Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Oct. 5-12
SUNDAY, OCT. 5 FIELD HOCKEY SJ Tournament of Champions At Clearview Schalick vs. Clearview, 3:15 p.m.
MONDAY, OCT. 6 FIELD HOCKEY Absegami at Salem, 4 p.m. Pennsville at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m. Woodstown at Hammonton, 4 p.m. BOYS SOCCER Penns Grove at Glassboro, 4 p.m. Pitman at Schalick, 4 p.m. Salem at Salem Tech, 4 p.m. Wildwood at Pennsville, 4 p.m. Overbrook at Woodstown, 4 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Glassboro at Penns Grove, 4 p.m. Salem Tech at Salem, 4 p.m. Schalick at Pennsville, 4 p.m. Woodstown at Overbrook, 4 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS Pennsville at Gloucester Catholic, 3:45 p.m. VOLLEYBALL Camden County Tech at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
TUESDAY, OCT. 7 FIELD HOCKEY Deptford at Woodstown, 4 p.m. Pitman at Schalick, 4 p.m. Salem at Pennsville, 4 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS SJ Group I Quarterfinals Lower Cape May at Pitman, 2 p.m. Schalick at Woodstown, 3 p.m. Wildwood at Haddon Twp., 3 p.m. Audubon at Pennsville, 3:30 p.m. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Salem Tech at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8 BOYS SOCCER Cumberland at Penns Grove, 4 p.m. Salem at Woodstown, 4 p.m. Schalick at Palmyra, 4 p.m. Pennsville at Pitman, 7 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Schalick at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m. Woodstown at Salem, 4 p.m. Pennsville at Pitman, 5 p.m. Penns Grove at Cumberland, 6 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS Penns Grove at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m. OLMA at Salem, 4 p.m. CROSS COUNTRY Salem County Meet at Schalick, 3:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, OCT. 9 WJFL FOOTBALL Paulsboro at Pennsville, 6 p.m. Haddon Heights at Woodstown, 7 p.m. Cinnaminson at Glassboro FIELD HOCKEY Burlington City at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m. Woodstown at Schalick, 4 p.m. BOYS SOCCER Camden Academy Charter at Salem Tech, 4 p.m. Gloucester City at Salem, 4 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Salem at Gloucester City, 4 p.m. VOLLEYBALL Salem Tech at Wildwood, 4 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCT. 10 WJFL FOOTBALL Gloucester at Schalick, 6 p.m. Penns Grove at Delran, 6 p.m. Collingswood at Audubon, 7 p.m. Overbrook at Camden Catholic Woodbury at Willingboro FIELD HOCKEY Overbrook at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m. Salem at Gloucester City, 4 p.m. BOYS SOCCER Penns Grove at Woodbury, 4 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Paulsboro at Salem Tech, 4 p.m. Woodbury at Penns Grove, 4 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS Woodstown at Pitman, 3:45 p.m. Penns Grove at Salem, 4 p.m. Schalick at Wildwood, 4:15 p.m. VOLLEYBALL Salem Tech at Highland, 4 p.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC Prospect Showcase
SATURDAY, OCT. 11 WJFL FOOTBALL West Deptford at Salem, noon CROSS COUNTRY South Jersey Coaches Meet, Dream Park COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC Prospect Showcase
SUNDAY, OCT. 12 COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC Prospect Showcase COLLEGE SOFTBALL Morris CC, CCBC at Salem CC, 10 a.m.
Here are the scores and highlights from Saturday’s Salem County sports calendar
BOYS SOCCER Northern Burlington 6, Woodstown 0: Elijah Font scored three goals and recorded his school-record 29th career assist as the Greyhounds handed Woodstown its first loss of the season. Bryce Ayars had a few good chances to score for the Wolverines in the first half, but was turned away by a defensive swarm.
FIELD HOCKEY Schalick swamped Audubon 7-0 in the first round of the South Jersey Coaches Tournament of Champions at Camden Catholic. The Cougars play Clearview in Round 2 3:15 p.m. Sunday at Clearview.
In the other games, Camden Catholic blanked Delsea, 4-0; West Deptford swamped Gloucester 9-1; and Clearview blanked Delran 4-0.
CROSS COUNTRY HOLMDEL – Jacob Marino finished 11th overall and two other runners placed in the top 25 to lead Woodstown to a third-place finish in the Shore Coaches Invitational Boys Varsity E race at Holmdel Park.
Marino ran a 17:01, while David Farrell (17:40) and Karson Chew (17:44) both finished in the top 25.
Salem Tech also was in the field and finished 21st. Jean-Pierre Pozo was the Chargers’ fastest runner (20:02)
Schalick finished 18th in the Girls Varsity F race. Helen Lillia was the Cougars fastest runner (23:10.08).
NJSIAA TENNIS TOURNAMENT WEST WINDSOR – Schalick’s doubles team of Sebrina Bradford and Olivia Lunemann defeated Lejla Kaba and Kylie LaCroix of Pompton Lakes 6-1, 7-5 in the opening round of the NJSIAA Tournament doubles draw. They will play 5-8 seed Charlotte Hao and Nicole Rubin of Pingry in Sunday’s second round.
