Big first goal

Schalick freshman’s first career goal earns Cougars a 1-1 tie with rival Woodstown; Gratz golden for Pennsville, includes other Salem County girls soccer, tennis results

MONDAY GIRLS SOCCER
Pennsville 5, Glassboro 4
Schalick 1, Woodstown 1
Wildwood 6, Salem 0
Clayton 6, Salem Tech 0
Penns Grove at Overbrook

By Brian Tortella
Special to Riverview Sports News

WOODSTOWN – Throughout the majority of Monday’s highly anticipated Schalick-Woodstown game, it seemed likely the host Wolverines were well on their way to a narrow victory over their Tri-County Diamond Division and cross county rivals for the first time in 1,081 days.

However, the Cougars had other plans.

Freshman Cecilee Bell scored the game-tying goal with just three minutes left in regulation, sending the contest into overtime where neither side could find a winner and it ended in a battle-tested 1-1 draw.

“I’m really excited,” said Bell, whose goal was the first of her varsity career. “I’m glad I was able to make my first goal in a tough game.”

Bell, a Berlin resident, commutes 40 minutes to Schalick by bus every day. She said she was motivated by Cougars’ coach Will Kemp, who she knows from summer soccer, to attend the Salem County school.

The Cougars were battling multiple injuries, which made the rookie stepping up in a high pressure situation even more special.

“No matter what year it is, no matter what teams we both have, it’s always a good rivalry match,” Kemp said. “I thought that it was incredible to see our girls fight back, especially through a lot of different injuries we picked up.

“Our freshman stepped up. Cecilee Bell scored the first goal today for us to get back into the match. First goal of the season for her. She’s been a great addition to our squad and gave us some depth.”

As the final seconds ticked away, Kemp walked directly over and shared a moment with Woodstown coach Kieran Keyser. After all, after the fight his Cougars put up, he couldn’t be upset with their performance.

“Battling back against a team like this is always going to be a physical battle,” Kemp said. “This has always been a joy of mine to come out here (to Woodstown). That’s the reason why I’m such good friends with Kieran, because we like to go back and forth.”

After the tie, Schalick stands at 3-3-1 against a highly competitive schedule against bigger schools. The Cougars are currently No. 9 in the South Jersey Group 1 power point standings. Kemp knows this gauntlet will have his team ready come playoff time.

“I’m feeling confident,” he said regarding the rest of the season. “The girls are usually kicking around this time. We had some tough matchups so far between Cherry Hill West, Washington Township and Timber Creek. Big schools. We have Hammonton this weekend. These are all tests to get ready for the playoffs because know this is going to be an important year and important time for us.”

Emma Morgan scored Woodstown’s goal with 7:01 left in the first half off of a corner from Emmy Perry. The strike came off her left foot for her third goal of the season.

“I’m tired, obviously; 100 minutes is hard,” said Morgan, a senior. “But I think we battled really, really hard all throughout the game. Near the post you don’t always get a lot of balls, but I made that run there and it went off my left foot. It was perfect. I didn’t even know it went in, I was so hype.”

Outside of Schalick’s clutch score in the closing minutes, the Wolverines played exceptional defense throughout the contest, led by standout goalie Ellie Wygand. The senior came up with numerous big saves in the second half, single-handedly keeping Woodstown from falling behind.

At one point in overtime, Kemp even gave his props to Wygand after she made an impressive save as he trekked down the sideline.

“It feels good to have people come up to me and say that. It proves that I work hard in practice,” Wygand said. “I feel pretty good (about the game). I know it’s not the outcome we wanted – we ended in a tie – but we gave it our all and played the hardest we could. I think when we see them again it’s going to be an even better matchup.”

Woodstown hasn’t lost a game since its season-opening setback to Audubon on Sept. 5. The Wolverines are 4-1-1 and currently sit at No. 5 in the South Jersey Group 1 power point standings.

“We have a bunch of good games coming up this week and next week that will be a good challenge for us at the beginning of midway through the season,” Morgan said.

“We are only going to go up from here,” Wygand said. “I think that in the playoffs we’re going to make a good show out and give (teams) a run for their money.”

Brian Tortella is a contributor to Riverview Sports News. His reports on South Jersey high school sports can be found on multiple platforms on the internet. (Photo by Brian Tortella)

PENNSVILLE 5, GLASSBORO 4: Molly Gratz scored three goals, including the game-winner with two minutes left in the first overtime. Taylor Bass scored the Eagles’ other two goals and assisted on the game-winner.

On the game-winner Bass broke free on the right side, then passed across to an unmarked Gratz, who easily finished.

