Author: almusky

Dante his own inferno

Woodstown left-hander Spina sharp in another May start, Wolverines blank Clayton; most of Wednesday’s schedule washed out to Thursday

WEDNESDAY BASEBALL
South Jersey Group I Tournament
Cape May Tech at Schalick, ppd. (Thurs.)
Gateway at Audubon, ppd. (Thurs.)
Wildwood 10, Paulsboro 0 (Tues.)
Riverside at Maple Shade, ppd. (Thurs.)
LEAP at Haddon Twp., ppd. (Thurs.)
Pitman at Pennsville, ppd. (Thurs.)
Buena 8, Glassboro 2
Woodstown 12, Clayton 0
South Jersey Group II Tournament
Salem Tech at Barnegat, ppd. (Thurs.)

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

WOODSTOWN – Where is it written that it has to be hitter who has a month associated with his name?

Everybody knows Reggie Jackson is Mr. October, but senior southpaw Dante Spina has become Mr. May for the Woodstown baseball team, a moniker the Wolverines no doubt hopes carries on into playoff June.

HARDING

Pitching in his final start of the month, Spina picked up his fourth win in May, a brilliant five-inning, three-hit shutout, 12-0 over Clayton in one of the rare South Jersey Group 1 playoff games played Wednesday. He walked two and struck out seven.

In his four outings in May, Spina has allowed just one earned run (two total) over 22 2/3 innings, walked seven and struck out 29. He has beaten Gloucester (May 1), Camden Catholic (May 9), Oakcrest (May 15) and Clayton (Wednesday). All four wins have come at home. He hasn’t given up an earned run in his last 21 2/3 innings.

“He’s earned the right to do this,” Woodstown coach Marc DeCastro said. “If you’d have asked me a month ago whether he would’ve pitched in a playoff game, I wouldn’t have been able to say yes. But he’s just continued to work past some of the struggles that he’s had in every step that he’s had between now and then.

“The last time was Haddon Twp., which was not great. And he pitched in relief against Cumberland, was OK. And the next time he started I believe was Gloucester, a little better. And then it just kept going every week until we got to this point. We needed that today. When you have only one day off and a second-round game on Friday you need a pitcher to be able to come out and not have anyone else throw.”

Spina faced the minimum on 43 pitches through the first 3 2/3 innings, thanks in part to a strike-em-out, throw-em-out double play in the first inning. He struck out five in a row at one point. His defense kept the shutout alive when Justin Delaney slipped coming around third on Kevin Mosley’s single to center and was cut down in a rundown between third and home for the final out of the fourth inning.

“I try not to think about it, just keep rolling,” he said of the May success. “(It’s) probably the sharpest I’ve ever been, to be honest. The funny thing is I have stopped thinking about mechanics. I think if it were me I’d stress too much about what my body was doing and trying to do everything perfect. Now I’m just letting it free and throwing the baseball.”

The Wolverines made it easier for their pitcher to let loose by scoring in every inning. They hit three home runs. Eight of the nine starters reached base at least once, six scored at least one run. Three players scored three times.

“We were prepared to play and we just talked about making sure we executed on every pitch and we didn’t take any pitch off today, that’s at the plate, on the mound, defensively, baserunning,” DeCastro said. “We played a well-rounded game.”

Clippers starter Delaney threw just one pitch against the Wolverines when the teams played a 3-1 game on May 11, a ball in the sixth inning that led to a walk and Woodstown’s second run. He threw one pitch too many Wednesday.

Tommy Tucci hit his first over-the-fence home run on any level of baseball, a three-run shot in the first inning off Delaney that gave the Wolverines a 4-0 lead. It came on the junior infielder’s 208th high school at-bat.

“We had runners at first and second and I was just trying to do some damage here,” Tucci said. “I got a green line, the first pitch I saw something up in the zone and went after it. I didn’t think it was gone off the bat, I was just running, but there was a guy in front of me and then once I saw him slow up I was like oh wow that really got out.

“I always go into a game nowadays thinking I’m going to get one but never really do and then a bunch of guys always mess with me saying I’ve got no juice at practice. They say I don’t even have (warning track power) sometimes.”

DeCastro has seen otherwise.

“The second half of the season Tommy’s turned a corner,” the head coach said. “He’s taken to a situation where he’s becoming a hitter that’s dangerous, not just a hitter who tries to make contact. He hits balls that are close and close and close in practice. He hits the ball really hard in games.  I don’t want to say hitting a home run was a matter of time. Whether that’s a home run or a ball off the wall, that ball is something that Tommy’s approaching.”

Chase Harding hit two homers off Clippers reliever David Chapes just a few hours after giving himself a playoff buzzcut. The first one was a solo shot in the third inning that gave the Wolverines a 7-0 lead, and the second was a two-out, two-run shot in the fourth that put them in run-rule territory. The second one went through the windshield of Spina’s grandfather’s car.

The senior designated hitter said there was “no correlation” between the buzz cut and the power surge.

“I just felt good today,” he said. “At the beginning of May I was at Ty (Coblentz’) house and he said we need to buzz our hairs. I said let me wait until after prom. He buzzed his last night. I got home from school today and I thought I had to do it. I thought it was going to look a lot worse (that it did).”

“We have a team group chat and he said in the group chat he had an itch,” Spina said. “I guess he itched it.”

The second-seeded Wolverines (17-8) now host 10th-seeded Buena (13-12) in Friday’s quarterfinals. Woodstown has won six in a row and eight of its last nine, including a 15-6 win over the Chiefs on May 16.

“This team (Clayton), we didn’t play to the best of our ability last time we played them so I think they came into this game a little light thinking they had a chance, but we knew they didn’t have a chance,” Harding said. “And Buena, the last time we played them we played great and I think if we play like that again we’ll move on.”

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WP: Dante Spina. LP: Justin Delaney. 2B: Walker Battavio (WO). HR: Tommy Tucci (WO), Chase Harding 2 (WO).

Merry, Merry Month of May

Here is a log of Woodstown left-hander Dante Spina’s four starts in May (4-0, 0.31 ERA)

GAMEIPHRERBBK
Gloucester (W 9-1)691118
Camden Catholic (W 5-0)750006
Oakcrest (W 4-1)4.231048
Clayton (W 12-0)530027
TOTALS22.22021729
Woodstown’s Tommy Tucci prepares to stomp on the plate after hitting his first ever home run, a three-run shot in the first inning of Wednesday’s playoff win over Clayton.



