:59.26.
400: 1. Dynastie Tucker, Salem 1:02.73; 2. Molly Gratz, Pennsville 1:03.34; 3. Brooklynn Jackson, Salem 1:03.54.
100 Hurdles: 1. Lia Covely, Woodstown 17.13; 2. Rebekah Cuff, Schalick 18.36; 3. JiYonna Seals, Salem 18.74.
800: 1. Abby Marino, Woodstown 2:32.16; 2. Kiley Parvin, Schalick 2:40.86; 3. Caylen Taylor, Schalick 2:43.72.
3200: 1. Abby Marino, Woodstown 12:50.44; 2. Emma Wilbur, Schalick 13:11.06; 3. Sawyer Slad, Pennsville 13:20.93.
200: 1. Raniyah Parsons-Smith, Salem 27.20; 2. Anyzha Williams, Salem 27.47; 3. Amaia Massengill, Salem 27.85.
4×400 Relay: 1. Salem (Amaia Massengill, Anyzha Williams, Dynastie Tucker, Brooklynn Jackson) 4:23.90; 2. Schalick 4:28.35; 3. Penns Grove 4:45.16.
Long Jump: 1. Arianna Dowe, Penns Grove 15-3; 2. Phoebe Alward, Schalick 15-2.5; 3. Jaelynn Jarmon, Schalick 14-10.
Triple Jump: 1. Jaelynn Jarmon, Schalick 35-9; 2. Ramiyah Jones, Salem 34-0; 3. Arianna Dowe, Penns Grove 32-8.5.
High Jump: 1. Kallie Morrison, Pennsville 4-10; 2. Rebekah Cuff, Schalick 4-8; 3. Aubrey Manorowitz, Pennsville 4-6.
Discus: 1. Sebrina Bradford, Schalick 109-1; 2. Tatiyonna Crawford, Pennsville 102-11; 3. Sara Lodge, Woodstown 97-8.
Shot Put: 1. Zoey Caesar, Penns Grove 33-8.75; 2. Rolande Delva, Pennsville 30-6; 3. Ava Rodgers, Salem 30-1.5.
Javelin: 1. Navaeh Robinson, Schalick 107-0; 2. Sebrina Bradford, Schalick 91-7; 3. River Wojcik, Schalick 83-6.
Pole Vault: 1. Juliette Angelus, Woodstown 7-0; 2. Molly Gratz, Pennsville 6-6; 3. Jillian Wriggins, Schalick 6-6
Framing his future
A three-sport athlete at Salem, Carey celebrates signing a scholarship to bowl at Roosevelt University in Chicago
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
SALEM — When Troy Carey was growing up in the youth leagues of Salem thinking where his future lie his field of dreams usually involved football or baseball, somewhere he could continue to play the sport he loved for just a little while longer.
Bowling was “no where close’ in the picture, “not even touching” the radar.
So there he was Wednesday celebrating with friends and family the scholarship he signed to bowl at Roosevelt University, an NCAA Division II program in downtown Chicago. It just goes to show you never know where you’ll find opportunity.
“It’s amazing,” Carey said. “It’s not about what you go to school for, it’s about getting your foot in the door first. Any door that opens can be an opportunity.”
Back in the day bowling was just something he did to help ease the pressures of school, losing his dad and life in general.
Even when he started bowling in high school he had a modest 140 average. But he kept at because it was fun and fulfilled a need. And he got to be good at it.
He got to where he consistently bowls in the 200s. He made the state Top 100 Tournament two years in a row, almost making it to the match play round as a junior, and led the Rams literally and figurative on a “generational run” that produced their first South Jersey Group I sectional title in school history.
“He has a desire to be good at his craft and nourishes that,” Rams bowling coach Kenny Buck said. “He literally set a goal — two goals, going to college and winning the season.”
The invited guests who spoke at his signing celebration in the school library consistently spoke of his leadership skills. They talked of how he’d take time to help a struggling teammate to greater heights or rally the team during a particular tough stretch in a match.
There was one particular match against Deptford he brought the team together to say “we got this.” They responded with three games over 1000.
“A lot of times we were on the same page of what we wanted to accomplish,” Buck said. “A lot of times he verbalized it a lot better than me.”
The opportunity to bowl in college sort fell into Carey’s lap.
