Full circle milestone

Woodstown’s Mason scores 400th dual meet win in nail biter against Penns Grove, the place it all began and the Hall of Fame coach made his mark

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

WOODSTOWN — The irony was not lost on Tom Mason.

Mason, the Hall of Fame track and cross country coach who came out of retirement to help take Woodstown’s program to the next level, scored his 400th career dual meet victory Monday when the Wolverines took a 72-63 nail biter on the final day of the dual meet season from Penns Grove, the school where it all began for him a lifetime ago.

“It means a lot,” Mason said. “Never thought I’d get to it. I had a lot of success at Penns Grove and St. James through the athletes and assistant coaches. I never planned on this, but when we had the opportunity to get to 400 I was like it would be cool to do it against Penns Grove, that would make it really good.

“Losing a close meet to Glassboro, the 400 would have come against Schalick and then this meet would have been moot. But losing that close meet put us in a situation beating Schalick it’s going to come against Penns Grove and it’s gonna come here to Woodstown, this is kind of cool.”

Before the meet, the spry septuagenarian walked the grounds talking with the Penns Grove coaches, all of whom ran for him at one time during his 45-year coaching career. Former athletes representing 14 individual state championships made it to the meet. Long-time coaching colleague and rival John Maniglia came back early from a trip to the Outer Banks of North Carolina just to be on hand for the occasion.

“It’s historical,” said Russell Willitt, the Penns Grove discus record since 1985. “The reason I say that is when I was in high school we only got to, I think, 100 dual meet wins, so he’s surpassed Jack Ware four times. That’s amazing. I didn’t want to miss that. This 400th win is monumental for not only Woodstown and Penns Grove, but for the whole Salem County.”

And those are just the dual meet track and cross country wins. He figures the cross country segment is around 160. If you counted the county (15), conference (15), sectional (7), state (4) and 11 assorted relay championships, the number would have thinking about sticking around for 500. He said he still can’t answer the question everyone has been asking him about next year yet.

Chris Robinson, who broke Willitt’s Penn Grove shot put record, had mixed emotions, but was genuinely happy for his former coach.

“You’re happy, but at the same time it’s like ahhh you did it against Penns Grove,” Robinson said at the height of the meet. “I have two ways to it, probably just like Mr. Mason does. I know his insides are probably eating him up right about now. You want to win at your new school because you have some good quality athletes out here that he believes in and then you’re going against your old team. For everybody it’s a big accomplishment.”

**Woodstown coach Tom Mason holds the poster his athletes made to commemorate his 400th career dual meet victory Monday over Penns Grove.**

The meet, as Mason expected, was a battle. Both teams used their strengths to their advantage. Bryan Garlic (both hurdles, triple jump) and Kylee Goodson (100, 200, 400) both won three events for Penns Grove. David Farrell (800, pole vault) won two events for Woodstown. Woodstown’s Aidan Taulane won the discus (164-10), but was nosed out by Penns Grove’s JaKai Ingram (47-2) in the shot.

“I knew it was going to be a war,” Mason said. “They brought everything because they didn’t want to be the team for me to get to 400, where I wanted them to be the team I beat to get to 400.”

The Wolverines led 36-27 at the completion of the field events despite Penns Grove winning four of the seven. The Red Devils led 42-39 after the 400 hurdles and 100, but the teams traded the lead three times over the next four events. The Red Devils went 1-2 in the 200 to tie the meet at 63 before the Wolverines clinched it with Pacey Hutton, Jackson Perry and Jacob Marino going 1-2-3 in the 3200.

“I knew it was really close,” Hutton said. “Our coach came up to us and was like you need to go 1-2-3 in this. It feels really amazing. We all worked really hard this week to get him there.”

Once the meet was decided, the Wolverines presented Mason with a poster commemorating the occasion and had a set of balloon numbers spelling out “400.” Humorously, one of the zeroes slipped out of someone’s grasp as they were positioning the numbers and it drifted away into the sky before the group could assemble for the group photo.

The Woodstown girls won their meet, 93-29.

WOODSTOWN 72, PENNS GROVE 63
400 Hurdles: Bryan Garlic, Penns Grove 58.9
100: Kylee Goodson, Penns Grove 10.7
1600: Jacob Marino, Woodstown
400: Kylee Goodson, Penns Grove 48.6
110 Hurdles: Bryan Garlic, Penns Grove 15.5
800: David Farrell, Woodstown 2:04
200: Kylee Goodson, Penns Grove 22.1
3200: Pacey Hutton, Woodstown 10:43.8
4×400: Scratched
Long Jump: Will Roy, Penns Grove 21-4.25
Triple Jump: Bryan Garlic, Penns Grove 42-8.5
High Jump: Tommy White, Penns Grove 6-0
Discus: Aidan Taulane, Woodstown 164-10
Shot Put: JaKai Ingram, Penns Grove 47-2
Javelin: Noah Chiu, Woodstown 142-3
Pole Vault: David Farrell, Woodstown 10-0

Hall of Fame coach Tom Mason (C) is surrounded by former athletes is coached to 14 state championships during his tenure at Penns Grove. On Monday, Mason coached Woodstown to a dual meet win over the Red Devils for his 400th career dual meet victory.

