Pennsville closing in on first division title in 32 years, Price scores twice in Schalick return, Ayars scores first hat trick
BOYS SOCCER
Pennsville 1, Wildwood 0
Schalick 4, Pitman 0
Woodstown 3, Overbrook 0
Penns Grove 1, Glassboro 0
Salem at Salem Tech
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – Derek Foglein can’t quite wrap his hands around the trophy yet, but the 29-year-old Pennsville soccer coach can feel it and he says “it feels really good.”
The Eagles took a big step towards securing their first Tri-County Classic Division title in 32 years Monday when they edged Wildwood with a second-half own goal, 1-0.
The Eagles (8-4, 7-0) still have three division games remaining, but are the only undefeated team in the group and everyone else has at least two losses. They have won 13 straight Classic Division games over the last two seasons.
Interestingly, all eight of Pennsville’s wins this season have come via shutout.
“At this point we would need to lose to Clayton (8-4) and then lose to either Gloucester Catholic (4-6) or Salem (0-9) and Wildwood would have to clean out the rest of the way to go 8-2,” Foglein said. “I don’t see it happening, but I can’t call it official.
“I think getting a result on Tuesday night at Clayton on their turf on their Senior Night is going to be another huge battle for us, but I think if we win that one then we can pretty definitively say that it’s ours.”
How long has it been? Foglein wasn’t even on the planet when the Eagles last won a division in 1993. Assistant coach Joe Mecholsky was two years removed from graduating as a member of their 1991 division champions and could be part of the school’s first father-son soccer division champs if son Jackson and Friends pull it off.
“I could cry right now, I’m so happy,” stopper Steve Fatcher said. “When we go in the gym and we look in the soccer bleachers, (the banner says) it hasn’t been done since 1993. This is something that’s been waiting for generations now. Finally.
“It was the goal last year, but Wildwood came out shooting. It feels like a big weight is lifted off my shoulders and this team’s shoulders.”
The Eagles dominated the tempo in the second half and had several good chances to score that just missed the target. They finally got one in the net on an own goal credit to Sam Hassler with 21:28 left.
It came off another monster thrown in by Fatcher from the far sideline and was going to come right to Hassler when a Wildwood defender headed it into the top corner of the goal.
“We came into this game knowing my throw-ins are a big weapon,” Fatcher said. “A lot of the corners and throw-ins to Wildwood work because they don’t mark up straight out; they wait for you to come in.
“It seems like when they tried that they lost a lot of people in the box. The best chances we had were the throw-in or the corner kicks. We honestly should’ve had three or four more, but I don’t care how many chance we miss as long as the end result is a win.”
Funny how those crazy bounces have a way of evening out. The Eagles lost a 1-0 game earlier this year on an own goal and now they get their biggest goal of the year to date because of one.
“I said after the Glassboro game that was one I felt didn’t bounce in our favor,” Foglein said. “We got one to bounce in our favor today and probably the more important of the two we got to bounce in our favor today. I’m never going to complain about that.”
Especially not when it gets them so close to a title.
SCHALICK 4, PITMAN 0: Luke Price returned to the Schalick lineup after missing five games in concussion protocol and scored two goals in the Cougars’ fifth straight win.
“It was amazing,” the junior forward said of his return. “It’s great to be back. It’s a great group of boys to play with. I was happy to be with the team and contribute.”
Price sustained his concussion in the first half of the Cougars’ Sept. 20 loss to Bordentown and watched his mates go 4-1 in his absence. He got cleared for athletics Saturday and participated in practice that day.
He came off the bench Monday and scored his first goal since Sept. 18 off a cross from Josh Stecher after being in the game about five minutes. He scored his second goal in the second half to make it 3-0.
“I was really hoping for a goal just to get back into the groove,” he said. ”It was great scoring those.”
Tyler Vanlier, the freshman who took Price spot up front while he was out and scored four goals, scored the Cougars’ other two goals against the Panthers. Evan Sepers posted the shutout, his third in a row and fifth of the season.
WOODSTOWN 3, OVERBROOK 0: Bryce Ayars scored his first high school hat trick. Nick DiTeodoro assisted on two of the goals and Blake Bialecki assisted on the other.
Ayars has scored a goal in each of the Wolverines’ eight wins this season. They have won 17 straight and 22 of the last 23 in which he has scored a goal.
“It’s definitely an achievement that I’ve been driven to make this year, but it couldn’t be done without my teammates,” Ayars said. “This season feels different and the teamwork we have made this hat trick possible. Hoping this is the first of many, but I’m definitely going to remember this one.”
PENNS GROVE 1, GLASSBORO 0: Juan Ortiz scored the game’s only goal in the first half and Dwayne Guzman Silva made it stand in the goal, including a great save on a header off a corner kick in the first half. The Red Devils are 3-0 in one-goal games this season.
SALEM AT SALEM TECH: The Rams were looking for their first win of the season. The Chargers were looking for a season sweep.
