Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of May 18-23
MONDAY, MAY 18 BASEBALL Haddon Heights at Schalick Penns Grove at Pennsville Salem at Camden Academy Charter SOFTBALL Pennsville at Salem Haddonfield at Salem Tech, 4:15 p.m. BOYS GOLF Salem/Cumberland Championship, Centerton CC, 8 a.m. Woodstown vs. Deptford, Town & Country, 3:45 p.m. GIRLS GOLF Salem/Cumberland Championship, Centerton CC, 8 a.m. TENNIS Penns Grove at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m. BOYS VOLLEYBALL Highland at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m. GIRLS LACROSSE Woodstown at Haddon Heights
TUESDAY, MAY 19 BASEBALL Clayton at Penns Grove Gloucester at Salem Tech Pennsville at Schalick Pitman at Woodstown Salem at Glassboro SOFTBALL Penns Grove at Clayton Woodstown at Pitman Schalick at Pennsville at Pennsville LL, 6 p.m. GOLF Schalick vs. Cumberland, Running Deer, 3:30 p.m. TENNIS Clayton at Penns Grove BOYS LACROSSE Bishop Eustace at Woodstown VOLLEYBALL Clearview at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m. TRACK Nike Elite Meet, Delsea
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 BASEBALL LEAP at Penns Grove Salem Tech at Wildwood Catholic Schalick at Collingswood SOFTBALL Glassboro at Salem Schalick at Middle Twp. Atlantic Tech at Woodstown, 4:15 p.m. GIRLS LACROSSE Timber Creek at Woodstown
THURSDAY, MAY 21 BASEBALL Mainland at Pennsville Salem Tech at Gloucester County Christian SOFTBALL Pennsville at Kingsway Salem Tech at Camden Co. Tech
Schalick smacks Mainland to clinch top seed in SJ Group I playoffs, Hartley throws complete game, Sepers gets his 100th career hit; includes scores and highlights from Friday’s Salem County sports calendar
BASEBALL
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Schalick 10, Mainland 4
Clearview 9, Pennsville 7
Overbrook 3, Woodstown 2
Woodstown 4, Oakcrest 1
Salem 12, Bridgeton 1
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Camden Academy 13, Salem Tech 9
Camden Academy at Salem Tech
Triton at Salem Tech
GIRLS LACROSSE
Paul VI 21, Woodstown 8
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
PITTSGROVE – When Evan Sepers contemplated what the 100th hit of his high school career might look like, he usually thought of it being some kind of hard liner into the outfield or something even more majestic. Something more along the lines of the 101st hit he got in his second at bat Friday.
Years from now they’ll remember it as a frozen rope, but truth be told the milestone hit didn’t make it to the pitcher’s mound.
The Schalick senior got his 100th career hit in the first inning of the Cougars’ 10-4 win over Mainland that ostensibly earned them the No. 1 seed in the upcoming South Jersey Group I baseball playoffs for the first time.
It was a two-strike chopper in front of the plate that rolled into the no-man’s land between the pitcher and catcher and he beat it out without a throw for a single. To take a phrase straight from the golf course, they don’t ask you how, they just ask how many.
“I saw when it hit the ground it jumped into fair play so I just put my head down and started running,” Sepers said. “I saw the first baseman just kind of drop his arm as if he wasn’t going to catch a baseball. I didn’t know whether or not the catcher bobbled it or it went foul. It was just kind of wildin’ all over the place.
“I was hoping it was going to be a line drive, maybe an RBI single or maybe if I got lucky got hold of one and hit one out – that would’ve been the ideal hit for 100 – but I’m just glad I hit 100. That’s something I set my mind on since the start of the season. I knew the number (to reach it) was going to be big. The most hits I’ve had in a season before this was 31 last year. I’m just thrilled that I hit 100. It’s something I’ve had my mindset on since I walked in here as a freshman and hitting it is just like a dream come true.”
Sepers’ second hit was a more like he dreamed the first one would be. He ripped a solid single into right field. He went 2-for-3 in the game and is now working on a 10-game hitting streak in which he’s batting .548 (17-for-31).
He reached his milestone hit in 240 career at-bats. Cougars coach Sean O’Brien, who described Sepers as “one of our best pure hitters,” said the RCSJ-Cumberland signee would’ve gotten to the number sooner had he not been injured (and limited to 21 at-bats) his sophomore year.
Next up on the Cougars’ 100-hit watch is catcher Ricky Watt. He needs five for the milestone after going 1-for-2 against the Mustangs to extend his hitting streak to eight games. Both of Sepers’ hits were part of four-run innings that staked the Cougars to an early 8-0 lead. It was such a dominating start, all nine spots in their order had reached base at least once through 19 batters.
Bo Schalick had RBI singles in each of the first two innings – the first one scoring Sepers – and had a two-run single in his third at-bat to give the Cougars a 10-2 lead after three innings. Dante Zappala kept the Cougars off the board over the last three innings to give the Mustangs a chance to get back in it, but Schalick right-hander Cole Hartley proved too tough to solve.
The Cougars (16-6) caught the Group 3 Mustangs (14-8) ripe for the picking. Mainland was coming off a win over St. Augustine Prep the day before and was playing its fourth game in as many days, but coach Billy Kern wasn’t making any excuses.
“They’re young, they play a lot of games all the time, doubleheaders, things like that,” he said. “No excuses. We just kind of no-showed the first inning or two. They’re a good team, (you) can’t fall behind like that or else you’re going to pay the price like we did.
“We didn’t come out throwing strikes, fell behind, pitch count got high right away and offensively we started pressing a little bit. Tried to do too much a little bit too early, but again, no excuses. Give credit to their pitcher. He threw a fantastic game.”
Hartley pitched what he called “my best game overall.” He threw a complete game, giving up four hits and striking out six, and in the two innings the Mustangs did get something going he got through it with a minimal amount of damage.
Hartley went into the seventh inning 15 pitches under his limit. O’Brien wanted to give him every chance to finish and the pitcher responded to the trust by quickly retiring the Mustangs on three fly balls.
“I knew I had to go against a tough team today and I was feeling it and I wanted to dominate,” Hartley said. “I went against Clearview a couple weeks ago and I started off good, four scoreless and one hit, but I lost it in the fifth inning and I was like I’m not letting that happen today. I was going to go the full distance and get us the No. 1 seed for sure.”
The Cougars went into the game on top of the South Jersey Group I power points standings. A win over an elite Group 3 team on the next to last day before the cutoff will make it virtually impossible to be overtaken.
