This week’s schedule

Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Sept. 28-Oct. 3; all events 4 p.m. unless noted

MONDAY, SEPT. 28
WJFL FOOTBALL
Overbrook at Salem 3:30 p.m.
Penns Grove at Woodbury, 4 p.m.
Bordentown at KIPP, 5 p.m.
Haddon Twp. at Middle Twp., 6 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Glassboro
Salem at Gloucester Catholic
Salem Tech at Pennsville, 6 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Glassboro at Penns Grove
Gloucester Catholic at Salem
Pennsville at Salem Tech
Schalick at Woodstown
FIELD HOCKEY
Gloucester Catholic at Pennsville
Overbrook at Schalick, 4:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Clayton
Salem at Deptford, 6 p.m.
Woodstown at Glassboro
GIRLS TENNIS
Salem at Pennsville
Timber Creek at Woodstown

TUESDAY, SEPT. 29
BOYS SOCCER
Woodstown at Schalick
GIRLS TENNIS
Regular season
Overbrook at Penns Grove
Timber Creek at Woodstown
SJ Group 1 Tournament
Bernards at Highland Park
New Egypt at Roselle Park
Wildwood at South River, 3:30 p.m.
Glassboro at Schalick, 2 p.m.
Henry Hudson/Keyport at Lower Cape May
Pt. Pleasant Beach at Edison Magnet
Dayton at Pennsville
Shore at Dunellen
CROSS COUNTRY
TCC Batch Meet
VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at Williamstown, 5:15 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30
BOYS SOCCER
Glassboro at Salem Tech
Penns Grove at Salem
Pitman at Pennsville
GIRLS SOCCER
Gloucester Catholic at Schalick
Pitman at Woodstown
Salem at Penns Grove
Salem Tech at Glassboro
FIELD HOCKEY
Cumberland at Salem Tech
Overbrook at Pennsville, 4:30 p.m.
Schalick at Salem
Woodstown at Hammonton

THURSDAY, OCT. 1
FOOTBALL
Schalick at Cumberland, 6 p.m.
Princeton at Northern Burlington, 6 p.m.
Clearview at Highland, 6 p.m.
Collingswood at Deptford, 6 p.m.
Palmyra at Burlington City, 6 p.m.
Oakcrest at Ocean City, 6 p.m.
Cherry Hill East at Washington Twp., 6 p.m.
Egg Harbor at St. Joe (Hamm.), 6:30 p.m.
Camden at Permian (Tex.), 7 p.m.
FIELD HOCKEY
Salem Tech at Pennsville
BOYS SOCCER
Clearview at Schalick
GIRLS SOCCER
Salem at Pennsville
GIRLS TENNIS
SJ Group 1 Tournament
Bernards-Highland Park winner at Pitman
Roselle Park-New Egypt winner at Middlesex
Wildwood-South River winner at Gateway
Schalick-Glassboro winner at Haddon Twp.
Henry Hudson/Keyport-Lower Cape May winner at Woodstown
Edison Magnet-PP Beach winner at Metuchen
Pennsville-Dayton winner at Woodbridge Magnet
Dunellen-Shore winner at New Providence
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Salem CC at Chesapeake, 6 p.m.

FRIDAY, OCT. 2
FOOTBALL
Penns Grove at Pennsville, 7 p.m.
Wildwood at Buena, 6 p.m.
West Deptford at Overbrook, 7 p.m.
Gateway at Clayton, 7 p.m.
WW-Plainsboro at Lindenwold, 6 p.m.
Paul VI at Eastern, 6 p.m.
KIPP at Lawrence, 6 p.m.
Holy Cross at Florence, 6 p.m.
Seneca at Hopewell Valley, 6 p.m.
Nottingham at Delran, 6 p.m.
Kingsway at Williamstown, 6 p.m.
Delsea at Triton, 6 p.m.
Notre Dame at Allentown, 6 p.m.
Shawnee at Lenape, 6 p.m.
Timber Creek at Absegami, 6 p.m.
Rancocas Valley at Millville, 6 p.m.
Maple Shade at Sterling, 6 p.m.
Lower Cape May at Middle Twp., 6 p.m.
Burlington Twp. at St. Augustine, 6 p.m.
Atlantic City at Mainland, 6 p.m.
Holy Spirit at Pleasantville, 6 p.m.
Willingboro at Glassboro, 6 p.m.
Cherokee at Cedar Creek, 6 p.m.
Hightstown at Bordentown, 6 p.m.
Cinnaminson at Camden Catholic, 6 p.m.
Riverside at Gloucester, 7 p.m.
Bishop Eustace at Haddon Twp., 7 p.m.
Moorestown at Robbinsville, 7 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Gloucester at Salem
Salem Tech at Buena
Woodstown at Highland, 6 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Buena at Salem Tech
Cherry Hill East at Schalick
Cumberland at Woodstown
FIELD HOCKEY
Delran at Woodstown, 4:15 p.m.
Schalick at Rancocas Valley, 5 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Schalick at Mainland
Woodstown at Kingsway

SATURDAY, OCT. 3
FOOTBALL
Woodstown at Salem, noon
Paulsboro at Woodbury, 11 a.m.
Pitman at Gloucester Catholic, 11 a.m.
Mastern Camden at Audubon, 11 a.m.
Bridgeton at Atlantic Tech, noon
Pennsauken at Trenton, 1 p.m.
Cherry Hill West at Ewing, 2 p.m.
Pemberton at Hamilton West, 2 p.m.
Hammonton at Steinert, 2 p.m.
Winslow at Red Bank Catholic, 6 p.m.
CROSS COUNTRY
Shore Coaches Invitational
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Salem CC at Sussex CC, noon
COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY
Salem CC at Cairn Highlander Invitational
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Morris at Salem CC, noon
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC in Delaware Tournament
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Stockton Tri-Scrimmage