Record-setting Wolverines

Walker (goals), Morgan (assists) set all-time school records in Woodstown’s 16-2 lacrosse rout of Nottingham

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

TRENTON – There haven’t been many things in Delaney Walker’s life that have kept her on pins and needles as much as this last week in anticipation of her piece of history.

The Woodstown senior was on the cusp of becoming the girls lacrosse program’s all-time leading goal scorer, but the game had to get here.

One scheduled game was called off. A replacement game was found, but it was postponed by the weather. Then there was the prom and then Memorial Day weekend.

When the game finally arrived Tuesday, Walker wasted little time making history. She scored three of her five goals during the Wolverines’ 16-2 rout of Nottingham in the first quarter to set the goal-scoring record. She broke the mark of 236, set by current Woodstown assistant Abby Evans between 2015 and 2018.

Walker now has 239 career goals with at least one South Jersey Group I playoff game in front of her.

“Oh my God, it was painful,” she said of her week of waiting. “I had prom weekend (where she was a member of the Prom Court), so I had a lot of fun,, but that milestone was still in the back of my head. Today in school I was so excited to leave my eighth period class and go on the bus. And with the bus ride being an hour and 15 minutes that was hard too.”

Walker tied the record with her second goal after the Wolverines won a draw and raced all the way down the field to score. She broke the record with about four minutes left in the quarter when she cut in towards the goal and fired a high shot into the cage.

“I can breathe now,” she said. “Now that it’s here it just means I can accomplish my goals, but I have to keep working. It’s not the end.”

The players surrounded her with a group hug and then she shared a moment with the former record holder.

“I told her I was sorry (to have broken her record),” Walker said.

Ironically, when she got in her car to drive home from the trip she noticed the last three digits on the odometer: 2-3-8.

“That’s like a sign from God,” she said.

The UMass-Lowell signee needed 68 goals coming into the season to break Evans’ record. She put a big dent in it with a career-high 12 in her previous game against Haddon Heights. 

“At the start of the season the record was really like messing with my head a little bit,” she admitted. “I really didn’t think I was going to get it until Haddon Heights came around and I dropped out 10 and I was like, OK, now it’s here.”

Walker wasn’t the only record-setting Wolverine in the game. When Emma Morgan assisted of Walker’s record-breaking goal, she became the Wolverines’ all-time assist leader. Morgan has been there for Walker a lot, most notably assisting on her 100th and 200th career goals.

“We work really well together,” she said. “It was good to share that with her.”

Woodstown senior Delaney Walker (17) broke the Wolverines’ all-time goal scoring record Abby Evans (L) set between 2015 and 2018. Combined, they’ve scored 475 goals. Top photo, Walker and Emma Morgan (12) both set all-time school records in Tuesday’s game at Nottingham.


TCC Showcase

Here are the tresults of the Tri-County Conference Showcase at Pitman GC

GIRLS

Clearview’s Stella Bernardi survived a double bogey on her final hole and a late charge from her twin sister Lydia to win medalist honors. Stella made four birdies in a 1-over-par 74. Lydia made four straight birdies (7-10), a bogey and a par over her final six holes to finish with 75. Salem/Cumberland Challenge winner Nicole Tarquinio of Cumberland finished fourth (81). Salem Tech’s Hannah Kormann was the top Salem County finisher (108, T-11).

TEAM SCORES: Clearview 149, Washington Twp. 184, Williamstown 204, Kingsway 221, OLMA 222, Salem Tech 223, Schalick 243, Pennsville 247, Delsea 252.
TOP 5 INDIVIDUALS: Stella Bernardi, Clearview 74; Lydia Bernardi, Clearview 75; Tessa Reilley, Washington Twp. 79; Nicole Tarquinio Cumberland 81; Adrienne Abalos, Gloucester Catholic 92.

SALEM TECH (223): Sophia Conto 115, Hannah Kormann 108.
SCHALICK (243): Lena Virga 118, Miya Watkins 125.
PENNSVILLE (247): Abigail Bohn 121, Makenna Minguez 126.

BOYS

Kingsway sophomore Nick Fargnoli made three birdies and shot 1-under-par 69 to win medalist honors and lead the Dragons to the team title. Schalick finished second and Woodstown was fourth. Schalick’s Jaxon Weber was the top Salem County finisher, (75, T-5). Teammate Mikey Nelson, the Salem/Cumberland Challenge runner-up, was T-14 (82)

TEAM SCORES: Kingsway 297, Schalick 338, Pitman 343, Woodstown 368, Triton 384
TOP 5 INDIVIDUALS: Nick Fargnoli, Kingsway 69, Christopher Parrish, Kingsway 73; Christian Trabosh, Washington Twp. 73; Ryan Stankoski, Clearview, Clearview 73; Michael Links, Kingsway 75; Jaxon Weber, Schalick 75

SCHALICK (338): Jaxon Weber 75, Mickey Nelson 82, Reed Bucolo 92, Shawn Kelly 89.
WOODSTOWN (368): Logan Jones 97, Jack Bucksar 93, Nate Valente 94, Alejandro Vazquez 84.
SALEM TECH: Thomas Conto 122.
PENNSVILLE: Trevor Hann 103.

Girls medalist Stella Bernardi (C) is flanked by runner-up Lydia Bernardi (L) and third-place finisher Tessa Reilley.

