Here is a day-by-day schedule for the high school fall sports teams in Salem County; the schedule will be posted at the start of each week during the school year
Aug. 25
FOOTBALL
Burlington City at Penns Grove, 10 a.m.
Gloucester City at Schalick, 7 p.m.
Salem vs. Executive Education Academy at Lafayette College, 7 p.m.
Aug. 31
FOOTBALL
Pleasantville at Penns Grove, 10 a.m.
Pennsville at Lindenwold, 6 p.m.
Haddon Heights at Woodstown, 7 p.m.
Sept. 1
FOOTBALL
Pitman at Schalick, 7 p.m.
Sept. 2
FOOTBALL
Salem vs. Camden, noon, site TBD
Sept. 5
GIRLS TENNIS
Penns Grove at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Overbrook, 4 p.m.
Salem at Pitman, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Sept. 6
GIRLS TENNIS
Woodstown at West Deptford, 4 p.m.
Sept. 7
FIELD HOCKEY
Clayton at Salem, 4 p.m.
Gloucester Catholic at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Overbrook at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
Salem at Pittman, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Schalick, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Glassboro at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Overbrook, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Deptford Twp., 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Penns Grove at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Pitman at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Sept. 8
FOOTBALL
Woodstown at Paulsboro, 11 a.m.
Salem at Pleasantville, 6 p.m.
Schalick at Wildwood, 6 p.m.
Lower Cape May Regional at Pennsville, 7 p.m.
FIELD HOCKEY
Pennsville at Gateway, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Woodstown at Deptford Twp., 4 p.m.
Sept. 9
FOOTBALL
Penns Grove at Woodbury, 10:30 a.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Gateway at Schalick, 10 a.m.
Sept. 11
BOYS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Salem at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Salem Tech at Salem, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Glassboro at Salem, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Pitman, 4 p.m.
Sept. 12
FIELD HOCKEY
Pennsville at Salem, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Deptford Twp., 4 p.m.
Sept. 13
BOYS SOCCER
Clayton at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Salem, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Gloucester Catholic at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Clayton, 4 p.m.
Salem at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Salem Tech at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Overbook at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Salem, 4 p.m.
Sept. 14
FIELD HOCKEY
Clayton at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Glassboro, 3:45 p.m.
Salem at Deptford Twp., 4 p.m.
Schalick at Clearview, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Penns Grove at Palmyra, 4 p.m.
Sept. 15
FOOTBALL
Gateway at Pennsville, 7 p.m.
Riverside at Schalick, 7 p.m.
Woodstown at Deptford Twp., 7 p.m.
FIELD HOCKEY
Cumberland at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Buena at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Pitman at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Gateway at Salem, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Cherry Hill West, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Woodstown at Cumberland, 4 p.m.
Sept. 16
FOOTBALL
Salem at Penns Grove, noon
GIRLS SOCCER
Schalick at Delsea, 10 a.m.
Sept. 18
FIELD HOCKEY
Glassboro at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Salem at Pennsauken Tech, 3:45 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Salem at Bridgeton, 7 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Penns Grove at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Salem at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
Wildwood at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Sept. 19
BOYS SOCCER
Overbook at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
Wildwood at Salem, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Glassboro at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Overbook, 4 p.m.
Salem at Wildwood, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Woodstown at Overbook, 4 p.m.
Sept. 20
FIELD HOCKEY
Overbook at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Salem at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Deptford Twp., 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Glassboro at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Gloucester Catholic at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Salem at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Sept. 21
BOYS SOCCER
Glassboro at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Gloucester Catholic at Salem, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Overbook, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Overbook at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
Salem at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Sept. 22
FOOTBALL
Glassboro at Woodstown, 7 p.m.
Schalick at Pennsville, 7 p.m.
FIELD HOCKEY
Bridgeton at Salem, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Washington Twp., 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Audubon at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Haddon Heights at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Schalick at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Gloucester Catholic at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
Salem at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Sept. 23
FOOTBALL
Penns Grove at Haddon Heights, 11 a.m.
Rumble on the Raritan
SHI Stadium at Rutgers, Piscataway
Salem vs. Cedar Creek, 3 p.m.
Sept. 25
FIELD HOCKEY
Timber Creek at Schalick, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Glassboro at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Salem at Clayton, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Overbrook, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Clayton at Salem, 4 p.m.
