Both Woodstown teams finish third in South Jersey Open; Marino wins girls Division 2 race; includes results from the Friday and Saturday Salem County sports schedule
SATURDAY’S GAMES
GIRLS SOCCER
Schalick 2, Mainland 2
FIELD HOCKEY
Pennsville at Nottingham
FRIDAY’S GAMES
FIELD HOCKEY
Salem Tech 4, Maple Shade 0: Chargers win ninth straight, top last year’s win total; Araya DiGregoria scores twice.
Absegami 8, Salem 0: Maya Famelio and Paige Goodwin had two goals apiece.
BOYS SOCCER
NJTAC Quarterfinals
Penn Tech 2, Salem Tech 1: Jose Lopez and Gabriel Lacorte scored second-half goals for the winners. Logan Pace scored for the Chargers.
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
LOGAN TWP. – Abby Marino felt even worse than she did in winning the Salem County championship earlier in the week, but she still produced the same result.
The Woodstown junior continued to battle the seasonal stuffiness that plagued her in Wednesday’s county race Saturday, but didn’t let it affect her and won the Girls Division 2 race at the South Jersey Track Coaches Open at DREAM Park. She won the race in 19:43.86, 15 seconds ahead of runner-up Juliana Catalani of Maple Shade (19:58.37).
“It actually was equal to worse today than the other day, unfortunately,” she said. “It truly was amazing to be able to pull through. Once again, the support of everyone around me drove me to the best I could. Sharing the moment with them made it all worth it.”
Earlier in the week she talked about the mental strength it takes to overcome adverse conditions. “If you put your mind to it, you can do anything,” she said. She leaned on her mental discipline as a performance artist to help get her through.
“The performance part of dance does definitely help with needing to adjust if something doesn’t go to plan,” she said.
Among Woodstown’s top five, Reese Madiraca was 23rd (22:59.96), Anabel Schaal was 27th (23:17.65), Kiera Porch was 33rd (24:18.84) and Lucianna Mannella was 45th (25:17.11).
David Farrell, Woodstown’s Salem County boys champion, finished sixth in the Boys Division 2 race. He ran 17:05.49, less than a minute behind race winner Jamar Mack of Middle Twp. (16:17.80). Pacey Hutton (17:10.77) and Torsten Duva (17:12.87) both placed in the top 10.
The Wolverines were the only team in the race with three runners in the top 10.
“Dave went out hard; it was fun to watch,” Woodstown boys coach Steve New said. “Back end needs to step up, but we are moving in the right direction … All things considered, racing on Wednesday (in the county meet) definitely had an effect on us and we still held our own.”
Both Woodstown teams finished third in their respective team standings. The boys scored 81 points, finishing behind winner Haddon Twp. (60) and Camden Catholic (69). The girls scored 104 points, one ahead of fourth-place Sterling and two ahead of sixth-place Spotswood.
Girls soccer
PITTSGROVE – The goalpost may be a goalkeeper’s friend, but it did nothing to help the Schalick girls soccer team Saturday morning.
The Cougars came within inches of scoring a game-winning penalty kick in the first overtime, but the shot hit the crossbar and they eventually walked away with a 2-2 draw with Mainland.
The Cougars (9-2-1) came out slow against their Group 3 visitors and fell behind 1-0 in the first 10 minutes of the match, but once they settled in they started making things happen. Freshman Nicolette Bloomer got the equalizer and then put her team ahead.
Mainland (7-5-1) drew even with about 16 minutes to play, then the teams battled for the game-winner down the stretch. The Cougars had a couple chances: Emily Miller hit a free kick the keeper pushed over the crossbar and Bloomer broke in for a shot at a hat trick that hit the outside of the net.
In the first four minutes of overtime, Bloomer got pulled down in the box in overtime and the Cougars sent Olivia Vanacker to the spot for the PK winner. Vanacker hit a powerful shot, but it the crossbar.
The Cougars had three breakaways after that PK that the Mustangs’ defense turned away.
“Going against a Group 3 school that beat us last year definitely a lot of major takeaways,” Schalick coach Will Kemp said. “Being able to continue to compete at that level, being able to come back from being a goal down and then showing resilience after missing a crucial moment in a match. Loads to take away for me.”
