Wednesday roundup

Woodstown boys fourth in Tri-County XC Showcase, girls fifth; Wolverines’ Abby Marino finishes third in girls race; also includes tennis results

By Riverview Sports News

SEABROOK — The Woodstown boys by all accounts ran well in Wednesday’s Tri-County Conference Cross Country Showcase, just not well enough to overthrow the loaded field.

The Wolverines, the Salem County champions, put three runners in the top 20 and finished an expected fourth in the race at Cumberland Regional. They had the third-fastest team average in the field.

Jacob Marino led the Wolverines across the line with a 10th-place 16:35.47. Karson Chew finished 13th and David Farrell was 18th. The top 20 finishers received medals.

“I think we landed right where I expected,” Woodstown coach Steve New said. “We could have maybe done a little better, but sectionals is what matters.”

Woodstown’s girls finished fifth, with Abby Marino running third (19:41.62), the highest individual finish among all Salem County runners. Teammate Anabel Schaal was 17th.

Glassboro, with three of the top four finishers, won the boys title. Delsea won the girls crown.

Tri-County Showcase

BOYS TEAM: Glassboro 48, Highland 98, Timber Creek 115, WOODSTOWN 121, Kingsway 134, Washington Twp. 161, Delsea 180, Williamstown 207, Clearview 211, SCHALICK 236, Pitman 275, GCIT 284, SALEM TECH 341, Cumberland 371, Deptford 402, SALEM 431, PENNSVILLE 506.

GIRLS TEAM: Delsea 58, Clearview 76, Kingsway 79, Highland 122, WOODSTOWN 144, Washington Twp. 150, Williamstown 180, SCHALICK 192, Pitman 214, GCIT 232, Cumberland 297, SALEM TECH 315.

BOYS TOP 20		GIRLS TOP 20
Joseph Saicic, Glassboro	15:58.55	Sophia Aldridge, Williamstown	18:36.81
Logan Pavelik, Williamstown	16:07.62	Aubrey Bishop, Kingsway	19:07.06
Zacchaeus Harrigan, Glassboro	16:07.86	Abby Marino, Woodstown	19:41.62
Jaeden Wesley, Glassboro	16:09.71	Lyana Gutierrez, Highland	20:00.09
Michael Beaver, Kingsway	16:16.09	Brooke Mashburn, Delsea	20:16.48
Matt Littlehales, Delsea	16:29.45	Julia Burgio, Williamstown	20:19.59
Dominic Burgio, Williamstown	16:32.77	Tori-Loren Powell, Highland	20:25.96
Trevor Szilier, Wash Twp	16:33.27	Julianne Roes, Clearview	20:30.13
Ryan DeVecchis, Wash Twp	16:34.15	Olivia Mashburn, Delsea	20:33.44
Jacob Marino, Woodstown	16:35.47	Rhea Remaly, Clearview	20:44.02
Aaron Johnson, Glassboro	16:39.85	Ava Buchanan, Kingsway	20:48.49
Andrew Dopkin, Highland	16:43.18	Isabella Moran, Delsea	20:50.60
Karson Chew, Woodstown	16:43.72	Katelyn Gallinaro, Kingsway	20:59.94
Payton Veilleux, Kingsway	16:44.03	Ziada Nassradine, Delsea	21:05.07
Liam Murphy, Highland	16:45.00	Julia Blanchard, Wash Twp	21:08.41
Ryan Pancoast, Timber Creek	17:03.70	Leah Hagerman, Clearview	21:13.39
Olu Fadulu, Highland	17:06.01	Anabel Schaal, Woodstown	21:17.92
David Farrell, Woodstown	17:14.85	Sofia Moran, Delsea	21:18.51
Logan McKeever, Kingsway	17:23.38	Layla Chain, Wash Twp	21:25.01
Wyatt Evans, GCIT	17:24.94	Kate Yanek, Clearview	21:39.77

Top finishers among other Salem County teams:
PENNSVILLE – Boys: (90) Logan Cowperthwait 20:11.09; Girls: (23) Sawyer Slad 21:58.38.
PENNS GROVE – Boys: (67) John Johnson 19:08.72.
SALEM – Boys: (72) Gavin Conrath 19:14.73.
SALEM TECH – Boys: (50) Levi Seals 18:24.74; Girls: (51) Paityn Harrington 24:28.63.
SCHALICK – Boys: (22) Collin Bittle 17:27.50; Girls: (21) Helen Lillia 21:41.66.