Overbrook at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Glassboro at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Pitman at Salem, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Sept. 26
FIELD HOCKEY
Overbrook at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Clayton, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
Sept. 27
BOYS SOCCER
Gloucester Catholic at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Pitman at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Salem at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Wildwood at Schalick, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Pitman, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Salem, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Wildwood, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Pennsville at Pitman, 4 p.m.
Wildwood at Salem, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Sept. 28
FIELD HOCKEY
Deptford Twp. at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Salem, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Highland Regional at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Clayton 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Our Lady of Mercy at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
Sept. 29
FOOTBALL
Pennsville at Cumberland Regional, 6 p.m.
Lindenwold at Schalick, 7 p.m.
Salem at Woodstown, 7 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Haddon Twp., 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Paulsboro, 4 p.m.
Salem at Haddon Heights, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Palmyra, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Salem at Pennsauken Tech, 3:45 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Penns Grove at Overbook, 4 p.m.
Salem at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Sept. 30
FOOTBALL
Paulsboro at Penns Grove, noon
Oct. 2
FIELD HOCKEY
Pennsville at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
Salem at Clayton, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Schalick, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Clayton at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Kingsway at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Oct. 3
BOYS SOCCER
Glassboro at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Overbrook, 4 p.m.
Pitman at Salem, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Overbrook at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
Salem at Pitman, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Schalick, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Penns Grove at Wildwood, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Salem, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Oct. 4
FIELD HOCKEY
Deptford Twp. at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Salem at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Oct. 5
FIELD HOCKEY
Cumberland Reg. at Schalick, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Salem Tech at Salem, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Salem at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
Oct. 6
FOOTBALL
Overbrook at Pennsville, 7 p.m.
Penns Grove at Glassboro, 7 p.m.
Schalick at Bishop Eustace, 7 p.m.
Woodbury at Woodstown, 7 p.m.
FIELD HOCKEY
Salem at Audubon, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Williamstown, 4 p.m.
Woodstown vs. Delsea at Total Turf, Pitman, 5:45 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Woodstown at Delsea, 4 p.m.
Oct. 7
FOOTBALL
Paulsboro at Salem, noon
BOYS SOCCER
Schalick at Woodstown, 5 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Schalick at Our Lady of Mercy, 4 p.m.
Oct. 9
FIELD HOCKEY
Our Lady of Mercy at Schalick, TBD
Salem at Gloucester City, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Gateway at Woodstown, 10 a.m.
Paulsboro at Salem, 4 p.m.
Washington Twp. at Schalick, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Schalick at Washington Twp., 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Audubon, 7 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Salem at Wildwood, 4 p.m.
Oct. 10
FIELD HOCKEY
Schalick at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Salem, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Gloucester Catholic at Salem, 4 p.m.
Overbrook at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Wildwood, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m.
Oct. 11
BOYS SOCCER
Clayton at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Pitman at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Salem at Overbrook, 4 p.m.
Wildwood at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Salem Tech at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Overbrook at Salem, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Pitman, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Clayton, 4 p.m.
Oct. 12
FIELD HOCKEY
Schalick at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Gloucester Catholic at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Pitman at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Salem at Overbrook, 4 p.m.
Oct. 13
FOOTBALL
Pennsville at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m.
Schalick at Cumberland, 7 p.m.
Woodstown at Haddonfield, 7 p.m.
FIELD HOCKEY
Salem at Gloucester Co. Tech, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Glassboro at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Overbook, 4 p.m.
Salem at Wildwood, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Glassboro at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Overbook at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Wildwood at Salem, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Bridgeton at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Oct. 14
FOOTBALL
West Deptford at Salem, noon
Oct. 16
FIELD HOCKEY
Deptford Twp. at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Gloucester Catholic at Salem, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Oakcrest, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Overbook, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Palmyra at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Salem at Gloucester City, 6 p.m.
Woodstown at Sterling, 7 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Gloucester City at Salem, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Pennsville at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
Oct. 17
BOYS SOCCER
Overbook at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
Salem at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Glassboro at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Gloucester Catholic at Salem, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Overbrook, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Pennsville at Haddon Heights, 4 p.m.
Oct. 18
FIELD HOCKEY
Oakcrest at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Overbrook, 4 p.m.
Salem at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Overbrook at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Salem, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Wildwood, 4 p.m.