TEE ASSIGNMENTS
1A: Bradyn Skokowski (Triton), Landen Hedrick (GCIT), Christopher Parris (Kingsway), Thomas Luu (Clearview)
1B: Cole Murray (Delsea), Mac Weldon (Highland), Nick Fargnoli (Kingsway), Ryan Stankoski (Clearview)
2A: Austin Tennyson (Deptford), Jaxon Fretz (Williamstown), David Dempsey (Delsea), Jack Kessler (Kingsway)
2B: Braydon Lewis (Triton), Dylan Simonson (Williamstown), Jake Bowen-Ashwin (Pitman), Jaxon Weber (Schalick)
3: Colin Buri (Triton), Evan Hall (GCIT), Christian Trabosh (Washington Twp.), Michael Links (Kingsway)
4: Joseph Nolan (Cumberland), Logan Jones (Woodstown), Max Pappalardo (Pitman), Mike Gallagher (Washington Twp.)
5: David Prante (Deptford), Madden Goss (Timber Creek), Nate Valente (Woodstown), Mikey Nelson (Schalick)
6: Nick Landi (Triton), Jack Bucksar (Woodstown), Joey Zubert (Pitman), Anthony Beach (Gloucester Catholic)
7: George Schultz (Timber Creek), Alejandro Vazquez (Woodstown), Zack Payne (Gloucester Catholic), Reed Bucolo (Schalick)
8: Manntram Patel (Cumberland), Sam Adams (Pitman), Shawn Kelly (Schalick), Luca Calabro (Highland)
9: Jackson Venuto (Clayton), Braxton Gillis (Overbrook), Trevor Hann (Pennsville)
10: Kyle Lex (Clayton), Daniel Atanasio (Salem Tech), Caden Thomas (Pennsville)
11: Angel Gonzalez (Wildwood), Thomas Conto (Salem Tech), Jeffrey Boyd (Overbrook)
12: Nicole Tarquinio (Cumberland), Tessa Reilley (Washington Twp.), Stella Bernardi (Clearview), Adrienne Abalos (Gloucester Catholic)
13: Maahishee Patel (Cumberland), Kendall Stewart (Kingsway), Lydia Bernardi (Clearview), Kaci Adams (Williamstown)
14: Julia Świerczyński (Woodstown), Camryn Heil (Clearview), Olivia O’Neill (Kingsway), Lena Verga (Schalick)
15: Sophia Conto (Salem Tech), Hannan Meloro (Clearview), Isabella Gordon (Williamstown), Emily Devecchis (Washington Twp.)
16: Hannah Kormann (Salem Tech), Claudia Bui (Delsea), Amelia Voronov (OLMA), Jess Alameno (Wildwood)
17: Leigh Ann Nage (Clayton), Gianna Spinelli (OLMA), Miya Watkins (Schalick), Abigail Bohn (Pennsville)
18: Madison Traister (Clayton), Kirra Ritz (Delsea), Makenna Minguez (Pennsville)

Top photo: TCC Showcase boys medalist Nick Fargnoli of Kingsway (C) is flanked by runner-up teammate Christopher Parrish (L) and third-place Christian Trabosh.

Tuesday playoff report

Woodstown rallies to take down Schalick in South Jersey Group I softball tourney opener; Pennsville win, Salem Tech falls; Woodstown lone survivor in SJ Group I tennis quarterfinals


SOFTBALL
South Jersey Group I Tournament
Audubon 15, Paulsboro 0
Riverside 8, Maple Shade 1
Pennsville 10, Wildwood 0
Pitman 11, Haddon Twp. 2
Glassboro at Palmyra, 3:30 p.m. (Wed.)
Gateway 12, Cape May Tech 8
Woodstown 7, Schalick 3
Buena 14, Burlington Twp. 1
South Jersey Group II Tournament
Gloucester 10, Haddonfield 0
Middle Twp. 8, Oakcrest 7
West Deptford 11, Collingswood 0
Cedar Creek 15, Manchester Twp. 0
Haddon Heights 15, Lower Cape May 0
Cinnaminson 11, Salem Tech 0
Medford Tech 5, Sterling 1
Barnegat 14, Overbrook 0

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

WOODSTOWN – He watched his team hit softball after softball on the button for four innings and get nothing for it, but Woodstown coach Rob Hildebrand remained confident all it would take is one ball falling in play to change the Wolverines’ fortunes.

There was a slow roller up the first base line that refused to go foul, a dropped fly in the outfield, another ball just out of the reach of an outfielder that cleared the bases and suddenly the Wolverines had a rally going.

The dropped fly, instead of being the last out of the fifth inning, opened the door for a five-run rally that gave Woodstown the lead and lifted them to a 7-3 win over Schalick in the opening round of the South Jersey Group 1 playoffs.

“All that it takes is putting one ball in play, I literally told them that the inning before,” Hildebrand said. “The first inning it’s rocket, rocket, rocket and a blooper falls in for our base-runner. That’s the game of softball/baseball. It will fall when it wants to fall; when it doesn’t (want to), it doesn’t.

“That’s why you have to put the ball in play and we’ve got to limit our strikeouts. That’s something we’ve really been working on, having better quality at bats. The girls have only gotten better and better at that as the year’s gone on.”

The seventh-seeded Wolverines looked in real danger of losing to their county and division rivals for the third time late in the game. 

The Cougars took a 3-0 lead into the bottom of the fifth and Addi Shimp was pitching brilliantly in the circle. The left-hander held the Wolverines to just two hits and three baserunners to that point, and kept them off the scoreboard with the help of a diving catch by centerfielder Noelani Whitley in the first inning that Hildebrand called “the best play I’ve seen all year in the outfield” and robbed Kendall Young of an RBI double or more.

The offense, meanwhile, pushed across a run in the third on Liv VanAcker’s RBI single and two in the fourth on a walk and four consecutive singles. They also had two runners cut down on close plays at the plate.

Shimp was headed for another quiet inning in the fifth when she retired the first two batters on a fly to center and a strikeout. But Emma Hitchner, pressed into her second career start due to an injury to regular catcher Lila Bowling, kept the inning alive with a single to center.

Ellie Wygand followed with a roller up the first base line that stayed in for a single, bringing Talia Guardascione to the plate for the at-bat that changed the game. Wanting to “do something big” after a hard flyout in her previous at-bat, Guardascione lifted a fly to center that looked like it would end the inning. Instead, the ball hit the heel of Whitley’s up-turned glove and after making an attempt to save it the ball fell away to score Hitchner with the Wolverines’ first run.

“That girl made a great catch the first inning and I was really shocked that she dropped my ball.,” Guardascione said. “When I saw it hit in the air I knew I got under it. I thought for sure she had it and I was just hoping everyone was still running. I even slowed up a little bit at first because I was already there by the time they were. It was great to see her drop it. I think she tried to be a little nonchalant (and) it got to her, and then after that it sparked the rally a little bit.”

Leah Clark walked to load the bases. Young then dropped a single in front of a diving Whitley that cleared the bases and gave the Wolverines a 4-3 lead. Maddie LaPalomento then doubled past a diving Kassady Sickler in right to make it 5-3.

