Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Fev. 23-28; all events subject to the weather; first-round South Jersey Group I basketball tournament games now on Friday
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Region XIX/North Atlantic District A Tournament
Ocean at Salem CC
THURSDAY, FEB. 26
BOWLING
NJSIAA Top 100, Lucky Strikes, North Brunswick
FRIDAY, FEB. 27
BOYS BASKETBALL
South Jersey Group I Tournament
Riverside at Salem, 5 p.m.
Paulsboro at Woodstown, 5 p.m.
Glassboro at Burlington City, 6:30 p.m.
Wildwood at KIPP, 6 p.m.
New Egypt at Haddon Twp., 7:30 p.m.
Pitman at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Audubon at Woodbury, 5:30 p.m.
Gateway at Palmyra, 6 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
South Jersey Group I Tournament
Paulsboro at Haddon Twp.
Burlington City at Woodbury
New Egypt at Palmyra
Cape May Tech at Glassboro
Salem at Audubon, 5 p.m.
Woodstown at Pennsville, 5 p.m.
Schalick at Gateway, 5 p.m.
Clayton at Wildwood
BOWLING
Group I Championship
At Lucky Strikes, North Brunswick
Salem vs. Kinnelon, 9 a.m.
Middlesex vs. Rutherford, 9 a.m.
Title match to follow
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Ocean at Salem CC, 3 p.m.
SATURDAY, FEB. 28
INDOOR TRACK
NJSIAA Group I Championship, Toms River
WRESTLING
NJSIAA District Tournament
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Region XIX/North Atlantic District A&B finals, Northampton CC
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Ocean (2), noon
Category: BASEBALL
Salem County Spring 2026
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for Spring 2026; events at 4 p.m. unless noted; will be updated when schedules or updates are made available; need Woodstown, Salem Tech, Salem, Penns Grove, schedules and updates can be sent to al.muskewitz@gmail.com; x-scrimmage
GOT
ALL SCHALICK, ALL PENNSVILLE
WOODSTOWN BB/SB
PENNS GROVE BB
SALEM CC BB/SB
MARCH 3
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Delaware Tech, 3 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Lackawanna at Salem CC, 1 p.m.
MARCH 5
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at RCSJ-Gloucester, 3 p.m.
MARCH 6
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Brookdale, 3:30 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Sussex at Salem CC, 1 p.m.
MARCH 7
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Brookdale at Salem CC (2), noon
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Monroe-Bronx at Salem CC, noon
MARCH 9
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC vs. Penn State-Hazleton at Myrtle Beach, 9 a.m.
Salem CC vs. Illinois Valley at Myrtle Beach, 1 p.m.
MARCH 10
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC vs. Lakeland CC at Myrtle Beach, 6 p.m.
Salem CC vs. CC of Rhode Island at Myrtle Beach, 9 p.m.
MARCH 12
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC vs. Minnesota North-Itasca at Myrtle Beach (2), 9 a.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Frederick, 3 p.m.
MARCH 13
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC vs. Elgin at Myrtle Beach (2), 4 p.m.
MARCH 14
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC vs. Quinsigamond CC at Myrtle Beach, noon
Salem CC vs. Garrett at Myrtle Beach, 3 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Chesapeake, noon
MARCH 15
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC vs. Surry at Myrtle Beach (2), noon
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Anne Arundel, noon
MARCH 16
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Northampton at Salem CC, 3:30 p.m.
MARCH 17
TENNIS
x-Cumberland at Schalick
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Northampton (2), noon
MARCH 18
BASEBALL
x-Millville at Pennsville
SOFTBALL
x-Middle Twp. at Schalick
TENNIS
x-Millville at Pennsville
MARCH 19
BASEBALL
x-Schalick at Paulsboro
SOFTBALL
x-Gateway at Woodstown
TENNIS
x-West Deptford at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m.
MARCH 20
BASEBALL
Pennsville at West Deptford
SOFTBALL
x-Salem Tech at Schalick
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Atlantic Cape at Salem CC, 3:30 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Bucks at Salem CC, 3 p.m.
MARCH 21
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Atlantic Cape (2), noon
MARCH 22
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Delaware Tech, noon
MARCH 23
BASEBALL
x-Woodstown at Deptford
MARCH 24
TENNIS
Pennsville at Cedar Creek
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Delaware County, 3:30 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Raritan Valley, 3:30 p.m.
MARCH 25
BASEBALL
x-Camden Tech at Schalick
x-Woodstown at GCIT
SOFTBALL
x-Schalick at Camden Tech
GOLF
Schalick vs. Woodstown, Town & Country, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Lower Cape May at Schalick
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Delaware County at Salem CC, 3:30 p.m.
MARCH 26
BASEBALL
x-Highland at Woodstown
GOLF
Schalick girls vs. Lower Cape May at RiverWinds, 3:30 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at CCBC-Catonsville, 3 p.m.