Amina Brown scored the tying goal with 4:43 left in regulation.

“It was an exciting win,” Eagles coach Casey Slusher said.

WILDWOOD 6, SALEM 0: Molly Farrell scored two goals for the Warriors.

GIRLS TENNIS
PENNSVILLE 5, OVERBROOK 0
Izzy Schlenker (P) def. Sophia Burgos, 4-6, 6-4, 10-5
Morgan Holt (P) def. Natasha Hreiz, 6-0, 6-1.
Graillyn Weber (P) def. Isabella Sepulveda, 6-2, 6-0
Emma Hankin-Naomi Hess (P) def. Leah Wilde-Anna Mason, 6-2, 6-0
Lila Angelo-Yerlian Charon (P) def. Charlotte Gall-Sophia Perticari, 6-4, 6-1
Records: Pennsville 6-4, Overbrook 1-8.

SCHALICK 4, TIMBER CREEK 1
Miya Watkins (S) def. Christina Abolarin, 6-0, 6-0
Annmarie Podehl (S) def. Daniella Barbu, 6-3, 6-1
Ayooluwa Akimbo (TC) def. Macy Clow, 7-6, 4-6, 10-5
Olivia Lunemann-Sebrina Bradford (S) def. Allyah Joseph-Kylie Kernaghan, 6-1, 6-1
Sammi Twigg-Jasmine Hunt (S) def. Claire Kopeck-Anastasia Davis, 6-2, 7-5.
Records: Schalick 4-3, Timber Creek 0-8

KINGSWAY 4, WOODSTOWN 1
Nathalie Neron (WO) def. Abby Malesich, 6-1, 6-0
Krishani Parikh (K) def. Alyssa Berry, 6-2, 4-6, 11-9
Kelsey Dion (K) def. Noelle Neron, 6-1, 6-2
Mishi Chaturvedi-Sophia Campbell (K) def. Madison LaPalomento-Emilee Kehr, 6-3, 5-7, 10-6
Alicia Magin-Emily Magin (K) def. Emma West-Angelina Lindemuth, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5)
Records: Kingsway 6-3, Woodstown 7-3.

Calling his shot

Woodstown senior fulfills his prophecy, scores game-winner against Schalick; includes other Salem County boys soccer games

MONDAY SOCCER
Pennsville 4, Gloucester Catholic 0
Penns Grove 3, Overbrook 2 (OT)
Salem at Wildwood
Woodstown 2, Schalick 1
Clayton 5, Salem Tech 0

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

PITTSGROVE — Bryce Ayars told friends and teammates in school today he was going to score a goal against arch rival Schalick today. He just had that feeling.

It took nearly 71 hard minutes of soccer, but much like Babe Ruth calling his shot, the Woodstown senior fulfilled his prophecy. And the goal was significant.

Ayars stole the ball off a defender just outside the box and beat the Schalick keeper with a left-footed shot for the game-winner in a 2-1 road victory that coach Darren Huck said could afford the Wolverines “one heck of a bus ride home while were going down Route 40.”

It was the Wolverines’ first win over Schalick since the 2022 season opener in overtime (five games) and handed the Cougars (4-2-1) their first Tri-County Diamond Division loss since 2023 (21 games).

“I let my coach know I was going to score, I let the whole team know,” Ayars said. “Most of them look up to me, so in these big games I have to step up and finish the deal.

“When I play Schalick I really want one, I don’t know if it will come, but I’ll try my best to make it happen.”

It was the second year in a row he has scored on the Cougars. The goal Monday was his fifth of the season and 25th of his career. Ben Lippincott brought the ball up the field got it into the box. Ayars stole it from Cooper Willoughby then after a controlling touch shot it past keeper Evan Sepers, who was otherwise brilliant in the Schalick goal.

“The goal was probably about composure, that was the thing that stuck out to me,” Huck said while his entire squad stood around him. “He was composed in front of the net. He didn’t get tense. He didn’t come up short and got nervous because it wasn’t on the right foot or it took a bad bounce.

“He’s a senior, he’s a captain and he knows that he either makes it and he’s a hero or if he doesn’t make it people are going why, and he answered the call.”

**Woodstown’s Ben Lippincott (14) looks to settle a ball before taking a shot against Schalick Monday. (Top photo) Bryce Ayars (R) tries to regain his balance after heading a ball into the crease.**

Twenty-four hours earlier the two head coaches, both 300-game winners and neighbors, were enjoying each other’s camaraderie watching the Eagles’ game, as they often do in the fall. There was no talk of the upcoming soccer game between them. The only teams they talked about were the two on the TV in front of them.

When it came to Monday’s game, however, they were all business and the competition between the teams was as intense as ever.