Girls tennis

WEDNESDAY’S SCORES
Woodstown 5, Glassboro 0
Salem 5, Overbrook 0

SALEM 5, OVERBROOK 0
Angelina Fothergill (S) def. Sophia Burgos, 6-1, 6-2
Tahirah Davenport-White (S) def. Isabella Sepulveda, 7-5, 6-2
JaNye Hubbard (S) def. Anne Mason, 6-2, 1-6, 13-11
Heaven Jones-McCullough-Erica Brewer (S) def. Sophia Perticari-Heaven Williams, 4-6, 6-3, 10-8
Evangeline Jimenez Barreto-Phoenix Holland (S) def. Liana Grant-Williams-Emma Acevedo, 7-5, 6-6 (10-7)
Records: Salem 4-11, Overbrook 3-19.

WOODSTOWN 5, GLASSBORO 0
Nathalie Neron (WO) def. Alana Killelea, 6-0, 6-0
Alyssa Berry (WO) def. Alice Dinzeo, 6-0, 6-0
Noelle Neron (WO) def. Virginia Tarasevich, 6-1, 6-0
Madison LaPalomento-Emilee Kehr (WO) def. Sofia Dungea-Amani George, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6)
Elliana Norman-Emma West (WO) def. Ijeoma Ufomba-Conception Soriano, 6-2, 6-1
Records: Woodstown 16-5, Glassboro 6-10.

Successful start-up

Salem Tech blanks Absegami to assure a winning regular season, still in the running for a playoff berth

FIELD HOCKEY
Salem Tech 2, Absegami 0
Gateway 3, Pennsville 0
GIRLS TENNIS
Pennsville 3, Schalick 2

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

GALLOWAY – Every first-year athletic program has a set of benchmarks it aspires to meet for a successful start.

They’re pretty easy early in the year – first game, home opener, first win. As the year goes on, they tend to become a little more complicated – winning season, playoff berth, things like that.

Salem Tech’s first-year field hockey program reached a pretty big milestone Tuesday. The Chargers blanked Absegami 2-0 to guarantee a winning regular-season record. They’re now 8-3 with three regular-season games remaining – all on the road.

They have beaten all three of the remaining teams on their regular-season schedule, two by shutout.

“Having a winning record in our first season means a lot,” coach Maureen Lewis said. “To see all their hard work pay off with wins is really rewarding. It shows what’s possible when a team plays together and has fun.”

The Chargers got goals from Hazel Eachus and Jessilyn Chambers and another shutout from Caroline Tighe. Chambers got the assist on Eachus’ team-leading seventh goal of the season with 3:10 left in the second quarter and then scored her fifth goal 4:16 into the third quarter.

The shutout was Tighe’s seventh of the season. After giving up 12 goals in their first four games of the season, Tighe has surrendered only two since.

“We started off a little slow, but once the girls settled in, they found their groove and played really well,” Lewis said. “They moved the ball nicely down the field and communicated well. We are proud of how they adjusted.”

The school started field hockey this year as part of an athletics expansion that includes baseball and softball in the spring. The new teams play as a Tri-County Conference independent until the next conference scheduling cycle, but are eligible for the playoffs.

At 8-3, the Chargers are No. 18 in the South Jersey Group 2 power points standings, less than one point out of the 16th and final qualifying spot for the tournament. All three of their remaining games come before Saturday’s cutoff.

They have the highest winning percentage of any SJ Group 2 team outside of the top five, playing a schedule designed to promote success. They’ve won six of their last seven.

“Being a first-year team it’s hard to say exactly where we’ll end up, but I couldn’t be prouder of the effort and growth we’ve shown,” Lewis said. “If we make the playoffs, that would be great. It would be a nice bonus to an already successful season.

“But no matter what, this is just the beginning. These girls have set the foundation for something special.”

GATEWAY 3, PENNSVILLE 0: Emma Mason had a goal and two assists as the Gators scored three times in the second quarter. Isabella Egenoff and Lucy Matthews had the other goals.

GIRLS TENNIS
PENNSVILLE 3, SCHALICK 2
Lily Edwards (P) def. Miya Watkins, 6-2, 6-1
Annmarie Podehl (S) def. Isabell Schrenker, 6-4, 6-4
Morgan Holt (P) def. Macy Clow, 6-3, 6-0
Naomi Hess-Graillyn Weber (P) def. Olivia Lunemann-Sebrina Bradford, 6-2, 7-5
Sammi Twigg-Jasmine Hunt (S) def. Emma Hankin-Yerlian Charon, 6-1, 6-2
Records: Pennsville 13-7, Schalick 9-8.