Standings

Here are the standings for the WJFL and Tri-County Conference through Sept. 27

WJFL Football

DIAMOND	ALL	DIV	INDEPENDENCE	ALL	DIV
Schalick	5-0	3-0	Woodstown	3-2	3-0
Overbrook	2-2	2-0	Penns Grove	3-0	2-0
Paulsboro	3-2	2-1	Clayton	3-1	1-1
Burlington City	1-4	1-2	Woodbury	2-2	1-1
Salem	1-3	0-2	Pitman	1-3	0-2
Pennsville	2-3	0-3	Buena	1-4	0-3

TCC Boys Soccer

CLASSIC	ALL	DIV	DIAMOND	ALL	DIV
Clayton	4-4	3-0	Schalick	4-2	4-0
Salem Tech	5-2	2-1	Penns Grove	5-2	2-2
Pennsville	1-5	1-1	Woodstown	5-3-1	2-2
Salem	0-3	0-2	Overbrook	3-4	2-2
Glou Cath	0-7	0-3	Pitman	3-4-1	1-3
			Glassboro	3-4	1-3

TCC Girls Soccer

CLASSIC	ALL	DIV	DIAMOND	ALL	DIV
Pitman	4-2	4-0	Schalick	5-1	3-0
Glou Cath	4-3	3-1	Woodstown	6-1-1	3-0
Clayton	4-3	2-2	Overbrook	4-3	2-2
Pennsville	3-4	1-2	Penns Grove	1-5	0-3
Salem Tech	1-5	1-3	Glassboro	0-8	0-3
Salem	0-5	0-3

TCC Field Hockey

CLASSIC	ALL	DIV	DIAMOND	ALL	DIV
Pennsville	2-4	2-0	Woodstown	5-1	3-0
Salem Tech	4-2	2-0	Schalick	6-2	2-1
Glou Cath	1-3	1-1	Overbrook	4-3	2-1
Salem	1-6	1-3	Glass/Pit	2-3	1-2
Clayton	0-3	0-2	Deptford	2-6	0-4

TCC Girls Tennis

CLASSIC	ALL	DIV	DIAMOND	ALL	DIV
Pitman	10-4	4-0	Woodstown	7-4	50
Pennsville	7-3	2-2	Schalick	7-3	4-1
Glassboro	6-4	2-2	Timber Cr	4-4	2-2
Glou Cath	0-0	0-0	Overbrook	2-7	1-4
Salem	0-6	0-4	Penns Grove	0-8	0-5

Bartee, bar none

Bartee, Cougars brave the elements for big win over Paulsboro

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

PAULSBORO — Kenny Bartee is the kind of player who would do whatever it takes to advance his team’s success. He took a big one for the team in a really big game Saturday.

With Schalick’s usual kick returner dealing with some soreness, Bartee, the Cougars’ athletic junior quarterback, volunteered to go back to return the second half kickoff.

He did more than just secure the ball. He picked up the wet slow roller like a shortstop and once he got a head a steam returned it 75 yards for a touchdown that put the Cougars ahead for good in an eventual 16-8 win on a messy day at Paulsboro.

“It was just magical,” Bartee said. “I love playing kickoff return. David (Stewart) is usually back there, but he’s having a little injury himself so I told them put me back there I can do something big for us and that’s all I do. Follow my blockers, trusted myself, trusted them, they told ankle bite me, I broke the tackle, stayed up and scored.”

It doesn’t happen often, but it’s not out of the ordinary for Bartee to return kicks — and with success. He has had nine kick returns over his three-year career. He had a 17-yard return in the season opener against against Maple Shade for his only other one this year and he returned one 90 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter of last year’s season opener against Somerville.

Oh, by the way, he also played defensive end on the Cougars’ final defensive stand that ended with Gary Simonini knocking away the Red Raiders’ fourth-down pass from midfield with 1:15 to play.

“I always want to do what’s best for my team,” he said.

“It’s hard to argue with him volunteering,” Cougars coach Kevin Leamy said. “It didn’t surprise me at all (he asked) and it didn’t surprise me that he returned it for a touchdown. He’s that type of kid who when we need a play he’s going to make a play. That’s what he’s done for us all year. Every time he gets the ball in his hands he does something special with it.

Bartee also scored the Cougars’ first touchdown on a 45-yard run in the first quarter that for the longest time seemed would be the only touchdown of the game as both teams tried to deal with the conditions the best they could. He finished with 94 yards rushing.

The game, played in blowing winds and a steady rain that only subsided after the final whistle, pitted the top two teams in South Jersey Group 1 power points. The undefeated Cougars (5-0) solidified their claim on No. 1 with the victory, as well as the upper hand in the WJFL Diamond Division.

“We’re the best team in South Jersey Group 1,” senior linebacker Gary Simonini said as he made his way to the bus.

That wind played a huge factor in the decisions of both teams. It gave Cougars kicker Shawn Kelly two chances to set the school field goal record when he made attempts of 46 and 49 yards with the wind at his back in the first quarter; both kicks had plenty of leg, but pulled both to the left.

