NJSIAA identifies 16 Paulsboro player for disqualification and suspension for Saturday’s playoff game with Schalick; game still on as scheduled
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
Schalick’s South Jersey Group I semifinal playoff game Saturday remains on as schedule, but with host Paulsboro playing with a highly limited roster.
The Red Raiders had 16 players, to date, “identified for disqualification,” and by NJSIAA rules subject to a one-game suspension for their involvement in a wild altercation in the fourth quarter of their 38-0 quarterfinals win over Woodbury Saturday. Game officials terminated the game with 4:41 left to play.
The NJSIAA identified four Woodbury players for the same penalties.
The NJSIAA said Monday Paulsboro is scheduled to host the Cougars Saturday in the second round and the game is on without with DQ’d players. Kickoff is set for noon.
“Our kids are excited that they’re actually going to play,” Schalick coach Kevin Leamy said. “All of them wanted to play.”
Here is the NJSIAA’s statement:
“Late Saturday, NJSIAA learned that the Paulsboro–Woodbury football game had been terminated with approximately four minutes remaining and Paulsboro leading 38–0. An altercation broke out along the Paulsboro sideline which escalated onto the field. Video review confirmed that multiple Paulsboro players engaged in fighting and left the bench area, along with several from Woodbury.
“As required by NJSIAA rules, any player engaged in fighting or leaving the bench area during an altercation is disqualified. Based on the review, 16 Paulsboro players and 4 Woodbury players, to date, have been identified for disqualification and will be subject to a 1-game sit. Both schools have been notified, and disqualifications have been entered into the NJSIAA system.
“The situation is certainly unfortunate, and NJSIAA appreciates the cooperation of both schools as the review process continues.”
Messages have been left for Paulsboro officials for further comment. Schalick athletics director Doug Volovar said he spoke briefly with Paulsboro AD Paul Morina after the NJSIAA’s announcement without much detail.
A Paulsboro senior player responding to a Riverview Sports News post on X said “several” people were ejected for passing the 25-yard-line bench boundary to get away from the melee, the “only” direction they could go he said after they “were instructed” to get away.
The NJSIAA did not identify the 16 disciplined players in its statement; a roster from a game with Penns Grove earlier this year lists 36 players on the Paulsboro roster. Schalick officials were working to identify who they were going to play against, but the team is preparing as if the Red Raiders would be at full strength. The winner draws the Salem-Glassboro winner in the sectional finals. Several starters are said to be among the sanctioned.
“We’ll see who those players (suspended) are,” Leamy said. “It could be all JV players, could be a handful of varsity players, we have no idea right now.
“We’re still preparing as if they’re full strength. We’re preparing that they’re not losing anyone and they have to sit a bunch of JV kids. That’s the way we’re preparing.”
The teams played earlier this year at Schalick with Paulsboro winning 6-0 in a game basically played between the 30s.
Paulsboro controlled the clock in the first half and scored a touchdown late in the second quarter. The Cougars had the ball with five minutes left and mounted a threat for the winning score, but the drive was gutted by back-to-back penalties.
It was the first of three straight losses (among four in a row) the Cougars sustained with quarterback Kenny Bartee in concussion protocol. Bartee returned for the regular-season finale against Woodbury and the Cougars have won two straight since.
So in the rematch, Paulsboro will be without 16 players who played in that game and the Cougars will be with one big piece who didn’t.
“I’m glad there wasn’t a forfeit; I’m glad we get to play,” Leamy said. “We’ll see what happens, but I’m glad there’s a game.”
This story will be updated.
Category: SCHALICK
This week’s schedule
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Nov. 3-8
MONDAY, NOV. 3
FOOTBALL
Woodstown at Clayton, 6 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
South Jersey Group I Tournament
Wildwood at Palmyra, 2 p.m.
TUESDAY, NOV. 4
BOYS SOCCER
South Jersey Group I Tournament
Woodbury at Haddon Twp., 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Glassboro, 2 p.m.
Clayton at Pitman, 2 p.m.
Palmyra at Woodstown, 2 p.m.
Wildwood at Audubon, 2 p.m.
Maple Shade at Riverside, 3 p.m.
Gateway at Penns Grove, 2:30 p.m.
New Egypt at Schalick, 2 p.m.
FIELD HOCKEY
South Jersey Group I Tournament
Collingswood at Shore, 6 p.m.
Woodstown at Haddon Heights, 2 p.m.
Bordentown at South Hunterdon, 2 p.m.
Lower Cape May at Gloucester, 3 p.m.
New Egypt at Haddon Twp., 2 p.m.
Florence at Schalick, 2 p.m.
Gateway at Audubon, 2 p.m.
Pennsville at West Deptford, 1 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Hagerstown at Salem CC, 6 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 5
GIRLS SOCCER
South Jersey Group I Tournament
Glassboro at Pitman, 2 p.m.
Buena at Audubon, 3 p.m.
Woodbury at Clayton, 3 p.m.
Maple Shade at Haddon Twp., 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Woodstown, 2 p.m.
Cape May Tech at Gateway, 2 p.m.
THURSDAY, NOV. 6
FIELD HOCKEY
South Jersey Group I Tournament
Collingswood-Shore vs. Woodstown-Haddon Heights
Bordentown-South Hunterdon vs. Lower Cape May-Gloucester
New Egypt-Haddon Twp. vs. Florence-Schalick
Gateway-Audubon vs. Pennsville-West Deptford
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Atlantic Cape, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY, NOV. 7
FOOTBALL
South Jersey Group I Playoffs
Salem at Glassboro
Schalick at Paulsboro
BOYS SOCCER
South Jersey Group I Tournament
Woodbury-Haddon Twp. vs. Pennsville-Glassboro
Clayton-Pitman vs. Palmyra-Woodstown
Wildwood-Audubon vs. Maple Shade-Riverside
Gateway-Penns Grove vs. New Egypt-Schalick
SATURDAY, NOV. 8
GIRLS SOCCER
South Jersey Group I Tournament
Glassboro-Pitman winner at Schalick
Audubon-Buena vs. Palmyra-Wildwood
Clayton-Woodbury vs. Maple Shade-Haddon Twp.
Woodstown-Pennsville vs. Cape May Tech-Gateway
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Delaware County
Photo credit: Julliana Love
XC South Sectional
Woodstown, Schalick boys and girls advance to Group I state race after top five finishes at DREAM Park
By Riverview Sports News
LOGAN TWP. – The boys and girls teams from Woodstown and Schalick and an individual runner from Pennsville all advance to the Group I cross country state championship meet after posting qualifying finishes in the South Sectionals at DREAM Park Saturday.
Woodstown and Schalick finished 3-4 in the boys standings, while they went 4-5 in the girls standings.