Keeping track

Here is an update on the former Salem County high schoolers playing in college; anyone missing? send additional players to al.muskewitz@gmail.com; statistics as valid as program reporting

Baseball

PLAYER	SCHOOL	GP	BA	H	HR	RBI
Elijah Crespo, Penns Grove	RCSJ-Cumb	15	.190	4	0	4
Lucas D’Agostino, Schalick	RCSJ-Cumb	20	.262	11	1	19
Andrew Pedrick, Woodstown	Harford CC	27	.395	32	2	34
Lucas Prendergast, Woodstown	York	38	.413	59	5	26
Jarrett Pokrovsky, Schalick	Penn	35	.284	40	1	17
Terrell Robinson, Salem	Rosemont	25	.261	18	0	9
Jackson Schalick, Schalick	Frostburg	45	.358	54	6	44
Caiden Spinelli, Woodstown	Rosemont	31	.337	34	0	15
Connor Starn, Pennsville	Keystone	10	.154	2	0	2
Rocco String, Woodstown	Salem CC	28	.265	22	3	24
Chase Swain, Woodstown	LaSalle	43	.364	60	8	33
Mike Valente, Woodstown	Salem CC	8	.000	0	0	0
Brent Williams, Woodstown	G-Beacom	30	.264	29	2	21

NOTE: Chase Swain is 6 hits shy of 250 for his college career and 1 RBI shy of 150.

PITCHER	SCHOOL	GP	W-L	ERA	IP	K
Evan Biddle, Salem	Frostburg	8	1-0	9.00	9.0	6
Lucas D’Agostino, Schalick	RCSJ-Cumb	9	3-2	2.56	38.2	35
Ben Foote, Woodstown	Caldwell	6	1-1	11.37	6.1	3
Jack Holladay, Woodstown	Neumann	6	0-3	11.15	15.1	12
Peyton O’Brien, Pennsville	Harford CC	7	0-0	1.74	10.1	12
Luke Pokrovsky, Schalick	Penn	12	0-1	12.89	14.2	15
Terrell Robinson, Salem	Rosemont	4	0-0	8.10	6.2	2
Caiden Spinelli, Woodstown	Rosemont	2	0-0	27.00	1.1	1
Rocco String, Woodstown	Salem CC	4	0-1	46.29	2.1	4
Mike Valente, Woodstown	Salem CC	7	2-1	6.05	19.1	11
Luke Wood, Pennsville	McDaniel	9	4-1	5.05	41	34

Softball

PLAYER	SCHOOL	GP	BA	H	HR	RBI
Emily Holladay, Woodstown	Hartwick	12	.226	7	0	3
Tulana Mingin, Woodstown	East Stroudsburg	46	.320	49	0	5
Ava Ortiz, Salem	Salem CC	14	.438	7	0	6
Savannah Palverento, Pennsville	Salem CC	42	.398	41	2	37
Lilly Peverelle, Pennsville	Salem CC	44	.478	66	6	55
Bella Rappa, Pennsville	Salem CC	35	.427	38	0	33
Cayla Sbrana, Schalick	RCSJ-Cumb	18	.279	12	0	7
Sawyer Simmons, Pennsville	Salem CC	30	.317	19	1	15

NOTE: Tulana Mingin has 36 runs and is 17-21 in stolen bases

PITCHER	SCHOOL	GP	W-L	ERA	IP	K
Savannah Palverento, Pennsville	Salem CC	16	2-0	6.16	25.0	27
Cayla Sbrana, Schalick	RCSJ-Cumb	9	2-7	10.27	45.0	16
Raegan Wilson, Salem	Salem CC	21	10-6	5.85	81.1	48

This week’s schedule

Here is the Salem County sports calendar for the week of April 27-May 2; all games start at 4 p.m. unless noted

MONDAY, APRIL 27
BASEBALL
Pennsville at Pitman
Salem at Gateway
Salem Tech at Bridgeton
Schalick vs. Woodstown, Elmer LL, 6:30 p.m.
SOFTBALL
Gloucester Catholic at Salem
Pitman at Pennsville
Winslow at Penns Grove
Schalick vs. Woodstown, Elmer LL, 6:30 p.m.
BOYS GOLF
Woodstown vs. Cumberland, TBA, 3:30 p.m.
Salem Tech vs. Triton, Valleybrook CC, 3:45 p.m.
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick vs. Clearview, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Glassboro at Penns Grove, 3:45 p.m.
Wildwood at Pennsville
TRACK
Schalick at Glassboro, 3:45 p.m.
Overbrook at Pennsville
Penns Grove at Woodstown
BOYS LACROSSE
Woodstown at Washington Twp., 5:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, APRIL 28
BASEBALL
Camden Academy Charter at Salem Tech
Millville at Pennsville
Penns Grove at Bridgeton
SOFTBALL
Salem Tech at Camden Academy Charter, 3:45 p.m.
GOLF
Schalick vs. Pennsville, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
Salem Tech vs. Wildwood, Sakima CC, 3:45 p.m.
TENNIS
West Deptford at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
Clayton at Schalick
Pennsville at Penns Grove
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Timber Creek at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m.
BOYS LACROSSE
Woodstown at Williamstown
GIRLS LACROSSE
West Deptford at Woodstown
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Mercer CC at Salem CC (2), 3 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29
BASEBALL
Pennsville at Woodstown
Pitman at Penns Grove
Rancocas Valley at Schalick
Salem at Overbrook
SOFTBALL
Overbrook at Salem
Penns Grove at Pitman
Woodstown at Pennsville
BOYS GOLF
Schalick vs. Pitman, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
Salem Tech vs. Williamstown, Scotland Run CC, 3:45 p.m.
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick vs. Cumberland, Running Deer GC, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Pennsville at Clayton, 3:45 p.m.
Woodstown at Triton, 3:45 p.m.
Glassboro at Schalick
GIRLS LACROSSE
Woodstown at Ocean City

THURSDAY, APRIL 30
BASEBALL
Schalick at Clearview
SOFTBALL
Salem Tech at Bridgeton
Winslow at Penns Grove
Woodstown at Washington Twp.
TRACK
Salem County Championships, Pennsville, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Penns Grove at Pitman
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at Camden Co. Tech, 3:45 p.m.
BOYS GOLF
Schalick vs. Overbrook, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
Woodstown vs. Pennsville, Town & Country, 3:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 1
BASEBALL
Gloucester at Woodstown
Lindenwold at Salem Tech
Pennsville at Salem
SOFTBALL
Camden Tech at Schalick
Salem at Pennsville
Salem Tech at Woodbridge Academy (NJTAC(
TENNIS
Deptford at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
Glassboro at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m.
Wildwood at Penns Grove
GIRLS LACROSSE
Maple Shade at Woodstown
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Union at Salem CC, TBA
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Region XIX Tournament, Mercer CC
Salem CC vs. Mercer, 10 a.m.
Lackawanna vs. Delaware Tech, noon