“We knew if we could secure a win today it would guarantee (the No. 1),” O’Brien said. “There was no guessing. We don’t need other people’s help. We were going to take care of business ourselves.
“We really just wanted to come here and be competitive and play well. We’ve played well against good teams like this but we haven’t pushed through yet, so it was really good to push through against one of those top teams. We’ve hung around with those other teams but we just kind of came up short, so it was good to actually push through.”
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WOODSTOWN 4, OAKCREST 1: Luke Fraley hit his third homer of the season and two pitchers gave up four hits and an unearned runs in the Wolverines’ third straight victory. Ty Coblentz and Tommy Tucci each had two hits for Woodstown (15-8)
CAMDEN ACADEMY CHARTER 13, SALEM TECH 9: The Cougars pulled away from a one-run game with six runs in the home fifth, sending Salem Tech to its fourth straight loss. Jorge Rodriguez’ bases-loaded, two-run single got the bigger inning started. The Chargers had 11 hits, with Chase Pompper, Cole Sacks, Logan Hearn and Brayden McAllister having two apiece.
Schalick senior Evan Sepers follows through on his high chopper in front of the plate that became his 100th career hit Friday against Mainland. The ball is the white spot at the top of the fence.
Softball
SALEM 12, BRIDGETON 1: Avah Brown pitched a five-inning no-hitter with 14 strikeouts to help the Rams (2-16) snap a 13-game losing streak. Isla Bohn had two hits and Xiomara Cano-Merced and Jaylynn Dickerson each drove in a pair of runs. The Rams broke the game open with a seven-run fourth inning.
CLEARVIEW 9, PENNSVILLE 7: Ella Redheffer’s RBI double in the sixth snapped a 6-6 tie and Ava D’Alessandro singled home and insurance run before the inning was over to lift the Pioneers (15-7). D’Alessandro went 4-for-4 and Redheffer had three hits and drove in a pair of runs Lily Edwards had three hits and Avery Watson had three hits apiece for the Eagles (13-6). Edwards also drove in three runs.
Girls Lacrosse
PAUL VI 21, WOODSTOWN 8: Emma McCarthy scored a career-high nine goals to move within three of 300 for her career to lead Paul VI (9-6). Delaney Walker (221) and Emma Morgan (124) each scored three goals for Woodstown (7-7)
Here are scores and highlights from Thursday’s Salem County sports calendar
BASEBALL Pennsville 7, GCIT 2: Grady Sanders’ two-run double capped a four-run fifth inning that gave the Eagles a 6-2 lead and control of the game. Logan Cowperthwait and Jeff Wagner broke a 2-2 tie with an RBI single and Logan Cowperthwait singled home a run a few batters later before Sanders’ game-breaking hit. Mason O’Brien threw a complete game, holding the Cheetahs to three hits and striking out eight.
“We’re playing confident baseball right now, that’s all we can ask for,” said Pennsville coach Matt Karr, whose team is 6-2 in the month of May. “Just keep playing really good competition and get ready for playoffs.”
Clayton 16, Salem Tech 11: The Clippers took control with 11 runs over the fifth and sixth innings. Kevin Mosley hit a game-tying homer in the fifth and Jameson Emerle hit a two-run homer in the sixth. Mosley and Jaiden Keller drove in four runs apiece. Daulton Sites had three hits and two RBIs for the Chargers. Cole Sacks and Logan Hearn had two hits apiece.
SOFTBALL Woodstown 6, Glassboro 4: Leah Clark turns back Glassboro in seventh, Ellie Wygand homers, but denied her 100th career hit; separate story posting soon. Delran 7, Schalick 1: Chloe Carucci’s two-run homer capped a four-run third inning and Mary Masterson held the Cougars to four hits and struck out 10. Kassady Sickler gave Schalick a 1-0 lead with an RBI single in the second. Bridgeton at Salem Tech
GOLF Woodstown 159, Overbrook 184: Woodstown’s Nate Valente shot 1-over 37 to win low medalist at Kresson GC. Teammate Alejandro Vazquez was a shot back.
GIRLS GOLF Schalick 165, Delsea 182: Schalick’s Lena Virga and Delsea’s Claudia Bui shared medalist honors (40) at Washington Twp. Municipal.
BOYS LACROSSE Woodstown 12, Timber Creek 2: Bryce Downer records his 700th career save, Wolverines win fourth straight; separate story posting soon.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL Riverside at Salem Tech
TENNIS Pennsville 4, Burlington Twp. 1: The Eagles’ No. 1 doubles team of Coen Rinnier and Jacob Cheeseman won their 13th match in a row. No 2 singles Lucas Cooksey has won 14 straight.
PENNSVILLE 4, BURLINGTON TWP. 1 Sawyer Humphrey (P) def. Adam Mortaja, 6-1, 6-3 Lucas Cooksey (P) def. Jay Patel, 6-0, 6-1 Caleb Shin (BT) def. Carter Willis, 7-5, 6-2 Coen Rinnier-Jacob Cheeseman (P) def. Prabhnoor Ghotra-Taylor Lahr-Tirado, 6-3, 6-2 Lucas Thomas-Ian Peacock (P) def. Vincent Contrati-Ashan Wickamanyake, 6-0, 6-2. Records: Pennsville 16-6, Burlington Twp. 10-9.
Woodstown senior Bryce Downer (20) and lacrosse coach Bryan Sperry celebrate the goalie surpassing 700 career saves in Thursday’s win over Timber Creek.
