Cougars tennis advances

Thursday sports report: Schalick tennis advances in South Jersey Group I playoffs; Salem basketball gets high-scoring transfer from Delaware after Lecator transfers to Vineland

By Riverview Sports News

The Schalick boys tennis team beat the rain and Wildwood 5-0 in the opening round of the South Jersey Group I tennis tournament Thursday.

The seventh-seeded Cougars (9-10) now travel to second-seeded Haddon Twp. (13-7) Tuesday at 3 p.m.

Pennsville’s and Penns Grove’s first-round matches were postponed by the weather. Eighth-seeded Penns Grove will host Palmyra Friday at 2:30 p.m. Fifth-seeded Pennsville is scheduled to host Audubon.

This story will be updated.

Basketball: Transfer news

The Salem Rams lost a dynamic player to the high school “transfer portal,” but they appear to have gotten an equally dynamic player the same way.

Rising senior guard Tymear Lecator, a versatile 1,000-point scorer in three years for the Rams, has transferred to Vineland. Apparently it didn’t take long for the Rams to fill the gap, landing 6-foot combo guard Gi’lyl Conrad from Delaware’s AI DuPont.

Conrad, a Penns Grove native who never played for the Red Devils, announced his transfer to Salem on his social media channels.

Conrad averaged a fraction over 20 ppg last season and was the second-leading scorer in Delaware.