Monday sports report

Here are the scores from Monday’s Salem County sports calendar

GIRLS SOCCER
Schalick 6, Penns Grove 0: Quinn Berger had two goals and two assists as the Cougars completed their third straight unbeaten season in the TCC Diamond Division. Berger scored the first and third goals of the game and assisted on Schalick’s two second-half goals.
Pitman 6, Salem 0: Emery Sharpnack scored three goals and assisted on another for the Panthers.
Woodstown at Pennsville
Salem Tech at Gloucester Catholic
FIELD HOCKEY
Schalick 9, Deptford 0: Nine different players scored for the Cougars. Lena Virga and Ava Scurry each had a goal and two assists.
Gloucester Catholic 3, Salem 0: Freshman Alana Bellan scored two second-quarter goals.
Overbrook at Woodstown
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech 2, Buena 0: Tiara Bazemore had 12 aces and seven assists to lead the Chargers. The set scores were 25-8, 25-13.
GIRLS TENNIS
Woodstown 5, Schalick 0
Pitman 5, Salem 0
Pennsville 5, Overbrook 0

WOODSTOWN 5, SCHALICK 0
Nathalie Neron (WO) def. Miya Watkins, 3-6, 7-5, 10-6
Alyssa Berry (WO) def. Annmarie Podehl, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3
Noelle Neron (WO) def. Macy Clow, 6-4, 7-5
Madison LaPalomento-Emilee Kehr (WO) def. Olivia Lunemann-Sebrina Bradford, 6-4, 3-6, 11-9
Emma West-Angelina Lindenmuth (WO) def. Sammi Twigg-Jasmine Hunt, 6-2, 6-2
Records: Woodstown 15-5, Schalick 8-7.

PENNSVILLE 5, OVERBROOK 0
Lily Edwards (P) def. Sophia Burgos, 6-0, 6-0
Isabell Schlenker (P) def. Isabella Sepulveda, 6-2, 6-0
Morgan Holt (P) def. Anna Mason, 6-1, 6-0
Naomi Hess-Graillyn Weber (P) def. Sophia Perticari-Charlotte Gall, 6-0, 6-0
Emma Hankin-Yerlian Charon (P) def. Heaven Williams-Liana Grant-Williams, 6-1, 6-0
Records: Pennsville 12-7, Overbrook 3-17.

Tie that doesn’t bind

Woodstown battles Pitman to 1-1 tie, but needed a win to share division title with Schalick; draw was the Wolverines’ fourth of the season and third in a row

BOYS SOCCER
Woodstown 1, Pitman 1
Schalick 4, Penns Grove 0
Pennsville 7, Salem 1
Gloucester Catholic 6, Salem Tech 4

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

WOODSTOWN – The message to the Woodstown soccer team as it was about to start the second overtime was pretty straightforward: “We cannot tie and we cannot lose.”

The Wolverines just couldn’t get what they needed.

Most teams might accept a tie with a rival as a positive result, but the 1-1 draw the Wolverines got against Pitman Monday was neither the one they wanted nor needed.

It felt like a loss. With Schalick beating Penns Grove 15 miles down the road, Woodstown needed to beat the Panthers to grab a share of their first Tri-County Diamond Division title since 2014.

Instead, the tie – their fourth of the season and third in a row — left the Wolverines (9-1-4) one point behind the Cougars in the final division standings despite posting a winning record against them (1-0-1) during the season. They also had four ties in 2016.

“I feel like it feels more like a loss to this group of guys,” backliner Tommy Tucci said. “We came off the really good game against Schalick, keeping them to zero, and then came out here today really excited to hopefully get the win to keep the division. I think (the tie) feels more like a loss today.”

Both teams had chances, but both goalies and defenses turned them away. The Panthers finally broke through with 4:09 left in the half when Jonas Trum sent Trevor Leach down the right side and Leach shot it across into his left side of the net.

Landon Gugliemo got the equalizer with 9:11 left in regulation when Bryce Ayars’ shot went towards the left post and Gugliemo came crashing it and rifled back into the right side. But the Wolverines needed more.

While the Wolverines were clearly focused on their game at hand, they had an eye on the events 15 miles down the road and Schalick kept the pressure on from afar.

The Cougars grabbed a 1-0 halftime lead on the strength of Anthony Sepers’ penalty kick, then poured in three goals in the second half that left no doubt what the Wolverines had to do.

Steve Chomo headed home a cross from Mike Nelson to give Schalick a 2-0 lead, he assisted on Connor Jackson’s goal that made it 3-0, then closed the scoring later in the half. Evan Sepers made three saves in goal to record his eighth shutout of the season. The division title was Schalick’s third straight.

Both Pitman and Woodstown had good chances to win their game in the second overtime. With six minutes to go, Ayars got the ball in the box, stepped over a defender to create some separation but the keeper blocked his shot and the Panthers cleared the ensuing corner kick.

Three minutes later, Trum got past a defender down the right side and got in alone on the keeper, but Trey Markward stoned him to keep it tied. Both keepers, Markward and Pitman’s Joey Zubert, were credited with 13 saves.