The Cougars’ Miya Watkins fell in the opening round of the singles draw to Julia Kravchenko of Gov. Livingston, 6-0, 6-1.
Woodstown soccer shakes up approach, offense comes to life in 3-0 win over Glassboro; also includes Wednesday’s Salem County field hockey, tennis, volleyball, cross country results
BOYS SOCCER Woodstown 3, Glassboro 0 FIELD HOCKEY Schalick 9, Pennsville 2 Woodstown 4, Salem 3 GIRLS TENNIS Clearview 4, Pennsville 1 Mainland 5, Schalick 0 Woodstown 4, Triton 1 Overbrook at Penns Grove GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Atlantic Tech 2, Salem Tech 0
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN – Darren Huck has never been afraid to shake things up. If you’re standing still, he figures, you’re falling behind.
Frustrated with the state of his team’s offense over the past couple weeks, the Woodstown soccer coach shook up the lineup’s look Wednesday and it produced a 3-0 win over Glassboro.
It was only the second time the Wolverines scored more than two goals in a match since their season-high eight-goal outburst against Salem Tech in the third game of the year. They’ve scored just 10 goals in the five games since, including 1-1 tie with Penns Grove and a 1-0 golden goal win over Pennsville, games they figured to have handled a lot easier than they were.
The new alignment basically puts two men up top and five in the midfield. No personnel was changed, just the responsibilities they hold on the field. It produced almost instantaneous results as Bryce Ayars scored on a breakaway three minutes into the match.
“We made a few changes,” Huck said. “Ask any of my players, especially any of my ex-players, I’m never afraid to shake it up, to change things. Obviously, my ultimate goal is what’s best for the team.
“We have three, possibly four, formations we can play depending on situations that occur. We really felt today’s was something we could use to our advantage. It’s just a different look, different responsibilities and some boundaries and borders we needed to stay within so we stay balanced.”
Ayars scored the first two goals against the Bulldogs and assisted on the third by Nick DiTeodoro, a goal created directly by the angle of attack the new formation created.
“It’s definitely a change of scenery,” Ayars said. “It definitely helped our middle out, which we needed to do. Teams are trying to force us middle, so having that extra guy in the middle helps us out in the long run. It did what we expected it to do today.”
The look they went with Wednesday was specifically for the Bulldogs. Whether they stay with it going forward or change remains to be seen.
“My formation comes down to where our strength and weakness is,” Huck said.
Despite the limited goal production, the Wolverines’ 7-0-1 record, which currently leads the South Jersey Group I power points standings by more than two points, is their best start after eight games in more than 15 years. The 2013 team that went 20-1-1 and 2023 team that went 15-4-1 both started 7-1.
They are only unbeaten team in all of Group 1 and one of only five across South Jersey’s six classifications.
“It’s a good feeling,” Huck said.
FIELD HOCKEY PITTSGROVE – Ava Scurry scored the ninth hat trick of her career, and second against Pennsville, to lead Schalick past the Eagles 9-2.
Scurry scored her first goal less than two minutes into the game, notched her second two minutes later and got her third in the third quarter. She now has 76 career goals. Caylen Taylor had two goals and two assists.
Luci and Lena Virga both scored goals. It’s the sixth time in the last two seasons the sisters have scored in the same game; the Cougars are 6-0 in those games. Bailey Wents and Alexis Smith also found the back of the cage.
Kendall Hoyt and Abigail Bohn scored Pennsville’s goals, with Izzy Saulin assisting on both. For Bohn, a senior, it was her first career goal.
WOODSTOWN 4, SALEM 3: Julliana Love scored all three goals for Salem.
VOLLEYBALL ATLANTIC TECH 2, SALEM TECH 0: The set scores were 25-10, 25-19.
GIRLS TENNIS WOODSTOWN 4, TRITON 1 Mary Ahrens (T) def. Nathalie Neron, 6-0, 6-3 Alyssa Berry (WO) def. PetraReina Ponce-Leon, 6-3, 6-0 Noelle Neron (WO) def. Elizabeth Davis, 6-2, 6-1 Madison LaPalomento-Emilee Kehr (WO) def. Lily Brennan-Olivia Schreyer, 7-6 (7-5), 7-5 Emma West-Angelina Lindenmuth (WO) won by forfeit Records: Woodstown 9-3, Triton 6-7.
CROSS COUNTRY WESTHAMPTON – The Salem Tech boys placed all five runners in the second 10 counters and edged Medford Tech for second place in the South Jersey Vo-Tech Championships.
Levi Seals led the Chargers across the line with a 10th-place 19:04.27. He was followed by Pierre Pozo (19:12.53), Anthony Morano (19:19.54), Chase Pompper (19:41.73) and Joseph MacNeil (20:06.69) for 73 team points.
Medford Tech had two in the top four, but only one other counter inside the Chargers’ top five for 75 points.
The Salem Tech girls placed third among four teams with two counters in the top 10 counters and three in the top 20. Paityn Harrington (25:03.56) and Abigail Vanaman (25:05.01) led the way.