MARCH 27
TRACK
Woodstown at Pennsville
COLLEGE BASEBALL
RCSJ-Cumberland at Salem CC, 3:30 p.m.
MARCH 28
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at RCSJ-Cumberland (2), noon
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Morris at Salem CC, noon
MARCH 30
BASEBALL
Schalick at Glassboro
Woodstown at Penns Grove
SOFTBALL
Glassboro at Schalick
Gloucester at Pennsville
Penns Grove at Woodstown
GOLF
Schalick girls vs. Williamstown, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Pennsville at Wildwood
Schalick at Clayton
MARCH 31
SOFTBALL
Sterling at Woodstown
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Montgomery County, 3:30 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Lackawanna, 3 p.m.
APRIL 1
BASEBALL
Penns Grove at Gateway
Pitman at Pennsville
Schalick at Woodstown
SOFTBALL
Pennsville at Pitman
Schalick at Woodstown
GOLF
Schalick girls vs. Clearview, Westwood GC, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Clayton at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m.
Schalick at Glassboro
BOYS TRACK
Schalick at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m.
GIRLS TRACK
Pennsville at Schalick, 3:45 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Montgomery County, 3:17 p.m.
APRIL 2
BASEBALL
Schalick at Ocean City
Woodstown at Haddon Heights
SOFTBALL
Clearview at Schalick
BOYS GOLF
Schalick vs. Overbrook, Kresson GC
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Monroe-Bronx, 2 p.m.
APRIL 3
SOFTBALL
Deptford at Woodstown
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Howard CC at Salem CC, 3 p.m.
APRIL 4
SOFTBALL
Pennsville in Thunderbolt Tournament, Millville
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Mercer, noon
APRIL 6
BASEBALL
Glassboro at Woodstown
Schalick at Clayton
SOFTBALL
Clayton at Schalick
Woodstown at Glassboro
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick vs. Cumberland, Centerton CC, 3:30
TENNIS
Pennsville at West Deptford, 3:45 p.m.
APRIL 7
BASEBALL
Rancocas Valley at Schalick, 10 a.m.
Overbrook at Pennsville
Woodstown at Glassboro
SOFTBALL
Pennsville at Overbrook
Woodstown at Glassboro
BOYS GOLF
Cumberland at Schalick, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Pennsville at Glassboro, 3:45 p.m.
Mainland at Schalick
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Delaware Tech at Salem CC, 3 p.m.
APRIL 8
BASEBALL
Penns Grove at Salem
SOFTBALL
Woodstown at Gloucester Catholic
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Cecil, 2 p.m.
APRIL 9
BASEBALL
Overbrook at Schalick
Penns Grove at Glassboro
Pennsville at Clayton
SOFTBALL
Clayton at Pennsville
Schalick at Overbrook
BOYS GOLF
Schalick vs. Pennsville, Sakima CC, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Pennsville at Delsea, 3:45 p.m.
Schalick at Overbrook
BOYS TRACK
Overbrook at Schalick, 3:45 p.m.
Pennsville at Penns Grove
APRIL 10
BASEBALL
Haddon Heights at Pennsville
Woodstown at Collingswood
SOFTBALL
Pennsville at Haddon Heights
Schalick at Gloucester Catholic
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Middlesex at Salem CC, 3:30 p.m.
APRIL 11
BASEBALL
Schalick at Gloucester, TBD
Woodstown at Haddon Twp., 11 a.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Middlesex (2), noon
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Delaware Tech at Salem CC, noon
APRIL 13
BASEBALL
Schalick at Penns Grove
Wildwood at Pennsville
Woodstown at Overbrook
SOFTBALL
Overbrook at Woodstown
Penns Grove at Schalick
Pennsville at Wildwood
BOYS GOLF
Schalick vs. Woodstown, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick vs. OLMA, White Oaks CC, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Pennsville at Millville, 3:45 p.m.
Wildwood at Schalick
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Harford, 1 p.m.
APRIL 14
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick vs. Washington Twp., 3:30 p.m.
APRIL 15
BASEBALL
Pennsville at Penns Grove
Pitman at Schalick
Salem at Woodstown
SOFTBALL
Penns Grove at Pennsville
Salem at Woodstown
Schalick at Pitman
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick vs. Delsea, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Pennsville at Schalick
BOYS TRACK
Schalick at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
Glassboro at Pennsville
GIRLS TRACK
Pennsville at Glassboro
APRIL 16
BASEBALL
Bridgeton at Penns Grove
Pennsville at Millville
SOFTBALL
Sterling at Schalick
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Mercer at Salem CC, 3 p.m.
APRIL 17
BASEBALL
Cumberland at Woodstown
SOFTBALL
Woodstown at Cumberland
TENNIS
Pitman at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m.
Schalick at Penns Grove
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Camden, 3 p.m.