He was bowling in an early season tournament in Bristol, Pa., where he caught the attention of the women’s coach at Wilmington University. The coach was impressed with Carey’s game and the way he handled his business and said he’d spread his name around.
Roosevelt and William Paterson reached out, but soon the Chicago school was the only suitor.
“It was a difficult process because I’ve never done that before, and from what we saw we didn’t find a whole lot of opportunities,” Buck said. “We saw more opportunities for girls going on to bowl in college than boys. I didn’t really have a whole lot of people I could go back to and ask for advice because I think there really is a limited pool for those type of opportunities.
“We found a lot of them were in the Midwest, so it’s not too surprising that’s where we ended up at. (Roosevelt) was the best opportunity and it was one he found.”
This story will be updated.
Top photo: Salem senior Troy Carey reveals he’ll be bowling in college at Roosevelt University in Chicago. Joining him in this frame are (from left) brother Terrence, grandmother Lashawnda Martin, a photo of his late father Troy Martin and his uncle Curtis Schofield.
Sutton sharp
Woodstown freshman just a tad better in pitching duel with Pennsville; also, scores and details from Wednesday’s Salem County sports calendar
BASEBALL
Woodstown 2, Pennsville 1
Pitman 20, Penns Grove 5
Rancocas Valley 10, Schalick 2
Overbrook 15, Salem 0
SOFTBALL
Overbrook 20, Salem 0
Pennsville 5, Woodstown 3
BOYS GOLF
Williamstown 179, Salem Tech 221
GIRLS GOLF
Cumberland 202, Schalick 242
TENNIS
Pennsville 4.5, Clayton 0.5
Schalick 4, Glassboro 1
Woodstown 5, Triton 0
GIRLS LACROSSE
Ocean City 17, Woodstown 8
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN — Drew Sutton threw a perfect game without throwing a perfect game.
The Woodstown freshman right-hander delivered his second straight dynamic outing and the best start of his young career, pitching a complete-game four-hitter with a career-high eight strikeouts to win a pitching duel against two of Pennsville’s best and the game 2-1.
Sutton threw a career-high 90 pitches (69 for strikes) in the longest outing of his high school career that was played in a little over two hours. He threw more pitches for strikes against the Eagles (69) than he had total pitches in any of his previous four outings this seasons.
He retired the first eight batters he faced before Jake Layfield singled in the third. With the exception of the run Pennsville scored on Steve Fatcher’s two-out RBI double in the fourth, no runner reached third base against him.
“All my pitches were probably the best they’ve ever been and my change-up every time I threw it it was the perfect spot,” he said. “It felt pretty good. Even before the game my arm felt pretty good. I knew I was going to pitch good.”
“He just challenges everyone; he’s not afraid of contact,” Woodstown coach Marc DeCastro said. “He’s got three really good pitches and when you play a team that has as many good lefties as they have you’ve got to be able to throw a changeup, and that was his out pitch against all the lefties. And once we got the lefties on the changeup he’s able to throw the fastball for strikes. He just never stops throwing strikes.”
The last time Sutton felt as good as he did Wednesday was the last time he pitched — a week and a half ago before the Wolverines’ schedule broke for the school’s Senior Trip. In his previous outing, April 18 against Sterling, he gave his team six innings of three-hit shutout relief and struck out seven in another 2-1 win. He’s now 4-0 with a 1.17 ERA and 25 strikeouts (to just two walks) in 24 innings pitched.
“I’ll be honest,” DeCastro said. “He’s going to face different types of hitters, different levels of hitters, but this is the same as he’s always been. He throws a million strikes.
“As much as he strikes people out, he does it on three or four pitches. He doesn’t take a long time to do it. He gets early contact on really good off-speed pitches so he only throws 12-13 pitches an inning. That’s really the only way you’re going to throw a complete game for me in the regular season, be outrageously efficient.”
The Eagles (7-5) never really threatened him – or at least he didn’t let them. They got a runner at second with two outs in the third; left him there. Fatcher got his RBI double with two outs in the fourth and was stranded. They put the first two runners on in the fifth with the help of a throw pulling a fielder off second on a force and Sutton got out of it with two strikeouts and a fly to center. They had a runner on the move in the sixth, but that went nowhere as the batter was called out for interference.