Author: almusky
Keeping pace
Girls roundup: Schalick soccer dodges bullet in division with Berger’s golden goal, Salem field hockey wins in final minute, Pennsville falls in South Jersey tennis quarterfinals
GIRLS SOCCER
Schalick 3, Pennsville 2 (OT)
Woodstown 3, Overbrook 1
Salem Tech 7, Salem 1
Glassboro at Penns Grove
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – Will Kemp might not have seen it that way, but the Schalick girls soccer team dodged a bullet that could have disrupted its division title hopes Monday.
The Cougars needed a goal less than four minutes before the end of regulation to keep the game alive and then got a golden goal in overtime to beat Pennsville 3-2.
The win allowed them to remain tied with Woodstown atop the TCC Diamond Division at 6-0-1. The teams play the rematch of their 1-1 draw at Schalick Oct. 16 – as if there needed to be any more incentive for a matchup between those two teams, although it might not have been as juicy had the Cougars not won Monday.
“I don’t think we dodged a bullet,” the Schalick coach said. “We had a good match against a team that’s developed extremely well over the last few weeks.
“Even if the division’s not on the line, the match with Woodstown is always going to be a heated, high-intense match, so for us to go ahead and continue to have a first-place fight going into a match like that, it just adds a lot more fuel to the actual fire that’s going to happen inside that game. I’m just really excited for the girls to be able to continue to play for it.”
Pennsville took a 2-1 lead on Taylor Bass’ goal with 8:38 to play and as time dwindled down the Cougars chances to pull this one out were starting to look what Quinn Berger described as “iffy” until center back-turned striker Emily Miller got the equalizer with 3:31 to play.
“Emily has been able to find the back of the net numerous times over her career,” Kemp said. “I’m not really too surprised she actually was able to give us the equalizer inside a match like this.”
Berger then won it midway through the first overtime with a 20-yard kick to her lower left side after a foul just outside the box.
“I saw the gap in between their wall and the corner of the net and the goalie kind of behind the wall so I knew not to chip it over the wall,” Berger said. “And I saw the corner was wide open so I might as well place it, so that’s exactly what I did.”
The Cougars won the first meeting between the teams 6-0 and seemed headed that way when Cali Fisher scored in the eighth minute of the rematch. But the Eagles were having none of it as Marley Wood drew them even 8:54 before halftime.
It was the first goal the Eagles have scored on Schalick in seven meetings and the closest they’re played the Cougars since beating them 1-0 in 2021.
“They played spectacularly,” Pennsville coach Casey Slusher said of her team. “This group of girls is very resilient. We’ve had some ups and downs, up players, down players, it doesn’t matter to them, they come out and just give us their all.
“Even going into overtime with Schalick is a pretty good accomplishment for us, so I’m just proud of my girls for putting it all out there and playing the way they did.”
Kemp was equally generous with the praise for his team’s resiliency.
“Our word of the day today was ‘remember,’” he said. “I was talking to the players about what are you actually going to be remembered for when you leave this field. For us to walk away from this match, they’re going to remember us for getting frustrated but still continue to maintain the course by keeping the standard and making sure we see the game through.”
WOODSTOWN 3, OVERBROOK 1: The Wolverines (8-2-1) held onto their share of the division lead behind goals from Emma Morgan, Emma Perry and Sophie Wells. Wells has scored both of her goals this season against the Rams (4-7).
SALEM TECH 7, SALEM 1: Julia Hewitt-Friebel scored three goals and Ava Robinson scored twice to lead the Chargers. Evening Ademee and Peyton Pratt scored Salem Tech’s other goals. Isla Bohn scored for Salem.
Love that goal scorer
FIELD HOCKEY
Salem 3, Absegami 2
Hammonton 2, Woodstown 1
SALEM – Julliana Love beat the clock and the goalie in the final minute to complete a three-goal comeback against Absegami that produced the Rams’ second win of the season, 3-2.
With time running out, the senior went 1-on-1 with Braves goalie Fairleigh Wilson, aimed for the corner and popped in the game-winner with 52 seconds to play. She scored two goals in the game. Freshman Khloe Bubier scored the Rams’ other goal.
“It was a great competitive game,” Love said. “All I can remember is thinking I didn’t want to go into overtime, so I took the ball up the field, dodged two girls and then was 1-on-1 with the goalie and made the game-winning shot.”
HAMMONTON 2, WOODSTOWN 1: Gabriella Teti scored the game-winner in the fourth quarter. Bella Eachus scored for Woodstown (6-4-1) in the second quarter.
Tennis
SJ Group I Quarterfinals
AUDUBON 3, PENNSVILLE 2
Lily Edwards (P) def. Olivia Tessitore, 6-0, 6-0
Olivia Tessitore (A) def. Isabella Schrenker, 6-1, 6-2
Isabella Lamancusa (A) def. Morgan Holt, 6-3, 6-2
Bridget Mattson-Finola Witherington (A) def. Emma Hankin-Naomi Hess, 6-0, 7-5
Graillyn Weber-Yerlian Charon (P) def. Yesica Palillero-Bea Herman, 6-4, 2-6 10-8
Records: Audubon 13-1, Pennsville 9-7.