SATURDAY, MAY 2
BASEBALL
Schalick at Timber Creek
Woodstown at Audubon, 11 a.m.
TRACK
SJTCA Meet, Delsea, 1 p.m.
SJTCA Meet, Rancocas Valley, 1 p.m.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at Highland, 3:45 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Union (2), noon

Friday sports report

Salem CC falls at RCSJ-Gloucester; Hyatt spins Penns Grove’s first shutout since 2019, Salem Tech walks one off in extras

BASEBALL
Buena 26, Salem 1
Salem Tech 8, Cape May Tech 7
Penns Grove 13, Winslow 0
SOFTBALL
Lower Cape May 14, Salem 10
COLLEGE BASEBALL
RCSJ-Gloucester 12, Salem CC 2

By Riverview Sports News

SEWELL – Region 19 home run leader Nick Slogik hit a pair of three-run homers and Bryson Kirby scattered eight hits as league-leading No. 3 RCSJ-Gloucester run-ruled Salem CC 12-2 Friday.

Slogik hit his first homer off Mighty Oaks starter Pat Seitzinger in the first inning and the second one off Louie Rivera in the fifth. He now has 18 on the season.

The first blast was part of a four-run inning that erased Tyler Hacker’s solo homer in the top of the inning. The Roadrunners (26-9) added two in the third and three in the fourth before Slogik’s second homer put the game in run-rule territory, 12-1.

The home was the only hit Rivera allowed in his 2 2/3 innings of relief. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out two.

Hacker went 3-for-3 for the Mighty Oaks (20-22). Aiden Nestor had two hits.

The Mighty Oaks scored a run in the seventh on Cliff Wysinger’s RBI single.

Kirby struck out 10 and walked one in his seven-inning complete game.

The teams are scheduled to play a doubleheader at the Carneys Point Rec Complex 11 a.m. Saturday. It will be the Mighty Oaks’ Sophomore Day.

Baseball

SALEM TECH 8, CAPE MAY TECH 7: Lucas Clement was awarded home on a throwing error created by his aggressive base running with one out in the bottom of the eighth to help the Chargers complete a challenging week 3-0.

Clement singled and stole second with Cole Sacks at the plate. The attempt to get him at second went into the outfield and he had already reached third when the relay from the outfield went out of play.

The Chargers (7-3) trailed at one point in the game 7-4, but tied it in the sixth on Clement’s bases-loaded walk and a two-run game-tying single by Sacks. They had the winning run at second in the seventh with one out, but couldn’t get it home.

Clement had three hits and three RBIs to lead the Chargers’ offense. Sacks had two hits and two RBIs and Chase Pompper had two hits.

The Chargers beat Pilgrim Academy, Clayton and Cape May Tech to match their longest winning streak of the season.

“They’re learning how to win,” Chargers coach John Helsel said. “It was just a great team effort. I can’t be happier. We won them all. It was tough – our catcher got hurt, we had to shuffle guys around, we were running out of pitching – but we did it and we came back.”

PENNS GROVE 13, WINSLOW 0: Dylan Hyatt spun Penns Grove’s first shutout since 2019, a one-hit, 12-strikeout effort that helped the Red Devils (3-7) snap a two-game losing streak.

It was their first shutout since Austin Smith blanked Wildwood (14-0) on April 8, 2019 (115 games, 20 wins)

“It’s the best we’ve seen him,” Red Devils coach Chuck Weigel said. “He brought everything today.”

The only Hyatt allowed was a two-out single in the top of the first. He then retired 13 of the last 14 batters he faced, 12 by strikeout. The only baserunner in that stretch reached on a misread infield fly in the fourth.

He threw 58 pitches in the five-inning game, 48 for strikes. He had 13 first-pitch strikes to the 18 batters he faced and had only two two-ball counts.

“He was locating his fastball and mixing a curve to keep them off balanced all afternoon,” assistant coach Joe Mecholsky said.

Bristol Scott had a two-run single in the first to get the Red Devils going and Josh Widen had two hits and two RBIs.

BUENA 26, SALEM 1: The Chiefs (9-3) scored 11 runs in each of the first two innings and their two pitchers limited the Rams to two hits and struck out eight.

Richie Wilson hit a two-run homer in the second 11-run inning and had three RBIs in the game. Ricky Bessix had four RBIs and Gio Crescitelli drove in three.

The Rams (0-8) scored their run in the fifth when Josthen Jimenez hit a leadoff triple and rode home on a ground out.

Softball

LOWER CAPE MAY 14, SALEM 10: The Tigers jumped out to a 14-0 lead after two innings, then held on as the Rams steadily climbed back into the game.

The Rams got back in it with a six-run fourth inning highlighted by aggressive base running and plate discipline. They scored the runs on a two steals of home, a passed ball, an error, a bases-loaded walk and bases-loaded hit batsman. They added single runs in the sixth and seventh innings.

Khloe Bubier had two hits for the Rams and Avah Brown had two RBIs. Akayla Nichols reached base four times.

Track: Penn Relays

Schalick and Salem ran in the same heat of Friday’s boys 4×100 at the Penn Relays and finished neck and neck.

The Cougars finished fifth in the heat and 40th overall. The team of Amauri Conyers, Jacob Carter, Kenny Bartee and David Stewart ran 44.119.