The Cougars actually gained defensive ground on the plays as the ball gets spotted at the 20 after missed attempts instead of where it was tried. Their defense then held the Red Raiders to a three-and-out after the first one and forced a fumble recovered by Freddie Allen in the red zone after the other.

The wind also was the deciding factor in Leamy’s curious decision to go for it, into the wind, on fourth-and 10 from their 10 on the possession following Allen’s fumble recovery midway through the second quarter. The play didn’t yield much and it set up the Red Raiders on a short field route to their touchdown.

“Punting into the wind was not ideal,” Leamy said. “The way (Kelly) punts the ball, he puts a lot of height under his punts. He was out here punting in pregame and it was going straight up in the air. At the end of the day we thought we had a good play called. If the kids executed it, it would have gotten the first down; they didn’t execute. Sometimes you take a risk and you don’t get the reward. That’s part of it.

“So many things can happen. The last thing we need is just give them a touchdown down there in our own end. We felt like we had a good play call. It didn’t quite work in our favor.”

Evan Elliott led another strong Schalick defensive effort. They gave up only 183 yards, made the Red Devils for the only touchdown they scored even in a short field, collected three turnovers and stood their ground with the game on the line.

Elliott caught Paulsboro’s Jeremiah Carr from behind to keep the Red Raiders out of the end zone from the 1 on their short-yardage scoring drive. He threw Carr for a 10-yard loss in the middle of the drive after Bartee’s kickoff return.

Then, he was in on the safety in the fourth quarter with Malachi Hill that ran Schalick’s lead to eight. And he flushed quarterback Jahsir Johnson for a five-yard sack and accompanying intentional grounding penalty that forced the Red Raiders into the fourth-down pass Simonini knocked down to seal the victory.

“I knew I had to do my job,” Elliott said. “I’ve got my boys behind me and they did a good job, too.”

“He played phenomenal on defense,” Leamy said. “He just took over that game defensively in the second half.”

SCH (16)		PAUL (8)
8	1st Downs	9
34-160	Rushing	41-110
0-0-0	Passes	3-6-0
0	Passing	73
3-1	Fum-Lost	5-3
1-50.0	Punts-Avg	3-3`.3
7-50	Penalties	`0-`00

Schalick	7	0	7	2-	16
Paulsboro	0	8	0	0-	8

SCORING SUMMARY
S-Kenny Bartee 45 run (Shawn Kelly kick), 4:48 1Q
P-Jeremiah Carr 1 run (Marques Eli run), 2:35 2Q
S-Kenny Bartee 75 kickoff return (Shawn Kelly kick), 11:47 3Q
S-Safety, tackle in end zone, 7:49 4Q

One rough quarter

Salem CC goes toe-to-toe with Army Prep for three quarters, but rough second quarter does the Mighty Oaks in

By Riverview Sports News

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Salem CC football team stayed with the best team they’ve played so far this season for three quarters, but it was that one quarter they didn’t that make all the difference in the result.

The Mighty Oaks fell to Army Prep 35-6 in their first true road game of this inaugural season Friday night. They battled their hosts to a scoreless tie through the first quarter and were only outscored 7-6 in the second half, but the 28-point second quarter is where it got away.

“I thought we stood the test of a really good team,” Mighty Oaks coach Jay Accorsi said. “They’re really good, by far the best team we’ve seen this year. We knew it was going to be a big test for us and I thought we held up well, I really do. Very pleased for the most part, except for the second quarter, how we did.”

Prep scored on the first play of the second quarter, blocked a punt to set up a second score, then put together two nice drives to go into halftime leading 28-0. It was 35-0 before the Mighty Oaks found the end zone on wildcat quarterback Kahmaj Kearney’s 60-yard touchdown pass to Jeremiah Russell.

The Mighty Oaks (1-3) played three quarterbacks in the game – starter Cam Wright, Malakhai McKenzie and Kearney. Official game statistics won’t be available until early next week.

“Take out the second quarter, it was a 7-6 ballgame, really,” Accorsi said. “I thought we did some really good things. I thought we did against them in the option. The second quarter got away from us, but we rallied back and played a good second half.

“I thought we played with a lot of emotion in the first quarter defensively, maybe too much emotion because I don’t think we were able to kind of carry that into the second quarter. I was pleased how we started, we were toe-to-toe and I just don’t think we kept that emotion defensively in the second quarter.”

Eagles come up short

Pennsville rallies in fourth quarter to get in position to win, but can’t complete final play, falls to Burlington City, 24-22; Woodstown runs over Buena 42-8, wins back-to-back for the first time since 2024 playoffs

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

PENNSVILLE – Pennsville nearly put together a comeback for the ages, but in the end it turned out to be another near-miss.

The Eagles scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns, made a big goal line stand and were setting up for the winning touchdown with one second to play, but they couldn’t complete that one final play they needed and fell to Burlington City 24-22 on a windy Friday night in Lou D’Angelo Stadium. Burlington City never trailed in the game, but Pennsville made the Blue Devils earn their first win of the season.

BC		PV
12	1st Downs	12
38-160	Rushing	21-42
3-11-3	Passes	17-32-1
35	Passing	234
0-0	Fum-Lost	3-1
4-23.3	Punts-Avg	4-36.0
5-40	Penalties	6-54

“It’s just a lot of frustration,” Pennsville coach Mike Healy said. “We once again put ourselves in a hole like we’ve done a couple times this year. I can’t take it away from them that their willingness to fight ‘til the end is awesome and all, but until we are able to put together four full quarters of football, we’re not going to be able to be as good as we are. I still think there’s another level we can go to, but right now we’re kind of stopping ourselves from doing that.”