GCIT won both team titles.
SOUTH JERSEY VO-TECH CHAMPIONSHIPS BOYS TEAM: GCIT 22, Salem Tech 73, Medford Tech 75, Atlantic Tech 100, West Tech 127, Cape May Tech 135, Pennsauken Tech 211. BOYS TOP 10 OVERALL: Wyatt Evans, GCIT 17:15.06; Duke Snyder-Shellito, GCIT 17:40.47; Marcos Paulino, Medford 17:54.17; Chris Davis, Medford 18:22.08; Ryan Ejjalili, GCIT 18:45.01; Logan Monaghan, GCIT 18:49.75; Evan Feliciano, Cape May 18:50.88; AJ Trampe, GCIT 19:00.09; Carlo Blackman, ACIT 19:03.53; Levi Seals, Salem Tech 19:04.27.
GIRLS TEAM: GCIT 17, Atlantic Tech 60, Salem Tech 82, Medford Tech 86. GIRLS TOP 10 OVERALL: Jordan Moczydlowski, GCIT 21:05.29; Kirstyn McHale, Cape May 22:58.49; Natalie Pandolfo, GCIT 23:02.00; Isabel Guerra, GCIT 23:07.51; Francesca Carnevale, GCIT 23:32.57; Rosa Cameron, Cape May 23:35.43; Addison Kris, Medford 23:51.81; Eunice States Clara, GCIT 24:58.50; Paityn Harrington, Salem Tech 25:03.56.
Woodstown, Pennsville, Schalick all survive girls tennis tournament openers; roundup also includes Tuesday’s cross country, girls soccer results
GIRLS TENNIS South Jersey Group 1 Playoffs Schalick 5, Buena 0 Woodstown 5, Palmyra 0 Pennsville 5, Salem 0
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN — Third-seeded Woodstown avoided a couple potential mental traps and easily got through its opening-round match in the South Jersey Group I girls tennis tournament Tuesday.
The Wolverines needed less than an hour to dispatch 14th-seeded Palmyra 5-0. County and TCC Diamond Division rivals Schalick and Pennsville also advanced with 5-0 sweeps.
The opening round had the potential to trip up the Wolverines in a number of ways if they weren’t focused. They hadn’t played in a week — two matches were rained out — and were facing an opponent that hadn’t won a match all season.
But they showed they meant business when they went 6-0 in the first set of four of their five matches and No. 2 singles Alyssa Berry put their first point on the board in about 35 minutes. Nathalie and Noelle Neron also won their singles matches, while the doubles teams of Madison LaPalomento-Emilee Kehr and Emma West-Angelina Lindenmuth swept the doubles.
“There’s been some slight apprehension, like we were out here saying we feel like we haven’t played in forever, it’s been so long since we had a match,” Berry said. “But warming up and hitting, it kind of comes back to you.
“You always start out a little more careful, but as you get the swing of things then you feel more confident.”
All five of the Wolverines’ wins came in straight sets. They dropped only four games all day. Palmyra had won only one (doubles) match in their six previous starts this season.
“When you play a team like that, you never know what you’re going to get,” Woodstown coach Jesse Stemberger said. “You see 0-6, but I’ve seen a team win a state championship that was 2-7 going into the playoffs … There are so some teams out there that you don’t know much about that aren’t what their records indicate, so you try not to look past anybody.
“For an 0-6 team, (Palmyra) battled. They worked hard. They pushed us in some positions. They made us earn it. This was not a walkover. They made us earn it.
“One of the things we try to instill in them is to beat the teams you’re supposed to beat. So, if you see an 0-6 team, don’t underestimate them, but when you get out there and you start playing, if you see that you’re better than them don’t let them think they have a chance. Just go out there and do your job, and I think we did that. I was a little concerned about rust, but they went out there and did some nice things.”
Next up for the Wolverines is sixth-seeded Schalick in the Oct. 7 quarterfinals – one day after they play each other ifor the outright Classic Division lead. The next day the Cougars play Pennsville after the Eagles host fifth-seeded Audubon in the quarterfinals.
Top photo: Woodstown coach Jesse Stemberger (R) talks with Alyssa Berry after her victory put the Wolverines’ first point on the board Tuesday.
Woodstown’s Noelle Neron sends a shot back to Palmyra’s Jane Ancker during her straight-set tournament win at No. 3 singles Tuesday.
SJ GROUP ! QUARTERFINALS Oct. 7 No. 9 Lower Cape May at No. 1 Pitman No. 5 Audubon at No. 4 Pennsville No. 6 Schalick at No. 3 Woodstown No. 10 Wildwood at No. 2 Haddon Twp. Oct. 9 Semifinals Oct. 14 Finals
GIRLS SOCCER Pennsville 9, Salem Tech 0 Woodstown 4, Pitman 0 Glassboro 8, Salem 1 Gloucester Catholic 6, Penns Grove 0
PENNSVILLE 9, SALEM TECH 0: First-time scorers Isabella Marandola, Anastasia Moore and Maura Widener were among nine goal-scorers for the Eagles. It was the most goals they’ve scored in a game since a 9-2 win over Salem in October 2021. WOODSTOWN 4, PITMAN 0: Delia Hahn scored her first career goal and Ellie Wygand was in goal for the shutout. GLASSBORO 8, SALEM 1: Amina Brown scored 40 seconds into the match and the Bulldogs scored four times in the first six minutes. Carlysia Pierce scored Salem’s goal. GLOUCESTER CATHOLIC 6, PENNS GROVE 0: Bella Laumer scored twice as the Rams won their seventh straight and recorded their fourth straight shutout.