Salem was sixth in the heat and finished 51st overall. The team of Jelani Beverly, Jameek Clayton, Rashar Stevenson and Quimere Bergen ran a PR 44.348.

Central Bucks East won the heat at 43.37 and qualified ninth overall.

Mighty Oaks sweep

Here are scores and details from Thursday’s Salem County sports calendar

SOFTBALL
LEAP 21, Penns Grove 11
BOYS GOLF
Pitman 172, Salem Tech 247
Sterling 161, Woodstown 167
TENNIS
Haddon Heights 5, Schalick 0
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC 3-8, Brookdale 8-3

By Riverview Sports News

LINCROFT — The Salem CC softball team outdueled Brookdale’s top pitcher in Game 1 and then jumped out quickly in Game 2 to sweep the Jersey Blues 3-0 and 8-3 in its last tough tuneup before the Region 19 playoffs.

The Mighty Oaks will be the No. 4 seed in the playoffs and wrap up the regular season this weekend against Raritan Valley. a team they outscored 51-2 in a doubleheader two weeks ago.

Raegan Wilson and Jordyn Busch combined on a two-hit shutout and outdueled Brookdale ace Jules Hart in the circle in the opener. Wilson pitched the first five innings, giving up two singles and walking none, while Busch notched a six-out save. Hart gave up just three hits and struck out nine, leaving her one shy of 300 for her career.

The Mighty Oaks scored two runs in the first inning when the Blues misplayed a ball hit by Emme Witter. J.J. Aguirre drove in a run in the third.

They erupted for 13 hits in the nightcap and jumped out to a 7-0 lead after batting in the fourth inning. Lilly Peverelle continued her hot hand at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a double and homer.

“She said I think I can hit a home run,” assistant coach Chris Watson said. “I said, ‘Lilly, the wind’s blowing in, just hit a line drive.’ She said OK, then put the first pitch over the left field wall.”

It was her fifth homer of the year and helped raise her team-leading batting average to .470. In her last 14 games she is hitting .460 with 23 RBIs.

Witter also had three hits in the nightcap. Megan Koski and J.J. Aguirre both had two hits. Busch pitched the first 5 2/3 innings to get the win, with Savannah Palverento picking up the final four outs without allowing a hit.

Track

The girls 4×100 and 4×400 relay teams from Salem and Schalick ran at the Penn Relays Thursday.

Salem’s girls 4×100 (Raniyah Parsons-Smith, Amaia Massengil, Aniyah Williams, Dynastie Tucker) ran 49.89 and the 4×400 team (Massengil, Williams, Brooklynn Jackson, Tucker) ran 4:25.90 in the South Jersey Small race.

The Rams’ boys 4×100 team runs Friday and their South Jersey Small 4×400 team goes Saturday.

Schalick’s 4×100 team (Karlie Bakley, Willow Davis, Brooke Valentine, Jaelynn Jarmon) ran a 54.45 The 4×400 team (Bakley, Lucy Virga, Jarmon, Valentine) ran a 4:28.23.

The Cougars’ boys 4×100 relay team runs Friday and their 4×400 relay goes Saturday.

Golf

STERLING 161, WOODSTOWN 167: Sterling’s Ethan Weitzel and Colin Bove both shot 3-over-par 38 to share medalist honors at Town & Country. Jack Bucksar (39) posted Woodstown’s low round. The Wolverines also counted 40s from Logan Jones and Chris Porreca.

PITMAN 172, SALEM TECH 247: Micah Frost played his final five holes at Sakima CC in 1-over-par and parred at the last to pull into a tie with teammate Jake Bowen-Ashwin for medalist honors. Freshmen Daniel Atanasio and Thomas Conto had the Chargers’ low rounds (59).

Tennis

HADDON HEIGHTS 5, SCHALICK 0
Owen Peakes (H) def. Gabe McFeeley, 6-0, 6-0
Jackson Zalkind (H) def. Reece Loatman, 6-1, 6-2
Gavin Ewing (H) def. Tyr Brattlie, 6-1, 6-2
Nibal AlKhatib El Baayni Abou-Andrew D’Amelio (H) def. Cooper Halperin-Jack Genievich, 6-1, 6-4
Joe Foster-Cameron Wilson (H) def. Angelo Boston-Gavin McGrath, 7-5, 7-5
Records: Haddon Heights 5-5, Schalick 4-6

Another grinder

Salem CC pulls away from close game with six in final two bats, includes scores, details from Wednesday’s limited Salem County sports calendar

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES
BASEBALL
Overbrook 16, Penns Grove 2
SOFTBALL
Overbrook 21, Penns Grove 1
TENNIS
Winslow at Penns Grove
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC 9, Bergen 5

By Riverview Sports News

PARAMUS — The Salem CC baseball team was locked in a tight battle with Bergen for seven innings Wednesday, then erupted for six runs in their final two bats to pull off a 7-2 win that strengthened its position for a Region 19 playoffs.

The Mighty Oaks led 3-2 through seven innings with Joe Pallante and Mike Valente keeping the Bulldogs at bay from the mound, then broke it open with four runs in the eighth. Roman Hernandez scored on a passed ball, Cliff Wysinger drew a bases-loaded walk and Jason LeBold lofted a sacrifice fly and J.J. Pankowski scored the fourth run.

Trevor Hernandez and Pankowski both had two hits in the game.

They added two in the ninth.

Pallante and Valente both pitched four innings. Pallante gave up three hits and an unearned run. Valente also went four, giving up five hits and one run. Joe D’Amato brought it home in the ninth.

“Pitching did its job,” Mighty Oaks coach John Holt said.

The win left the Mighty Oaks (20-21, 15-12) three games up in the Region 19 win column on ninth-place Ocean CC, four full games up overall on Bergen CC and just one game behind seventh-place Camden and two back fifth-place Montgomery and RCSJ-Cumberland.