Oct. 19
BOYS SOCCER
Gloucester Catholic at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Wildwood, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Pitman, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Salem, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Pennsville at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
Pitman at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Salem at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Wildwood at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Oct. 20
FOOTBALL
Gloucester Catholic at Schalick, 7 p.m.
Pennsville at Pitman, 7 p.m.
FIELD HOCKEY
Clayton at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Glassboro at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Overbrook, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Clayton at Salem, 4 p.m.
Overbrook at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Glassboro at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Salem at Clayton, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Overbrook, 4 p.m.
Oct. 21
FOOTBALL
Salem at Woodbury, 10:30 a.m.
Woodstown at Penns Grove, 11 a.m.
Oct. 22
GIRLS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Woodbury, 4 p.m.
Oct. 23
BOYS SOCCER
Salem Co. Vo-Tech at Pennsville, 7 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Ocean City at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Pitman at Salem, 4 p.m.
Salem Co. Vo-Tech at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Oct. 27-28
FOOTBALL
NJSIAA Playoffs
Nov. 3-4
FOOTBALL
NJSIAA Playoffs
Nov. 10-11
FOOTBALL
NJSIAA Sectional Finals
Nov. 17-19
FOOTBALL
NJSIAA Semifinals
Dec. 1-3
FOOTBALL
NJSIAA State Championship Games
Category: PENNS GROVE
Girls tennis schedule
Here is the 2023 girls tennis schedule for Salem County high schools; will be updated when schedules become available
Sept. 5
Pennsville at Overbrook, 4 p.m.
Salem at Pitman, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Sept. 6
Woodstown at West Deptford, 4 p.m.
Sept. 7
Penns Grove at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Pitman at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Sept. 11
Glassboro at Salem, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Pitman, 4 p.m.
Sept. 13
Pennsville at Salem, 4 p.m.
Sept. 15
Woodstown at Cumberland, 4 p.m.
Sept. 18
Salem at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
Wildwood at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Sept. 19
Woodstown at Overbook, 4 p.m.
Sept. 20
Glassboro at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Gloucester Catholic at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Salem at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Sept. 22
Pennsville at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
Salem at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Sept. 25
Pitman at Salem, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Sept. 27
Pennsville at Pitman, 4 p.m.
Wildwood at Salem, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Sept. 28
Our Lady of Mercy at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
Sept. 29
Salem at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Oct. 2
Kingsway at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Oct. 3
Schalick at Salem, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Oct. 6
Woodstown at Delsea, 4 p.m.
Oct. 9
Salem at Wildwood, 4 p.m.
Oct. 10
Gloucester Catholic at Salem, 4 p.m.
Overbrook at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Wildwood, 4 p.m.
Oct. 12
Gloucester Catholic at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Salem at Overbrook, 4 p.m.
Oct. 16
Pennsville at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
Oct. 17
Pennsville at Haddon Heights, 4 p.m.
Oct. 18
Overbrook at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Salem, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Wildwood, 4 p.m.
Girls soccer schedule
Here is the 2023 girls soccer schedule for Salem County high schools; will be updated when schedules become available
Sept. 7
Pennsville at Overbrook, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Deptford Twp., 4 p.m.
Sept. 8
Woodstown at Deptford Twp., 4 p.m.
Sept. 11
Salem Tech at Salem, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Sept. 13
Gloucester Catholic at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Clayton, 4 p.m.
Salem at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Salem Tech at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Sept. 15
Gateway at Salem, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Cherry Hill West, 4 p.m.
Sept. 16
Schalick at Delsea, 10 a.m.
Sept. 18
Salem at Bridgeton, 7 p.m.
Sept. 19
Glassboro at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Salem at Wildwood, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Sept. 21
Overbook at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
Salem at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Sept. 22
Schalick at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Sept. 25
Clayton at Salem, 4 p.m.
Overbrook at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
Sept. 27
Pennsville at Salem, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Wildwood, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
Sept. 28
Highland Regional at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Sept. 29
Salem at Pennsauken Tech, 3:45 p.m.
Oct. 3
Overbrook at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Salem at Pitman, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Oct. 5
Penns Grove at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Salem at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
Oct. 7
Schalick at Our Lady of Mercy, 4 p.m.
Oct. 9
Schalick at Washington Twp., 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Audubon, 7 p.m.
Oct. 11
Overbrook at Salem, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Pitman, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Clayton, 4 p.m.
Oct. 13
Glassboro at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Wildwood at Salem, 4 p.m.
Oct. 16
Gloucester City at Salem, 4 p.m.
