Category: PENNSVILLE

Waiting anxiously

Pennsville knocks off undefeated Delsea, but is it good enough to earn them a No. 1 seed in the South Jersey Group I playoffs?

WEDNESDAY SOFTBALL
Pennsville 7, Delsea 5
Schalick 6, Palmyra 5

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

PENNSVILLE — For the Pennsville softball team the waiting begins. The next 18 hours are critical.

The Eagles handed Delsea its first loss of the season 7-5 Wednesday on the extended final day for games to count towards power points for playoff seedings.

Now they wait to see whether they have done enough to be installed as the No. 1 seed in the South Jersey Group I playoffs when the bracket is determined presumably Thursday.

“I’m not the head coach so I don’t know that answer,” said Lisa Doran, who directed the team in the latter innings after head coach Beth Jackson excused herself to attend her stepdaughter’s junior college graduation. “It would be great (to be the 1 seed) and we’re feeling good and ready to go into this thing, but where we’re going to stand I just don’t know.

“You always want to be 1 but I don’t know exactly where we were left after yesterday so I’m not really sure.”

The Eagles went into the game second behind Audubon in the SJG1 power points standings. Both teams scored major victories Wednesday.

Pennsville’s win came over the undefeated No. 1 team in South Jersey Group III power points. Audubon beat Kingsway, the No. 1 power points team in SJ Group IV.

When the results were posted to the record, Audubon remained first at 26.124 and Pennsville was second at 24.128, an even larger margin than when the day began.

“Audubon beat Kingsway so we’re probably staying No. 2,” Jackson said “That’s a huge win for them, just like ours, but we won’t know for sure until tomorrow.”

But the power points are just one of the tools the seeding committee considers. What also likely works in the Eagles’ favor is they are the winningest team in SJ1 (19-4) and have fewer losses — in some cases half as many — than Audubon and Haddon Twp. on either side of them in the PP standings.

The players believe they have done enough to be the top seed.

“I think we have the power, the momentum, to be No. 1,” shortstop-pitcher Graillyn Weber said. “We’re a good team, we’ve worked hard this whole season and we want it, so yes.”

“We’ve been playing good throughout the season and I think we deserve to be No. 1,” second baseman Reagan Wariwanchik added. 

The Eagles, coming off an extra-inning loss at Schalick, continued its trend this year of following a loss with a win. In addition to coming into the game as the last undefeated public school team in the state, Delsea also was working on a 23-game regular-season winning streak going back to last season.

The Eagles answered both times the Crusaders came after them.

Delsea scored a run in the third inning, but the Eagles answered with Kylie Harris’ record-tying two-run 15th double in the bottom of the inning to take a 2-1 lead. Harris tied her own single-season school record with the hit and hit a shot hard enough to break it in the sixth but held at first after ripping a one-hopper off the fence.

Delsea tied it 3-3 with two in the fifth, but this time the Eagles answered with three to take the lead for good. Wariwanchik’s two-run bases-loaded single put them up 5-3 and Lily Edwards’ single off the pitcher brought another run home.

Wariwanchik’s go-ahead hit came after Avery Watson’s one-out double and back-to-back walks to Sawyer Simmons and Mak Widener.

Simmons drew a bases-loaded walk in the sixth to make it 7-3 and the Eagles withstood a Delsea flurry in the seventh to close it out.

“I was nervous when I first went up there, but I always take a deep breath before every pitch and that definitely helped,” Wariwanchik said. “I think I had the confidence in myself today to know what I need to do and it helped me hit. It was definitely one of my biggest hits.”

The Eagles’ defense kept the fifth inning from getting any worse when they caught Cailyn Centeno taking too wide a turn at first on her game-tying single and Weber, who moved into the circle earlier in the inning, cut the throw from center and fired to first to get her for the final out.

“I tried to act like I wasn’t going to get the ball,” Weber said. “I knew she was going to make a wide turn and was probably going to go because the run from third had already scored so I got the ball as close as I could for the rundown.”

Weber came into the circle after starter Savannah Brewer-Palverento walked the first two batters in a misty rain that made it tough to get a good grip the ball. Up to that point she gave up five hits, one run (a solo homer) and hadn’t walked anyone. Weber pitched the final three innings.

“It definitely was nerve wracking knowing that it was raining and I didn’t know if I would be able to grip the ball and spin it,” Weber said, “but I had my towel, had my rosin and it pulled through; it definitely worked out. I knew we could do it because I had my defense behind me and I was making sure I wasn’t putting anything over the plate.”

And now they wait.

SCHALICK 6, PALMYRA 5: The Cougars rallied from a 5-2 deficit with two in the fifth and two in the sixth to win what’s shaping up as a preview of a projected first-round tournament game. In the latest power point standings, Schalick is a solid 5 and Palmyra 12th, which would put them together in the opening round.

PROJECTED SJ GROUP I PAIRINGS
(Based on May 21 power points)
No. 16 Gateway (4-14, 8.515) at No. 1 Audubon (15-7, 26.124)
No. 9 Riverside (13-5, 14.892) at No. 8 Cape May Tech (14-7, 15.439)
No. 12 Palmyra (7-11, 12.012) at No. 5 Schalick (13-4, 19.305)
No. 13 Glassboro (7-10, 11.905) at No. 4 Woodstown (12-7, 20.116)
No. 14 LEAP (10-5, 10.075) at No. 3 Haddon Twp. (14-8, 22.559)
No. 11 Buena (5-18, 12.449) at No. 6 Maple Shade (11-8, 16.331)
No. 10 Clayton (8-11, 12.925) at No. 7 Pitman (10-8, 15.924)
No. 15 Wildwood (5-12, 9.819) at No. 2 Pennsville (19-4, 24.128)

Schalick stunner

Cougars ‘on point,’ score walk-off win over Pennsville, denting the Eagles’ bid to become the No. 1 seed in South Jersey Group I softball; Woodstown, Schalick win tennis tourney openers, face-off next week

TUESDAY SOFTBALL
Clayton 21, Salem 0
Schalick 4, Pennsville 3 (8 inns.)
Woodstown 15, Wildwood 2

By Riverview Sports News

PITTSGROVE – Emily Miller’s one-out single in the eighth inning scored Maddie Brown with the walk-off run in Schalick’s 4-3 win over Pennsville that put a dent in the Eagles’ bid for the No. 1 seed in the South Jersey Group I softball tournament.