CROSS COUNTRY KINGSWAY TCC BATCH MEET BOYS TOP 20: Trevor Szilier, Washington Twp. 16:41.81; Matthew Littlehales, Delsea 16:49.78; Andrew Dopkin, Highland 16:54.83; Michael Beaver, Kingsway 17:05.80; Liam Murphy, Highland 17:13.52; Payton Veilleux, Kingsway 17:22.57; Gavin Rakitis, Glassboro 17:24.02; Zacchaeus Harrigan, Glassboro 17:24.22; Jaeden Wesley, Glassboro 17:24.42; Joseph Saicic, Glassboro 17:42.62; Rhys Blackman, Pitman 17:30.52; Leandro Santiago, Timber Creek 17:31.84; Ryan Pancoast, Timber Creek, 17:32.79; Blair Duckrey-Furbert, Timber Creek 17:34.84; Karson Chew, Woodstown 17:55.00; Logan Pavelik, Williamstown 17:56.56; Aaron Johnson, Glassboro 17:58.26; Jacob Marino, Woodstown 18:00.05; Oluwanifemi Fadulu, Highland 18:01.30. OTHER SALEM COUNTY TEAM LEADERS: 31. Chase Riley, Schalick 18:15:22; 58. Anthony Morano, Salem Tech 19:32.57; 67. John Johnson, Penns Grove 19:45.31; 77. Gradin Buzby, Salem 20:00.63; 109: Logan Cowperthwait, Pennsville 22:00.99.
GIRLS TOP 20: Sophia Aldridge, Williamstown 19:25.62; Aubrey Bishop, Kingsway 20:01.41; Abby Marino, Woodstown 20:57.30; Yazmire Bonhomme, Williamstown 21:32.15; Julianne Roes, Clearview 21:39.12; Julia Burgio, Williamstown 21:40.79; Ava Buchanan, Kingsway 21:41.51; Olivia Mashburn, Delsea 21:50.97; Julia Blanchard, Washington Twp. 21:54.53; Anabel Schaal, Woodstown 22:00.10; Brooke Mashburn, Delsea 22:00.57; Isabella Moran, Delsea 22:00.81; Rhea Remaly, Clearview 22:31.11; Sofia Moran, Delsea 22:34.99; Rachael Williams, Clearview 22:39.69; Lillian Pedersen, Clearview 22:39.86; Layla Chain, Washington Twp. 22:47.40; Helen Lillia, Schalick 23:13.24; Leah Hagerman, Clearview 23:14.39; Kate Yanek, Clearview 23:15.54. OTHER SALEM COUNTY TEAM LEADERS: 28. Sawyer Slad, Pennsville 23:52.78; 61. Abigail Vanaman, Salem Tech, 27:08.65;
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Sept. 28-Oct. 4
SUNDAY, SEPT. 28 COLLEGE SOFTBALL Salem CC at RCSJ-Gloucester, 10 a.m.
MONDAY, SEPT. 29 FIELD HOCKEY Pennsville at Oakcrest, 4 p.m. Schalick at Clearview, 4 p.m. Woodstown at Timber Creek, 4 p.m. BOYS SOCCER Cape May Tech at Salem, 4 p.m. Moorestown Friends at Schalick, 4 p.m. Pennsville at Buena, 4 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Salem Tech at Medford Tech, 3:45 p.m. Buena at Pennsville, 4 p.m. Salem at Cape May Tech, 4 p.m. Schalick at Mainland, 4 p.m. Woodstown vs. GCIT at Rowan, 6 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS Salem at West Deptford, 4 p.m. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Cape May Tech at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 30 BOYS SOCCER Pennsville at Woodstown, 4 p.m. Pitman at Salem Tech, 4 p.m. Salem at Glassboro, 4 p.m. Wildwood at Schalick, 4 p.m. Gloucester Catholic at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Glassboro at Salem, 4 p.m. Gloucester Catholic at Penns Grove, 4 p.m. Salem Tech at Pennsville, 4 p.m. Schalick at Wildwood, 4 p.m. Woodstown at Pitman, 4 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS South Jersey Group 1 Playoffs No. 11 Buena at No. 6 Schalick, 3 p.m. No. 14 Palmyra at No. 3 Woodstown, 3 p.m. No. 13 Salem at No. 4 Pennsville, 3:30 p.m. CROSS COUNTRY Batch Meet at Kingsway, 4 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1 FIELD HOCKEY Salem at Woodstown, 4 p.m. Pennsville at Schalick, 4 p.m. BOYS SOCCER Glassboro at Woodstown, 4 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Woodbury at Penns Grove, 4 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS Pennsville at Clearview, 3:45 p.m. Triton at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m. Schalick at Mainland, 4 p.m. Overbrook at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Salem Tech at Atlantic Tech, 4 p.m.