“I just felt confident in myself and felt confident that God would give me the ability to make the save,” Markward said. “I kind of yelled way too loud basically at Him, then I apologized to Him.”

The match ended with the ball at Ayars’ feet in the Panthers’ box, but the double team on him kept him from controlling it and getting a shot.

“We came up a little short,” Woodstown coach Darren Huck said. “I know the way we play we’re going to keep games close and we did it today. We had the formation we wanted, we had we thought the guys in place to be successful. We just needed that one goal, that one more goal.”

There was a lot on the line for the Wolverines. Besides the division title, the teams were battling for the Orange Cup and it also was Woodstown’s Senior Day. The tie allowed the Wolverines to retain the Cup, having won last year’s designated game, but they no doubt would have preferred the bigger prize. Both Schalick and Woodstown had 15 standings points coming into the day.

“It’s terrible, not only for us, but for our seniors, too,” junior Nick DiTeodoro said. “This was their last chance. We all tried, we really wanted it. Even in the huddle, at halftime, before overtime, we were like this is our last time, this is our one chance. Coming up short just hurts.”

NOTES: It was the sixth tie in the history of the Orange Cup … The Wolverines had four ties in 2016 (6-12-4) … The teams considered an unofficial penalty kick shootout to decide the Cup (it would’ve still gone down as a tie), but dwindling daylight and the Senior Day program prevented it from happening … To show there were no hard feelings over the hard-fought result, Huck noticed the Pitman team still in the parking lot waiting on their bus to return and called them over to share in the Senior Day smorgasbord. “We got to share a little bit of a moment,” Huck said. “It was a little emotional.”

TCC Diamond Division

TEAM	ALL	DIV
Schalick	12-2-2	8-1-1
Woodstown	9-1-4	6-0-4
Pitman	8-5-2	6-3-1
Penns Grove	6-4-3	4-4-2
Overbrook	7-8-0	1-8-0
Glassboro	5-10-1	0-9-0

Run like the wind

Passaic Tech sweeps boys, girls titles in state tech school cross country championships

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

WOODSTOWN — The Passaic Tech cross country team is finally at full strength and has been taking it out on race trails across North Jersey ever since.

Bulldogs coach Shadi Taha knew he had “something special” brewing this year, but it took a while before he was finally able to turn it loose.

The season started slow with several runners on the mend, including junior ace Mike DeCarlo, but the group he expected to have has been together now for about three weeks and they haven’t been beaten yet.

The Bulldogs made it four races in a row Monday when they won the NJTAC tech schools’ state championship in dominating fashion at windy Salem Tech.

Passaic won the girls team title too, giving the Bulldogs their first sweep since 2015, the last time available records show the girls won it.

DeCarlo won the boys race in 16:43.03. Sussex Tech’s Micah Delelio won the girls race in 19:56.88 after finishing second each of the last two years to Morris Tech’s Maya VanHorn.Passaic and GCIT finished 1-2 in both team races.

The Bulldogs’ boys, the defending race champs, put the first three runners across the line — DeCarlo, Jayell Pallero and Victor Mielnik — all five of their counters in the top nine and seven in the first 13. The girls had two runners in the top five and then places 10, 11 and 12.

DeCarlo didn’t get out as fast as he expected into a stiff wind, but he led wire to wire for his third win. He won by more than 30 seconds.

“It wasn’t my best performance today, but I feel like I bounced back from last year,” he said.

Delelio wasn’t the pacesetter coming out of the gate in her race, but she took the lead as the field made its way through the woods and kept it the rest of the way. She was nearly 45 seconds ahead of GCIT runner-up Jordan Moczydlowski.

Sussex Tech’s Micah Dalelio approaches the finish line to win the NJTAC girls cross country race. (Top photo) Passaic’s Mike DeCarlo (R), Jayell Pallero (L) and Victor Mielnik walk back to team tent together after finishing 1-2-3 in the boys race.

NJTAC Championships

BOYS TEAM SCORES: Passaic Tech 23, GCIT 57, Morris Tech 116, Medford Tech 144, Salem Tech 150, Sussex Tech 179, Camden Vo-Tech 189, Bergen Tech 200, Westhampton Tech 256, Warren Tech 265, Cape May Tech 272, Pennsauken Tech 348, West Caldwell Tech 375, East Brunswick Magnet 410.

GIRLS TEAM SCORES: Passaic Tech 38, GCIT 57, Morris Tech 60, Warren Tech 128, Sussex Tech 130, Camden Vo-Tech 166, West Caldwell Tech 188, Medford Tech 210, Salem Tech 219, East Brunswick Magnet 239.