Schalick’s Jaxon Weber opened the scoring on a 25-yard rocket into the upper right corner with 23:43 left in the first half. Lippincott got the equalizer for the Wolverines (4-0-1) 10 minutes before halftime.

Woodstown keeper Trey Markward was a rock in goal and turned away several Schalick corner kicks in the air. He made 17 saves. When the horn sounded, the Wolverines poured off the bench and dogpiled the goalie in the crease.

“The first goal was 100 percent on me so we just had to kind of regroup and find a way to get back in it and then we scored two goals against the toughest defense in this group,” Markward said. “It was just the complete team getting through it and not stopping after that mistake. I just thought we had 11 guys back there at all times.”

“He came up with some big saves,” Huck said. “He came off his line. He was aggressive. He didn’t let anybody push him around. He basically let the people know that was his box today and took care of business out there.”

Given its magnitude, Huck said the victory “could be a season-changer” for the Wolverines.

“Every one of these guys had each other’s back out here today; I think that was evident,” Huck said. “It came down to one thing and that was a W. It didn’t come down to who scored the goal, how many saves did Trey have, who had the assists or anything else. It was about the W and they got it done today.”

The Cougars, meanwhile, were left to do a little regrouping. The loss was their second one-goal loss in a row after scoring 21 goals in their previous four games. Their attack was impacted by the unavailability of injured leading scorer Luke Price. Second-leading scorer Steve Chomo had to come out after a scary collision in the second half.

“These last two games have been battles.,” Cougars coach Joe Mannella said. “I thought Washington Twp. (in the season opener) kind of showed we’ve got some toughness to us and these last two (games) kind of showed that we lost that.”

NOTES: The teams meet again Oct. 16 in Woodstown … The Wolverines haven’t been unbeaten in their first five games since 2011, when they started the season 6-0 (with five shutouts) …
The Wolverines return to action Thursday at Pitman in the “Orange Cup” match.

PENNSVILLE 4, GLOUCESTER CATHOLIC 0: Justin Michaca and Sam Hassler scored in the first 10 minutes to give the Eagles (4-2) control of the match and John Sassi and Danny Bunny Coronel scored two minutes apart in the second. Coen Rinnier made six saves in goal. All four of the Eagles’ wins have been shutouts.

PENNS GROVE 3, OVERBROOK 2: Rooby Dorival moved up front for overtime and scored his second golden goal in three games when he converted a pass from Prince Ledbetter midway through the first overtime. Dorival also scored the game-winner against Glassboro that started the Red Devils’ current three-match unbeaten streak.

Poyraz Erdönmez and Anthony Pacheco scored Penns Grove’s other goals. Overbrook tied the match in the final minute of regulation.

“It was a good win,” Penns Grove coach Mano Massari said. “But we kind of have a way of shooting ourselves in the foot with silly mistakes that keep other teams in the game and keep us from putting the game away.”

It was tough to celebrate the win, however. Red Devils senior Louby Guerrier broke his collarbone on a breakaway in the second half. The game was delayed about 30 minutes while medical officials attended to him.

“It was a brutal loss, a brutal, brutal loss,” Massari said. “The kids won it for him, that’s for sure.”

CLAYTON 5, SALEM TECH 0: Jonathan Rehm ran his season total to 15 goals with three against the Chargers. It was his fifth multi-goal game of the season.

This week’s schedule

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

Birthday cheer

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

WOODSTOWN 5, SALEM 0
Nathalie Neron (WO) def. Angelina Fothergill, 6-0, 6-0
Alyssa Berry (WO) def. JaNye Hubbard, 6-0, 6-0
Noelle Neron (WO) def. Tahirah Davenport-White, 6-3, 6-3
Madison LaPalomento-Emilee Kehr (WO) def. Heaven Jones-McCullough-Zaniyah Frieson, 6-0, 6-1
Elianna Norman-Angelina Lindenmuth (WO) def. Erica Brewer-Evangelyn Jimenez Barreto, 6-0, 6-0
Records: Woodstown 7-2, Salem 1-4.

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.

