Here are scores and details from Saturday’s Salem County sports calendar
By Riverview Sports News
WOODBURY – The girls teams from Salem and Schalick each won two events and finished second and third, respectively, in the Group I team standings at the Woodbury Relays Saturday.
Salem won the 4×200 and sprint medley relays. Karima Davenport-White, Anna Buzby and Rhionna Timmons ran legs on both relays.
Schalick won the 4000 distance medley and 4×100 shuttle hurdle. Grace O’Neill ran legs on both relays. She also finished second in the discus.
The Rams scored 44 points in the meet and finished six points behind champion Audubon. Schalick had 36 points. Woodstown finished tied for fifth (14).
On the boys side, Salem and Schalick finished tied for fifth with 13 points. Woodstown was tied for seventh (10) and Penns Grove was tenth (6). Woodbury won it with 60 points.
Woodstown brought home the only boys event title in Group I. The Wolverines won the 4×800.
The following are the Salem County athletes who finished in the top three in their respective events:
WOODBURY RELAYS
GIRLS ONE
TEAM SCORES: Audubon 50, Salem 44, Schalick 36, Woodbury 24, Haddon Twp. 14, Woodstown 14, Clayton 12, Penns Grove 9, Pitman 6, Glassboro 2, Maple Shade 2, Buena 2, Pennsville 1, Bishop Eustace 1.
4000 Distance Medley: 1. Schalick (Sophia Longo, Ella Shimp, Jordan Hadfield, Grace O’Neill) 13:03.37, 3. Woodstown (Sarah Seiden, Arie Still, Kayla Ayars, Lillian Norman) 13:33.93
4×100 Shuttle Hurdle: 1. Schalick (Brooke Watt, Gabriella Simonini, Grace O”Neill, Katelyn Little)1:09.58, 2. Salem (Anna Buzby, Sairis Jiminez, Tahirah Davenport-White, Karima Davenport-White) 1:11.86
4×200: 1. Salem (Karima Davenport-White, Rhionna Timmons, Anyzha Williams, Anna Buzby) 1:48.04, 2. Penns Grove (Jaymari Reed, Daivonnah Thomas, Jayla Nunez, Amani Taylor) 1:42.45
4×800: 2. Woodstown (Kayla Ayars, Arie Still, Sarah Seiden, Lillian Norman) 10:16.11, 3. Schalick (Sophia Longo, Ella Shimp, Jordan Hadfield, Helen Lillia) 10:35.72
4×100: 2. Salem (Dayana Jones, Karima Davenport-White, Rhionna Timmons, Sairis Jiminez) 51.12
Sprint Medley: 1. Salem (Karima Davenport-White, Anna Buzby, Rhionna Timmons, Sairis Jiminez) 4:14.49, 3. Schalick (Gia Martellacci, Zoe Jenkins, Phoebe Alward, Jordan Hadfield) 4:26.25
4×400: 2. Salem (Rhionna Timmons, Sairis Jiminez, Anna Buzby, Dayana Jones) 4:11.33
Discus: 2. Grace O’Neill, Schalick, 118-2
BOYS ONE
TEAM SCORES: Woodbury 60, Glassboro 50, Audubon 25, Clayton 15, Schalick 13, Salem 13, Haddon Twp. 10, Woodstown 10, Palmyra 8, Penns Grove 6, Riverside 4, Bishop Eustace 2, Paulsboro 1.
4×200: 3. Salem (Jelani Beverly, Anthony Parker, Omarion Pierce, Terrance Smith) 1:31.59
4×800: 1. Woodstown (Bryce Ayars, Joshua Crawford, Cole Lucas, Jacob Marino) 8:27.55, 3. Schalick (Bradford Foster, Charles Fuerneisen, Steve Chomo, Salvatore Longo) 8:39.47
4×400: 3. Penns Grove (Theus Berrios, Bryan Garlic, Kylee Goodson, Knowledge Young) 3:30.95
Triple Jump: 3. DaviYonn Jackson, Salem, 43-7
Javelin: 3. Connor Ayars, Pennsville, 155-1
BASEBALL
Hedelt Tournament, Oakcrest
Buena 15, Pennsville 10
Pennsville 3, Oakcrest 1
Cohen Petrutz gave up an unearned run and struck out 11 over six innings leading Pennsville to a 3-1 win over Oakcrest in the Eagles’ second game of the day.
They took the lead with three runs in the fourth inning. Luke Wood scored the tying run on a wild pitch, Peyton O’Brien scored on a steal of home and Jeff Wagner doubled home Petrutz.
O’Brien had three hits and Jacob Grant had two.
The Eagles ripped 16 hits in their tournament opener, but couldn’t overcome Buena’s eight-run third inning. Chase Burchfield had a homer among his three hits. Stevie Fatcher had three hits, while Mason O’Brien, Wood, Wagner and Petrutz had two apiece.
Dylan O’Connor went 4-for-4 and Jalexis Agosto-Sanchez homered and had five RBIs for Buena.
With the split, the Eagles will not play Sunday, ending a stretch of six games in five days.
EASTERN 10, SCHALICK 2: The Vikings erupted for six runs in the first inning to take control and three pitchers held the Cougars to two hits. Luke Pokrovsky and Enrico Watz had Schalick’s hits. Ricky Watt and Matthew Lamazza drove in the Cougars’ runs.