BOYS TOP 10		GIRLS TOP 10
Mike DeCarlo, Passaic	16:43.03	Micah Dalelio, Sussex	19:56.68
Jayell Pallero, Passaic	17:15.35	Jordan Moczydlowski, GCIT	20:39.12
Victor Mielnik, Passaic	17:23.44	Erisa Ciocoiu, Passaic	21:17.92
Wyatt Evans, GCIT	17:33.80	Cameron Fuerte, Morris	22:06.41
Chris Davis, Medford	17:37.36	Michell Taipe, Passaic	22:12.26
Matt McQueen, Sussex	17:55.07	Siddhee Pathak, Morris	22:13.78
D Snyder-Shellito, GCIT	18:05.70	Isabel Guerra, GCIT	22:28.17
Bryson Coke, Passaic	18:12.10	Olivia Davis, Warren	22:31.71
Joaquin Vila, Passaic	18:12.75	Kirstyn McHale, Cape May	22:47.83
Ryan Ejjalili, GCIT	18:20.63	Elena Urriola, Passaic	22:58.67

SALEM TECH BOYS COUNTERS: (21) Anthony Morano, 19:09.65; (28) Jean-Pierre Pozo, 19:43.90; (29) Levi Seals, 19:45.41; (35) Chase Pompper, 20:18.06; (37) Larry Pompper, 20:34.12.
SALEM TECH GIRLS COUNTERS: (27) Paityn Harrington, 25:35.35; (33) Abigail Vanaman, 27:10.23; (49) Gabrielle Lemke, 32:54.07; (54) Julia Richards, 34:43.57; (56) Carmen Mott, 35:11.45

**Passaic’s Mike DeCarlo comes to the tape after leading the NJTAC race wire-to-wire.**

Power points

Here are the current South Jersey Group I top 16 in football, field hockey, boys soccer and girls soccer heading into the week; the cutoff date is Saturday; Salem County teams in bold

FOOTBALL	UPR	FIELD HOCKEY	PTS.
s-Glassboro (8-0)	1.4	Shore (15-0-1)	33.002
c-Burlington City (7-1)	2.2	W. Deptford (12-2)	28.964
s-Paulsboro (7-1)	2.8	Haddon Twp. (9-6)	22.695
c-Shore (5-2)	3.6	Schalick (11-6)	20.238
c-Riverside (6-2)	6.4	Gloucester (9-7)	20.181
s-Pennsville (4-4)	7.8	S. Hunterdon (12-3)	19.716
c-KIPP (5-2)	8.8	Audubon (9-5-2)	18.664
s-Salem (4-4)	8.8	Haddon Hts. (8-6-1)	18.548
c-Asbury Park (4-3)	9.8	Gateway (7-5-2)	15.033
c-Pt. Pleasant Beach (5-2)	10.2	Woodstown (7-7-1)	13.830
s-Woodbury (3-5)	11.4	Lower Cape May (6-4-1)	12.597
c-Manville (8-0)	12.0	Florence (5-7)	11.242
s-Schalick (2-6)	13.8	Pennsville (6-7-1)	10.970
s-Audubon (2-5)	14.0	New Egypt (5-8-1)	10.004
s-Clayton (4-3)	15.2	Collingswood (2-11-1)	9.884
c-Highland Park (2-5)	15.2	Bordentown (6-9)	9.821

Football teams projected out to South Section (s), Central Section (c)

BOYS SOCCER	PTS.	GIRLS SOCCER	PTS.
Schalick (11-2-2)	23.686	Gateway (13-1)	20.811
Haddon Twp. (10-5-1)	23.261	Haddon Twp. (7-9-1)	18.752
Audubon (11-2-1)	21.991	Schalick (9-5-1)	18.737
Woodstown (9-1-3)	20.905	Clayton (10-4-1)	17.256
Riverside (9-2-2)	19.096	Pitman (9-5)	17.048
Pitman (8-5-1)	18.760	Palmyra (8-5-1)	16.974
Penns Grove (6-3-3)	16.550	Woodstown (10-3-1)	16.085
Pennsville (8-5-2)	14.188	Audubon (6-8-1)	15.285
Gateway (7-5-2)	13.868	Pennsville (8-6)	12.883
Palmyra (7-5-3)	13.263	Glassboro (6-7)	10.316
Maple Shade (7-3-2)	13.057	Riverside (5-8)	9.975
Clayton (10-6)	12.411	Maple Shade (2-12-1)	9.300
Glassboro (5-10-1)	12.331	Buena (6-7-2)	9.131
Wildwood (7-6)	11.192	Wildwood (5-6-1)	8.613
New Egypt (5-11)	9.245	Woodbury (4-7-2)	7.110
Woodbury (5-7-2)	8.411	x-Penns Grove (1-12)	5.872

NOTE: Football, which follows a different qualifying formula than the other sports, will be split into South and Central sections based on top 16 and geographic northing numbers; Salem Tech is in Group 2 and currently No. 19 in field hockey, No. 19 in boys soccer; No. 17 in girls soccer; some teams may opt out of playoffs. x-Penns Grove has opted out of girls soccer playoffs.

