Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Feb. 10-15; all events 5:30 p.m. unless noted, watch the weather
FEB. 10
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Schalick at Winslow, 3:45 p.m.
Penns Grove at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Salem at LEAP, 4 p.m.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Pennsville at Triton
Pitman at Penns Grove
Salem at Winslow, 5:15 p.m.
Schalick at Wildwood
Woodstown at Mastery Charter
BOYS BOWLING
South Jersey Group 2 Tournament
At Laurel Lanes
Salem Tech vs. Cinnaminson, 3:45 p.m.
TRACK
Pennsville, Salem at Ocean Breeze, Staten Island
SWIMMING
NJSIAA Sectionals
Woodstown vs. Seneca at Camden County Tech, 4:45 p.m.
WRESTLING
South Jersey Group I Tournament
Quarterfinals
At Audubon
Pitman at Audubon
Haddon Twp. vs. Schalick
At Paulsboro
Woodstown vs. Pennsville
Palmyra at Paulsboro, 6 p.m.
Semifinals
At Audubon, 7 p.m.
At Paulsboro, 7:30 p.m.
FEB. 11
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Gloucester Catholic at Salem, 4 p.m.
Pennsville vs. Clayton at Wells Fargo Center, 2:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Pitman
Woodstown at Schalick
BOYS BASKETBALL
Pennsville at Penns Grove
Salem Tech at Pitman, 7 p.m.
Salem at Gloucester Catholic, 7 p.m.
Schalick at Woodstown
GIRLS BOWLING
South Jersey Group I Tournament
At Thunderbowl, Wrightstown
Salem vs. New Egypt, 3 p.m.
At Wood Lanes, Woodstown
Salem Tech vs. Point Pleasant Boro, 3:45 p.m.
WOMENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Mercer CC, 5 p.m.
FEB. 12
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Clearview at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
WRESTLING
Haddon Heights at Pennsville, 6 p.m.
Manchester Twp. at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m.
South Jersey Group I Team Finals
FEB. 13
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Pennsville at Pitman
Penns Grove at Salem, 4 p.m.
LEAP Academy at Schalick, 7 p.m.
Woodstown at Salem Tech
BOYS BASKETBALL
Salem at Penns Grove
Salem Tech at Woodstown
Schalick at Pennsauken Tech
GIRLS BOWLING
South Jersey Group I Tournament
Salem Tech-PP Boro winner vs. Salem-New Egypt winner
BOYS BOWLING
South Jersey Group I Tournament
At Ocean Lanes, Lakewood
Salem vs. Donovan Catholic, 3 p.m.
South Jersey Group 2 Tournament
Salem Tech-Cinnaminson winner vs. Gloucester
FEB. 14
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Triton at Schalick
BOYS BASKETBALL
Salem Tech at Camden Academy Charter
WRESTLING
Schalick, Burlington Twp., Maple Shade at Cherry Hill West, 4 p.m.
FEB. 15
WRESTLING
Pennsville, Barnegat, Cherokee at Notre Dame, 9 a.m.
Penns Grove, Rancocas Valley, Sterling at Highland, 9 a.m.
Central Regional, Delran, Haddon Heights at Woodstown, 10 a.m.
TRACK
NJSIAA Sectionals at Bennett Center, 9 a.m.
MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Sussex County CC, 2 p.m.
WOMENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Lackawanna, 1 p.m.
Category: SCHALICK
Energy drain
Salem’s energy falls flat in Senior Day loss to Absegami; includes all of Saturday’s Salem County sports action
BOYS GAMES
Absegami 56, Salem 43
Cherokee 54, Woodstown 38
West Deptford 60, Pennsville 30
GIRLS GAME
Cumberland 54, Schalick 21
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
SALEM – Even though his team was facing an opponent that had 19 wins and was fourth in South Jersey Group 3, Salem basketball coach Anthony Farmer believed it was a winnable game if the Rams brought the right energy.
But even with a Senior Day celebration to add some more juice, the Rams were flat and lost to Absegami 56-43.
The Braves are now 20-3 with a 12-game winning streak.
“I wish I had some answers for you, but the whole game it was energy and effort,” Farmer said. “This was considered a big one for us, we needed this one (and) thought it was a winnable opportunity for us if we played with the right spirit. We just didn’t have the spirit. We didn’t have the energy, effort that we needed.