“I just really let it all happen,” Young said. “After it comes off my bat I just run all the way through the bases and see what happens.”

“I could tell off the bat it was a base hit but because she made that other great catch I was just running as fast as I could with two outs because I knew I was getting home,” Guardascione said.

For all the balls the Wolverines put in play in the fifth, several of them said the biggest hit of the inning belonged to Hitchner for setting it all in motion. The sophomore had played in only seven games this season prior to Tuesday’s start and had nine career at-bats prior to her hit.

“Emma’s hit gave us the confidence to come back,” Young said.

“I was pretty nervous going up there because my first at bat was not very good,” she said, “but then I just told myself it’s a 2-2 count you’ve gotta do something here. Definitely going into (the game) I was just like I’ve got to prove myself,  I haven’t really gotten the opportunity all year, but I definitely proved myself today.”

The Wolverines extended their lead to 7-3 with two runs in the sixth. The Cougars threatened in the seventh, getting two on after two were out, but Clark struck out the next batter to end the game. Clark held the Cougars to just one hit and four base runners over the final three innings to pick up her 15th win of the season, believed to be the most by a Woodstown pitcher since Anna Marino’s 16 in 1979.

It was the third year in a row the Cougars (14-7) were eliminated by Woodstown.

“It wasn’t our best effort; we didn’t put out the defensive effort that we should have and it cost us,” Schalick coach Rick Higinbotham said. “We knew that would be the case, we would have to play defense; we didn’t do what we needed to do. We’ve got to play seven innings of solid softball, not five, not four, and that’s what we haven’t been able to do on some of our games this year. We get five, six innings, and then we have a cluncker of an inning. We’ll get better from it.”

Woodstown (17-8) now travels to second-seeded Buena (18-8) for Thursday’s quarterfinals game. The Wolverines have won eight in a row and 11 of their last 12

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WP: Leah Clark. LP: Addison Shimp. 2B: Karly Spears (WO).

PENNSVILLE 10, WILDWOOD 0: Graillyn Weber went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and spun a four-hit shutout in the circle, Avery Watson went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and Lily Edwards went 3-for-3 to collect her 100th career hit. The Eagles walked it off on Taylor Bass’ RBI single following Reagan Wariwanchik’s leadoff triple in the fifth.

Weber walked three and struck out four while shutting out the Warriors for the second time this season. She threw a three-hit shutout at them with a career-high 11 strikeouts on April 13.

Edwards led off the home first with a single, stole second and third, and scored on Weber’s sacrifice fly. She singled in the second and scored on an RBI single by Watson and collected her milestone hit with a single to center in the third. She’s had three hits in three of her last four games.

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WP: Graillyn Weber. LP: Emma Contreras. 2B: Graillyn Weber (P). 3B: Reagan Wariwanchik (P).

SOUTH JERSEY GROUP 2
CINNAMINSON 11, SALEM TECH 0: The Pirates put together Hailee Hunter’s two-run homer and three consecutive doubles to produce five runs in the first inning to take the upper hand.

The 11th-seeded Chargers (13-6) were held to two hits in their first-ever playoff game in program history — singles by Izzy Roberts in the first and third innings. They did put two runners on with one out in the first, but the Pirates quelled the threat with a pair of strikeouts.

Hunter had three hits and four RBIs for the Pirates (13-11). Mia Zuccarelli had three hits and three RBIs.

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WP: Evelyn Astor. LP: Izzy Roberts. 2B: Delaney Kroll (C), Hailee Hunter (C), Mia Zuccarelli (C), Peyton Farquhar (C). 3B: Makayla Sheker (C). HR: Hailee Hunter (C).
Woodstown celebrates its come-from-behind playoff victory over Schalick in the circle with pitcher Leah Clark after getting the final out.

Tennis

South Jersey Group I Quarterfinals
West Deptford 5, Penns Grove 0
Pt. Pleasant Beach 3, Pennsville 2
Woodstown 4, Pitman 1
Haddon Twp. 5, Schalick 0
Thursday’s Semifinals
Pt. Pleasant Beach (14-4) at West Deptford (22-1)
Woodstown (13-3) at Haddon Twp. (14-7)

WOODSTOWN 4, PITMAN 1
Drew Stengel (WO) def. Nolan Russell, 6-1, 6-2
Liam Etter (P) def. Mason Shimp, 7-5, 1-0 (ret.)
Luke Shaw (WO) def. Ben Williams, 6-1, 6-0
Nick DiTeodoro-Vincent Merendino (WO) def. Spencer Bianchini-Jonah Raymer, 6-1, 7-6 (7-3)
Josh King-Connor Miller (WO) def. Ezra Ralph-Ayden Employ, 6-0, 6-0
Records: Woodstown 13-8, Pitman 14-8

WEST DEPTFORD 5, PENNS GROVE 0
Carter Watson (WD) def. Stuart Mondragon
Aiden Bardon (WD) def. Anthony Pacheco, 6-1, 6-1
Carter Weber (WD) def. Juan Ortiz, 6-1, 6-2
Chase Eagle-Jeffrey Hack (WD) def. Jesus Arredondo-Adan Gonzalez, 6-0, 6-1
Allen Eastlack-Connor Watson (WD) def. Jordan Hernandez-Fernando Palacios Lima, 6-1, 6-0
Records: West Deptford 22-1, Penns Grove 7-9

HADDON TWP. 5, SCHALICK 0
Nathan Keating (HT) def. Gabe McFeeley, 6-0, 6-0
Declan Gallagher (HT) def. Reece Loatman, 6-1, 6-1
Grady Carson (HT) def. Tyr Brattlie, 6-2, 6-0
Cristian Picerno-Shea Anderson (HT) def. Cooper Halperin-Jack Genievich, 6-1, 6-2
Sylar Kennedy-Jack Considine (HT) def. Angelo Boston-Gavin McGrath, 6-1, 6-0
Records: Haddon Twp. 14-7, Schalick 9-11