Volleyball
WOODSTOWN – Neima Dominguez scored 18 kills and Erin Compton 14 as Camden Tech rallied from one set down to defeat Salem Tech 2-1. The set scores were 20-25, 25-23, 25-14. Valentina Andeliz had 22 digs and Madeline Kopakowski had 26 assists and seven aces.
This week’s schedule
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Oct. 5-12
SUNDAY, OCT. 5
FIELD HOCKEY
SJ Tournament of Champions
At Clearview
Schalick vs. Clearview, 3:15 p.m.
MONDAY, OCT. 6
FIELD HOCKEY
Absegami at Salem, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Hammonton, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
Pitman at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Salem at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
Wildwood at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Overbrook at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Glassboro at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Salem Tech at Salem, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Overbrook, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Pennsville at Gloucester Catholic, 3:45 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL
Camden County Tech at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
TUESDAY, OCT. 7
FIELD HOCKEY
Deptford at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Pitman at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Salem at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
SJ Group I Quarterfinals
Lower Cape May at Pitman, 2 p.m.
Schalick at Woodstown, 3 p.m.
Wildwood at Haddon Twp., 3 p.m.
Audubon at Pennsville, 3:30 p.m.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8
BOYS SOCCER
Cumberland at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Salem at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Palmyra, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Pitman, 7 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Schalick at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Salem, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Pitman, 5 p.m.
Penns Grove at Cumberland, 6 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Penns Grove at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
OLMA at Salem, 4 p.m.
CROSS COUNTRY
Salem County Meet at Schalick, 3:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, OCT. 9
WJFL FOOTBALL
Paulsboro at Pennsville, 6 p.m.
Haddon Heights at Woodstown, 7 p.m.
Cinnaminson at Glassboro
FIELD HOCKEY
Burlington City at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m.
Woodstown at Schalick, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Camden Academy Charter at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
Gloucester City at Salem, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Salem at Gloucester City, 4 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at Wildwood, 4 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCT. 10
WJFL FOOTBALL
Gloucester at Schalick, 6 p.m.
Penns Grove at Delran, 6 p.m.
Collingswood at Audubon, 7 p.m.
Overbrook at Camden Catholic
Woodbury at Willingboro
FIELD HOCKEY
Overbrook at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m.
Salem at Gloucester City, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Woodbury, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Paulsboro at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
Woodbury at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Woodstown at Pitman, 3:45 p.m.
Penns Grove at Salem, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Wildwood, 4:15 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at Highland, 4 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC Prospect Showcase
SATURDAY, OCT. 11
WJFL FOOTBALL
West Deptford at Salem, noon
CROSS COUNTRY
South Jersey Coaches Meet, Dream Park
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC Prospect Showcase
SUNDAY, OCT. 12
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC Prospect Showcase
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Morris CC, CCBC at Salem CC, 10 a.m.
Photo credit: Kaitlyn Khairzada
Saturday roundup
Here are the scores and highlights from Saturday’s Salem County sports calendar
BOYS SOCCER
Northern Burlington 6, Woodstown 0: Elijah Font scored three goals and recorded his school-record 29th career assist as the Greyhounds handed Woodstown its first loss of the season. Bryce Ayars had a few good chances to score for the Wolverines in the first half, but was turned away by a defensive swarm.
FIELD HOCKEY
Schalick swamped Audubon 7-0 in the first round of the South Jersey Coaches Tournament of Champions at Camden Catholic. The Cougars play Clearview in Round 2 3:15 p.m. Sunday at Clearview.
In the other games, Camden Catholic blanked Delsea, 4-0; West Deptford swamped Gloucester 9-1; and Clearview blanked Delran 4-0.
CROSS COUNTRY
HOLMDEL – Jacob Marino finished 11th overall and two other runners placed in the top 25 to lead Woodstown to a third-place finish in the Shore Coaches Invitational Boys Varsity E race at Holmdel Park.
Marino ran a 17:01, while David Farrell (17:40) and Karson Chew (17:44) both finished in the top 25.
Salem Tech also was in the field and finished 21st. Jean-Pierre Pozo was the Chargers’ fastest runner (20:02)
Schalick finished 18th in the Girls Varsity F race. Helen Lillia was the Cougars fastest runner (23:10.08).
NJSIAA TENNIS TOURNAMENT
WEST WINDSOR – Schalick’s doubles team of Sebrina Bradford and Olivia Lunemann defeated Lejla Kaba and Kylie LaCroix of Pompton Lakes 6-1, 7-5 in the opening round of the NJSIAA Tournament doubles draw. They will play 5-8 seed Charlotte Hao and Nicole Rubin of Pingry in Sunday’s second round.
The Cougars’ Miya Watkins fell in the opening round of the singles draw to Julia Kravchenko of Gov. Livingston, 6-0, 6-1.
Playoff bound turnaround
Salem, winless a year ago, slams Middle Twp. to gain a solid foothold on Group 1 playoff berth; includes WJFL standings
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – Usually when someone wants to draw your attention to something that might be historically surprising they’ll start by saying something along the lines of “Don’t look now, but …”
Well, it says right here you can go ahead and look now. A team that didn’t win a game all last season and had lost 13 in a row before finally breaking through for their new coach is now solidly in the picture for a South Jersey Group I playoff berth.