The Eagles (2-3) trailed 12-0 in the first quarter and at the end of another listless first half, and were down 18-7 entering the fourth quarter before things got crazy. They have trailed at halftime in four of their five games this season. Two of them were two-point losses and one an overtime win.

Their potential comeback started rolling when Pennsville quarterback Jake Layfield threw a 59-yard touchdown pass to Chase Johnson early in the fourth quarter and then passed to Aiden Collazo for the conversion to make it 18-15.

Tavion Miller negated all that work when he returned the kickoff 78 yards to put the visitors back on top by more than a touchdown and two-point conversion.

The margin didn’t matter to the Eagles. The way they were moving the ball in the second half, they had plenty of time to get what they needed.

Layfield marched them right back down with three straight completions to Lucas Thomas, Danny Knight and Johnson for 56 yards to get inside the 10. Collazo finished off the drive with two powerful runs to make it 24-22 with Dante Cummings’ PAT with 8:27 to play.

Miller hurt the Eagles again on the kickoff return, this time taking it down to the 30 setting up the Blue Devils for a score that would’ve surely decided the game. They had a first-and-goal from the 12 and then first-and-goal from the 2, but the Eagles turned them away.

On the first set of downs they pushed the visitors back to the 18 after a tone-setting sack by Ayden Epstein and a stop for a loss by Kaedynn Pena, but the Blue Devils kept the drive alive with a 16-yard completion on fourth down to the 2. This time, Tristan Horner and friends threw BC quarterback Mason Shansey for an eight-yard loss. The Blue Devils got it back to the 6, but they came away empty as Grady Sanders intercepted a fourth-down pass in the end zone that newcomer Jaivon Sydnor batted away from 6-foot-8 intended receiver Julian Corry.

“I saw he went out for the wheel from studying the film and having Grady back there at safety to help me, I knew I could make a play on the ball so he could help contribute too,” said Sydnor, playing in his first game for the Eagles after transferring from Salem. “I was trying to make a play but I know my brothers got my back.”

**Pennsville’s Grady Sanders (7) goes up for the first of his two interceptions against Burlington City. His second pick came in the end zone to stop a Blue Devils threat. (Photo by Lucky Shots)**

The Eagles had 2:58 and two time outs to go 80 yards for the winning touchdown or less to give Cummings a shot at a winning field goal attempt into a gusty wind. Layfield mixed three runs and three completions, including a nifty one-handed grab over the middle by Syndor to get it inside the 30 with less than 90 seconds to play.

“I felt a lot more confident going to the two minute offense,” Layfield said. “It gave me less time to think and more time to get involved, less time for the defense to be there. The pressure was fine, I wasn’t worried about that, I just needed to make sure my guys were going to be there. During that fourth quarter knowing once we got to that groove I could count on my guys it made it a lot easier.”

Layfield completed a pass to Lucas Thomas down to the 17, but the Eagles were called for holding behind the line, so instead of being inside the 20 they were back at the 38 with 1:03 left. They complained about the clock running over a play that went out of bounds and later a penalty, burning approximately 30 valuable seconds, but they eventually got back into the red zone with 18 seconds left and called their final time out.

It didn’t go well coming back out. Layfield took a six-loss loss, then hustled everyone to the line before spiking the ball with one Michigan second to play. The snap was low and away on the final play, Layfield retrieved it and tried to salvage the play but his pass was rushed and nearly was intercepted by Corey Boykin short of the end zone as time expired.

“Unfortunately we came up short this time, but next time we won’t,” Collazo said.

Layfield completed 17 of 32 passes in the game for 234 yards and two touchdowns. He went over the 1,000-yard passing mark for the season with a nine-yard completion to Johnson on the first play of the fourth quarter. He was 5-of-6 for 118 yards in the two fourth-quarter touchdown drives, 9-of-13 for 161 yards the entire quarter.

“I’d have given up the 1,000 yards for the win,” he said.

Top photo: Pennsville quarterback Jake Layfield loads up to throw a pass on the final play n hopes of delivering the game-winning touchdown.

Burlington City	12	0	6	6-	24
Pennsville	0	0	7	15-	22

SCORING SUMMARY
BC-Julian Corry 7 pass from Mason Shansey (run failed), 4:32 1Q
BC-Tavion Miller 4 run (pass failed), 2:11 1Q
PV-Lucas Thomas 34 pass from Jake Layfield (Dante Cummings kick), 7:19 3Q
BC-Darius Davis 8 run (run failed), 0:08 3Q
PV-Chase Johnson 59 pass from Jake Layfield (Aiden Collazo pass from Jake Layfield), 10:30 4Q
BC-Tavion Miller 78 kickoff return (run failed), 10:14 4Q
PV-Aiden Collazo 1 run (Dante Cummings kick), 8:27 4Q

Woodstown 42, Buena 8

WOODSTOWN — Mason Middlemiss threw a pair of touchdown passes to Andrew White and ran for another score as Woodstown rolled over Buena to win back-to-back games for the first time since the 2024 playoffs, coach Frank Trautz’ first year at the helm.

TyRell West and Cole Ware each scored on short runs in the first quarter, but were workhorses for the Wolverines all night. Middlemiss accounted for the next three scores and Noah Chiu scored their final touchdown when his tackle for loss resulted in a fumble that he fell on in the end zone.

“I thought we played really well tonight, executed and were able to once again put together four quarters of really good football,” Trautz said. “That’s two good weeks in a row. Obviously, building on the momentum from last week and was happy to put another good game together. We’ve just got to try to keep it rolling now.

