Here are the scores and details from games on Monday’s Salem County sports calendar
BASEBALL Woodstown 3, Clayton 1: Chase Harding scored on a passed ball with Ty Coblentz batting to give the Wolverines a 2-0 lead and Coblentz completed the at-bat with a sacrifice fly. Three Woodstown pitchers scattered five hits and struck out 11. Schalick 19, Salem 0: Mason Sanchez went 2-for-2 and pitched the first two shutout innings with five strikeouts. Cole Hartley had three RBIs.
SOFTBALL Deptford 8, Salem Tech 6: Molly Bulger and Soph McGuire (3 RBIs) both went 4-for-4 for the Spartans Woodstown 5, Clayton 1: Talia Guardascione singled home the first run in a four-run first inning that got Woodstown going. Pennsville 7, Glassboro 4: Kylie Harris’s leadoff homer broke a 4-4 tie and kicked off a three-run eighth inning for Pennsville. Savannah Guglielmo threw two innings of no-hit relief for the win. Lily Edwards scored her 99th career run. Schalick 6, Salem 0: The Cougars won for the second time this year at the Elmer LL complex.
GIRLS GOLF Williamstown 195, Schalick 206: Williamstown’s Kaci Adams was medalist (45). Cali Fisler posted the low round for Schalick (48)
VOLLEYBALL Washington Twp. 2, Salem Tech 0: 25-7, 25-8
GIRLS LACROSSE Woodstown 16, Triton 3: Delaney Walker (5 goals) now at 213
BOYS LACROSSE Millville at Woodstown
TENNIS PENNSVILLE 5, SCHALICK 0 Sawyer Humphrey (P) def. Gabe McFeeley, 6-0, 6-0 Lucas Cooksey (P) def. Reece Loatman, 6-1, 6-0 Carter Willis (P) def. Tyr Brattlie, 6-1, 6-0 Coen Rinnier-Jacob Cheeseman (P) def. Cooper Halperin-Jack Genievich, 6-0, 6-0 Ian Peacock-Lucas Thomas (P) def. Angelo Boston-Gavin McGrath, 7-5, 6-0 Records: Schalick 6-8, Pennsville 12-6
WOODSTOWN 5, TIMBER CREEK 0 Drew Stengel (WO) def. Kyle Clark Blanding, 6-4, 6-1 Luke Shaw (WO) def. Derek Sarpong, 6-1, 6-1 Nick DiTeodoro (WO) def. Adam He, 6-1, 6-3 Vincent Merendino-Josef Hummel (WO) def. Gabriel Castro-Keenan King, 6-0, 6-0 Josh King-John Hood-McGinley (WO) def. Stephen Fehon-Shawn Allen, 6-1, 6-1 Records: Woodstown 12-6, Timber Creek 3-11
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of May 11-16; all events start at 4 p.m. unless noted
MONDAY, MAY 11 BASEBALL Schalick at Salem Woodstown at Clayton SOFTBALL Clayton at Woodstown Pennsville at Glassboro Salem vs. Schalick, Elmer LL, 6 p.m. GIRLS GOLF Schalick vs. Williamstown, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m. VOLLEYBALL Salem Tech at Washington Twp., 3:45 p.m. GIRLS LACROSSE Woodstown at Triton BOYS LACROSSE Millville at Woodstown TRACK Woodstown in Deptford Invitational TENNIS Schalick at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m. Woodstown at Timber Creek, 3:45 p.m. Pitman at Penns Grove
TUESDAY, MAY 12 BASEBALL Glassboro at Pennsville Penns Grove at Wildwood Salem Tech at Piscataway Magnet (NJTAC) SOFTBALL Deptford at Woodstown Millville at Pennsville Salem Tech at Buena, 3:45 p.m. Wildwood at Penns Grove GOLF Woodstown vs. Lower Cape May, Town & Country, 3:45 p.m. GIRLS GOLF Schalick vs. OLMA, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m. TENNIS Middle Twp. at Schalick, 3:45 p.m. Woodstown at Timber Creek, 3:45 p.m. Pennsville at Washington Twp. TRACK Woodstown at West Deptford, 5 p.m. BOYS VOLLEYBALL Salem Tech at BCIT, 3:45 p.m. GIRLS LACROSSE Holy Cross at Woodstown BOYS LACROSSE Woodstown at Middle Twp., 4:15 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13 BASEBALL Glassboro at Schalick Penns Grove at Woodstown Salem at Wildwood Pennsville at Vineland, 7 p.m. SOFTBALL Pennsville at Gloucester Catholic Schalick at Glassboro Wildwood at Salem Woodstown at Penns Grove GOLF Schalick vs. Delsea, White Oaks CC, 3:30 p.m. GIRLS GOLF Schalick vs. OLMA, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m. BOYS LACROSSE Woodstown at Middle Twp., 4:15 p.m. TENNIS Delsea at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m. Pennsville at Pitman, 3:45 p.m. Penns Grove at Schalick TRACK NJSIAA Sectionals VOLLEYBALL Salem Tech at Timber Creek
THURSDAY, MAY 14 BASEBALL Clayton at Salem Tech GCIT at Pennsville SOFTBALL Bridgeton at Salem Tech Woodstown at Glassboro Delran at Schalick, 4:15 p.m. GOLF Woodstown vs. Overbrook, Kresson GC, 3:30 p.mm. GIRLS GOLF Schalick vs. Delsea, White Oaks CC, 3:30 p.m. TENNIS Delsea at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m. Burlington Twp. at Pennsville BOYS LACROSSE Woodstown at Timber Creek BOYS VOLLEYBALL Riverside at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m.