The win was Schalick’s first over Pennsville since 2019 and extended the Cougars’ winning streak to four, enhancing their own position for a high seeding. The loss snapped Pennsville’s seven-game winning streak.

“It was a nice win for the team,” Cougars coach Rick Higinbotham said. “Pennsville is a tough opponent so we knew we were going to have to be on point. Fortunately, we played one of our best all around games of the season. We took advantage of a few opportunities and got the win. Hopefully we can use this win to build some momentum for the playoffs next week.”

Pennsville (18-4) was looking to stay ahead of Haddon Twp. and overtake Audubon at No. 1 in the SJ Group I power points standings, but likely needed a sweep of its three games before Wednesday’s cutoff to do it. The Eagles still could make a big move with a win over undefeated SJ Group 3 No. 1 Delsea at home Wednesday.

As of late Tuesday night, the Eagles were second with 22.783 power points. Audubon remained No. 1 at 24.424 and Haddon Twp. was third at 22.486. Schalick (12-4) is currently solidly in fifth, less than 900 percentage points behind No. 4 Woodstown.

Haddon Twp. lost to Gloucester Tuesday, but Audubon swamped Sterling.

Pennsville starter Savannah Brewer-Palverento pitched three perfect innings to open the game, but was lifted for Graillyn Weber as planned in the fourth and Schalick scored three runs to take a 3-0 lead. The Cougars got their runs on a bases-loaded walk to Cloe Elliott, a run-scoring fielder’s choice by Brown and Ava Lauglin’s ground out.

The Eagles closed their deficit to 3-2 in the fifth on Weber’s leadoff inside-the-park homer and Avery Watson’s RBI single. They tied it in the sixth on Weber’s RBI double.

The Cougars started their winning rally with Elliott’s walk off Weber. Brewer-Palverento was returned to the circle and got Brown to hit into a fielder’s choice. Brown stole second and moved to third on an infield error before Miller delivered her game-winning hit.

WOODSTOWN 15, WILDWOOD 2: Leah Clark struck out 12 and didn’t allow a hit over six innings and the Wolverines supported her with a 15-hit attack. Ellie Wygand went 4-for-5 with three RBIs, Kendall Young went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and Clark went 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Hannah Hitchner and Talia Guardascione had two hits apiece.

The Warriors scored two unearned runs in the second inning to tie the game 2-2

CLAYTON 21, SALEM 0: The Clippers had only four hits, but took advantage of 28 walks. Sophia Petsch held Salem to one hit over four innings and had two hits and two RBIs at the plate. Korrin Robinson had Salem’s only hit

GOLF
Schalick 174, Pitman 176: Jaxon Weber and Seth Fisher both shot 40 to squeeze between Pitman’s top two counters providing the margin of victory in a close one at the site of next week’s Tri-County Championship tournament. Nolan O’Toole and Shawn Kelly both shot 47 to tie Pitman’s other two counters. 
Washington Twp. girls 139, Schalick 164: Paige Weber (32) and Tessa Reilley (34) posted the low rounds for Washington Twp. at The Birches. Cali Fisler posted Schalick’s low round (37).

TENNIS
Woodstown and Schalick are headed to a second-round matchup after sweeping their opponents in the opening round of the South Jersey Group I tournament. Fourth-seeded Woodstown eliminated Penns Grove 5-0 and fifth-seeded Schalick ousted Lower Cape May 5-0.

The second-round match is scheduled for Woodstown Tuesday. The teams have not played each other this season

South Jersey Group I Tournament
(1) Haddon Twp. bye
(9) Gateway 3.5, (8) Clayton 1.5
(5) Schalick 5, (12) Lower Cape May 0
(4) Woodstown 5, (13) Penns Grove 0
(3) West Deptford bye
(11) Wildwood at (6) Palmyra, Wednesday
(10) Audubon at (7) Point Pleasant Beach, Thursday
(2) Pennsville bye

WOODSTOWN 5, PENNS GROVE 0
Drew Stengel (WO) def. Alex Ramirez Martinez, 6-0, 6-3
John Farrell (WO) def. Stuart Mondragon, 6-1, 6-0
Jake Lewis (WO) def. Angel Perez Herrera, 6-4, 6-3
Ben Stengel-Joseph Kurpis (WO) def. Anthony Pacheco-Rene Ruiz, 6-0, 6-2
Mason Shimp-Vincent Merendino (WO)  def. Juan Ortiz-Adam Gonzalez, 6-1, 6-2
Records: Woodstown 14-4, Penns Grove 2-9

SCHALICK 5, LOWER CAPE MAY 0
George Gould (S) def. Ismael Lopez, 6-1, 7-5
Rocky Monticolo (S) def. Nicholas Fitch, 6-0, 6-1
Conor O’Toole (S) def. Nathan Chase, 6-2, 6-0
Kaden Barnes-Cayden Brzozowski (S) def. Bryan Ortiz-Victor Vasquez, 6-0, 6-1
David Santana-Anthony McGrath (S) def. Max Vaught-Chris Hawes, 6-2, 6-2
Records: Schalick 14-5, Lower Cape May 4-15

Rockin’ their world

Hitters take advantage of big ballpark, Starn sharp on the mound and Pennsville writes off Tome at Frawley Stadium

TUESDAY BASEBALL
Pennsville 11, Tome School 1
Schalick 5, Ocean City 2
Woodstown 4, Deptford 1

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

WILMINGTON, Del. – As a centerfielder, Chase Burchfield knows all too well the pleasures and pitfalls of playing the outfield gaps. When he walked into Frawley Stadium for the first time Tuesday and saw all that space in its outfield, he couldn’t help but be excited.

As a fielder with experience playing in cavernous places like Citizens Bank Park, the Pennsville senior knew he has the range to flag down balls hit on either side of him. As a hitter he saw the chance to run a long way if he made good contact.

Burchfield drilled two triples into the abyss among his three extra-base hits in the game and one of three the Eagles crushed in the second inning to take control of an eventual 11-1 win over The Tome School of Maryland in an experience coach Matt Karr said made them feel like big leaguers.

“The gaps were looking big tonight, I’m not going to lie,” Burchfield said. “I know I have the power to put it over their heads. My first at bat I grounded out to first and I saw the outfielders were all playing too shallow and I was like I’ll just put it over their head.