Oct. 17
Glassboro at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Gloucester Catholic at Salem, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Overbrook, 4 p.m.
Oct. 19
Pennsville at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
Pitman at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Salem at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Oct. 20
Glassboro at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Salem at Clayton, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Overbrook, 4 p.m.
Oct. 23
Ocean City at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Pitman at Salem, 4 p.m.
Salem Co. Vo-Tech at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Boys soccer schedule
Here is the 2023 boys soccer schedule for Salem County high school teams; will be updated as schedules become available
Sept. 7
Overbrook at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Salem at Pittman, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Sept. 9
Gateway at Schalick, 10 a.m.
Sept. 11
Penns Grove at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Salem at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
Sept. 13
Clayton at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Salem, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
Sept. 15
Buena at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Pitman at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Sept. 18
Salem at Pennsauken Tech, 3:45 p.m.
Sept. 19
Pennsville at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
Wildwood at Salem, 4 p.m.
Sept. 21
Glassboro at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Gloucester Catholic at Salem, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Overbook, 4 p.m.
Sept. 22
Audubon at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Haddon Heights at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Sept. 25
Glassboro at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Salem at Clayton, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Overbrook, 4 p.m.
Sept. 27
Gloucester Catholic at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Salem at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Wildwood at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Sept. 29
Pennsville at Paulsboro, 4 p.m.
Salem at Haddon Heights, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Palmyra, 4 p.m.
Oct. 3
Pennsville at Overbrook, 4 p.m.
Pitman at Salem, 4 p.m.
Oct. 5
Salem Tech at Salem, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Oct. 7
Schalick at Woodstown, 5 p.m.
Oct. 9
Gateway at Woodstown, 10 a.m.
Paulsboro at Salem, 4 p.m.
Washington Twp. at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Oct. 11
Clayton at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Pitman at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Salem at Overbrook, 4 p.m.
Wildwood at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Oct. 13
Glassboro at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Salem at Wildwood, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Oct. 16
Salem at Gloucester City, 6 p.m.
Woodstown at Sterling, 7 p.m.
Oct. 17
Overbook at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
Salem at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Oct. 19
Gloucester Catholic at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Pitman, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Salem, 4 p.m.
Oct. 20
Clayton at Salem, 4 p.m.
Overbrook at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
Oct. 23
Salem Co. Vo-Tech at Pennsville, 7 p.m.
Game of inches
Penns Grove jumps out early in title game, but Woodbury rallies to win; 4 Salem County teams compete
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
VOORHEES — Coaches will tell you all the time it’s not about winning and losing in these off-season 7-on-7 passing tournaments, just about getting better.
Still, you couldn’t help feel this one stung Penns Grove a little.
The Red Devils lost to Woodbury in the finals of the Adam Taliaferro Foundation Larry Ginsburg 7-on-7 Classic Saturday 21-12 in a championship game they were within inches of putting away.
They opened a 12-0 lead on the defending Group 1 state champions and appeared to take an 18-point lead when freshman Ka’Ron Ceaser raced into the end zone to complete a long pass play from Romello Erickson.
But although it looked from many angles and both sidelines Ceaser had scored, he was ruled down at the 1 on a touch by Woodbury linebacker Jasir Hawkins.
Caesar thought he was in. Penns Grove coach John Emel thought Ceaser got in — and so did Woodbury coach Anthony Reagan, leaving him to believe his Thundering Herd had a big mountain to climb with little time to do it.
But that’s where the game turned.
With the touchdown denied, on the next play Herd linebacker and tournament MVP Kahsir Nesmith intercepted Erickson in the end zone.
Now, not only did the Red Devils not have an 18-0 lead with a chance to add more, Woodbury cut the deficit to 12-3 and had the ball, which it promptly turned into a touchdown and two-point conversion to make it a one-point game.
“We’re up 12-0 and they call him down on the one-inch line in a touch league; very close,” Emel said. “The game’s over if it’s 18-, 19-nothing. Instead of 18-, 19- or 20-nothing it’s 12-3 and they have the the ball. Winning and losing, what do they say, a game of inches, there’s a good example.
“We had the game won, but I told (his team) in the huddle and I’ll tell them again, we’ll see them a couple more times. We’ve got them in the regular season and we’ll see them in the playoffs. They’re the defending state champs. To be the man you’ve got to beat the man. We’ll see them again.”