THURSDAY, OCT. 2 WJFL FOOTBALL Woodstown at Pleasantville, 7 p.m. FIELD HOCKEY Pennsville at Paulsboro, 4 p.m. BOYS SOCCER Clayton at Salem, 4 p.m. Pennsville at Salem Tech, 4 p.m. Pitman at Penns Grove, 4 p.m. Schalick at Overbrook, 4 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Salem at Clayton, 4 p.m. Salem Tech at Pitman, 4 p.m. Woodstown at Glassboro, 4 p.m. Overbrook at Schalick, 6 p.m. Pennsville at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS Schalick at Wildwood, 4:15 p.m. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Highland vs. Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCT. 3 WJFL FOOTBALL Paulsboro at Schalick, 6 p.m. Pennsville at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m. Collingswood at Sterling, 7 p.m. Haddonfield at West Deptford, 7 p.m. Glassboro at Deptford Overbrook at Clayton FIELD HOCKEY Salem Tech at Winslow, 3:45 p.m. OLMA at Salem, 4 p.m. Schalick at Williamstown, 4 p.m. Woodstown at Gateway, 4 p.m. BOYS SOCCER Salem Tech at Buena, 4 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS Woodstown at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m.
SATURDAY, OCT. 4 WJFL FOOTBALL Salem at Middle Twp., noon Audubon at Gloucester Catholic, 11 a.m. Gateway at Woodbury BOYS SOCCER Woodstown at Northern Burlington, 10 a.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC at Felician (2), noon
Here are scores and notes from Thursday’s Salem County high school sports calendar; will be updated
BOYS SOCCER Woodstown 3, Pitman 1: Bryce Ayars, Ayden Ellis and Landon Gugliemo all scored for Woodstown as the Wolverines remained unbeaten through six games (5-0-1). GIRLS SOCCER Woodstown 4, Pennsville 0: Freshman Hailey Kucharczyk scored a hat trick for the Wolverines. Ellie Wygand and Mazie Mazzoni combined for the Wolverines’ third shutout in the last four games. FIELD HOCKEY Woodstown 4, Glassboro 2: Bella Eachus scored two goals for the Wolverines (4-2). Gateway 9, Salem 0 Clayton at Pennsville, ppd. to Oct. 15 GIRLS TENNIS Salem at Wildwood, ppd. Woodstown at Pennsville, ppd. to Oct. 3 GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Timber Creek 2, Salem Tech 0 (25-20, 25-17): Maddie Oliver and Madelyn Stiffen had four kills apiece for Salem Tech. Casey Zaluske had 11 digs and Tiara Bazemore recorded 19 assists and four aces.
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Sept. 21-27
SUNDAY, SEPT. 21 COLLEGE SOFTBALL Salem CC at Camden CC, noon
MONDAY, SEPT. 22 BOYS SOCCER Gloucester Catholic at Pennsville, 4 p.m. Overbrook at Penns Grove, 4 p.m. Salem at Wildwood, 4 p.m. Woodstown at Schalick, 4 p.m. Salem Tech at Clayton, 5 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Glassboro at Pennsville, 4 p.m. Penns Grove at Overbrook, 4 p.m. Schalick vs. Woodstown, 4 p.m. Wildwood at Salem, 4 p.m. Salem Tech at Clayton, 7 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS Kingsway at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m. Pennsville at Overbrook, 4 p.m. Timber Creek at Schalick, 4 p.m.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 23 FIELD HOCKEY Winslow at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m. Pennsville at Audubon, 4 p.m. Salem at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m. Schalick at Deptford, 4 p.m. Woodstown at Overbrook, 4 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS Pennsville at Penns Grove, 3:45 p.m. Gloucester Catholic at Salem, 4 p.m. Schalick at Overbrook, 4 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 24 FIELD HOCKEY Schalick at Seneca, 4 p.m. BOYS SOCCER Pennsville at Salem, 4 p.m. Salem Tech at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m. Schalick at Penns Grove, 4 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Gloucester Catholic at Salem Tech, 4 p.m. Penns Grove at Schalick, 4 p.m. Salem at Pitman, 4 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS Moorestown Friends at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m. Gloucester Catholic at Salem Tech, 4 p.m. Penns Grove at Palmyra, 4 p.m. Pitman at Salem, 4 p.m.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 25 WJFL FOOTBALL Salem at Schalick, 6 p.m. Paulsboro at Overbrook, 6 p.m. Audubon at West Deptford, 7 p.m. FIELD HOCKEY Clayton at Pennsville, 4 p.m. Glassboro at Woodstown, 4 p.m. Salem at Gateway, 4 p.m. BOYS SOCCER Woodstown at Pitman, 4 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Pennsville at Woodstown, 4 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS Woodstown at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m. Salem at Wildwood, 4 p.m. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Timber Creek at Salem Tech, 4 p.m. CROSS COUNTRY Salem Tech in NJTAC Championships at Medford Tech, 4 p.m.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 26 WJFL FOOTBALL Haddon Twp. at Collingswood, 6 p.m. Camden Catholic at Pennsville, 7 p.m. Penns Grove at Woodstown, 7 p.m. FIELD HOCKEY Schalick at Eastern, 4 p.m. BOYS SOCCER Audubon at Pennsville, 4 p.m. Camden Academy Charter at Salem, 4 p.m. Salem Tech at Cape May Tech, 4 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Cape May Tech at Salem Tech, 4 p.m. GCIT at Woodstown, 4 p.m. Salem at Cumberland, 4 p.m. Schalick at Hammonton, 4 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS Haddon Heights at Schalick, 4 p.m. Pennsville at Triton, 4 p.m. COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY Salem CC at Caldwell