PITMAN 3, WOODSTOWN 1: Hudson Rue homered and Stephen Devanney checked Woodstown on two hits. The Panthers scored single runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings with Rue’s homer coming in the middle. Woodstown scored on an error in the fourth. Brent Williams and Blake Bialecki had Woodstown’s hits.
BOYS LACROSSE
LOWER CAPE MAY 9, WOODSTOWN 5: Brandon Loper and Macky Bonner each scored three goals for Lower Cape May. Bobby Donahue, who scored his 100th career goal on Tuesday, scored four goals for the Wolverines. And Zach Bevis, who notched his 100th career assist last Saturday, had another assist.
Category: BASEBALL
Perfection
Woodstown’s Brown’s perfect game, Schalick coach O’Brien’s 100th career win highlight the Friday Salem County sports roundup
SOFTBALL
WOODSTOWN 13, WILDWOOD 0
WILDWOOD – Kayla Brown hasn’t pitched much for the Woodstown softball team, but the Wolverines need her in their present shorthandedness in the circle and Friday she delivered in a big way.
Brown threw a five-inning perfect game, setting down 15 straight hitters with 13 strikeouts as the Wolverines blanked Wildwood 13-0. She also had three hits at the plate, including a pair of doubles.
She’d pitched in five games for a total of nine innings before this season, but Friday was her third outing in four games this week (12 innings).
On Friday she threw 68 pitches, 46 for strikes. She went to three balls on four batters (and struck them all out) and two balls on three others.
Her teammates supported her with 17 hits. Tulana Mingin went 3-for-4, Ellie Wygand 3-for-4 with three RBIs and Talia Guardascione 2-for-3. Lila Bowling and Cara Delia each drove in a pair of runs.
Mingin now has 116 career hits, sixth on the Wolverines’ all-time list. She is 16 hits away from becoming the program’s all-time hits leader.
GLOUCESTER 10, SCHALICK 0: The Lions held Schalick to three hits and got all the support they needed from an Ava Rogers home run. Taylor Sparks (double), Alexa Shimp and Rachael Irizarry had the Cougars’ hits.
CAMDEN TECH 20, SALEM 3: Phoenix Holland had two of Salem’s seven hits. Korrin Robinson, Morgan Johnson and Gianna Pelura drove in the Rams’ runs.
BASEBALL
SCHALICK 3, GLOUCESTER 0: Luke Pokrovsky and Jake Siedlecki combined on a two-hit shutout to give Cougars coach Sean O’Brien his 100th career victory. The only thing that kept Pokrovsky from going the distance was his pitch count. He threw 110 pitches and struck out 16 in 6 2/3 innings. The only hit he allowed was a one-out single in the fifth inning.
PENNSVILLE 9, WILLIAMSTOWN 2: The Eagles made it 4-0 in their nine games in eight day stretch. Mason O’Brien gave up six hits and two runs over the first 6 1/3 innings before Connor Starn came from behind the plate to get the final two outs. Jacob Grant and Cohen Petrutz each had two hits and Logan Streitz had two RBIs.
WOODSTOWN 7, WILDWOOD 2: Andrew Pedrick homered in a four-run fourth inning and four pitchers scattered four hits as the Wolverines won their third in a row. Jack Knorr and Jack Holladay both had two hits for the Wolverines. Logan Taylor had two RBIs.
BOYS TENNIS
PENNSVILLE 4, MILLVILLE 1
Matthew Sooy (M) def. Gave Schneider, 6-3, 6-2
Maddox Efelis (P) def. Paul Azari, 6-2, 6-0
Brody Wiggins (P) def. John Abdill, 6-0, 6-0
Noah Flitcraft-Noah Bohn (P) def. Hadyn Mulherin-Jonah Smith, 6-0, 6-0
Luke Chamberlain-Sawyer Humphrey (P) def. Adarius Cannon-Kayden Renzi, 6-1, 6-1.
Records: Pennsville 8-1, Millville 2-5.
WOODSTOWN 5, OVERBROOK 0
Tim Schwienbacher 
def. Andrew Weaver, 6-3, 0-6, 10-5
Drew Stengel def. Logan Milas, 6-0, 6-1
Erich Lipovsky (S) def. Colin Campbell, 6-1, 6-2
Ben Stengel-Joseph Kurpis def. Connor Kustera-Alan Marcos, 6-2, 6-2
Mason Shimp-Luke Shaw def. Thomas Mason-NA, 6-1, 6-0
Records: Woodstown 5-1, Overbrook 0-8
CUMBERLAND 3, SCHALICK 2
Samuel Falk (C) def. George Gould, 6-0, 6-0
Luke Fischer (C) def. Jesus Espinoza, 6-0, 6-2
Chase Sheppard (C) def. Conor O’Toole, 6-3, 6-2
Rocky Monticolo-David Santana (S) def. Joey Nolan-Josiah Jiminez, 5-4 (ret.)
Kaden Barnes-Cayden Brzozowski (S) Mason Staffieri-Cayden Brzozowski, 6-4, 7-5.
Records: Cumberland 6-2, Schalick 4-3.