The Herd stopped Penns Grove on the possession after their touchdown to take the lead and then extended it on the following offensive possession with a touchdown from Marquis Taylor. A defensive stop on the final possession capped the 21 consecutive points and brought the final margin.
Ceaser thought he was “definitely in” on the play. He admitted feeling a touch, but it was after he was in the end zone. Reagan had to say it had him worried, which made the comeback all the more satisfying.
“It showed the guys’ grit,” Reagan said. “That’s one of the things we talk about (as) the Woodbury way, always welcome competition. Early on, we were up on Woodstown in pool play and they came back to win. We talked about when you have a chance to get ahead of somebody you’ve got to learn how to finish.
“That’s the first time we really got behind and had to claw back and come back on top. The biggest thing it showed there was their grit.”
Penns Grove won its bracket in a three-team tiebreaker with Timber Creek and Eastern “by playing good defense” and then beat Woodstown in overtime in the semifinals to reach the tournament finals for the first time. Woodbury made the semifinals as the wildcard and won a close one over Oakcrest to reach the finals.
The Red Devils held two of their pool opponents to fewer than 10 points and gave up 37 total. They beat Collingswood in their opener 10-7, lost to Eastern 24-17 when they couldn’t convert in the final minute and beat Timber Creek 7-6 with a goal-line stand.
“You want to learn how to win close games right now when it doesn’t count officially,” Emel said. “Nobody remembers your 7-on-7 record, nobody wins a scrimmage, it’s about getting better.
“That’s every big game I’ve ever seen. You watch the NFL, every game comes down to a team needing a score or a stop. We were able to get a stop there (against Timber Creek) and when the offense needed to get a score in the previous game and didn’t get it, we lost. That’s what this is about, getting experience.”
Woodstown won its bracket with a three-game sweep that included come-from-behind wins over Schalick (13-10) and Woodbury (11-10) and a battle with Nottingham (22-16).
They led Penns Grove in the semifinals 12-2 and 15-5 with five minutes left before the Red Devils rallied with two defensive stops and a touchdown by Omarion Pierce. The Wolverines built their lead on Max Webb’s touchdown pass to Carter Orlandini and interceptions by Alex Torres, Anthony Mordell and Orlandini.
Penns Grove scored first in overtime on Bryce Wright’s touchdown catch and the Red Devils denied three straight passes when they went out on defense.
“We were just out here today; we don’t practice for 7-on-7,” Wolverines coach John Adams said. “We had about three practices and weight room sessions so far this year, so we just look at it as a day to come out, have fun, let the kids run around. It’s kind of whoever can make it can make it and we had some young guys today who may have had their first ever experience in 7-on-7.
“I said to them just now going 3-0 in pool play and making the semifinals is something we haven’t done since they started this tournament. We’ve always seemed to be 2-1 and that team outside of the semifinals and I said for some of you guys who have never played 7-on-7 before coming in and being able to go 3-0 and get to the semifinals is pretty good and something to build off of for our practices.”
Schalick is one of those teams that doesn’t focus on wins and losses in these 7-on-7s, just getting better. Their final game loss to Woodbury (29-0) notwithstanding, the Cougars are convinced they got better.
They opened the day with a close loss to Woodstown (13-10) after building an early 10-2 lead and then beat Nottingham (20-11).
“We wanted to compete today, we’re finding our way to win and that’s part of the process,” Cougars coach Mike Wilson said. “We had to learn to win. That’s why we do this.”
Pennsville didn’t win a game in pool play, but the Eagles got better the longer they played. They lost their opener to Oakcrest 28-2, fell to Paulsboro 30-22 and then earned a 16-16 tie with Kingsway in their final game, turning back a potential game-winning extra point to preserve the result. There was no overtime.
“I’m proud of what we did, but I would’ve loved another chance to win the game,” Eagles coach Mike Healy said.
The Eagles just finished their first week of summer workouts, so they’re a work in progress. They brought only three senior skill-position players to the tournament and only had about eight pass plays in their offense.
“Our first game we played terrible, we just didn’t play with an aggressive strategy; we were a little unsure of ourselves,” Healy said. “But the second and third game we played with some more attitude and aggressiveness and we kind of got a roll going offensively and defensively, kids started stepping up and just played a lot better overall. We can take a lot of positives from the way we finished today.”