“You expect the guys to come out and play with some spirit, play with some energy and effort and fly around and we just didn’t have that today. We were flat.”
The big downer was the third quarter. The Rams (9-11) were held to one late field goal and outscored 18-3.
It was a tight game early with the teams trading baskets through 7-7. The Braves started exerting its game-long dominance in the paint and opened an 18-8 lead, but the Rams buried three straight 3s by Tymear Lecator and Xavier McGriff to climb back in it.
It was a four-point game when Absegami coach John Arcidiacono called time with 2:43 left in the first half after Jermyis Burroughs’ 3-pointer gave the Braves a 23-19 lead and then then they really went to work.
They gave up a bucket to Neziah Spence that made it 24-21 then didn’t allow another bucket until Azhone Burden’s running hook with 2:08 left in the third quarter. It was the Rams’ only basket of the third quarter.
“It’s a (close) game at halftime, you’ve got to come out, make a shot or two, get some stops and the game could change just like that,” Farmer said. “Obviously, a three-point quarter, things didn’t go our way … We just need to be better. We need to be able to use energy or we’ll be out (of the playoffs) early.”
The Rams recognized their two seniors before the game and both scored in the game. Burden scored 10 points and grabbed five rebounds. Joe Tunis scored a bucket in the fourth quarter.
The game also marked the return of Darrelle Johnson. The junior guard had to sit out since Jan. 13 when the NJSIAA declared him ineligible for a violation of its transfer rules and stripped the Rams of four wins that interrupted Farmer’s run towards 100 career victories.
ABSEGAMI 56, SALEM 43
ABSEGAMI (20-3) – Steven Deviney 1 0-0 3, Donald Johnson 1 5-6 7, Adam Leigh 1 5-8 7, Jamal Davis 8 2-2 19, Jermyis Burroughs 4 5-7 15, Bobby Peterson 2 0-0 5, Quadir Epps 0 0-0 0, Jeriko Thomas 0 0-0 0, Elias Blocker 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 17-23 56.
SALEM (9-11) – Donovan Weathers 2 1-2 5, Xavier McGriff 1 0-0 3, Neziah Spence 5 0-0 12, Tymear Lecator 2 0-0 6, Deshaan Williams 0 2-4 2, Antwuan Rogers 1 0-2 2, Joe Tunis 1 0-2 2,
Darrelle Johnson 0 1-2 1, Azhone Burden 5 0-0 10. Totals 17 4-12 43.
| Absegami | 16 | 10 | 18 | 12- | 56 |
| Salem | 8 | 13 | 3 | 19- | 43 |
CHEROKEE 54, WOODSTOWN 38: The Chiefs locked down defensively on the Wolverines in the second quarter and outscored them 18-1 to take control of the game. Cherokee placed three scorers in double figures, led by John Comito’s 15.
| Woodstown (12-7) | 12 | 1 | 13 | 12- | 38 |
| West Deptford (11-11) | 8 | 18 | 13 | 15- | 54 |
WEST DEPTFORD 60, PENNSVILLE 30
PENNSVILLE (2-19) – Mason O’Brien 2 2-4 7, Cole Johnston 1 0-0 3, C.J. McDevitt 2 2-4 6, Aiden Alleye 3 1-4 8, J.P. Laughrey 2 2-2 6. Totals 10 7-14 30.
WEST DEPTFORD (4-16) – Shayne Halter 2 0-0 5, Kyree Eason 1 0-0 2, Nick Senatore 5 2-4 14, Thomas Cross 0 0-4 0, Aaron Benson 2 0-0 4, Anthony Martello 3 0-0 8, Curtis Pearson 2 1-2 5, Carter 4 0-0 10, Michael 4 0-0 4, Andrew Gardner 2 0-0 4, Cole Stanish 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 3-14 60.
| Pennsville | 5 | 13 | 4 | 8- | 30 |
| West Deptford | 13 | 13 | 14 | 20- | 60 |
GIRLS GAME
CUMBERLAND 54, SCHALICK 21
| Cumberland (9-11) | 18 | 3 | 17 | 16- | 54 |
| Schalick (4-14) | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2- | 21 |
Wrestling
Hammonton Quad
HAMMONTON – Brett Rowand was in the right place at the right time in Woodstown’s two wins here. Rowand (150) and Angel Hernandez (144) won the final two bouts to close out Williamstown and Rowand won the clinching match against Hammonton.
