Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Jan. 13-18
JAN. 13 GIRLS BASKETBALL Clayton at Salem Overbrook at Woodstown Pennsville at Schalick Penns Grove at Glassboro, 4 p.m. Salem Tech at Wildwood BOYS BASKETBALL Penns Grove at Glassboro Salem at Clayton Schalick at Pennsville Wildwood at Salem Tech Woodstown at Overbrook SWIMMING Woodstown vs. Schalick at Vineland YMCA, 3:15 p.m. TRACK Pennsville, Woodstown at Ocean Breeze, Staten Island
JAN. 14 WRESTLING Cumberland at Penns Grove Pennsville at Pitman, 6:30 p.m. Salem at Cedar Creek Schalick at St. Joe (Hamm.) BOWLING Salem vs. Gloucester City at Wood Lanes Salem Tech vs. Clayton MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Salem CC at RCSJ-Cumberland, 5 p.m. WOMENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Harcum at Salem CC, 5 p.m. JAN. 15 GIRLS BASKETBALL Pennsville at Penns Grove, 4 p.m. Pitman at Salem Tech, 4 p.m. Salem at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m. Schalick at Woodstown BOYS BASKETBALL Gloucester Catholic at Salem, 7 p.m. Penns Grove at Pennsville Pitman at Salem Tech Woodstown at Schalick BOWLING Salem vs. West Deptford, Bolero Deptford Lanes Salem Tech vs. Gloucester City at Westbrook Lanes SWIMMING Woodstown vs. Haddon Heights at Camden County Tech WRESTLING Woodstown at Middle Twp. JAN. 16 WRESTLING Clayton at Penns Grove Pennsville at Schalick, 6 p.m. Timber Creek at Woodstown, 6 p.m. SWIMMING Woodstown vs. Gloucester Catholic at GCIT, 5:45 p.m. Schalick vs. Pitman at GCIT, 7:15 p.m. Salem vs. Deptford at GCIT, 8:15 p.m. BOWLING Salem vs. Salem Tech at Wood Lanes MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Salem CC at Atlantic Cape, 6 p.m. WOMENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Salem CC at Anne Arundel CC, 5 p.m.
JAN. 17 GIRLS BASKETBALL Camden County Tech at Salem Tech Pennsville at Woodstown, 7 p.m. Salem at Gloucester City BOYS BASKETBALL Pennisville at Woodstown Haddon Twp. at Schalick Salem Tech at GCIT TRACK NJSIAA Relays, Bennett Center, Toms River
JAN. 18 BOYS BASKETBALL Salem at Lenape, 1 p.m. WRESTLING Pennsville Collingswood, Sterling at Vineland Penns Grove, Salem, Overbrook at Pitman Deptford, Haddon Twp., Pemberton at Schalick, 9 a.m. Buena, Haddon Heights, Pennsauken at Woodstown MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Passaic County CC at Salem CC, 2 p.m. WOMENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Salem CC at Essex County, noon
All-Sports Museum of Southern New Jersey welcomes first fisherman into ranks with induction of Pittsgrove’s Iaconelli into its Hall of Fame
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
BRIDGETON – The All-Sports Museum of Southern New Jersey expanded its roster of sports and inductees Saturday with the induction of pro angler Mike Iaconelli into its Hall of Fame.
Iaconelli, a decorated pro with unconventional beginnings in the sport, is the first fisherman to be enshrined in the Hall that recognizes the accomplishments of sports luminaries with ties to South Jersey. His enshrinement brings to 22 the number of sports and related fields now represented in the museum.
“It’s very cool,” museum board member Anthony D’Agostino said of the landmark induction. “He’s a local guy, he’s right in our backyard, and it’s something we probably should have done a long time ago.
“He’s one of the most accomplished people if you really look at his professional career. His story is amazing. It’s a sport that’s traditionally Southern, country guys, and you’ve got this brash New Jersey guy listening to hip hop and he really wasn’t liked at first.
“But it’s his 30th year as a professional fisherman and it’s finally kind of turned around for him where people are starting to really recognize what he’s done and what he’s accomplished and brought to the game there, so it means a lot to have him in our Hall.”
Iaconelli, who lives on Palatine Lake in Pittsgrove, is the only angler to ever win the Bassmaster Classic, Bassmaster Angler of the Year and BASS Federation National Championship and before leaving Saturday’s ceremony donated a treasure trove of items to the museum commemorating those feats and more. He was inducted into the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame in 2003.
In addition to competing at the top level of his sport, Iaconelli is driven to grow the sport with his entertainment, education and charitable interests. He has a popular podcast and hosts several television shows.
His selection to the Hall proved quite popular as the ceremony drew one of the bigger crowds they’ve had for an enshrinement. Among those in attendance were his four buddies who were the only other anglers in his suburban high school and a youngster he remembered fishing with in a local event years ago.
The interaction, D’Agostino said, “was awesome.”
The Hall’s next induction ceremony is February when it will welcome former major-league pitcher and current Phillies broadcast analyst Ricky Bottalico into its ranks.
Look for more on Iaconelli’s passion for the sport and induction into the Hall of Fame Sunday at Riverview Sports News.
Top photo: All-Sports Hall of Fame inductee Mike Iaconelli is flanked by Museum and Hall chairman Dom Valella (L) and board member Anthony D’Agostino during Saturday’s induction ceremony. (Photo courtesy of All-Sports Museum of Southern New Jersey)
Salem CC men eclipse last year’s win total by getting past RCSJ-Gloucester; women fall at Middlesex
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
DEPTFORD – The Salem CC basketball team reached another milestone in what is quickly becoming an historic season.
The Mighty Oaks came from behind Saturday to beat RCSJ-Gloucester 94-75 for its third win in a row. More significantly, it was their 12th win of the season (12-4), eclipsing their win total of the entire 2023-24 season (11-14), and moving them within two wins of qualifying for postseason play.
“I’m not downplaying that, it’s definitely significant, but the job’s not finished,” coach Mike Green said. “That was never our goal to win more games than last year. Our goal is to compete for something at the end of the year, compete for a championship, compete for a trophy, all that stuff. And we’re in a good position to do so, so far.”
Their best season since reviving the program was 18-10 in 2021-22, but that team didn’t get its 12th win that season until Feb. 1.
It took the Mighty Oaks a while to get going in this one. They fell behind by 11 six minutes into the game and trailed by nine with nine minutes left in the half. But that’s where they started to turn it around.