Woodstown’s Jacob Marino finished sixth overall in the Boys Group I race and the Wolverines placed all five counters in the top 15 to score 75 points. Chase Riley was Schalick’s fastest runner, finishing 10th. Collin Bittle was 15th.
Woodstown’s Abby Marino finished second overall in the girls race, running 19:44.80. Teammate Anabel Schaal was seventh. The Wolverines finished two points behind third-place Maple Shade. Helen Lillia led Schalick across the line with an 11th overall finish.
Pennsville’s Sawyer Slad qualified individually after finishing 13th in the girls race.
The top five teams and individual runners in the top 15 not already qualified advance to the state meet. The top 10 runners received medals.
The championship meet is Nov. 8 in Holmdel. The Meet of Champions is there Nov. 15.
Group I South Sectional
| BOYS TEAM SCORES: Glassboro 25, Haddon Twp. 58, Woodstown 75, Schalick 117, Audubon 127, Pitman 173, Maple Shade 184, Cape May Tech 253, Riverside 276, Buena 280, Paulsboro 315, Salem 330, Pt. Pleasant Beach 367, New Egypt 378. |
| GIRLS TEAM SCORES: Audubon 43, Haddon Twp. 61, Maple Shade 86, Woodstown 88, Schalick 108, Pitman 135, Cape May Tech 163, |
| BOYS TOP 15 | GIRLS TOP 15 | ||
| Joseph Saicic, Glassboro | 15:51.84 | Riley Fayer, Audubon | 18:18.40 |
| James Clauson, Haddon Twp. | 16:05.00 | Abby Marino, Woodstown | 19:44.80 |
| Jaeden Wesley, Glassboro | 16:07.92 | Emma Came, Audubon | 20:09.69 |
| Shaun Maloney, Haddon Twp. | 16:13.17 | Juliana Catalani, Maple Shade | 20:26.77 |
| Zacchaeus Harrigan, Glassboro | 16:29.05 | Isabella Legatie, Audubon | 20:41.78 |
| Jacob Marino, Woodstown | 16:39.81 | Tanner Lajoie, Haddon Twp. | 20:57.91 |
| Aaron Johnson, Glassboro | 16:43.89 | Anabel Schaal, Woodstown | 21:05.00 |
| Logan Camm, Audubon | 16:47.05 | Abigail Johns, Glassboro | 21:33.72 |
| Gavin Raktis, Glassboro | 16:58.96 | Peyton Coyle, Pitman | 21:36.28 |
| Chase Riley, Schalick | 17:00.49 | Kirstyn McHale, Cape May Tech | 21:43.17 |
| Rhys Blackman, Pitman | 17:01.56 | Helen Lillia, Schalick | 21:48.21 |
| David Farrell, Woodstown | 17:05.47 | Blake Kemery, Haddon Twp. | 21:56.00 |
| Torsten Duva, Woodstown | 17:11.85 | Sawyer Slad, Pennsville | 22:08.65 |
| Aidan Curran, Haddon Twp. | 17:18.88 | Johana Perez, Maple Shade | 22:14.66 |
| Collin Bittle, Schalick | 17:18.94 | Isabella Dodd, Haddon Twp. | 22:21.87 |
Rams dominate
Salem unloads on KIPP, rolls in South Jersey Group I playoff opener for first playoff win since 2022; Paulsboro, Woodbury brawl in their playoff opener, could impact Schalick semifinal
SOUTH JERSEY GROUP I PLAYOFFS
Quarterfinals
Glassboro 41, Audubon 0
Salem 47, KIPP 0
Schalick 21, Pennsville 16
Paulsboro 38, Woodbury 0
Semifinals
Salem at Glassboro, Friday, 6 p.m.
Schalick at Paulsboro, Saturday, noon
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
CAMDEN — It takes a certain mindset to navigate the perils of a long regular season. Then, after getting through that, teams that make it into the playoffs are asked to compress all that urgency into each specific week knowing that game could be its last.
Streaking Salem really locked into the playoff mentality Saturday and gave an absolutely dominant performance in their 47-0 rout of KIPP in the 4-5 game of the South Jersey Group I quarterfinals. The Rams (6-4) now visit top-seeded Glassboro in the sectional semifinal Friday.
They have won three in a row and five of their last six.
Dominant is the operative word. The Rams ran 37 of their 44 offensive snaps on the Titans’ side of the field. The deepest they were backed into their own territory all game was their 38 – in the third quarter after a punt with a lot of roll – and then it only took them one play to get back to the other side of the field.
Meanwhile, the defense didn’t let the Titans breathe. They had amassed 2800 yards and scored 270 points in their first eight games, but had only 52 net yards and never got close to the end zone against the Rams. Their deepest penetration was the Salem 46. KIPP ran just two total plays on the Salem side of the field and both of those produced interceptions.
“It does change,” Rams coach Kemp Carr said of the approach. “It’s a new season. It’s mental toughness. One and done. There’s no tomorrow.
“We talked about mental toughness all week long I was beating that in their head. You’ve got to let the bad things that happen to you expire quickly and get back to the next play. The mentality is we’re trying to play every down like it’s our last down and we’re never going to get to play football again. That’s got to be the mentality in the playoffs.”
Senior defensive lineman Antwuan Rogers certainly embraced the mentality. Facing the prospect of playing his final high school game if the Rams didn’t win, the Temple commitment took up residence in the Titans’ backfield. Carr called him “relentless.”
He was credited with seven sacks in the game, breaking Amare Smith’s 2021 single season school record. Rogers now has 20 sacks this season with at least one more game to play.
“I saw I was close; I had 13,” Rogers said. “At first I was like I’m probably just going to try to get three (Saturday) and try to finish it out the next game, but then I’m like no, we can go home today, you never know, so I’m like I’ve got to get it today.
“We got super locked in. This is the first time we’ve been in the playoffs in a couple years so we were coming to dominate. We came in with the mindset that we were going to be dominate, so nobody on KIPP Cooper could mess with us – at any position. We came and dominated every position. That’s why we won the game.”
Sophomore Izaiah Santiago also played a huge role keeping the season alive. He scored three touchdowns. Santiago scored on runs of 1 and 3 yards and two plays after his second rushing touchdown he anticipated an out route, picked it off and returned it 50 yards for another score.
“He was locked in on a different mindset,” Carr said. “Whoever fed him make sure they give that to him for the rest of his life.”
“It was just hearing number called,” Santiago said. “All week in practice, running through the plays, getting ready for the game. It was just coming out here and doing what I was supposed to do. I’m just thankful for Coach Carr calling my number.”
The Rams’ domination commenced right from the start, when KIPP touched its game-opening onside kick before it had traveled 10 yards. It took the Rams three plays to get in the end zone and the rout was on.