APRIL 18
BASEBALL
Schalick at Haddon Twp., TBD
Sterling at Woodstown, 11 a.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Camden at Salem CC (2), noon
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Sussex, noon
APRIL 21
BASEBALL
Penns Grove at Overbrook
Pennsville at Salem
SOFTBALL
Salem at Pennsville
BOYS GOLF
Schalick vs. Overbrook, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Pennsville at Penns Grove, 3:45 p.m.
Pitman at Schalick
TRACK
Penns Grove at Schalick, 3:45 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Bergen at Salem CC, 3:30 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Morris, 3:30 p.m.
APRIL 22
BASEBALL
Overbrook at Penns Grove
Salem at Pennsville
SOFTBALL
Pennsville at Salem
BOYS GOLF
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick vs. Williamstown, Scotland Run, 3:30 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Bergen, 3:30 p.m.
APRIL 23
BOYS GOLF
Schalick vs. Cumberland, Running Deer GC, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Schalick at Haddon Heights
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Brookdale, 3:30 p.m.
APRIL 24
BASEBALL
Penns Grove at Winslow
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at RCSJ-Gloucester, 3:30 p.m.
APRIL 25
BASEBALL
Schalick at Vineland, 10 a.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
RCSJ-Gloucester at Salem CC (2), noon
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Raritan Valley at Salem CC, noon
APRIL 27
BASEBALL
Pennsville at Pitman
Schalick vs. Woodstown, Elmer LL, 6:30 p.m.
SOFTBALL
Pitman at Pennsville
Schalick vs. Woodstown, Elmer LL, 6:30 p.m.
BOYS GOLF
Schalick vs. Pennsville, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick vs. Clearview, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Wildwood at Pennsville
BOYS TRACK
Schalick at Glassboro, 3:45 p.m.
Overbrook at Pennsville
GIRLS TRACK
Overbrook at Pennsville
APRIL 28
BASEBALL
Penns Grove at Bridgeton
TENNIS
Clayton at Schalick
APRIL 29
BASEBALL
Pennsville at Woodstown
Pitman at Penns Grove
SOFTBALL
Woodstown at Pennsville
Schalick at Wildwood, 4:15 p.m.
BOYS GOLF
Schalick vs. Pitman, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick vs. Cumberland, Running Deer GC, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Pennsville at Clayton, 3:45 p.m.
Glassboro at Schalick
APRIL 30
BASEBALL
Schalick at Clearview
SOFTBALL
Woodstown at Washington Twp.
BOYS TRACK
Salem County Championships, Pennsville, 3:30 p.m.
GIRLS TRACK
Salem County Championships, Pennsville, 3:30 p.m.
MAY 1
BASEBALL
Gloucester at Woodstown
SOFTBALL
Camden Tech at Schalick
TENNIS
Glassboro at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Union at Salem CC
MAY 2
BASEBALL
Schalick at Timber Creek
Woodstown at Audubon, 11 a.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Union (2), noon
MAY 4
BASEBALL
Delran at Woodstown, 4:15 p.m.
Bridgeton at Schalick, 6 p.m.
SOFTBALL
Schalick at Triton
West Deptford at Pennsville
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick vs. Kingsway, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
MAY 5
BASEBALL
Clayton at Pennsville
Glassboro at Penns Grove
Schalick at Overbrook
SOFTBALL
Overbrook at Schalick
Pennsville at Clayton
Woodstown at Maple Shade
BOYS GOLF
Schalick vs. Gloucester Catholic, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Bridgeton at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m.
Schalick at Wildwood, 4:15 p.m.
TRACK
TCC Showcase, Delsea, TBD
MAY 6
SOFTBALL
Millville at Woodstown
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick vs. Washington Twp., The Birches, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Burlington Twp. at Pennsville
BOYS TRACK
TCC Showcase, Delsea, 3:30 p.m.
GIRLS TRACK
TCC Showcase, Delsea, 3:30 p.m.
MAY 7
BASEBALL
Overbrook at Woodstown
Pennsville at Wildwood
Penns Grove at Schalick
SOFTBALL
Schalick at Penns Grove
Woodstown at Overbrook
Wildwood at Pennsville
BOYS GOLF
Carl Arena Tournament, Ramblewood GC, TBD
TENNIS
Pennsville at GCIT, 3:45 p.m.
Washington Twp. at Schalick
MAY 8
BASEBALL
Schalick at Collingswood
SOFTBALL
Schalick at Absegami
MAY 9
BASEBALL
Lee Ware Tournament, Woodstown, 10 a.m., 1 p.m.
SOFTBALL
Woodstown at Williamstown, 10 a.m.
MAY 10
BASEBALL
Schalick at Salem
SOFTBALL
Salem at Schalick, 6 p.m.