FRIDAY, MAY 15 BASEBALL LEAP at Penns Grove Mainland at Schalick Oakcrest at Woodstown Salem Tech at Camden Academy Charter SOFTBALL Bridgeton at Salem Camden Academy Charter at Salem Tech Clearview at Pennsville Delran at Schalick, 4:15 p.m. BOYS GOLF Woodstown vs. Overbrook, Kresson GC, 3:30 p.m. GIRLS GOLF Schalick vs. Delsea, White Oaks CC, 3:30 p.m. BOYS VOLLEYBALL Triton at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m. BOYS LACROSSE Woodstown at Timber Creek GIRLS LACROSSE Woodstown at Paul VI, 6 p.m. TENNIS Overbrook at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m. Penns Grove at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m. TRACK NJSIAA Sectionals
SATURDAY, MAY 16 BASEBALL Pennsville at Cedar Creek, 11 a.m. Woodstown at Buena, noon Oakcrest at Woodstown Penns Grove at LEAP SOFTBALL Bridgeton at Salem Clearview at Pennsville LEAP at Penns Grove TENNIS Overbrook at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m. Penns Grove at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m. Schalick at Pitman BOYS VOLLEYBALL Triton at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m. BOYS LACROSSE Woodstown at Camden Catholic, 11 a.m. TRACK NJSIAA Sectionals
Lee Ware Tournament, Woodstown Woodstown 5, Camden Catholic, 0 Cherry Hill East 14, Washington Twp. 7 Consolation: Washington Twp. 10, Camden Catholic 0 Championship: CHE 4, Woodstown 2
SOFTBALL Fred Powell Invitational, Williamstown Williamstown 4, Woodstown 3 Cumberland 7, Mainland 4 Cherry Hill East 4, Absegami 3 Cedar Creek 14, Moorestown 5 Cedar Creek 7, Cherry Hill East 2 Williamstown 10, Cumberland 5 Absegami 17, Moorestown 14 Woodstown 13, Mainland 9 Williamstown 4, Cedar Creek 0
Salem CC swept out of Region XIX baseball playoffs by Brookdale, second game hopes dashed by 16-run first inning
REGION XIX PLAYOFFS Brookdale 11-18, Salem CC 3-3 FINAL FOUR TOURNAMENT At Rutgers-Camden Thursday’s first-round games Camden vs. Brookdale RCSJ-Gloucester vs. Middlesex
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
LINCROFT – It certainly wasn’t way the Salem CC baseball team had hoped their stay in this year’s Region XIX playoffs would go, but, after all, it was a tall order.
The Mighty Oaks thought they had caught a bit of a break when they got some outside help to jump up to the seventh seed in the bracket on the last day of the regular season, but second-seeded Brookdale proved just as challenging as the top seeded team they felt fortunate to avoid.
It was anything but easy. They were run-ruled in both games of their first-round playoff doubleheader Saturday, falling to the Jersey Blues 11-3 in seven innings and 18-3 in five.
“We knew coming in we’d have to play good baseball to be successful,” Mighty Oaks coach John Holt said. “Brookdale’s a good team. They took advantage of the mistakes me made.”
Game 2 started savagely. Brookdale scored 16 runs in the bottom of the first and held an 18-0 lead when play was halted before the start of the home third for lightning in the area. The big inning lasted longer than the delay.
The Jersey Blues (41-10-1) sent 20 batters to the plate; two guys batted three times. It was only 7-0 when starter Logan Peters got the second out of the inning, but the next nine Brookdale hitters reached safely. There were 11 hits, three errors, two walks, two hit batsmen, five wild pitches and a passed ball.
“It didn’t feel too great,” outfielder Cliff Wysinger said.
“I didn’t realize they batted around (that many times),” first baseman Tyler Hacker said. “The leadoff hitter saw me three times at first base. I didn’t realize until after we got back to the dugout. I felt we had played four or five innings.”
Peters was out after 14 batters and Anthony Pizzuti’s three-run homer that made it 12-0. Holt said the left-hander was making good pitches and stayed with him that long because he was still going to make enough of them to get out of it. He did. Brookdale just hit them.
“Honestly, Logan didn’t pitch bad, they just hit it where we weren’t,” Holt said. “They’re a good-hitting team. They kept finding hole — all day. He was making some quality pitches and those guys were finding those holes. We could’ve had 15 guys out there today and it seems like they would have found that (open) spot.”
In the big inning alone, Pizzuti was 2-for-2 with four RBIs; Ryan Tan was 2-for-2 with three RBIs; Ray Mulhern, was 2-for-3 with two RBIs; and Ryan Adams had two hits.
If that weren’t bad enough, the Mighty Oaks had to sit through a 32-minute lightning delay with the big inning and margin staring at them from the scoreboard. And they still had to play when they were way behind.
“It especially feels worse because it’s the last game,” outfielder Jason LeBold said. “You don’t want to say it knocks the wind out of your sails because you always want to say you’re in the game and try to come back, but it is a tough thing to do because you feel almost unmotivated. Sixteen in the first is pretty tough and we know the rules are different in the playoffs so that makes it even harder for the comeback, but you have to stay in it and never give up.”
They did go down swinging. They scored three runs in the fifth on run-scoring singles by Aiden Nestor and LeBold before Hacker flew out deep to center for the final out of the season.
“At the end of the day we’re two-and-out,” Holt said. “It’s not where we want to be, but I try to look at the big picture. We’ve established a program here that’s expected to be in the playoffs now. It’s no long an ‘if we make it” kind of deal. That’s something to hang our hat on.”
The opener started well for the Mighty Oaks (23-28), as they held leads of 1-0 and 2-1 after batting in the third. Hacker, playing in his 100th game in a Salem uniform, homered in the first inning. LeBold put them up 2-1 in the third with an RBI single.
Salem starter Pat Seitzinger got one time through the Brookdale lineup with just one run scoring, but the Jersey Blues got him the second time around, batting around to score four in the third. Reliever Louie Rivera didn’t have Seitzinger’s early luck as the Blues reached him for four runs across two innings in his only time through their lineup.
The Blues scored four in the third on a leadoff walk and five consecutive singles and five in the fourth, highlighted by Nicco Maribo’s RBI double that ended Seitzinger’s day and Pizzuti’s first two-run homer off Rivera.
“They didn’t really hit a lot of balls hard in my opinion,” Seitzinger said. “They had four ‘real’ hits in my opinion. The rest were endcap singles; tough break.
“I was confident. The first inning went well, struck a kid out (Pizzuti). Second inning they hit that home run, but a solo shot, don’t really hurt. Third inning they got some lucky hits in my opinion and gave up four runs. It’s tough.”
Hacker drove in the Mighty Oaks’ third run of the opener with a single in the fifth. It was his 94th career RBI, tying Demetrius Deramus for second on the school’s all-time list since the program’s revival. He finished his Salem career as the school’s all-time leader in stolen bases since the revival (92) and second in hits (121).
Holt called him “a heck of a baseball player.” The Florida native appreciated the compliment and the faith the coach placed in him from the start.
“I think Coach Holt took a chance on me (when) no one did,” Hacker said. “All the stuff in high school, getting injured, that kind of stuff, it was like I quit baseball. I get it, but he brought me in, took a chance on me and gave me a shot, and that allowed me to prove myself not only to him, but to myself again and everyone else in the country. If it wasn’t for that I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to show my skill set.”