Pennsville uses grit, luck to get past Glassboro; includes scores, details from Tuesday’s Salem County sports calendar
BASEBALL Pennsville 4, Glassboro 1: Eagles take lead with four in fortuitous fifth inning; full story below.. Wildwood 12, Penns Grove 2: Trevor Troiano goes 4-for-4; Wildwood holds Penns Grove to one hit through five innings while opening 7-0 lead. Bristol Scott, Tim Zamorano drove in Penns Grove’s runs in sixth. Piscataway Magnet 15, Salem Tech 7: NJTAC Group 1/2 Tournament semifinals. Chargers led early, but Piscataway (21-2) pulled away from a 9-7 game with six in home sixth.. SOFTBALL Woodstown 11, Deptford 1: Karly Spears and Macie Moore combine for four hits, four runs and three RBIs from bottom of Wolverines’ lineup. Leah Clark allows two hits, none after the first inning, and struck out eight to surpass 200 in her career (201). Millville 16, Pennsville 2: Thunderbolts put Eagles back on their heels with seven in top of the first inning. Pennsville’s Graillyn Weber ties Kylie Harris’ single-season school doubles record (15), Harris hits her 49th career double. Buena 12, Salem Tech 11: Chiefs score three runs on passed balls in home seventh to walk it off. Izzy Roberts had three hits and Carmen Mott three RBIs for the Chargers GOLF Schalick 161, Cumberland 196: Schalick’s Anthony Sepers posts 2-over 38 at Centerton CC for medalist honors. Teammate Jaxson Weber shot 39. GIRLS GOLF OLMA 214, Schalick 225: OLMA’s Eva Acerba and Schalick’s Lena Virga shared medalist honors (48) at Centerton CC TENNIS Middle Twp. 5, Schalick 0: See below Pennsville 4, Washington Twp. 1: See below GIRLS LACROSSE Holy Cross 13, Woodstown 12: The Lancers scored twice in the final 1:31 to win. Caroline Tobin and Brielle Mosteller scored six goals each for Holy Cross. Delaney Walker scored four (217) for Woodstown, Emma Morgan scored three for her 200th career point. BOYS LACROSSE Woodstown at Middle Twp. BOYS VOLLEYBALL Salem Tech at West Tech
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – At least one time every year Pennsville’s home field becomes a true advantage to play at home.
It certainly was Tuesday when the skin infield of Ed Rieger Field that the Eagles have come to love played a key role in the inning that propelled them to a 4-1 come-from-behind victory over Glassboro.
The game carried some serious implications for the South Jersey Group i playoff bracket and it very much played like a playoff game. The Eagles trailed 1-0 going to the home fifth of a tight pitching duel between aces Jude Dempster and Gavin Spears, but they came out of the inning with a 4-1 lead thanks in part of the subtleties of the infield.
The inning started when Spears reached on a one-out dropped third strike and escalated into a bases-loaded situation on Mason O’Brien’s single and Jeff Wagner getting hit by a pitch. Logan Streitz followed with a fly ball to the gap in left center that centerfielder Jimmy McMahon had in his glove and couldn’t hold allowing the tying run to score.
With the bases still loaded, Stevie Fatcher lofted a high pop behind first that was circled under by first baseman Aidan Evangelisti but eventually fell between three fielders. The Bulldogs thought it should have been an infield fly rule out, but the umpires didn’t see it that way and the Eagles had a 2-1 lead.
Then came the play that makes the skin infield both feared and famous. Grady Sanders hit a routine grounder to the right side. It looked like it would be the third out of the inning, but at the last instant it took a wicked hop into second baseman Kody Harrell’s upper body. The sophomore infielder recovered the ball, but in his haste to get the out his throw to first was wide and two insurance runs raced home.
“We’ve been talking a lot lately about just finding a way,” Eagles coach Matt Karr said. “Ugly, pretty, whatever, just find a way. And that starts with just putting the ball in play and doing your job. Heads up play there by Gavin. Instead of standing there feeling sorry for himself he finds his way on base. Everything we’ve been preaching this season and always here, just give the guy behind you a shot. Whatever your job is at the moment go to the plate and do it and trust that the guy behind you is gonna pick you up and finish it off.
“Another thing I talk about all the time is luck. I really believe that part of the baseball game is creating some of your own luck. Some of those things that happened that inning, we had to put ourselves in situations for it to be capitalized on. Could’ve been nobody on and that pop up happens and falls and doesn’t mean anything. but we had guys on and we were fighting, so we created our luck in that situation. When you’re facing a pitcher like (Dempster) you have to almost ugly it up a little bit, fight, claw and find a way.”
Spears calls it “scrappy baseball … that’s what we symbolize around here.”
A similar scenario took place here 51 weeks ago when the Eagles scored a one-run extra-inning victory over Pitman. They fell behind that day 1-0 in the first, tied it in the seventh on a ball that got away from the catcher and won in it the eighth with the help of two fielding errors by two normally sure-handed infielders.
“We’re becoming one of the far and few between fields where it’s a skin infield; I don’t know how many of them are left in South Jersey, I would guess not many,” Karr said. “Here, as dry as the weather’s been, this field hardens up and our guys get the luxury of practicing and playing on it every single day. We were watching them take I/O and I told the guys, half-heartedly joking, Ed Rieger’s hardening up, you know what that means. Put ‘er in play and see what happens. It always finds a way. We love the home-field advantage.”
“This field is probably the worst I’ve ever seen in my life,” Sanders said. “On this infield, there’s been many black eyes that I’ve seen; I got hit over the forehead last year. Especially over there (waving to the right side), that’s one of the hardest spots in the infield. It’s great to play here. This is the most challenging place to play. Everywhere else feels like a joy ride. I love playing here. It makes me a better defender. It makes everybody here a better defender.”
“Basically anything that’s hit hard on the ground (is) guaranteed a base hit here,” Spears said. “It’s not the best place to play but for us I’d say it is. Any team coming in here is going to have a hard time fielding the ball. We get to work out here every single day, so we’re kind of used to it. This is just our home.”
Once the Eagles grabbed the lead, Spears had to go out and defend it. He went out and gave them a shutdown sixth, working the corners to retire the Bulldogs on a soft liner to second and two strikeouts. He allowed five hits and struck out eight in going the distance for his longest outing of the season. The Bulldogs scored their run in the first inning – on back-to-back walks to open the game, a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly – then were blanked the rest of the game.
“We went up to Cherry Hill West for the Diamond Classic and threw him out there against one of the top teams in the state and he went out and battled his butt off,” Karr said. “We told the boys after the game I don’t know if you guys knew that we needed an ace or had an ace, but you’ve got a guy. We know when 10 toes the rubber we’re going to have a shot to win. Every start he’s been on the mound we’ve been right there or we’ve won. Our guys feel that. When they’ve got their guy on the mound they come out feeling different that day. He gives us that shot in the arm.”
“I never really considered myself an ace; I always feel like there’s things to work on, even in this game,” Spears said. “It’s good to know they have trust in me. I know my fielders have my back. I know they’re going to make every play that’s out there.”
Dempster was equally impressive for the Bulldogs. He held the Eagles to four hits over five innings and struck out 11.
The win allowed the Eagles to switch places with Glassboro in the SJ Group I power points standings. Glassboro was sixth and Pennsville seventh to start the day, but they flipped after the game. Schalick is No. 1, Woodstown No. 3. The power point window closes after Saturday’s games.