TENNIS
Schalick at Pennsville
MAY 11
BASEBALL
Glassboro at Pennsville
Penns Grove at Wildwood
Woodstown at Clayton
SOFTBALL
Clayton at Woodstown
Pennsville at Glassboro
TENNIS
Schalick at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m.
MAY 12
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick vs. OLMA, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
MAY 13
BASEBALL
Glassboro at Schalick
Penns Grove at Woodstown
SOFTBALL
Pennsville at Deptford
Schalick at Glassboro
Woodstown at Penns Grove
TENNIS
Pennsville at Pitman, 3:45 p.m.
Penns Grove at Schalick
MAY 14
BASEBALL
GCIT at Pennsville
SOFTBALL
Delran at Schalick, 4:15 p.m.
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick vs. Delsea, White Oaks CC, 3:30 p.m.
MAY 15
BASEBALL
Mainland at Schalick
Oakcrest at Woodstown
SOFTBALL
Clearview at Pennsville
TENNIS
Penns Grove at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m.
Schalick at Pitman
TRACK
NJSIAA Sectionals, Pennsauken, 3 p.m.
MAY 16
BASEBALL
Woodstown at Buena, 10 a.m.
Pennsville at Cedar Creek, 11 a.m.
MAY 18
BASEBALL
Haddon Heights at Schalick
BOYS GOLF
Salem/Cumberland Championship, Centerton CC, 8 a.m.
GIRLS GOLF
Salem/Cumberland Championship, Centerton CC, 8 a.m.
TENNIS
Schalick at Haddon Twp.
MAY 19
BASEBALL
Clayton at Penns Grove
Pennsville at Schalick
Pitman at Woodstown
SOFTBALL
Schalick at Pennsville
Woodstown at Pitman
MAY 20
BASEBALL
SOFTBALL
Atlantic Tech at Woodstown, 4:15 p.m.
Schalick at Cedar Creek
MAY 21
BASEBALL
Mainland at Pennsville
MAY 26
BOYS GOLF
TCC Showcase, Pitman GC, 8 a.m.
GIRLS GOLF
TCC Showcase, Pitman GC, 8 a.m.
MAY 29
TRACK
NJSIAA Championships, Franklin HS, 3 p.m.
JUNE 3
TRACK
Meet of Champions, Pennsauken, 3 p.m.
Successful start
Salem CC baseball opens its season with doubleheader sweep at Bryant & Stratton (Va.); LeBold has homer, 6 RBIs in opener, String homers in nightcap
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Apparently, not having been outside to practice all winter didn’t affect the Salem CC baseball team much.
The Mighty Oaks, stuck inside since the biggest snowstorm in a decade three weeks ago still had the area looking like the frozen tundra, opened their season Monday with a 10-6, 6-2 sweep of Bryant & Stratton, a team that has already played 11 games. Both wins were come-from-behind affairs.
It marked their first doubleheader sweep to open the season since the revival of the program, their first Opening Day win since 2023 and their third Opening Day win since 2020.
The Mighty Oaks had concerns about not being outside, but coach John Holt reminded them they have played the game before and to keep things as simple as possible once they did get on the field.
“They’ve caught a thousand ground balls and a thousand fly balls in their lifetime and all I’m looking for is them to just keep routine routine,” Holt said before the trip.
The hitters didn’t have a problem. Sophomore outfielder Jason LeBold had a big day. He had seven RBIs in the doubleheader and had the go-ahead RBI in both games.
He drove in six in the opener. He hit a three-run go-ahead homer in the second inning after the Bobcats dropped an inning-ending third strike the batter before, hit a two-run single in the fourth and drove in a run with an infield out in the sixth. In the nightcap, he broke a 2-2 tie in the fourth with an RBI double.
Former Woodstown standout Rocco String made his first college hit a big one, launching a three-run homer in seventh inning of the nightcap.
Tyler Hacker had two doubles and an RBI in the opener and two singles and an RBI in the nightcap. He also closed out the opener on the mound with a game-ending double play. Actually, the Mighty Oaks ended both games with a double play.
The Mighty Oaks are off now until Feb. 27 when they open Region 19 play at home against Ocean. Perhaps by then the snow will be gone.
GAME 1: SALEM CC 10, B&S 6
| Salem CC | 030 | 301 | 3- | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| Bryant & Stratton | 100 | 202 | 1- | 6 | 8 | 3 |
GAME 2: SALEM CC 6, B&S 2
| Salem CC | 002 | 100 | 3- | 6 | 11 | 4 |
| Bryant & Stratton | 020 | 000 | 0- | 2 | 7 | 2 |
This week’s schedule
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Feb. 15-22
SUNDAY, FEB. 15
INDOOR TRACK
South Jersey Group I Sectionals at Bennett Complex, 9 a.m.
MONDAY, FEB. 16
WRESTLING
Cedar Creek at Salem, 10 a.m.