They hold the tiebreakers on Ocean and Bergen, but not Camden, Montgomery or RCSJ-Cumberland.

Region XIX Standings

DIVISION III BASEBALL	R19	ALL	GSAC
RCSJ-Gloucester	21-5	25-9	16-5
Brookdale	20-7	30-8-1	17-5
Middlesex	18-8	27-13	14-6
Northampton	15-7	24-13
RCSJ-Cumberland	16-9	24-11-1	11-6
Montgomery	16-9	16-9
Camden	15-10	18-14	11-9
SALEM CC	15-12	20-21	12-8
Ocean	12-14	15-17	10-11
Bergen	11-16	13-23	11-13
Atlantic Cape	4-23	4-23	2-18
Union	2-22	5-25	0-19
Delaware County	1-25	2-25

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES
Salem CC 9, Bergen 5
Mercer 11, Rockland CC 1
RCSJ-Cumberland 9, Camden 4
Montgomery 14, Atlantic Cape 4
Northampton at Middlesex
Union 12, Delaware County 5
Brookdale 14, RCSJ-Gloucester 8
Sussex at Suffolk
THURSDAY’S GAMES
Monroe-Bronx at Sussex
Bronx CC at Raritan Valley
Montgomery at Brookdale

Baseball

OVERBROOK 16, PENNS GROVE 2: Tyler Burger homered and drove in three runs and three Overbrook pitchers held Penns Grove to two hits over five innings as Rams run-ruled the Red Devils for the second day in a row. Connor McNally also drove in three runs for the Rams. Yadiel Sierra-Soto and Dylan Hyatt had Penns Grove’s two hits. Sierra-Soto and Liam Irvin drove in the Red Devils’ runs in the fifth inning.

Softball

OVERBROOK 21, PENNS GROVE 1: Natalia Silva went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and Angelina Campbell spun a four-inning no-hitter with two walks and five strikeouts. The Red Devils scored their run in the top of the first on three hit batsmen and Nyh’la West’s bases-loaded walk, then Campbell retired 10 of the next 11 batters she faced. The Rams, meanwhile, scored three in the bottom of the first to take the lead, then erupted for 10 in the second.

Tuesday sports report

Here are the scores and details from the Tuesday’s Salem County sports calendar

BASEBALL
Overbrook 15, Penns Grove 0
Salem Tech 16, Clayton 10
BOYS GOLF
Salem Tech 226, Wildwood 233
TENNIS
Pitman at Schalick
TRACK
Salem at Cherokee
Penns Grove at Schalick
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
GCIT 2, Salem Tech 0 (25-7, 25-15)
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC 9, Bergen 7
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC 29-21, Morris 1-1

By Riverview Sports News

CLAYTON — Chase Pompper had three doubles among his four hits and pitched the final three innings to get the win as Salem Tech outscored Clayton 16-10 in high school baseball Tuesday.

The Chargers ripped seven doubles in their 16-hit attack. Seven of their nine batters had at least one hit and eight scored at least one run.

Daulton Sites went 4-for-5, Logan Hearn, starting pitcher Jack Beal and Brayden McAllister had two hits apiece and Bryce Harris drove in three runs.

The Chargers never trailed in the game, scoring three in the first and four in the second.

OVERBROOK 15, PENNS GROVE 0: Luke Boyd pitched a five-inning three-hit shutout and the Rams took control with eight runs (five unearned) in the first inning. Liam Irvin, Dylan Hyatt and Angel Ocasio had the Red Devils’ hits.

Golf

WOODBURY — West Deptford’s Rylee Delaney bounced back from a double bogey on her first hole of the day and played the last eight holes even par to shoot 2-over 38 for medalist honors in the South Jersey Girls Invitational at Westwood Golf Club.

She won the individual title by four shots over Cumberland’s Nicole Tarquinio. Moorestown (195) won the team title by seven strokes over Clearview. Kingway was third (203).

Delaney, a senior, bogeyed the par-5 first and because of the shotgun start was four shots behind Moorestown’s Sonia Rosenman, who birdied her first hole (No. 4). But she steadily closed the gap, pulled even with her birdie at 6 and took the lead with the birdie at 7.

Schalick finished 11th (262), eight shots ahead of 12th-place Pennsville. Ava Marynowicz posted the Cougars low round (57). Gabriella Marandola shot the low round for Pennsville (58).

SOUTH JERSEY GIRLS INVITATIONAL
At Westwood Golf Club
TEAM LEADERBOARD: Moorestown 195, Clearview 202, Kingsway 203, Cumberland 207, Bordentown 210, Eastern 227, Moorestown 228, Mainland 230, Sterling 243, Northern Burlington II 248, SCHALICK 262, PENNSVILLE 270.

INDIVIDUAL TOP 10
Rylee Delaney	West Deptford	38
Nicole Tarquinio	Cumberland	42
Sonia Rosenman	Moorestown	43
Lily Delaey	Eastern	45
Katelyn Reichert	Clearview	46
Norah Stankoski	Clearview	46
Lanie Whitehead	Kingsway	46
Maahishee Patel	Cumberland	48
Shree Desai	Moorestown	48
Olivia O’Neill	Kingsway	48

Keeping track

Here is the weekly update on former Salem County high school baseball and softball players on the college level; will be updated every Monday; anyone missing? send additional players to al.muskewitz@gmail.com

Baseball

PLAYER	SCHOOL	GP	BA	H	HR	RBI
Elijah Crespo, Penns Grove	RCSJ-Cumb	13	.167	3	0	3
Lucas D’Agostino, Schalick	RCSJ-Cumb	16	.250	7	0	11
Andrew Pedrick, Woodstown	Harford CC	22	.388	26	2	26
Lucas Prendergast, Woodstown	York	34	.425	54	5	25
Jarrett Pokrovsky, Schalick	Penn	31	.287	35	1	14
Terrell Robinson, Salem	Rosemont	23	.246	15	0	9
Jackson Schalick, Schalick	Frostburg	40	.368	49	5	41
Caiden Spinelli, Woodstown	Rosemont	29	.283	26	0	11
Connor Starn, Pennsville	Keystone	10	.154	2	0	2
Rocco String, Woodstown	Salem CC	26	.263	20	3	22
Chase Swain, Woodstown	LaSalle	39	.368	56	8	33
Mike Valente, Woodstown	Salem CC	8	.000	2	0	0
Brent Williams, Woodstown	G-Beacom	26	.284	27	2	17

NOTE: Chase Swain is 10 hits shy of 250 for his college career and 1 RBI shy of 150; Lucas Prendergast is 2 hits shy of 200.