Thursday roundup

Big soccer day: Woodstown, Penns Grove boys play to draw; Pennsville boys bounce back to beat Clayton in 2 OTs; Schalick’s Fisler sets Schalick assist record; also field hockey, tennis; stories will be updated

BOYS SOCCER
Pennsville 1, Clayton 0: Lucas Cooksey taps home a rebound in the first minute of the second overtime for the game’s only goal.
Penns Grove 1, Woodstown 1: Penns Grove’s Dwayne Guzman makes 20 saves to preserve the draw.
Schalick 6, Glassboro 0: Senior John Egan V, a fan and teammate favorite, scores his first career goal.
Wildwood 6, Salem Tech 0: Michael Blanda scored twice in the Warriors’ four-goal first half.
Salem at Gloucester Catholic

GIRLS SOCCER
Schalick 8, Glassboro 0: Senior Cali Fisler sets school all-time assist record (44), setting up two of Abby Willoughby’s three goals.
Woodstown 6, Penns Grove 0: The Wolverines broke open a close game with five goals in the second half. Bailey Arnold Peters scored twice.
Gloucester Catholic 7, Salem 0: Seven different players score to keep Gloucester Catholic undefeated, Salem winless.
Salem Tech at Wildwood

FIELD HOCKEY
Glassboro at Pennsville

GIRLS TENNIS
PITMAN 4, SCHALICK 1
Anna Fisicaro (P) def. Miya Watkins, 6-0, 6-0
Colette Rollins (P) def. Annmarie Podehl, 6-2, 6-1
Ava Mollenhauer (P) def. Macy Clow, 6-1, 6-0
Kendall Bennett-Amanda Bradley (P) def. Olivia Lunemann-Sebrina Bradford, 6-4, 6-3
Sammi Twigg-Jasmine Hunt (S) def. Ella Ralph-Abigail Heil, 6-3, 6-4
Records: Pitman 9-3, Schalick 3-3.

WOODSTOWN 5, PENNS GROVE 0
Nathalie Neron (WO) def. Andrea Restrepo, 6-0, 6-0
Alyssa Berry (WO) def. Ada Lopez, 6-0, 6-0
Noelle Neron (WO) def. Valaria Pedroza, 6-0, 6-0
Madison LaPalomento-Emilee Kehr (WO) def. Yanet Cruz-Elif Sagir, 6-0, 6-0
Elianna Norman-Emma West (WO) def. Emma Giffins-Gianco Tirado, 4-0, ret.
Records: Woodstown 6-2, Penns Grove 0-5.

Not their day

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.

GIRLS TENNIS
WOODSTOWN 3, AUDUBON 2
Nathalie Neron (WO) def. Helena Kuchmek, 6-1, 6-1
Alyssa Berry (WO) def. Sophia Tessitore, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4
Isabella Lamancusa (A) def. Noelle Neron, 6-3, 6-1
Bridget Mattson-Finola Witherington (A) def. Emilee Kehr-Madison LaPalomento, 6-2, 6-2
Emma West-Angelina Lindenmuth (WO) def. Bea Herman-Yesica Palillero, 6-4, 6-2
Records: Woodstown 5-2, Audubon 4-1.

HADDON HEIGHTS 4, SCHALICK 1
Miya Watkins (S) def. Ellie Mazzucco, 6-4, 3-6, 11-9
Sophia Acute (H) def. Annmarie Podehl, 6-3, 7-6 (7-1)
Nora Miller (H) def. Macy Clow, 6-4, 6-0
Ellie Clapper-Molly Walker (H) def. Olivia Lunemann-Sebrina Bradford, 6-1, 6-3
Luca Durand-Erin Lewandowski (H) def. Sammi Twigg-Jasmine Hunt, 6-1, 6-3
Records: Haddon Heights 7-1, Schalick 3-2.

CROSS COUNTRY
SALEM TECH BATCH MEET
BOYS TOP 15: Matthew Littlehales, Delsea 16:09.03; Zacchaeus Harrington, Glassboro 16:11.44; Joseph Saicic, Glassboro 16:24.73; Jaeden Wesley, Glassboro 16:29.27; Jacob Marino, Woodstown 16:39.00; Michael Beaver, Kingsway 16:42.21; Karson Chew, Woodstown 16:54.35; David Farrell, Woodstown 16:57.10; Wyatt Evans, GCIT 17:04.54; Trevor Szilier, Washington Twp. 17:10.09; Dominic Burgio, Williamstown 17:17.70; Logan Pavelik, Williamstown 17:19.83; Gavin Rakitis, Glassboro 17:21.15; Payton Veilleux, Kingsway 17:21.33; Oluwanifemi Fadulu, Highland 17:22.80.
Schalick: 20. Chase Riley 17:32.53; Salem Tech: 50. Levi Seals 18:47.74; Salem: 62. Gavin Cronrath 19:16.25; Pennsville: 125. Logan Cowperthwait 22:00.22.