NJSIAA Team Tournament
At Paulsboro
Buena vs. Paulsboro, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville vs. Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Winners to follow
At Audubon
Haddon Twp. vs. Woodstown, 5 p.m.
Maple Shade vs. Audubon, 5 p.m.
Winners to follow
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Bryant & Stratton (Va.)
TUESDAY, FEB. 17
BOYS BASKETBALL
TCC Tournament
Championship Bracket
Timber Creek at Kingsway
Deptford at Overbrook
Cumberland at Delsea
Williamstown at Salem, 5 p.m.
Consolation game
Woodstown at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
Postseason Bracket
Clayton at GCIT
Glassboro at Triton
Wildwood at Pitman
Highland at Washington Twp.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
TCC Tournament
Championship Bracket
Delsea at Gloucester Catholic
Clearview at Timber Creek
Kingsway at Glassboro
Washington Twp. at Wildwood
Consolation game
Woodstown at Triton, 5:30 p.m.
Postseason Bracket
Pitman at Schalick
Salem at Williamstown
Clayton at GCIT
Penns Grove at Deptford
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18
WRESTLING
Pennsville at Pennsauken, 6 p.m.
Team Sectional Finals
BOYS BOWLING
South Jersey Group I Tournament
Salem vs. Doane Academy, Wood Lanes, 3 p.m.
Asbury Park at Camden Catholic
THURSDAY, FEB. 19
BOYS BASKETBALL
TCC Tournament
Championship Bracket
Timber Creek-Kingsway vs. Deptford-Overbrook
Cumberland-Delsea vs. Williamstown-Salem
Postseason Bracket
Clayton-GCIT vs. Glassboro-Triton
Wildwood-Pitman vs. Highland/Washington Twp.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
TCC Tournament
Championship Bracket
Delsea-Gloucester Catholic vs. Clearview-Timber Creek
Kingsway-Glassboro vs. Washington Twp.-Wildwood
Postseason Bracket
Pitman-Schalick vs. Salem-Williamstown
Clayton-GCIT vs. Penns Grove-Deptford
Consolation game
Cumberland at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
WRESTLING
Salem at New Egypt, 5 p.m.
FRIDAY, FEB. 20
BOYS BASKETBALL
Camden County Tech at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Medford Tech at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
WRESTLING
St. Joseph (Hamm.) at Salem, 5 p.m.
Penns Grove at Cherry Hill West, 6 p.m.
State Team Semifinals
SATURDAY, FEB. 21
BOYS BASKETBALL
TCC Championship, Washington Twp., 11 a.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
TCC Championship, Washington Twp., 1 p.m.
BOYS BOWLING
South Jersey Group I Championship
WRESTLING
Pennsville, Ewing at Pt. Pleasant Beach, 10 a.m.
SUNDAY, FEB. 22
TRACK
NJSIAA Group Championships, Bennett Center, 9 a.m.
See what you don’t snow
UPDATED: Salem CC baseball facing final prep for Monday’s season opener without ever having gotten out on the field
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
CARNEYS POINT – John Holt was talking with Bryant & Stratton coach Paul Bottigliero the other day about their Opening Day doubleheader in balmy (compared to here) Virginia Beach when the conversation turned to the most pressing issue of the preseason.
Holt was lamenting “without a doubt the worst” preseason weather woes he’s seen in 30 years of coaching when the Bobcats’ coach dropped the biggest truth bomb.
“He said it’s just God reminding us that baseball needs to be played during baseball season,” Holt said.
The winter has been particularly harsh on Holt’s Salem CC ballclub. The Mighty Oaks open their season Monday before jumping right into demanding Region 19 play 10 days later with the real possibility of playing their first game without having gotten outside to practice. The Bobcats, meanwhile, will have 11 games in by the time they play Salem.
All you have to do is look out the window to see the problem. The remnants of the biggest snowstorm in a decade two weeks ago are still covering the ground. The roads are clear, but grassy surfaces remain blanketed by the white stuff.
“It’s gonna be tough to get on a baseball field somewhere,” Holt said. “If anything I think we’re gonna look maybe to at least get some work outside in a parking lot or something along those lines.”
They tried to get outside Monday, renting space at the artificial-turfed MSI Sports Complex in Upper Chichester – where they moved last year’s season opener – but work crews hadn’t finished plowing the grounds and the Mighty Oaks had to cancel the session. They’ve even set up a full field behind the snack stand at the Carneys Point Rec Complex where they play, and it dries well back Holt says, but it still has to.
“The last couple years we’ve been fortunate enough to run into 40-, 50-degree days in January and we were able to get outside on those,” Holt said. “In 30 years of doing this, this is without a doubt the worst weather ever to where it’s snowed two weeks ago and we still have that snow on the ground. It’s not supposed to happen.”