Adam Taliaferro Foundation
Larry Ginsburg 7-x-7 Classic
| BRACKET I | W-L | BRACKET II | W-L | BRACKET III | W-L |
| Penns Grove | 2-1 | Woodstown | 3-0 | Oakcrest | 3-0 |
| Timber Creek | 2-1 | Woodbury | 2-1 | Kingsway-x | 1-1 |
| Eastern | 2-1 | Schalick | 1-2 | Paulsboro | 1-2 |
| Collingswood | 0-3 | Nottingham | 0-3 | Pennsville-x | 0-2 |
SEMIFINALS
Penns Grove 21, Woodstown 15 (OT)
Woodbury 11, Oakcrest 9
CHAMPIONSHIP
Woodbury 21, Penns Grove 12
Red Devils rising
Penns Grove football: Red Devils have impact freshman, an all-name All-American and a budding entrepreneur on the roster
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PENNS GROVE – The game is coming at Ka’Ron Caesar fast. Really fast. But he’s confident in his abilities and ready to take it head on.
Last year around this time the Penns Grove freshman was getting ready to play another season of youth football. This week he was out on the field with the high school varsity preparing to play a big role in the Red Devils’ run for a West Jersey Football League Diamond Division title.
It’s not unusual for a freshman to play, but you have to go back a ways to find one at the positions Caesar will play – running back, wide receiver, corner and safety – having this big an impact this early.
He’s already ticketed to be the Red Devils’ first opening day freshman skill position starter since Aaron Hayward in 2005. Hayward starred for the Red Devils for four years, then took his talent to Rutgers.
“He’s that high up on the board,” PG coach John Emel said. “We’ve had freshmen start by the end of the year, but we’ve never had a freshman this high on the depth chart. That’s a credit to where he’s at and the work he’s put in.
“I think he’s a D-I scholarship player. He’s on that pace at a high level. A lot of times when you’re a freshman going somewhere you’re at the bottom because the other guys have been there more, but he’s been there as much as anybody. He’s prepared his way. He’s ready to go. I have no doubt.
“And he has six more weeks to train. He’ll be really ready by August, believe me.”
The freshman isn’t nervous about making the jump at all. He would watch the Red Devils play and remembers thinking “I can hang with them.”
“It’s not really like pressure,” he said. “I love this sport and I know what I can do. I’m ready.”
He showed it last week at a 7-on-7 camp where Emel said confidently the youngster had one of the top performances of the day with several catches and interceptions.
“If you ask me why I think he’s ahead of the curve it’s because a lot of guys will come in and aren’t as physically ready, but he’s physically ready,” Emel said. “He’s fast, put work in the weight room and he’s getting stronger. On top of that, he’s a good football player.
“A lot of guys come in and they have the football stuff down but they don’t have the speed and physicality. To me, he’s physically ahead of other freshmen you have come in and that’s what’s given him an opportunity to go right in.”
Caesar isn’t the only player who has benefitted from his time in the Red Devils’ expanded weight room. Designed by Emel with the support of athletics director Anwar Golden, the room more than doubled in size from a cramped 1,500 square feet to a cavernous 3,500 with a full array of apparatus and weights. It was completed in September.
Knowledge is power
If there’s one thing sportswriters have a lot of at this time of year it’s time on their hands. And that’s the fuel to create all kinds of clever offerings.
A lot of them has to do with the quirky things one can discover putting together the rosters of the high school football teams for the season ahead.
One of the more popular pursuits when time is aplenty is coming up with an all-name team, a compilation of the most intriguing names in the game.
Penns Grove has a player who definitely qualifies as a first-round all-name pick, a veritable all-name All-American – Knowledge Young.
His full name is equally unique – “the longest one in America” one of his teammates said overhearing the interview: Knowledge Born Reality Young.
Now if that’s not a name for the ages. And just when you thought the name game couldn’t get any better, his siblings have names just as interesting – Messiah, Savior and Precise.
People ask the Red Devils’ junior receiver/safety “all the time” the origin of his name. It’s actually a family legacy and rooted in, well, the book of knowledge.
“My name came from my dad; he actually has the same name as me,” Young said. “It’s his studies. He gets most of our names from that. All of our names come from his studies. He likes to be in books a lot.”
Don’t get the idea Knowledge is just another name on the Penns Grove roster. He’s an impact player, a returning all-conference pick capable of making something happen every time he touches the ball.
He caught 27 passes for a team-leading 337 yards and two touchdowns last season, had 600 all-purpose yards and made 48 tackles – fifth on the team and tops among DBs – with a fumble recovery and an interception.