GIRLS TOP 15: Sophia Aldridge, Williamstown 18:55.49; Aubrey Bishop, Kingsway 19:15.01; Lyana Gutierrez, Highland 20:24.27; Yazmire Bonhomme, Williamstown 20:33.39; Abby Marino, Woodstown 20:36.86; Toni-Loren Powell, Highland 20:40.90; Brooke Mashburn, Delsea 20:51.53; Julia Burgio, Williamstown 21:00.65; Jordan Moczydlowski, GCIT 21:01.61; Julia Blanchard, Washington Twp. 21:28.63; Anabel Schaal, Woodstown 21:33.64; Isabella Moran, Delsea 21:38.72; Ava Buchanan, Kingsway 21:44.53; Allison Reinierz, Washington Twp. 21:51.82; Katelyn Gallinaro, Kingsway 21:56.76.
Schalick: 18. Helen Lillia 22:11.39; Pennsville: 23. Sawyer Slad 22:56.05; Salem Tech: 77. Paityn Harrington 27:24.53

Winning combo

Mease, Saulin lead Pennsville field hockey past Salem; includes all of Monday’s Salem County sports results, will be updated

FIELD HOCKEY
Pennsville 6, Salem 1
Cumberland 5, Salem Tech 1

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

SALEM – Gracie Mease and Izzy Saulin are inseparable when it comes to the field hockey field. They sit together on the team bus on the way to games. They do pre-game warmups together. They’re as close to a Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid combination a team can have.

So it just goes to figure they connected together on all three of Mease goals in the first half and played some role in all six of Pennsville’s goals in total in a 6-1 victory over Salem Monday afternoon.

Mease, a senior left forward, figured in all four Pennsville goals in the first half with her first career hat trick and an assist. Saulin, a senior center mid, had a goal in the fourth quarter and a career-high four assists.

“We do try to partner up in as much as we can and then we just find each other,” Saulin said. “We don’t, like, plan it necessarily, but it happens. It’s funny because we don’t really talk (about it), we’ll just be partners.”

“For all four years we’ve been partners for everything,” Mease said. “I just think we work very well together.”

The Eagles have had 1-2 combinations like them in the past, but none coach Lisa Doran could recall in recent years.

“They just work together well, they talk to each other and they’re just a good combination, so that’s why they’re where they are, because they play well together,” Doran said. “They’re really starting to connect.”

**Pennsville’s Gracie Mease (2) crosses the ball against Salem.**

Before Monday’s game, Mease had scored only four goals in her three previous seasons with the Eagles (3-1). Saulin had only five career assists. But they were on target against the Rams (0-3).

Mease opened the scoring less than three minutes into the match. Julliana Love answered for the Rams 30 seconds later to tie it, then it was all Pennsville. Kendall Hoyt (on an assist from Mease) and Gina Haubrich (on an assist from Saulin) scored the other two goals. The Eagles outshot their hosts 17-5 and had a 14-2 edge in corners.

“I think we just really came together as a team and just focused on playing all as one instead of 11 different players on the field,” Saulin said. “I think that’s really what was the difference between this game and the last one (Thursday’s 1-0 loss to Gloucester Catholic).

“We made a point this year that we want everybody to be involved in everything. It’s not just I have to go in this game and I have to score and I have to get this many goals; we just want to help each other. It showed a lot this game with so many different people scoring. This game, when we have all these different people scoring is more fun than just one or two people.”

CUMBERLAND 5, SALEM TECH 1: Alaina Miletta scored three goals assisted on two others, and the Colts pulled away from a 1-0 game with four goals in the second half. Jessilyn Chambers scored the Chargers’ goal in the fourth quarter.

Pennsville 6, Salem 1

Pennsville (3-1)	2	2	1	1-	6
Salem (0-3)	1	0	0	0-	1

SCORING SUMMARY
First quarter
P-Gracie Mease (Izzy Saulin), 12:18; S-Julliana Love (unassisted), 11:48; P-Gracie Mease (Izzy Saulin), 4:09
Second quarter
P-Kendall Hoyt (Gracie Mease), 10:26; P-Gracie Mease (Izzy Saulin), 9:09
Third quarter
P-Gina Haubrich (Izzy Saulin), 1:13
Fourth quarter
P-Izzy Saulin (Abby Bohn), 4:10

BOYS SOCCER
PAULSBORO 4, SALEM TECH 0: Matt Hill had a hat trick for the Red Raiders (2-2).

GIRLS SOCCER
CLAYTON 7, SALEM 0: Madi Traister had two goals and three assists for the Clippers (2-2). Deondria Simon also scored two goals.
TIMBER CREEK 2, SCHALICK 0: The Cougars outshot their visitors 20-5, but just couldn’t find the back of the goal.