“It’s about continuing to put good days together that turn into good weeks that turn into good results on Friday night. We’re learning to do that and that’s a good thing.”

Buena	0	0	0	8-	8
Woodstown	14	14	14	0-	42

SCORING SUMMARY
WO-TyRell West 5 run (Jack Bucksar kick)
WO-Cole Ware 3 run (Jack Bucksar kick)
WO-Mason Middlemiss 30 run (Jack Bucksar kick)
WO-Andrew White 25 pass from Mason Middlemiss (Jack Bucksar kick)
WO-Andrew White 60 pass from Mason Middlemiss (Jack Bucksar kick)
WO-Noah Chiu fumble recovery in end zone (Jack Bucksar kick)
B-Touchdown (2-point conversion)

WJFL Standings

DIAMOND	ALL	DIV	INDEPENDENCE	ALL	DIV
Schalick	4-0	2-0	Woodstown	3-2	3-0
Overbrook	2-2	2-0	Penns Grove	3-0	2-0
Paulsboro	3-1	2-0	Clayton	3-1	1-1
Burlington City	1-4	1-2	Woodbury	2-2	1-1
Salem	1-3	0-2	Pitman	1-3	0-2
Pennsville	2-3	0-3	Buena	1-4	0-3

FRIDAY’S RESULTS
Woodstown 42, Buena 8
Burlington City 24, Pennsville 22
SATURDAY’S GAMES
Penns Grove at Woodbury, 10 a.m.
Schalick at Paulsboro, 11 a.m.
MONDAY’S GAME
Overbrook at Salem, 3:30 p.m.

**Burlington City’s Tavion Miller (5) burned Pennsville with two long fourth-quarter kickoff returns and a rushing touchdown. (Photo by Lucky Shots)**

On the MAPS

Accorsi putting Salem CC football ‘on the MAPS’ with Friday’s game with Army Prep at West Point

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

CARNEYS POINT – Every game means something to someone, but this week’s game has special meaning to Salem CC football coach Jay Accorsi.

Not only are the Mighty Oaks coming off their first win in program history, Accorsi is preparing his players to enter “a whole different world.”

**SALEM CC at** **USMAPS**
Michie Stadium, West Point Friday, 6:30 p.m.

The Mighty Oaks hit the road in the regular season for the first time as a program, but that’s not exactly what makes it special. It’s the venue. They take on Army Prep at Michie Stadium on the grounds of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point Friday at 6:30 p.m.

Actually, it’s the first of two games the fledgling program will play against the service academy prep schools. They play Navy Prep at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis on Oct. 23, giving them the distinction of being the only junior college team in the country playing both Army and Navy prep schools

“That’s why I did it in my previous experience coaching, for the players to understand there’s other student-athletes who do a lot of other things,” Accorsi said. “To go to a service academy and play a service academy team is pretty special. If you look at all the other JUCOs, nobody else is playing Army and Navy Prep. It’s something I wanted to do and it kind of worked out.

“Don’t get me wrong, they’re really good. They beat Nassau 39-19 and it probably could’ve been 60-7, but that wasn’t part of what I wanted to create. I wanted to create an experience where they could go and be exposed to others who are doing a lot more than the normal student-athlete.

“It’s a pretty special place. It’s a historic place. So to be able to be there and be on that campus I think is pretty special. It’s just a different atmosphere, so that’s really what I wanted to bring – and legitimacy to our program. If you’re playing two service academy teams that’s really special, no other JUCO program in the country is doing that, so that’s the part I wanted to legitimize our program early on, we’re doing something nobody else is doing.”

Accorsi, whose brother-in-law, a retired Army colonel, is a West Point grad, had played the Army JV team at Fort Monmouth when he was at Rowan and been to West Point before. When the academy decided to build a prep campus at the north end of West Point, he put it on the bucket list to play there. MAPS already has agreed to play in Salem County next season.

Unlike the trip to Annapolis where the stadium is located outside of the U.S. Naval Academy gates, Michie Stadium is on the U.S. Military Academy campus and as such the travel party has been filling out paperwork for access to the grounds. Accorsi said most of the 60-65 players expected to make the trip have obtained the proper documentation. Player parents and others not part of the official travel party must report to the USMA Visitor Control Center at the opposite end of the campus for clearance..

Of course, there are other internal logistical considerations that go with taking such a large group of the road regardless of the game site. That’s the reason Accorsi scheduled the Mighty Oaks’ preseason scrimmage at Montclair and he said he was “very happy” with how they traveled that day.

Friday’s opponent will be different than any team the Mighty Oaks will play this season, with the exception, of course, of Navy Prep. They’re extremely disciplined, as you might expect, and play a style of football that has the Mighty Oaks installing a new defensive scheme in this short work week. Accorsi expects there will be some players the Mighty Oaks will be seeing on TV suiting up for the Black Knights in the next couple years.

“I told the team you’re excited about (last week’s) win, happy for everybody, everything’s great … but now we’re entering a whole different world and they are so opposite of the junior college programs,” Accorsi said. “That’s why I scheduled these games, so they could understand there are teams that are completely opposite of what junior college football is like but still very successful.”

Speaking of special, the special teams played a big part in the Mighty Oaks’ win over Thaddeus Stevens. They had over 200 yards in returns and both of their go-ahead touchdowns in the second half were set up by huge returns by Demetris Williams (68 yards on a kickoff) and DJ Binck (46 yards on a punt). Three quarterbacks moved the offense fluidly in the second half and won the game with the ball in their hands. The defense held Stevens to less than 90 yards rushing, allowed just one touchdown and came up big several times on third and fourth down.