“We’ve got to find ways to put the ball in play,” Pennsville coach Matt Karr said. “Their guy did a good job; kept us at bay. He was able to settle in and be comfortable. We were able to get some guys on, but you’re not going to win baseball games if you can’t move guys over. We have to figure ourselves out and get back to playing good baseball.”
The Wolverines (8-5) could say the same thing the way their offense has been going of late.
Pennsville’s pitchers – Gavin Spears (10 strikeouts) and Mason O’Brien (in the sixth) – didn’t yield much, either. They held Woodstown to four hits, too, but issued five walks.
The Wolverines scored their two runs in the first inning on Ty Coblentz’ sacrifice fly after Walker Battavio drew a leadoff walk and worked his way around the bases on a pair of wild pitches and Tommy Tucci’s RBI single with a lazy relay. They put runners at second and third with one out in the fourth and the top of the order coming up, but Spears got out of that jam with two strikeouts.
“We did a good job getting on and couldn’t finish, so we have to learn how to be able to finish,” DeCastro said. “We just had too many opportunities to score runs. That game should’ve been – no offense to anyone – maybe 5 or 6-1. Beginning of the season was good, the last few games we really struggled. We have to start doing some different type of things to score runs.”
With those offensive struggles, Sutton knew he had to pitch good, especially late in the game. And he did.
| Pennsville | 000 | 100 | 0- | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Woodstown | 200 | 000 | 0- | 2 | 4 | 1 |
RANCOCAS VALLEY 10, SCHALICK 2: The Group 4 Red Devils batted around in the first inning and scored four runs to take control, then held the Cougars hitless for four innings and off the scoreboard until the sixth inning.
RV’s first inning was highlighted by RBI doubles from starting pitcher Eddie Ruminski and Aiden Gaskill. Gaskill went 4-for-4 with two RBIs.
Ruminski gave the Red Devils four no-hit innings, allowing only three baserunners. Cole Hartley broke up the no-hitter with a leadoff single in the fifth off reliever Aiden Gaines. Hartley was erased on a double play the next play.
The Cougars scored their two runs in the sixth inning when Wyatt Cushane raced home from third on a passed ball and Bo Schalick delivered a one-out RBI single.
PITMAN 20, PENNS GROVE 5: Carter Snyder went 4-for-4 with two extra-base hits and five RBIs and three Panthers pitchers kept the Red Devils at arms length to snap a six-game losing streak.
The Red Devils answered Pitman’s two in the first with two in the home half of the inning on Dylan Hyatt’s steal of home and an error in the outfield, but the Panthers scored a run in the second and never trailed again, ultimately breaking it open with 13 runs in the sixth and seventh innings.
Josh Widen had three hits and two RBIs for Penns Grove. Lian Irvin and starting pitcher Dylan Hyatt had two hits apiece.
OVERBROOK 15, SALEM 0: Connor McNally went 3-for-3 with four RBIs and Luke Boyd held the Rams to one hit in the five-inning game. Boyd was one out away from a perfect game when Danny Grusemeyer reached on an error and Zay Davis broke up the no-hitter with a infield single.
Softball: Weber sharp, Harris homers
PENNSVILLE — Woodstown had three runs on the board after only four hitters, but Pennsville pitcher Graillyn Weber was unyielding after that and the Eagles rallied to take a 5-3 victory.
The Wolverines got their runs on a leadoff double by Ellie Wygand, RBI single by Talia Guardascione, an RBI double by Leah Clark and Kendall Young’s sacrifice fly for the first out of the inning. From there, Weber put up zeroes. She gave up only five more hits and retired 20 of the last 25 batters she faced. Once the Eagles took the lead in the third she retired 12 of the last 16.
“Graillyn stayed positive and continued to work her pitches and settled in nicely,” Pennsville coach Beth Jackson said.
“She did an awesome job today and the defense was right there behind her to back her up,” catcher Kylie Harris added.
The Eagles got single runs in the home first and second, then took the lead in the third. Harris tied it with a one-out solo homer and Kenzie Widener put them ahead by racing home from third on a passed ball. They added an insurance run in the fifth on Widener’s RBI double.
“After the top of the first the girls went to work and chipped away at their lead,” Jackson said. “They put the ball in play and got some timely hits.”