They put together a 22-4 run to take the lead before halftime and then opened the second half with an 18-2 run to put it away.
“We want to wear teams out,” Green said. “Teams that play six and seven people, we want to wear them out. I feel like we wore them down with our first unit, then our second unit came in and wore them down. It worked out well that way.
“And we guarded better. The first half they shot a high percentage – it looked like they barely hardly missed. The second half we did a better job guarding them in the half court and got out and got some runs.”
Everybody contributed. Jaheim Spencer had a game-high 19 points, but six players scored in double figures. Akeem Taylor and Josh Ramos each had 12, Tamir Powell and Tyrese Fortune each had 11, and Tajee Jordan had 10.
Powell had nine straight points in the middle of the first-half flurry, including a 3-pointer with 4:54 left in the half that gave the Mighty Oaks the lead for good
After Saturday’s high-scoring win, the Mighty Oaks are 14th in JUCO Division III in scoring. They’re in the top 10 in 3s made per game and free throw percentage and the top 20 in rebounding.
With a plus-7 turnaround through 16 games over last season, might it be time for the Mighty Oaks to start getting attention in the Division III poll. After all, one of their most recent wins was over one of the teams also receiving votes in the most recent poll.
“How does that work?” Green asked. “I think we’ve done enough to at least get some votes, but that’s on the coaches. Can’t really control that. If somebody thinks we’re a force to be reckoned with, then cool. If not, then we’ll be showing them.”
Top photo: Salem CC’s Jaheim Spencer (32) races to bring the ball up the floor against RCSJ-Gloucester Saturday. (Photo courtesy Gus Ostrum, RCSJ-Gloucester)
SALEM CC 94, RCSJ-GLOUCESTER 75 SALEM CC (12-4) – Jyheim Spencer 9-16 1-3 19, Akeem Taylor 4-7 3-5 12, Josh Ramos 4-8 0-0 12, Tamir Powell 5-9 0-0 11, Tyrese Fortune 5-8 0-1 11, Tajee Jordan 5-7 0-0 10, Xavier Brewington 3-6 0-0 8, A.J. Jones 3-3 0-0 6, Tivon Woolford 2-5 0-0 5, Dontarius Jones 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 40-73 4-9 94. RCSJ-GLOUCESTER (6-10) – Hajir Davis 5 4-6 16, Titus Bacon 5 2-4 14, Ace Cassiter 3 2-3 9, Aiden Cranmer 2 0-2 5, Fred Orock 7 2-6 16, Kendell McCray 3 1-1 7, Chance Kershaw 0 0-0 0, Daniel Mendez 5 0-3 10, Jon Guzman 0 0-0 0, Amara Sacko 0 0-0 0. Totals 30 11-25 75.
Salem CC
45
49-
94
RCSJ-Gloucester
41
34-
75
3-point goals: Salem CC 10-26 (Taylor 1-2, Ramos 4-7, Powell 1-3, Fortune 1-3, Brewington 2-3, Woolford 1-4, D. Jones 0-4); RCSJ-Gloucester 4 (Davis 2, Cassiter, Cranmer). Rebounds: Salem CC 32 (Spencer 9, Jordan 6, Brewington 5). Total fouls: Salem 23, RCSJ-Gloucester 13.
Women’s game
EDISON – It was a game, comparatively speaking, the Salem CC women should have brought back to Carneys Point as a win.
The Mighty Oaks drilled Delaware Tech by 24 when the teams played earlier this year. Middlesex barely beat them at the buzzer when they played recently.
But that’s the danger of comparing scores. The Mighty Oaks struggled in the second half on the road and Middlesex sent them home with a 63-40 setback.
Salem scored only 14 points in the second half. Middlesex’ Genilah Singleton had nine of her game-high 15 in the third quarter.
“There was no energy, no execution,” Mighty Oaks coach Brian Marsh said. “And on the road that’s not a good combination.”
Maggie St. Clair was Salem’s leading scorer with 10 points. The Colts (7-8) had three scorers in double figures.
The Mighty Oaks (6-7) return to action Tuesday at home against Harcum (11-4), No. 19 in the last JUCO Division II poll dated Dec. 16.
Here are the results of Saturday’s basketball and wrestling events involving Salem County teams
GIRLS BASKETBALL Woodstown 44, Delsea 19 BOYS BASKETBALL Camden Catholic 88, Woodstown 42 St. Joseph 50, Penns Grove 43 Schalick at Collingswood
By Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN – The Woodstown girls put forth one of their best defensive efforts of the season, holding their opponent to one field goal in the second half and scoreless in the fourth quarter, in beating Delsea 44-19 Saturday for their third straight win.
It was the second opponent the Wolverines held to fewer than 20 points and shutout in a quarter they season. They held Salem scoreless in the third quarter of their 61-16 win in the season opener.
“The fourth quarter was phenomenal,” Woodstown coach Matt Smart said. “In the beginning of the game we were allowing too many cuts, not boxing out and not playing good help defense. We were able to talk at halftime and focus on doing the little things right.
“Our team had a very open conversation at halftime about what was working for us and what we needed to improve. That’s the great thing about having a team with a high basketball IQ. They can clearly explain things that they are seeing on the court and we can make adjustments.”
Megan Donelson and Talia Battavio led the Wolverines’ offense with 19 and 18, points, respectively. They combined for all 17 of Woodstown’s points in the first quarter.
Gianna Maiorini had 12 rebounds, while Donelson and Hengel had eight each. As a team, the Wolverines had 12 steals and blocked six shots.
BOYS GAMES CAMDEN CATHOLIC 88, WOODSTOWN 42 WOODSTOWN (4-3) – Elijah Caesar 2, Alejandro Vazquez 5, Garrett Leyman 0, Andrew White 1, Rocco String 10, Connor Miller 9, Blake Bialecki 6, M.J. Hall 7, Joshua King 0, John Hood-McGinley 0, Sid Leevy 0. CAMDEN CATHOLIC (8-1) – Nymir Daily 2, Shane Congleton 7, Seamus Bieg, Charlie Neal 3, Luke Kennevan 23, Sean Welde 2, Chase Langrehr 5, Bryce Clark 10, Azyris Richmond 6, Mel Jones 4, Zach Winkler 4, Nick Tartamosa 2.
Woodstown
7
14
11
10-
42
Camden Catholic
23
22
17
26-
88
3-point goals: Woodstown 6 (Vazquez, Miller 3, Bialecki 2); Camden Catholic NA. Rebounds: Woodstown 31 (String 12). NOTE: String also had four blocked shots, giving him 140 for his career.