“I hadn’t been hitting too big the last couple games but I found that barrel, got it over their heads and my next at bat I slapped another one to the gap. I knew as soon as it gets in the gap I can just keep running and running.”

Burchfield’s first triple came in the second inning shortly after Logan Streitz and Luke Wood went back-to-back on consecutive first-pitch swings against Tome starter Blaine Pendergraft. The triples drove in the three runs that gave the Eagles (14-7) a 5-0 lead.

Their five runs in the first two innings were more than the stadium’s regular tenants, the High-A Wilmington Blue Rocks, scored in 11 of the 12 games of their just completed homestand.

“Luke, Chase, Streitz that inning absolutely unloaded on those baseballs,” Karr said. “That was probably three of the better swings for those three out of the whole season.

“Chase got to third base and I just looked and he snickered and said ‘I got that one.’ I said, ‘You think?’”

The triples by Burchfield, Streitz and Wood were all to centerfield. Cohen Petrutz hit one past the first baseman into the rightfield corner in the first inning. Petrutz chased home Peyton O’Brien after Burchfield knocked in the first run of the game with a sharp grounder to first.

“It was good for them to come up there and have a good at-bat, especially in the park, the environment,” Karr said. “I asked the kids in the first inning, when Cohen got over to third, I asked him if they were having trouble with the depth perception of such a big outfield. He like no, it’s pretty good.

“His big thing was he could hear more of what I thought I could. Behind me in the stands I just hear like a thousand little conversations, which is different than playing a high school game.”

Mason O’Brien pulls into second base with a leadoff double that started a parade of extra-base hits in Pennsville’s three-run second inning. (Photo by Payton Cook)

While the Pennsville hitters were enjoying the benefits of a big ballpark, Connor Starn was filling the zone from the mound and keeping the Titans in check.

Starn pitched the first five innings allowing one run and two hits, walking one and striking out a career-high nine. The senior righthander struck out the side twice – in order in the fourth on 13 pitches – and faced four batters over the minimum. Mason O’Brien pitched the sixth and struck out the side in order.

“It was a great experience,” Starn said. “It’s fun you get to go out there and the mound isn’t falling apart, which is rare to find in South Jersey, so that was fun.

“It’s good to go out there and execute pitches. It’s always fun when you can hit your spot and you know where the ball is going to go for the most part. The first inning was probably my favorite just getting them down. It gave me a lot of confidence here.”

Karr isn’t opposed to bringing the Eagles across the bridge to play a game here every year. “I’m totally cool with it,” he said.

SCHALICK 5, OCEAN CITY 2: The Cougars (18-2) bounced back from their loss at Pennsville with a win on the road. Luke Pokrovsky struck out eight over the first innings and also had an RBI single in the four-run fifth that gave them the lead. Jamari Whitley capped the Cougars’ big inning with a two-run double and shut the door in the seventh with two strikeouts.

WOODSTOWN 4, DEPTFORD 1: Dante Holmes’ two-run bases-loaded double in the sixth gave the Wolverines (14-10) some breathing room. Caiden Spinelli had two hits and Rocco String and Michael Valente pitched 3 1/3 innings of two-hit shutout relief behind Walker Battavio.

Connor Starn gave Pennsville five strong innings, allowing two hits, one run and striking out a career-high nine. Top photo: Chase Burchfield connects on one of his three extra-base hits in the game. (Photos by Payton Cook)

Monday roundup

Here are scores and highlights from Monday’s Salem County sports schedule; boys tennis tournament pairings announced

SOFTBALL
Clayton 21, Penns Grove 1
Pennsville 17, Salem 2
Woodstown 8, Pitman 2

PENNSVILLE 17, SALEM 2: Kylie Harris had two hits and four RBIs, and Graillyn Weber and Sawyer Simmons both drove in three runs. The Eagles (18-3) jumped out front with 10 runs in the first inning. Julliana Love and Isla Bohn had two hits apiece for Salem. 

The Eagles (18-3) have won seven in a row, but remain 0.963 points behind Audubon in the race to No. 1 seed in the South Jersey Group I power points standings. The cutoff for playoff consideration is Wednesday.

TENNIS

Undefeated Pennsville (18-0) pulled down a No. 2 seed and has drawn a first-round bye to the South Jersey Group I tennis tournament along with No. 1 Haddon Twp. and No. 3 West Deptford.

No. 4 Woodstown opens with Penns Grove Tuesday, and No. 5 Schalick opens with Lower Cape May Wednesday. If they both win they meet in Round 2.

PENNSVILLE 5, WILDWOOD 0
Gabe Schneider (P) def. Giorgio Palesano, 6-0, 6-0
Maddox Efelis (P) def. Simon Palacias, 6-0, 6-0
Brody Wiggins (P) def. Cristopher Hernandez, 6-1, 6-0
Sawyer Humphrey-Lucas Cooksey (P) def. Chris Olivera-Alexis Mejia, 6-0, 6-0
Ian Peacock-Carter Willis (P) def. Daniel Salomao-Angel DeJesus, 6-0, 6-0
Records: Pennsville 18-0, Wildwood 3-12

SCHALICK 5, PITMAN 0
George Gould (S) def. Chase Pogozelski, 6-0, 6-0
Rocky Monticolo (S) def. Nolan Russell, 6-2, 6-0
Conor O’Toole (S) def. Jaron Scull, 6-2, 6-2
Kaden Barnes-Cayden Brzozowski (S) def. Ben Williams-Aiden Evans, 6-0, 6-0
David Santana-Anthony McGrath (S) def. Spencer Bianchini-Liam Etter, 6-2, 6-2
Records: Schalick 13-5, Pitman 5-14

CUMBERLAND 3, WOODSTOWN 2
Drew Stengel (WO) def. Luke Fischer, 6-1, 6-1
John Farrell (WO) def. Joseph Nolan, 6-3, 6-1
Carter Fischer (C) def. Jake Lewis, 6-0, 6-1
Asher Kennedy-Chase Sheppard (C) def. Luke Shaw-Mason Shimp, 6-4, 3-6, 10-6
Mason Staffieri-Justin Nolan (C) def. Ben Stengel-Joseph Kurpis, 6-2, 6-3
Records: Cumberland 15-1, Woodstown 13-4

GIRLS LACROSSE
WOODSTOWN 19, TRITON 1: Ten players scored goals for the Wolverines. Delaney Walker scored four (giving her 149 for her career); Jaime Deal scored three; Sienna Land, Emma Morgan, Blair Baldi and Arianna Hyman all had two; and Isabella Lindenmuth, Angelina Lindenmuth, Gina Murray and Lucy Mannella each scored one.