“The advantage we have is our athletic ability and speed,” Accorsi said. “We’re going to have to use that to our advantage in certain areas and try to create some mismatches and things we’re going to have to do.

“We didn’t have a lot of personal fouls, (in the win), we didn’t have a lot of real bad penalties. I told them we need to do that and even more against this type of team to put ourselves in a position to stay in the game so hopefully at the end of the game we have a chance. That’s what our goal is.”

Salem CC Leaders

PASSING: Aidan Hill 9-28-2, 205 yards, 2 TDs; Malakhai McKenzie 7-16-0, 52 yards; Cam Wright 3-7-1, 19 yards.

RUSHING: Aidan Hill 20-106, Kahmaj Kearney 20-66, Jamar Smith 12-59-1, Jon Pettigrew7-47, Tre McLeod 6-42.

RECEIVING: Jeremiah Russell 3-92-1, Darion Joyner 3-41, Kahmaj Kearney 3-31, Jahfarri Payne 2-46-1, Lamar McCoy 2-29, Jon Pettigrew 2-12

TACKLES: Charlie Shute 13, Zariah Poutre 11, Mark Moore 8, Aidan Alexander 7.

INTERCEPTIONS: Mark Moore 2, Jarrell Burks 2.

Football leaders

Here are the Salem County football statistical leaders through Sept. 20

Salem County leaders

Rushing

PLAYER	CAR.	YARDS	TD
Kenny Bartee, Schalick	53	533	8
Jaivon Thomas, Penns Grove	23	469	7
Cole Ware, Woodstown	56	334	1
Terrell Thomas, Penns Grove	30	291	6
David Stewart, Schalick	32	271	4
Cashmir Parsley, Salem	48	326	2
Ayden Jenkins, Schalick	34	194	1
Aidan Collazo, Pennsville	15	173	1
Tristan Horner, Pennsville	34	138	4
Mason Middlemiss, Woodstown	24	100	4
Savior Allah, Penns Grove	4	80	1
Kyvion Parsons, Salem	14	81	2
Zavier Reeder, Penns Grove	4	71	0
Adrian Alleyne, Salem	7	59	0
TyRell West, Woodstown	13	55	2
Freddie Allen, Schalick	8	49	1
DezYon Purnell, Schalick	8	49	0

Passing

PLAYER	C-A-I	YARDS	TD
Jake Layfield, Pennsville	82-126-3	920	8
Owen McDonald, Salem	10-22-2	105	1
Mason Middlemiss, Woodstown	11-20-3	135	2
Kenny Bartee, Schalick	6-21-0	125	1
Damien Robinson, Penns Grove	10-13-0	82	2
Gabriel McFarland, Schalick	3-4-0	49	1
Kyvion Parsons, Salem	3-11-2	41	1

Receiving

PLAYER	NO.	YARDS	TD
Chase Johnson, Pennsville	29	424	4
Lucas Thomas, Pennsville	14	87	1
Aidan Collazo, Pennsville	10	132	0
Jacob Kimani, Pennsville	10	126	1
Tristan Horner, Pennsville	9	45	1
Danny Knight, Pennsville	7	93	0
Jerry Wooton, Penns Grove	6	97	2
Ahmad Tucker, Salem	4	51	1
Cole Ware, Woodstown	4	35	0
Gio Alicea, Schalick	3	56	1
KaiSiere Muhammad, Salem	3	49	0
Dante Cummings, Pennsville	3	13	1
Andrew White, Woodstown	2	43	2
Noah Chiu, Woodstown	2	31	0
Omari Robinson, Penns Grove	2	26	1
Quimere Bergen, Salem	2	24	1
Nehemiah Carter, Woodstown	2	23	0
Savior Allah, Penns Grove	2	21	0
Evan Elliott, Schalick	2	10	1

Defense

SACKS — 6: Omari Robinson, Penns Grove; 5.5: Myshion Barnes, Salem; 4: JaKai Ingram, Penns Grove; Mahkye Murray, Salem; 3.5 Tony Merendino, Salem; 3: Nick Lopergolo, Schalick; 2: Kamal Chatum, Salem; Xavier Csaszar, Woodstown; Evan Elliott, Schalick; Dillon Garrity, Woodstown; Rex Hannah, Woodstown; Maliq Reddick, Penns Grove

INTERCEPTIONS — 4: Jacob Kimani, Pennsville; 3: David Stewart, Schalick; 2: Gio Alicea, Schalick; Jaivon Thomas, Penns Grove; Danny Knight, Pennsville

Team Leaders

TEAM	RUSH	C-A-I	PASS	PF	PA
PENNS GROVE (3-0)	1007	11-15-0	147	133	26
PENNSVILLE (2-2)	246	82-126-3	920	95	61
SALEM (1-3)	531	13-33-4	146	56	98
SCHALICK (4-0)	1126	12-30-0	208	147	26
WOODSTOWN (2-2)	545	11-20-3	135	62	83

Standings

Here are the standings for the WJFL and Tri-County Conference and SJ Group 1 power points through Sept. 20

WJFL Football

DIAMOND	ALL	DIV	INDEPENDENCE	ALL	DIV
Schalick	4-0	2-0	Penns Grove	3-0	2-0
Overbrook	2-2	2-0	Woodstown	2-2	2-0
Paulsboro	2-1	1-0	Clayton	3-1	1-1
Pennsville	2-1	0-1	Woodbury	2-2	1-1
Salem	1-3	0-2	Buena	1-3	0-2
Burlington City	0-4	0-2	Pitman	1-3	0-2