SATURDAY, SEPT. 27 WJFL FOOTBALL Glassboro at Woodbury FIELD HOCKEY Woodstown vs. Delsea at Rowan, 3 p.m. CROSS COUNTRY Schalick at Six Flags Great Adventure COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC at Jefferson (2), noon COLLEGE SOFTBALL Salem CC at Thomas Jefferson, noon
Woodstown field hockey gifts coach a shutout win over county rival and a comfy throw on her birthday, includes roundup of Friday’s Salem County sports action FIELD HOCKEY Schalick 10, Overbrook 0 Salem 2, Clayton 1 Woodstown 6, Pennsville 0
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE — Woodstown freshman Margaux Lipovsky gets excited any time she can put the ball in the back of the goal, but there was a special sense of relief when her shot broke the plane in the first five minutes of Friday’s match against Pennsville.
The goal ended a two-game dry spell for the Wolverines and sent them on the way to a 6-0 victory over their county rivals.
“It made me really excited,” Lipovsky said. “Once it rolled to my stick I kind of knew that instant it was going to go in. You just get that feeling that it’s going to go in and when you follow through and see it on the backboard it’s a good feeling.”
The Wolverines (2-2) had gone more than 125 minutes without a goal since Lipovsky scored in the fourth quarter of their season-opening 7-0 rout of Deptford. It was the program’s longest drought since going four straight games without scoring Oct. 9-18 of last year.
But they lit the lamp six times against the Eagles, with goals from six different players. Zoe Lipovsky made it 2-0 early in the second quarter, followed by goals from Corinne Cocking, Bella Eachus, Talia Guardascione (on an assist from Margaux) and Brooke Dillon.
“There was definitely some relief in there that we still have our offensive lineup,” junior captain Shyann Higinbotham said. “It was just about finishing. Finally getting to finish today proved our point that we still have it in us.”
The power surge was a nice 75th birthday present for new coach Gloria Byard. After the game the players serenaded their coach with a rousing rendition of “Happy Birthday” and gifted their former Olympian a comfy throw embossed with familiar words of wisdom.
“I wasn’t really surprised,” Byard said. “I know these guys are really a group of awesome, appreciative young ladies. They work hard. They don’t ask for anything. It’s a good group of young ladies, so I’m not surprised at all (what they did).”
Interestingly, for all the playing and living she has done, Friday, she said, was the first time she ever played or coached a game on her birthday.
“It’s ironic her first year being here it was on her birthday, and I think her coming back here to end it at Woodstown when she started at Woodstown is really special,” Higinbotham said. “It’s cool to be coached by her for my final two years here.”
The players gave the throw a more personal touch by stitching it with all of their favorite sayings from the coach. Lipovsky’s favorite is “You guys look like human cones” (a reference to standing around with the ball in play). For Higinbotham, her favorite is a little more direct – “Hard work works.”
That part of it did surprise the coach.
“That was amazing; it was like, wow,” she said. “It’s like they do listen to me, huh? They pay attention.”
The win Friday may not have been taken for granted, but it was always in the (birthday) cards.
“I knew we had a big shot at winning, but you never know, one any given day anything can happen,” Byard said. “But that’s the one thing: They were practicing yesterday and said coach, for your birthday gift we’re going to win.’ I said, ‘you promise?’ They said ‘definitely.’”
Top photo: Woodstown field hockey coach Gloria Byard shows off the comfy throw her players gifted for her birthday after the Wolverines’ 6-0 win over Pennsville. The throw is embossed with the players’ favorite sayings from their coach.
Salem’s Julliana Love winds up for a shot against Clayton. Love scored both of the Rams’ goals in the win. (Photo by Miranda Love)
SALEM 2, CLAYTON 1: Julliana Love scored two goals, including the game-winner with five minutes left, and Ava Rodgers stopped a penalty stroke as the Rams (1-3) won for the first time under new coach Brittany Bryant.
After the teams played through a scoreless first half. Love broke the ice in the first minute of the third quarter. The Clippers tied it and Rodgers kept it that way when she stopped a penalty stroke. Love put the Rams back on top with her fifth goal of the year and then they held on.
“Winning our first game was amazing,” Love said. “It was a nice look of what winning felt like for the new girls on the team.