PITCHER	SCHOOL	GP	W-L	ERA	IP	K
Evan Biddle, Salem	Frostburg	7	1-0	7.56	8.1	6
Lucas D’Agostino, Schalick	RCSJ-Cumb	9	3-2	2.56	38.2	35
Ben Foote, Woodstown	Caldwell	5	1-1	16.62	4.1	2
Jack Holladay, Woodstown	Neumann	5	0-3	12.83	13.1	11
Peyton O’Brien, Pennsville	Harford CC	6	0-0	0.90	10.0	11
Luke Pokrovsky, Schalick	Penn	11	0-0	11.85	13.2	14
Terrell Robinson, Salem	Rosemont	4	0-0	8.10	6.2	2
Caiden Spinelli, Woodstown	Rosemont	2	0-0	27.00	1.1	1
Rocco String, Woodstown	Salem CC	4	0-1	46.29	2.1	4
Mike Valente, Woodstown	Salem CC	7	2-1	6.05	19.1	11
Luke Wood, Pennsville	McDaniel	8	3-1	5.08	33.2	29

Softball

PLAYER	SCHOOL	GP	BA	H	HR	RBI
Emily Holladay, Woodstown	Hartwick	7	.200	3	0	1
Tulana Mingin, Woodstown	East Stroudsburg	40	.331	44	0	5
Ava Ortiz, Salem	Salem CC	12	.455	5	0	3
Savannah Palverento, Pennsville	Salem CC	34	.350	28	2	25
Lilly Peverelle, Pennsville	Salem CC	36	.472	51	4	37
Bella Rappa, Pennsville	Salem CC	28	.444	32	0	31
Cayla Sbrana, Schalick	RCSJ-Cumb	17	.286	12	0	7
Sawyer Simmons, Pennsville	Salem CC	26	.275	14	1	11

NOTE: Tulana Mingin has 33 runs and is 16-20 in stolen bases

PITCHER	SCHOOL	GP	W-L	ERA	IP	K
Savannah Palverento, Pennsville	Salem CC	14	2-0	7.11	21.2	25
Cayla Sbrana, Schalick	RCSJ-Cumb	8	2-6	10.07	41.0	13
Raegan Wilson, Salem	Salem CC	17	7-6	7.22	64.0	40

Top photo: Penn’s Jarrett Pokrovsky (Schalick)

This week’s schedule

Here is the Salem County sports calendar for the week of April 20-25; all games at 4 p.m. unless noted; senior trips reduce the high school slate

MONDAY, APRIL 20
BASEBALL
Salem Tech at Pilgrim Academy
SOFTBALL
Buena at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m.
Schalick at Gloucester County Christian
GOLF
Woodstown vs. Wildwood, Town & Country
Salem Tech vs. Clayton, The Birches

TUESDAY, APRIL 21
BASEBALL
Penns Grove at Overbrook
Salem Tech at Clayton
BOYS GOLF
Schalick vs. Overbrook, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
Salem Tech vs. Wildwood, Union League National, 3:45 p.m.
GIRLS GOLF
South Jersey Open, Westwood GC
TENNIS
Pitman at Schalick
TRACK
Salem at Cherokee, 3:30 p.m.
Penns Grove at Schalick, 3:45 p.m.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
GCIT at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Bergen at Salem CC, 3:30 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Morris, 3:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22
BASEBALL
Overbrook at Penns Grove
SOFTBALL
Penns Grove at Overbrook
TENNIS
Winslow at Penns Grove
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Bergen, 3:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, APRIL 23
SOFTBALL
LEAP at Penns Grove
BOYS GOLF
Salem Tech vs. Pitman, Sakima CC, 3:45 p.m.
Woodstown vs. Sterling, Town & Country, 3:45 p.m.
TENNIS
Schalick at Haddon Heights
TRACK
Penn Relays
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Brookdale, 3:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, APRIL 24
BASEBALL
Buena at Salem
Cape May Tech at Salem Tech
Penns Grove at Winslow
SOFTBALL
Lower Cape May at Salem
TRACK
Penn Relays
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at RCSJ-Gloucester, 3:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, APRIL 25
BASEBALL
Schalick at Vineland, 1 p.m.
SOFTBALL
Salem Tech at Highland, 10 a.m.
TRACK
Penn Relays
COLLEGE BASEBALL
RCSJ-Gloucester at Salem CC (2), noon
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Raritan Valley at Salem CC, noon

Woodbury Relays

Woodstown breaks nearly 50-year-old Woodbury Relays meet record in 4×800; report also includes Saturday Salem County baseball results

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

WOODBURY – Hey, Woodstown 4×800 relay team, you just broke a nearly 50-year-old record in the Woodbury Relays. How are you going to celebrate?

We’re going to Disney World.

That’s not some cheap and easy way to get into the story of the Wolverines’ latest record-breaking relay. Because it’s actually true. All of it.