ST. JOSEPH (HAMM.) 50, PENNS GROVE 43 ST. JOSEPH (9-1) – Will Spross 2 6-8 10, Jameer Gordon 8 3-4 19, Edwin Drummond 4 2-4 10, Cayden Banks 1 1-4 3, Donny Spross 3 0-0 8, Chris Hill 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 12-20 50. PENNS GROVE (2-6) – Brandin Robbins 3-1-8, Roman Gipson 5-1-11, Karon Ceaser 1-0-2, Antoine Robinson 2-0-4, Haneef Frisbee 2-0-4, Jameel Horace 2-0-4, William Roy 2-1-5, Luis Colon 2-1-5. Totals 19-4-43.
St. Joseph
9
9
12
19-
50
Penns Grove
10
9
8
19-
43
3-point goals: St. Joseph 2 (D, Spross 2); Penns Grove 1 (Robbins).
RaNiyah Wilson, Penns Grove (Kingsway 251/Penns Grove 552)
DNP
803
Games through Jan. 11
Wrestling
Millville Quad
PENNSVILLE 48, OAKCREST 30 113: Erick Davalos (P) won by forfeit 120: Joey Sanchez (O( pinned Jacob Hand, 4:00 126: Vincent Ciccantelli (P) won by forfeit 132: Nathaniel Mason (P) pinned Kevin Longo, 2:00 138: Gave Supernavage (P) pinned Erick Montas-Arias, 2:00 144: Travis Hagan (P) pinned George Swoyer, 2:00 150: Ryan Monroe (O) won by forfeit 157: Aiden Xayaphachan (O) won by forfeit 165: Adienn Aponte (O) pinned Juan Velasquez, 4:00 175: Joseph Halstead (P) pinned Juan Anaya, 2:00 190: Connor Ayars (P) pinned Malik Hughes 215: Jose Anaya (O) won by forfeit 285: Trevor Waddington (P) pinned Jeremiah Lopez, 2:00 106: Double forfeit
PENNSVILLE 37, OVERBROOK 36 (x-Pennsville wins on criteria) 106: Jacob Sole (O) pinned John Sassi, 1:35 113: Brett Land (P) pinned Kayden Branco, 3:57 120: Michael Mahon (O) pinned Mehki Dicks, 2:53 126: Kevin Reed (O) pinned Vincent Ciccantelli, 5:34 132: Nathaniel Mason (P) dec. Damiano Redrow, 9-8 138: Alan Marcos (O) dec. Telvin Duk, 8-5 144: Gabe Supernavage (P) pinned Isaiah Natal, 1:36 150: Travis Hagan (P) pinned Jaevon Mitchell, 2:24 157: Karter Reed (O) won by forfeit 165: Juan Velasquez (P) pinned Randall Ringstaff, 1:04 175: Joseph Halstead (P) dec. Oscar Calderon, 9-3 190: Connor Ayars (P) pinned Xyon Marshall, 4:18 215: Cooper Himes (O) won by forfeit 285: Tomas Sanchez (O) dec. Trevor Waddington, 2-0
MILLVILLE 46, PENNSVILLE 33 120: Ruben Cruz (M) maj. dec. Mekhi Dicks, 14-3 126: Joshua Roman (M) pinned Vincent Ciccantelli, 0:26 132: Nathaniel Mason (P) pinned Caleb Rhoads, 5:24 138: Patrick Tull (M) pinned Gabe Supernavage, 3:24 144: Travis Hagan (P) pinned Alexander Mendez, 2:13 150: Jared Hoffman (M) won by forfeit 157: Ryan Tepper (M) won by forfeit 165: MarQuis Allen (M) pinned Juan Velasquez, 1:35 175: Joseph Halstead (P) pinned Trystan Brooks, 1:59 190: Connor Ayars (P) pinned Tyshawn English, 2:32 215: Jayden Jones (M) won by forfeit 285: Trevor Waddington (P) dec. Keani Speights, 1-0 106: Karter Parker (M) pinned John Sassi, 0:46 113: Brett Land (P) won by forfeit
Deptford Quad
DEPTFORD 66, PENNS GROVE 12 106: Corey Hoffman (D) pinned Jose Santiago 113: Avery Curriden (P) pinned Julian Colon 120: Dylan Smith (D) won by forfeit 126: Amir Barnes (D) maj. dec. Devine Arce, 12-1 132: Ethan Christmas (D) tech fall Adan Gonzales, 16-1 138: Jaylen Huertes (D) pinned AbdulMuta’Alie IbnAbdulHailmTart 144: Quentin Boyce (D) won by forfeit 150: Odess Myers (D) won by forfeit 157: Devin Trotter (D) won by forfeit 165: Gavyn Henderson (D) won by forfeit 175: Mel Maguire (D) dec. Clinton Bobo, 7-6 190: Shawn McLaughlin (D) pinned Julian Espino 215: John Griffith (D) pinned Antonio Cooper 285: Wayne Scott (P) pinned Daniel Maguire
PENNS GROVE 54, ST. JOSEPH (HAMM.) 24 113: Avery Curriden (P) won by forfeit 120: Double forfeit 126: Devine Arce (P) pinned Naheem Davis, 0:16 132: Adan Gonzales (P) won by forfeit 138: AbdulMuta’Alie IbnAbdulHailmTart (P) won by forfeit 144: Mason Hollywood (SJ) won by forfeit 150: Paul Lacy (SJ) won by forfeit 157: Tre Brown (P) won by forfeit 165: Colin Steiner (SJ) won by forfeit 175: Clinton Bobo (P) won by forfeit 190: Julian Espino (P) won by forfeit 215: Antonio Cooper (P) won by forfeit 285: Wayne Scott (P) pinned Cayden Banks, 1:27 106: Damien Spera (SJ) pinned Jose Santiago, 1:04
COLLINGSWOOD 64, PENNS GROVE 18 106: James Jiles (C) pinned Jose Santiago, 2:24 113: Kenny Olsen (C) pinned Avery Curriden, 1:12 120: Rufus Burris (C) won by forfeit 126: Devine Arce (P) pinned Sean Byrd, 2:30 132: Oscar Reyes (C) pinned Adam Gonzales, 0:55 138: Avange Santos (C) pinned AbdulMuta’Alie IbnAbdulHailmTart, 2:26 144: Stewart Chang (C) won by forfeit 150: Christopher Sanchez-Chavez (C) won by forfeit 157: Matt Malinowski (C) tech fall Tre Brown, 21-5 165: Caden Luby (C) won by forfeit 175: Clinton Bobo (P) pinned Julian Maxwell, 3:38 190: Josiah Evans (C) pinned Julian Espino, 1:12 215: Nyeim Bennett (C) tech fall Antonio Cooper, 19-4 285: Wayne Scott (P) pinned Derek Fleming, 1:13