This week’s schedule

Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Oct. 20-25; the cutoff for fall sports power points is Saturday

MONDAY, OCT. 20
FIELD HOCKEY
Deptford at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Gloucester Catholic at Salem, 4 p.m.
Overbrook at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Gloucester Catholic at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Pitman at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Salem at Pennsville, 6 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Pitman at Salem, 4 p.m.
Salem Tech at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Woodstown at Schalick, 3:45 p.m.
Salem at Pitman, 4 p.m.
Overbrook at Pennsville, 4:15 p.m.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Buena at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
CROSS COUNTRY
NJTAC at Salem Tech, 1 p.m.

TUESDAY, OCT. 21
FIELD HOCKEY
Overbrook at Salem, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Gateway, 4 p.m.
Salem Tech at Absegami, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Pennsville at Schalick, 4 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 22
FIELD HOCKEY
Salem Tech at Paulsboro, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Overbrook at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Collingswood, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Salem, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Salem at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Salem Tech at Overbrook, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Pitman, 4 p.m.
Clayton at Pennsville, 6 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Pennsville at Pitman, 3:45 p.m.
Woodstown at Glassboro, 3:45 p.m.
Overbrook at Salem, 4 p.m.
Penns Grove at Wildwood, 4 p.m.
CROSS COUNTRY
TCC Championship at Cumberland, 3:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, OCT. 23
FIELD HOCKEY
Salem Tech at Burlington City, 3:45 p.m.
Overbrook at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Schalick at Sterling, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Audubon, 7 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Gloucester City at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Salem at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Salem at Wildwood, 4 p.m.
Schalick at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at Timber Creek, 4 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Penn State-Brandywine at Salem CC, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY, OCT. 24
WJFL FOOTBALL
Pennsville at Collingswood, 6 p.m.
West Deptford at Overbrook, 6 p.m.
Glassboro at Woodstown, 7 p.m.
FIELD HOCKEY
Salem Tech at Overbrook, 3:45 p.m.
Gloucester Catholic at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Wildwood, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Gloucester City, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Woodstown at Pennsville, 3:30 p.m.
Clayton at Schalick, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Cumberland at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCT. 25
WJFL FOOTBALL
Schalick at Woodbury, 11 a.m.
Penns Grove at Salem, noon
Clayton at Paulsboro, 12:30 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Highland at Woodstown, 10 a.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Woodstown at Highland, 10 a.m.
Penns Grove at Salem, noon
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Lincoln (2), noon

View from the top

Girls roundup: Schalick edges Woodstown to win sixth straight soccer division title; includes tennis and field hockey

GIRLS SOCCER
Schalick 2, Woodstown 1
Clayton 6, Salem Tech 0
Overbrook 5, Penns Grove 2
Glassboro 2, Pennsville 0
Wildwood 6, Salem 0

By Riverview Sports News

PITTSGROVE – You know you’ve got something special going on when you don’t know what it feels like to finish second.

The Schalick girls soccer team under coach Will Kemp doesn’t know second place.

The Cougars clinched at least a share of their sixth straight TCC Diamond Division title and fourth under Kemp Thursday in a 2-1 victory over rival Woodstown. They can win it outright with a win at Penns Grove Monday or a Woodstown loss at Pennsville.

Since the conference declares co-champions in event of a tie at the top, that means Kemp’s entire class rotation of players – freshmen through seniors – have known nothing but division championships. That’s a closet full of championship jackets.

“It’s the culture,” Kemp said. “It’s a special thing for us to continue to win the division year after year, but it just shows you the standard that has been set in the past and that continues to be inside the actual program itself.

“It’s special for the ladies to win this. When you’re now a senior, such as Cali (Fisler) and Abigail (Willoughby), for them to win it four years in a row it’s just something special. It’s almost starting to become the lone standard when you play at Schalick soccer to win the division.”

The Cougars (9-5-1) have lost only one division game in Kemp’s four years at the helm – to Woodstown in his first year. They’re unbeaten in their last 32 regular-season division games (31-0-1). The teams played to a 1-1 draw earlier this season.

Despite the close score, the Cougars dominated the game, playing most of it in their attacking end. Olivia Vanacker scored in the 34th minute to open the scoring and Karlie Bakley scored in the first 30 seconds of the second half to give them a 2-0 lead.