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WP: Gary Perone (8-0). LP: Pat Seitzsinger. (3-6). 2B: Nicco Maribo (B), Casey Gardiner (B). HR: Ryan Adams (B), Tyler Hacker (S).
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WP: T.J. Legere (5-2). LP: Logan Peters (1-1). 2B: Ryan Adams (B), Ryan Tan (B), Ray Mulhern (B). HR: Anthony Pizzuti 2 (B)
Salem CC baseball coach John Holt puts the finishing touches on his Game 1 lineup card.
Here are the scores and highlights from Friday night’s Salem County sports calendar; includes Saturday’s schedule
FRIDAY’S GAMES SOFTBALL CLEARVIEW 11, SCHALICK 4: Sienna Garrison hit her eighth homer of the season and Ella Redheffer homered twice as Clearview rallied from a 4-0 deficit. Garrison’s three-run homer in fourth inning put the Pioneers (13-5) ahead 6-4. Redheffer’s first homer got them on the board in the third and her second gave them an 8-4 lead. Khloe McGrath had three hits for the Cougars (11-4). Emma Cain had two.
DEPTFORD 16, SALEM 6: The Spartans (7-11) broke it open with a 10-run third inning. Teyla Solimon had a two-run single and bases-loaded walk in the big inning. Solimon, Brooke White and Sophie McGuire all had three RBIs in the game.
COLLEGE BASEBALL Region XIX Tournament Camden 12-6, RCSJ-Cumberland 2-5, Camden wins series 2-0 Middlesex 11-14, Northampton 6-4, Middlesex wins series 2-0 RCSJ-Gloucester 10-13, Montgomery 2-1, RCSJ-G wins series 2-0
SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE BASEBALL Lee Ware Tournament, Woodstown Woodstown vs. Camden Catholic, 10 a.m. Cherry Hill East vs. Washington Twp., 10 a.m. Consolation game, 1 p.m. Championship game, 1 p.m. SOFTBALL Fred Powell Invitational, Williamstown Woodstown vs. Williamstown, 9 a.m. Mainland vs. Cumberland, 9 a.m. Cherry Hill East vs. Absegami, 9 a.m. Moorestown vs. Cedar Creek, 9 a.m. Woodstown vs. Mainland or Cumberland, 11:30 a.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL Region XIX Tournament Salem CC at Brookdale (2), 11 a.m.
Softball, baseball teams from Pennsville, Schalick all clinch pieces of Tri-County division titles with wins around the region; Woodstown baseball gives DeCastro 100th career win
BASEBALL Clayton 20, Salem 14 Woodstown 9, Overbrook 3 Pennsville 5, Wildwood: 3 Schalick 27, Penns Grove 4 SOFTBALL Clayton 17, Salem 6 Schalick 20, Penns Grove 2 Woodstown 13, Overbrook 6 Pennsville 12, Wildwood 6 TENNIS Pennsville 4, GCIT 1 Williamstown 3, Penns Grove 2
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE — The biggest rule in playing sports is always be ready because you never know when your number will be called. If that’s the golden rule, the silver rule is control what you can control … and if you happen to get some outside help along the way that’s, well, gravy.
Pennsville softball followed both rules to the letter Thursday in beating Wildwood 12-6 to clinch their third straight Tri-County Classic Division title and second straight outright.
The Eagles (11-4, 8-0 Classic) went into the day with a chance to clinch the division by beating the Warriors and a Pitman win over Gloucester Catholic. Both results happened, giving the Eagles a three-game lead in the loss column with two division games to play, but the only game the Eagles worried about was the one right in front of their dugout.
“I wasn’t really paying attention who was playing what; I didn’t say anything to them about it,” Eagles coach Beth Jackson said. “We talk about the controllables. You can only take care of yourself individually and how you react and what you do. I’ve been telling myself that a lot. In life you can only control what you can do. You can’t control anybody else. You can’t control the strike zone. You can’t control what the other team does. You have to focus on you and what you can do and at the of the day we have to focus on what we do and what they do as a team.
“Help always helps, but first and foremost you have to take care of business with your own and then if there’s other help that’s great. But if you can take care of business yourself that’s your main focus because you want to take care of it yourself.”
Graillyn Weber was scheduled to start in the circle for the Eagles, but she felt too sore to be effective and 10 minutes before first pitch Savannah Guglielmo was moved from left field to the circle and four positions in the lineup shifted. Jackson said it was the first time in her 17 years as coach she can remember making that late a pitching switch. Luckily, all three Pennsville pitchers warm up before games for just such a contingency.
It was Guglielmo’s fourth career start and third this year, but first in such a significant game. The sophomore right-hander went all seven innings, giving up five hits, walking six and tying a career-high with nine strikeouts. Jackson said she did a “nice job.”
“I knew she could do it,” Weber said.
“When I’m warming up I’m always trying to make sure I’m focused just in case something happens like one of these moments, last minute,” she said. “I always try to set goals for myself during a game especially things last minute. Today it was make sure I throw strikes. I just tried to stay calm and into the game.”
Of course, it’s a lot easier to pitch when you have the kind of lineup Pennsville puts on the field. Virtually every time the Warriors scored, the Eagles came back the next half inning to put up a crooked number.
The Warriors scored a run in the second to tie the game 1-1, the Eagles put up four in the bottom of the inning. The Warriors got two in the fourth to make it 5-4, the Eagles got them back when they came in to bat. They eventually broke it open with four in the fifth after their first five hitters all reached safely.
Although she didn’t pitch, Weber still played — at short, moving Avery Watson to third – and came within an extra Wheatie at breakfast of hitting three balls out of the park. She still had a pair of doubles to the warning track that drove in three runs. “I do that all the time,” she said. “I need to start doing pushups or squats or something.”
Kylie Harris had three hits, including a solo homer in the first inning and her 48th career double. Kelsey Cook had two hits at the bottom of the lineup.
“I’m honestly never worried,” Guglielmo said. “I feel like you just have to have confidence throughout the game. You’ve just gotta stay calm and focus on the game and whatever happens happens. You just have to have confidence in yourself and your teammates.”
Sophomore right-hander Savannah Guglielmo threw a seven-inning complete game as Pennsville’s last-minute starting pitcher in the division-clinching game.
WOODSTOWN 13, OVERBROOK 6: Ellie Wygand continued to wield a hot bat for the Wolverines, going 4-for-5 with a three-run homer in the seventh inning. The Wolverines pulled away from a 6-5 lead with four runs in the sixth, highlighted by Kendall Young’s two-run single and a couple RBI ground outs. The top four hitters in the Woodstown lineup – Wygand, Talia Guardascione, Leah Clark and Young – were a combined 11-for-19 with eight RBIs. Madison LaPalomento drove in three runs from the 5-hole.