TCC Boys Soccer

CLASSIC	ALL	DIV	DIAMOND	ALL	DIV
Clayton	2-3	1-0	Schalick	2-2	2-0
Pennsville	1-5	1-1	Penns Grove	4-1	1-1
Salem Tech	2-2	0-0	Woodstown	4-1-1	1-1
Glou Cath	0-5	0-1	Glassboro	3-2	1-1
Salem	0-1	0-0	Overbrook	2-2	1-1
			Pitman	2-3-1	0-2

TCC Girls Soccer

CLASSIC	ALL	DIV	DIAMOND	ALL	DIV
Pitman	2-2	2-0	Schalick	4-0	2-0
Pennsville	3-2	1-1	Woodstown	4-1-1	2-0
Clayton	2-2	1-1	Penns Grove	1-3	0-1
Glou Cath	2-3	1-1	Glassboro	0-5	0-1
Salem Tech	1-3	1-1	Overbook	1-3	0-2
Salem	0-4	0-2

TCC Field Hockey

CLASSIC	ALL	DIV	DIAMOND	ALL	DIV
Pennsville	2-3	2-0	Woodstown	4-1	2-0
Salem Tech	3-2	1-0	Overbrook	2-2	1-0
Glou Cath	1-2	1-1	Glass/Pit	2-1	1-1
Clayton	0-2	0-1	Schalick	4-2	0-1
Salem	0-6	0-2	Deptford	2-4	0-2

TCC Girls Tennis

CLASSIC	ALL	DIV	DIAMOND	ALL	DIV
Pitman	7-4	3-0	Woodstown	6-4	4-0
Pennsville	6-2	2-1	Schalick	5-2	2-1
Glassboro	3-4	1-2	Timber Cr	4-3	2-2
Glou Cath	0-0	0-0	Overbrook	1-4	1-3
Salem	0-5	0-3	Penns Grove	0-5	0-3

SJ Group i Power Points Standings

FOOTBALL	B SOCCER	G SOCCER	F HOCKEY	TENNIS
Schalick	Audubon	Schalick	Shore	New Prov
Paulsboro	Penns Grove	Gateway	Woodstown	Metuchen
Woodstown	Woodbury	Collingswood	PP Boro	Pitman
Del. Valley	Glassboro	Palmyra	W Deptford	Middlesex
Penns Grove	Gateway	Wildwood	Schalick	Woodstown
Pennsville	Haddon Twp.	Woodstown	Haddon Hts	Shore
Gateway	Palmyra	Haddon Twp.	L Cape May	Haddon Twp
Clayton	Woodstown	Riverside	Bordentown	Gateway
Highland Pk	Schalick	Pennsville	Rumson-FH	Wdbrdge Mag
Salem	Pitman	Audubon	Salem Tech	Roselle Pk
Shore	Wildwood	Woodbury	Haddon Twp	Pennsville
Audubon	Maple Sh	Pitman	Collingswood	Schalick
PP Beach	Riverside	CM Tech	Gloucester	Dunellen
Woodbury	Clayton	Clayton	Gateway	L Cape May
Manville	Pennsville	Maple Sh	Audubon	Edison Mag
Burl City	Salem	Paulsboro	Maple Sh	S River

SJ GROUP 2 — Boys Soccer: Salem Tech 13, Girls Soccer: Salem Tech 19; standings through Sept. 20; tennis cutoff Sept. 22.

This week’s schedule

Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Sept. 21-26; all events 4 p.m. unless noted

MONDAY, SEPT. 21
BOYS SOCCER
Woodstown at Audubon, 3:45 p.m.
Salem Tech at Paulsboro
GIRLS SOCCER
Audubon at Woodstown
Millville at Pennsville
Pitman at Salem Tech
FIELD HOCKEY
Salem at Clayton
GIRLS TENNIS
Schalick at Kingsway
VOLLEYBALL
Timber Creek at Salem Tech, 5:15 p.m.
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Atlantic Cape at Salem CC, 6 p.m.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 22
(Power points cutoff for girls tennis)
FIELD HOCKEY
Glassboro at Schalick
Gloucester Catholic at Woodstown
Salem Tech at Pennsville
BOYS SOCCER
Glassboro at Schalick
Pennsville at Salem
Penns Grove at Overbrook
Pitman at Woodstown
GIRLS SOCCER
Overbrook at Penns Grove
Salem at Pennsville
Salem Tech at Pitman
Schalick at Glassboro
GIRLS TENNIS
Mainland at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
Glassboro at Penns Grove
Pennsville at Overbrook
Pitman at Schalick
Salem at Timber Creek
CROSS COUNTRY
TCC Batch Meet at Salem Tech, 3:30 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at Lindenwold