A rough day
Delaware Tech hits seven homers in doubleheader, sweeps Salem CC, hands Mighty Oaks their first loss at Watson Field this season
FRIDAY’S REGION XIX SOFTBALL
Delaware Tech 15-15, Salem CC 6-3
Lackawanna 31-25, Raritan Valley 3-3
Mercer CC vs. Bucks County CC (2)
| REGION XIX | REGION | PCT | GB |
| x-Mercer (31-5) | 9-1 | .900 | – |
| x-Del Tech (19-7) | 8-2 | .800 | 1 |
| x-Salem (24-8) | 6-2 | .750 | 2 |
| x-Lackawanna (29-12) | 7-3 | .700 | 2 |
| Morris (7-11) | 3-9 | .250 | 7 |
| Sussex (2-18) | 1-7 | .125 | 7 |
| Raritan Valley (1-15) | 0-10 | .000 | 9 |
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – The Salem Community College softball team hasn’t had a day like this since the first night of the year.
The Mighty Oaks had a chance to make a statement in the region in their record-setting second season back on the field, but Delaware Tech showed why it’s still the big dog in Region XIX. The three-time reigning region champion Hawks hit six home runs in the first game and used two big innings in the nightcap to sweep the doubleheader 15-6 and 15-3.
They were the first two losses the Mighty Oaks (24-8) have taken at Watson Field since moving their home games to the Pennsville Little League complex last summer; they had won their first 14 games there. It’s also the first time they’ve been swept in a doubleheader since dropping two to Fayetteville State 8-0, 5-3 on their Opening Day.
They hadn’t been beaten like Friday in a doubleheader since Del Tech swept them 14-5, 15-2 last March.
“We ran into a team that could hit and we didn’t,” Mighty Oaks coach Angel Rodriguez said. “That’s the biggest takeaway. We did not have good approach today and we ran into a team that had a good approach. We’ve gotta be better disciplined batting.”
What made it troubling is it comes at the start of a stretch that includes all three of the other projected Region XIX playoff teams in their next four doubleheaders. With Del Tech behind them, they go to Lackawanna CC Saturday and to region undefeated Mercer CC Tuesday. Tucked in between, they host winless Ocean CC Sunday.
“They’re going to be tough games,” Rodriguez said. “We knew that coming into it. The biggest one is be ready to go, keep moving forward.”
Del Tech used the long ball to win the opener. The Hawks (19-7) hit six homers in the game, with Brooklyn Richardson hitting two.
They actually hit for the home run cycle as a team. Both of Richardson’s blasts were two-run shots, as was team homer leader Mackenzie Whaley’s ninth of the year in the first inning. Kameron Sockriter hit a solo shot, Ally Marly a three-run shot and Natalie Berry a grand slam that Oaks centerfielder Karyn Trice nearly kept in the park.
The Hawks hit four homers over the final two innings and three in the seventh.
“At the beginning of the season – we were laughing about it – this is a totally different team than what we’ve had in the past and I was like we might hit 10 home runs during the season,” Del Tech coach Guy Wilkins said. “I said we were going to hit a lot of doubles and triples because we have some speed, but in the last few games we started hitting some home runs.
“The girls can hit. I just didn’t think they were going to hit the long ball.”
The Mighty Oaks got in on the act in the seventh inning when Vaye Savage hit a two-run shot to close the scoring.
The homers by Whaley and Berry gave Del Tech a 6-0 lead. The Mighty Oaks cut the deficit to 6-2 in the fourth on Faith Penn’s two-run single. Savage’s sacrifice fly got them within 6-3 in the fifth, but the Hawks restarted the power machine and pulled away.
Salem ace Morgan Mecham kept the Hawks’ bats through the first three innings of the nightcap, but then they erupted for eight runs in the fourth – with Whaley hitting a three-run double and Amara Cropper hitting a two-run homer – and seven more in the fifth.
The Mighty Oaks led the nightcap 1-0 on Courtney Hoggard’s RBI single in the first inning. Haylee Pickrell homered in the fourth and Hoggard had an RBI single in the fifth. Hoggard had five hits in the doubleheader.
Despite the tough day, Hernandez did see some positives.
“Our defense played very well,” he said. “We were definitely pleased with the way we were playing defense. We knew we can play that well on defense. We know we’re a good hitting team. We just have to make better adjustments.
“We’re going to be able to learn a lot from this. A lot of people stepped up in different ways in a couple at bats, so we’re looking to carry that on and keep moving from there.”
BASEBALL
SALEM CC 6, CAMDEN CC 3: The Mighty Oaks won their fourth in a row and seventh in their last eight games as they try to make a late push for the playoffs. They are now 15-20 overall, 8-15 in Region XIX with 14 games remaining, 12 against region opponents and nine against teams with losing records. The Camden series concludes Saturday with a doubleheader at the Carneys Point Rec Complex starting at noon.
Heavy workload
Pennsville baseball in the midst of potentially nine games in eight days, but has won the first three; Schalick uses big inning to beat Overbrook, Woodstown put best Foote forward
BASEBALL
Pennsville 11, Pitman 1
Schalick 12, Overbrook 5
Woodstown 7, Glassboro 1
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – Matt Karr has never coached through a stretch of games the likes of which his Pennsville baseball team currently finds itself. Getting through it takes a lot of planning, patience and even more pitching, but so far the Eagles have managed it.