Harris, Widener and Reagan Wariwanchik all had a pair of hits for the Eagles (8-3). Guardascione had three hits for the Wolverines (6-5)
The Wolverines had runners at second and third with two outs in the seventh, but Weber crushed the threat with a game-ending pop to second.
| Woodstown | 300 | 000 | 0- | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| Pennsville | 112 | 010 | x- | 5 | 7 | 1 |
OVERBROOK 20, SALEM 0: The Rams erupted for 16 runs in the third inning and held Salem to one hit in the four-inning game. Khloe Bubier had Salem’s only hit, a one-out single in the first inning
Golf
WILLIAMSTOWN 179, SALEM TECH 221
WILLIAMSTOWN: Cole Schneeweis 44, Phillip Foley 44, Nick Pushkar 46, Chase Dowd 45. Also, Matt Larsen 50, Jason Boyer 51.
SALEM TECH: Sophie Conto 53, Hannah Kormann 53, Thomas Conto 54. Jonah Baynes 61. Also, Daniel Atanasio 66, Avery Dalton 70
CUMBERLAND GIRLS 202, SCHALICK 242
CUMBERLAND: Nicole Tarquinio 40, Maahishee Patel 44, Molly Houck 56, Mollie Willis 62. Also, Kaitlyn Daly 66, Sophia Dunn 71
SCHALICK: Cali Fisler 55, Miya Watkins 60, Elena McGovern 62, Alexis Ohara 65. Also, Caitlin Cutler 68, Jazmin Perez 70
Tennis
PENNSVILLE 4.5, CLAYTON 0.5
Sawyer Humphrey (P) drew with James Mai
Lucas Cooksey (P) def. Jayden Sanchez, 6-2, 6-0
Carter (P) def. Michael Cummings, 6-1, 6-1
Coen Rinnier-Jacob Cheeseman (P) def. Robert Schultz-Dyshamir Miller, 6-0, 6-0
Lucas Thomas-Ian Peacock (P) def. Malcolm Turpin-Colin Schultz, 6-2, 6-0
Records: Pennsville 10-5, Clayton 3-8.
SCHALICK 4, GLASSBORO 1
Andrew Miller (G) def. Gabe McFeeley, 6-0, 6-4
Reece Loatman (S) def. James Pence, 6-2, 6-2
Tyr Brattlie (S) def. Seth Taylor, 6-2, 6-2
Cooper Halperin-Jack Genievich (S) def. Joy Patel-Vincent Pasquarello, 6-2, 6-2
Angelo Boston-Gavin McGrath (S) def. Zack Bailey-Nico Tsoukalis, 6-2, 6-2
Records: Schalick 6-6, Glassboro 0-10-1.
WOODSTOWN 5, TRITON 0
Drew Stengel (WO) def/ Shrey Modi, 6-2, 6-0
Mason Shimp (WO) def. Cole Durham, 6-3, 6-3
Nick DiTeodoro (WO) def. Tirth Patel, 6-0, 6-0
Vincent Merendino-Josef Hummel 
def. Sean Gorski-Brennan Zabala, 6-4, 6-3
Connor Miller-Josh King (WO) def. Tomas Ledesma-Shane O’Donnell, 6-0, 6-0
Records: Woodstown 9-4, Triton 4-9.
Girls lacrosse
OCEAN CITY 17, WOODSTOWN 8: Marley Ostrander, who just recently scored her 100th career goal, scored five goals and three others each scored three as the Red Raiders won their fourth in a row. Delaney Walker led Woodstown with four goals, running her career total to 204 on her march to the school’s all-time record (236). Blair Baldi scored twice and Arianna Hyman and Emma Morgan each scored once.
Simply put, it’s 200
Woodstown’s Walker scores her 200th career goal with little fanfare, just the way she likes it; Morgan scores six as Wolverines outscore West Deptford
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN — Delaney Walker reached a milestone Tuesday that normally is cause for celebration. But when the historic moment came, there were no balloons, no posters, no stoppage of play, no fanfare.
And the Woodstown senior was absolutely OK with it.
“I like simple,” she said quietly.
Walker scored the 200th career goal of her high school lacrosse career in the fourth quarter of the Wolverines’ 15-12 win over West Deptford.
Her teammates let out a big cheer when she flashed across the crease and threw an over-the-head behind-the-back rocket past Eagles goalie Sofia Shirey with 8:28 left in the game to hit the magic number. After the game she stood with her mother Raechelle holding the ball that scored the historic goal along with three white cards spelling out “2-0-0” in fruit-scented orange and blue numerals that coach Chris Murray put together at the end of the school day. A bigger poster is expected to come Wednesday.