They’ve been doing live drills in the fieldhouse with pitchers and hitters, but it’s the fielders who suffer the most. No ground balls on the infield or timing on double plays and no fly-ball reads for the outfielders.
“I’ve talked to the guys and they’re stressing pretty hard about it,” Holt said. “They’ve caught a thousand ground balls and a thousand fly balls in their lifetime and all I’m looking for is them to just keep routine routine.
“We do kind of preach that throughout the entire year, but if we can just keep the routine plays routine … I’m going to expect mistakes and we’re going to expect our defense to maybe be where I think it should be, but I do think as a whole we’re a better defensive team than what we were last year so I’m not worried, but then against doing walk-throughs in the gym doesn’t exactly give you what you need for outside.”
First baseman-pitcher Tyler Hacker said the biggest hurdle to playing without being outside is “getting the feel again.”
“We have our fall season, it’s all outside, and when we come back for spring we expect to be playing outside and get true hops and all that kind of stuff,” he said. “It’s difficult to kind of feel that you’re playing your sport outside free, so it’s definitely more of a mind game than a physical thing and I’d say we’ve adjusted well. We’ve done everything we can do to be inside and we learned how to adapt, as we should.
“There’s obviously going to be some roughs, as there is for every first game, just a different kind. We’ve done live ABs, but we haven’t fielded the live ABs in a while, so I think it’ll be a little rough through there, but it shouldn’t take long.”
For one of the newest Mighty Oaks players, this snow business is a play out of left field. Outfielder Cliff Wysinger is a redshirt freshman from McDonough, Ga., who transferred from Auburn-Montgomery and said what the Mighty Oaks are experiencing is “very different” for him. He said his biggest adjustment to not having been outside is gauging whatever wind they’ll encounter on the trip.
“It’s definitely a concern, but I do think we are ready to play,” he said. “I really don’t have any concern. Coach Holt made a good statement saying we’ve done it a thousand times before, what’s one more time. I think we’re prepared as a team. I think we’ll put up some really good runs as an offense. As a defense, we’ll have our mistakes or whatever, but as long as it’s not big mistakes I think we’ll be good.
“It’s definitely a first time for me. We’re usually on the field by now. It’s very different not being outside and I’m hearing this is like one of the worst winters. It’s definitely different for everybody, but we all played the game. We just got to go out there and compete.”
The weather woes aside, it’s still a little early for Holt to commit to an Opening Day lineup and a pitching rotation for the doubleheader is still “up in the air.” Fortunately, he has a lot of options in both areas.
“I’ve got a lot of good problems this year and one of the main purposes of the Bryant & Stratton series is to give those guys the opportunity to prove who’s going to be that nine,” Holt said. “For me it’s let’s see what we get in these two games and give guys opportunities.
“I would have liked to have had a couple more non-conference (games) before we jump into Ocean, a must-win situation, but I think they’ll have enough opportunity with Bryant Stratton to kind of reassure me what I’m thinking, but I’m going to use (the doubleheader) to figure out who those nine are going to be.”
Salem CC schedules
Here are the Salem CC baseball and softball schedules for spring 2026
BASEBALL
FEBRUARY
16: at Bryant & Stratton (Va.) (2), noon; 27: Ocean, 3 p.m.; 28: at Ocean (2), noon
MARCH
3: at Delaware Tech, 3 p.m.; 6: at Brookdale, 3:30 p.m.; 7: Brookdale (2), noon; 9: vs. Penn State-Hazleton at Myrtle Beach, 9 a.m.; 9: vs. Illinois Valley at Myrtle Beach, 1 p.m.; 10: vs. Lakeland CC at Myrtle Beach, 6 p.m.; 10: vs. CC of Rhode Island at Myrtle Beach, 9 p.m.; 12: vs. Minnesota North-Itasca (2) at Myrtle Beach, 9 a.m.; 13: vs. Elgin (2) at Myrtle Beach, 4 p.m.; 14: Quinsigamond CC at Myrtle Beach, noon; 14: vs. Garrett at Myrtle Beach, 3 p.m.; 15: vs. Surry (2) at Myrtle Beach, noon; 16: Northampton, 3:30 p.m.; 17: at Northampton (2), noon; 20: Atlantic Cape, 3:30 p.m.: 21: at Atlantic Cape (2), noon; 24: at Delaware County, 3:30 p.m.; 25: Delaware County, 3:30 p.m.; 27: RCSJ-Cumberland, 3:30 p.m.; 28: at RCSJ-Cumberland (2), noon; 31: at Montgomery County, 3:30 p.m.