GIRLS TENNIS
WOODSTOWN 5, OVERBROOK 0
Nathalie Neron (WO) def. Sophia Burgos, 6-0, 6-0
Alyssa Berry (WO) def. Natasha Hreiz, 6-0, 6-0
Noelle Neron (WO) def. Isabella Sepulveda, 6-0, 6-0
Madison LaPalomento-Emilee Kehr (WO) def. Anna Mason-Leah Wilde, 6-1, 6-0
Angelina Lindenmuth-Elianna Norman (WO) def. Charlotte Gall-Liana Grant-Williams, 6-2, 6-0
Records: Woodstown 4-2, Overbrook 1-6.

SCHALICK 5, PENNS GROVE 0
Miya Watkins (S) def. Andrea Restrepo, 6-0, 6-0
Annmarie Podehl (S) def. Alease Stewart, 6-0, 6-0
Macy Slow (S) def. Ada Lopez, 6-0, 6-0
Olivia Lunemann-Sebrina Bradford (S) def. Yanet Cruz-Nathalie Dominquez, 6-1, 6-0
Sammi Tigg-Jasmine Hunt (S) def. Valaria Pedroza-Andrea Chapone, 6-0, 6-0
Records: Schalick 3-1, Penns Grove 0-4.

Pitman at Pennsville
Salem at Glassboro

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
GCIT 2, SALEM TECH 1: GCIT took the third set 25-7 to score its first win of the season. The games were 25-10, 19-25, 25-7.

This week’s schedule

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.

Photo by Heather Papiano

Rallying around

Thursday roundup: Schalick field hockey rallies behind injured coach, blanks rival Woodstown; Salem Tech makes it two in a row; Woodstown tennis edges Pennsville

FIELD HOCKEY
Gloucester Catholic 1, Pennsville 0
Deptford 7, Salem 2
Salem Tech 1, Clayton 0
Schalick 3, Woodstown 0
GIRLS TENNIS
Woodstown 3, Pennsville 2

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

WOODSTOWN – The day didn’t start out great for the Schalick field hockey team, but it sure ended that way.

Cougars coach Heather Cheesman slipped exiting the team bus upon its arrival for Thursday’s game at rival Woodstown and chipped a bone in her right ankle. While she coached her team from a seated position using a field hockey stick as a cane, her players rallied around her to claim a 3-0 win.

“The girls made it easy,” Cheesman said. “Every time we needed to talk they would come in, they’d get around me, we would come in tight and talk low because we couldn’t go to the goal cage like we usually do. When the quarters ended we couldn’t go out in the field like we normally do, so we were kind of closer to the other team than we would have liked, but they made it pretty easy.”

The Cougars (3-1) were charged up to play for their coach. They came out fast and dominated the action. Goalie Lydia Gilligan only had to touch the ball once.

Lena Virga slipped a pass from Ava Scurry into the back of the cage in the first quarter to open the scoring. Scurry scored two goals in the second half on passes from Phoebe Alward and Ella Cheesman.

“The last couple games the girls have been coming out slow,” Cheesman said. “They’re flat, they’re not talking, they don’t look like they’re jelling on the field. It never happened in this game. They came out strong to begin with. Their passes were so good. Everything we’ve been working on just kind of came together.”

And to think it took an injury to their coach to bring it out of them.

She went to the emergency room to have her ankle checked during the JV game and returned home wearing a temporary cast. She’ll follow up with the orthopedist in 3-5 days, but has no plans to stop coaching while she’s on the mend.

“Maybe it’s not as bad as they think and they can put me in a boot or something,” she said. “It’s OK, I’ll survive. It could always be worse.”

SALEM TECH 1, CLAYTON 0: The Chargers followed up the first win in their program’s history with another one-goal win. The Chargers scored the only goal of the match in the second quarter.

GLOUCESTER CATHOLIC 1, PENNSVILLE 0: Alana Belian scored the game’s only goal less than three minutes into the match and teams battled it out the rest of the way.

DEPTFORD 7, SALEM 2: The Spartans scored four goals in the first quarter and maintained control the rest of the match. Julliana Love and Jared Weathers scored goals for the Rams.

GIRLS TENNIS

WOODSTOWN — Senior Noelle Neron took an intense three-set victory over Morgan Holt at No. 3 singles to clinch the Wolverines’ 3-2 victory over Pennsville.

Neron dropped the first set 7-5, but won the second 6-4 to even the match and then took it with a 10-7 win in the tiebreaker. It was her second three-set win of the season.

“The two girls really battled it out,” Woodstown coach Jesse Stemberger said. “In the end, three points playing out differently and there could have been a different result. Both girls gave it everything and we were fortunate to pull it out.