Buena Quad
SCHALICK 65, BUENA 12 126: Luke Silva (S) pinned Zach Cohen, 1:10 132: Ryan Miller (S) pinned Thomas Hann, 5:04 138: Gionni Sharkey (B) pinned Colin Bittle, 4:30 144: Ayden Jenkins (S) won by forfeit 150: Lucas Gellura (B) dec. Koen Martin, 8-4 157: Riley Papiano (S) pinned Donato Vai, 1:20 165: Eric Sulik (S) won by forfeit 175: Ricky Watt (S) won by forfeit 190: Evan Elliott (S) won by forfeit 215: Brian Passamante (B) dec. Gerardo Felipe, UTB 3-2 285: Julian Reid (S) won by forfeit 106: Emma Cain (S) tech fall Gianna Edwards, 19-3 113: Caleb Jenkins (S) pinned Aubrey Raum, 0:40 120: E’Shion Underwood (S) pinned Jack Mazzoni, 1:10
SCHALICK 52, CUMBERLAND 20 132: Ryan Miller (S) pinned Killian McGraw, 1:15 138: Chase Williams (CU) dec. Colin Bittle, 8-7 144: Daniel Lloyd (CU) tech fall Ayden Jenkins, 17-2 150: Michael Carastro (CU) dec. Koen Martin, 7-3 157: Riley Papiano (S) dec Gary Albert, SV-1 6:31 165: Eric Sulik (S) pinned Gabriel Rodriguez, 3:09 175: Ricky Watt (S) tech fall David Seeger, 17-1 190: Evan Elliott (S) tech fall Sebron Hall-Jones, 16-1 215: Gerardo Felipe (S) over Noval Jenkins, DQ 285: Julian Reid (S) pinned Gavin Hayes, 1:22 106: Victor Fenske (S) won by forfeit 113: DeAnthony Harden (CU) dec. Caleb Jenkins, 7-1 120: Kolton Sheppard (CU) pinned E’Shion Underwood, 1:34 126: Luke Silva (S) pinned Logan Smith, 3:39
SCHALICK 49, TIMBER CREEK 27 120: E’Shion Underwood (S) tech fall Dominic Speakman, 19-3 (3:44) 126: Luke Silva (S) tech fall Ayden Zarnosky, 18-2 (2:23) 132: Ryan Miller (S) pinned Josh Wolfenden, 3:10 138: Colin Bittle (S) won by forfeit 144: Ayden Jenkins (S) pinned Eric Rambaran, 3:00 150: Joey Walker (TC) pinned Koen Martin, 2:54 157: Riley Papiano (S) won by forfeit 165: Ryan Kuriger (TC) pinned Eric Sulik, 0:27 175: Ricky Watt (S) dec. Zyeir Green, 8-6 190: Amir Reason-Dallas (TC) pinned Evan Elliott, 3:49 215: Elijah Green (TC) dec. Gerardo Felipe, 11-4 285: Roland Green (TC) pinned Julian Reid, 3:53 106: Victor Fenske (S) won by forfeit 113: Caleb Jenkins (S) won by forfeit
Cinnaminson Duals
WALL 47, WOODSTOWN 24 113: Omar Carrillo-Solano (WA) tech fall Luke Woronicak, 15-0 (3:59) 120: Carson Bradway (WO) pinned Charles Mahoney, 0:40 126: Travis Balback (WO) pinned Nicholas Traina, 0:17 132: Ben Waitzel (WA) pinned Louie Scholl, 1:39 138: Mason DiStefano (WA) pinned Ryan Polk, 1:31 144: Joseph Matri (WA) won by forfeit 150: Michael Boulard (WA) pinned Thomas Lacy, 3:08 157: Parker Quinn (WA) pinned Brett Rowand, 5:12 165: Joe Donofrio (WA) dec. Laitton Roberts, 4-1 175: Jeremy Marsella (WA) dec. Greyson Hyland, 6-5 190: Paul Banff (WO) dec. Sean Cosme, 3-0 215: Walter Carter (WO) dec. Eric Clauburg, 9-3 285: Mateo Vinciguerra (WO) won by forfeit 106: Bryson Jarosz (WA) pinned Hunter Allen, 2:33
WOODSTOWN 60, HADDON TWP. 24 120: Carson Bradway (WO) pinned Andrew Marshall, 0:29 126: Travis Balback (WO) pinned Owen Ziegler, 1:31 132: Blake Thoder (H) pinned Louie Scholl, 3:43 138: Thomas Andrews (H) pinned Ryan Polk, 1:50 144: Brady Mokoid (H) won by forfeit 150: Justin Capri (H) pinned Thomas Lacy, 2:37 157: Brett Rowand (WO) won by forfeit 165: Laitton Roberts (WO) pinned Ryan Henry, 1:27 175: Greyson Hyland (WO) pinned Antonio Reyes, 2:48 190: Paul Banff (WO) pinned Joseph Sum, 0:49 215: Walter Carter (WO) pinned Elijah Borowicz, 2:18 285: Mateo Vinciguerra (WO) pinned Sean Weikel, 1:11 106: Hunter Allen (WO) pinned Sok Hoy, 2:23 113: Luke Woronicak (WO) pinned Jon Rodriquez, 1:32
HADDONFIELD 41, WOODSTOWN 28 126: Walker Battavio (WO) dec. Alexander Frey, 9-3 132: Pierce Hoffman (H) dec. Travis Balbeck, 8-5 138: William Dietz (H) won by forfeit 144: Chase Degillo (H) maj. dec. Ryan Polk, 11-1 150: William Barker (H) pinned Thomas Lacy, 4:45 157: Hutch Rhyne (H) pinned Brett Rowand, 3:07 165: Aidan Rhea (H) dec. Laitton Roberts, 9-3 175: Greyson Hyland (WO) tech fall Parker Bawidamann, 20-3 (5:26) 190: Paul Banff (WO) pinned Rafael Lytle, 1:28 215: Walter Carter (WO) won by forfeit 285: Mateo Vinciguerra (WO) won by forfeit 106: Hunter Allen (WO) dec. Harrison Carroll, 7-1 113: Cole Spence (H) maj. dec. Luke Woronicak, 13-1 120: Michael Lamb (H) pinned Carson Bradway, 1:47
‘Locked in’ senior Tunis has career night while leading deliberate Salem to a victory over LEAP; Pennsville crushed by Clayton
FRIDAY’S GAMES Salem 48, LEAP 28 Clayton 101, Pennsville 45
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
SALEM – Joe Tunis says he’s “locked in” this year and that’s really good news – for Joe Tunis and the Salem basketball team.