Kyleigh Cutler, in her first game back from a recovery break, assisted on both Schalick goals.

“Kyleigh Cutler came in a changed the whole dynamic of our team,” Kemp said. “Adding her back to the squad, she’s a very important piece to us.”

Gina Murray made it a one-goal game in the 55th minute when she hit a great shot past keeper Eve Berger after the Cougars failed to clear a free kick.

The win was the Cougars’ fifth in a row since moving into the second phase of their season on Senior Night, Oct. 2. In Kemp’s tenure, they are 30-9-1 after Oct. 1.

“The main timeline I always give my players is six weeks, from preseason all the way into the sixth week,” Kemp said. “That’s when everything starts to roll for them and they start to understand the consistency inside their style of play, the effort that’s needed and, of course, being able to showcase their talents.

“Before the six weeks, lot of mistakes happen, we’re still trying to figure some things out, players are still getting their fitness in, but after six weeks that’s when you start to see exactly what type of team that we are.”

Glassboro 2, Pennsville 0: Amina Brown and Alyssa Mattox scored goals for the Bulldogs.
Clayton 6, Salem Tech 0: Nicole Lemon scored two goals in the second half for the Clippers.

FIELD HOCKEY
Schalick 9, Overbrook 0: The Cougars (11-6) got all their goals from seniors on Senior Night, including two each from Caylen Taylor, Ava Scurry, Lena Virga and Phoebe Alward, to win their third straight and clinch the TCC Diamond Division crown. For Alward, it was her 50th career goal. Natalie May scored their other goal. The shutout was their seventh of the season.
GCIT 4, Woodstown 1: Lexi Taylor scored the Wolverines’ goal in the third quarter.

GIRLS TENNIS
Pennsville 5, Salem 0
Woodstown 5, Wildwood 0
Glassboro at Schalick

WOODSTOWN 5, WILDWOOD 0
Nathalie Neron (WO) def. Cyndee Killian, 6-0, 6-0
Alyssa Berry (WO) def. Kiana D’Antuono, 6-3, 6-3
Noelle Neron (WO) def. Estella Robinson, 6-1, 6-3
Madison LaPalomento-Emilee Kehr (WO) def. Selin Ogden-Antoinette Cooper, 6-0, 6-3
Elliana Norman-Angelina Lindenmuth (WO) def. Emma Contreras-Charlotte Baetz, 6-0, 7-6 (7-5)
Records: Woodstown 14-5, Wildwood 7-9.

PENNSVILLE 5, SALEM 0
Lily Edwards (P) def. Angelina Fothergill, 6-1, 6-0
Isabell Schlenker (P) def. Tahirah Davenport-White, 6-1, 7-5
Morgan Holt (P) def. JaNye Hubbard, 6-0, 6-1
Emma Hankin-Naomi Hess (P) def. Heaven Jones-McCullough-Erica Brewer, 6-1, 6-3
Graillyn Weber-Yerlian Charon (P) def. Evangeline Jimenez Barreto-Phoenix Holland, 6-0, 6-0
Records: Pennsville 11-7, Salem 3-10.

Wednesday roundup

Harris continues her torrid goal-scoring streak in Pennsville’s Senior Day field hockey win, Highland ends Salem Tech streak in OT; plus tennis, volleyball

By Riverview Sports News

PENNSVILLE – Kylie Harris continued her torrid goal-scoring streak Wednesday, scoring three more goals in the Eagles’ dominant 5-1 Senior Day victory over Clayton.

Harris has scored eight goals in the last three games – all wins – with two hat tricks. She had scored only two goals this season and nine in her career prior to the move.

The Eagles were 3-6-1 before Hall of Fame coach Lisa Doran moved Harris and her powerful swing from the top of the defensive diamond to forward, and now they’re at .500. Kendall Hoyt and Elizabeth Fleming scored the Eagles’ other goals Wednesday.

“I do really like being on the front line; it’s a lot of fun,” Harris said. “We just wanted to move people around to see what worked and they told me I would be playing center forward one day and they just kept telling me to stay up there.

“We have been doing great with passing and our strong defense has been super strong, but my favorite thing so far about being up top is being able to be with all the girls after someone scores and get to give them all high fives and laugh after a goal with my best friends. It’s just as awesome feeling.”

Highland 3, Salem Tech 2: Kiersten Heverly scored her third goal of the game – at the 4:50 mark of overtime – to end the Chargers’ five-game shutout winning streak. Hayden Crispin and Peyton Mayhew scored in the final five minutes of the second quarter to give the Chargers a 2-1 halftime lead. Jessilyn Chambers assisted on both goals.