VOLLEYBALL
HIGHLAND 2, SALEM TECH 0: The Tartans won 25-18, 25-16 in the first round of the Tri-County Tournament. Highland then fell to Kingsway 2-0 (25-10, 25-12) in the quarterfinals. 

Confidence booster

Pennsville hands Schalick just its second loss of the season in potential playoff preview; Woodstown walked off in 11th

MONDAY BASEBALL
Clayton 12, Penns Grove 3
Glassboro 11, Salem 1
Pennsville 8, Schalick 2
Pitman 6, Woodstown 5 (11 inns.)

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

PENNSVILLE – The folks at the very top on the inside of the Pennsville baseball team talked about the Eagles’ 8-2 win over Schalick Monday just like it was another game when everyone on their side of the ballpark knew it was so much more than that.

The Eagles (13-7) celebrated Senior Day with a win over one of the best teams in South Jersey Group I, maybe even the state, that could serve as a message for a bigger matchup down the road.

They overcame a leadoff home run by the best player in the county and bunched their eight runs into three late innings to hand the Cougars (17-2) only their second loss of the season and one that didn’t come against a rushed schedule.

The way the South Jersey Group I power points are tracking, the teams are likely to finish 2 and 3, setting up a potential sectional semifinal rematch.

“It was a good baseball game, it was a good springboard for us heading to the playoffs,” Eagles coach Matt Karr said. “No message sent today other than Pennsville played a good baseball game at 4 o’clock on Monday May 19 and if we are lucky enough to run into each other again this game and that microcosm will mean absolutely nothing. At the end of the day, when we get to May 27 everybody’s 0-0 and it’s a brand new season.” 

The Eagles are now 4-0 against county rivals this year and have won 18 straight regular-season games against in-county competition (the only setback in the run was last year’s playoff loss to Woodstown). This year’s senior group, which includes the five-man heart of the batting order, is now 67-31 in their careers and has taken four in a row from the Cougars since losing the first game of a home-and-home series in 2022.

The loss snapped Schalick’s seven-game winning streak. The Cougars’ other loss came to Haddonfield in the opening round of the Diamond Classic in a game that started less than 12 hours after their five most veteran players got back home from their senior class trip and ended 30 minutes before the prom. Coach Sean O’Brien chalked up latest loss to a bad day.

“You play 18 games you’re bound to have a bad against a good team,” he said. “A bad game against a mediocre team you can recover from, against a good team (it’s tough). It’s one of those games you’ve got to leave behind. It happens.”

The game couldn’t have started better for the Cougars. Leadoff hitter Luke Pokrovsky, the player many hoped would pitch, opened the game with his 21st career homer. It was his fifth homer in five games and the third straight game he’s gone yard.

The next two hitters also singled, but after that they didn’t get another hit off Pennsville starter Cohen Petrutz until Eli Cummings singled leading off the seventh.

“Cohen’s been battling through some stuff; today, it was awesome for him,” Karr said. “I don’t  like to throw words around loosely so I won’t use the word domination. Cohen Petrutz was in absolute control of that game from the second batter on.

“Today was a reminder that he can beat anybody on any given day, which just makes us even more dangerous going to the playoffs to have two top-tier left-handed pitchers. I know they didn’t throw Pokrovsky, but they batted their lineup they would bat in a playoff game and Cohen held them in check.”

“I think I did all right,” Petrutz said. “I was feeling good. I’ve been having arm pain the past couple outings but today I felt really great. Ready to go the whole time, had trust in my infield, didn’t have to strike everybody out today. I just felt really good.”

For the second straight game the play of the game was delivered by Jake Layfield. The sophomore shortstop snared Ricky Watt’s screaming liner with two runners in scoring position for the final out of the fourth to keep it a 1-0 game.

“He doesn’t do anything flashy, but he just seems to always make the play,” Karr said. “He doesn’t look like your typical shortstop you see on some of these elite teams but when push comes to shove Jake will be there to make the play.”

The Eagles took the lead in the bottom of the inning. Stevie Fatcher hit a two-out, two-strike, two-run double to center to put them ahead 2-1 and he rode home on Mason O’Brien’s triple to right.

“He got me chasing high for the first two and I was just thinking got to get it in play,” Fatcher said. “Then he lifted one right down the middle and I took it and hit it.

“This is one we marked on the calendar that we wanted. Coming into school today all I could think about was this game, wanting to win. I kind of wanted to show them a little bit. We did. We came in there and produced. It’s a lot of fun when you win games like that against those teams you’re going to see.”

The Eagles added two more in the fifth on Chase Burchfield’s RBI double and Petrutz’ run-scoring single to get starter Lucas D’Agostino out of the game, then tacked on three more in the sixth on four walks and Jeff Wagner’s two-run single.

The Cougars threatened in the seventh. Petrutz was going to get all 110 pitches he was promised and started the inning but gave up a single and two walks and came out. Gavin Spears put out the fire with a sacrifice fly by Evan Sepers and two strikeouts.

PITMAN 6, WOODSTOWN 5: Drew Keefe’s two-out single to right field on a payoff pitch – his fourth hit of the game – walked it off for the Panthers in the 11th inning. 

The Wolverines took a 5-4 lead in the top of the ninth on Ty Coblentz’ two-out double but Pitman extended the game on Aidan Stranahan’s two-out RBI single in the home half. Stranahan also homered in the game.

Caiden Spinelli had three hits for the Wolverines, while Coblentz and Chase Harding each had two. Rocco String had an RBI single in the fifth and walked five times – four intentionally.

CLAYTON 12, PENNS GROVE 3: Christian Thibault went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and David Chapes had three hits to lead the Clippers. Elijah Crespo (2×2, walk, HBP) and Alex Paz (3×3, walk) both had perfect days at the plate for Penns Grove. 

GLASSBORO 11, SALEM 1: Aidan Evengelisti and Colin Riley both had two hits, Gavin Dillard and Ryan Newell both drove in two runs and two Glassboro pitchers combined to hold the Rams to four hits. Bryce Harris drove in Salem’s run in the sixth inning. 