“It’s awesome to get this milestone, and honestly getting it with one of my coaches who holds the record,” she said. “I just feel like my teammates just carry me through everything. It’s just my teammates, so I don’t really need anything but my teammates to get that milestone.”
There was a set of “2-0-0” balloons spotted flapping in the far corner of the stadium, but that was for West Deptford senior Maddie Eastlack, who surpassed 200 career points with her four goals and two assists in the game.
Murray deferred comment on the milestone to Raechelle, an assistant coach she lovingly called “the coach of that player,” and in addition to expressing pride in Delaney’s accomplishment mom confirmed her daughter’s reluctance on making a big fuss on her behalf.
“That’s definitely part of her personality, part of how we are in our home,” Coach Mom said. “We always expect the best, put the best foot forward and leave it all out there on the field. All the hoopla and everything … at the end of the day it’s what did you get.”
Walker needed five goals coming in to hit the milestone, and while they may have been counting it down her mom said they didn’t really talk about it before the game. She scored three times in the first half and nailed No. 199 in the first minute of the third quarter. Her first goal (196) answered West Deptford’s first goal. Her second (197) came 21 seconds into the second quarter and again answered an Eagles’ score. Her third (198), with 5:10 left in the half, broke a 6-6 tie.
The Eagles made her work for No. 200.
She was either stoned by the goalie or denied by the West Deptford defense five times before getting No. 200 on a move she hasn’t been doing “as much as I used to” and seen her lacrosse idol Chloe Humphrey use many times, but she finally broke through.
“I was getting frustrated, but I kept my composure; that’s the most important part,” she said. “It finally it went in, so it was meant to be.”
The milestone left her 37 goals shy of breaking the all-time Woodstown record, held by Abby Evans, the daughter of the Woodstown trainer. Thirty-seven, ironically Walker’s “favorite number,” the one worn by her uncle during his days as a Woodstown football player and the one she’ll wear at UMass-Lowell when she goes to college.
The Wolverines got all their goals from four players. In addition to Walker’s five, Emma Morgan scored six and Angelina Lindenmuth and Arianna Hyman had two each. Part of that is a result of all the attention Walker commands. Morgan and Hyman combined for three goals in the final 1:45 to the second quarter — the last two off face-offs Walker won — to give the Wolverines the halftime lead after the Eagles tied the game at 7
“Since last year just because I scored so much and stuff (86 goals, 105 points) I’m kind of the distraction,” she said. “It opens up opportunities for everyone else, and we all take advantage of that. I think we work really well together.”
Plain and simple, that’s something worth celebrating.
| West Deptford | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3- | 12 |
| Woodstown | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2- | 15 |
Tuesday sports report
Here are scores and highlights from Tuesday’s Salem County sports calendar
BASEBALL
Salem Tech 21, Camden Academy Charter 5: Cooper Coles, Lucas Clement and Logan Hearn all had three hits and three RBIs in the Chargers’ fifth straight win, Cole Sacks had three hits and two RBIs.. Cooper Rappa and winning pitcher Jaxson Raymond both had two hits.
Millville 13, Pennsville 2: Cole Mulharan had three hits and four RBIs to lead the Thunderbolts’ 12-hit attack and three pitchers combined to strike out 16. Dante Cummings had three hits and Jeff Wagner two for Pennsville.
Bridgeton 4, Penns Grove 3: Bridgeton broke a 3-3 tie with a run in the fourth inning. Josh Widen drove in a pair of runs for Penns Grove. Liam Irvin struck out 11 in 4 2/3 innings.
SOFTBALL
Salem Tech 22, Camden Academy Charter 8: Despite not playing for more than a week, the Chargers scored 22 runs for the second game in a row and extended their winning streak to seven. They have scored at least 14 runs six times this season. They’ve scored 125 runs during the winning streak, an average of nearly 18 runs a game.
BOYS LACROSSE
Williamstown 17, Woodstown 3: Ian Basillo scores five goals, deals four assists.
GIRLS LACROSSE
Woodstown 15, West Deptford 12: Delaney Walker’s 200th career goal among her five, Emma Morgan scores six. Story posting soon at Riverview Sports News.