“He’s got a good name because he’s a smart kid,” Red Devils coach John Emel said. “A good name like Knowledge, you’ve got to do well in school and have your head on straight.”
“You’ve got to hold up to it,” Knowledge agreed. “I prioritize school. You have to be a student first over an athlete, so I always have to keep my grades up. Four-point-oh. Gotta keep straight A’s.”
He’ll be in action Saturday when Penns Grove plays in the Coach Larry Ginsburg 7-on-7 Classic at Eastern High School. The Red Devils are one of four Salem County teams in the field.
The Iceman cometh
It didn’t take long for Jameel Clark to find a summer job after school let out.
He created one.
Two weeks ago, the Penns Grove freshman wide receiver/defensive back started a water ice business – PG Ice – with his cousin Julian King out of their house on Penn Street. He saw it as an enterprise to bring something positive to the neighborhood, create some jobs and put a little spending money in his pocket.
“Our main thing is to bring more positivity to the community,” he said. “When I first moved here (from Southwest Philadelphia), I never saw any kids outside and when I did they were just going into the house or going to the store. There really was nothing fun to do.”
They’re not just a couple guys moving some water ice out of the house like some sidewalk lemonade stand. Clark says they have activities outside for the kids and they have a business license.
Right now the business is working with about seven flavors they get from a distributor in Philadelphia, but in time they’d like to double the menu. Clark admitted he was nervous about launching at first because he was uncertain how the business would be received in his small town, but then he remembered what his grandmother told him – “Don’t ever be scared to try” – and he quickly warmed to the idea.
Their water ice has hit the spot. The icemen already have reordered three times to keep up with demand. Mango and strawberry lemonade seem to be the most popular flavors.
There’s a lot of competition in the water ice business, but these entrepreneurs aren’t frozen by the challenge of the establishment.
“We did say that,” Clark said. “We were going to be the next Rita’s.”
Red Devils coach John Emel only learned about his player’s business a couple days ago and has yet to sample their wares. But he’s all for his players embracing the entrepreneurial spirit.
“I want them work,” he said. “That’s why we try to do workouts in the morning so they can work and we can give them off on the weekend so they can make some money because there’s so much they have to take care of on their own.”
A big cup of water ice sure is a nice treat to have after a hot day of August practice. He just might make some available. He isn’t sure if he’ll charge.
After all, he is a business man.
Coach Ginsburg 7×7
Four of Salem County five high school football teams will be in action Saturday in the Adam Taliaferro Foundation’s Coach Larry Ginsburg 7×7 Classic at Eastern High School. Woodstown and Schalick are in the same bracket and play the first game at 10 a.m.
Here is the schedule:
BRACKET I: Timber Creek, Eastern, Gloucester Catholic, Penns Grove
BRACKET II: Schalick, Woodstown, Nottingham, Woodbury
BRACKET III: Oakcrest, Pennsville, Kingsway, Paulsboro, Collingswood
Bracket I (Field 1A)
Timber Creek vs. Eastern, 10 a.m.
Gloucester Cath. vs. Penns Grove, 10:30
Gloucester Cath. vs. Timber Creek, 11:30 a.m.
Eastern vs. Penns Grove, noon
Timber Creek vs. Penns Grove, 1 p.m.
Eastern vs. Gloucester Cath., 1:30
Bracket II (Field 1B)
Schalick vs. Woodstown, 10 a.m.
Nottingham vs. Woodbury, 10:30
Schalick vs. Nottingham, 11:30
Woodstown vs. Woodbury, noon
Schalick vs. Woodbury, 1 p.m.
Nottingham vs. Woodstown, 1:30
Bracket III (Field 2A)
Collingswood vs. Oakcrest, 10 a.m.
Kingsway vs. Collingswood, 11:00
Kingsway vs. Pennsville, noon
Kingsway vs. Oakcrest, 1 p.m.
Collingswood vs. Pennsville, 1:45
Bracket III (Field 2B)
Paulsboro vs. Kingsway, 10 a.m.
Paulsboro vs. Oakcrest, 11:00
Paulsboro vs. Collingswood, noon
Paulsboro vs. Pennsville, 1 p.m.
Bracket I winner vs. Bracket II winner, 2:30 p.m. (Field 1A)
Championship game: I-II winner vs. Bracket III winner, 3:30 p.m. (Field 1A)
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