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of May 11-16; all events start at 4 p.m. unless noted
MONDAY, MAY 11 BASEBALL Schalick at Salem Woodstown at Clayton SOFTBALL Clayton at Woodstown Pennsville at Glassboro Salem vs. Schalick, Elmer LL, 6 p.m. GIRLS GOLF Schalick vs. Williamstown, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m. VOLLEYBALL Salem Tech at Washington Twp., 3:45 p.m. GIRLS LACROSSE Woodstown at Triton BOYS LACROSSE Millville at Woodstown TRACK Woodstown in Deptford Invitational TENNIS Schalick at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m. Woodstown at Timber Creek, 3:45 p.m. Pitman at Penns Grove
TUESDAY, MAY 12 BASEBALL Glassboro at Pennsville Penns Grove at Wildwood Salem Tech at Piscataway Magnet (NJTAC) SOFTBALL Deptford at Woodstown Millville at Pennsville Salem Tech at Buena, 3:45 p.m. Wildwood at Penns Grove GOLF Woodstown vs. Lower Cape May, Town & Country, 3:45 p.m. GIRLS GOLF Schalick vs. OLMA, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m. TENNIS Middle Twp. at Schalick, 3:45 p.m. Woodstown at Timber Creek, 3:45 p.m. Pennsville at Washington Twp. TRACK Woodstown at West Deptford, 5 p.m. BOYS VOLLEYBALL Salem Tech at BCIT, 3:45 p.m. GIRLS LACROSSE Holy Cross at Woodstown BOYS LACROSSE Woodstown at Middle Twp., 4:15 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13 BASEBALL Glassboro at Schalick Penns Grove at Woodstown Salem at Wildwood Pennsville at Vineland, 7 p.m. SOFTBALL Pennsville at Gloucester Catholic Schalick at Glassboro Wildwood at Salem Woodstown at Penns Grove GOLF Schalick vs. Delsea, White Oaks CC, 3:30 p.m. GIRLS GOLF Schalick vs. OLMA, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m. BOYS LACROSSE Woodstown at Middle Twp., 4:15 p.m. TENNIS Delsea at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m. Pennsville at Pitman, 3:45 p.m. Penns Grove at Schalick TRACK NJSIAA Sectionals VOLLEYBALL Salem Tech at Timber Creek
THURSDAY, MAY 14 BASEBALL Clayton at Salem Tech GCIT at Pennsville SOFTBALL Bridgeton at Salem Tech Woodstown at Glassboro Delran at Schalick, 4:15 p.m. GOLF Woodstown vs. Overbrook, Kresson GC, 3:30 p.mm. GIRLS GOLF Schalick vs. Delsea, White Oaks CC, 3:30 p.m. TENNIS Delsea at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m. Burlington Twp. at Pennsville BOYS LACROSSE Woodstown at Timber Creek BOYS VOLLEYBALL Riverside at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m.
FRIDAY, MAY 15 BASEBALL LEAP at Penns Grove Mainland at Schalick Oakcrest at Woodstown Salem Tech at Camden Academy Charter SOFTBALL Bridgeton at Salem Camden Academy Charter at Salem Tech Clearview at Pennsville Delran at Schalick, 4:15 p.m. BOYS GOLF Woodstown vs. Overbrook, Kresson GC, 3:30 p.m. GIRLS GOLF Schalick vs. Delsea, White Oaks CC, 3:30 p.m. BOYS VOLLEYBALL Triton at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m. BOYS LACROSSE Woodstown at Timber Creek GIRLS LACROSSE Woodstown at Paul VI, 6 p.m. TENNIS Overbrook at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m. Penns Grove at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m. TRACK NJSIAA Sectionals
SATURDAY, MAY 16 BASEBALL Pennsville at Cedar Creek, 11 a.m. Woodstown at Buena, noon Oakcrest at Woodstown Penns Grove at LEAP SOFTBALL Bridgeton at Salem Clearview at Pennsville LEAP at Penns Grove TENNIS Overbrook at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m. Penns Grove at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m. Schalick at Pitman BOYS VOLLEYBALL Triton at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m. BOYS LACROSSE Woodstown at Camden Catholic, 11 a.m. TRACK NJSIAA Sectionals
Schalick scoresfirst Diamond Classic win in 30 years, Pennsville baseball turns game-ending triple play, county track athletes have fun at TCC Showcase, and more
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
BURLINGTON – Things were going so well for so long for the Schalick baseball team in its Diamond Classic opener at Doane Academy Wednesday and then it got “real interesting” real fast.
The Cougars carried a five-run lead into the last inning and just needed to get three easy outs. It was anything but easy. They survived a three-run homer in a four-run seventh and faced the winning run on first with two outs, but held on for an 8-7 win and their first Diamond Classic victory in 30 years.
“They made things interesting,” said Cougars coach Sean O’Brien, playing in the Classic for only the second time in his 10 years as the Schalick coach. “I think it happens to us way too often, more often than it should happen.
“For Mason (Sanchez) to have the confidence to come back and get that last out there is big. He did a good job. The situation didn’t go his way, he gave up a big hit, but he then he was able to (bounce back). I think in the long run moments like that just kind of helps us. It makes us better, where in tight situations where we don’t panic and we get the job done.”
The Cougars were pummeling the undefeated Spartans early in the game, building a 5-0 lead after four innings against Chestnut Hill-bound starter Jake Powell and an 8-3 cushion through five. Through that stretch, the meat of their order – Ricky Watt, Evan Sepers and Bo Schalick – were a combined 8-for-11 with six extra-base hits and six RBIs.
Sepers and Schalick had back-to-back doubles in the first, Sepers had a two-run double in the second, and in the fifth Watt had an RBI double, Sepers a run-scoring single and Schalick an RBI triple.
“We did a great job as a whole as a team jumping on their starter,” O’Brien said. “He was pretty good too. We hit the guys really well 1 through 5 and even Cooper (Willoughby) in the 9-hole he almost knocked the kid’s head off – he hit a line drive right back at his face and he got his glove up in time. Overall, we hit their guy hard the entire time, which was huge, and we put pressure on their defense.”
The ninth started innocently enough with a pop out and a single, but then Matt Kulyk reached on a squirter back to the box and Chris Powell followed with his three-run homer to center to give the Spartans hope.
Jake Powell kept the line moving with a single, but was erased on Hunter Johnson’s fielder’s choice for the second out, then Josh Rivera reached on a ball that took a wicked hop past Schalick to move the tying run into scoring position. Mason Sanchez closed it out with a grounder back to the box.