Dressed for success

Schalick’s Weber may have been “out of uniform,” but his game was the perfect fit as he leads Cougars to Salem/Cumberland Challenge title

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

CENTERTON — The more he thought about it, given the results he’s seen it produce, the more inclined Schalick golf coach Sean Collins would be to allow Jaxon Weber to play the remainder of his high school career “out of uniform” as it were.

It was easy to find the Cougars on the Centerton Country Club golf course Monday morning in their black polos with the interlocking “SC” stitched on the left breast. But you wouldn’t at first blush be able to tell Weber was a part of it.

He came to play in a plain white Under Armour polo and khaki shorts. And he wore it well, firing a best-ever 4-over-par 75 to win medalist honors and lead the Cougars to the Salem/Cumberland Challenge team title.

“I will allow it,” Collins said. “I didn’t even realize it until we went up for the picture. There are coaches who are much more detail-oriented than me, I’ll say that.

“I don’t even know I would have noticed if my (athletics director Doug Volovar) hadn’t pointed out the school just bought those shirts for the other three. I want him to be comfortable. I want to him win. So, if it’s the non-matching shirt that’s what gets him to win, I’m for it … We might all wear white Under Armour next year.”

Weber wasn’t trying to make a fashion statement or have his own diva moment on the course. Neither of his team shirts were available when he got up Monday morning so he just put together the first outfit that worked.

“It was in the wash, so I couldn’t wear it,” he said. “So, I had to improvise.”

Ironically, it was the same outfit he wore last year when he won the Group sectional title as a sophomore.

“That’s definitely the shirt he should be wearing,” Collins said. “He should wear that more often. He should wear it under his soccer jersey, whatever other sport he’s playing.”

Weber grabbed a share of the lead with a chip-in birdie from just off the green at 13, then fell out when teammate Anthony Sepers birdied 14 to go to 2-over. He rose back to the top of the leaderboard after Sepers’ wedges failed him on his final two holes, but thought he might have lost it altogether with his own bogey at 17.

Sepers double bogeyed 16 after dumping his 173-yard approach shot into the left greenside bunker and then taking two shots to get out and then bogeyed 17 — his final hole in the shotgun start — after duffing a delicate chip from just left of the green. His day started with a bogey on 18 after his approach shot bounced off flagstick and ricocheted off the green.

“It was kind of a bummer because it’s cool to win anything and I’m a competitor, but it was the best round I ever played (76),” said Sepers, who broke 80 for the first time Sunday with a 79.

While all that was going on with Sepers at the end, Weber parred 18 to finish even par on the back and one shot ahead of his teammate, but he still had to wait it out in the clubhouse. Cumberland’s Nicole Tarquinio also was at 4-over with three holes to play. She left a long birdie putt on the lip at 12, then fell out of contention with a triple-bogey 7 on her next to last hole and bogeyed her last to finish fourth in the co-ed event.

“It was nice,” Weber said. “After the front nine I didn’t really think I was going to do that good and then I got on the back nine and started going on a streak, so it kind of pushed my tempo up. After the bogey on 17 I was like it might not happen, but I’m still shooting really good. 

“I knew I was shooting even on the back so if I kept doing what I was doing I knew good things were going to come. Even if I had gotten second place I still shot my best round of golf ever.”

Weber, Sepers and Michael Nelson (82) all posted their best 18-hole scores ever in the round and the Cougars won the team title by 24 shots over Woodstown. The Wolverines were led Erich Lipovsky, who finished third with a 77.

Photo: Tournament winner Jaxon Weber (center) is flanked by runner-up teammate Anthony Sepers (right) and Woodstown’s Erich Lipovsky after the Salem/Cumberland Challenge Monday.

Salem/Cumberland Challenge

TEAM SCORES: Schalick 315, Woodstown 339, Cumberland 346, Pennsville 383, Salem Tech 427

INDIVIDUALS
Jaxon Weber, Schalick39-36–75
Anthony Sepers, Schalick35-41–76
Erich Lipovsky, Woodstown38-39–77
Nicole Tarquinio, Cumberland38-41–79
Joey Olbrich, Woodstown38-42–80
Michael Nelson, Schalick40-42–82
Seth Fisher, Schalick42-40–82
Jack Bucksar, Woodstown42-40–82
Landon Hurff, Cumberland41-41–83
Caden Thomas, Pennsville40-46–86
Chase Pepper, Cumberland45-44–89
Chase Ayars, Salem Tech46-45–91
Trevor Hann, Pennsville49-46–95
Maahishee Patel, Cumberland47-48–95
Riley Bowman, Pennsville47-50–97
Logan Jones, Woodstown51-49–100
John Thomas, Pennsville53-52–105
Benjamin McCann, Salem Tech55-53–108
Tyler Zampino, Salem Tech53-56–109
Josh Reed, Salem Tech61-58–119

This week’s schedule

Here is this week’s Salem County sports schedule for the week of May 19-24; events start at 4 p.m. unless noted

MAY 19
BASEBALL
Glassboro at Salem
Penns Grove at Clayton
Schalick at Pennsville
Woodstown at Pitman
SOFTBALL
Clayton at Penns Grove
Pitman at Woodstown
Salem at Pennsville
GOLF
Salem/Cumberland County Tournament, Centerton CC, 8 a.m.
Schalick girls vs. Delsea, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Pennsville at Wildwood, 3:45 p.m.
Pitman at Schalick
Woodstown at Cumberland, 3:45 p.m.
LACROSSE
Williamstown at Woodstown, 6:15 p.m.
GIRLS LACROSSE
Triton at Woodstown
VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at LEAP

MAY 20
BASEBALL
Pennsville vs. Tome School (Md.), Frawley Stadium, 7 p.m.
SOFTBALL
Clayton at Salem
Pennsville at Schalick
Woodstown at Wildwood
GOLF
Schalick vs. Pitman, Pitman GC, 3:30 p.m.
Schalick girls vs. Washington Twp., The Birches, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Pennsville at Penns Grove, 3:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Delsea, 3:45 p.m.