Playing the third of what potentially could be nine games in eight days, the Eagles pummeled Tri-County Classic Division rival Pitman 11-1 Thursday to become the only undefeated team left in division play.
The gauntlet started with wins Tuesday at Wildwood and Wednesday at Millville. Before it ends next Tuesday against Schalick, the Eagles will play Williamstown Friday, two games in the Oakcrest Tournament Saturday, a possible tournament game Sunday and Glassboro Monday. They were scheduled to play Clayton Wednesday, making it 10 games in nine days, but they smartly moved it.
Even MLB teams get a day off every now and then. The Phillies just completed a stretch of 13 consecutive games and start another one Friday that includes 10 on the road and a trip to the West Coast.
The Eagles certainly want to win every one of the nine games, so to go 9-0 would be “impressive” and Karr would give this players off from practice the day of the prom if it happened, but in reality the approach to the entire stretch is quite simple.
“It is super cliché, but the approach is just take it one game, one pitch at a time,” Karr said. “Our plan changes from inning to inning, game to game, based on results, how the game’s flowing, what we think we need to do to get a win in the moment. We like to plan ahead, but at the same time you’ve got to deal with what’s going on in the present and that’s the way we approach it.
“Today was a situation where the opportunity presented itself to get Peyton (O’Brien) off the mound early and have him available for the weekend. Those other guys come in, they throw a quick inning, now they’re available for the weekend. That’s all it is, just playing puzzle pieces, trying to figure out who can fit where and do what.”
The players understand the challenge, especially for a team with as limited numbers as the Eagles, but they’re also confident in their ability to get the job done.
“I think it’ll be challenging but I think our team is good enough to play nine games and win them all,” centerfielder and possible emergency pitcher Chase Burchfield said.
“It’s definitely going to be tough, especially for our arms, especially with a small team like us where we all have to play,” O’Brien said. “So far we’ve done a good job, but it’s going to be tougher the more games we play.”
The Eagles made things quick and easy Thursday, scoring three in the second and breaking it open with eight in the third. Meanwhile, O’Brien was sharp in his three innings and because the Eagles had such a comfortable lead they were able to get the hard-throwing righthander out of the game sooner than later, which is a key to surviving what a team with a limited roster is going through.
O’Brien gave up two hits – back-to-back singles in the first inning – and struck out six. Then he gave way to Cohen Petrutz and Logan Streitz for the final two innings.
“I felt really good,” O’Brien said. “I felt like they couldn’t really hit me. Even their hits were a little weak. But I felt good out there, kept going at it, felt confident.”
The lineup backed him from every spot. The Eagles had 11 hits. Eight of their nine starters got one and all nine scored at least one run.
Freshman Mason O’Brien was 3-for-3 with a walk and three RBIs at the top of the lineup. Sophomore Streitz had two hits and two RBIs in the 9-hole. Burchfield chased home the two runs that put the game into run-rule mode and he threw a runner out at the plate on one bounce from center to keep it that way.
Karr called the whole day an embodiment of the next-man-up mentality the coaching staff has been preaching all year, a message that’s particularly poignant for this current stretch.
“My arm has been feeling good lately,” Burchfield said. “When I saw it down and I saw the kid running I was like ‘I’ve got to throw this ball hard.’ I didn’t try to bounce it, I was trying to throw it in the air, but it happened to bounce. Perfect throw. And it went between the two guys. It was nice. I’m hoping I can do that on the pitcher’s mound.”
The throw it hard part. Not the bouncing it to the plate.
SCHALICK 12, OVERBROOK 5: Enrico Hatz had a tie-breaking single, two-run double and successful steal of home in a 10-run sixth inning that sent Schalick to its second straight win and back to .500 for the first time since April 6.
The Cougars (4-4) sent 15 batters to the plate in their big inning. They had five hits, five walks and two hit batsmen. Three of the walks and hit batsmen drove home runs.
“We were hitting the ball better each inning, but couldn’t get things going,” Cougars coach Sean O’Brien said. “We finally started to come up with some big hits with runners in scoring position and broke it open in the sixth with some timely hits.”
J.T. Fleming, Jake Siedlecki, Hatz and Elijah Cummings all had two hits in the game. Matthew Lamazza, Cummings and Fleming all had two of RBIs.
The Cougars have scored 10 runs or more in all four of their victories.
WOODSTOWN 7, GLASSBORO 1: Brent Williams went 3-for-3 with a pair of RBIs and Aaron Foote pitched a complete-game two-hitter with six strikeouts as the Wolverines (5-4) won for the third time in their last four games and back-to-back games for the first time this season.
Ty Coblentz had two hits and Rocco String had two RBIs. Foote lost his shutout to an unearned run in the seventh inning.
Oaks sweep Ocean
Salem CC baseball in its hottest run of the season, wins third straight and sixth in last seven games
By Riverview Sports News
TOMS RIVER – A simple approach at the plate and the schedule at large has the Salem CC baseball team playing some of its best ball of the season as it makes a push for a playoff berth.