“It was little things like that that kind of made things interesting,” O’Brien said. “Mason was throwing strikes, they hit a couple and there were some bad hops here and there, but he beared down and got the last out.”
The Cougars (12-5) will now play sixth-seeded Clearview (13-4) in the second round at Clearview Saturday 10 a.m. Before that, however, they’ll face Penns Grove with the possibility of clinching a second straight Tri-County Diamond Division title Thursday and, unless they can move the game, Collingswood Friday for their fifth game in five days.
It’s been a grind, of course, but in the end the rewards would be historic.
“It’s a cool situation where we’re kind of doing things we want to achieve that haven’t been done in the school’s history,” O’Brien said. “The Diamond (Classic) hasn’t been done in a long time, probably 30 years. You look at the division title – we have a chance to win back-to-back division titles for the first time ever in school history. You have a chance to win back-to-back South Jersey titles; it’s never been done. The first ever team to win a state title.
“You’re putting your name, your stamp, on your careers and what you’ll never forget for the rest of your life.”
PENNSVILLE 12, CLAYTON 1: The Eagles started big and ended bigger in clinching a share of their fifth straight Classic Division title. They can win it outright by beating Wildwood for a second time this season Thursday.
The Eagles took charge of this one early, scoring eight runs in the first inning, highlighted by Jeff Wagner’s two-run double and Grady Sanders’ two-run single. Logan Cooperthwait, Jake Layfield, Gavin Spears and Mason O’Brien also drove home runs in the inning. Wagner and O’Brien both had two hits and three RBIs in the game. Three pitchers held the Clippers to one hit and they ended the game on a triple play.
SOFTBALL WOODSTOWN 8, MILLVILLE 1: Karly Spears drove in three runs and Leah Clark spun a two-hit shutout as the Wolverines won for the second day in a row to get back over .500. Spears had a two-run single in the second when the Wolverines opened a 4-0 lead and an RBI ground out in the third. Clark gave up a leadoff single, then didn’t allow another hit until two outs in the fifth inning.
CAPE MAY TECH 7, SALEM TECH 6: The Hawks walked it off on Cheyanne Enright’s RBI single with two outs in the eighth inning. The Chargers never led in the game, but tied it with four runs in the sixth, highlighted by Shelby Drummond’s two-run triple. They scored the tying run on a bases-loaded walk.
GIRLS GOLF WASHINGTON TWP. 157, SCHALICK 166: Washington Twp.’s Azure Meares won medalist honors at The Birches with a 5-over-par 33. Natalie May shot the low round for Schalick (40).
GIRLS LACROSSE HADDONFIELD 18, WOODSTOWN 12: Riley Austin and Lauren Hamblin each scored five goals for Haddonfield. Delaney Walker netted four (208) for Wolverines. The other Woodstown goals came from Emma Morgan (3), Blair Baldi (2), Arianna Hyman (2) and Emma Perry (1).
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FRANKLINVILLE — On a day designed to promote fun and maybe give a shot at events they might not otherwise experience, it’s safe to say all the Salem County athletes had fun in the Tri-County Showcase at Delsea.
County athletes claimed 45 medals in the non-scored meet. They won eight events, had eight seconds and eight thirds.
Woodstown won five events (4 boys, 1 girls) and established eight PRs. Schalick’s David Stewart won twice individually (400 hurdles, triple jump); his 400 hurdles was a close 1-2 finish with Penns Grove’s Bryan Garlic that some are projecting as the top two in the event at the state meet.
Winning gold for Woodstown were Josh Crawford (1600), Karson Chew (800), David Farrell (3200), Aidan Taulane (discus) and Kami Casiano (girls high jump). For Crawford, it was his first time running the 1600 in competition and he won it in 4:32.57.
“I went into it just telling myself that it’s only two more laps than usual and there was no pressure so have fun,” said Crawford, an 800 specialist. “So I did just that. I went out there running with the experienced runners and had fun.”
Penns Grove’s 4×400 relay team held off Woodstown down the stretch to win that race.
Kylee Goodson, who ran a leg on Penns Grove’s winning 4×4, finished second in the 400 to impressive Overbrook junior John Froehlich. Other second-place finishes belonged to Penns Grove’s Will Roy (long jump), Woodstown’s Eli Caesar (high jump) and Abby Marino (girls 800), Salem’s girls 4×100, and Schalick’s Navaeh Robinson (girls javelin).
TRI-COUNTY SHOWCASE (Event winners and Salem County medal winners)
BOYS No team scoring 4×100: 1. Williamstown 42.71; 4. Penns Grove (Will Roy, Messiah Allah, Tommy White, Kylee Goodson) 43.77 4×800: 1. Highland 8:20.25; 4. Woodstown (Anthony Costello, Michael Turner, Pacey Hutton, Torsten Duva) 8:44.86; 5. Salem (Grady Buzby, Gavin Cronrath, Josh Gilbert, Jean Pierre Pozo) 8:46.48 400 Hurdles: 1. David Stewart, Schalick 55.36; 2. Bryan Garlic, Penns Grove 55.67; 6. Grady Buzby, Salem 58.79 1600: 1. Josh Crawford, Woodstown 4:32.57 400: 1. John Froehlich, Overbrook 49.42; 2. Kylee Goodson, Penns Grove 49.83 100: 1. Timothy Whitaker, Timber Creek 10.80 800: 1. Karson Chew, Woodstown 1:55.86 110 Hurdles: 1. Kareem Brown, Deptford 14.17 200: 1. John Froehlich, Overbrook 22.12; 3. Timothy Gregory, Salem 22.55 3200: 1. David Farrell, Woodstown 10:06.27; 5. Pacey Hutton, Woodstown 10:29.96 4×400: 1. Penns Grove (Bryan Garlic, Tommy White, Savior Allah, Kylee Goodson) 3:25.25; 2. Woodstown (Karson Chew, Anthony Costello, Michael Turner, Josh Crawford) 3:25.82 High Jump: 1. Moses Robles, Glassboro 6-0; 2. Eli Caesar, Woodstown 5-10; 5. Kaden Robinson, Salem 5-8 Pole Vault: 1. Mason Henry, Deptford 14-6; 3. Caleb Jenkins, Schalick 13-0 Long Jump: 1. Moses Robles, Glassboro 21-3; 2. Will Roy, Penns Grove 21-0.25; 3. David Stewart, Schalick 20-10.5; 6. Danny Knight, Pennsville 20-1.25 Triple Jump: 1. David Stewart, Schalick 45-5.75; 3. Andrew White, Woodstown 43-6; 5. Will Roy, Penns Grove 42-0 Discus: 1. Aidan Taulane, Woodstown 164-3; 3. Ethan McLean, Schalick 144-1 Javelin: 1. Richard Pierce, Cumberland 175-0; 3. Gary Simonini, Schalick 166-1; 5. Noah Chiu, Woodstown 143-9 Shot Put: 1. Eneas Tavella, Delsea 53-7.5; 4. Aidan Taulane, Woodstown 49-8.5; 5. JaKai Ingram, Penns Grove 49-1.5
Here are scores and details from Tuesday’s Salem County sports calendar; includes baseball, softball, golf, tennis
Baseball
TUESDAY’S GAMES 52nd Diamond Classic First-round games No. 4 Cherry Hill West 8, Pennsville 4 No. 3 St. Augustine 13, Woodstown 3
Regular season Glassboro 10, Penns Grove 0 Pitman 17, Salem 3 Schalick 10, Overbrook 7 Wildwood 10, Salem Tech 4
By Riverview Sports News
CHERRY HILL — Pennsville may have been down early in its Diamond Classic opener with fourth-seeded Cherry Hill West Tuesday, but the Eagles certainly didn’t consider themselves out.