Tunis was on the team last season but didn’t see enough action to be productive. He changed his mindset in the offseason and is playing regularly in the rotation. Friday night the senior guard had the best game of his career in leading the Rams to a 48-28 win over LEAP Academy that snapped a two-game losing streak.
He led all scorers with 14 points and grabbed seven rebounds.
“I wasn’t really locked in (last year); I’m locked in now,” he said. “I realized it’s my last year, coach told me I had to lock in, so I locked in.
“I want to win. Last year, losing in the playoffs to Pitman, that hurt. I didn’t want to feel like that anymore. We’ve lost two back-to-back tough ones (this week) we should’ve won (Pitman and Glassboro). Wanted it bad. Hate losing, that’s all it is.”
Consistency has always been Tunis’ key. It wasn’t there a lot of the time last year when it came to going to practice and it impacted how much coach Anthony Farmer was going to play him.
While some bits of Allen Iverson remain, he has gotten away from what he called that “childish mindset” and has played in eight of the Rams’ 10 games this year, producing 41 points and 28 rebounds with his most consistent production coming the last two nights.
His best game before going off against the Lions (4-5) was nine points and six rebounds against Woodstown in the second game of the year. He had eight points Thursday night at Glassboro.
“He was tremendous,” Farmer said. “We know what Joe can do, but Joe’s issue has been consistently showing up and being here. We’re better with Joe, when he’s around. We call him ‘The Junkyard Dog,’ he does a little bit of everything. Tonight, it went in for him. That’s great. Hopefully he stays hot for us.”
The Rams (7-3) needed somebody to break out because the game wasn’t played at their typical fast tempo. Farmer deliberately slowed down and it led to just an 18-12 lead at halftime.
Tunis and Donnie Weathers both drew starts because they were the spark in the stretch the Rams were at their best in an otherwise lacking performance against Glassboro. The 48 points were the fewest they’ve scored in a win since beaten Gloucester Catholic with 39 in January 2023.
“I don’t think we’ve been playing pretty good basketball,” Farmer said. “We’ve been able to squeak out seven wins now, but tonight I didn’t let them get up and down. We’ve been in the half-court a lot and we stink in the half-court. We had 18 points at the half, just running half-court offense.
“That was by design. I know in order to win the big game come March we’re going to have to settle down in the half-court and you’re going to have to run something. You can’t just rely on Ty (Lecator) to run around and jack up shots. We’ve got to get better, so that was by design.”
The second half they were a little more efficient, outscoring the Lions 30-16. Lecator (eight) and Xavier McGriff (seven) scored all of their points in the second half. Tunis had 10 in the half – seven in a 9-0 run that opened the third quarter and a 3 in the fourth.
“We thought (Tunis) could be a piece last year, but the consistency hurt him,” Farmer said. “Hopefully this helps him with some confidence and he’s feeling good about his role on the team and how important he is to the team. If he buys in he can be a really big picture for the back stretch.”
DeShaan Williams and Azhone Burden continued their strong play since the start of the new year. Williams had five points, three rebounds and blocked six shots against the Lions. Burden, a 6-4 senior transfer from Bridgeton who just became eligible this week, had seven points, 10 rebounds and five assists.
In the three games he’s played since becoming eligible, Burden has 35 points and 28 rebounds. Williams has 58 points and 30 rebounds in his last four games.
“It’s great to have him back,” Farmer said of Burden. “He can do a multitude of things for us and he’s going to be a big piece to our success down the line. It’s been a tough stretch for him being a senior having to sit and wait, so we’re just happy to have him back and he’s excited.
“I’ve been trying to get (Williams) to come out of his shell. He’s a real quiet kid, a real humble kid, a coach’s dream, but I’ve been urging for more from him and he’s turning it on.”
3-point goals: LEAP 2 (Rodriguez 2); Salem 3 (McGriff, Spence, Tunis). Rebounds: LEAP 28 (Noel 10); Salem 30 (Burden 10, Tunis 7). Fouled out: Shoultz. Total fouls: LEAP 16, Salem 12.
Recently eligible Azhone Burden (15) and sophomore DeShaan Williams have been consistently giving Salem big games since the start of the new year. Top photo: Joe Tunis (14) had a career game Friday night.
CLAYTON 101, PENNSVILLE 45: Princeton Sackor scored 23 points and grabbed 17 rebounds as the Clippers handed Pennsville (1-7) its fifth straight loss. Demetris Williams (14), Nazir Davis (12) and James Fritz (10) also scored in double figures for Clayton (4-4).
It’s the third time the Clippers have scored 100 points in a game this season and the fifth time in their last six one of the teams in the game scored 100.
Salem CC women allow fewest points since reviving the program, dump RCSJ-Cumberland to win second game of new year, reach .500 first first time since Dec. 12
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
CARNEYS POINT — Kathryn Laurence scored a season-high 18 points, the bigs dominated the post and the defense was sharp as the Salem CC women crushed RCSJ-Cumberland 53-24 Thursday night.
The win was their second in a row and got them back to .500 (6-6) for the first time since Dec. 12. The 24 points were the fewest the Mighty Oaks have allowed in a game since reviving the program last season. They held the Dukes (5-8) scoreless for the first 6:30 of the game and to just one point over an 11-minute stretch of the second and third quarters.
They held the Dukes to 16.7 percent shooting for the game and forced them into 29 turnovers, off which they scored 22 points.
“We didn’t have a great game offensively (shooting 27 percent and committing 25 turnovers), but we played good defense and got the win,” Mighty Oaks coach Brian Marsh said. “We’re off to a good start in the new year (2-0), but we have a tough opponent on the road Saturday that beat us twice last season (Middlesex).
“We have really started to play with a chip on our shoulder and much better basketball on both ends of the floor.”
Laurence hit 7 of 18 shots from the floor, including four 3-pointers. She hit her first two 3s in the Mighty Oaks’ 12-0 start. The 5-5 sophomore guard from Texas has scored in double figures in four of her last five games, averaging 13 points per game in the stretch.