The Mighty Oaks extended their winning streak to three games and scored their sixth win in the last seven games Wednesday when they swept a doubleheader at Ocean County College 13-6 and 6-3.
Coupled with their doubleheader sweep of Bergen CC Saturday, it marked the first time the Oaks have swept consecutive doubleheaders since 2021 – Middlesex (May 1) and Delaware County (May 4).
“The boys played hard today,” Oaks coach John Holt said. “As a team our approach at the plate was solid and we were able to produce.
“We’re continuing to take a one-game-at-a-time mentality as a team and the boys are playing for each other. It’s great to see.”
The sweep left the Oaks 14-20 for the season with 15 games remaining. A record of .500 or better qualifies them for the playoffs..
For the second straight game every spot in the Oaks’ lineup had at least one hit in the opener. Catcher Angel Velez had the hot bat early with a two-run triple and two-run double in his first two at bats. He was 3-for-4 with four RBIs.
The Oaks scored 12 runs over the first four innings. They have scored 10 runs of more in five of their last seven games. They are 9-2 this season in games they score 10 runs of more.
J.D. Wilson pitched a complete game in the opener. He struck out 10. He gave up six hits, but only one over his final 18 outs.
“J.D. did a great job for us and fought for the complete game,” Holt said. “Again, he wanted to put the team on his back.”
The Oaks took a 4-2 lead in the nightcap with three runs in the third inning and extended the lead with single runs in the fifth and sixth. Demetrius DeRamus and Joe Fekete each had two hits.
Three relievers behind starter Ryan Silnik threw three innings of no-hit relief to preserve the lead. Sean Kelby struck out four in his two innings of work.
Good game, let’s eat
Pennsville softball routs Salem, then heads off for some team bonding and baked ziti; includes all the reported Salem County high school sports results
WEDNESDAY SOFTBALL
Pennsville 17, Salem 0
Williamstown at Woodstown, ppd.
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
SALEM – The Pennsville softball team has always been a group that’s kept its eye on the prize. It’s one of the things that has made it so successful over the years.
The Eagles had a very specific prize in mind Wednesday as they were taking out Salem 17-0.
“Baked ziti” was heard from their dugout along about the third inning of the Tri-County Classic Division game and at regular intervals thereafter.
Actually, it wasn’t so much a prize as a destination. After the Eagles got back to school and cleaned up, they were headed to teammate Cara Hoyt’s house for some team bonding and big helpings of the tasty pasta treat.
“We usually have team bonding, so we always get at Cara’s house and her parents make us ziti, so it’s kind of like a tradition,” outfielder Mary Montagna said. “We have one at Cara’s and we have one at Reagan’s (Wariwanchik) and at Reagan’s we play volleyball and stuff.
“I love ziti. I’m going to get two platefuls.”
The dinner was a players-only affair, but Eagles coach Beth Jackson was OK with that.
“That’s their thing,” she said. “It’s nice that they get together and do that. I used to have them at my house way back like 2013 or ’14, we would have a cookout and whatnot, so it’s something they do every year.
“I remember doing it when I played soccer. We always had a spaghetti dinner before the first night game. We’d play Woodstown under the lights and we’d all get together for a spaghetti dinner. I know a lot of the teams do it.”
Savannah Palverento pitched a one-hitter and allowed just four base runners in the five-inning game. The only hit she allowed was Sade Jones’ opposite-field single with one out in the third inning. She struck out five, including the final out of the game. It was the first time she has not worried about her right (pitching) hand since developing a blister on the middle finger two weeks ago.
“I thought considering the fact my hand’s been messed up this entire week I felt a lot better pitching today compared to other games,” Palverento said.
The Eagles (6-4), playing their third road game in as many days and seventh in nine days, pounded out 15 hits with eight of their nine starters collecting at least one. Kylie Harris and Avery Watson both went 3-for-4, with Harris, a sophomore, collecting her 50th career hit. Bella Rappa and Montagna each had two hits and three RBIs. Lilly Birney (two hits), Sierra Stultz and Hoyt drove in two runs apiece.
Rappa ran her career totals to 77 hits and 54 RBIs. Bella Farina’s RBI moved her within two of 50 for her career.
The Eagles led 5-0 after two innings, then broke it open with eight in the third. They sent 13 batters to the plate in the inning. Hoyt and Montagna both had two-run singles.
“They continue to hit the ball,” Jackson said. “They’ve hit the ball all week. We continue with the hitting and making the adjustments to the different pitchers that we see and taking it one day at a time, one at-bat a time. Today’s done, now we focus on Pitman tomorrow.”
The Pitman game completes a run of four road games in as many days. The Eagles have won the first three all by shutout, including Jackson’s 200th career coaching win Tuesday at Wildwood. They haven’t allowed a run since the sixth inning of their loss at West Deptford Saturday and have allowed only two runs in their last 19 innings.
Wednesday roundup
BASEBALL
PENNSVILLE 7, MILLVILLE 3: Mason O’Brien and Jacob Grant each drove in a pair of runs and the Eagles took the lead with a four-run fourth inning. Luke Wood pitched the first six innings, allowing three hits and striking out eight. O’Brien came on to start the seventh but struggled and Connor Starn came from behind to plate to get the last three outs all by strikeout.