APRIL
1: at Montgomery County, 3:17 p.m.; 7: Delaware Tech, 3 p.m.; 10: Middlesex, 3:30 p.m. 11: at Middlesex (2), noon; 17: at Camden, 3 p.m.; 18: Camden (2), noon; 21: Bergen, 3:30 p.m.; 22: at Bergen, 3:30 p.m.; 24: at RCSJ-Gloucester, 3:30 p.m.; 25: RCSJ-Gloucester (2), noon; 28: Mercer (2), 3 p.m.;
MAY
1: Union, TBA; 2: at Union (2), noon
SOFTBALL
(All games doubleheaders)
MARCH
3: Lackawanna, 1 p.m.; 5: at RCSJ-Gloucester, 3 p.m.; 6: Sussex, 1 p.m.; 7: Monroe-Bronx, noon; 12: at Frederick, 3 p.m.; 14: at Chesapeake, noon; 15: at Anne Arundel, noon; 20: Bucks, 3 p.m. 22: at Delaware Tech, noon; 24: at Raritan Valley, 3:30 p.m.; 26: at CCBC Catonsville, 3 p.m.; 28: Morris, noon; 31: at Lackawanna, 3 p.m.
APRIL
2: at Monroe-Bronx, 3 p.m.; 3: Howard CC, 3 p.m.; 4: at Mercer, noon; 8: at Cecil, 2 p.m.; 11: Delaware Tech, noon; 13: at Harford, 1 p.m.; 16: Mercer, 3 p.m.; 18: at Sussex, noon; 21: at Morris, 3:30 p.m.; 23: at Brookdale, 3:30 p.m.; 25: Raritan Valley, noon.
Hall of Famer
Toronto Blue Jays outfielder and Eastern Regional grad Davis Schneider inducted into the All-Sports Museum of Southern New Jersey Hall of Fame
By Riverview Sports News
BRIDGETON — Five weeks removed from hitting a leadoff home run in Game 5 of the World Series, South Jersey native Davis Schneider can call himself a Hall of Fame.
On Saturday, the Toronto Blue Jays outfielder and Eastern Regional grad was inducted into the All-Sports Museum and Hall of Fame of Southern Jersey.
Baseball fans will remember Schneider hitting the first pitch he saw from Dodgers’ starter Blake Snell for a homer to open Game 5, a game the Blue Jays won to take a 3-2 lead in the series. It was one of many big moments in one of the most memorable World Series of all time. The Dodgers won it in seven games, taking Game 7 in 11 innings.
But, then, Schneider has a penchant for hitting memorable homers. In his first at bat in the big leagues he sent one over one of the most famous walls in baseball, the Green Monster in Fenway Park.
Schneider talked about the World Series homer, the Series and his South Jersey roots during his induction speech.
“He was awesome,” Hall board member Anthony D’Agostino said. “He was phenomenal.”
Schneider set his sights on becoming a major leaguer at a very young age. As a high schooler, he helped Eastern win the 2014 South Jersey Group IV title as well as the 2016 Diamond Classic. He hit .439 as a junior and .441 with five homers and 40 RBIs as a senior.
The Blue Jays drafted him in the 28th round out of high school and he jumped at the chance forgoing an offer to play at Rutgers. He spent six years in the minor before making his big-league debut with a bang in 2023.
In 35 games that year he hit .276 with eight homers, 20 RBIs and a 1.008 OPS. He hit .191 with 13 homers in 397 at bats in 2004 and 11 homers in 199 at bats this past season after being recalled from AAA Buffalo on June 1.
It’s customary for inductees to donate items to the Hall. Schneider left the shrine a glove, a pair of cleats and two hats, one of which he wore when the Blue Jays won the American League pennant.
The museum, laid out in a five-room white bungalow across the street from Alden Field, houses more than 15,000 artifacts, photos and films from across the sporting spectrum with some connection to the state’s eight southern-most counties. The museum is open with free admission from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday through Saturday or by appointment.
This week’s schedule
First round of the South Jersey Group I football playoffs, sectional XC at DREAM Park highlight the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Oct. 27-Nov. 2
MONDAY, OCT. 27
FIELD HOCKEY
Pennsville at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Salem at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
Salem Tech at Paulsboro, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Triton, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Triton at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
TUESDAY, OCT. 28
FIELD HOCKEY
Pennsville at Clayton, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Audubon at Schalick, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Paulsboro at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Highland at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 29
FIELD HOCKEY
Vineland at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Mainland at Schalick, 4:15 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Gateway at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at West Deptford, 7 p.m.
THURSDAY, OCT. 30
FOOTBALL
South Jersey Group I playoffs
Audubon at Glassboro, 6 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Woodstown at Gateway, 4 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCT. 31
FOOTBALL
South Jersey Group I Playoffs
Schalick at Pennsville, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY, NOV. 1
FOOTBALL
South Jersey Group I Playoffs
Salem vs. KIPP
Woodbury at Paulsboro, noon
CROSS COUNTRY
NJSIAA Sectionals at DREAM Park
SUNDAY, NOV. 2
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC Alumni Game, noon
This week’s schedule
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Oct. 20-25; the cutoff for fall sports power points is Saturday
MONDAY, OCT. 20
FIELD HOCKEY
Deptford at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Gloucester Catholic at Salem, 4 p.m.