WOODSTOWN 41, WILLIAMSTOWN 34
157: Joe Hatefi (WI) pinned Thomas Lacy, 1:26
165: Laitton Roberts (WO( pinned Erick Garcia, 3:02
175: Greyson Hyland (WO) dec. Aiden Garcia, 9-7
190: Deryk Hannold (WI) pinned Paul Banff, 5:31
215: Walter Carter (WO) tech fall over Matthew Lahn, 18-2 (2:23)
285: Mateo Vinciguerra (WO) pinned Logan Kennedy, 1:06
106: Tristan Rosemeyer (WI) pinned Hunter Allen 1:34
113: Adam Froehlich (WI) pinned Luke Woronicak, 1:10
120: Carson Bradway (WO) tech fall over Freedom Neff, 17-0 (3:32)
126: Travis Balback (WO) pinned Joseph Lascala, 1:44
132: Jayden Hennessy (WI) maj. dec. Barry Coverly, 12-0
138: Jackson Slotnick (WI) pinned Louie Scholl, 0:44
144: Angel Hernandez (WO) maj. dec. Jack Masterson, 14-0
150: Brett Rowand (WO) pinned Rohan Jaswal, 0:44
WOODSTOWN 38, HAMMONTON 34
175: Greyson Hyland (WO) tech fall over Julius Witcher, 18-1 (4:59)
190: Paul Banff (WO) pinned Timothy Hignutt, 1:18
215: Walter Carter (WO) tech fall over Mark Hartley, 21-0 (5:34)
285: Mateo Vinciguerra (WO) pinned Angel Arvizu, 0:24
106: Tyler Police (H) maj. dec. Hunter Allen 11-2
113: Nathan Clauhs (H) dec. Luke Woronicak, 11-8
120: Shane Way (H) dec. Carson Bradway, 6-0
126: Barry Coverly (WO) maj. dec. Dylan Tollefson, 11-0
132: Travis Balback (WO) won by forfeit
138: Luca Giagunto (H) pinned Louie Scholl, 0:38
144: Wyatt Patterson (H) pinned Angel Hernandez, 0:40
150: Brett Rowand (WO) pinned Evan Allison, 1:27
157: Michael Maimone (H) pinned Thomas Lacy, 3:20
165: Vincent Palermo (H) pinned Laitton Roberts, 1:37
Pennsville Quad
PENNSVILLE – Brett Land, Connor Ayars and Trevor Waddington all went 3-0 and Gabe Supernavage and Travis Hagan went 2-0 as Pennsville won two of the three matches in its quad meet.
Ayars won by a tech fall, major decision and a pin. Waddington pinned two opponents and won a decision. Land had a tech fall, pin and a decision. Supernavage pinned both of his opponents and Hagan won by tech fall and pin.
PENNSVILLE 68, BURLINGTON CITY 6
120: Mehki Dicks (P) pinned Owen Williams, 4:50
126: Vincent Ciccantelli (P) won by forfeit
132: Christopher Daniels (P) dec. Aaron Woomer, 11-7
138: Nathaniel Mason (P) pinned Brandon Greenberg, 2:37
144: Gave Supernavage (P) pinned Calvin Barchue, 2:45
150: Travis Hagan (P) tech fall over Qaddeah Bright, 17-0 (2:00)
157: Xzavier Waters (B) won by forfeit
165: Juan Velasquez (P) dec. Owen Keefe, 12-5
175: Joseph Halstead (P) tech fall over Suleemon Watson, 15-0 (4:10)
190: Christian Blyler (P) won by forfeit
215: Connor Ayars (P) tech fall over Delkontee Lincoln, 15-0 (2:37)
285: Trevor Waddington (P) pinned Jaden Martinez, 2:45
106: Brett Land (P) tech fall over Gerard Cole, 19-4 (1:13)
113: Erick Davalos (P) won by forfeit
EGG HARBOR 43, PENNSVILLE 31
126: Anthony Pineda (EH) maj. dec. Christopher Daniels, 8-0
132: Marco Manzo (EH) dec. Nathaniel Mason, 9-6
138: Gave Supernavage (P) pinned Graham Schlemo, 3:04
144: Travis Hagan (P) pinned Lionel Lertara, 1:26
150: Tyler Schumacker (EH) won by forfeit
157: Joseph Henderson (EH) pinned Juan Velasquez, 3:00
165: Thomas Corcoran (EH) won by forfeit
175: Zia Ali (EH) pinned Christian Blyler, 0:44
190: Joseph Halstead (P) pinned Jacob Cicchino, 3:32
215: Connor Ayars (P) maj. dec. Marco Saavedra, 10-1
285: Trevor Waddington (P) pinned Kaiden Valera, 2:28
106: Brett Land (P) dec. Maruf Reza, 8-7
113: Jayson Garcia (EH) pinned Erick Davalos, 0:43
120: Alex Piskun (EH) pinned Mehki Dicks, 0:50