GIRLS TENNIS
PENNSVILLE 3, SCHALICK 2
Lily Edwards (P) def. Miya Watkins, 6-1, 6-0
Annmarie Podehl (S) def. Izzy Schrenker, 6-3, 6-1
Morgan Holt (P) def. Macy Clow, 6-0, 6-0
Naomi Hess-Graillyn Weber (P) def. Sebrina Bradford-Olivia Lunemann, 6-3, 6-2
jasmine Hunt-Sammi Twigg (S) def. Emma Hankin-Yerlian Charon, 6-3, 6-0
Records: Pennsville 10-7, Schalick 7-6.

WILDWOOD 5, PENNS GROVE 0
Cydnee Kilian (WI) def. Ada Lopez, 6-0, 6-0
Estella Robinson (WI) Kavita Pulchard, 6-0, 6-0
Antoinette Cooper (WI) def. Yanet Cruz, 6-0, 6-0
Emma Contreras-Selin Ogden (WI) won by forfeit
Jess Alamein-Charlotte Baetz (WI) won by forfeit
Records: Wildwood 7-8, Penns Grove 0-11.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Triton 2, Salem Tech 0: Abigail Dalbey had four kills, nine service points and seven aces for Triton. The set scores were 25-18, 25-16.

Tuesday roundup

Here are the scores and highlights from Tuesday’s Salem County sports action

FIELD HOCKEY
Salem Tech 3, Clayton 0: Jessilyn Chambers, Hazel Eachus and Olivia Lydon scored second-half goals in the Chargers’ fifth straight win. All five wins have been by shutout with Caroline Tighe in the cage. Peyton Mayhew assisted on two of the goals.
Pennsville 3, Deptford 2: Kylie Harris scored two more goals and Gracie Mease scored once for the Eagles (5-6-1). Harris has scored five goals in her last two games.
Salem at Glassboro, 4 p.m.

GIRLS SOCCER
Woodstown 6, Penns Grove 0: Lia Covely scored two goals, while Emma Perry, Hailey Kucharczuk, Kyrsten Dussault and Elizabeth Daly scored once in the Wolverines’ fifth straight win. Ellie Wygand and Mazie Mazzoni combined for their seventh shutout The Wolverines visit Schalick for the Diamond Division title Thursday.
Schalick 2, Glassboro 0: Olivia Vanacker and Quinn Berger scored in the first half and goalie Eve Berger made them stand up. The Cougars take a four-game winning streak into their showdown with Woodstown and have shut out three of their last four.
Wildwood 2, Salem Tech 0: Addison Troiano and Nyara Alves scored second-half goals for the Warriors.
Pennsville 3, Overbrook 2: Taylor Bass scored her third goal of the game with 3:25 left in overtime to lift the Eagles (8-5), who bettered last year’s win total with the victory.
Salem at Gloucester Catholic, 6 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS
WOODSTOWN 5, OVERBROOK 0
Nathalie Neron (WO) def. Sophia Burgos, 6-0, 6-0
Alyssa Berry (WO) def. Anna Mason, 6-0, 6-0
Noelle Neron (WO) def. Heaven Williams, 6-1, 6-1
Madison LaPalomento-Emilee Kehr (WO) def. Lean Wilde-Liana Grant-Williams, 6-2, 6-1
Emma West-Elliana Norman (WO) def. Sophia Perticari-Charlotte Gall, 6-1, 6-1
Records: Woodstown 13-5, Overbrook 2-14.

SCHALICK 5, PENNS GROVE 0
Miya Watkins (S) def. Ada Lopez, 6-0, 6-0
Annmarie Podehl (S) def. Kanta Pulchard, 6-0, 6-0
Macy Clow (S) def. Yante Cruz, 6-0, 6-0
Sebrina Bradford-Olivia Lunemann (S) def. Jayla Nunez-Elif Sagir, 6-1, 6-0
jasmine Hunt-Sammi Twigg (S) def. Natanalie Dominguez-Valaria Pedroza, 6-1, 6-0
Records: Schalick 7-5, Penns Grove 0-10.

GLASSBORO 3, SALEM 2
Angelina Fothergill (S) def. Alana Killelea, 6-0, 6-1
Tahirah Davenport-White (S) def. Taylor Adcock, 7-6 (10-8), 1-6, 11-9
Alice Dinzeo (G) def. JaNye Hubbard, 6-4, 7-5
Virginia Tarasevich-Amani George (G) def. Erica Brewer-Evangelyn Jiminez Barreto, 6-0, 6-3
Sofia Dungca-Conception Soriano (G) def. Phoenix Holland-Aleena Allen, 6-1, 6-1
Records: Glassboro 6-8, Salem 3-9.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at Cape May Tech, 5:15 p.m.