SCHALICK 20, PENNS GROVE 2: The Cougars scored nine runs in the first inning and went on to clinch their first Diamond Division title since 2021. They put 11 hits together with 11 errors and nine walks to score the win. The Cougars are now 7-0 in the division, hold a two-game lead in the loss column over Woodstown, their closest pursuer, and have one division game remaining.
CLAYTON 17, SALEM 6: Gabrielle Searle had three hits and three RBIs and Lana Kastrava struck out 10 from the circle to lead the Clippers. The Rams scored two in the top of the first, but Clayton answered with four in the bottom of the inning and never lost the lead. The Rams cut their deficit to 8-6 in the third, but the Clippers got one back when they came in to bat and then broke it open with six runs in the fifth.
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6-3
Glassboro
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2-3
Wildwood
8-8
4-4
Overbrook
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2-6
Gloucester Cath
7-8
3-3
Penns Grove
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0-6
Clayton
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2-5
Salem
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Woodstown baseball coach Marc DeCastro pours over the data he uses to prepare his Wolverines for a game. DeCastro scored his 100th career coaching win Thursday.
PINE HILL — Woodstown pulled away from a tie game with seven runs in the third inning and four relievers allowed one run and four hits over the final four innings as the Wolverines beat Overbrook 9-3 and handed coach Marc DeCastro his 100th career coaching victory.
To commemorate the feat, the players presented their sixth-year head coach a poster and signed baseball. DeCastro is now 100-60 with a state championship in 2022. Thursday was his third attempt at the milestone win.
“Our kids have said things to me along the way and I kind of had an idea that they wanted to celebrate it some way,” he said. “I said something similar to this before, I don’t particular care about the accomplishment, but I care about the fact that the people that I coach care enough to want to celebrate it. At least that means to me that the relationship I have with them is a good one and one they want to be a part of something like that. Whether it means anything to me is kind of irrelevant. It’s important to them and anything that’s important to them is important to me.”
It wasn’t just another game. The Wolverines needed it to keep alive any hope they had of sharing the TCC Diamond Division title with rival Schalick. They remain one game behind the Cougars with one division game to play.
Luke Fraley had three hits to lead the offense. Noah Williams and Tommy Tucci had two hits apiece, while Walker Battavio and Ty Coblentz both had a pair of RBIs.
Their big inning started by loading the bases on a walk and two singles. Tucci broke the tie with pop single. The Rams looked like they were going to get out of it, retiring the next two batters, but Chase Harding walked to force in a run, Battavio doubled home two, Luke Fraley singled home another and Coblentz singled home two.
“Even before the seven-run inning I thought every out we made was really good contact,” DeCastro said. “Any time you have a seven-run inning it’s surprising, but with the contact we had in the first and second innings we were going to score eventually, it just so happened we scored in a big bunch. Overall, it was probably one of the better offensive performances that we had.”
Blake Rodriguez worked the first three innings on the mound for Woodstown and gave up four hits, two runs and struck out three. He was followed to the hill by Talyn Priore, Tucci, Drew Sutton and Carter Smathers.
The milestone adds on to the long-standing DeCastro family coaching legacy. His father was a long-time successful Haddon Heights American Legion baseball coach. His brother Jamie is a 700-game winner in basketball, and brother Greg coached in college. DeCastro credits them all with helping him develop into the coach he has become.
“I’ve learned a lot from the people who came before me,” he said. “My dad coached me my whole life. I was taught how to play the sport from him and then continued to learn as I got older from different people, paying attention to Jamie and learned how he goes about winning, big games and general character-based stuff. There’s a lot that goes on in our family of coaches.”
PENNSVILLE 5, WILDWOOD 3: The Eagles broke a 2-2 tie with three unearned runs in the fifth inning and Mason O’Brien basically gave them a quality start in relief as they completed a season sweep of the Warriors and clinched their fifth straight Classic Division crown.
The Eagles had runners at first and second with two outs in the fifth, then scored the go-ahead runs on a pair of errors on infield grounders hit by Stevie Fatcher and Logan Cooperthwait. Grady Sanders singled home the third run of the inning.
“It’s a great feeling to accomplish that against a good team on the road,” Pennsville coach Matt Karr said. “Today had a playoff game feel to it and it’s always fun to play in those type of games.”
Both teams scored twice in the first, with Wildwood knocking out Pennsville starter Logan Streitz with two outs. O’Brien put out the first with a strikeout and was unyielding the rest of the way. He pitched the final 6 2/3. scattering five hits, allowing an unearned run and striking out eight while walking only two.
“He pitched lights out,” Karr said. “He had to come in relief earlier than we expected and went the distance.”
SCHALICK 27, PENNS GROVE 4: The Cougars used a dominating performance in their fourth game in as many days to clinch at least a share of their second straight Diamond Division title. They hold a one-game lead over Woodstown with one division game to play.
The Cougars broke on top with nine in the first inning, then erupted for 15 in the second. Ten players had at least one hit, 10 scored at least one run and 11 drove runs home. Jamari Whitley went 3-for-4 with four runs and four RBIs. Ricky Watt had two hits and four RBIs. Evan Glaspey, starting pitcher Will Sieminski and J.T. Fleming all had three RBIs.
The Cougars were playing their fourth game in as many days. They’ve won all four. They were scheduled to play Collingswood Friday before taking on Clearview Saturday in the second round of the Diamond Classic — an MLB like six games in six days — but the game was reschedule for May 20.
CLAYTON 20, SALEM 14: The teams put on a scoring fest over the final three innings to rival their basketball series with the Clippers outscoring the Rams 19-8 over the stretch to win the game. Jaiden Keller and Jameson Emerle drove in five runs apiece for Clayton
The Rams scored all their runs on only three hits, but with the help of 12 walks, 11 hit batsmen and four errors. They got an inside-the-park grand slam in the fifth inning to answer the Clippers’ four runs in the top of the inning and take a 10-5 lead.
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6-1
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5-2
Overbrook
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4-4
Pitman
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3-4
Glassboro
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WILLIAMSTOWN 3, PENNS GROVE 2 Ethan Torres (WI) def. Stuart Mondragon, 6-0, 6-1 Joshua Gailliout (WI) def. Anthony Pacheco, 6-0, 6-0 Sal Everhart (WI) def. Juan Ortiz, 6-3, 6-1 Jesus Arredondo-Doel Torres (PG) def. Ben Passaro-Brett Quintavalle, 6-4, 6-2 Jordan Hernandez-Fernando Palacios Lima (PG) def. Aryan Patel-Ayaan Patel, 6-0, 6-1 Records: Williamstown 5-7, Penns Grove 4-5.