GOLF
Schalick 169, Pennsville 198: Medalist Seth Fisher shot 3-over 38 to lead Schalick at Centerton CC. Caden Thomas (47) had Pennsville’s low round.
Salem Tech 215, Wildwood 221: Wildwood’s Angel Gonzalez was medalist (48) at Sakima CC. Hannah Kormann and Thomas Conto both shot 52 to lead the Chargers.
TENNIS
Clayton at Schalick
Pennsville 5, Penns Grove 0
West Deptford 3, Woodstown 2
PENNSVILLE 5, PENNS GROVE 0
Sawyer Humphrey (P) def. Stuart Mondragon, 6-1, 6-1
Lucas Cooksey (P) def. Anthony Pacheco, 6-0, 6-0
Carter Willis (P) def. Juan Ortiz, 6-1, 4-6, 10-8
Coen Rinnier-Jacob Cheeseman (P) def. Adan Gonzalez-Jordan Hernandez, 6-0, 6-2
Ian Peacock-Matthew Forino (P) def. Jesus Arredondo-Doel Torres, 6-1, 6-2
Records: Pennsville 9-5, Penns Grove 3-3.
WEST DEPTFORD 3, WOODSTOWN 2
Drew Stengel (WO) def. Carter Watson, 1-6, 0-2, ret.
Aiden Bardon (WD) def. Mason Shimp, 6-1, 6-4
Carter Weber (WD) def. Luke Shaw, 6-1, 6-3
Vincent Merendino-Nick DiTeodoro (WO) def. Chase Eagle-Jeffrey Hack, 2-6, 6-4, 10-6
Allen Eastiack-Connor Watson (WD) def. Josh King-Connor Miller, 6-4, 6-1
Records: West Deptford 14-1, Woodstown 8-4.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Timber Creek at Salem Tech
It’s clear cut
Mighty Oaks know precisely what they have to do to make the Region 19 playoffs after being swept by Mercer, get some help from RCSJ-Cumberland
TUESDAY REGION XIX BASEBALL
Mercer 12-9, Salem CC 1-4
Delaware Tech 9-5, Monroe 2-3
Northampton 17, Montgomery 4
Camden 11, Atlantic Cape 10
RCSJ-Cumberland 10, Ocean 0
Middlesex 8, Raritan Valley 7
Union 17, Queensborough 3
By Riverview Sports News
CARNEYS POINT — The Salem CC baseball team knows exactly what has to happen this weekend if they want to make the Region XIX playoffs after being swept by Mercer 12-1 and 9-3 Tuesday.
The losses left the Mighty Oaks (20-26, 15-15) no chance to have a .500 or better regular season with three games left, but they can still qualify for the playoffs by taking at least two of three against Union this weekend.
They could avoid a play-in game for the final playoff spot by winning two of three this weekend and having Ocean (17-18, 14-15) go no better than 2-2 in its final four games (Wednesday vs. Delaware County and three vs. region current No. 2 Brookdale). In other words, assuming Ocean beats one-win Delaware County Wednesday, the Mighty Oaks would get in by winning their weekend series and Ocean losing theirs.
Ocean lost Tuesday to RCSJ-Cumberland 10-0. Former Schalick pitcher Lucas D’Agostino threw a seven-inning complete-game two-hitter and the Dukes walked it off with seven in the bottom of the seventh.
No doubt the Mighty Oaks will have to hit better over the weekend than they did Tuesday.
Mercer held them to five hits in the five-inning opener and held them the one hit in the nightcap.
The Mighty Oaks scored the first run of the doubleheader when Cliff Wysinger opened the home first with a double, was sacrificed to third by Jason LeBold and rode home on Tyler Hacker’s sacrifice fly. Wysinger had a pair of doubles in the game.
It stayed that way until the third when Mercer reached Salem starter Joe Pallante for five runs. The visitors added three in the fourth and four in the fifth.
The Mighty Oaks were no-hit through four innings of the nightcap. Wysinger broke up the no-hitter with a single to left to load the bases with none out. They got two runs out of the threat on a sacrifice fly and a double steal. It cut Mercer’s lead to 7-2.
Even though the Mighty Oaks had only one hit, they had plenty of base runners. Mercer walked 14 and hit one.