Overbrook at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Gloucester Catholic at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Pitman at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Salem at Pennsville, 6 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Pitman at Salem, 4 p.m.
Salem Tech at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Woodstown at Schalick, 3:45 p.m.
Salem at Pitman, 4 p.m.
Overbrook at Pennsville, 4:15 p.m.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Buena at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
CROSS COUNTRY
NJTAC at Salem Tech, 1 p.m.
TUESDAY, OCT. 21
FIELD HOCKEY
Overbrook at Salem, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Gateway, 4 p.m.
Salem Tech at Absegami, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Pennsville at Schalick, 4 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 22
FIELD HOCKEY
Salem Tech at Paulsboro, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Overbrook at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Collingswood, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Salem, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Salem at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Salem Tech at Overbrook, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Pitman, 4 p.m.
Clayton at Pennsville, 6 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Pennsville at Pitman, 3:45 p.m.
Woodstown at Glassboro, 3:45 p.m.
Overbrook at Salem, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Wildwood, 4 p.m.
CROSS COUNTRY
TCC Championship at Cumberland, 3:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, OCT. 23
FIELD HOCKEY
Salem Tech at Burlington City, 3:45 p.m.
Overbrook at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Schalick at Sterling, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Audubon, 7 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Gloucester City at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Salem at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Salem at Wildwood, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at Timber Creek, 4 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Penn State-Brandywine at Salem CC, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCT. 24
WJFL FOOTBALL
Pennsville at Collingswood, 6 p.m.
West Deptford at Overbrook, 6 p.m.
Glassboro at Woodstown, 7 p.m.
FIELD HOCKEY
Salem Tech at Overbrook, 3:45 p.m.
Gloucester Catholic at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Wildwood, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Gloucester City, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Woodstown at Pennsville, 3:30 p.m.
Clayton at Schalick, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Cumberland at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
SATURDAY, OCT. 25
WJFL FOOTBALL
Schalick at Woodbury, 11 a.m.
Penns Grove at Salem, noon
Clayton at Paulsboro, 12:30 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Highland at Woodstown, 10 a.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Woodstown at Highland, 10 a.m.
Penns Grove at Salem, noon
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Lincoln (2), noon
This week’s schedule
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Oct. 5-12
SUNDAY, OCT. 5
FIELD HOCKEY
SJ Tournament of Champions
At Clearview
Schalick vs. Clearview, 3:15 p.m.
MONDAY, OCT. 6
FIELD HOCKEY
Absegami at Salem, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Hammonton, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
Pitman at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Salem at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
Wildwood at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Overbrook at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Glassboro at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Salem Tech at Salem, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Overbrook, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Pennsville at Gloucester Catholic, 3:45 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL
Camden County Tech at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
TUESDAY, OCT. 7
FIELD HOCKEY
Deptford at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Pitman at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Salem at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
SJ Group I Quarterfinals
Lower Cape May at Pitman, 2 p.m.
Schalick at Woodstown, 3 p.m.
Wildwood at Haddon Twp., 3 p.m.
Audubon at Pennsville, 3:30 p.m.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8
BOYS SOCCER
Cumberland at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Salem at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Palmyra, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Pitman, 7 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Schalick at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Salem, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Pitman, 5 p.m.
Penns Grove at Cumberland, 6 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Penns Grove at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
OLMA at Salem, 4 p.m.
CROSS COUNTRY
Salem County Meet at Schalick, 3:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, OCT. 9
WJFL FOOTBALL
Paulsboro at Pennsville, 6 p.m.
Haddon Heights at Woodstown, 7 p.m.
Cinnaminson at Glassboro
FIELD HOCKEY
Burlington City at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m.
Woodstown at Schalick, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Camden Academy Charter at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
Gloucester City at Salem, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Salem at Gloucester City, 4 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at Wildwood, 4 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCT. 10
WJFL FOOTBALL
Gloucester at Schalick, 6 p.m.
Penns Grove at Delran, 6 p.m.
Collingswood at Audubon, 7 p.m.
Overbrook at Camden Catholic
Woodbury at Willingboro
FIELD HOCKEY
Overbrook at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m.
Salem at Gloucester City, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Woodbury, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Paulsboro at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
Woodbury at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Woodstown at Pitman, 3:45 p.m.
Penns Grove at Salem, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Wildwood, 4:15 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at Highland, 4 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC Prospect Showcase
SATURDAY, OCT. 11
WJFL FOOTBALL
West Deptford at Salem, noon
CROSS COUNTRY
South Jersey Coaches Meet, Dream Park
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC Prospect Showcase
SUNDAY, OCT. 12
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC Prospect Showcase
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Morris CC, CCBC at Salem CC, 10 a.m.
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