MAY 21
BASEBALL
Penns Grove at Overbrook
Pennsville at Salem
SOFTBALL
Delsea at Pennsville
Palmyra at Schalick
GOLF
Schalick girls vs. Kingsway, River Winds, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
South Jersey Group I Tournament
GIRLS LACROSSE
Millville at Woodstown
VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at Clearview

MAY 22
BASEBALL
Collingswood at Schalick
Penns Grove at Pleasantville
Pennsville at Triton
Woodstown at Cedar Creek
SOFTBALL
Clearview at Pennsville
Schalick at OLMA
Woodstown at Ocean City
TENNIS
Pennsville at Cumberland, 3:45 p.m.
Schalick at Wildwood, 4:15 p.m.
LACROSSE
West Deptford at Woodstown
VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at Triton

MAY 23
BASEBALL
Salem at Camden Academy Charter
GIRLS LACROSSE
Woodstown at Williamstown, 3 p.m.

Playoff projections

Here are the South Jersey Group I playoff projection for baseball, softball, boys tennis; the baseball and softball power points are open through Wednesday

Saturday was the originally scheduled cutoff date for eligible power points towards playoff consideration, but the date was moved to Wednesday due to all the inclement weather this season. Here is what the South Jersey Group I baseball and softball playoffs would have looked like if the Saturday date stood.

BASEBALL
Paulsboro at Audubon
Palmyra at Buena
Haddon Twp. at Woodstown
Gateway at Pitman
Salem at Pennsville
Clayton at Riverside
Glassboro at Maple Shade
Wildwood at Schalick

SOFTBALL
Burlington City at Audubon
Cape May Tech at Riverside
Glassboro at Schalick
Palmyra at Woodstown
LEAP at Haddon Twp.
Buena at Maple Shade
Clayton at Pitman
Paulsboro at Pennsville

The boys tennis cutoff date was Saturday, pairings are expected to be announced Monday. Here are the projected pairings; some teams may opt out of the competition (Glassboro and Pitman have), which would open up byes in the official bracket

TENNIS (May 21 first round) 
Glassboro at Haddon Twp.
Gateway at Clayton
Wildwood at Schalick
West Deptford at Woodstown
Buena at West Deptford
Pitman at Palmyra
Audubon at Point Pleasant Beach
Penns Grove at Pennsville

Style to dye for

Pennsville uses late rally to take down Lenape, play reminds coach they’re buying into ideals he’s preaching 

SATURDAY BASEBALL
Pennsville 5, Lenape 4
Schalick 24, Paulsboro 1
Delran 6, Woodstown 4

By Al Muskewitz 
Riverview Sports News

PENNSVILLE — Pennsville rallied from an early four-run deficit to score five runs in its final two bats and beat Lenape 5-4 Saturday afternoon. The way the Eagles came back reminded coach Matt Karr of all the things he’d been preaching to his players about winning games after he found himself getting frustrated with their recent lack of production.

The blonde-topped Eagles, 12-7 and currently No. 3 in the South Jersey Group I power points, trailed 4-0 going to the home fifth, but put together enough quality at-bats late in the game to score three in the bottom of the inning to get close and then two more in the sixth to win it.

The three runs they scored in the fifth ended a string of 12 consecutive scoreless innings, a drought exacerbated by an unnerving string of setbacks at the plate, on the bases and in the field that keep a team from being successful.

“We’re just going to the plate and we’re not competing,” Karr said. “I felt like we were on cruise control, just going through the motions, then I catch myself over there counting … 8 … 9 … 10 innings without a run.

“Things were going bad. Everything that could go wrong … I felt like it was one of those days where it was going to go wrong. I told the boys out in the outfield, you guys kind of had to remind me through your play today the things we preach to you – a baseball game is seven innings long, the runs you score in inning one count the same as the runs you score in the seventh.

“We settled in and started grinding out at bats at the plate. The at bats at the end were awesome.”

The Eagles loaded the bases in the sixth on a leadoff walk, misplayed bunt and hit batsman from the bottom of the order. With the Pennsville bench erupting in the Florida State/Atlanta Braves tomahawk chant, Logan Streitz worked a bases-loaded walk to force home the tying run and Peyton O’Brien fought off several payoff pitches before delivering a one-out sacrifice fly to right to put his team ahead. O’Brien also doubled home their first two runs in the fifth.

“I knew I was going to eventually get one to handle,” O’Brien said. “I was saying to myself just don’t strike out because I knew I had to do a job for my team and I did it, so I’m glad.

“Before I went up there (on the double) coach told me just remember you’re one of the best hitters in the state, so I went up with that confidence and got a pitch I could hit, put a good swing on it and got us going.”

Perhaps their biggest play of the game didn’t come at the plate. The Indians were threatening to break it open with two runners in scoring position with two outs in the fifth but Jake Layfield kept Dante D’Ambra’s rocket to short in the infield preventing a second run to score that would’ve made it 5-0.

“When we were down in Ocean City we had a conversation about productive innings at the plate,” Karr said. “On the flip side, you guys hear me all the time saying belly down, keep it in. It’s for that reason right there. He makes an awesome play, keeps the ball in the infield. Doesn’t get an out, but he saved a run and today that’s the difference. The little things.

“When we play these playoff games, you get in the second, third, championship rounds, it’s those little things that are going to be the difference.”

The Indians scored three in the first inning off Luke Wood after he got the first two hitters out, but the Pennsville ace buckled down after that. He allowed only four hits, struck out five and faced only three batters over the minimum over the final six innings.

“I don’t feel like anything really changed (after the first inning), I think I just kept attacking the zone,” Wood said. “You’re going to give up hits, you’re going to give up runs, that’s the game of baseball. I’ve just got to trust that my stuff is going to be better than their lineup over the course of seven innings. You can’t let one inning bother you like that.”

Blonde ambition

Don’t look now but nearly every player on the Pennsville roster sports a dyed blonde head of hair underneath their caps.

It’s a look they’ve sported since their win over Pitman. It grew out of several players – Streitz, Jay Nickles, Mikey McClincy, Aidan Geary, Cohen Petrutz and Stevie Fatcher – sliding down to Streitz’ mom Pam’s Salone Di Bellezza on Broadway for a dye job before joining the team at O’Brien’s house for pizza, and once there convincing the rest to join them.

“It’s been brewing for a few weeks,” Karr said. “Then (Gavin) Spears shows up one day with the blonde hair and I say are you the guy in the group chat that didn’t get the hint it was a joke and they made you do it. He was like, no, no, no, we’re going to do it.”

So far the new look has been met with a curious but favorable response. Streitz reports there have been no negative comments.  “I think everybody likes it,” he said.  The Eagles won their first two games in the new do’s and are now 3-2 with them.