GOLF
WOODSTOWN 156, PENNSVILLE 191: Woodstown’s Jacob Schermerhorn (37) edged Pennsville’s Jake Isaac by a stroke for medalist honors at Sakima GC.
Kingsway girls vs. Schalick, Centerton CC
Schalick vs. Overbrook, Kresson GC
TRACK
Overbrook 101.5, Pennsville 32.5
Penns Grove at Schalick
Woodstown at Glassboro
BOYS TENNIS
PENNSVILLE 5, DELRAN 0
Gabe Schneider (P) def. Aidan Moskowitz, 6-0, 6-0
Maddox Efelis (P) def. Evan Therur, 6-0, 6-1
Brody Wiggins (P) def. Jacob Charney, 6-0, 6-0
Noah Flitcraft-Noah Bohn (P) def. Colin Thiel-Justin Hatcher, 6-0, 6-0
Luke Chamberlain-Sawyer Humphrey (P) def. Billy Boyce-Matt Rocha, 6-0, 6-1
Records: Pennsville 6-1, Delran 2-2.
Vineland at Woodstown
GIRLS LACROSSE
KINGSWAY 21, WOODSTOWN 5: Ally Phalines scored eight goals and Phoebe O’Rourke (five assists) and Madi Rothwein had four each for the Dragons (5-3). Delaney Walker scored three goals for Woodstown (2-3) and assisted on the goals by Blair Baldi and Emma Morgan.
Feel good win
Salem CC bounces back from a tough loss the day before in a big way, erupting for 20 runs, 17 hits
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
CARNEYS POINT – The thing about baseball is it’s such an everyday game it gives you a chance to jump back on the horse after he bucks you off hard.
After losing in the most painful way possible the day before, the Salem CC baseball team enjoyed its most prolific outing of the season Tuesday, bouncing back in a big way to crush undermanned Luzerne County CC, 20-2.
The Mighty Oaks (12-20) scored 20 runs for the second time this season, but this time they did it with a season-high 17 hits. They had a 10-run inning. Twelve of their 14 batters had at least one hit and all 14 reached base at least once. When Lee Rodriguez ripped an RBI double in the sixth, it guaranteed every spot in the lineup having at least one hit, one run and one RBI.
Demetrius DeRamus had two extra-base hits and his leadoff home run touched off the 10-run third. Matt Murphy went 3-for-3 and had two hits in the big inning. Jared Vandersteur had two hits and three RBIs. Cole Dawson went 2-for-2 and Mike Ochmanski had two RBIs.
“It’s a feel good win,” leftfielder Murphy said. “Everyone did their jobs today. J-Mac (John McAllister) pitched a hell of a game. Will (Jones) came in and pitched his butt off. When you have guys coming in throwing strikes, getting outs, it’s kind of easy to just put bats to ball. When you get a lead like that everything’s smiling for everyone and everything’s good.”
Most of the time. The Mighty Oaks had a seemingly comfortable lead like that the day before, but couldn’t hold it. Bergen CC scored 11 runs over the final three innings and scored five in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Oaks 14-13. That’s what made bouncing back against the winless Trailblazers such a big deal.
“It hurt, without a doubt, it stung a little bit, but there are lessons to be learned from it,” Oaks coach John Holt said. “That’s what I try to enforce with these guys, that at the end of the day every loss is an opportunity to learn something from it.
“We’ve made that mistake a few times, kind of sitting back on our heels once we got a big lead and we’ve gotta stop that. We’ve got to attack. We’ve got to stay in the game. We’ve got to have a bulldog mentality the rest of the way.”
Both pitchers the Mighty Oaks used in the seven-inning game had strong showings.
Sophomore McAllister retired nine of the first 10 Trailblazers he faced and took a no-hitter into the fourth inning. He gave up just two hits, two runs and struck out eight in five innings.
The two runs he allowed came to open the fourth inning after watching the 10-run third. He tried to stay warm down in the bullpen as the inning extended. When he went back out, he gave up a slicing leadoff single to Brandon Smith and a triple into the rightfield corner by Bruce Leatherman, but he retired the next three batters with only the one other run scoring.
“Everything was all good,” McAllister said. “The day really went planned how I wanted to. I showed up early and then came out for my guys. It’s kind of like a confidence boost for me because most of the time it’s a struggle for me to find the zone and I just wanted to fill the zone up, keep the strike percentage up and give my guys a good chance.”
Jones followed McAllister and pitched the final two innings. The freshman from Wilmington gave up back-to-back one-out singles in the sixth and got all six of his outs via strikeout. He has yet to give up an earned run in four career appearances (five innings).
“It felt good,” Jones said. “Actually, I was a little sick this morning, got sick a couple times, but Coach Holt told me yesterday I was going to throw and I don’t get very many opportunities to throw so I knew I had to come out here and just give it my all.”
The Oaks got it started early scoring three runs in the first highlighted by an RBI double by DeRamus and an RBI single by Murphy.
They sent 15 batters to the plate in the third inning. The first eight all reached safely and scored. Besides DeRamus’ leadoff homer, the Oaks got a two-run single by Ochmanski, an RBI single by Dawson, an RBI double by Yen Rodriguez, sacrifice flies by Nick Ciesielka and Ben Charbonneau and a two-run single by Vandersteur.