PENNSVILLE 63, St. JOE (HAMM.) 18
113: Brett Land (P) pinned Damien Spera, 2:15
120: Mehki Dicks (P) won by forfeit
126: Christopher Daniels (P) pinned Naheem Davis, 1:50
132: Nathaniel Mason (P) pinned Tiernan Tracy, 0:53
138: Dalton Ammon (P) won by forfeit
144: Mason Hollywood (SJ) won by forfeit
150: Paul Lacy (SJ) won by forfeit
157: Juan Velasquez (P) won by forfeit
165: Bobby Butkus (SJ) won by forfeit
175: Joseph Halstead (P) won by forfeit
190: Christian Blyler (P) won by forfeit
215: Connor Ayars (P) pinned Chris Morgan, 1:15
285: Trevor Waddington (P) dec. Cayden Banks, 4-0
106: John Sassi (P) won by forfeit
Emotional night
Pennsville senior gets back in the game on Senior Night, Bass has big game, Wood moves closer to 1,000; includes all the scores and highlights from Thursday night’s Salem County high school basketball games
| GIRLS GAMES | BOYS GAMES |
| Pennsville 60, Schalick 21 | Schalick 73, Pennsville 57 |
| Glassboro 33, Penns Grove 31 | Penns Grove 58, Glassboro 54 |
| Clayton 76, Salem 22 | Salem 102, Clayton 66 |
| Woodstown 63, Overbrook 7 | Overbrook 74, Woodstown 55 |
| Wildwood 71, Salem Tech 15 | Wildwood 85, Salem Tech 31 |
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – It’s days like these that make Senior Nights something special.
When Pennsville’s Anikka Macalino tore the ACL in her left knee in the opening minutes of last year’s holiday tournament game against Buena, she didn’t expect to play basketball ever again. If she ever had a chance of coming back at all, she hoped it would be for Senior Night.
Well, not only did she play on Senior Night Thursday, she started (as is customary) and scored the first points of the game in the Eagles’ 60-21 victory over Schalick.
“It meant a lot because I haven’t played in about a year,” Macalino said. “I played JV earlier and my knee just gave up on me. I went into the room and started to cry, but I refused to give up on basketball so I came out and tried again.
“It’s a good feeling scoring the first points of the game.”
And it wasn’t some gift basket to make a player who’d been out all season feel good, either. The Eagles won the opening tip, got it to Macolino and she attacked the basket for a layup. She hit a deep 3-pointer in the third quarter as well.
“To see them go out there and be successful on their night is really kind of cool,” Eagles coach Steve Merritt said.
The game was quietly billed as the night Marley Wood would go over 1,000 career points, but Taylor Bass stole the show.
Bass stood out in the left corner all night and drained a career-best six 3-pointers on the way to a career-high 29 points. The junior hadn’t hit more than three 3s in any game previously in her career, but she was 6-for-7 from beyond the arc against the Cougars.
“I’ve never shot like that before in my life,” she said. “You have those days where you hit them and other days when you don’t. Today was one of those days they went in. I had all those open shots so I took them.”
Wood needed 20 points coming into the game to become the second Pennsville player to reach the 1,000-point mark this season, but had only 12 – and got most of those late. It’s all set up for her to get it Friday when the Eagles host Millville in a game the Thunderbolts agreed to move to Pennsville just for the occasion.
She’s “really excited” about the prospect of joining her sister and brother in the Eagles’ 1,000-Point Club, but it didn’t really hurt her feelings not to get it Thursday.