“Being able to lead my team into winning the game felt great to know that I lead the team, but I couldn’t do it without my fellow teammates having my back. Knowing I got to put two goals in the cage for my team and coaches made me so happy to know I didn’t let them down.”
SCHALICK 10, OVERBROOK 0: Ava Scurry had two goals and three assists, Luci Virga surpassed 100 career points with two goals and an assist. Virga now has 39 points and 24 assists in her career. The 10 goals are the most in a game for the Cougars since swamping Cumberland 11-0 51 weeks ago.
Woodstown freshman Margaux Lipovsky (1) fires a shot towards the goal in the first quarter of Friday’s game with Pennsville. Lipovsky scored the game’s first goal and assisted on another in the second half.
GIRLS SOCCER CHERRY HILL WEST 1, SCHALICK 0: West scored a goal in the first half then held off the Cougars through several close calls. Schalick’s Kyleigh Cutler was pulled down looking at an empty net without a whistle and several free kicks went across empty nets.
GIRLS TENNIS PENNSVILLE 4, GLASSBORO 1 Izzy Schlenker (P) def. Alana Killelea, 6-1, 7-6 (7-4) Morgan Holt (P) def. Taylor Adcock, 6-0, 6-1 Graillyn Weber (P) def. Alice Dinzeo, 6-2, 6-0 Emma Hankin-Naomi Hess (P) def. Virginia Tarasevich-Amani George, 6-2, 6-1 Sofia Dungca-Ijeoma Ufomba (G) def. Yerlian Charon-Lila Angelo, 6-4, 6-3 Records: Pennsville 5-4, Glassboro 4-4
VOLLEYBALL SALEM TECH 2, BUENA 0: The Chargers (3-1) took two close sets, 25-19, 25-22, to win their second straight match.
CROSS COUNTRY
GALLOWAY — Karson Chew finished 17th overall and two other runners placed in the top 30 to lead the Woodstown boys cross country team to a sixth place finish in the Osprey XC High School Invite at Stockton University.
Chew covered the course in 16:49.69. Teammate Jacob Marino was 24th (17:05.35) and David Farrell was 28th (17:12.79).
Gavin Oliver of Donovan Catholic won the boys race in 15:44.46. Egg Harbor Twp. won the boys team title with 98 points.
Woodstown’s girls placed 20th in their race. Abby Marino was 16th overall (19:56.81). Natalie Briggs of team champion Freehold Twp. won the race in 18:27.20.
Pennsville soccer falls 1-0 on a deflected goal; includes scores and details from Tuesday’s Salem County sports action
BOYS SOCCER Glassboro 1, Pennsville 0 Schalick 7, Clayton 1 Penns Grove at Wildwood, canceled Overbrook at Salem
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – Derek Foglein knew from Pennsville’s experience in the Pitman summer league Tuesday’s match with Glassboro was going to be a tight battle. On another day it might have come out differently, but on this day it went the other way.
The teams battled tightly all game, but Glassboro cashed in on a flukey goal late in the first half and held off Foglein’s Eagles 1-0 for its first win of the season.
“We had seen these guys in the championship game of the summer league and it was a tight game, too, so we knew it was going to be tight and there was gonna be a lot of speed both ways,” the Pennsville coach said. “You could’ve played that game 100 times and 50 times it would’ve went our way and 50 times it would’ve went theirs.
“We talked about it at halftime, too, that sometimes soccer is not a game that cares about your feelings. It just doesn’t. I don’t think we deserved to lose that game, but I guess today we were supposed to lose that game.”
If not for an odd deflection, it might have gone the other way.
Mohammad Naib Khil scored the only goal of the match with 5:58 left in the first half on a shot that deflected off a Pennsville defender.
The Bulldogs’ sophomore midfielder got the ball in the middle of the box off a Lucas Kudless corner kick and fired straight on at the net. Stevie Fatcher, the Eagles’ strongest defender, stepped in to clear as he’s done hundreds of times in his career, but this time the ball glanced off “the wrong part” of his knee and instead of carrying away from the goal deflected just inside the left post.
“It felt like the heart and soul of the game just got ripped out,” Fatcher said. “We still battled (after that) but I felt like it just went down after that.”
The Eagles (2-2) had two good chances to score earlier in the half. They thought they had a goal 10 minutes into the match that was cleared off the line and a couple later Ugur Elmali had a shot hit the left post and carom into the keeper’s arms.
Glassboro (1-2-1) appeared to have the best of it in the second half, although the Eagles turned up the heat in the final five minutes without getting the equalizer. Pennsville is now 5-6 in 1-0 games and 9-16 in one-goal games since 2020. Glassboro came into the game with two one-goal losses and a tie.
“I don’t know if it was necessarily a lack of attacking (in the second half), I just think it was a lack of an execution,” Foglein said. “We shifted the bodies forward, we had the talent in the front of the field where we normally do, we couldn’t find that last little pass to get us into (the right) places.”