This week’s schedule

Here is the Salem County sports calendar for the week of May 25-May 30

TUESDAY, MAY 26
SOFTBALL
South Jersey Group I Tournament
Paulsboro at Audubon
Riverside at Maple Shade
Wildwood at Pennsville
Haddon Twp. at Pitman
Glassboro at Palmyra
Cape May Tech at Gateway
Schalick at Woodstown, 3 p.m.
Burlington Twp. at Buena
GOLF
TCC Showcase, Pitman GC
GIRLS LACROSSE
Woodstown at Nottingham, 5 p.m.
TENNIS
South Jersey Group I Quarterfinals
Penns Grove at West Deptford
Pennsville at Pt. Pleasant Beach
Pitman vs. Woodstown
Schalick vs. Haddon Twp., 3 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27
BASEBALL
South Jersey Group I Tournament
Cape May Tech at Schalick
Gateway at Audubon
Paulsboro at Wildwood
Riverside at Maple Shade
LEAP at Haddon Twp.
Pitman at Pennsville
Buena at Glassboro
Clayton at Woodstown, 3 p.m.
South Jersey Group II Tournament
Salem Tech at Barnegat

THURSDAY, MAY 28
SOFTBALL
Penns Grove vs. LEAP, Rutgers-Camden, 6 p.m.
South Jersey Group I Quarterfinals
Paulsboro-Audubon vs. Riverside-Maple Shade
Wildwood-Pennsville vs. Haddon Twp.-Pitman
Glassboro-Palmyra vs. Cape May Tech-Gateway
Schalick-Woodstown vs. Burlington Twp.-Buena
South Jersey Group II Quarterfinals
Haddon Heights-Lower Cape May vs. Salem Tech-Cinnaminson
GIRLS LACROSSE
South Jersey Group I Tournament
West Deptford at Woodstown
TENNIS
South Jersey Group I Semifinals
Penns Grove-West Deptford vs. Pennsville-Pt. Pleasant Beach
Pitman-Woodstown vs. Schalick-Haddon Twp.

FRIDAY, MAY 29
BASEBALL
South Jersey Group I Tournament
Cape May Tech-Schalick vs. Gateway-Audubon
Paulsboro-Wildwood vs. Riverside-Maple Shade
LEAP-Haddon Twp. vs. Pitman-Pennsville
Buena-Glassboro vs. Clayton-Woodstown
South Jersey Group II Tournament
Salem Tech-Barnegat vs. Mastery Camden-Haddon Heights
TRACK
NJSIAA Championships, Franklin HS

SATURDAY, MAY 30
TRACK
NJSIAA Championships, Franklin HS

New kind of kicks

Penns Grove sweeps Palmyra for first win in South Jersey Group I tennis tournament since 2022, Pennsville swamps Audubon

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

PENNS GROVE — Back in 2022, the last time Penns Grove tennis had any success in the postseason, the current players on the Red Devils’ team hadn’t given a second thought to picking up a tennis racquet.

They were all soccer players first and foremost and spent most of their time dreaming of being the next Messi, Junior or Neymar than the next Rafael Nadal.

Most of them, unless they had a brother playing the sport already, didn’t pick up a racquet with a serious thought of becoming a tennis player until the summer of 2024 when they followed their buddies after assistant soccer coach Chucho Lopez told them to play another sport in the spring just to stay in shape. The fact Lopez also was the new tennis coach made it an easy choice.

Fast forward to Friday. Those same players who didn’t know a tennis racquet from a flyswatter two years ago made a little Penns Grove tennis history, sweeping past Palmyra 5-0 to win the school’s first South Jersey Group I tournament match since 2022, Lopez’ first year as a tennis assistant one year removed from playing in the program himself.

“This is great,” Lopez said. “We haven’t won since 2022 and we couldn’t have done it without these athletes. These guys are all soccer guys. None of these guys are true tennis players

“We’re the underdogs. Our school builds these athletes. We don’t play tennis, we come here, we learn. They don’t even know how to hold a tennis racquet. I tell them all the time make sure you get the right-handed racquet when you go buy one. It’s good to see that (development). You can learn and teach them something they can use their whole life. It’s very special.”

Sophomore third singles Juan Ortiz was in sixth grade the last time Penns Grove won a tournament match and he, for one, “never expected” he’d be playing tennis. 

“I don’t think anyone here expected to play tennis, to be totally honest with you,” he said.

The Red Devils’ last tournament win before Friday was a 3-2 opening-round upset at seventh-seeded Pennsville almost four years ago to the day. All three of their points that day were won in three sets, with two going to intense third-set tiebreakers. They were swept out in the next round and while they made the tournament each of the next three years they were swept in the first round each time.

Ortiz ended the dry spell with the program’s first tournament point in four years when he beat Simon Jacobs in straight sets, 6-1, 6-0. That was quickly followed by a sweep of the doubles points by Jesus Arredando and Adan Gonzalez (6-3, 6-1) and freshmen Jordan Hernandez and Fernando Palacios (6-2, 6-3) to clinch the match.

They played on after the clinch and Anthony Pacheco won at No. 2 singles and Stuart Mondragon won a second-set tiebreaker at first singles with a couple beautiful passing shots down the line to complete the sweep. 

“It means a lot to be in the history of the school and representing,” Ortiz said.

“I knew (the history), that’s why I was really excited for this,” captain Arredando said. “There was a lot of pressure but we overcame it. We did great.”

Penns Grove’s Juan Ortiz (L) and coach Chucho Lopez are all smiles after the sophomore secured the Red Devils’ first sectional tournament point since 2022 in Friday’s first-round match against Palmyra.

The Red Devils (7-8) had to overcome a lot to get where they are. The lineup Lopez rolled out Friday only slightly resembled the one that started the season. It underwent a major shift after they lost their first single player to work obligations.

Mondragon moved up to first singles where he consistently faced the opponent’s best player, Pacheco went to second singles and Ortiz went to third singles after beating out doubles partner Arredando in two challenges matches. Arredando stayed in doubles and the freshmen Arredando helped recruit from the soccer team were put together when another player wasn’t available.

The Red Devils have gone 5-7 since the shakeup and earned the bracket’s No. 8 seed for their first home match in the tournament since before 2017. .

“It was terrible at first; it was really, really difficult,” Ortiz said of the switch. “Since I was used to playing with a partner and (now it was) me just depending on myself it was hard, but I stuck to it and now I’m here. At first it was difficult, but then you get used to it. I just got used to it. I started to practice with the other singles and now it is more fun to play singles than doubles.”

Since the shakeup, Arredando has had so many doubles partners even Lopez has lost count (it’s actually been six), but the sophomore has remained steady throughout. He has a 10-4 record in all doubles, 5-3 at first doubles.