The Wolverines’ Four Horsemen relay team – Karson Chew, Jacob Marino, David Farrell and Josh Crawford – ran a sizzling 7:52.95 Saturday to win the Boys One 4×800, qualifying for nationals and blowing away the meet record of 8:06.10 set by Woodbury in 1978. One of the architects of the old record, Dick Caton, was officiating at the start line. Making the milestone even more special for one of the record-setters, it was anchor Crawford’s 18th birthday.

“It was a great relay today,” Crawford said. “This is a perfect birthday present. Our whole team really made sure that this one would be memorable.”

And the timing for a champion and their storyline couldn’t be more perfect. The three seniors on that relay – Chew, Marino and Crawford – head off to Woodstown’s Senior Trip – really, to Disney World – Sunday. You can’t make this up.

“It’s like what they do in the NFL,” Crawford said. “They celebrate the same way.”

Chew started them off with an opening leg of 1:57.02 and had a two-second lead when he passed the baton. Crawford brought them home with his best-ever split of 1:51.4, making up a 1.2-second deficit at the exchange to win by more than three seconds. Glassboro finished second at 7:56.44. The Bulldogs put a calculated lineup together to challenge the Wolverines with Crawford dueling Zacchaeus Harrigan in the final leg.

“Honestly, I think it was so good because I’m a chaser,” Crawford said. “I always run my best times when I’m behind people I know are good competition. Zacchaeus really gave me a run for my money today … It really just came down to who was the stronger runner in the last 200 meters of the race.

“We knew Glassboro was going to put up some competition because they were an eight-flat team and they really organized their relay perfectly. They really put to the test what we could actually accomplish today.”

Obviously, none of the Woodstown runners were even born when Caton and Co. set the old record, and probably neither were a lot of their parents. Woodstown coach Tom Mason was there when it happened, coaching the Penns Grove girls team that ran in the meet for the first time and won three events that day.

“I thought it was fantastic,” Mason said.

The Wolverines won two relays and finished top three in two others to finished tied for second place in the scored portion of the meet. They might’ve even won it had they not finished second in the 4×400 relay after a clerical error landed them in the slow heat. They ended up with 36 points and tied with Glassboro, just four points behind meet winner Camden.

They also won the sprint medley relay (Chew, newcomers Anthony White and Ricky Watts, and Crawford, 3:33.97), finished second in the 4×400 (3:25.08) and were third in the distance medley relay, setting the school record (10:53.31).

The all-inclusive field events didn’t figure in the team scoring, but winners do receive a Woodbury Watch and Aidan Taulane won the discus (164-7) and finished third in the shot put (48-1.5). He also had a discus throw that appeared to be close to qualifying him for the nationals, but it was right at the boundary line.

Penns Grove finished fourth in the team race. The Red Devils were second in both the 4×100 and 4×200 relays, breaking a school record in the 4×2 that stood for 44 years.

Salem was sixth and Schalick T-7. The Rams were third in the 4×400 and the 4×200. Schalick was second in the shuttle hurdle relay, third in the sprint medley relay (two-tenths of a second off the school record) and had five field athletes place in the top five.

Salem finished a solid second in the girls standings. The Rams won the 4×100 and 4×200 and was second in the 4×400. Freshman Dynastie Tucker anchored all three relays.

RAP CURRY INVITATIONAL: Woodstown’s girls 4×800 relay team of Arianna Mott, Abby Marino, Kiera Porch and Kyrsten Dussault ran a season’s best 11:12.52 for the Wolverines’ best finish in the running events in Yeadon, Pa. Kailyn Kennedy had a 10th-place finish in the individual high jump (4-7).

The Wolverines had several top 20 finishers. Lia Covely placed 14th in the 100 hurdles (17.52) and 18th in the 300 hurdles (52.73). Juliette Angelus was 15th in the pole vault (6-6) and Abby Marino 18th in the 1600 (5:31.01).

WOODBURY RELAYS
(Event winners, Salem County medal winners)

BOYS I
Team scores: Camden 40, WOODSTOWN 36, Glassboro 36, PENNS GROVE 21, Audubon 17, SALEM 15, SCHALICK 14, Haddon Twp. 14, Woodbury 8, Burlington City 8, Gateway 3, Clayton 3, Buena 1, Maple Shade 1.

4×110 SHR: 1. Camden 1:01.94; 2. Schalick (Noah Blunt, Jacob Carter, David Stewart, Sherrod Jones) 1:07.28; 5. Salem (Timothy Gregory, Gradin Buzby, Pierre Taylor-Gresham, Donovan Weathers) 1:13.74; 6. Penns Grove (Bryan Garlic, Tommy White, Savior Allah, James Minor) 1:16.81
4000 DMR: 1. Glassboro 10:29.47; 3. Woodstown (Pacey Hutton, Michael Turner, David Farrell, Jacob Marino) 10:53.31
4×200: 1. Camden 1:27.47; 2. Penns Grove (William Roy, Tommy White, Bryan Garlic, Kylee Goodson) 1:30.23; 3. Salem (RaShar Stevenson, Quimere Bergen, James Clayton, Timothy Gregory) 1:32.11; 5. Woodstown (Karson Chew, Ricky Watts, Anthony Costello, Josh Crawford) 1:32.22
4×800: 1. Woodstown (Karson Chew, David Farrell, Jacob Marino, Josh Crawford) 7:52.95
4×100: 1. Camden 42.62; 2. Penns Grove (William Roy, Avery Reed, Tommy White, Kylee Goodson) 43.45; 6. Salem (Jelani Beverly, Quimere Bergen, RaShar Stevenson, Timothy Gregory) 45.08
SMR: 1. Woodstown (Ricky Watts, Ben Lippincott, Karson Chew, Josh Crawford) 3:33.97; 3. Schalick (Amauri Conyers, Steve Chomo, David Stewart, Dezyon Purnell) 3:38.79
4×400: 1. Camden 3:20.94; 2. Woodstown (Karson Chew, Josh Crawford, Ben Lippincott, Anthony Costello) 3:25.08; 3. Salem (Jerry Seals, Xavier McGriff, Quimere Bergen, Timothy Gregory) 3:26.34; 4. Penns Grove (Bryan Garlic, Tommy White, Savior Allah, Kylee Goodson) 3:26.44
3000 Steeplechase: 1. Gavin Rakitis, Glassboro 9:37.64; 6. Jacob Marino, Woodstown 10:41.48
High Jump: 1. Jonathan Smith, Rancocas Valley 6-6; 5. Donovan Weathers, Salem 6-2
Pole Vault: 1. Max Frey, Cinnaminson 14-6; 5. Caleb Jenkins, Schalick 12-6
Long Jump: 1. Christopher Jones, Willingboro 23-3.5; 4. David Stewart, Schalick 22-3.75
Triple Jump: 1. Moses Robles, Glassboro 46-7; 3. David Stewart, Schalick 45-0
Discus: 1. Aidan Taulane, Woodstown 164-7′ 3. Ethan McLean, Schalick 146-10
Javelin: 1. Richard Pierce, Cumberland 177-7
Shot Put: 1. Sheldon Goldsborough, Delsea 50-10.5; 3. Aidan Taulane, Woodstown 48-1.5