On the inside, Akira Chambers had a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Dani Gustin had 11 rebounds to go with five points.
Donelson mccracks down on McCracken, Leyman big in the post and Woodstown beats Wildwood in OT; includes all of Thursday’s Salem County basketball action
GIRLS GAMES
BOYS GAMES
Woodstown 49, Wildwood 46 (OT)
Woodstown 66, Wildwood 47
Glassboro 64, Salem 20
Glassboro 76, Salem 62
Penns Grove 47, Pitman 26
Pitman at Penns Grove, ppd.
Schalick 36, Salem Tech 26
Schalick 79, Salem Tech 22
Pennsville 58, Triton 49
Gloucester Catholic 61, Pennsville 40
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN — How many times does it happen? You have a game with some of the most dynamic scorers in South Jersey and of course it’s defense that determines the outcome.
Woodstown’s Megan Donelson cracked down on Macie McCracken and the Wolverines gained a bit of satisfaction for last year’s last-second loss in the sectional final, beating Wildwood in overtime 49-46 Thursday night to give first-year coach Matt Smart an early signature win.
“It always comes down to defense,” Smart said. “It’s about boxing out, rebounding, defense. McCracken’s an incredible player. She’s going to get her points no matter what defense you throw on her. It’s about limiting her opportunities, playing nice good hard defense and then boxing her out and making her only get one shot instead of two or three and Megan was phenomenal. She was up to the challenge.
“That’s kind of what we always preach, play unselfish basketball. And defense, you have to be unselfish. She did a great job. Other girls did a great job switching, hedging, all the little things to try to limit her. She still played amazing. She’s an incredible basketball player and our girls just kind of took it as a personal challenge.”
Donelson was on McCracken from the time the Warriors got off the bus. She held the senior on the verge of 2,000 career points to one field goal and four points in the first half, no points in overtime and 14 points total. Meanwhile, she scored 13 points to go over the 1,300-point career mark.
“My goal was just to shut her down because I know she’s a good shooter; yeah, lock down,” Donelson said. “When coach gives me a player to man up on I just follow what he says and give it my all on that one player.”
But she wasn’t the only one who came up big in a big game. Kyia Leyman, who had been limited the last two seasons because of knee injuries, gave the Wolverines a huge game in the post, scoring 11 points and grabbing 19 rebounds — both career highs — and blocking two shots.
She had four points and eight rebounds in the first half and back-to-back three-point play opportunities in the third quarter to help the Wolverines open a nine-point lead.
“I think my mindset was just to do it for the team,” Leyman said. “It was definitely a team effort and I wanted to be there for them. I didn’t want to let them down, so I think I just tried my best — and I wanted to come back and beat a really good team. I think this was the best I’ve played, the most calm, collected I’ve played (since coming back).”
Donelson’s layup with 42 seconds left in regulation tied the game at 41. Both teams had shots in the closing seconds to win it. Donelson stole an entry pass but lost her footing driving to the basket. Gianna Maiorini collected the loose ball on the baseline but her shot was blocked by Sara Djellal. The Warriors raced back up the floor for the final shot, but McCracken’s 3 from the left side hit off the far iron and Leyman grabbed the rebound as the horn sounded.
Woodstown (6-2) jumped out front in overtime and never lost the lead. Donelson drove around the lane for the first basket and Talia Battavio, who struggled with her shot most of the game, squared up on the left elbow and buried at 3 to give the Wolverines a five-point lead. Battavio had 12 points in the game.
“That was pretty big,” Battavio said of her 3. “I feel like it got us motivated, fired up a little bit, got me fired up.”
Wildwood (6-1) had the ball for a last shot in overtime. The Warriors had it on the sideline near the scorer’s table with 1.1 seconds left and needed what seemed like a miracle 3 to tie. They had trouble pulling the trigger on the inbounds and when they did get it in the pass landed in the hands of Woodstown’s Lauren Hengel as the clock expired.
The Warriors beat Woodstown in last year’s South Jersey Group I final in a controversial finish after the home crowd rushed the floor in reaction to Wildwood’s go-ahead 3-pointer in the final seconds. While the game was on everyone’s mind, Smart said revenge wasn’t the motivating factor in this regular-season game.
“We’re a different team than the team last year, they’re a different team than they were last year,” Smart said. “Our message to the girls this week was this isn’t professional wrestling. We don’t beat them today and get the belt back. There’s still a lot of work to do. This is just a first step.”
But it was satisfying nonetheless.
“Leading up to this game we talked about three things in the team — being confident, being relaxed and having fun — and I think we did those three things as a program today,” Smart said. “It was a fun game.”
Woodstown’s Kyia Leyman (33) leaves her feet in hopes of disrupting Wildwood’s inbounds play Thursday night. On the cover, Megan Donelson forces Macie McCracken (3) to take a deep 3 in the first half.
PENNSVILLE 58, TRITON 49: The Eagles fought through illness and the absence of leading scorer Nora Ausland to rally for their fourth in a row. They were down 10 at one point in the second quarter, but rallied to get the deficit to one at halftime. Pennsville’s Taylor Bass led all scorers with a season-high 21 points. Addison Johnston had a career-high 19 points and Marley Wood had 12.
3-point goals: Schalick 2 (Willoughby 2); Salem Tech 3 (Drummond, Liber 2). Rebounds: Salem Tech 43 (White 14, Doerr 9).
GLASSBORO 64, SALEM 20 GLASSBORO (4-4) — Sanaa Thomas 1 0-0 2, Tamia Smith 5 4-8 14, Grace Moore 4 1-1 9, NiJha Norzon Clark 1 0-0 3, Brackett 7 1-4 19, Kimora Miles 1 3-6 5, Sianna Wedderburn 3 2-2 8, Lily Czubas 2 0-0 4. Totals 24 11-21 64. SALEM (0-7) — Carlysia Pierce 1 2-3 4, Nevaeh Hickman 4 2-3 12, Dakirah Gray 1 0-0 2, Amariah Frye 1 0-0 2. Totals 7 4-6 20.
Glassboro
14
18
17
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64
Salem
3
2
9
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20
3-point goals: Glassboro 5 (Clark, Brackett 4); Salem 2 (Hickman 2). Rebounds: Glassboro 41 (Wedderburn 12, Miles 11). Only four Salem players reported.