It was 20-0 at halftime and easily could have been 35-0 with a little more sharpness. Quarterback Desmund Thomas ran for two scores. Freshmen Cashmir Parsley ran for their first touchdown and Kyvion Parsons ran for their last one. Quarterback Desmund Thomas ran for two scores in between.
“I thought we played pretty well,” Carr said. “We left some plays out there; we’ve still got some things we need to execute up front. At first I wasn’t happy with the way we were able to establish the run and then we were able to get it going.
“We’re just trying to figure it out. We’re just tryng to get better every week. Like I said at the beginning of the season I thought we would be pretty good at the end of the season and we are.”
SCHALICK WATCHING: The Schalick football program will be watching closely for any ruling that may come down as a result of the brawl that ended the Woodbury-Paulsboro playoff game Saturday but is going forward with its plan to play a game next week.
The Cougars are scheduled to play the winner (Paulsboro) in the next round Saturday, but the status of that game (and opponent) is potentially in jeopardy after the fight broke out on the Paulsboro sideline after Red Raiders quarterback Malakhai McKenzie was hit out of bounds. Paulsboro was leading the game 38-0 when both benches emptied as a fight erupted on the field. The officials called the game with 4:41 to play.
Reports indicate there were several late hit penalties on Woodbury before the incident that sparked the fight
The NJSIAA is awaiting further information on the incident.
“It’s obviously something you never want to see in high school football,” said Schalick coach Kevin Leamy, who was not at the game. “Whatever the circumstances are you never want to see those type of incidents with that many players involved, people running off the bench. That’s not what any coach wants and I feel bad for both of those staffs that have to deal with that.
“You never know what the results are going to be. The state comes in and makes rulings on these things. Usually, they don’t make the quickest ruling either … We’ll be preparing tomorrow and Monday like we’re playing Paulsboro next Saturday. Until that changes we are preparing for Paulsboro.”
Repercussions could include both teams get kicked out of the playoffs — giving Schalick a bye into the sectional final against the Salem-Glassboro winner in two weeks — multiple player suspensions with the game to continue as scheduled, and even a change to a neutral site.
In any event, the Cougars are going forward with business as usual until they hear otherwise.
“We’ve got to prepare like we’re playing,” Leamy said.
Last year’s Schalick-Paulsboro regular-season game got caught up in a threat that forced officials to postpone the game, at Paulsboro, until the following Monday afternoon.
Salem 47, KIPP 0
| SALEM | KIPP | |
| 13 | 1st Downs | 3 |
| 28-97 | Rushing | 20-14 |
| 7-14-0 | Passing | 4-13-3 |
| 105 | Passing yds | 38 |
| 0-0 | Fumbles-lost | 1-1 |
| 0 | Punts-avg | 3-33.0 |
| 8-60 | Penalties | 8-62 |
| Salem | 14 | 6 | 20 | 7- | 47 |
| KIPP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0- | 0 |
SCORING SUMMARY
S-Cashmir Parsley 48 run (Desmund Thomas run), 10:42 1Q
S-Desmund Thomas 15 run (PAT failed), 0:28 1Q
S-Izaiah Santiago 1 run (kick failed), 4:25 2Q
S-Desmund Thomas 9 run (kick failed), 7:22 3Q
S-Izaiah Santiago 3 run (pass failed), 1:44 3Q
S-Izaiah Santiago 50 interception return (Jonathan Bower kick), 0:07 3Q
S-Kyvion Parsons 4 run (Jonathan Bower kick), 5:03 4Q
GROUP I PLAYOFFS
NORTH I
Butler 42, Hawthorne 7
New Milford 35, Bogota 21
Kittatinny 12, Wallkill Valley 7
Kinnelon 26, Park Ridge 7
NORTH II
Mountain Lakes 42, Brearley 0
Cedar Grove 35, Glen Ridge 20
New Providence 38, Secaucus 0
Hasbrouck Heights 45, Wood-Ridge 14
SOUTH
Glassboro 41, Audubon 0
Salem 47, KIPP 0
Schalick 21, Pennsville 16
Paulsboro 38, Woodbury 0
CENTRAL
Burlington City 49, Bound Brook 0
Manville 35, Asbury Park 0
Pt. Pleasant Beach 42, Riverside 14
Shore 34, New Egypt 0
Cougars claw back
Schalick puts together strong second half to take a Halloween thriller from Pennsville in their South Jersey Group I playoff opener
SOUTH JERSEY GROUP I
Quarterfinals
Glassboro 41, Audubon 0
Salem at KIPP, Saturday
Schalick 21, Pennsville 16
Woodbury at Paulsboro, Saturday
Semifinals
Salem-KIPP winner at Glassboro
Schalick vs. Woodbury-Paulsboro winner
Finals
Nov. 14 at highest seed
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – It’s nights like this that Kevin Leamy was thinking about when he was approved as Schalick’s new football coach way back in March.
Even when the Cougars bogged down with a four-game losing streak in the middle of the season the first-time head coach was confident if they could get it turned around and play their best ball when it counted most they could do something special.
They delivered on that Friday, putting together a big second half defensively and making big plays offensively to knock off third-seeded Pennsville 21-16 in the opening round of the South Jersey Group I playoffs.
“I knew coming into the season that we were going to struggle early because there are a lot of new things … so there was going to be an adjustment period,” Leamy said. “But the message from that very first time I saw them was if you keep improving and we’re playing our best football when we need to, we can make some noise. And that’s what these kids are doing.
“They did exactly what I wanted them to do; they should be really proud of themselves. Hats off to them for coming out and playing the way they needed to in the second half.”
The sixth-seeded Cougars (4-6) now await the winner of Saturday’s Woodbury -Paulsboro game to determine their second-round plans. If second-seeded Paulsboro wins, the Cougars will be there next Saturday. If Woodbury pulls the upset, the Cougars will host Friday.
The night didn’t start off well for them. Pennsville, hosting its first playoff game since 2016, put together two time-consuming 80-play drives to take a 16-7 halftime lead.
The Eagles did it all on the ground; they didn’t throw a pass in the first half. They rushed for 165 yards in the first two quarters and Rylan Hardy had 133 of it.
”They were really running all over us,” defensive back David Stewart said.
But the break gave the Cougars a chance to make some adjustments and they came out a different team in the second half. They held their hosts to just 22 yards rushing, 53 yards total and two first downs in the second half.
“We dared them to do whatever they wanted because we were going to come at them any way we could,” linebacker Dezyon Purnell said.
“It’s hard to make adjustments on the fly,” Leamy said. “We knew we just had to get to halftime and if we could get there we could make the adjustment we need to and then shut the run down in the second half. We knew if we could stop them, we had enough offensive firepower to win the game.”