EGG HARBOR TWP. — Woodstown and Schalick both shot 260 as a team and finished tied for 33rd at the Carl Arena Memorial at Blue Heron Pines GC. Logan Jones shot Woodstown’s low round (83 with two birdies). Seth Fisher was low man for Schalick (82 with two birdies). Mainland won the boys title, while Moorestown won the girls crown.
Wilmington University men’s assistant tabbed as the new women’s basketball coach at Salem CC; one former Mighty Oaks player who has come under his wing gives high praise
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By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
CARNEYS POINT — Wilmington University men’s basketball assistant J.J. Rapczynski will be the new Salem Community College women’s basketball coach, pending approval by the board at its meeting next week.
Rapczynski, a former Ursinus College guard, just completed his third season with the WilmU men’s team. He also was associate head men’s coach at Immaculate, and coached at West Chester, Widener and Neumann.
“I’ve known who he is for a long time,” Salem athletics director Bob Hughes said. “He comes from a long line of basketball people.”
The Mighty Oaks received 90 applications for the position. Rapczynski was among five finalists who included a longtime South Jersey high school head coach, two women’s assistant coaches from within Region XIX and a former Division I women’s player just starting her coaching career.
“He clearly had an understanding of recruiting in-state (and) knowledge of the region,” Hughes said. “He really seemed to the best fit … the one who the committee felt would work well here.”
Coach Rap scores high marks with one former Salem CC player, who predicts he’ll become a “historically great coach” with the Mighty Oaks. Akeem Taylor transferred to WilmU after leading the Mighty Oaks to a fifth-place finish in the 2025 national tournament and worked with Rapczynski on a daily basis.
“Coach Rap is a great coach with a high-level basketball IQ and a real understanding of the game,” Taylor said. “He’s big on player development and puts a lot of time into helping players improve their skills, confidence and overall approach. He holds players accountable, but also supports them, so you grow both on and off the court. He’s detail-oriented, communicates well and knows how to build relationships with his players.
“I think he will end up being a historically great coach at Salem and build a very successful program on and off the court.”
Rapczynski succeeds Brian Marsh, who stepped aside after a tumultuous 2025-26 season cut short with three games left when the arrest of four players left by the team without enough players to field a competitive team. Marsh coached the program through the first three seasons of its revival. He was 23-43 with a high-water mark of 11 wins last season.
Rapczynski brings a diverse collegiate coaching background to Salem, with experience across NCAA Division II and Division III programs on both the men’s and women’s sides of the game. He most recently served as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Wilmington University, a position he has held since August 2023.
Prior to Wilmington, Rapczynski spent four seasons as the Associate Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Immaculata University from 2019-2023. During that same stretch, he also worked with East Coast Power AAU as a National Coach and Skills Academy instructor, helping develop high-level student-athletes throughout the region.
His coaching résumé also includes a season as Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach at Neumann University during the 2018-19 season, along with assistant coaching stops at West Chester University from 2016-18 and Widener University from 2012-16.
Rapczynski said he was “incredibly grateful” for the chance to become the Mighty Oaks’ head coach.
“I want to thank the college for the trust they’ve placed in me, and I cannot wait to get to work,” he said in a statement when the school announced his hiring Thursday. “I look forward to bringing enthusiasm and a strong culture back to the women’s program.
“One of the things that stood out to me most about Salem Community College was the momentum surrounding the school, the quality of the facilities, the positive campus environment, and most importantly, the people. I want our program to reflect that same standard every single day in everything we do. The people immediately made this opportunity feel special. From the administration to the staff, there’s a genuine sense of support, pride, and positivity throughout campus, and I’m excited to build a women’s basketball program that reflects that same culture.”
Schalick scoresfirst Diamond Classic win in 30 years, Pennsville baseball turns game-ending triple play, county track athletes have fun at TCC Showcase, and more
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
BURLINGTON – Things were going so well for so long for the Schalick baseball team in its Diamond Classic opener at Doane Academy Wednesday and then it got “real interesting” real fast.
The Cougars carried a five-run lead into the last inning and just needed to get three easy outs. It was anything but easy. They survived a three-run homer in a four-run seventh and faced the winning run on first with two outs, but held on for an 8-7 win and their first Diamond Classic victory in 30 years.
“They made things interesting,” said Cougars coach Sean O’Brien, playing in the Classic for only the second time in his 10 years as the Schalick coach. “I think it happens to us way too often, more often than it should happen.
“For Mason (Sanchez) to have the confidence to come back and get that last out there is big. He did a good job. The situation didn’t go his way, he gave up a big hit, but he then he was able to (bounce back). I think in the long run moments like that just kind of helps us. It makes us better, where in tight situations where we don’t panic and we get the job done.”
The Cougars were pummeling the undefeated Spartans early in the game, building a 5-0 lead after four innings against Chestnut Hill-bound starter Jake Powell and an 8-3 cushion through five. Through that stretch, the meat of their order – Ricky Watt, Evan Sepers and Bo Schalick – were a combined 8-for-11 with six extra-base hits and six RBIs.
Sepers and Schalick had back-to-back doubles in the first, Sepers had a two-run double in the second, and in the fifth Watt had an RBI double, Sepers a run-scoring single and Schalick an RBI triple.
“We did a great job as a whole as a team jumping on their starter,” O’Brien said. “He was pretty good too. We hit the guys really well 1 through 5 and even Cooper (Willoughby) in the 9-hole he almost knocked the kid’s head off – he hit a line drive right back at his face and he got his glove up in time. Overall, we hit their guy hard the entire time, which was huge, and we put pressure on their defense.”
The ninth started innocently enough with a pop out and a single, but then Matt Kulyk reached on a squirter back to the box and Chris Powell followed with his three-run homer to center to give the Spartans hope.
Jake Powell kept the line moving with a single, but was erased on Hunter Johnson’s fielder’s choice for the second out, then Josh Rivera reached on a ball that took a wicked hop past Schalick to move the tying run into scoring position. Mason Sanchez closed it out with a grounder back to the box.
“It was little things like that that kind of made things interesting,” O’Brien said. “Mason was throwing strikes, they hit a couple and there were some bad hops here and there, but he beared down and got the last out.”