Salem won for the second week in a row and third time in the last four games with a 44-0 pasting of winless Middle Twp. way down here Saturday. It’s the latest the Rams (3-3) have been .500 or better in a season since the end of their 2022 state semifinal season, when they started 4-1 and finished 8-5.
The Rams were seventh in the SJ Group I UPR rankings before beating Schalick last Thursday for their second win to become playoff eligible and rose to No. 5 this week before beating the Group 2 Panthers (0-6).
They last made the playoffs in 2023 with a 2-8 record, but missed out in last year’s winless season — the first year with Kemp Carr at the helm — their first oh-fer in 13 years. They can just about start printing their first playoff tickets now.
“It means a lot,” Carr said. “Any time you can get in the playoff and hopefully that happens everybody is 0-0; that’s the greatest thing. Everybody’s record is erased and you have a chance. We’ve got work to do, but we love the fact we have an opportunity.”
“We’re excited, we’re ecstatic,” added sophomore Quimee Bergen. “Last year we were 0-and-9, but we’re winning games now. We’ve got a nice future.”
Bergen, Kai’Siere Muhammad and Torryn Ransome each scored two touchdowns for the Rams.
Muhammad and Bergen both caught a touchdown pass from Desmund Thomas, but it was their other two scores that caught the most attention.
Bergen broke in a smothered a bad punt snap in the end zone in the second quarter to give the Rams the special team’s touchdown Carr had requested and a 26-0 lead.
“At first I was going to hit him, but he wasn’t picking up the ball, so that was an easy touchdown for us,” Bergen said. “They weren’t blocking me so I was free every time so it was easy to get back there.”
Muhammad got the running clock started when picked off a pass in traffic over the middle and returned it 25 yards to give the Rams a 38-0 lead.
“It was like an adrenaline rush,” the junior said. “When I saw the ball and felt it touch my hand I had to score. When I saw the ball, I just got it and took off.
“All I saw was the end zone. I was telling myself I have score. I got the one boy off me, then saw the next boy, stiffed on him and the touchdown. My goal for the game was two touchdowns and that’s what I accomplished.”
Somebody in a Rams’ helmet was going to get that interception. Muhammad actually took it off teammate Makhye Murray as they converged and collided on the coverage.
“We talked about it after; it was cool,” Muhammad said. “I said, my fault. I said, you’re going to get it next time. He said he was going to get a pick.”
Ramsome scored the first and last touchdowns of the game. Troy Cater rushed for the Rams’ other touchdown.
The Rams’ defense, meanwhile, was relentless. It locked up the Panthers for minus-25 yards net rushing, minus-1 yard net offense and one first down. It was their first shutout since blanking Florence 42-0 in late October 2022 (29 games).
The Rams had a running clock on their side for the first time in three years from the 7:10 mark of the third quarter. The 44 points were the most they’ve scored in a game since putting 53 on Pleasantville in the third game of the 2022 season.
“I’ve been on that side of the coin before, so it’s nice to be on this side of it,” Carr said. “It’s nice for the guys to be able to enjoy it.”
They had two possessions in the final minute of the second quarter for a chance to have it the entire second half, but major penalties negated two touchdowns and both possessions ended in interceptions at or near the goal line.
They actually had three touchdowns called back by penalties in the game. They’ve now lost nine touchdowns this season because of penalties.
While the Rams may be firmly on the playoff ladder, Carr insists their focus is squarely on next week’s game with West Deptford.
“We’re very happy, but we ain’t satisfied; we’ve got work to do,” Carr said. “We still have three games in front of us during the regular season and wer’e going to try to get every last one of them and then well post where we’re supposed to be posted at, what seed we’re supposed to be.
“We’re just going to continue to plug and work our butts off in practice. Fundamentally we need to get a little bit better. I think fundamentally we get better I think we can do some damage in the next couple weeks.”