GIRLS I
Team scores: Audubon 54, SALEM 39, Haddon Twp. 28, McDonogh 21, Glassboro 16, Buena 14, Maple Shade 11, Pitman 11, Gateway 8, Woodbury 7, Florence 5, Palmyra 4, SCHALICK 2, Camden Catholic 2, Burlington City 1.

4×100 SHR: 1. Audubon 1:12.32; 5. Salem (Kiani Taylor-Gresham, Jaryn Weathers, Tahirah Davenport-White, JiYonna Seals) 1:18.12
4000 DMR: 1. Audubon 12:27.78; 5. Schalick (Emma Wilburn, Sarah Torpey, Caylen Taylor, Lucy Virga) 14:44.81
4×200: 1. Salem (Raniyah Parsons-Smith, Anyzha Williams, Dynastie Tucker, Amaia Massengill) 1:44,57
4×800: 1. Haddon Twp. 9:51.57
4×100: 1. Salem (Raniyah Parsons-Smith, Amaia Massengill, Dynastie Tucker, Anyzhe Williams) 49.57
SMR: 1. Audubon 4:09.67
4×400: 1. Haddon Twp. 4:09.91; 2. Salem (Dynastie Tucker, Brooklynn Jackson, Amaia Massengill, Alysha Williams) 4:16.37
3000 Steeplechase: 1. Sophia Aldridge, Williamstown 11:24.23
High Jump: 1. Egypt Bolan, Lindenwold 5-10.25
Pole Vault: 1. Brynn Greenwood, Williamstown 11-3
Long Jump: 1. MaSyiah Brawner, Winslow 18-9.5
Triple Jump: 1. MySyiah Brauner, Winslow 39-8.5
Discus: 1. Hannah Nuhfer, Delsea 179-6
Javelin: 1. Sharon Peterson, Williamstown, 110-6; 2. Navaeh Robinson, Schalick 108-0
Shot Put: 1. Hannah Nuhfer, Delsea 46-2

Baseball

Regular season
Woodstown 2, Sterling 1, 10 inns.

Steal Your Base Tournament
Kingsway 16, Pennsville 1
Deptford 5, Pennsville 2

William G. Rohrer Tournament
Cherry Hill West 6, Schalick 2
Schalick 6, Haddon Twp. 5

Jim Kelly Tournament
Gloucester 16, Salem 0

WOODSTOWN 2, STERLING 1: Luke Fraley lined a single into left field with none out in the tenth inning scored Walker Battavio from second and give the Wolverines a walk-off win. Battavio drew a walk to open the inning and moved to second on a passed ball. Fraley delivered his game-winning hit on the next pitch.

Drew Sutton pitched six innings of shutout relief to get the win. He came in behind Battavio and gave up three hits, didn’t walk any and struck out eight.

The Silver Knights took a 1-0 lead in the fourth, but the Wolverines tied it in the fifth on Chase Harding’s RBI single.

The Wolverines had the winning run in scoring position in the seventh, eighth and ninth before finally breaking through in the tenth. They loaded the bases with one out in the eighth, but the Silver Knights turned a double play.

ROHRER TOURNAMENT: Schalick scored two runs in the sixth inning to open a three-run lead, then put out the fire in the seventh to beat Haddon Twp. 6-5. The Cougars didn’t have as much luck in their other game, losing to Cherry Hill West 6-2.

The Cougars took a 4-2 lead into the sixth inning against Haddon Twp. Bo Schalick delivered an RBI double to stretch the lead and Cole Hartley singled home another run. The Hawks scored twice in the top of the seventh and had the tying run in scoring position with two outs, but Hartley got the final out to finish off the complete game.

Cherry Hill West scored two runs in each of the first three innings and checked the Cougars on five hits. Schalick got a run in the second on on Evan Sepers’ RBI single and a run in the third on four straight one-out walks.

STEAL YOUR BASE TOURNAMENT: Pennsville’s bats were held in check twice and the Eagles lost tournament games to Kingsway (16-1) and Deptford (5-2).

The Eagles were limited to six hits by two Kingsway pitchers and fell behind 13-0 before scoring its run on Grady Sanders’ two-out single in the fourth. They mustered only five hits against Deptford. They scored an unearned run in the third to take a 1-0 lead, but David Noce hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the inning to put the Spartans ahead for good.

GLOUCESTER 16, SALEM 0: The Lions erupted for 10 runs in the first inning and Keegan Cohan blanked the Rams over five innings in the Jim Kelly Tournament. Gloucester’s first 10 batters all reached safely in the big inning. Aidan Johnson delivered the big blow, a bases-loaded triple. Jovanni Rios had two of the Rams’ hits.