“They want to be like me,” said Wood, who has been regularly dying his hair blonde since his freshman year. “I like not being the only one. You’re looking at our whole group of guys and everyone looks the exact same. My mom tells me all the time she can’t tell anybody apart.”

“It’s growing on me,” O’Brien said. “At first I was a little upset about it, but it’s growing on me. Sometimes I think it looks a little stupid, but we’re a team.”

The only player who hasn’t done it is leftfielder Jeff Wagner and that’s because he has a senior portrait sitting soon.

Karr hasn’t done it, either, but he’s on board and will sit in the chair under one condition.

“I told them if you win a South Jersey championship,” Karr said, “I’ll go to the Salone 10 minutes after the game and do whatever you want.”

The Eagles have a busy week next week. They host current SJ-1 No. 2 Schalick Monday, play a free admission game against Tome School of Maryland in Wilmington’s Frawley Stadium Tuesday night and visit Salem with a chance to clinch their first outright TCC Classic Division title since 2023 Wednesday, the new cutoff date for playoff seedings.

SCHALICK 24, PAULSBORO 1: Luke Pokrovsky hit his fourth homer in four games, Ricky Watt hit a grand slam and four pitchers combined on a two-hitter with 10 strikeouts. Both homers came in a 13-run third inning. Cole Hartley homered in the fifth inning. The Cougars (17-1) have won seven in a row and scored 84 runs in their last five games.

DELRAN 6, WOODSTOWN 4: The Bears broke a 3-3 tie on Jackson Veneziano’s RBI single in the fifth and extended their lead on RBI singles by Jackson Hager and Andrew Reim in the sixth. Woodstown tied the game in the top of the fifth on Rocco String’s RBI double and Dante Holmes’ bases-loaded walk. String had three hits for the Wolverines.

SJ sectional track

Despite having his routine thrown out of whack, Pennsville’s Ayars wins boys javelin; among 12 Salem County sectional champions, 64 state qualifiers

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

PENNSAUKEN – Imagine spending all day mentally preparing for the only event you’re competing in at the biggest meet of the year so far, getting to the site and fine-tuning your game face only to have the event pulled out from under you.

And then having to go through it all again the next morning. And still having it within yourself to produce a gold-medal result.

That’s what Pennsville’s Connor Ayars faced this weekend as he competed in – and won – the boys javelin in the South Jersey Group I track and field sectionals at Pennsauken High School.

Ayars had been gearing up all day Friday for his event, but wet weather and field conditions, combined with the time it took to complete an 88-man field in the Group 4 javelin prompted officials to call it a night shortly before the Pennsville senior’s flight was scheduled to throw.

He had to come back Saturday morning and although the throw wasn’t quite up to his usual standards, he still won the event with a throw of 161 feet, 1 inch – some 12 feet shorter of his best throw ever, but still six feet better than his closest competitor.

“I was a little upset because I was ready to throw, there was still some daylight left, but …,” he said. “It definitely was disappointing because I get out of school early, I go up there, I’m waiting five plus hours to throw and I don’t get to throw after I’ve been stretching, prepping myself, doing my technique work with Cole (Campbell) and then five minutes before I’m about to throw they say they’re going to postpone it.

“I’m pretty bummed out because I’ve been working all week to be ready to throw Friday and not expecting to throw today, and it ended up being a disappointing throw today as well. It was a total kill.”

On Friday Ayars was “as loose as I’ve ever been” and was expecting to post something in the high 170s at or better than the school record. His best-ever throw is 173-2, this year at the Woodbury Relays.

His winning throw Saturday came on his fifth attempt. He followed it with a 159-11, which still was better than the runner-up’s best.

“I wouldn’t say it was really off, it just wasn’t what I was expecting to throw,” he said. “It is a disappointing throw for me, but I got first place so I can’t put myself down for that.”

Now he has two weeks to bring it back. After a disappointing showing in the state meet last year Ayars plans to change what he does to get ready.

“I’ve just got to be more locked in this season,” he said. “It’s my last outing if I don’t do well. I’m going to have to push myself to take these two weeks and really focus on what I need to get better at.”

Ayars won one of eight boys and four girls sectional champions from Salem County and 64 total qualifiers to the state championship meet from the county.

Among the boys champions crowned Saturday were Ayars, Schalick’s Ethan McLean (discus) and David Stewart (triple jump); Salem’s Anthony Parker (long jump); and Woodstown’s 4×400 and 4×800 relay teams.

Josh Crawford, looking every bit in like the Atlanta Braves’ Flash who gives random fans a big head start and then runs them down in his between innings promo on the warning track, took the baton in sixth place and made up some 60 meters on the final leg to edge Camden in the 4×400 relay. He ran a 47.095 final leg. He won the 800 on Friday.

“With every race I run, whether it is a relay or an open it is never about me. It’s about me doing my part for the team and my coach,” Crawford said. “They did their part. it was my turn to do mine. I didn’t even think. I was calm and knew what I had to do.

“I loved the celebration with my team at the end. Opposing runners came up to me. I do the same to them. We have respect for each other. Most importantly, I know that every stride I take is partly hard work and discipline, but is mostly the strength from God and some good genes.”

Among the girls champions crowned Saturday were Schalick’s Jordan Hadfield (1600); Woodstown’s Kami Casiano (high jump); and Pennsville’s Megan Morris (pole vault). Hadfield’s win the 1600 gave her a double after winning the 3200 the day before.

Woodstown and Schalick finished 2-3 behind champion Glassboro in the boys team standings. Schalick was third in the girls teams standings, just two points behind runnerup Haddon Twp. Woodstown was sixth.

Stewart and Hadfield were second in their respective Group I MVP standings. Hadfield was second in girls Group I track scoring and Crawford was second in boys Group I track scoring.