They fell behind 6-1 after three innings, but they rallied with three in the sixth to make it a two-run game before the Lions scored two in the bottom of the inning and went on to win 8-4.
The sixth inning wasn’t the first time the Eagles knocked on the door and the Lions answered in the bottom of the inning.
They scored a run in the third on on Jeff Wagner’s two-out RBI double to make it 3-1, but the Lions got three in the bottom of the inning to go up 6-1.
The Eagles loaded the bases in the sixth with none out and Stevie Fatcher singled a run home. The Lions cut down Wagner trying to score on Grady Sanders’ bunt and Sanders was ruled out on interference, but Logan Cowperthwait kept the inning alive with a two-run single that made it 6-4. That’s all they would get.
West got two of the runs back on a run-scoring ground out and an RBI single by Jason Audino, then set the Eagles down in order in the seventh.
ST. AUGUSTINE 13, WOODSTOWN 3: Things looked good for the Wolverines early as they scored three in the top of second to take a 3-1 lead, but the third-seeded Hermits stormed back with four in the bottom of the inning and continued to score, denying Woodstown coach Marc DeCastro his 100th career win.
The Wolverines were setting up for a big inning in the second when they loaded the bases on two walks and a bunt single. Sol Elmer followed with a two-run single and after Talyn Priore walked to reload the bases Chase Harding was hit by a pitch to force another run home. But that’s they got as pitcher John Eddis got the next three hitters — the top of the Woodstown lineup — on a fly out and two strikeouts.
The Hermits retook the lead in the bottom of the inning and never trailed again. They broke it open with six in the fourth and walked it off with a run in the fifth.
Two St. Augustine pitchers held Woodstown to five hits. Tommy Tucci had two of them.
DIAMOND CLASSIC SCORES Vineland 17, Shawnee 4 Bishop Eustace 7, Cherokee 3 Mainland 2, Moorestown 1 Cherry Hill West 8, Pennsville 4 Egg Harbor 7, Pennsauken 2 St. Augustine 13, Woodstown 3 Delsea 12, Lenape 9 Eastern 20, Highland 10 Rancocas Valley 8, Cedar Creek 7
SCHALICK 10, OVERBROOK 7: The Cougars jumped on their hosts for eight runs in the first two innings, weathered a brief flurry in the home second and threat in the seventhBo Schalick worked a six-out save for their second win in less than 24 hours.
Jamari Whitley went 4-for-5, Evan Glaspey went 3-for-3 and Evan Sepers had two hits and three RBIs. Sepers drove in the first run in a four-run first inning and had a two-run double in the four-run second.
Cole Hartley started on the mound for the Cougars and left with a 9-7 lead. Schalick worked the final two innings, allowing two hits, a walk and striking out two.
GLASSBORO 10, PENNS GROVE 0: Ryan Gendaszek and Jimmy McMahon drove in three runs apiece and three Glassboro pitchers combined on a one-hit shutout as the Bulldogs run-ruled the Red Devils for the second straight day. Liam Irvin had Penns Grove’s only hit.
WILDWOOD 10, SALEM TECH 4: Nolan Mawhinney’s two-run single snapped a 2-2 tie and sparked a five-run third inning that helped the Warriors snap the Chargers’ eight-game winning streak. Mawhinney went 2-for-3 with three RBIs in the game. The Chargers stook the first lead on Cole Sacks’ RBI double in the first and tied it 2-2 on Brayden McAllister’s two-out line single in the second.
PITMAN 17, SALEM 3: Logan Williams and Carter Snyder each had three hits and the Panthers broke the game open with a seven-run fourth inning. The Rams scored two in the second when Pitman misplayed Daniel Grusemeyer’s grounder and a run in the fourth when they booted another Grusemeyer grounder.
Softball
TUESDAY’S GAMES Glassboro 15, Penns Grove 1 Pennsville 17, Clayton 1 Pitman 11, Salem 1 Salem Tech 19, Penn Tech 4 Schalick 18, Overbrook 15 Woodstown 7, Maple Shade 1
WOODSTOWN 7, MAPLE SHAPE 1: Ellie Wygand’s two-run single highlighted a five-run second inning that sent the Wolverines to a victory that snapped a five-game losing streak, their longest since 2019. The senior outfielder also ripped a two-run double in the fifth to extend the lead to 7-0. She’s working on an eight-game hitting streak in which she’s batting .593 (16-for-27). Leah Clark kept the Wildcats off the board until the seventh. She scattered four hits and struck out four.
“The last few games we have just been a bit off as a team, almost to a point the it felt like the preseason all over again,” Wolverines coach Rob Hildebrand said. “We weren’t being consistent in the field nor getting the job done offensively with runners in scoring position.
“That all changed tonight and I feel like the girls are back on track and playing the we all know they can.”
PENNSVILLE 17, CLAYTON 1: The Eagles turned up the power and speed and pummeled the Clippers to maintain their two-game lead in the TCC Classic Division. Kylie Harris, Kenzie Widener and Taylor Bass all hit two-run inside-the-park homers.
The Eagles pounded out 15 hits, six for extra bases. Widener went 3-for-3 and was a single shy of the cycle. Harris was 3-for-4 with four RBIs. Bass had two hits and three RBIs. Harris now has 149 career hits. She collected her 100th career RBI Monday against West Deptford.