“It’s always competitive when we play them … Noelle dug deep when she needed to. She’s dedicated to the sport and it was great to see her hard work pay off.”

WOODSTOWN 3, PENNSVILLE 2
Lily Edwards (P) def. Nathalie Neron, 6-3, 6-1
Alyssa Berry (WO) def. Izzy Schrenker, 6-1, 6-2
Noelle Neron (WO) def. Morgan Holt, 5-7, 6-4, 10-7
Emma Hankin-Naomi Hess (P) def. Madison LaPalomento-Emilee Kehr, 6-3, 6-0
Emma West-Angelina Lindenmuth (WO) def. Lila Angelo-Graillyn Weber, 6-2, 6-2
Records: Woodstown 3-1, Pennsville 4-3.

Unforgettable first win

Salem Tech field hockey beats the clock in regulation and overtime, turns back Paulsboro for program’s first win in first official home game; includes Wednesday’s Salem County roundup, Thursday’s schedule

FIELD HOCKEY
Salem Tech 4, Paulsboro 3 (OT)

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

WOODSTOWN — When superintendent Jack Swain started sports at Salem Tech in a time that wasn’t really that long ago, it was with the vision of giving its students the chance to make lifelong memories beyond the classroom. Chances are no one connected with the school will forget what took place Wednesday.

The Chargers’ fledgling field hockey team played its first official home game in program history and made it a memorable one. They rallied from two-goal deficits in the first and fourth quarters, beat the clock at the end of both regulation and overtime and dramatically turned back Paulsboro 4-3 for their first win in school history.

Sophomore forward Adessa Plum scored two goals on her 15th birthday, the first one in program history in the second quarter and the game-tying goal 10 seconds before the end of regulation on the officials’ watches. Freshman Hazel Eachus slipped the game-winner through right at the whistle to end overtime.

“I’m just so proud of the girls,” Chargers coach Maureen Lewis said. “I feel like they deserve this win because of how hard they have worked and they worked so hard on the field during this game.

“I think I’ll always remember it. I remember these kinds of moments from when I played, so I feel like I’ll remember it. To do it on our home turf for the first, it’s truly special.”

Salem Tech added field hockey to its varsity offerings this year and will have 14 sports when baseball and softball come on line in the spring. They will play as an independent this year because the Tri-County Conference is in the middle of a two-year scheduling cycle, but will be eligible for the Group 2 playoffs.

The field hockey team debuted last Thursday and lost to Sterling 4-0. All four goals came in the first six minutes of the season, then the teams played even the rest of the game.

The Chargers seemed destined for a similar fate Wednesday when the Red Raiders scored in the opening minute and grabbed a 2-0 lead after the first quarter. Lewis gathered the team after the second goal and before the quarter break and encouraged them to keep fighting.

“Our girls just didn’t give up,” she said. “That’s what’s so special about them, they don’t give up and don’t let it get to their head and they just keep working hard. Sometimes we just need to adjust and they need some talking to and that will usually get it done.”

Plum had the honor of scoring the first goal in school history when she knocked in a pass from Eachus on the right side of the cage with 8:50 left in the second quarter. It stayed 2-1 through halftime.

“Adessa, sometimes she just comes out of nowhere,” Lewis said. “She surprises us often.”

**Adessa Plum has the distinction of scoring the first goal in Salem Tech field hockey history. She scored two in the game.**

Paulsboro regained a two-goal lead early in the fourth quarter, but the Chargers scored twice in the final five minutes of regulation to force 7v7 overtime. Abigail Beals got them within one and then Plum tied it off a pass from Shelby Drummond.

The Red Raiders questioned whether time had expired prior to Plum’s goal, but the officials said there was a lag between the clock at the scoring table and their official watches and by their count there were enough seconds remaining to score the goal. Plum was unaware of how little time remained and just kept attacking the cage.

“I just kept going,” she said. “I didn’t hear a horn.”

The Chargers had several good chances in overtime but were turned away. Conversely, Salem Tech goalie Caroline Tighe kicked out a serious threat by Paulsboro early in the extra period.

On Tech’s winning rush, Jessilyn Chambers sent the ball across from the right wing and Beals got it to Eachus down by the left post. Paulsboro goalie Amelia Lyons came out to challenge, but Eachus pushed it past her and off the inside of the right post for the game-winner.

“I didn’t realize (how much time was left) at all,” Eachus said. “I was just trying to score a goal and win the game. We push ourselves to the limit no matter what.”

And on this day the Chargers pushed themselves to an historic win.

“It was really memorable,” Eachus said. “I’m glad to be a part of this.”