“It’s a little difficult to adjust, but it’s good experience to play with different players,” he said. “Being able to adjust to different teammate is really good and is good for my growth.”

The Red Devils’ reward for winning Friday is a trip to once-beaten top-seeded West Deptford (21-1) in Tuesday’s quarterfinals. It’s a daunting task, the Eagles have won 13 in a row, but in the big picture an experience worth having.

“It’s a nice challenge, but it gives them an eye opener that you’re not bound to just this small pond,” Lopez said. “There are lot of more better players out there. There are people who’ve been doing this since they were little, but for you to show up and represent Penns Grove and let them know this is what I got and you’re gonna get what I have, that’s really what we embody here. 

“We embody sportsmanship and at the end of the day just overall effort. I keep saying effort, but that’s what I want from them. I want the best they can provide and show every time I see them on the court or on the field. I always tell them it’s either you win or you learn. I don’t say the word lose,. You win or learn because every day you’re learning how to get better.”

PENNS GROVE 5, PALMYRA 0
Stuart Mondragon (PG) def. Jack Timlin, 6-0, 7-6 (7-4)
Anthony Pacheco (PG) def. Rian Austin, 6-3, 6-0
Juan Ortiz (PG) def. Simon Jacobs, 6-1, 6-0
Jesus Arredando-Adan Gonzalez (PG) def. Aiden Finch-Will Rossignol, 6-3, 6-2
Jordan Hernandez-Fernando Palacios Lima (PG) def. Gavin Holland-Jack Vitalie, 6-2, 6-3
Records: Penns Grove 7-8, Palmyra 5-13.

PENNSVILLE 4.5, AUDUBON 0.5
Sawyer Humphrey (P) def. Gavin Brown, 6-0, 6-2
Lucas Cooksey (P) def. Jake Vanderslice, 6-0, 6-0
Carter Willis (P) drew with Darsheel Salecha, 7-6 (7-0), 1-1
Coen Rinnier-Jacob Cheeseman (P) def. Ethan Reed-Ryan Wynn, 6-0, 6-0
Lucas Thomas-Ian Peacock (P) def. Jimmy McSweeney-Will Graham, 6-1, 6-0
Records: Pennsville 18-6, Audubon 2-14

SOUTH JERSEY GROUP I QUARTERFINALS
Tuesday’s matches
(8) Penns Grove (7-8) at (1) West Deptford (21-1)
(5) Pennsville (18-6) at (4) Point Pleasant Beach (13-4)
(6) Pitman (14-7) at (3) Woodstown (12-8)
(7) Schalick (9-10) at (2) Haddon Twp. (13-7)

Top photo: Penns Grove tennis coach Jesus “Chucho” Lopez talks with his team after it swept Palmyra in the South Jersey Group I tournament Friday.

Penns Grove No. 1 doubles team of Adan Gonzalez (L) and Jesus Arredando wait out a break during their sectional tournament match Friday.

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.

In another match, Pitman defeated Lower Cape May 4-1 and will play third-seeded Woodstown in Tuesday’s quarterfinals.

Basketball: Transfer news

The Salem Rams lost a dynamic player to the high school “transfer portal” earlier this spring, but Thursday they landed an equally dynamic player coach Anthony Farmer believes will make them better.

Gi’lyl Conrad, a 6-foot junior combo guard from AI DuPont High School in Delaware, enrolled in Salem Thursday. He’ll fill the void created by versatile rising senior guard Tymear Lecator’s transfer to Vineland.

Lecator scored 1,061 points and dished 272 assists for the Rams in three seasons. Conrad averaged a fraction over 20 points a game last season and was the second leading scorer in Delaware. The news of Lecator’s departure had some basketball observers writing the Rams off for the coming season, but the arrival on Conrad has them back on the favorites list.

“Ty was good for us,” Farmer said. “He got us to a point to get to the big one; we just didn’t get over the hump. You’d love to see a guy that close run it back.

“We were fortunate enough to get a guy who I think fits well with the group of guys we already have who I think can get us over the hump this year. We don’t miss a beat. I think he’s gonna make us better.”

On Friday, the Rams also posted a “Welcome to Salem City” post for 6-7 incoming freshman William Cooper Reed of Alloway.

The Rams have a heavy summer lined up. Their June schedule includes City of Lave Basketball (June 6), Total Turf Summer League (starting June 17) and Philly Live II (June 26-28).





Softball century club

Here is the list of Salem County softball players with 100 career hits, 100 career strikeouts (since 2011); note: stats source does not include seasons prior to 2011 in player totals, so some qualified may be omitted

Softball

100 HITSTOTALGRAD
Courtney Hankins, Pennsville1672015
x-Kylie Harris, Pennsville1622026
Morgan Zane, Schalick1522018
Gracie Meyer, Schalick1422017
Taylor Brown, Pennsville1392016
Tulana Mingin, Woodstown1372024
Gracee Roberts, Woodstown1312018
Brooke Coleman, Pennsville1272014
Sarah Morgan, Woodstown1222018
Megan McCurdy, Woodstown1212014
Casey Kisielewski, Pennsville1212014
Miranda Rodriguez, Schalick1332018
Janna Gaburo, Schalick1192014
Danica Pratta, Penns Grove1152015
Jessica Nines, Penns Grove1122015
Courtney Miller, Schalick1102014
April Laury, Schalick1102021
Victoria Nugent, Pennsville1082016
Danielle Werts, Pennsville1082019
Paige Wilson, Pennsville1082022
Jessica Thompson, Penns Grove1042015
x-Ellie Wygand, Woodstown1032026
Taylor Sparks, Schalick1032024
Kylee Barton, Schalick1012014

ON THE CUSP: Lily Edwards, Pennsville 96

100 STRIKEOUTSTOTALGRAD
Janna Gaburo, Schalick4012014
Toni Almond, Salem3832020
Gracie Meyer, Schalick3422017
Jessica Thompson, Penns Grove3352015
Olivia Mattioli, Penns Grove2632022
Paige Wilson, Pennsville2392022
Haley Broomell, Woodstown2342013
Paige Coleman, Schalick2332021
x-Leah Clark, Woodstown2212026
Meghan Wiggins, Pennsville2192016
Angela Lakatos, Pennsville2072015
Brooke Coleman, Pennsville2042014
Allison Cabo, Woodstown1972013
Savannah Palverento, Pennsville1902025
x-Addi Shimp, Schalick1832027
Grace White, Woodstown1792024
Raegan Wilson, Salem1762024
Katie Melchiorre, Schalick1662023
April Hartman, Pennsville1602019
Nina Verdecchio, Penns Grove1522019
Olivia Boultinghouse, Woodstown1432024
Rebecca Harris, Woodstown1402022
x-Graillyn Weber, Pennsville1052027
x-Avah Brown, Salem1022029
x-Active in 2026