Salem 44, Middle Twp. 0
| SAL | MT | |
| 16 | 1st Downs | 1 |
| 40-203 | Rushing | 12-(-25) |
| 6-16-2 | Passing | 4-10-2 |
| 100 | Passing yds | 24 |
| 2-0 | Fumbles-lost | 2-2 |
| 0-0 | Punts-avg | 4-11.0 |
| 5-50 | Penalties | 5-45 |
| Salem | 14 | 12 | 12 | 6- | 44 |
| Middle Twp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0- | 0 |
SCORING SUMMARY
S-Torryn Ransome 3 run (Jonathan Bower kick), 6:04 1Q
S-Kai’Siere Muhammad 16 pass from Desmund Thomas (Jonathan Bower kick), 3:50 1Q
S-Troy Carey 3 run (kick failed), 9:56 2Q
S-Quimere Bergen fumble recovery in end zone (run failed), 8:46 2Q
S-Quimere Bergen 38 pass from Desmund Thomas (kick failed), 7:31 3Q
S-Kai’Siere Muhammad 25 interception return (run failed), 7:10 3Q
S-Torryn Ramsome 3 run (kick failed), 8:53 4Q
WJFL Standings
| DIAMOND | ALL | DIV |
| Glassboro | 6-0 | 3-0 |
| Salem | 3-3 | 2-1 |
| Schalick | 2-4 | 2-1 |
| Woodbury | 2-4 | 1-2 |
| Woodstown | 2-4 | 1-2 |
| Penns Grove | 0-6 | 0-3 |
| PATRIOT | ALL | DIV |
| West Deptford | 5-1 | 4-0 |
| Paulsboro | 6-0 | 4-0 |
| Pennsville | 3-3 | 2-2 |
| Overbrook | 4-2 | 1-2 |
| Collingswood | 4-2 | 1-2 |
| Camden Catholic | 0-6 | 0-3 |
| Audubon | 1-4 | 0-3 |
SATURDAY’S GAMES
Woodbury 32, Gateway 21
Audubon 58, Gloucester Catholic 0
Haddon Heights 35, Camden Catholic 6
Salem 44, Middle Township 0
OTHER WJFL GAMES
Wildwood 21, Mastery Camden 18
Hamilton West 19, Nottingham 13
Winslow 26, Camden 8
Pennsauken 27, Camden Eastside 0
Bordentown 27, Robbinsville 7
KIPP at Ewing
Steinert 41, Moorestown 15
THURSDAY’S GAMES
Pleasantville 40, Woodstown 0
FRIDAY’S GAMES
Glassboro 56, Deptford 0
Paulsboro 6, Schalick 0
Pennsville 41, Penns Grove 0
Collingswood 31, Sterling 14
Haddonfield 29, West Deptford 14
Overbrook 38, Clayton 14
Down to the wire
Woodstown tennis wins a pair of tiebreakers to clinch match with Pennsville; includes scores and highlights from Friday’s Salem County sports calendar
FIELD HOCKEY
OLMA 2, Salem 0
Schalick 1, Williamstown 0
Woodstown 3, Gateway 0
Salem Tech at Winslow
BOYS SOCCER
Buena 4, Salem Tech 2
GIRLS TENNIS
Woodstown 3, Pennsville 2
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE — No. 2 singles Alyssa Berry and the doubles team of Emma West and Angelina Lindenmuth pulled out exciting tiebreakers in deciding sets to lift Woodstown over Pennsville 3-2 in girls tennis Friday.
West and Lindenmuth edged Graillyn Weber and Yerlian Charon 7-5 in the second-set tiebreaker at No. 2 doubles to clinch the overall match moments after Berry outlasted Isabell Schrenker 11-9 in their third-set tiebreaker to even the score.
The doubles team was down 3-0 and 4-2 in their tiebreaker before rallying to win the clinching match.
“I told them both the same thing,” Wolverines coach Jesse Stemberger said. “If I’m not panicking, you’re not panicking. So, play under control and play with confidence. If you do that, you’ll be OK.”
The match could potentially be the final one between Stemberger and his Pennsville counterpart Dan LaMont in girls tennis. Unless their teams play in the South Jersey Group I finals, LaMont could be leaving with an 11-10 all-time lead in the matchup.
WOODSTOWN 3, PENNSVILLE 2
Lily Edwards (P) def. Nathalie Neron, 7-5, 6-0
Alyssa Berry (WO) def. Isabell Schrenker, 4-6, 6-0, 11-9
Morgan Holt (P) def. Noelle Neron, 6-1, 6-0
Madison LaPalomento-Emilee Kehr (WO) def. Emma Hankin-Naomi Hess, 6-1, 6-2
Emma West-Angelina Lindenmuth (WO) def. Graillyn Weber-Yerlian Charon, 6-4, 7-5 (7-5)
Records: Woodstown 10-3, Pennsville 9-6.
FIELD HOCKEY
OLMA 2, Salem 0: Lindsey Graham and Marlee McGrath scored second-half goals. Ava Rodgers was credited with 23 saves in the Salem goal.
Schalick 1, Williamstown 0: Alexa Shimp scored the game’s only goal in the second quarter and Lydia Gilligan posted the shutout. The Cougars play Audubon Saturday in the South Jersey TOC at Camden Catholic.
Woodstown 3, Gateway 0: Freshman Brooke Dillion scored two goals, Talia Guardascione scored one and Kendall Higgins posted the shutout.
BOYS SOCCER
Buena 4, Salem Tech 2: The Chiefs scored four goals in the second half to erase a 2-0 halftime deficit and earn their first win of the season. Kameron Brown and Josh Woroniak gave the Chargers their halftime lead.
Keeping The Boot
Pennsville retains Wildman Willey Boot it took them eight years to get back; Schalick drops close one to Paulsboro
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PENNS GROVE — It took Pennsville eight years to get The Boot back. You don’t think the Eagles were going to give it up without a fight.
Pennsville retained the Norm “Wildman” Willey Boot Friday night with a resounding 41-0 victory over Penns Grove. It was the Eagles’ eighth shutout in the 68-year series, but first since 2013, and the first time they’d won back-to-back games in it since 2015-16.
When it was over, Grady Sanders ditched his crutches from an early-game foot injury and handed off the refurbished trophy to Robbie McDade and the senior quarterback ran it over to his teammates to raise in victory.