Salem added two more runs in the seventh on Roman Hernandez’ bases-loaded sacrifice fly and a bases-loaded walk to Jacob Sharrow.
| Mercer | 005 | 34- | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| Salem CC | 100 | 00- | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Mercer | 211 | 122 | 0- | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| Salem CC | 000 | 020 | 2- | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Softball: Bracket announced
The Salem CC softball team is seeded fourth and will play top-seeded host Mercer Friday at 10 a.m. in the opening-round of the Region XIX Division II tournament. The bracket was officially announced Tuesday.
Delaware Tech and Lackawanna are seeded 2-3, respectively, and will play their opening-round game at noon.
An elimination round game will be played at 2 p.m., followed by the winner’s bracket game at 4.
The loser’s bracket final will be Saturday at 10 a.m., following the championship game at noon (with an if necessary game at 2 p.m.
Two years ago, the Mighty Oaks went to Mercer as the No. 4 seed and one-hit the top-seeded host team 6-0. Two weeks ago the teams played in Pennsville and Mercer barely escaped with a sweep, 8-4 and 7-6.
Monday sports report
Here are the scores from Monday’s Salem County sports calendar
BOYS GOLF
Woodstown vs. Cumberland, TBA,
Salem Tech vs. Triton, Valleybrook CC,
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick vs. Clearview, Centerton CC
TENNIS
Pennsville 5, Wildwood 0
TRACK
Schalick at Glassboro, 3:45 p.m.
Overbrook at Pennsville
Woodstown 72, Penns Grove 63
Woodstown girls 93, Penns Grove 29
BOYS LACROSSE
Washington Twp. 19, Woodstown 3
How sweep it is
Schalick’s softball team breaks close game open with 4 in the sixth, sweeps Woodstown for first time since 2021
MONDAY’S SOFTBALL
Schalick 9, Woodstown 3
Gloucester Catholic 14, Salem 0
Winslow at Penns Grove
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
ELMER – They handed Schalick softball coach Rick Higinbotham the Elmer Classic trophy while he standing near the pitching circle. His players had already gathered in the outfield grass to celebrate the win. He didn’t mind the walk.
The Cougars made a lot more history Monday night than just getting their hands on the new-to-them Classic trophy for the first time. In beating Woodstown at the Elmer LL complex, 9-3, they swept their rival for the first time since 2021. They beat them on April 1, the first time they’d beaten the Wolverines since May 6, 2021, snapping an 11-game losing streak in the series.
“This was something we’ve been working for for four years,” Higinbotham said. “I’ve been working for it for four years, too, to sweep them. It puts us in a good spot in the (Tri-County Diamond) division, too. We’re up two on them right now (with three to play) and that’s big.”
The game was tight for five innings as starters Addi Shimp and Leah Clark were unyielding in the circle, but the Cougars (8-2) broke it open with four runs in the sixth after two were out. In fact, all nine of their runs came with two outs.
The sixth started innocently enough with Clark retiring the first two batters. The next six, though, all reached safely. Emma Cain scored on an error, Liv VanAcker drew a bases-loaded walk, Kaylee Broglin had an RBI single and Emily Miller scored when the Wolverines played a pickoff through to second base.
“The girls kept hustling, didn’t stop,” Higinbotham said. “When we got two outs, we kept hitting, kept fighting, got some key walks … it was great. They did a great job.”
After Shimp kept Woodstown bottled up for five innings, Higinbotham brought in Broglin for a hard-throwing change of pace and the freshman slammed the door. Broglin retired all six batters she faced and recorded two strikeouts.
“This is something our team in general has been working for,” Shimp said. “We knew if we really worked hard – and we’ve been working so hard for this – we knew we could get it. Woodstown kept us close the whole time. We knew they would, so we just had to outhit them.”
Khloe McGrath had three hits to lead Schalick’s 10-hit attack. Alexa Shimp and Broglin had two hits apiece. Ellie Wygand, Talia Guardascione and Kendall Young all had two hits for Woodstown.
Schalick struck first with four in the first, highlighted by Broglin’s two-run single. Woodstown made it 4-3 with three runs in the third, highlighted by Young’s solo homer. Paige Sparks raced home with an insurance run for Schalick in the fifth on a passed ball.
| Woodstown | 003 | 000 | 0- | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Schalick | 400 | 010 | x- | 9 | 10 | 2 |
Willoughby’s walkoff
Schalick senior’s walk-off single caps two-run seventh-inning rally that lifts Cougars over Woodstown in Elmer Classic
MONDAY BASEBALL
Gateway 9, Salem 7
Salem Tech 12, Bridgeton 1
Schalick 4, Woodstown 3
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
ELMER — The home team missed an opportunity to break the game open with bases loaded in the second inning and couldn’t make it happen. They weren’t going to miss it again in the seventh with the game on the line.