The Cougars showed that firepower midway through the third quarter when Kenny Bartee hit Stewart with a 54-yard bomb on third-and-15 to get within 16-14 with 7:20 left in it. Stewart put them ahead in the final minute when he fell on a loose ball in the end zone after Bartee fumbled inches from the goal line after a 9-yard gain.
“My guts dropped completely,” Bartee said describing his reaction to the fumble. “I tried to lean the ball over and he just punched it out; it was a great play by the kid. I give my thanks to David Stewart. He came in the clutch and got it back for me.”
“I just thought I had to get there as quick as I could,” Stewart said. “It was moving around a little bit and I just grabbed it as hard as I could and laid on it. I was nervous. I really thought they were going to get on the ball and capitalize on it, but I just made a play on it.”
The teams battled through an intense but scoreless fourth quarter.
Not to be overlooked in the loss was the play of Pennsville backup quarterback Jake Layfield. The junior was pressed into action on the opening possession when four-year starter Robbie McDade sustained a foot injury on a pass Dylan Sheehan tipped, picked and returned for a touchdown but later overturned by penalty and played the rest of the game.
Like a batter stepping in for another hitter mid-count, Layfield completed the Eagles’ opening drive, burrowing in from the 1 for his first career touchdown. He then flawlessly directed the Eagles on his own 12-play, 80-yard drive with Hardy scoring on a 12-yard run. Eagles coach Mike Healy said he “cannot be more impressed” with the job his quarterback of the future did.
“You always have to imagine the possibility,” Layfield said. “When you’re the next man up you have to know there’s always a situation where you’re going to go in, whether you’re second, third, fourth. They were big shoes to fill. I don’t think I filled them up enough ultimately and it led us to fall short.
“I started in a little better than I finished. I started with good field position and drove down and scored; that got me fired up. Halftime kind of cooled me off a little bit. It would’ve been better if there was no halftime, to be honest.”
The Eagles started their last possession near midfield with 6:08 to play. As much as McDade wanted to get back in the game, Healy said it “wasn’t in the books” for the 3,000-yard passer to return for a potential heroic finish, so the comeback rested with Layfield.
They got it moving, but another ill-timed penalty threw them back. Ayden Jenkins ran down Layfield for a loss on third down and then Stewart knocked away a deep fourth-down pass to Hayden Sherman.
“We made mistakes in the second half that set us being the sticks and behind where we wanted to be,” Healy said. “But the bottom line is they made the big plays tonight and we didn’t. We knew they were a good team going in and they executed better tonight.”
After the fourth-down pass fell incomplete, the Cougars took over and ran out the final three minutes plus to keep their season alive.
“it was a hell of a win,” Purnell said. “I’m glad we got this for our team, glad we got this for the Cougars, glad we got this for our coach.”
“We’re getting hot at the right time, all our pieces are falling into place at the exact right time,” added Jenkins. “This is where it all comes together and I think we’re going to go and beat whoever we play next week and play even better.”
(Photo by Amory Alleyne)
Schalick 21, Pennsville 16
| SCH | PV | |
| 14 | 1st Downs | 14 |
| 30-136 | Rushing | 37-187 |
| 8-14-0 | Passing | 2-4-0 |
| 147 | Passing yds. | 31 |
| 0-0 | Fumbles-lost | 1-1 |
| 1-19.0 | Punts-avg | 1-23.0 |
| 3-25 | Penalties | 5-45 |
| Schalick | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0- | 21 |
| Pennsville | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0- | 16 |
SCORING SUMMARY
P – Jake Layfield 1 run (Adrian Alleyne run), 4:18 1Q
S – Kenny Bartee 7 run (Hunter Dragotta kick), 0:03 1Q
P – Rylan Hardy 12 run (Perry Meranti pass from Jake Layfield), 6:35 2Q
S – David Stewart 54 pass from Kenny Bartee (Hunter Dragotta kick), 7:20 3Q
S – David Stewart fumble recovery in end zone (Hunter Dragotta kick) 0:27 3Q
GROUP I PLAYOFFS
NORTH I
Butler 42, Hawthorne 7
New Milford 35, Bogota 21
Kittatinny at Wallkill Valley, Saturday
Kinnelon 26, Park Ridge 7
NORTH II
Mountain Lakes 42, Brearley 0
Cedar Grove 35, Glen Ridge 20
Secaucus at New Providence, Saturday
Hasbrouck Heights 45, Wood-Ridge 14
SOUTH
Glassboro 41, Audubon 0
Salem at KIPP, Saturday
Schalick 21, Pennsville 16
Woodbury at Paulsboro, Saturday
CENTRAL
Burlington City 49, Bound Brook 0
Manville 35, Asbury Park 0
Pt. Pleasant Beach at Riverside, Saturday
Shore 34, New Egypt 0
Tale of the Tape
Here is a statistical breakdown of the two South Jersey Group I football playoff games involving Salem County teams
Schalick at Pennsville
| FRIDAY, 7 p.m. | REC | RUSH | PASS | PF | PA | STR |
| Schalick | 3-6 | 1258 | 525 | 118 | 195 | +1 |
| Pennsville | 5-4 | 1965 | 518 | 241 | 184 | +2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | TD |
| Rylan Hardy, Pennsville | 130 | 889 | 12 |
| Robbie McDade, Pennsville | 108 | 704 | 8 |
| Kenny Bartee, Schalick | 86 | 503 | 7 |
| David Stewart, Schalick | 51 | 269 | 3 |
| Evan Elliot, Schalick | 42 | 166 | 0 |
| Adrian Alleyne, Pennsville | 31 | 165 | 3 |
| Aidan Collazo, Pennsville | 27 | 108 | 2 |
| Dezyon Purnell, Schalick | 18 | 67 | 0 |
| Ayden Jenkins, Schalick | 11 | 63 | 0 |
| PASSING | COMP | ATT | INT | YDS | TD |
| Robbie McDade, Pennsville | 47 | 85 | 6 | 484 | 6 |
| Kenny Bartee, Schalick | 13 | 48 | 9 | 302 | 2 |
| Gary Simonini, Schalick | 21 | 41 | 2 | 177 | 1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | TD |
| Rylan Hardy, Pennsville | 17 | 164 | 0 |
| Dylan Sheehan, Schalick | 11 | 107 | 1 |
| Adrian Alleyne, Pennsville | 9 | 90 | 2 |
| Aidan Collazo, Pennsville | 7 | 50 | 0 |
| Sherrod Jones, Schalick | 6 | 118 | 1 |
| Ayden Jenkins, Schalick | 6 | 67 | 0 |
| David Stewart, Schalick | 5 | 108 | 1 |
| Perry Meranti, Pennsville | 3 | 100 | 2 |
| Jase Volovar, Schalick | 3 | 92 | 0 |
| DEFENSE | S | TFL | TOT | INT/TD |
| Dezyon Purnell, Schalick | 3.5 | 13 | 80 | 0/0 |
| Dylan Sheehan, Schalick | 1 | 7 | 63 | 3/0 |