“We didn’t have it for a long time and getting it last year felt so good for everyone,” Eagles coach Mike Healy said. “I’ve had in my room for the past week. People would come in and look at it and I’d explain the story of The Boot. Even kids who don’t play football were asking questions and stuff.
“Hopefully it’ll be back on my desk Monday morning. Some of our seniors had some tough matchups against them in the past, so it’s awesome to be able to get this for them.”
Officially, the trophy is called the Pennsville Lions Club Award, but it’s more commonly referred as “The Boot” for the bronzed football cleat once belonging to Willey that sits atop it. Willey was a three-time Philadelphia Eagles’ All-Pro in a bygone era and a teacher in the Pennsville school district for more than 30 years. He passed away in 2011.
The Eagles won it back last year, brought it with them to Friday’s game — it rested on the bench — and it took up the same seat on the team bus going back home.
“It means a lot,” said running back Rylan Hardy, who scored two touchdowns in the game. “The Boot has been in their hands for like seven years, so being able to go back-to-back years to finally bring it home to us is good. Maybe we can go on a streak now.”
“We’ve got to keep it,” sophomore linebacker Tristan Horner added.
The Eagles (3-3) opened a 14-0 halftime lead, but really came to life in the second half so as not to have a fourth straight game decided in the closing seconds. They scored touchdowns on all four of their possessions in the half – short runs by four different players – sparked by three of their four takeaways.
Hardy, Adrian Allenye and Vicktor Mosher all scored on 3-yard runs in the half and Aiden Collazo pushed in from the 1. Hardy rushed for 104 yards in the game to go over 2,000 total yards for his career. Nine ballcarriers combined to rush for 198 yards against the Red Devils (0-6).
“We’ve had an issue this year of not playing four full quarters and the big difference today was we played four full quarters,” Healy said. “They were able to finish the game when needed instead of letting them back into it.
“The past couple games we’ve gotten out to leads and let teams back in and make it interesting, but today we were able to really just finally execute.”
It might have been different had the Red Devils not had Terrell Thomas’ potential 69-yard touchdown pass from Brayden Lattig called back by a penalty in the first quarter, but the play sapped all of their momentum.
They did pick up 15 yards on their next snap, but managed only 50 yards of net offense after that, and 12 of those came on the final play of the game.
Speaking of plays, Horner turned in a nifty one in the third quarter. Horner blitzed into the Penns Grove backfield and batted down a pitch intended to Zane Thomas and recovered the loose ball. The play led to the Eagles’ third touchdown of the quarter and started the running clock.
“We went over it at film, we went over it at practice, and when I saw it I knew it was happening so I took my opportunity,” Horner said. “I saw him pull his arm back and I did my thing.”
NOTES: Penns Grove leads the overall series 38-26-4 … Penns Grove crowned its Homecoming King (Lacyir Reed) and Queen (Elif Sagir) at halftime.
Photo credit: Amory Alleyne
Pennsville 41, Penns Grove 0
| PV | PG | |
| 12 | 1st Downs | 5 |
| 38-198 | Rushing | 12-46 |
| 0-2-0 | Passing | 8-14-3 |
| 0 | Passing yds | 59 |
| 0-0 | Fumbles-lost | 3-1 |
| 1-37.0 | Punts-avg | 2-32.5 |
| 1-15 | Penalties | 8-53 |
| Pennsville | 8 | 6 | 20 | 7- | 41 |
| Penns Grove | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0- | 0 |
SCORING SUMMARY
PV-Robbie McDade 8 run (Robbie McDade run), 8:17 1Q
PV-Rylan Hardy 1 run (pass failed), 1:06 2Q
PV-Rylan Hardy 3 run (run failed), 9:17 3Q
PV-Aiden Collazo 1 run (Perry Meranti pass from Robbie McDade), 3:04 3Q
PV-Adrian Alleyne 3 run (kick failed), 43.9 3Q
PV-Vicktor Mosher 3 run (Hayden Sherman kick), 4:16 4Q
Cougars can’t punch one in
PITTSGROVE — In a game that was basically played between the 30s, Paulsboro scored a touchdown late in the first half and held on to beat Schalick 6-0.
The Red Raiders loaded up the box against Schalick’s wing-T, but the Cougars also were limited by the absence of quarterback Kenny Bartee, injured at the end of last week’s game with Salem, and speedster David Stewart sustaining a back injury in the second half.
It also didn’t help that they ran only eight plays in the first half because Paulsboro controlled the clock. The Cougars had the ball with five minutes left and mounted a threat for the winning score, but the drive was gutted by back-to-back penalties.
“We struggled trying to throw the ball, struggled trying to run the ball and when we had a little bit of success we shot ourselves in the foot,” Cougars coach Kevin Leamy said. “It was rough. It was tough.”
Their defense, however, stood tall and held a Paulsboro team that was undefeated and averaging 35 points a game to just one touchdown.
They were particularly stout after extending two Paulsboro drives on a roughing the punter penalty and a punt that glanced off a member of the Cougars’ return team.
“Defensively we played fantastic,” Leamy said. “We had a great defensive scheme ready for them and the kids executed phenomenally. It was a defensive battle from both sides.”