Paulsboro (0-2)	2	0	0	1	0-	3
Salem Tech (1-1)	0	1	0	2	1-	4

GOALS: 1. Paulsboro, Jayla Barnes (Dasoni Scott), 13:55 1Q; 2. Paulsboro, Dasoni Scott, 0:47 1Q; 3. Salem Tech, Adessa Plum (Hazel Eachus), 8:50 2Q; 4. Paulsboro, Talie Blue-Eli, 12:48 3Q; 5. Salem Tech, Abigail Beals, 5:08 4Q, 6. Salem Tech, Adessa Plum (Shelby Drummond), 0:10 4Q; 7. Hazel Eachus, 0:00 OT.

**Salem Tech freshman Hazel Eachus (12) celebrates after scoring an overtime goal to give the Chargers their first-ever win in field hockey.**

Wednesday roundup

BOYS SOCCER

PENNS GROVE – Penns Grove and Glassboro have staged some epic battles in recent years and Wednesday was another of them. In a series that seems to go back and forth, this edition went to the Red Devils.

Rooby Dorival was brought up from the midfield to give the Red Devils a little more punch in overtime and the moved worked as he converted Louby Guerrier’s pass about seven minutes into the extra session for the game-winner in a 3-2 victory.

“I made the decision to take him out from the back and put him up with another striker; they both have a lot of speed and it paid off big time,” Penns Grove coach Mano Massari said. “I talked to the guys in overtime and asked do we want to go for it and they all said yeah we want to go for it. We put them up top and it paid off big time.

“They’re from Haiti;. I call them the Haitian Sensations. They really do a nice job together.”

The game went back and forth. The Red Devils took a 1-0 lead on Mario Fuentes’ penalty kick, but Glassboro tied it. The Bulldogs went ahead 2-1, then senior captain Joey Schultz made a ”great shot” off a cross from Guerrier with about 10 minutes left to retie it.

Seven of the last eight games between the teams have been decided by one goal. The other was a tie.

“Every time we play them it’s a battle,” Massari said. “This was pretty big for us. We did not show up against Pitman on Tuesday. We moved some things around last minute and it just didn’t work; the guys were flat. Today was the polar opposite. They fought hard.

“It showed grit, character, things we want and things we need. Definitely taking us in the right direction. We’ve just got to keep it going.”

Woodstown 3, Overbrook 2: The Wolverines fell behind early, then scored three straight goals to take control. Bryce Ayars got the equalizer on a penalty kick, Jake Lewis gave them the lead and Landon Guglielmo added a necessary insurance goal on a left-foot shot from 20 yards.
Schalick 3, Pitman 1: Luke Price broke a 1-1 tie in the 71st minute with his second goal of the game off a rare goalie assist from Evan Sepers and Marco Spinnato put it away three minutes later.
Pennsville 3, Wildwood 0: Danny Bunny Coronel scored in the eighth minute and Lucas Cooksey and Justin Michaca scored two minutes apart in the second half. Coen Rinnier made 11 saves in posting his second straight shutout and had a goalie assist on Coronel’s goal.
Salem Tech 6, Salem 0: Kameron Brown had a hat trick, Logan Pace scored twice and James Welch had the goal of the game off a Daniel Marandola corner kick. Aiden Bobo earned the shutout.

GIRLS SOCCER
Schalick 6, Pennsville 0: Abby Willoughby scored four goals, one in the opening minute and three in the second half, to lead the Cougars. Olivia Vanacker and Karlie Bakley had the other two goals. Cali Fisler picked up the assist on Willoughby’s last two goals and is now two shy of the school’s all-time record.
Woodstown 7, Overbrook 1: Gina Murray scored twice, while Emma Perry, Sophie Wells, Hailey Kucharczuk, Aubree Covely and Evelyn Walker each scored once.
Glassboro 5, Penns Grove 0: Amina Brown had a hat trick for the Bulldogs.

GIRLS TENNIS
Schalick at Pennsville
Woodstown at Penns Grove
Salem at Overbrook

Thursday’s schedule

WJFL FOOTBALL
Penns Grove at Glassboro, 7 p.m.
Eastern at Vineland, 6 p.m.
Gateway at Wildwood, 6 p.m.
Highland at Pennsauken, 6 p.m.
KIPP Cooper Norcross at Buena, 6 p.m.
Riverside at Maple Shade, 6 p.m.
West Deptford at Collingswood, 6 p.m.
Haddon Township at Clayton, 7 p.m.
FIELD HOCKEY
Gloucester Catholic at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Salem at Deptford, 4 p.m.
Salem Tech at Clayton, 6 p.m.
Schalick at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Pennsville at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
Penns Grove at Palmyra, 4 p.m.