| Gary Simonini, Schalick | 1 | 6.5 | 53.5 | 0/0 |
| Dante Cummings, Pennsville | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0/0 |
| Rylan Hardy, Pennsville | 1 | 3 | 42 | 0/0 |
| Robert Daly, Schalick | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0/0 |
| Eric Sulik, Schalick | 3.5 | 4.5 | 33 | 0/0 |
| Jacob Hand, Pennsville | 0 | 2 | 33 | 0/0 |
| Aiden Torres, Schalick | 3 | 2 | 31 | 0/0 |
| Perry Meranti, Pennsville | 0 | 2 | 30 | 2/1 |
| Aidan Collazo, Pennsville | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0/0 |
| Robbie McDade, Pennsville | 1 | 3 | 21 | 1/0 |
| Jase Volovar, Schalick | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1/0 |
| David Stewart, Schalick | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3/1 |
| SCORING | PTS | TD | 2P | PAT | FG |
| Rylan Hardy, Pennsville | 82 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbie McDade, Pennsville | 56 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Bartee, Schalick | 42 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Stewart, Schalick | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian Alleyne, Pennsville | 33 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Perry Meranti, Pennsville | 28 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter Dragotta, Schalick | 21 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| Aidan Collazo, Pennsville | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Sheehan, Schalick | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Salem at KIPP
| SATURDAY, noon | REC | RUSH | PASS | PF | PA | STR |
| Salem | 5-4 | 1294 | 1114 | 190 | 113 | +2 |
| KIPP | 6-2 | 1584 | 1268 | 270 | 168 | +3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | TD |
| Davion Ross, KIPP | 55 | 412 | 5 |
| Trey Jones, KIPP | 36 | 386 | 7 |
| Cashmir Parsley, Salem | 65 | 368 | 2 |
| Troy Carey, Salem | 35 | 326 | 4 |
| Desmund Thomas, Salem | 48 | 308 | 2 |
| Neo Echevarria, KIPP | 31 | 196 | 1 |
| Jykhai Boyd, KIPP | 6 | 189 | 2 |
| Torryn Ransome, Salem | 31 | 153 | 3 |
| Darnell Davis, KIPP | 13 | 115 | 0 |
| Ahmad Crosson, KIPP | 18 | 93 | 2 |
| Jyair Davis, KIPP | 10 | 86 | 1 |
| Isiah Santiago, Salem | 9 | 81 | 2 |
| PASSING | COMP | ATT | INT | YDS | TD |
| Desmund Thomas, Salem | 80 | 144 | 4 | 1114 | 13 |
| Davion Ross-Ways | 60 | 98 | 4 | 1089 | 8 |
| Darnell Davis, KIPP | 5 | 14 | 2 | 119 | 2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | TD |
| Jykhai Boyd, KIPP | 21 | 367 | 2 |
| Kaden Robinson, Salem | 19 | 353 | 6 |
| Kyvion Parsons, Salem | 19 | 239 | 1 |
| Michael Morton, KIPP | 18 | 347 | 5 |
| Trey Jones, KIPP | 13 | 334 | 3 |
| Quimere Bergen, Salem | 6 | 118 | 2 |
| KaiSiere Muhammad, Salem | 6 | 107 | 2 |
| Ahmad Tucker, Salem | 5 | 60 | 1 |
| William Dunn, Salem | 4 | 101 | 0 |
| DEFENSE | S | TFL | TOT | INT/TD |
| Antwuan Rogers, Salem | 13 | 13 | 74.5 | 1/0 |
| Troy Carey, Salem | 0 | 11 | 69 | 0/0 |
| Kemal Chatum, Salem | 6 | 11 | 60 | 0/0 |
| Torryn Ransome, Salem | 0 | 5 | 40 | 0/0 |
| Mahkye Murray, Salem | 2 | 8 | 37 | 0/0 |
| Kaden Robinson, Salem | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0/0 |
| Jovanni Rios, Salem | 3.5 | 6 | 31 | 0/0 |
| Quimere Bergen, Salem | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2/1 |
| KaiSiere Muhammad, Salem | 0 | 1 | 24 | 1/1 |
| Aidan Atkins, KIPP | 1 | 1 | 24 | 1/0 |
| Mekhi Moore, KIPP | 3.5 | 1 | 24 | 0/0 |
| Sincere Bethea, KIPP | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0/0 |
| Darnell Davis, KIPP | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0/0 |
| Michael Morton, KIPP | 0 | 1 | 17 | 3/1 |
| Jayden Simmons, KIPP | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0/0 |
| Torey Jones, KIPP | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3/1 |
| SCORING | PTS | TD | 2P | PAT | FG |
| Torey Jones, KIPP | 72 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Morton, KIPP | 68 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaden Robinson, Salem | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davion Ross-Mays, KIPP | 34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jykhai Boyd, KIPP | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Carey, Salem | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Quimere Bergen, Salem | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KaiSiere Muhammad, Salem | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Torryn Ransome, Salem | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neo Echevarria, KIPP | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Photo credits: Top photo, Heather Papiano; Salem photo, Julliana Love
Fine finales
Woodstown soccer, Schalick field hockey head into their respective SJ Group I tournaments off shutout victories in their regular-season finales; Salem Tech field hockey wraps its inaugural season with a win
WEDNESDAY’S SCORES
BOYS SOCCER
Woodstown 3, Gateway 0
West Deptford 5, Penns Grove 0
KIPP at Salem
GIRLS SOCCER
Salem at Gloucester Catholic
FIELD HOCKEY
Schalick 4, Mainland 0
Salem Tech 2, Burlington City 0
Vineland at Woodstown
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN – Can you imagine what was going through Woodstown soccer coach Darren Huck’s mind when the South Jersey Group I tournament brackets came out Wednesday afternoon. Given the time of day, he might have choked on his lunch.
The Wolverines were expecting to pull down a No. 4 seed and host nemesis Palmyra in the opening round, based on the close of the power points standings. Imagine the coach’s surprise when he looked at the official pairings and saw his team on the other side of the bracket, a 6 seed and hosting Clayton.
“I knew right away that they made a mistake,” Huck said. “I knew something was not right. I got a text from another coach and it was like, ‘Have you seen the bracket? I hadn’t at the time, but I open it up and see us at 6, playing Clayton as an 11.
“Right away, I go maybe I’m not on the right year. No, this is right. How was that possible that Haddon Twp. dropped to 3, (listed No. 1) Audubon’s biggest win of the year was against us and after they beat us they still didn’t have enough to jump Schalick or Haddon Twp. I knew something was not right. There was something rotten in Denmark.”