SOUTH JERSEY GROUP I 
TRACK SECTIONALS

BOYS
TEAM SCORES: Glassboro 135, Woodstown 66.5, Schalick 57, Camden 44, Haddon Twp. 33, Audubon 33, Clayton 32, Palmyra 28, Woodbury 23, Gateway 22, Penns Grove 19, Pennsville 14, Maple Shade 12, Buena 11, Burlington City 10, Salem 10, Paulsboro 8.5
EVENTS (winners and Salem County state qualifiers)
100: 1. Xavier Sabb, Glassboro 10.69; 6. Colin McGlinn, Pennsville 11.07
200: 1. Alexander Osayemi, Clayton 21.67; 4. David Stewart, Schalick 22.18; 6. Zaeshawn Mills, Schalick 22.52
400: 1. Alexander Osayemi, Clayton 46.91; 2. Josh Crawford, Woodstown 49.01
800: 1. Josh Crawford, Woodstown 1:53.59; 2. Cole Lucas, Woodstown 1:54.87; 5. Karson Chew, Woodstown 1:59.92
1600: Ty Blackman, Glassboro 4:27.73; 3. Cole Lucas, Woodstown 4:34.08
3200: 1. Ty Blackman, Glassboro 9:47.48; 3. Jacob Marino, Woodstown 10:00.32
4×100 Relay: 1. Schalick (Reggie Allen, Michael Eberl, Zaeshawn Mills, David Stewart) 42.34 (Group I sectional record)
4×400 Relay: 1. Woodstown (Karson Chew, Kyle Reitz, Anthony Costello, Josh Crawford) 3:26.84; 5. Penns Grove (Kylee Goodson, Sebastian Hernandez, Bryan Garlic, Knowledge Young) 3:28.42
4×800 Relay: 1. Woodstown (Karson Chew, David Farrell, Pacey Hutton, Jacob Marino) 8:20.34; 6. Penns Grove (Messiah Allah, Connor Duggan, Bryan Garlic, Robert Sanchez-Gomez) 8:43.15
100 Hurdles: 1. Andres Santiago, Haddon Twp. 14.92
400 Hurdles: 1. Alexander Osayemi, Clayton 53.14; 2. David Stewart, Schalick 54.22; 5. Bryan Garlic, Penns Grove 56.09
Discus: 1. Ethan McLean, Schalick 139-6; 4. Aidan Taulane, Woodstown 131-4; 5. Jackson McFarland, Pennsville 130-8
High Jump: 1. Jaleel Latimore, Palmyra 6-4; T-6. Elijah Caesar, Woodstown 5-10
Javelin: 1. Connor Ayars, Pennsville 161-1; 3. Nyzier Wynder, Schalick 147-11; 5. Lorenzo Dignee, Woodstown 140-5; 6. Cole Campbell, Pennsville 140-3
Long Jump: 1. Anthony Parker, Salem 23-2; 5. Will Roy, Penns Grove 20-5
Pole Vault: 1. Jacob George, Haddon Twp. 14-0; 4. Salvatore Longo, Schalick 12-0
Shot Put: 1. Sam Adams, Palmyra 46-3; 2. Raymond Brown, Penns Grove, 46-1; 4, Sheldon Goldsborogh, Schalick 45-7.5
Triple Jump: 1. David Stewart, Schalick 45-4.25; 4. Bryan Garlic, Penns Grove 42-9; 6. Zaeshawn Mills, Schalick 41-9.5

GIRLS
TEAM SCORES: Clayton 86, Haddon Twp. 74, Schalick 72, Audubon 65.5, Woodbury 55, Woodstown 45, Maple Shade 42, Glassboro 28, Riverside 18, Burlington City 18, Pennsville 12, Buena 10, Salem 9, Camden 8, Wildwood 6, Paulsboro 4, Pitman 4, Gateway 1.5.
EVENTS (winners and Salem County state qualifiers)
100: 1, Miyana Johnson, Clayton 12.40; 6. Raniyah Parsons-Smith, Salem 12.99
200: 1. Leila Ortiz, Clayton 25.24; 6. Gia Martellacci, Schalick 26.44
400: 1. Leila Ortiz, Clayton 56.39; 5. Gia Marellacci, Schalick 1:00.04
800: 1. Riley Fayer, Audubon 2:17.09; 2. Jordan Hadfield, Schalick 2:18.67; 4. Lilian Norman, Woodstown 2:22.57
1600: 1. Jordan Hadfield, Schalick 5:04.83; 5. Lilian Norman, Woodstown 5:30.23
3200: 1. Jordan Hadfield, Schalick 11:16.14; 2. Anabel Schaal, Woodstown 12:24.42; 3. Abby Marino, Woodstown 12:27.02; 5. Samantha Sterner, Woodstown 12:34.84
4×100 Relay: 1. Woodbury 49.70; 2. Schalick (Jaelynn Jarmon, Phoebe Alward, Caileigh Schalick, Gia Martellacci) 50.87; 6. Salem (Angelina Fothergill, MaKayla Smith, Raniyah Parsons-Smith, Kashira Patterson) 52.63
4×400 Relay: 1. Haddon Twp. 4:06.29; 5. Schalick (Brooke Valentine, Sophia Harris, Jordan Hadfield, Gia Martellacci) 4:14.06; 6. Pennsville (Taylor Bass, Molly Gratz, Ariana Charles, Megan Morris) 4:16.64
4×800 Relay: 1. Audubon 9:55.24; 2. Woodstown (Abby Marino, Samantha Sterner, Sarah Seiden, Lilian Norman) 10:04.31; Schalick (Caylen Taylor, Sarah Torpey, Helen Lilli, Allyson Green) 10:48.66
100 Hurdles: 1. Ciani Floyd, Maple Shade 15.93
400 Hurdles: 1. Emily Madden, Buena 1:07.74; 4. Audrey Boggs, Salem 1:09.88; 6. Sarah Seiden, Woodstown 1:10.77
Discus: 1. Sunny Moore, Glassboro 137-1; 6. Sebrina Bradford, Schalick 106-10
High Jump: 1. Kami Casiano, Woodstown 5-2; 4. Navaeh Robinson, Schalick 4-10
Javelin: 1. Rainelle Blocker, Clayton 114-7, 3. Allyson Green, Schalick 105-1, 5. Navaeh Robinson 97-7
Long Jump: 1. Denirah Jones, Woodbury 17-4.5; 3. Phoebe Alward, Schalick 16-6; 4. Emma Perry, Woodstown 16-0
Pole Vault: 1. Megan Morris, Pennsville 10-6; 5. Gabriella Simonini, Schalick 8-0
Shot Put: 1. Antonia Federici, Woodbury 38-4; 5. Ava Rodgers, Salem 32-9; 6. Tatiyonna Crawford, Pennsville 32-8.75
Triple Jump: 1. Nyima Burley, Burlington City 35-9; 4. Jaelynn Jarmon, Schalick 34-7.25; 6. MaKayla Smith, Salem 33-5.