The Cougars (12-5) will now play sixth-seeded Clearview (13-4) in the second round at Clearview Saturday 10 a.m. Before that, however, they’ll face Penns Grove with the possibility of clinching a second straight Tri-County Diamond Division title Thursday and, unless they can move the game, Collingswood Friday for their fifth game in five days.
It’s been a grind, of course, but in the end the rewards would be historic.
“It’s a cool situation where we’re kind of doing things we want to achieve that haven’t been done in the school’s history,” O’Brien said. “The Diamond (Classic) hasn’t been done in a long time, probably 30 years. You look at the division title – we have a chance to win back-to-back division titles for the first time ever in school history. You have a chance to win back-to-back South Jersey titles; it’s never been done. The first ever team to win a state title.
“You’re putting your name, your stamp, on your careers and what you’ll never forget for the rest of your life.”
PENNSVILLE 12, CLAYTON 1: The Eagles started big and ended bigger in clinching a share of their fifth straight Classic Division title. They can win it outright by beating Wildwood for a second time this season Thursday.
The Eagles took charge of this one early, scoring eight runs in the first inning, highlighted by Jeff Wagner’s two-run double and Grady Sanders’ two-run single. Logan Cooperthwait, Jake Layfield, Gavin Spears and Mason O’Brien also drove home runs in the inning. Wagner and O’Brien both had two hits and three RBIs in the game. Three pitchers held the Clippers to one hit and they ended the game on a triple play.
SOFTBALL WOODSTOWN 8, MILLVILLE 1: Karly Spears drove in three runs and Leah Clark spun a two-hit shutout as the Wolverines won for the second day in a row to get back over .500. Spears had a two-run single in the second when the Wolverines opened a 4-0 lead and an RBI ground out in the third. Clark gave up a leadoff single, then didn’t allow another hit until two outs in the fifth inning.
CAPE MAY TECH 7, SALEM TECH 6: The Hawks walked it off on Cheyanne Enright’s RBI single with two outs in the eighth inning. The Chargers never led in the game, but tied it with four runs in the sixth, highlighted by Shelby Drummond’s two-run triple. They scored the tying run on a bases-loaded walk.
GIRLS GOLF WASHINGTON TWP. 157, SCHALICK 166: Washington Twp.’s Azure Meares won medalist honors at The Birches with a 5-over-par 33. Natalie May shot the low round for Schalick (40).
GIRLS LACROSSE HADDONFIELD 18, WOODSTOWN 12: Riley Austin and Lauren Hamblin each scored five goals for Haddonfield. Delaney Walker netted four (208) for Wolverines. The other Woodstown goals came from Emma Morgan (3), Blair Baldi (2), Arianna Hyman (2) and Emma Perry (1).
TRACK
FRANKLINVILLE — On a day designed to promote fun and maybe give a shot at events they might not otherwise experience, it’s safe to say all the Salem County athletes had fun in the Tri-County Showcase at Delsea.
County athletes claimed 45 medals in the non-scored meet. They won eight events, had eight seconds and eight thirds.
Woodstown won five events (4 boys, 1 girls) and established eight PRs. Schalick’s David Stewart won twice individually (400 hurdles, triple jump); his 400 hurdles was a close 1-2 finish with Penns Grove’s Bryan Garlic that some are projecting as the top two in the event at the state meet.
Winning gold for Woodstown were Josh Crawford (1600), Karson Chew (800), David Farrell (3200), Aidan Taulane (discus) and Kami Casiano (girls high jump). For Crawford, it was his first time running the 1600 in competition and he won it in 4:32.57.
“I went into it just telling myself that it’s only two more laps than usual and there was no pressure so have fun,” said Crawford, an 800 specialist. “So I did just that. I went out there running with the experienced runners and had fun.”
Penns Grove’s 4×400 relay team held off Woodstown down the stretch to win that race.
Kylee Goodson, who ran a leg on Penns Grove’s winning 4×4, finished second in the 400 to impressive Overbrook junior John Froehlich. Other second-place finishes belonged to Penns Grove’s Will Roy (long jump), Woodstown’s Eli Caesar (high jump) and Abby Marino (girls 800), Salem’s girls 4×100, and Schalick’s Navaeh Robinson (girls javelin).
TRI-COUNTY SHOWCASE (Event winners and Salem County medal winners)
BOYS No team scoring 4×100: 1. Williamstown 42.71; 4. Penns Grove (Will Roy, Messiah Allah, Tommy White, Kylee Goodson) 43.77 4×800: 1. Highland 8:20.25; 4. Woodstown (Anthony Costello, Michael Turner, Pacey Hutton, Torsten Duva) 8:44.86; 5. Salem (Grady Buzby, Gavin Cronrath, Josh Gilbert, Jean Pierre Pozo) 8:46.48 400 Hurdles: 1. David Stewart, Schalick 55.36; 2. Bryan Garlic, Penns Grove 55.67; 6. Grady Buzby, Salem 58.79 1600: 1. Josh Crawford, Woodstown 4:32.57 400: 1. John Froehlich, Overbrook 49.42; 2. Kylee Goodson, Penns Grove 49.83 100: 1. Timothy Whitaker, Timber Creek 10.80 800: 1. Karson Chew, Woodstown 1:55.86 110 Hurdles: 1. Kareem Brown, Deptford 14.17 200: 1. John Froehlich, Overbrook 22.12; 3. Timothy Gregory, Salem 22.55 3200: 1. David Farrell, Woodstown 10:06.27; 5. Pacey Hutton, Woodstown 10:29.96 4×400: 1. Penns Grove (Bryan Garlic, Tommy White, Savior Allah, Kylee Goodson) 3:25.25; 2. Woodstown (Karson Chew, Anthony Costello, Michael Turner, Josh Crawford) 3:25.82 High Jump: 1. Moses Robles, Glassboro 6-0; 2. Eli Caesar, Woodstown 5-10; 5. Kaden Robinson, Salem 5-8 Pole Vault: 1. Mason Henry, Deptford 14-6; 3. Caleb Jenkins, Schalick 13-0 Long Jump: 1. Moses Robles, Glassboro 21-3; 2. Will Roy, Penns Grove 21-0.25; 3. David Stewart, Schalick 20-10.5; 6. Danny Knight, Pennsville 20-1.25 Triple Jump: 1. David Stewart, Schalick 45-5.75; 3. Andrew White, Woodstown 43-6; 5. Will Roy, Penns Grove 42-0 Discus: 1. Aidan Taulane, Woodstown 164-3; 3. Ethan McLean, Schalick 144-1 Javelin: 1. Richard Pierce, Cumberland 175-0; 3. Gary Simonini, Schalick 166-1; 5. Noah Chiu, Woodstown 143-9 Shot Put: 1. Eneas Tavella, Delsea 53-7.5; 4. Aidan Taulane, Woodstown 49-8.5; 5. JaKai Ingram, Penns Grove 49-1.5
Here are scores and details from Tuesday’s Salem County sports calendar; includes baseball, softball, golf, tennis
Baseball
TUESDAY’S GAMES 52nd Diamond Classic First-round games No. 4 Cherry Hill West 8, Pennsville 4 No. 3 St. Augustine 13, Woodstown 3
Regular season Glassboro 10, Penns Grove 0 Pitman 17, Salem 3 Schalick 10, Overbrook 7 Wildwood 10, Salem Tech 4
By Riverview Sports News
CHERRY HILL — Pennsville may have been down early in its Diamond Classic opener with fourth-seeded Cherry Hill West Tuesday, but the Eagles certainly didn’t consider themselves out.