What might have been

Schalick has game with Collingswood waved off leading in the fifth, two outs from making milestones by Watt, Hartley official; includes scores and highlights from Wednesday’s Salem County sports calendar

BASEBALL
Wildwood Catholic 7, Salem Tech 5
Schalick at Collingswood, canceled

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

COLLINGSWOOD – Ricky Watt got his milestone hit – and then some – and Cole Hartley was working on a no-hitter, but the only thing winning Wednesday was the weather.

Watt collected his 100th career hit and hit two home runs to tie Schalick’s single-season home run record and Hartley was building a lifetime memory, but it all got wiped away as the Cougars had their game with Collingswood called in the fifth inning before becoming official because of the weather. 

The Cougars were leading 5-0 and just two outs away from the game and all the milestones becoming official when play was halted due to lightning in the area. Once they got on the bus, the skies opened and the umpires called it a day.

“It was definitely a bummer for it to go out in the bottom of the fifth like that,” Watt said. “I can’t remember a high school game that got rained out in the middle of the game my whole career. I wasn’t aware of the ruling. I walked off the field and everybody was just telling me that nothing counted.”

“I was definitely a little annoyed,” said Hartley.

The Panthers had cause to beef, too. They were mounting a charge when play was halted, loading the bases with one out on an infield error and two walks.

Watt got what would have been his 100th career hit in his first at-bat, a sharp RBI single into left field that put the Cougars on top 1-0. He then hit solo homers to center in the third and fifth, giving him 10 for the season. That’s what would’ve been entered into the record had the game been official. Instead, with the washout, he’s still sitting on 99 hits and eight homers.

“That would’ve tied Luke (Pokrovsky) and all of his brothers for the single-season home run record,” Watt said. “That’s kind of what I was more excited for, to be honest, aside from the 100 hits. Not only did it suck for me but Cole was pitching such an awesome game.”

Hartley took a perfect game into the fifth inning, but lost the gem on an error leading off the fifth. He struck out the next batter, then, pitching into a gusting wind that signaled the approaching rain and “messed with” his breaking ball, he walked the next two. That’s where it ended.

He was part of a combined five-inning no-hitter with Jamari Whitley two years ago and a five-pitcher, five-inning no-hitter last year, but had never put one together by himself. He had thrown just 45 pitches through the first four innings with three strikeouts.

“I was dealing, I was on a roll,” Hartley said. “I had a goal of at least getting closer to my 100th strikeout (he had four, still needs 18). I was actually feeling like I might throw a perfect game today, or at least close to it, and I did.”

The Cougars don’t play again until Wednesday’s first round of the South Jersey Group I playoffs. As the No. 1 seed, they’ll play all their sectional playoff games at home, where it’s a bit more challenging to put one out.

SOFTBALL
GLASSBORO 19, SALEM 3: Marissa Rode’s three-run double highlighted a nine-run third inning that broke the game open. Rode had three hits and six RBIs in the game. Phoenix Holland had two of Salem’s three hits.
WOODSTOWN 9, ATLANTIC TECH 4: Woodstown’s Ellie Wygand ran her career hit total to 103 with three singles. The Wolverines broke a scoreless tie with three in the third inning on Kendall Young’s RBI single and Maddie LaPalomento’s two-run single and built their lead to 9-0. The Wolverines (16-8) have won seven in a row and 10 of their last 11.
MIDDLE TWP. 4, SCHALICK 2: Sophia Brown’s two-run single highlighted a three-run fourth inning that gave the Panthers a 3-0 lead and they withstood Cougars comeback bid. Katie Creamer kept the Cougars off the board until the sixth and struck out 10. Alex Shimp had two hits for Schalick.

GIRLS LACROSSE
Woodstown at Nottingham, ppd. to Tuesday

SOUTH JERSEY GROUP I TOURNAMENT
Projected First-Round Pairings
(16) New Egypt at (1) Haddonfield
(9) Shore at (8) Point Pleasant Boro
(12) Gateway at (5) Delaware Valley
(13) Dayton at (4) Bernards
(14) Middle Twp. at (3) New Providence
(11) Lower Cape May at (6) Haddon Twp.
(10) West Deptford at (7) Woodstown
(15) Johnson at (2) Rumon-Fair Haven

A real Paige turner

Down to the game’s last strike, Schalick freshman hits go-ahead three-run homer in seventh to send Cougars past Pennsville; Woodstown’s Wygand collects hit No. 100 in win over Pitman

TUESDAY SOFTBALL
Schalick 6, Pennsville 5
Woodstown 5, Pitman 3
Clayton 26, Penns Grove 8

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

PENNSVILLE – Most of the boxes the Schalick softball team has marked off their historical checklist this spring are linked to things they haven’t done since that magical season of 2021. But there is something the Cougars pulled off Tuesday night that takes them back a lot farther than that.

SPARKS

Among the big things they’ve done this season are sweeping the regular-season series from rival Woodstown and winning the TCC Diamond Division title, two things that hadn’t happened in five years. When they beat Pennsville 6-5 at the Pennsville Little League complex Tuesday night, it marked the first time since 2017 they have completed a sweep of their Salem County rivals the regular season.

They went 6-0 against Woodstown (twice), Penns Grove (twice), Salem (once) and Pennsville (once). They didn’t play start-up Salem Tech. In 2017, they beat Woodstown (twice), Penns Grove (twice) and Salem (once) in the regular-season and then Pennsville in the playoffs.

“Oh, really, I didn’t know that,” Schalick coach Rick Higinbotham said. “I didn’t keep track of that, but that’s great. That’s good to know.

“That’s a historical thing I didn’t really think about, but it’s always fun to play Pennsville. We played them last year, I think the game 5-4 and we pulled it off at home. They’re a good team. A good quality win against them heading into the playoffs that would be a good thing for us.