The Trailblazers (0-7), who had only nine players available, spoiled the shutout with two runs in the fourth. The Oaks got the runs back in the fifth on Vandersteur’s RBI double and run-scoring single by Joe Fekete, then rounded out with scoring with five in the sixth.
It was the Oaks’ fourth win in their last five games as they look to make a late-season run for the playoffs. It also the fourth time in the last five games they scored 10 runs or more.
“A lot of people were frustrated with yesterday,” Murphy said. “Coach told us before the game if you’re frustrated take your frustration out on the other team and just focus on one day at a time and that’s what we did. That’s what we’re trying to do for the rest of the season trying to make the playoffs, focus on just one game at a time, one pitch at a time.”
Tuesday roundup
Here’s a look at what happened in Salem County sports on Tuesday
BASEBALL
SALEM 7, CLAYTON 3: The Rams picked up their second win of the season behind Colin Finney going the distance, allowing six hits, no earned runs and striking out six. Terrell Robinson went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and Chase Davis had two hits. The Rams jumped out to a 6-0 lead through innings.
“It was a great win today, a real team win with everyone getting on base and manufacturing runs,” Rams coach Eric Fizur said. “This is one of the best group of young men I’ve ever coached. They are completely selfless and care about each other.”
To that point, catcher Andrew May continues to take one for the team. He has been hit by a pitch seven games in a row.
PENNSVILLE 18, WILDWOOD 5: Peyton O’Brien and Chase Burchfield both had three hits and three RBIs and the first five batters in the Eagles’ lineup went a combined 12-for-19 with eight RBIs. The Eagles scored five runs in the top of the first and never looked back.
SCHALICK 10, PENNS GROVE 0: Ricky Watt had three hits and two RBIs, Luke Pokrovsky had two hits and two RBIs, and three Schalick pitchers combined on a three-hitter. Starter Cole Hartley retired all nine batters he faced. Enrico Hatz went 3-for-3 and Matt Lamazza went 2-for-2.
WOODSTOWN 13, OVERBROOK 5: Brent Williams, Rocco String and Jack Holliday all collected three hits to lead the Wolverines. Williams had three doubles and three RBIs. Andrew Pedrick, Jack Knorr, Blake Bialecki and Thomas Tucci had two hits apiece.
SOFTBALL
PENNSVILLE 12, WILDWOOD 0: Savannah Palverento went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and combined with Sierra Stultz in the circle for a one-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts. The Eagles got hits from everywhere in the lineup. Kylie Harris had three doubles, Lilly Birney went 4-for-4 with two RBIs, Bella Rappa went 2-for-4 with three RBIs, Bella Farina went 3-for-4 and Mary Montagna went 2-for-4.
WOODSTOWN 16, OVERBROOK 6: Tulana Mingin had three hits, Hannah Hitchner drove in three runs and Kayla Brown and Grace White combined in the circle for the win. Cara Delia and Lila Bowling had two hits apiece.
CLAYTON 13, SALEM 3: The Rams jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning and outhit their hosts 12-10, but couldn’t get the others runners home. Meanwhile, the Clippers took advantage of 12 walks. Kyla Henderson and Phoenix Holland both had three hits for Salem.
SCHALICK 22, PENNS GROVE 0: Cloe Elliott drove in seven runs and Taylor Soarks had four RBIs. The Cougars scored 11 runs in the first inning.
GOLF
Schalick girls vs. Delsea, Centerton CC
Woodstown vs. Schalick, Centerton CC
Salem Tech girls vs. Clayton, Sakima CC
BOYS TENNIS
CUMBERLAND 4, WOODSTOWN 1
Samuel Falk (C) def. Tim Schwienbacher, 6-2, 6-0
Luke Fischer (C) def. Drew Stengel, 6-2, 6-2
Eric Lipovsky def. Chase Sheppard, 2-6, 6-3, 10-7
Josiah Jiminez-Joey Nolan (C) def. Joseph Kurpis-Ben Stengel, 6-4, 7-5
Justin Nolan-Mason Staffieri (C) def. Luke Shaw-Mason Shimp, 4-6, 6-3, 10-2
Records: Cumberland 4-2, Woodstown 4-1.
SCHALICK 5, GLASSBORO 0
George Gould (S) def. Rowan Somdahl-Sands, 6-0, 6-0
Jesus Espinoza (S) def. Jesus Lopez, 6-0, 6-0
Conor O’Toole (S) def. Kileche Umbaofu, 6-0, 6-0
Rocky Monticolo-David Santana (S) won by forfeit
Cayden Brzozowski-Kaden Barnes (S) won by forfeit
Records: Schalick 3-2, Glassboro 0-5.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
WILLIAMSTOWN 2, SALEM TECH 0 (25-12, 25-12): Justin Reuther had six kills, Connor Vautour had five and Gavin Batterman 20 assists for Williamstown (5-2).
Oaks felled
Bergen rallies for 5 in bottom of the ninth to prevent Salem CC from sweeping the series
By Riverview Sports News
PARAMUS – The Salem Community College baseball team looked in great shape to collect its first three-game series sweep in three years Monday, but Bergen CC had other ideas.