They fell behind 6-1 after three innings, but they rallied with three in the sixth to make it a two-run game before the Lions scored two in the bottom of the inning and went on to win 8-4.
The sixth inning wasn’t the first time the Eagles knocked on the door and the Lions answered in the bottom of the inning.
They scored a run in the third on on Jeff Wagner’s two-out RBI double to make it 3-1, but the Lions got three in the bottom of the inning to go up 6-1.
The Eagles loaded the bases in the sixth with none out and Stevie Fatcher singled a run home. The Lions cut down Wagner trying to score on Grady Sanders’ bunt and Sanders was ruled out on interference, but Logan Cowperthwait kept the inning alive with a two-run single that made it 6-4. That’s all they would get.
West got two of the runs back on a run-scoring ground out and an RBI single by Jason Audino, then set the Eagles down in order in the seventh.
ST. AUGUSTINE 13, WOODSTOWN 3: Things looked good for the Wolverines early as they scored three in the top of second to take a 3-1 lead, but the third-seeded Hermits stormed back with four in the bottom of the inning and continued to score, denying Woodstown coach Marc DeCastro his 100th career win.
The Wolverines were setting up for a big inning in the second when they loaded the bases on two walks and a bunt single. Sol Elmer followed with a two-run single and after Talyn Priore walked to reload the bases Chase Harding was hit by a pitch to force another run home. But that’s they got as pitcher John Eddis got the next three hitters — the top of the Woodstown lineup — on a fly out and two strikeouts.
The Hermits retook the lead in the bottom of the inning and never trailed again. They broke it open with six in the fourth and walked it off with a run in the fifth.
Two St. Augustine pitchers held Woodstown to five hits. Tommy Tucci had two of them.
DIAMOND CLASSIC SCORES Vineland 17, Shawnee 4 Bishop Eustace 7, Cherokee 3 Mainland 2, Moorestown 1 Cherry Hill West 8, Pennsville 4 Egg Harbor 7, Pennsauken 2 St. Augustine 13, Woodstown 3 Delsea 12, Lenape 9 Eastern 20, Highland 10 Rancocas Valley 8, Cedar Creek 7
SCHALICK 10, OVERBROOK 7: The Cougars jumped on their hosts for eight runs in the first two innings, weathered a brief flurry in the home second and threat in the seventhBo Schalick worked a six-out save for their second win in less than 24 hours.
Jamari Whitley went 4-for-5, Evan Glaspey went 3-for-3 and Evan Sepers had two hits and three RBIs. Sepers drove in the first run in a four-run first inning and had a two-run double in the four-run second.
Cole Hartley started on the mound for the Cougars and left with a 9-7 lead. Schalick worked the final two innings, allowing two hits, a walk and striking out two.
GLASSBORO 10, PENNS GROVE 0: Ryan Gendaszek and Jimmy McMahon drove in three runs apiece and three Glassboro pitchers combined on a one-hit shutout as the Bulldogs run-ruled the Red Devils for the second straight day. Liam Irvin had Penns Grove’s only hit.
WILDWOOD 10, SALEM TECH 4: Nolan Mawhinney’s two-run single snapped a 2-2 tie and sparked a five-run third inning that helped the Warriors snap the Chargers’ eight-game winning streak. Mawhinney went 2-for-3 with three RBIs in the game. The Chargers stook the first lead on Cole Sacks’ RBI double in the first and tied it 2-2 on Brayden McAllister’s two-out line single in the second.
PITMAN 17, SALEM 3: Logan Williams and Carter Snyder each had three hits and the Panthers broke the game open with a seven-run fourth inning. The Rams scored two in the second when Pitman misplayed Daniel Grusemeyer’s grounder and a run in the fourth when they booted another Grusemeyer grounder.
Softball
TUESDAY’S GAMES Glassboro 15, Penns Grove 1 Pennsville 17, Clayton 1 Pitman 11, Salem 1 Salem Tech 19, Penn Tech 4 Schalick 18, Overbrook 15 Woodstown 7, Maple Shade 1
WOODSTOWN 7, MAPLE SHAPE 1: Ellie Wygand’s two-run single highlighted a five-run second inning that sent the Wolverines to a victory that snapped a five-game losing streak, their longest since 2019. The senior outfielder also ripped a two-run double in the fifth to extend the lead to 7-0. She’s working on an eight-game hitting streak in which she’s batting .593 (16-for-27). Leah Clark kept the Wildcats off the board until the seventh. She scattered four hits and struck out four.
“The last few games we have just been a bit off as a team, almost to a point the it felt like the preseason all over again,” Wolverines coach Rob Hildebrand said. “We weren’t being consistent in the field nor getting the job done offensively with runners in scoring position.
“That all changed tonight and I feel like the girls are back on track and playing the we all know they can.”
PENNSVILLE 17, CLAYTON 1: The Eagles turned up the power and speed and pummeled the Clippers to maintain their two-game lead in the TCC Classic Division. Kylie Harris, Kenzie Widener and Taylor Bass all hit two-run inside-the-park homers.
The Eagles pounded out 15 hits, six for extra bases. Widener went 3-for-3 and was a single shy of the cycle. Harris was 3-for-4 with four RBIs. Bass had two hits and three RBIs. Harris now has 149 career hits. She collected her 100th career RBI Monday against West Deptford.
Graillyn Weber scattered five hits in the four-inning game and struck out four.