He expressed his uncertainty to athletics director Joe Ursino, but discouraged him from calling the NJSIAA office because he was certain plenty of others already had and he was confident “they’ll figure it out.”
He checked it again about a half hour before the Wolverines went out for their 3-0 shutout of Gateway in their regular-season finale and found the bracket taken down, so he knew someone was working on it. A short time later, it was back up and the Wolverines were back on the favorable 4-line hosting Palmyra in Tuesday’s opening round.
The other three Salem County teams in the field kept their projected places – Schalick (No. 2), Penns Grove (No. 7) and Pennsville (No. 9). Schalick and Penns Grove will have opening-round home games, while Pennsville will be on the road.
Ironically, Huck caught a mistake in the bracket last year as it related to the Wolverines. He said he hadn’t gotten any explanation for the initial miscalculation this year.
“We were talking about it briefly in the locker room prior to the game and were wondering what had happened as we thought we had the 4-seed secured,” said senior Josef Hummel, who scored the Wolverines’ third goal against Gateway. “But we knew we had to focus on the match at hand against another playoff-bound team.
“We were glad to hear after the game that we are back in the 4 seed, and we are looking forward to our game against Palmyra on Tuesday.”
It’ll be the third year in a row the Wolverines will face Palmyra in the playoffs, but the first time in the opening round. The Pals knocked them out in the third round each of the last two years.
“Talk about of all the possible teams to face as a 13th-seed it’s Palmyra of all things; I mean, come on,” Huck said. “At some point I always say in the playoffs you either have to go through Haddon Twp., Palmyra, Schalick. If you want to win South Jersey you’re going to have to beat one or two of those are some point.”
The Wolverines (11-3-4) go into the playoffs off what Huck called “a nice, solid win from start to finish.”
Nick DiTeodoro and Jake Lewis scored goals in the first half with Bryce Ayars getting both assists. DiTeodoro beat the keeper to the far post from the left side and Lewis scored what Huck called “one of the best goals I think we’ve had this year,” a rocket that he tucked inside the right post.
Hummel finished off the scoring in the second half with his second career goal. It came on a cross from Brendon Curtis that he squared up and buried from about 10 yards.
“I had seen (Curtis) attacking the corner really well and I knew the cross was coming in,” Hummel said. “I tried to position myself on the backside of the center back and as the cross came in I was able to get a quick, one-time shot off into the bottom corner away from the keeper. I’m glad I was able to contribute to the team’s win against a playoff quality team like Gateway.”
Meanwhile, Trey Markward and his reliable backline teamed up for the Wolverines’ ninth shutout of the season.
“The defense really stood out today,” Huck said. “The starting defense was back in there today and they just cut down the shots and the opportunities. We haven’t given up many goals this year. We’ve been stingy that way.”
WEST DEPTFORD 5, PENNS GROVE 0: The Eagles scored four goals in the first half and then closed out the Red Devils. Five different players scored in the game.
With their first home playoff game since 2022 on the horizon, the Red Devils played their varsity about 20 minutes. In that opening salvo Juan Ortiz nearly scored a goal. For the junior varsity players who went the rest of the game it was a chance to show what they’ll bring to the table next season when there will be plenty of spots available.
FIELD HOCKEY
SALEM TECH 2, BURLINGTON CITY 0: Olivia Lydon had a goal and an assist as the Chargers wrapped up a successful inaugural season with a shutout. Lydon assisted on Hazel Eachus’ first goal of the game and then converted a pass from Abigail Beals for the second goal. Caroline Tighe posted her eighth shutout, The Chargers were eligible for the Group 2 playoffs in their first varsity season, but didn’t make it, and finished their year 9-5, one of 26 South Jersey Group 1 or 2 teams with a winning record.
SCHALICK 4, MAINLAND 0: Ava Scurry and Lucy Virga each scored two goals for the Cougars in their regular-season finale. They finished the schedule with five straight wins, four straight shutouts. Goalie Lydia Gilligan hasn’t given up a goal since the third quarter of 10-2 rout of Glassboro (17 consecutive quarters). The Cougars host Florence in the opening round of the South Jersey Group I tournament Tuesday.
Playoff brackets
South Jersey Group I playoff brackets in football, field hockey and soccer are official; some interesting matchups, for sure
SOUTH JERSEY GROUP 1 PAIRINGS
SOUTH JERSEY FOOTBALL
(8) Audubon (2-5) at (1) Glassboro (9-0), Thursday
(5) Salem (5-4) at (4) KIPP (6-2), Saturday
(6) Schalick (3-6) at (3) Pennsville (5-4), Friday
(7) Woodbury (3-6) at (2) Paulsboro (8-1), Saturday
BOYS SOCCER
(16) Woodbury (6-9-2) at (1) Haddon Twp. (13-5-1)
(9) Pennsville (10-6-2) at (8) Glassboro (7-10-1)
(12) Clayton (11-7) at (5) Pitman (10-5-2)
(13) Palmyra (8-6-3) at (4) Woodstown (10-3-4)
(14) Wildwood (8-9) at (3) Audubon (13-3-1)
(11) Maple Shade (8-6-2) at (6) Riverside (11-3-2)
(10) Gateway (9-6-2) at (7) Penns Grove (8-4-3)
(15) New Egypt (7-12) at (2) Schalick (13-3-2)
GIRLS SOCCER
(16) Paulsboro (0-17) at (1) Schalick (12-5-1)
(9) Glassboro (8-8) at (8) Pitman (10-7-1)
(12) Buena (7-9-2) at (5) Audubon (9-8-1)
(13) Wildwood (6-9-2) at (4) Palmyra (11-5-1)
(14) Woodbury (4-8-2) at (3) Clayton (12-5)
(11) Maple Shade (3-13-1) at (6) Haddon Twp. (8-9-1)
(10) Pennsville (9-8) at (7) Woodstown (13-3-1)
(15) Cape May Tech (2-14-1) at (2) Gateway (14-1)
FIELD HOCKEY
(16) Collingswood (3-12-1) at (1) Shore (18-0-1)
(9) Woodstown (9-7-1) at (8) Haddon Heights (8-8-1)
(12) Bordentown (8-9) at (5) South Hunterdon (13-3)
(13) Lower Cape May (6-6-1) at (4) Gloucester (11-8)
(14) New Egypt (7-9-1) at (3) Haddon Twp. (11-6)
(11) Florence (7-7) at (6) Schalick (12-6)
(10) Gateway (8-7-2) at (7) Audubon (11-5-2)
(15) Pennsville (7-8-1) at (2) West Deptford (15-2)
Call to action
Playing for their coach, Pennsville field hockey grabs share of first division title since 2021; Eagles’ Bass surpasses 100 career soccer points; Weber’s golden goal lifts Schalick boys over Audubon; includes TCC Classic, Diamond Division girls soccer all-star teams
TUESDAY’S SCORES
FIELD HOCKEY
Pennsville 6, Clayton 1
Woodstown 7, Glassboro 1
BOYS SOCCER
Schalick 2, Audubon 1
GIRLS SOCCER
Pennsville 7, Paulsboro 0
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
CLAYTON – The Pennsville field hockey team had just dispatched Clayton 6-1 with one of its most complete games of the year to win its first Tri-County Conference Classic Division title since 2021. The players had taken their victory team picture, shared a group hug and were on the bus home when they started making telephone calls.