SCHALICK 7, CLAYTON 1: The Clippers scored five minutes into the battle of unbeaten cross-division co-leaders, then it was all Schalick. Seven players scored goals for the Cougars (3-0-1): Ryan Loper, Luke Price, Connor Jackson, Steve Chomo, Jake Sepers, Marco Spinnato and Tyler Vanlier. The goals by freshmen Loper, Sepers and Manlier were the first of their careers.
“It’s great that we are trusting each other and playing unselfish soccer,” Cougars coach Joe Mannella said.
GIRLS SOCCER Gloucester Catholic 3, Pennsville 2 Overbrook 7, Salem 1 Wildwood 7, Penns Grove 0 Woodstown 6, Salem Tech 0
WOODSTOWN 6, SALEM TECH 0: Six different players scored goals in the Wolverines’ third straight victory: Emma Perry, Gina Murray, Hailey Kucharczuk, Kyia Leyman, Genevieve Flynn and Krysten Dussault. For Leyman, Flynn and Dussault, it was their first career goals. The Wolverines (3-1) have outscored their opponents 20-2 since dropping their season opener.
GLOUCESTER CATHOLIC 3, PENNSVILLE 2: Alexa Battaglia scored two goals for the winners. Reagan Wariwanchik and Sloan Marquette scored Pennsville’s goals.
WILDWOOD 7, PENNS GROVE 0: Aubrey Bradway scored three goals and had two assists. Nyara Alves had two goals. The Red Devils (0-3) are still looking for their first goal of the season.
OVERBROOK 7, SALEM 1: Gianna Simon had a hat trick and Leiani Knight had two for Overbrook. Isla Bohn scored Salem’s goal in the second half.
FIELD HOCKEY CAMDEN CATHOLIC 9, SCHALICK 1: The Irish (3-0), who’ve scored 29 goals in three games, jumped on the Cougars (3-2) with five in the first quarter; they took 39 shots in the game. Sophia Stazi had four goals in the game and Savannah Freeland scored three. Phoebe Alward scored Schalick’s goal in the first quarter on an assist from Luci Virga. The nine goals were the most Schalick has allowed since an 8-0 loss at Shore in the 2011 Group I final.
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Sept. 15-20; all 5 football teams play on Saturday
MONDAY, SEPT. 15 FIELD HOCKEY Pennsville at Salem, 4 p.m. Salem Tech at Cumberland, 4 p.m. BOYS SOCCER Paulsboro at Salem Tech, 4 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Clayton at Salem, 4 p.m. Timber Creek at Schalick, 4 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS Overbrook at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m. Pitman at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m. Penns Grove at Schalick, 4 p.m. Salem at Glassboro, 4 p.m. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL GCIT at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 16 FIELD HOCKEY Schalick at Camden Catholic, 4 p.m. BOYS SOCCER Glassboro at Pennsville, 4 p.m. Overbrook at Salem, 4 p.m. Penns Grove at Wildwood, 4 p.m. Schalick at Clayton, 4 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Pennsville at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m. Salem at Overbrook, 4 p.m. Salem Tech at Woodstown, 4 p.m. Wildwood at Penns Grove, 4 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS Schalick at Haddon Heights, 4 p.m. Woodstown at Audubon, 4 p.m. CROSS COUNTRY TCC Batch Meet at Salem Tech, 3:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17 FIELD HOCKEY Glassboro at Pennsville, 4 p.m. Haddonfield at Woodstown, 4 p.m. Overbrook at Salem, 4 p.m. Schalick at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS Schalick at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m. Pennsville at Overbrook, 4 p.m. Pitman at Salem, 4 p.m. Wildwood at Penns Grove, 4 p.m. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Salem Tech at Triton, 4 p.m.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 18 BOYS SOCCER Clayton at Pennsville, 4 p.m. Penns Grove at Woodstown, 4 p.m. Salem at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m. Schalick at Glassboro, 4 p.m. Wildwood at Salem Tech, 4 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Gloucester Catholic at Salem, 4 p.m. Pennsville at Overbrook, 4 p.m. Salem Tech at Wildwood, 4 p.m. Glassboro at Schalick, 4 p.m. Woodstown at Penns Grove, 4 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS Pitman at Schalick, 4 p.m. Woodstown at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 19 WJFL FOOTBALL Camden Catholic at West Deptford, 7 p.m. Florence at Overbrook FIELD HOCKEY Overbrook at Schalick, 4 p.m. Salem at Clayton, 4 p.m. Woodstown at Pennsville, 4 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Cherry Hill West at Schalick, 4 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS Glassboro at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m. Salem at Woodstown, 4 p.m. CROSS COUNTRY TCC Batch Meet at Delsea Woodstown at Stockton Univ. Showcase VOLLEYBALL Salem Tech at Buena, 4 p.m.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 20 WJFL FOOTBALL Collingswood at Paulsboro, 11 a.m. Pennsville at Audubon, 11 a.m. Woodstown at Woodbury, 11 a.m. Glassboro at Salem, noon Schalick at Penns Grove, noon BOYS SOCCER Bordentown at Schalick, 10 a.m. GIRLS SOCCER Perth Amboy Tech at Salem Tech, 1 p.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC in RCSJ-Cumberland Showcase, 9 a.m.
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