Big day for Eagles

Pennsville softball players set two milestones in bounce-back win over Gloucester Catholic; also includes scores, details from Wednesday’s Salem County Sports schedule

SOFTBALL
Pennsville 6, Gloucester Catholic 3
Schalick 10, Glassboro 8
Wildwood 10, Salem 0
Woodstown 17, Penns Grove 0

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

GLOUCESTER – It was a milestone day for the players on the Pennsville softball team. Lily Edwards scored her 100th career run for the first run of the game and Graillyn Weber hit a pair of doubles to set the school’s single-season record as the Eagles bounced back from a bad loss to Millville the day before and topped Gloucester Catholic 6-3 to move within one win of an undefeated division season.

Edwards led off the game with a double and scored her milestone run on Weber’s 16th double of the season, breaking the record Kylie Harris set each of the last two years. Weber’s second double of the game came leading off the third inning and she later scored a game-tying run on a single by Avery Watson.

“I’m really happy about it and honestly I had forgotten before the game about the record, which definitely made it easier to accomplish because I wasn’t really thinking about it,” Weber said. “But I couldn’t have done it without my teammates because we had a great game.”

Weber may have forgotten about the record she was chasing, but Edwards had been counting down the runs and the 100 hits she’s closing on for the last couple weeks.

“For me it’s big because I missed my whole sophomore season (with a broken back) so just to accomplish something like that, that big, means a lot to me,” she said. “I definitely was looking for it. I knew it was going to happen. With Gray (Weber) and Kylie (Harris) behind me I knew I was going to get it, but I knew I needed to run really fast.”

It takes a lot of success at the plate to score 100 runs. She’s scored all those runs off 89 hits, 17 walks, eight HBPs and a couple of fielder’s choices. It’s not certain how many times she’s reached on an error. She’s scored in every game but two this year, and one of those was a shutout the third game of the season.

“My 100 hits is my main goal for high school softball,” she said. “You don’t get that recognition like travel ball or anything, but high school is the time to do it. It’s going to really nice to get it, hopefully.”

The Eagles came from behind twice to beat the Rams for the second time this season. They trailed 2-1 in the first inning and 3-2 in the fourth before scoring three runs in the top of the seventh to take the lead for good. Harris hit the go-ahead RBI triple, Watson followed with an RBI single and Kelsey Cook delivered a run-scoring ground out later in the inning. Weber pitched a scoreless seventh to wrap up a complete-game victory.

Watson, the Eagles’ senior shortstop and clean-up hitter, went 4-for-4 in the game.

“The game was important to us as a division game and I wanted to help be the fuel we needed to pick up the team after a tough loss the day before,” Watson said. “I have plenty of long at-bats where I’m looking to find my perfect pitch and fouling off what I don’t like, and that’s what I did today. I found a good mix of patience and aggression at the plate that helped contribute to our win.”

The Eagles (13-5) can complete an undefeated run through the TCC Classic Division with a win at Salem Monday.

WOODSTOWN 17, PENNS GROVE 0: Ellie Wygand went 4-for-4 with two RBIs, Lexi Taylor was 2-for-2 with three RBIs, Grace Hitchner drove in three runs and three Woodstown pitchers combined on a four-inning no-hitter.

SCHALICK 10, GLASSBORO 8: Khloe McGrath’s three-run homer gave Schalick the lead and highlighted a seven-run fourth inning that erased a 5-1 deficit. The win completed the Cougars’ first undefeated run in the Diamond Division since 2021.

WILDWOOD 19, SALEM 0: Emma Contreras went 4-for-4 with four four RBIs and pitched a four-inning one-hitter, facing one batter over the minimum. Julliana Love had the Rams’ hit, a leadoff single in the second inning.

BASEBALL
Schalick 13, Glassboro 3
Vineland 12, Pennsville 9
Woodstown 12, Penns Grove 0
Wildwood 17, Salem 7

SCHALICK 13, GLASSBORO 3: The Cougars erased a 2-1 deficit with 10 runs in the third inning. Jamari Whitley and Evan Glaspey had three hits apiece, Evan Sepers had three RBIs without delivering a hit, and Whitley struck out nine in a five-inning complete game.Sepers (98) and Ricky Watt (94) are closing in on 100 career hits.

WOODSTOWN 12, PENNS GROVE 0: Luke Fraley went 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs, Walker Battavio went 3-for-3 with four RBIs and Colton Williams pitched a five-inning one-hitter striking out seven. Josh Widen had the Red Devils’ lone hit.

WILDWOOD 17, SALEM 7: The Warriors were out front 15-0 to offset Salem’s seven-run outburst in the fourth. Trevor Troiano went 4-for-4 with five RBIs and is 8-for-8 with seven RBIs against Salem County foes the last two days. He’s 10-for-13 in his last three games overall. Jovanni Rios hit a three-run triple in the Rams’ big inning and was out at plate trying to stretch it into a homer.

VINELAND 12, PENNSVILLE 9: The Fighting Clan jumped out front 9-2 after two innings and held on. The Eagles battled back and brought the tying run to the plate in a seventh-inning rally but ran out of steam. Logan Streitz went 3-for-4 with two RBIs for the Eagles. Mason O’Brien and Dante Cummings had two hits apiece.

VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at Timber Creek

TENNIS
Delsea 3, Woodstown 2
Pennsville 3, Pitman 2

DELSEA 3, WOODSTOWN 2
Zeph Kell (D) def. Drew Stengel, 6-3, 6-0
Eli Croce (D) def. Mason Shimp, 7-5, 6-2
Zach Natalie (D) def. Luke Shaw, 6-1, 6-3
Vincent Merendino-Nick DiTeodoro (WO) def. Jacob Bramble-Jude Thompson, 6-3, 6-4
Josh King-Connor Miller (WO) def. Seth Bui-Thomas Maronski, 6-0, 6-2
Records: Delsea 17-2, Woodstown 12-7

PENNSVILLE 3, PITMAN 2
Nolan Russell (PI) def. Sawyer Humphrey, 6-4, 6-2
Lucas Cooksey (PV) def. Liam Etter, 6-0, 6-1
Ben Williams (PI) def. Carter Willis, 6-3, 6-3
Jacob Cheeseman-Coen Rinnier (PV) def. Spencer Bianchini-Jonah Raymer, 6-4, 6-4
Matthew Forino-Lucas Thomas (PV) def. Ayden Epley-Ezra Ralph, 6-1, 6-0
Records: Pennsville 15-6, Pitman 13-7