Who was the first person the Eagles called?
Head coach Lisa Doran, of course. Doran, the Pennsville Hall of Famer who is retiring at the end of the season, has been away from the team since Oct. 23 for health reasons and the players have been playing with her in mind.
As the bus was making its way back to Pennsville, the players got Doran on a FaceTime call and gathered around to share in a group chat. She is expected to be recovering at home the rest of the week, but everyone hopes she’ll rejoin the team for its South Jersey Group I tournament opener at second-seeded West Deptford Tuesday.
They did speak briefly after Monday’s win at Gloucester Catholic that put them in position to grab a share of the division title here, but it was just to say hello. Tuesday’s conversation was a lot longer and gave the coach a chance to tell her players how proud she was of them and how bad she wants the success for them.
“It was awesome,” said assistant coach Cass Kirk, who has been directing the team in Doran’s absence. “It was awfully good to see her face and see her home and to see her normal smile. It was really good. I’m sure we’re helping her recover right now with having this win under our belt. We were all so excited to see her and make sure that she’s OK.”
“It basically makes us want to play harder and do it for her and make her happy,” said forward Gracie Mease, who scored two goals in the game, including the one deemed the game-winner.
Kylie Harris scored three more goals since her midseason move to forward and Kendall Hoyt scored the other goal.
“We came out knowing what we wanted, we wanted that win, but we also wanted to make sure we were playing as a team today and that’s exactly what we did,” Kirk said. “We passed the ball a ton, got every single person on the team on the field. It was really good to get everybody out there and working together. One of the things I said to them was make each other look better.”
The Eagles are 3-0 in Doran’s absence, including two big division wins the last two days. Harris has scored 16 goals since moving to the top, five in this emotional three-game winning streak.
“Doran being gone lit a fire under us; it was like she’s not here so we need to work extra hard for her to make her proud,” Harris said. “She does so much for us, working hard and winning was kind of our way of giving back to her knowing she couldn’t be there and experience it with us.”
The win left the Eagles 10-8-1 in the regular season, guaranteeing them a winning season. More importantly, it drew them into a tie with Gloucester Catholic for the division title.
“Now we have our names up on the board (of division champions); that’s pretty cool, especially when there hasn’t been one up there in years” Mease said. “We’re all working together as a team to win the division and it’s nice when we won the division for Doran’s last year.”
WOODSTOWN 7, GLASSBORO 1: Shyann Higinbotham had two goals and three assists and Estella Hitchner scored the first two goals of her career as the Wolverines (10-7-1) won their third straight. Lexi Taylor, Zoe Lipovsky and Kendall Young scored their other goals.
Pennsville 6, Clayton 1
| Pennsville | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1- | 6 |
| Clayton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0- | 1 |
First quarter
P: Kendall Hoyt (unassisted), 9:23; P: Gracie Mease (unassisted), 6:10; C: Dayna Leithead (Madisyn Paclen), 5:03.
Second quarter
P: Kylie Harris (Aubrey Manowitz), 14:20.
Third quarter
P: Kylie Harris (Gracie Mease), 11:03
P: Gracie Mease (Kylie Harris), 3:00
Fourth quarter
P: Kylie Harris (Laura Tamberella), 3:17
Boys Soccer
PITTSGROVE – Jaxon Weber’s golden goal in the first overtime lifted the Cougars (13-3-2) to victory in their final regular season game in a battle between projected 2 and 3 seeds in the upcoming South Jersey Group I tournament.
Audubon (13-3-1) took a 1-0 halftime lead, but Michael Nelson got Schalick’s equalizer when he headed home a free kick from Anthony Sepers.on a header in the second half.
Girls Soccer
PENNSVILLE – Taylor Bass recorded a goal and two assists to go over 100 career points and Karson Cooksey and Marley Wood both scored and spent time in goal as part of Pennsville’s seventh shutout of the season, 7-0 over winless Paulsboro.
Bass assisted on the Eagles’ first two goals to reach 99 points, then reached the milestone with her 43rd career goal 7:43 before halftime to give them a 3-0 lead.
Sloan Marquette, Cameron Robbins, Reagan Wariwanchik and Maura Widener scored Pennsville’s other goals. Tatiyonna Crawford started in goal for the Eagles.