The homestanding Bulldogs scored 11 runs over the final three innings, including five in the bottom of the ninth, to break the Mighty Oaks’ hearts, 14-13. Nick Alverez’ one-out single was the game-winner.
The Mighty Oaks won the first two games of the series by sweeping Saturday’s home doubleheader with two strong outings from their starters. Their last three-game series sweep came against Camden CC April 6, 7 and 14, 2021.
The Mighty Oaks seemingly took control of the game with seven runs in the fourth inning and led 10-3 when they lifted starter Ben Foote after six.
They sent 13 batters to the plate in their big inning. Yen Rodriguez tripled home the tying run and scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch. Demetrius DeRamus singled home a run, Cole Dawson hit a sacrifice fly and three runs scored on consecutive bases-loaded hit batsmen and a bases-loaded walk.
They led 11-5 going into the bottom of the eighth, but Bergen scored four to tighten it up.
Salem got some separation with two more in the top of the ninth on Angel Velez’ sacrifice fly and Jared Vandersteur’s RBI double and needed only to retire the Bulldogs (10-21) in the ninth to nail down the victory.
Bergen chipped away against J.D. Wilson and got it to 13-11. Matt Decker came in with two runners on. He issued a walk to load the bases and then gave up RBI singles to Ian Scalabrini and Enger Ortiz to tie the game. The Oaks cut down a runner on the bases on the play that tied the game, but then Alvarez followed with his game-winning hit.
Foote gave up seven hits, three earned runs, walked one and hit three in his six innings. The bullpen, however, gave up eight hits, six walks and 11 earned runs over the final three.
Vandersteur went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and Matt Murphy went 3-for-6. Wilson and Dawson each had a pair of RBIs.
The Oaks (11-20) won’t have long to fret over the loss. They’re back at it Tuesday 3:30 p.m. against Luzerne County CC at the Carneys Point Rec Complex.
BERGEN CC 14, SALEM CC 13
| Salem CC (11-20) | 011 710 012 – | 13 10 4 |
| Bergen CC (10-21) | 030 000 245 – | 14 15 11 |
Monday roundup
Here are the results of Monday’s high school sports action for teams from Salem County
BASEBALL
Collingswood 18, Penns Grove 1
Haddon Heights 17, Woodstown 7
HADDON HEIGHTS 17, WOODSTOWN 7: The Wolverines (3-4) scored four runs in the top of the first, but Haddon Heights continually chipped away. The Garnets (4-1) got three back in the bottom of the first, took the lead in the second inning and then walked it off with an eight-run fifth.
Lucas Fulmer, Andrew Pedrick and Brent Williams – the first three hitters in Woodstown’s lineup – all went 2-for-3. Pedrick had two doubles and Williams had two RBIs.
COLLINGSWOOD 18, PENNS GROVE 1: Elijah Crespo scored for the Red Devils (0-4) in the first inning, but Collingswood answered with four in the bottom of the inning and broke it open with 10 in the second.
Crespo had one of the Red Devils’ four singles in the game. The others belonged to Dylan Hyatt, Ethan Brooks and Bristol Scott. Max Hess, Jairo Mendoza and John Antrilli all went 2-for-2 with four, three and two RBIs, respectively, for the Panthers (4-1).
BOYS TENNIS
PENNSVILLE 5, KINGSWAY 0
Gabe Schneider (P) def. Filip Mirkovic, 6-1, 6-3
Maddox Efelis (P) def. Dominic Palladino, 6-3, 6-4
Brody Wiggins (P) def. Nick Decinque, 6-2, 6-0
Noah Flitcraft-Noah Bohn (P) def. Jack Tanzola-Charlie West, 6-2, 6-4
Sawyer Humphrey-Luke Chamberlain (P) def. Aiden Shoemaker-Nolan Steurer, 4-6, 6-4, 10-0
Records: Pennsville 5-1, Kingsway 1-4.
SCHALICK 5, DEPTFORD 0
George Gould (S) def. Xavier Dean, 6-1, 6-2
Jesus Espinoza (S) def. Ethan Bui, 6-3, 6-3
Conor O’Toole (S) def. Bradyn Gee, 6-2, 6-3
Rocky Monticolo-David Santana (S) def. Joseph Crowley-Bryce Williams, 6-2, 6-0
Kaden Barnes-Cayden Brzozowski (S) def. Olaoluwa Gureje-Anmolpreet Singh, 6-3, 6-3.
Records: Schalick 2-2, Deptford 1-2
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
TIMBER CREEK 2, SALEM TECH 0 (25-14, 25-8): Maddox Pace had two kills, three digs and a block for Salem Tech (0-3). Gabe Rich was credited with four assists.
GOLF
WOODSTOWN 160, STERLING 186: Kyle Brainard shot even-par 36 and teammate Joey Olbrich posted a 39 to lead the Wolverines at Town & Country Golf Links. The Wolverines also counted a 40 from Jacob Schermerhorn and a 45 from Max Webb.
(Results not posted)
OLMA vs. Schalick, Centerton CC
Pennsville vs. Overbrook, Kresson GC
Wildwood boys vs. Schalick, Centerton CC
GIRLS LACROSSE
Eastern at Woodstown
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