Boys Games
WOODSTOWN 66, WILDWOOD 47: Rocco String came within two blocked shots of his elusive triple-double and led the Wolverines to their fourth straight victory. String had 18 points, 16 rebounds and eight blocked shots in his fourth straight double-double and fifth of the season. The Wolverines had three other scorers in double figures — M.J. Hall (season-high 16), Alejandro Vazquez (10) and Blake Bialecki (12) — and Garrett Leyman grabbed 11 rebounds.
WOODSTOWN (4-2) — Elijah Caesar 4 1-2 9, John Hood-McGinley 1 0-0 3, Blake Bialecki 6 0-0 12, Alejandro Vazquez 4 0-0 10, M.J. Hall 6 0-0 16, Garrett Leyman 0 0-0 0, Anthony Bokolas 0 0-0 0, Andrew White 0 0-0 0, Rocco String 9 0-0 18. Totals 30 1-2 66. WILDWOOD (2-6) — Eric Jordan 1 0-0 2, Nolan Mawhinney 2 0-0 5, Trevor Troiano 3 0-0 9, R.J. Blanda 0 0-0 0, Vinny Sweeney 0 2-2 2, Jordan Dozier 0 0-0 0, Brian Cunniff 10 6-7 27, Sammy Santiago 1 0-0 2, Jack Fullertonn 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 8-9 47.
GLASSBORO 76, SALEM 62 SALEM (6-3) — Xavier McGriff 2 0-0 5, Tymear Lecator 7 4-5 15, Deshaan Williams 2 7-13 13, Darrelle Johnson 4 0-0 9, Joe Tunis 2 2-2 8, Ashore Burden 5 1-1 11, Donovan Weathers 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 14-21 62. GLASSBORO (3-5) — Xavier Sabb 14, Kenny Smith 28, Davon Barr 6, Maurice Davis 10, Tashean Thomas 3, Alex Adeleye 2, Aiden Harris 11, Marley Crowl 2.
Salem
15
11
20
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62
Glassboro
17
22
17
20-
76
3-point goals: Salem 4 (McGriff, Lecator 3); Glassboro NA. Note: The Rams have lost two in a row.
SCHALICK 79, SALEM TECH 22: Reggie Allen scored 18 points, Nylan Sutton added 14 and Sherrod Jones 10 as the Cougars snapped a seven-game losing streak and kept the Chargers winless. Eleven players scored for Schalick.
SALEM TECH (0-9) — Joseph Hayes 2 1-3 6, Larry Pompper 0 1-3 1, Keidyn Robinson 1 0-0 2, Logan Pace 0 2-2 2, Krolle 1 0-0 2, Ayars 2 1-6 5, Ayden Myers 1 1-2 4. Totals 7 6-16 22. SCHALICK (2-7) — Reggie Allen Jr. 8 1-2 18, Nylan Sutton 7 0-2 14, Jase Volovar 3 1-2 9, Sherrod Jones 5 0-0 10, Justin Iacona 1 0-0 3, Zaeshawn Mills 3 0-0 8, Jamari Whitley 1 2-4 4, Sean Kelly 2 0-0 4, Jacob Schalick 1 4-5 7, Ryan Horner 1 0-0 3, Gauge Craner 0 1-2 1. Totals 32 9-17 79.
Former Schalick head coach Wilson approved as Clearview’s new football coach; also includes Wednesday night’s sports results
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
It didn’t take long for former Schalick coach Mike Wilson to find a landing spot.
Five days after resigning as the Cougars football coach, Wilson, as anticipated, was approved Wednesday night as the new head coach at Clearview Regional.
“I’m looking forward to it,” he said. “I think it’s a good fit. I like the direction everything is going in. I’m excited. I’m ready to get to work.”
Wilson, who did not attend the rescheduled board meeting approving his appointment, plans to visit the Gloucester County school Thursday “to get a lay of the land” and hold a parent-player meeting Monday with offseason workouts starting next week. It is anticipated a number of his Schalick assistants will join him at Clearview.
He will remain a history teacher at Schalick until the end of the school year and while the Cougars search for his successor.
In his five years at Schalick, Wilson took the Cougars from zero wins to back-to-back regional championship games and increased its profile in other ways. With a 30-21 record, he is the program’s winningest football coach in terms of percentage (30-21).
“I enjoyed my five years at Schalick and look forward to the rest of the school year,” he said. “As I said before, my decision to pursue other opportunities had nothing to do with the football players.”
With a few exceptions he moves into a situation similar to the one he took at Schalick. The Pioneers have had success in their past and Wilson remembers having some good battles with them when he was an assistant at Mainland, but the team was 0-8 this past season and have had only one winning season since COVID.
“It’s a rebuild,” he said, “but our goal is to be as competitive as possible as quickly as possible.”
One thing is certain: He won’t have to change a lot of his wardrobe. Clearview wears green, too.
Wednesday’s results
WRESTLING PENNSVILLE 48, PENNS GROVE 30 106: John Sassi (P) pinned Jose Santiago, 1:13 113: Brett Land (P) pinned Avery Curriden, 0:55 120: Mekhi Dicks (P) won by forfeit 126: Devine Arce (PG) pinned Vincent Ciccantelli, 0:32 132: Nathaniel Mason (P) pinned Adan Gonzales, 3:59 138: Gave Supernavage (P) pinned AbdulMuta’Alie IbnAbdulHailmTart, 4:27 144: Telvin Duk (P) won by forfeit 150: Travis Hagan (P) won by forfeit 165: Tre Brown (PG) pinned Juan Velasquez, 0:41 175: Clinton Bobo (PG) pinned Joseph Halstead, 4:42 190: Connor Ayars (P) pinned Sumir Brown, 3:30 215: Antonio Cooper (PG) won by forfeit 285: Wayne Scott (PG) pinned Jacob Hand, 0:28
WOODSTOWN 47, DEPTFORD 29 190: Paul Banff (WO) pinned Najee Johnson, 1:28 215: Walter Carter (WO) pinned John Friffith, 3:32 285: Mateo Vinciguerra (WO) pinned Daniel Maguire, 0:33 106: Corey Hoffman (D) won by forfeit 113: Hunter Allen (WO) pinned Julian Colon, 5:12 120: Carson Bradway (WO) pinned Dylan Smith, 1:13 126: Travis Balback (WO) pinned Amir Barnes, 3:50 132: Ethan Christmas (D) tech fall Barry Coverly, 18-2 (5:03) 138: Jaylen Huertas (D) dec. Ryan Polk, 5-2 144: Quentin Boyce (D) pinned Diego Mondragon, 0:49 150: Odess Myers (D) pinned Thomas Lacy, 1:50 157: Brett Rowand (WO) pinned Devin Trotter, 1:03 165: Mel Maguire (D) dec. Laitton Roberts, 4-0 175: Greyson Hyland (WO) tech fall Joseph Crowley, 17-1 (2:26) Records: Woodstown 3-4, Deptford 5-1.