TCC Girls Soccer Teams
| (Based on coaches vote) |
| DIAMOND FIRST | DIAMOND SECOND | ||
| F | Kyleigh Cutler, Schalick | F | Taylor Bass, Pennsville |
| F | Emma Perry, Woodstown | F | Hailey Kucharczuk, Woodstown |
| F | Gianna Simon, Overbrook | F | Olivia Vanacker, Schalick |
| MF | Cali Fisler, Schalick | MF | Gina Murray, Woodstown |
| MF | Amina Brown, Glassboro | MF | Victoria Bupp, Overbrook |
| MF | Emma Morgan, Woodstown | MF | Molly Gratz, Pennsville |
| MF | Quinn Berger, Schalick | ||
| B | Emily Miller, Schalick | B | Delia Hahn, Woodstown |
| B | Delaney Walker, Woodstown | B | Brooke Valentine, Schalick |
| B | Kassaday Sickler, Schalick | B | Reagan Wariwanchik, Pennsville |
| B | Sianna Wedderburn, Glassboro | B | Sanaa Thomas, Glassboro |
| GK | Ellie Wygand, Woodstown | GK | Marissa Pasquarello, Glassboro |
| CLASSIC FIRST | CLASSIC SECOND | ||
| F | Alexa Battaglia, Glou Cath | F | Nicole Lemon, Clayton |
| F | Deondria Simon, Clayton | F | Carly Razze, Pitman |
| F | Aubrey Bradway, Wildwood | F | Teagan Canna, Pitman |
| MF | Emery Sharpnack, Pitman | MF | Kaitlyn Capalbo, Glou Cath |
| MF | Madi Traister, Clayton | MF | Mollie Farrell, Wildwood |
| MF | Alexa Kostiuk, Pitman | MF | Ana Yucis, Glou Cath |
| MF | Mikaela Scuibba, Clayton | ||
| B | Audrey Duffield, Pitman | B | Elizabeth Burgo, Glou Cath |
| B | Leigh Ann Nage, Clayton | B | Lily Atkinson, Wildwood |
| B | Olivia Pisano, Glou Cath | B | Kendal Renshaw, Clayton |
| B | Alyssa Shinskie, Clayton | ||
| GK | Danielle Fredo, Salem Tech | GK | Lauren Narolewski, Glou Cath |
Football leaders
Here are the leaders among Salem County’s five football teams based on statistics posted to the state sports reporting service
Rushing
| PLAYER, SCHOOL | ATT | YDS | TD |
| Rylan Hardy, Pennsville | 130 | 889 | 12 |
| Robbie McDade, Pennsville | 108 | 704 | 8 |
| Kenny Bartee, Schalick | 86 | 503 | 7 |
| Cashmir Parsley, Salem | 65 | 368 | 2 |
| Troy Carey, Salem | 35 | 326 | 4 |
| Desmund Thomas, Salem | 48 | 308 | 2 |
| Terrell Thomas, Penns Grove | 73 | 293 | 2 |
| Jameel Horace, Penns Grove | 45 | 290 | 1 |
| David Stewart, Schalick | 51 | 269 | 3 |
| Frank Hoerst, Woodstown | 54 | 224 | 6 |
| Evan Elliot, Schalick | 42 | 166 | 0 |
| Adrian Alleyne, Pennsville | 31 | 165 | 3 |
| Zane Thomas, Penns Grove | 41 | 158 | 0 |
| Torryn Ransome, Salem | 31 | 153 | 3 |
| Aidan Collazo, Pennsville | 27 | 108 | 3 |
Passing
| PLAYER, SCHOOL | COM | ATT | INT | YDS | TD |
| Desmund Thomas, Salem | 80 | 144 | 4 | 1114 | 13 |
| Frank Hoerst, Woodstown | 31 | 72 | 1 | 510 | 4 |
| Robbie McDade, Pennsville | 47 | 85 | 6 | 484 | 6 |
| Kenny Bartee, Schalick | 13 | 48 | 9 | 302 | 2 |
| Gary Simonini, Schalick | 21 | 41 | 2 | 177 | 1 |
Receiving
| PLAYER, SCHOOL | REC | YDS | TD |
| Kaden Robinson, Salem | 19 | 353 | 6 |
| Kyvion Parsons, Salem | 19 | 239 | 1 |
| Rylan Hardy, Pennsville | 17 | 164 | 0 |
| Dylan Sheehan, Schalick | 11 | 107 | 1 |
| Adrian Alleyne, Pennsville | 9 | 90 | 2 |
| Aidan Collazo, Pennsville | 7 | 50 | 0 |
| Jerry Wooten, Penns Grove | 7 | 44 | 0 |
| Quimere Bergen, Salem | 6 | 118 | 2 |
| Sherrod Jones, Schalick | 6 | 118 | 1 |
| KaiSiere Muhammad, Salem | 6 | 107 | 2 |
| Ayden Jenkins, Schalick | 6 | 67 | 0 |
| David Stewart, Schalick | 5 | 108 | 1 |
| Ahmad Tucker, Salem | 5 | 60 | 1 |
| Cashmir Parsley, Salem | 5 | 35 | 0 |
Tackles
| PLAYER, SCHOOL | S | TFL | TOT |
| Dezyon Purnell, Schalick | 3.5 | 13 | 80 |
| Antwuan Rogers, Salem | 13 | 13 | 74.5 |
| Troy Carey, Salem | 0 | 11 | 69 |
| Dylan Sheehan, Schalick | 1 | 7 | 63 |
| Kemal Chatum, Salem | 6 | 11 | 60 |
| Isaiah Upshur, Penns Grove | 0 | 6.5 | 55 |
| Gary Simonini, Schalick | 1 | 6.5 | 53.5 |
| Luis Colon, Penns Grove | 1 | 10 | 52 |
| Ray Brown, Penns Grove | 4 | 11 | 49 |
| Torryn Ransome, Salem | 0 | 5 | 40 |
| Robert Daly, Schalick | 0.5 | 4 | 39 |
| Dante Cummings, Pennsville | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Nazeer Painter, Penns Grove | 1 | 3 | 38 |
| JaKai Ingrim, Penns Grove | 2 | 9 | 37 |
| Mahkye Murray, Salem | 2 | 8 | 37 |
| Rylan Hardy, Pennsville | 1 | 3 | 34 |
| Eric Sulik, Schalick | 3.5 | 4.5 | 33 |
| Kaden Robinson, Salem | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Aiden Torres, Schalick | 3 | 2 | 31 |
| Jovanni Rios, Salem | 3.5 | 6 | 31 |
TACKLES FOR LOSS
13: Dezyon Purnell, Schalick; Antwuan Rogers, Salem
11: Ray Brown, Penns Grove; Troy Carey, Salem; Kemal Chatum, Salem
10: Luis Colon, Penns Grove
9: JaKai Ingrim, Penns Grove
8: Mahkye Murray, Salem
7: Dylan Sheehan, Schalick
6.5: Isaiah Upshur, Penns Grove; Gary Simonini, Schalick
6: Jovanni Rios, Salem
4.5: Eric Sulik, Schalick
4: Ray Brown, Penns Grove; Evan Elliot, Schalick; Terrell Thomas, Penns Grove;
SACKS
13: Antwuan Rogers, Salem
6: Kemal Chatum, Salem
3.5: Dezyon Purnell, Schalick; Jovanni Rios, Salem; Eric Sulik, Schalick
3: Aiden Torres, Schalick
INTERCEPTIONS
3: Dylan Sheehan, Schalick; David Stewart, Schalick
2: Savior Allah, Penns Grove; Quimere Bergen, Salem; William Dunn, Salem; Jerry Wooten, Penns Grove
Kicking
| PLAYER, SCHOOL | FG | PAT | PTS |
| Hunter Dragotta, Schalick | 2-4 | 15-18 | 21 |
| Frank Hoerst, Woodstown | 0-0 | 4-5 | 4 |
| Adrian Alleyne, Pennsville | 0-0 | 3-3 | 3 |
Scoring
| PLAYER, SCHOOL | PTS | TD | 2P | PAT | FG |
| Rylan Hardy, Pennsville | 82 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Ware, Woodstown | 78 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbie McDade, Pennsville | 56 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Bartee, Schalick | 49 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Hoerst, Woodstown | 40 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| David Stewart, Schalick | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaden Robinson, Salem | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian Alleyne, Pennsville | 33 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Troy Carey, Salem | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Perry Meranti, Pennsville | 26 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter Dragotta, Schalick | 21 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| Quimere Bergen, Salem | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KaiSiere Muhammad, Salem | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Torryn Ransome, Salem | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aiden Collazo, Pennsville | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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