SCHALICK 18, OVERBROOK 15: The Cougars erupted for 11 runs in the first inning, extended the lead to 13-0 after two and then held on for dear life. The bottom five hitters in the Schalick lineup went a combined 14-for-25 with eight RBIs. Khloe McGrath went 4-for-5, while Liv VanAcker and winning pitcher Kaylee Broglin had three hits apiece.
The Cougars sent 15 batters to the plate in the first with the help of five errors and four walks. The Rams scored seven in the fourth and drew within 13-10 in the fifth, but the Cougars pulled away with five in the bottom of the inning.
SALEM TECH 19, PENN TECH 4: Shelby Drummond went 4-for-4 with her first career homer and three RBIs, while Izzy Roberts, Claire Kier and Shelby Liber had three hits apiece to pace the 20-hit attack that got the Chargers back on the winning track after having their seven-game winning streak snapped in their last outing. Drummond hit a two-out, two-run homer in the second inning.
GLASSBORO 15, PENNS GROVE 1: The Bulldogs answered Penns Grove’s run in the fourth with eight in the bottom of the inning to put the game away. Marissa Rode hit a two-run inside-the-park homer in the inning and the Bulldogs worked 10 walks in the inning — eight in a row at one point — to keep the line moving. Domari Torres Caraballo scored the Red Devils’ run when she circled the bases after the Bulldogs misplayed her single.
PITMAN 11, SALEM 1: Maura Quinn went 3-for-3, Colette Rollins had two hits and three RBIs, and Emery Sharpnack drove in four runs for lead the Panthers. Akayla Nichols drove in Salem’s run with an RBI single in the fourth.
Golf
Schalick’s Jaxon Weber birdied his first and his last holes of the round and had another one in between on the way to a 7-over-par 79 and a T-8 finish at the South Group I Sectionals at Cream Ridge Golf Club.
Weber started on the par-5 ninth and nearly chipped in for eagle but got the birdie, then closed the round with a birdie on the par-4 eighth after hitting an 8-iron from 150 yards to three feet. The opening birdie didn’t translate into continued success as he played the first four holes on the back nine in 5-over. He played the rest of the side in 1-under with a birdie at the par-4 16th.
“It was a good start to the day with a birdie, but the holes in between were kind of tough,” he said. “The greens were fast and hard pin placements, but ending it off with a birdie to break 80 is always nice.”
The Cougars also got an 85 from Seth Fisher and shot 349 as a team to finish tied for eighth with Delaware Valley. Fisher also birdied his first hole of the day, the par-4 sixth.
Woodstown shot 367 as a team and placed 16th. Alejandro Vazquez posted the Wolverines’ low round (88).
SOUTH GROUP 1 BOYS SECTIONALS At Cream Ridge GC, 6011 Yards, Par 72
TEAM SCORES
INDIVIDUAL SCORES
Madison
309
Blake Steele, Madison
75
Bernards
319
Connor Keelan, PP Beach
76
Audubon
332
Teo Bengtsson, Madison
77
Pitman
334
Andrew Schiller, Madison
77
West Deptford
338
Brady Cassidy, Bernards
77
New Providence
345
Mattias Cordes, Metuchen
78
Arthur L. Johnson
348
Joseph Melchionna, AL Johnson
78
Delaware Valley
349
Jaxon Weber, Schalick
79
Schalick
349
Tim Decker, Shore
79
Bordentown
352
Ben Perticari, West Deptford
79
Haddon Twp.
352
Owen Nowak, Madison
80
Shore
356
Chase Carr, Audubon
80
Lower Cape May
357
Jake Bowen-Ashwin, Pitman
80
PP Beach
358
Theo Burns, Madison
80
Metuchen
361
Thomas Diemar, Bernards
80
Woodstown
367
Max Mund, New Providence
80
Cape May Tech
369
(T8) SCHALICK (349): Jaxon Weber 39-40–79, Seth Fisher 41-44–85, Anthony Sepers 51-53–104, Michael Nelson 50-45–95, Reed Bucolo 45-45–90.
(16) WOODSTOWN (367): Jack Bucksar 48-45–93, Logan Jones 43-46–89, Nate Valente 47-50–97, Alejandro Vazquez 41-47–88, Greyson Hyland 54-52–106.
Regular Season
PENNSVILLE 209, SALEM TECH 241: Pennsville’s Trevor Hann shot 49 to win medalist honors at Sakima CC.
GLOUCESTER CATHOLIC 168, SCHALICK 179: With its main team competing in the sectionals, the Cougars went into the match with their second group and junior Shawn Kelly shared medalist honors with a 40 at Centerton CC. He had two bogeys, two doubles and a birdie. GC senior Zack Payne also shot 40.
Tennis
No. 3 singles Luke Shaw bounced back from dropping a first-set tiebreaker to square the match and then rallied to win an intense third-set tiebreaker to beat Marcus Lorenzana 6-7 (4-7), 6-0, 11-9 and clinch Woodstown’s 3-2 win over Highland.
The team match was tied 2-2 when Shaw went up 3-0 in the second set. He was down 5-9 in the tiebreaker, but rallied to win the next six points to win the match. It was a doubly satisfying win for the senior. He lost a third-set tiebreaker to Lorenzana on April 13.
“The entire team was on pins and needles watching it,” Woodstown coach Jesse Stemberger said.
Highland (11-6) won the other two singles matches, but the Wolverines (11-5) swept the two doubles points.
WOODSTOWN 3, HIGHLAND 2 Mohammad Sheyam (H) def. Drew Stengel, 6-1, 6-0 Andrew Whitelock (H) def. Mason Shimp, 6-0, 6-4 Luke Shaw (WO) def. Marcus Lorenzana, 6-7 (4-7), 6-0, 11-9 Nick DiTeodoro-Vincent Merendino (WO) def. Leonardo Vittese-Jacob Roman, 6-2, 6-1 Connor Miller-Josh King (WO) def. Sakibul Alam-Mohannad Isa, 7-5, 6-1 Reords: Woodstown 11-5, Highland 11-6.
PENNS GROVE 4, CLAYTON 1 James Mai (CL) def. Stuart Mondragon, 6-1, 6-2 Anthony Pacheco (PG) def. Jayden Sanchez, 6-1, 6-3 Juan Ortiz (PG) def. Michael Cummings, 6-1, 6-3 Jesus Arredondo-Doel Torres (PG) def. Robert Schultz-Dyshamir Miller, 6-4, 4-6, 10-7 Jordan Hernandez-Fernando Palacios Lima (PG) def. Malcolm Turpin-Brynne Contravo, 6-1, 6-1 Records: Penns Grove 4-4, Clayton 3-10.
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