SCHALICK 77, GLOUCESTER CATHOLIC 6 175: Ricky Watt (S) pinned Michael Lazorko, 0:40 190: Evan Elliott (S) pinned Jamel Ward, 0:26 215: Gerardo Felipe (S) pinned Brody Driscoll, 0:32 285: Julian Reid (S) pinned Diego Torres, 0:19 106: Victor Fenske (S) won by forfeit 113: Caleb Jenkins (S) won by forfeit 120: E’Shion Underwood (S) won by forfeit 126: Luke Silva (S) won by forfeit 132: Ryan Miller (S) won by forfeit 138: Michael Baisch (S) pinned Joseph Slavin, 0:32 144: Ayden Jenkins (S) tech fall Jude VanAuken, 18-1 (4:14) 150: Koen Martin (S) pinned Luke Goss, 2:17 157: Riley Papiano (S) pinned Alejandro Melendrez, 2:35 165: Mason Toal (G) pinned Ayden Hubbard, 4:58
Salem at Cumberland
INDOOR TRACK Top eight finishes by Salem County athletes in the SJTCA Meet 10 at the Bennett Center in Toms River GIRLS 1600: 2. Jordan Hadfield, Schalick, 5:23.08 (Liliah Gordon, N. Burlington, won at 5:03.72) 4×200: 5. Salem (Amala Massengill, Kashira Patterson, MaKayla Smith, Anyzha Williams), 1:57.39; 8. Schalick (Sarah Torpay, Allyson Green, Brooke Valentina, Gia Martellacci), 1:59.31. Shot put: 3. Ava Rodgers, Salem, 30-1.25; 4. Allyson Green, Schalick, 29-9. Pole vault: 2. Morgan Morris, Pennsville, 9-6 (Rebecca Hoover, Haddonfield, won at 11-6)
BOYS 800: 7. Steve Chomo, Schalick, 2:09.20 55: 3. David Stewart, Schalick, 6.7; 5. Anthony Parker, Salem, 6.76 SHR: 6. Salem (Jelani Beverly, Gradin Busby, Timothy Gregory, Anthony Parker), 34.20 4×200: 4. Salem (Terrance Smith Jr., Anthony Parker, Timothy Gregory, DaviYonn Jackson), 1:36.11; 8. Schalick (Steve Chomo, Levi Feeney-Childers, Jacob Carter, David Stewart), 1:39.06. 4×400: 4. Schalick (Levi Feeney-Childers, Steve Chomo, Romeen Thomas, David Stewart), 3:42.87 Shot put: 3. Sheldon Goldsboro, Schalick, 42-8 Pole vault: T-7. Salvatore Longo, Schalick, 11-6
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the rest of this week
JAN. 8 WRESTLING Gloucester Catholic at Schalick Pennsville at Penns Grove Salem at Cumberland Woodstown at Deptford SWIMMING Salem at Lower Cape May TRACK Pennsville, Salem, Schalick at Bennett Center, Toms River JAN. 9 GIRLS BASKETBALL Glassboro at Salem Penns Grove at Pitman, 4 p.m. Schalick at Salem Tech Triton at Pennsville Wildwood at Woodstown BOYS BASKETBALL Pennsville at Gloucester Catholic Pitman at Penns Grove Salem at Glassboro Salem Tech at Schalick Woodstown at Wildwood BOWLING Salem Tech vs. Kingsway at Wood Lanes SWIMMING Schalick at Camden County Tech Salem vs. Gloucester Catholic at GCIT, 8:30 p.m. Woodstown vs. Highland at GCIT TRACK Penns Grove at Cherokee WOMENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL RCSJ-Cumberland at Salem CC, 5 p.m.
JAN. 10 BOYS BASKETBALL LEAP at Salem Pennsville at Clayton WRESTLING Collingswood at Schalick
JAN. 11 GIRLS BASKETBALL Delsea at Woodstown, 11:30 a.m. BOYS BASKETBALL Woodstown at Camden Catholic, 11:30 a.m. St. Joseph at Penns Grove, 1 p.m. Schalick at Collingswood WRESTLING Pennsville, Oakcrest, Overbrook at Millville Penns Grove at Deptford Salem at Cherokee Schalick, Cumberland, Timber Creek at Buena
Cinnaminson Duals Round 1, 9:30 a.m. M1: Seneca vs. Haddon Twp. M2: Paulsboro vs. Cinnaminson M3: Lower Cape May vs. Haddonfield M4: Wall vs. Woodstown Round 2, 11 a.m. M5: Seneca-Haddon Twp winner vs. Wall-Woodstown winner M6: Paulsboro-Cinnaminson winner vs. LCM-Haddonfield winner M7:Seneca-Haddon Twp loser vs. Wall-Woodstown loser M8: Paulsboro-Cinnaminson loser vs. LCM-Haddonfield loser Round 3, 12:30 p.m. M9: Match 5 winner vs. Match 6 winner M10: Match 5 loser vs. Match 6 loser M11: Match 7 winner vs. Match 8 winner M12: Match 7 loser vs. Match 8 loser MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Salem CC at RCSJ-Gloucester, noon WOMENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Salem CC at Middlesex, noon
Tuesday boys roundup: Salem, Pitman stage another epic battle; all four Salem County boys teams in action fall
BOYS GAMES Clayton 102, Salem Tech 39 Glassboro 54, Schalick 31 Overbrook 66, Penns Grove 33 Pitman 83, Salem 77 (OT)
By Riverview Sports News
SALEM — Pitman and Salem have staged some epic battles the last two seasons and Tuesday night continued the trend.
Elijah Crispin scored 38 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Panthers over the Rams 83-77 in overtime. Crispin was 16-of-25 from the free throw line.
Salem’s Neziah Spence sent the game into overtime with one of his three 3-pointers, but Pitman outscored the Rams 10-4 in the extra period.
Tymear Lecator and Deshaan Williams led the Rams with 21 and 20 points, respectively. Lecator also had five rebounds and seven assists. Williams also had eight rebounds. Ashore Burden added 15 points.