“It’s nice to be the top dog in the county, but this is Year No. 1 of some of our freshmen and I’m looking for more from them going down the line. I hope we get some more county wins along the way. That’d be fun.”

They got the latest one in dramatic fashion with one of those freshmen providing the biggest punch. Freshman Paige Sparks, down to the team’s final strike in the seventh inning, drilled a go-ahead three-run homer to swipe the lead back after the Eagles snatched it from them with five runs the inning before.She also broke a scoreless tie with a two-run single to center in the third.

“All I was thinking was just make contact,” Sparks said of her game-winning blast. “Don’t swing away, just make contact.

“It was pretty exciting, being my first home run in high school. I was really happy, real excited, because it landed right next to my parents (watching in the outfield).”

Addi Shimp kept the Eagles off the board for five innings. But as he has done in the past Higginbotham lifted her in favor of hard-throwing freshman Kaylee Broglin as a late-game change of pace. This time the move backfired as the Eagles reached her for five runs through a combination of hits, speed and wild pitches.

The Eagles scored their tying and go-ahead runs on balls that got away at the plate, forcing Higinbotham to bring Shimp back into the circle from first base to prevent further damage. The first batter she faced, Taylor Bass, beat out an infield single and in her attempt to catch Reagan Wariwanchik straying too far from third, Broglin’s throw skipped in the dirt and got away allowing the fifth run to race home.

“They showed grit in that inning and showed they’re never out of it,” Pennsville coach Beth Jackson said. “They hit the ball today. They were making contact, but it was right at them. It’s tough.”

“I was thinking I made a mistake,” Higinbotham said. “She’s done that in the past four or five games for us, come in and shut the door. They were ready for it. We’ll learn from it.”

Now that they had the lead, all the Eagles had to do was hold the line in the seventh and they’d have a Senior Night win to remember. And they nearly got out of it. Neolani Whitley traded places with Shimp on the bases with a fielder’s choice that brought the second out. Pinch hitter Taylor Brown kept the inning alive when she reached on an infield error. 

That brought Sparks to the plate. Graillyn Weber, who earlier in the game recorded her 100th career strikeout, had the freshman down in the count. One more good pitch could end it, but she threw a juicy fastball in the zone and Broglin sent it into the night to give Schalick a 6-5 lead.

“I think it’s pretty mind blowing,” Sparks said. “I’ve been watching it for a while because my sister played before me. It was very big because I didn’t see them do that.”

The Eagles did mount a threat in the bottom of the seventh. Lily Edwards reached on an error and got into scoring position with one out, but Shimp got out of it with a fly out and ground out to end the game.

The Cougars aren’t done playing county rivals, actually. They’ll open the South Jersey Group I playoffs Tuesday at Woodstown.

“We beat ‘em twice, there’s no reason why we shouldn’t beat them a third time,” Higinbotham said. “We’ll see what happens. You never know. It’s playoff time.”

Wygand gets milestone hit in win

PITMAN – Ellie Wygand had been sitting on 99 career hits since last Thursday and was eager to get the milestone across the line.

The Woodstown senior wasted little time nailing down career hit No. 100, sending a payoff pitch into centerfield leading off the game in an eventual 5-3 Wolverines win over Pitman.

Woodstown’s Ellie Wygand warms up between innings during a recent game.

“I was just waiting to sit on the right pitch,” she said. “She was kind of a wildish pitcher, not sure what she was going to throw next, and I sat on a pitch. It wasn’t like a line drive, but it got the job done. It landed perfectly and that was my hit.”

The FDU-Florham signee went 1-for-3 in the game with a walk. She got her milestone hit in her 247th high school at-bat over four years. She’s increased her hit total each season she played and now had 37 for the season. She needs nine runs for 100 in that category.

“I think it took a lot of pressure on me,” she said of delivering in her first at-bat. “Coming in as a freshman I didn’t even have this as one of my goals, but going into my senior year I was really excited to have the opportunity to achieve that. Coming into my first at-bat and getting it done it took a lot of pressure on my shoulders and now you can just have fun with the rest of the season and work hard.”

After locking down the milestone hit, Wygand got all the way to third base, but the Wolverines could get her home. The Wolverines were then thrown into catch-up mode after Pitman scored three in the home half of the inning, but they steadily climbed back into it.

They got a run in the second on a wild pitch and tied it in the third on Karly Spears’ bases-loaded fielder’s choice and another wild pitch.

They took the lead in the fourth on Leah Clark’s tie-breaking RBI single and a run-scoring grounder to first by Maddie LaPalomento.

Meanwhile, Clark put up zeroes from circle after the first inning. She scattered five hits the rest of the game and allowed only one runner past second base, and that was with two outs in the sixth. 

The Wolverines are gearing up for the South Jersey Group I playoffs, where they enter as the No. 7 seed and host rival Schalick in the opening round Tuesday. They’ll have some extra motivation for the game, having lost both games of the season series for the first time since 2021.

“We weren’t aware of this until a couple days ago and when I found out it definitely was shocking,” Wygand said. “But I fully believe if we go out there and play with our hearts on the line and give it our all we have a very good shot at winning that game.”

CLAYTON 16, PENNS GROVE 8: The Clippers erased an early 7-0 Penns Grove lead with 17 runs in the second inning. They sent 23 batters to the plate in the eruption. Janice Blair went 4-for-5 with four RBIs for Clayton.

SOUTH JERSEY GROUP I SOFTBALL
Tuesday’s First-Round Games
(16) Paulsboro at (1) Audubon
(9) Riverside at (8) Maple Shade
(12) Wildwood at (5) Pennsville
(13) Haddon Twp. at (4) Pitman
(14) Glassboro at (3) Palmyra
(11) Cape May Tech at (6) Gateway
(10) Schalick at (7) Woodstown
(15) Burlington City at (2) Buena

SOUTH JERSEY GROUP 2 SOFTBALL
Tuesday’s First-Round Games
(16) Haddonfield at (1) Gloucester
(9) Oakcrest at (8) Middle Twp.
(12) Collingswood at (5) West Deptford
(13) Manchester Twp. at (4) Cedar Creek
(14) Lower Cape May at (3) Haddon Heights
(11) Salem Tech at (6) Cinnaminson
(10) Sterling at (7) Medford Tech
(15) Overbrook at (2) Barnegat