WJFL Standings
| DIAMOND | ALL | DIV |
| Glassboro | 6-0 | 3-0 |
| Salem | 2-3 | 2-1 |
| Schalick | 2-4 | 2-1 |
| Woodbury | 1-4 | 1-2 |
| Woodstown | 2-4 | 1-2 |
| Penns Grove | 0-6 | 0-3 |
| PATRIOT | ALL | DIV |
| West Deptford | 5-1 | 4-0 |
| Paulsboro | 6-0 | 4-0 |
| Pennsville | 3-3 | 2-2 |
| Overbrook | 4-2 | 1-2 |
| Collingswood | 4-2 | 1-2 |
| Camden Catholic | 0-5 | 0-3 |
| Audubon | 0-4 | 0-3 |
THURSDAY’S GAMES
Pleasantville 40, Woodstown 0
FRIDAY’S GAMES
Glassboro 56, Deptford 0
Paulsboro 6, Schalick 0
Pennsville 41, Penns Grove 0
Collingswood 31, Sterling 14
Haddonfield 29, West Deptford 14
Overbrook 38, Clayton 14
SATURDAY’S GAMES
Gateway at Woodbury, 10 a.m.
Audubon at Gloucester Catholic. 11
Camden Catholic at Haddon Heights, noon
Salem at Middle Township, noon
WJFL scoreboard
Here are the scores from Friday night’s West Jersey Football League schedule, includes Saturday’s schedule
FRIDAY’S SCORES
Burlington Twp. 8, Burlington City 0
Bridgeton 21, Cumberland 7
Cedar Creek 35, Oakcrest 6
Cherokee 22, Shawnee 21
Cherry Hill East 42, Clearview 0
Cinnaminson 20, Florence 0
Collingswood 31, Sterling 14
Delran 45, Hightstown 0
Eastern 35, Trenton 7
Glassboro 56, Deptford 0
Haddonfield 29, West Deptford 14
Hopewell Valley 21, Seneca 14
Kingsway 33, Hammonton 0
Lawrence 52, WW-Plainsboro South 0
Lower Cape May 34, Egg Harbor Township 0
Mainland 20, Ocean City 7
Maple Shade 38, Palmyra 6
Millville at Delsea, Monday
Northern Burlington 43, Allentown 6
Notre Dame 21, Highland 0
Overbrook 38, Clayton 14
Paulsboro 6, Schalick 0
Pennsville 41, Penns Grove 0
Princeton 18, Holy Cross 14
Riverside 36, Bishop Eustace 0
St. Joseph 34, Buena 8
Triton 28, Cherry Hill West 21
Washington Township 48, Lenape 0
Williamstown 21, Rancocas Valley 18
Willingboro 53, Timber Creek 6
SATURDAY’S GAMES
Mastery Charter at Wildwood, 10 a.m.
Gateway at Woodbury, 11
Camden Catholic at Haddon Heights, noon
Hamilton West at Nottingham, noon
Pennsauken at Eastside, noon
Salem at Middle Township, noon
Winslow at Camden, noon
Audubon at Gloucester Catholic, 1 p.m.
KIPP at Ewing, 2
Moorestown at Steinert, 2
Robbinsville at Bordentown, 6
Thursday’s results
Here are scores and highlights from Thursday’s Salem County sports schedule
BOYS SOCCER
Pennsville 4, Salem Tech 0: Sam Hassler scored the first of his two goals in the second minute of the match and Coen Rinnier made 10 more saves in another shutout.
Schalick 4, Overbrook 0: Jaxon Weber scored two goals in the Cougars’ fourth straight win.
Pitman 2, Penns Grove 0: Jake Bowen-Ashwin and Micah Frost scored goals in the second half.
Clayton 6, Salem 0: Jonathan Rehm had a hat trick.
GIRLS SOCCER
Schalick 8, Overbrook 0: Cali Fisler had her first career hat trick under the stadium lights on Senior Night, Quinn Berger scored twice and Kyleigh Cutler had a goal and two assists for the Cougars.
Pennsville 6, Penns Grove 0: Taylor Bass scored a career-high four goals and assisted on another to lead the Eagles. She scored the first three goals of the match and the final goal.
Woodstown 1, Glassboro 0: Gina Murray scored the game’s only goal in the second half with an assist from Emma Perry.
Clayton 9, Salem 0: Deondria Simon and Alivia Howrey each scored twice.
Pitman 6, Salem Tech 0: Emery Sharpnack and Carly Razze each scored two goals. Sharpnack had the assists on the Panthers’ first two goals 49 seconds apart in the third minute of the match.
GIRLS TENNIS
Schalick 4, Wildwood 1
Schalick’s Miya Watkins and the doubles team of Sebrina Bradford and Olivia Lunemann are in the field for the state singles and doubles championship this weekend at Mercer County and Veterans Park near Trenton.
Watkins will face Gov. Livingston’s Julia Kravchenko in a Saturday opening-round match at Mercer County Park. The winner will face 3/4 seed Sofia Basto-Cabrera of Shawnee.
Bradford-Lunemann will face a team from Pompton Lakes Saturday with the winner facing a 5/8 seed from Pingry.