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23
VOLLEYBALL
Timber Creek at Salem Tech, 5:15 p.m.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 24
FOOTBALL
Camden Catholic at Maple Shade, 6 p.m.
Haddon Twp. at Middle Twp., 6 p.m.
Hopewell Valley at Allentown, 6 p.m.
Riverside at Florence, 6 p.m.
Gloucester at Cinnaminson, 6 p.m.
Williamstown at Cherry Hill East, 6:30 p.m.
Delran at Seneca, 7 p.m.
FIELD HOCKEY
Glassboro at Pennsville
Overbrook at Woodstown
Salem at Salem Tech
Schalick at Deptford
BOYS SOCCER
Clayton at Salem
Gloucester Catholic at Salem Tech
Schalick at Pitman
Woodstown at Penns Grove
GIRLS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Woodstown
Pitman at Pennsville
Salem at Clayton
Salem Tech at Gloucester Catholic
GIRLS TENNIS
Woodstown at Penns Grove, 3:45 p.m.
Glassboro at Salem
Pitman at Pennville
Schalick at Overbrook
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Anne Arundel at Salem CC, 6 p.m.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 25
FOOTBALL
Buena at Woodstown, 6 p.m.
Burlington City at Pennsville, 7 p.m.
Cedar Creek at Camden, 6 p.m.
Mastery Camden at WW-Plainsboro, 6 p.m.
Pleasantville at Burlington Twp., 6 p.m.
Lower Cape May at Absegami, 6 p.m.
Vineland at Bridgeton, 6 p.m.
Atlantic City at Winslow, 6 p.m.
Gloucester Catholic at Wildwood, 6 p.m.
Glassboro at Holy Spirit, 6 p.m.
Delsea at Shawnee, 6 p.m.
Lindenwold at Palmyra, 6 p.m.
Rancocas Valley at Cherokee, 6 p.m.
St. Joe (Hamm.) at Highland, 6 p.m.
Sterling at Collingswood, 6 p.m.
Washington Twp. at Kingsway, 6 p.m.
Ocean City at Mainland, 6 p.m.
Paul VI at Willingboro, 6 p.m.
Hammonton at Oakcrest, 6 p.m.
St. Augustine at Millville, 6 p.m.
Eastern at Lenape, 6 p.m.
Northern Burlington at Pennsauken, 6 p.m.
Trenton at Hightstown, 6 p.m.
Pemberton at Clearview, 7 p.m.
Atlantic Tech at Egg Harbor, 7 p.m.
Notre Dame at Robbinsville, 7 p.m.
Haddonfield at West Deptford, 7 p.m.
Cherry Hill West at Moorestown, 7 p.m.
Audubon at Gateway, 7 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Salem at Salem Tech
GIRLS SOCCER
Camden Catholic at Schalick
FIELD HOCKEY
Oakcrest at Pennsville
GIRLS TENNIS
Salem at St. Joe (Hamm.)
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Salem CC at Army Prep, 6:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 26
FOOTBALL
Penns Grove at Woodbury, 11 a.m.
Schalick at Paulsboro, 11 a.m.
Overbrook at Salem, noon
Bishop Eustace at Haddon Heights, 11:30 a.m.
Bordentown at KIPP, noon
Lawrence at Nottingham, noon
Ewing at Princeton, noon
BOYS SOCCER
Schalick vs. Shore, 10 a.m.
CROSS COUNTRY
Schalick girls at Wild Safari Invitational, Six Flags Great Adventure
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Chestnut Hill, noon

Mixed results on Saturday

Woodstown puts together “most complete game” in beating Woodbury, Pennsville blanked at Paulsboro

By Riverview Sports News

WOODBURY – When Woodstown was relegated to the WJFL Independence Division in the latest shuffling of teams, it meant the Wolverines were headed into a brave new world of teams they hadn’t been used to playing. They seem to be adjusting just well, thank you.

The Wolverines, forever fixtures in the Diamond Division before the realignment, won their second straight game in their new division Saturday, overrunning Woodbury 34-8.

“Any win’s a good one,” Woodstown coach Frank Trautz said. “We’re happy to be 2-0 in the division, but there’s still a lot of football to be played.”

And they’re tied for first with Penns Grove, another Diamond Division stalwart that got moved down to the Independence Division.

Trautz called the game against the Thundering Herd the “most complete game we’ve put together” so far this season. Quarterback Mason Middlemiss ran for one touchdown and passed to Andrew White for another, Ty West ran for two touchdowns and Cole Ware scored at the end of a steady drive. Ware also intercepted a pass. They led 15-0 after the first quarter, 21-0 at halftime and 28-0 entering the fourth quarter.

“We got back to playing tough, disciplined, physical football today and when you’re able to do that and you’re not committing penalties it’s going to put your in position to win games, and that’s really what I was happy to see today,” Trautz said. “We had a really good week of practice. The kids wanted to get that taste out of their mouth from last week. They just played their butts off today, really executed the gameplan well, the defense is flying around. This puts us back on the right track.”

Woodstown	15	6	7	6-	34
Woodbury	0	0	0	8-	8

PAULSBORO 12, PENNSVILLE 0

PAULSBORO – Pennsville had been moving the ball at a pretty good clip this season, but Saturday the Eagles ran into a determined Paulsboro defense and hurt themselves with untimely penalties and suffered a 12-0 loss.

“It was a tough game,” Pennsville coach Mike Healy said. “Defensively they’re a tough team, but we didn’t help ourselves. We had penalties. We didn’t take care of little things.

The Red Raiders scored on a 97-yard touchdown play in the second quarter and a gave up another score in the fourth quarter after a long interception return.

The Eagles had a couple chances to score, but negative plays put them in long-yardage situations where the Red Raiders could just send the defense.

“It obviously was frustrating with how much offensively we’ve moved the ball this year, but they’re a really good team and defensively they fly around and make plays,” Healy said. “They’ve got some good kids there and we didn’t take advantage of our opportunities. If we don’t make mistakes we win that game, but when you play a good team like that you can’t afford to make mistakes like that.”

Pennsville	0	0	0	0-	0
Paulsboro	0	6	0	6-	12