Schalick loaded the bases after tying the game earlier in the inning, then with two outs Cooper Willoughby dropped a fly ball between two outfielders, sending home the winning run and giving the Cougars a 4-3 walk-off win over Woodstown in a classic Elmer Classic game.
“I’ve never had a team leave the bases loaded as much as this team,” Cougars coach Sean O’Brien said. “The good thing is we’re getting the bases loaded quite often, but not consistently coming up and situationally doing what we need to do. I think that will come.
“The pitching and defense has started to kind of turn the corner and been pretty solid for us, but offensively, that’s something we can get better at. We kind of go up and down. I think we’ll figure that out. At least we’re getting the bases loaded, but I’m glad we didn’t leave them loaded at the end.”
The Cougars trailed 3-2 going into their last bats, but had the heart of their order coming up against Walker Battavio, the Wolverines’ fifth pitcher of the game and one of their best.
Hot-hitting Ricky Watt drew a leadoff walk and Jamari Whitley shot a single through the hole at short to put a runner in scoring position. Bo Schalick then laced an opposite-field single into right field to score Watt with the tying run. Evan Glaspey followed with a single to load the bases with none out.
Battavio got the next two hitters on a foul pop to first and a strikeout. With the idea “coach would be too mad” if they let another bases-loaded situation slip away, Willoughby lofted the first pitch he saw into right field for what appeared to be the final out. Sol Elmer, the usual right fielder who moved when Battavio came in to pitch, raced over from center and Colton Williams, inserted to fill the vacancy in the outfield, moved over from right and the ball fell between them for the game-winning hit.
Williams had his glove up, but appeared to pull it back as Elmer moved into his space.
“This is probably the biggest game of my life I’ve played on the baseball field,” Willoughby said. “It’s probably the most high-pressure at-bat I’ve ever taken in my entire life, but I trusted my gut and was ready to go up there.
“I was a little more calm than I thought I would be. I remember thinking in my head like I don’t know if I’m ready for this, but just coming up to the plate I just knew it. I knew I was ready. I texted my coach last night and said I’m ready, ready to go, just go up there hacking.”
Willoughby went 3-for-4 in the game, the fourth three-hit game of his career.
“I think he had one of the best approaches all day,” O’Brien said. “He was very consistent at the plate. Other guys were kind of up and down, but I felt like Cooper had good approaches all day. I was actually happy to have him in that moment where he could have the opportunity to win the game.”
Up to that point almost all the runs in the game came on home runs. Certainly, all of Woodstown’s were.
Woodstown took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first on Drew Sutton’s two-run homer. Schalick got a run back in the bottom of the first on Whitley’s double and an error in the infield, then tied it on Cole Hartley’s leadoff homer in the second. The Wolverines (7-5) retook a 3-2 lead on Luke Fraley’s one-out homer in the third. The homers by Sutton and Fraley were the first of their varsity careers.
The Cougars (9-3) missed a chance for more runs in the second when they loaded the bases with one out after Hartley’s homer, but the Woodstown got out of it with an infield force at the plate and a line out to third.
“We don’t get out of that too often,” Woodstown coach Marc DeCastro said. “Something always finds a way of happening.”
Whitley started on the mound for Schalick and struck out 10 through six innings. After the Fraley homer and Ty Coblentz double that followed, he retired the next nine Wolverines in a row. Hollywood came on in the seventh and got the Wolverines in order with two strikeouts.
The win comes on the heels of a 3-2 walkoff loss to Vineland that was played just hours after the upperclassmen on the Cougars’ roster returned home from the Senior Trip to Orlando.
“We just haven’t hit the ball very well the past two games,” O’Brien said. “Our approach to the plate hasn’t been good, so it was good to find a way at the end where we started to turn it around. Maybe it’ll get us going in the direction to swing the bats better.”
| Woodstown | 201 | 000 | 0- | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Schalick | 110 | 000 | 2- | 4 | 9 | 0 |
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