Tough night on road
Not a lot went right for Woodstown in midweek shutout loss at Pleasantville; includes WJFL Diamond, Patriot standings
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PLEASANTVILLE – Frank Trautz just wanted to get to the bus. It was that kind of night.
It wasn’t a good Thursday night from a Woodstown perspective and the sooner the Wolverines and their coach could put it in their rear view mirror the better.
The Wolverines already were down nine starters to injury and had to make a long mid-week bus ride down the AC Expressway to play an aggressive Group 3 opponent designated by the West Jersey Football League. The results were predictable.
The Wolverines lost to Pleasantville 40-0.
“I’ve been doing it long enough now where I’ve been on this end of this before,” Trautz said. “It was just one of those nights where nothing seemed to work.”
Some things did. Max Casszar, in his first game back from injury, forced Pleasantville running back Nazir Griffin to fumble twice on the second play of the game and Noah Chiu recovered it.
Mark Levick intercepted Pleasantville quarterback Semaj Dozier in the final minute of the first half to keep the Greyhounds (4-2) from adding to their 28-0 halftime lead..
The Wolverines (2-4) didn’t have a turnover, either. Other than that, there wasn’t much else.
Pleasantville held them to minus-11 yards net rushing and 13 yards total. The two first downs they got came on an 11-yard catch by Sincere Cook-Reese and penalty in the second quarter and an 11-yard run by Tyrell West in the third quarter. They ran one play on Pleasantville’s side of the field and it lost a yard to the 50.
“We knew it was going to be a tough battle,” Trautz said. “They’re a very talented, physical football team.
“I was proud of the way our guys fought. We fought until the end. We got some guys some playing time, some younger guys in. Our guys, there’s no quit in them, and that’s what I love about this group. They’re going to fight to the very last whistle.
“We’re getting better. I know some of these scores don’t look that way, but we can take positives away from all these games and, honestly, just every varsity game experience for these guys is a positive. We’re gonna keep working and get ready for next week.”
While nothing seemed to go right for the Wolverines, most everything did for their hosts.
Jamil Hudson caught a touchdown pass and threw for two other scores. Dozier ran for the game’s first touchdown and threw 46 yards to Hudson for another on the first play of the second quarter. The defense sacked Woodstown freshman quarterback Frankie Hoerst four times in the first half.
It was the first time the Wolverines had been shut out in a regular-season game since losing to St. Thomas Aquinas 6-0 in the 2021 season opener. Glassboro shut them out in last year’s Group I state semifinals.
Pleasantville 40, Woodstown 0
| WOOD | PLEA | |
| 2 | 1st Downs | 11 |
| 20-(-11) | Rushing | 21-141 |
| 4-6-0 | Passing | 8-11-1 |
| 24 | Passing yds | 225 |
| 0-0 | Fumbles-lost | 2-1 |
| 6-31.3 | Punts-avg | 0-0 |
| 5-22 | Penalties | 8-75 |
| Woodstown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0- | 0 |
| Pleasantville | 8 | 20 | 6 | 6- | 40 |
SCORING SUMMARY
P-Semaj Dozier 1 run (Takiesse Barnes run), 5:06 1Q
P-Jamil Hudson 46 pass from Semaj Dozier (Takiesse Barnes run), 11:49 2Q
P-Jamaad Washngton-White 18 run (pass failed), 8:23 2Q
P-Qwasim Jackson 21 pass from Jamil Hudson (kick failed), 4:10 2Q
P-Takiesse Barnes 30 run (kick failed), 7:52 3Q
P-Ralil Wiggins 56 pass from Jamil Hudson (kick failed), 10:10 4Q
WJFL Standings
| DIAMOND | ALL | DIV |
| Glassboro | 5-0 | 3-0 |
| Salem | 2-3 | 2-1 |
| Schalick | 2-3 | 2-1 |
| Woodbury | 1-4 | 1-2 |
| Woodstown | 2-4 | 1-2 |
| Penns Grove | 0-5 | 0-3 |
| PATRIOT | ALL | DIV |
| West Deptford | 5-0 | 4-0 |
| Paulsboro | 5-0 | 4-0 |
| Pennsville | 2-3 | 2-2 |
| Overbrook | 3-2 | 1-2 |
| Collingswood | 3-2 | 1-2 |
| Camden Catholic | 0-5 | 0-3 |
| Audubon | 0-4 | 0-3 |
THURSDAY’S GAMES
Pleasantville 40, Woodstown 0
Other WJFL Games
Absegami 16, Atlantic Tech 0
Atlantic City 55, Vineland 10
Pitman 27, Lindenwold 22
FRIDAY’S GAMES
Glassboro at Deptford, 6
Paulsboro at Schalick, 6
Pennsville at Penns Grove, 6:30
Collingswood at Sterling, 7
Haddonfield at West Deptford, 7
Overbrook at Clayton, 7
SATURDAY’S GAMES
Gateway at Woodbury, 10 a.m.
Audubon at Gloucester Catholic. 11
Camden Catholic at Haddon Heights, noon
Salem at Middle Township, noon
Riverview Sports News 