Graillyn Weber scattered five hits in the four-inning game and struck out four.
SCHALICK 18, OVERBROOK 15: The Cougars erupted for 11 runs in the first inning, extended the lead to 13-0 after two and then held on for dear life. The bottom five hitters in the Schalick lineup went a combined 14-for-25 with eight RBIs. Khloe McGrath went 4-for-5, while Liv VanAcker and winning pitcher Kaylee Broglin had three hits apiece.
The Cougars sent 15 batters to the plate in the first with the help of five errors and four walks. The Rams scored seven in the fourth and drew within 13-10 in the fifth, but the Cougars pulled away with five in the bottom of the inning.
SALEM TECH 19, PENN TECH 4: Shelby Drummond went 4-for-4 with her first career homer and three RBIs, while Izzy Roberts, Claire Kier and Shelby Liber had three hits apiece to pace the 20-hit attack that got the Chargers back on the winning track after having their seven-game winning streak snapped in their last outing. Drummond hit a two-out, two-run homer in the second inning.
GLASSBORO 15, PENNS GROVE 1: The Bulldogs answered Penns Grove’s run in the fourth with eight in the bottom of the inning to put the game away. Marissa Rode hit a two-run inside-the-park homer in the inning and the Bulldogs worked 10 walks in the inning — eight in a row at one point — to keep the line moving. Domari Torres Caraballo scored the Red Devils’ run when she circled the bases after the Bulldogs misplayed her single.
PITMAN 11, SALEM 1: Maura Quinn went 3-for-3, Colette Rollins had two hits and three RBIs, and Emery Sharpnack drove in four runs for lead the Panthers. Akayla Nichols drove in Salem’s run with an RBI single in the fourth.
Golf
Schalick’s Jaxon Weber birdied his first and his last holes of the round and had another one in between on the way to a 7-over-par 79 and a T-8 finish at the South Group I Sectionals at Cream Ridge Golf Club.
Weber started on the par-5 ninth and nearly chipped in for eagle but got the birdie, then closed the round with a birdie on the par-4 eighth after hitting an 8-iron from 150 yards to three feet. The opening birdie didn’t translate into continued success as he played the first four holes on the back nine in 5-over. He played the rest of the side in 1-under with a birdie at the par-4 16th.
“It was a good start to the day with a birdie, but the holes in between were kind of tough,” he said. “The greens were fast and hard pin placements, but ending it off with a birdie to break 80 is always nice.”
The Cougars also got an 85 from Seth Fisher and shot 349 as a team to finish tied for eighth with Delaware Valley. Fisher also birdied his first hole of the day, the par-4 sixth.
Woodstown shot 367 as a team and placed 16th. Alejandro Vazquez posted the Wolverines’ low round (88).
SOUTH GROUP 1 BOYS SECTIONALS At Cream Ridge GC, 6011 Yards, Par 72
TEAM SCORES
INDIVIDUAL SCORES
Madison
309
Blake Steele, Madison
75
Bernards
319
Connor Keelan, PP Beach
76
Audubon
332
Teo Bengtsson, Madison
77
Pitman
334
Andrew Schiller, Madison
77
West Deptford
338
Brady Cassidy, Bernards
77
New Providence
345
Mattias Cordes, Metuchen
78
Arthur L. Johnson
348
Joseph Melchionna, AL Johnson
78
Delaware Valley
349
Jaxon Weber, Schalick
79
Schalick
349
Tim Decker, Shore
79
Bordentown
352
Ben Perticari, West Deptford
79
Haddon Twp.
352
Owen Nowak, Madison
80
Shore
356
Chase Carr, Audubon
80
Lower Cape May
357
Jake Bowen-Ashwin, Pitman
80
PP Beach
358
Theo Burns, Madison
80
Metuchen
361
Thomas Diemar, Bernards
80
Woodstown
367
Max Mund, New Providence
80
Cape May Tech
369
(T8) SCHALICK (349): Jaxon Weber 39-40–79, Seth Fisher 41-44–85, Anthony Sepers 51-53–104, Michael Nelson 50-45–95, Reed Bucolo 45-45–90.
(16) WOODSTOWN (367): Jack Bucksar 48-45–93, Logan Jones 43-46–89, Nate Valente 47-50–97, Alejandro Vazquez 41-47–88, Greyson Hyland 54-52–106.
Regular Season
PENNSVILLE 209, SALEM TECH 241: Pennsville’s Trevor Hann shot 49 to win medalist honors at Sakima CC.
GLOUCESTER CATHOLIC 168, SCHALICK 179: With its main team competing in the sectionals, the Cougars went into the match with their second group and junior Shawn Kelly shared medalist honors with a 40 at Centerton CC. He had two bogeys, two doubles and a birdie. GC senior Zack Payne also shot 40.
Tennis
No. 3 singles Luke Shaw bounced back from dropping a first-set tiebreaker to square the match and then rallied to win an intense third-set tiebreaker to beat Marcus Lorenzana 6-7 (4-7), 6-0, 11-9 and clinch Woodstown’s 3-2 win over Highland.
The team match was tied 2-2 when Shaw went up 3-0 in the second set. He was down 5-9 in the tiebreaker, but rallied to win the next six points to win the match. It was a doubly satisfying win for the senior. He lost a third-set tiebreaker to Lorenzana on April 13.
“The entire team was on pins and needles watching it,” Woodstown coach Jesse Stemberger said.
Highland (11-6) won the other two singles matches, but the Wolverines (11-5) swept the two doubles points.
WOODSTOWN 3, HIGHLAND 2 Mohammad Sheyam (H) def. Drew Stengel, 6-1, 6-0 Andrew Whitelock (H) def. Mason Shimp, 6-0, 6-4 Luke Shaw (WO) def. Marcus Lorenzana, 6-7 (4-7), 6-0, 11-9 Nick DiTeodoro-Vincent Merendino (WO) def. Leonardo Vittese-Jacob Roman, 6-2, 6-1 Connor Miller-Josh King (WO) def. Sakibul Alam-Mohannad Isa, 7-5, 6-1 Reords: Woodstown 11-5, Highland 11-6.
PENNS GROVE 4, CLAYTON 1 James Mai (CL) def. Stuart Mondragon, 6-1, 6-2 Anthony Pacheco (PG) def. Jayden Sanchez, 6-1, 6-3 Juan Ortiz (PG) def. Michael Cummings, 6-1, 6-3 Jesus Arredondo-Doel Torres (PG) def. Robert Schultz-Dyshamir Miller, 6-4, 4-6, 10-7 Jordan Hernandez-Fernando Palacios Lima (PG) def. Malcolm Turpin-Brynne Contravo, 6-1, 6-1 Records: Penns Grove 4-4, Clayton 3-10.
Here is the Salem County sports calendar for the week of May 4-10
MONDAY, MAY 4 BASEBALL Glassboro at Penns Grove LEAP at Salem Tech Salem at Pennsville Delran at Woodstown, 4:15 p.m. Bridgeton vs. Schalick, Elmer LL, 6 p.m. SOFTBALL LEAP at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m. Pitman at Penns Grove Schalick at Triton West Deptford at Pennsville Cinnaminson at Woodstown, 4:15 p.m. BOYS GOLF Schalick vs. Pitman, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m. Woodstown vs. Lower Cape May, Town & Country, 3:45 p.m. GIRLS GOLF Schalick vs. Kingsway, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m. TENNIS Woodstown at Overbrook, 3:45 p.m. TRACK Clayton at Salem Woodstown in Haddonfield Invitational, 5 p.m. BOYS VOLLEYBALL Salem Tech at Highland, 3:45 p.m.
TUESDAY, MAY 5 BASEBALL Penns Grove at Glassboro Pitman at Salem Salem Tech at Wildwood Schalick at Overbrook
52nd Diamond Classic First-round games Pennsville at No. 4 Cherry Hill West Woodstown at No. 3 St. Augustine
SOFTBALL Penn Tech at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m. Overbrook at Schalick Pennsville at Clayton Penns Grove at Glassboro Woodstown at Maple Shade, 4:30 p.m. Salem at Pitman, 6 p.m. GOLF NJSIAA Playoffs, Cream Ridge GC, 3:30 p.m. Schalick vs. Gloucester Catholic, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m. Salem Tech vs. Pennsville, Sakima CC, 3:30 p.m. TENNIS Bridgeton at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m. Woodstown at Highland, 3:45 p.m. Penns Grove at Clayton Schalick at Wildwood, 4:15 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6 BASEBALL Clayton at Pennsville
52nd Diamond Classic First-round game Schalick at Doane
SOFTBALL Millville at Woodstown Salem Tech at Cape May Tech GIRLS GOLF Schalick vs. Washington Twp., The Birches, 3:30 p.m. TENNIS Burlington Twp. at Pennsville Woodstown at Millville TRACK TCC Showcase, Delsea, 3:30 p.m. GIRLS LACROSSE Haddonfield at Woodstown
THURSDAY, MAY 7 BASEBALL Clayton at Salem Overbrook at Woodstown Pennsville at Wildwood Penns Grove at Schalick SOFTBALL Salem at Clayton Schalick at Penns Grove Woodstown at Overbrook, 4:30 p.m. Wildwood at Pennsville BOYS GOLF Carl Arena Tournament, Blue Heron GC TENNIS Pennsville at GCIT, 3:45 p.m. Penns Grove at Williamstown Washington Twp. at Schalick BOYS LACROSSE Triton at Woodstown
FRIDAY, MAY 8 BASEBALL Schalick at Collingswood SOFTBALL Deptford at Salem Schalick at Clearview TENNIS Schalick at Pitman Wildwood at Penns Grove Woodstown at Middle Twp.
SATURDAY, MAY 9 BASEBALL Lee Ware Tournament, Woodstown Woodstown vs. Camden Catholic, 10 a.m. Cherry Hill East vs. Washington Twp., 10 a.m. Consolation game, noon Championship game, noon SOFTBALL Fred Powell Invitational, Williamstown Woodstown vs. Williamstown, 9 a.m. Mainland vs. Cumberland, 9 a.m. Cherry Hill East vs. Absegami, 9 a.m. Moorestown vs. Cedar Creek, 9 a.m. Woodstown vs. Mainland or Cumberland, 11:30 a.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL Region XIX Tournament Salem CC at Brookdale (2)
Here are scores and highlights from the events on Friday’s Salem County sports calendar
BASEBALL Woodstown 9, Gloucester 1: The Wolverines broke open a close game with six runs in the fourth inning, highlighted by consecutive RBI singles from Talyn Pirore, Blake Rodriguez, Chase Harding and Walker Battavio.
Battavio led Woodstown’s 11-hit attack with three hits and two RBIs, Priore had two hits and two RBIs, and Drew Sutton and Tommy Tucci both had two hits Dante Spina started on the mound and gave up one run over six innings and struck out eight.
Salem Tech 19, Lindenwold 2: The Chargers (11-3) already had a 9-0 lead, then erupted for 10 runs in the fourth to win their seventh in a row. They’ve scored 10 runs in more in all but two of their wins and are all the up to No. 8 in the South Jersey Group I power points standings. Jaxson Raymond went 3-for-3 with two RBIs, Logan Hearn went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and Daulton Sites had two hits and two RBIs.
Pennsville 18, Salem 0: Dante Cummings went 4-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs, Logan Streitz homered and drove in three runs and Mason O’Brien drove in four runs and pitched four innings of one-hit shutout ball with nine strikeouts. Streitz homered in the Eagles’ nine-run first inning and Cummings hit an inside-the-park homer in the nine-run third. Grady Sanders pitched the fifth and struck out the side in order.
SOFTBALL
Pennsville 15, Salem 0: The Eagles took control of their fifth straight win with six runs in the first inning to take control and Savannah Guglielmo spun a four-inning, one-hit shutout in the circle. Graillyn Weber had two hits and Kylie Harris and Gracie Mease both had a pair of RBIs.
Woodbridge Academy 8, Salem Tech 6: Woodbridge opened the season 0-10, but a couple one-run wins turned its season around and the Hornets have been playing better. Despite a 3-12 record, they opened a 7-0 lead over the then-once beaten Chargers after three innings and held on in the NJTAC 1/2 quarterfinals.
The winners had only three hits, but took advantage of 10 walks, seven in the first two innings. Claire Kier had two hits and two RBIs for Salem Tech, which scored three runs in the seventh inning to close the gap. Morgan Fogg and Isabele Roberts also had a pair of hits.
Schalick 11, Camden Tech 1: Freshman Kaylee Broglin went 3-for-3 with four RBIs and Paoge Sparks and Alexa Shimp also had three hits. The Cougars (9-2) extended a 2-1 lead with five runs in the third inning with five players each driving home a run.
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