She said she’d rather do it Friday when more friends, family and especially her AAU teammates and coaches “who are the reason I’m going to score 1,000” could be on hand to witness it. And she didn’t want to steal any thunder from the four seniors who were being honored on their special day.
That mindset was evident early on when she came down on a 2-on-1 break with a clear path to the basket, but she passed to Bass who converted the layup just the same. She had seven assists in the game.
Wood had only five points through the first three quarters, but heated up with all seven of Pennsville’s points in the fourth to get the target down to a manageable number.
“I was getting a little nervous because I only had like five points in all three quarters,” she said. “I wanted to be able to know that I was going to get it tomorrow so I was trying to get at least double digits today so I could have an easier time of it.”
PENNSVILLE 60, SCHALICK 21
SCHALICK (4-13): Navaeh Robinson 3 0-0 8, Willow Davis 0 0-0 0, Carly Vicente 0 0-0 0, Abby Willoughby 1 0-0 2, Cali Fisler 0 0-0 0, Emily Miller 1 0-0 2, Olivia Vanacker 3 1-2 7, Emma O’Neil 0 0-2 0, Ava Scurry 1 0-0 2, Olivia Lunemann 0 0-0 0. Totals 9 1-4 21.
PENNSVILLE (14-6): Taylor Bass 10 3-5 29, Marley Wood 3 6-7 12, Nora Ausland 2 0-0 5, Sofia Belitsas 1 0-0 2, Anikka Macalino 2 0-2 5, Izzy Saulin 1 0-0 2, Calli Ausland 0 0-0 0, Kylie Harris 0 0-0 0, Jaida Burns 2 1-4 5. Ashlyn Fredo 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 10-18 60
| Schalick | 6 | 0 | 7 | 8- | 21 |
| Pennsville | 21 | 16 | 16 | 7- | 60 |
WOODSTOWN 63, OVERBROOK 7: Talia Battavio and Megan Donelson, who’ve been running neck-and-neck in their race up Woodstown’s all-time scoring list, both went over the 1,500-point mark and the Woodstown defense pitched a shutout through the first half.
Battavio scored 13 points to run her career total to 1,510. Donelson scored 15 to reach 1,501. Tori Smith, Woodstown’s all-time leading girls scorer, has 1,566 total points.
The Wolverines opened a 44-0 halftime lead.
WOODSTOWN (14-5): Talia Battavio 3 5-6 13, Megan Donelson 5 1-2 15, Gianna Maiorini 1 0-0 2, Lauren Hengel 2 0-0 5, Kyia Leyman 2 1-4 5, Emma Perry 1 0-0 2, Ryann Foote 4 1-2 12, Kendall Young 2 0-0 5, Jala Thomas 1 0-0 2, Talia Guardascione 1 0-0 2, Lizzy Daly 0 0-0 0, Kailyn Kennedy 0 0-0 0, Ava White 0 0-0 0, Mia Waterman 0 0-0 0, Brynley Egret 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 8-14 63.
OVERBROOK (5-16): Gianna Simon 1 0-0 3, Jael Pressley 0 1-6 1, Rosetta Loibman 0 0-0 0, Lelani Knight 0 1-2 1, Kayla Reynolds 1 0-0 2, Leslies Rosario 0 0-0 0, Ahiani White 0 0-0 0, Kiya Townsend 0 0-0 0, Isabella Sepulveda 0 0-0 0, Lily LaFountain 0 0-0 0, Talia Wiggins 0 0-0 0, Taija Wiggins 0 0-0 0. Totals 2 2-8 7.
| Woodstown | 18 | 26 | 14 | 5- | 63 |
| Overbrook | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2- | 7 |
GLASSBORO 33, PENNS GROVE 31: Kimora Miles gave the Bulldogs the lead for good with 3:30 to play on a length of the floor layup after fighting through traffic on the other end of the floor. Kezia Brackett extended the lead with three free throws, the last with 14.6 seconds left to make it 33-29.
Penns Grove’s RaNiyah Wilson, the game’s leading scorer, went to the line for three shots with 1.8 seconds left. She made the first two to make it a two-point game, then missed the third on purpose with hopes of a quick put-back, but Glassboro was there to secure the rebound as time expired.
GLASSBORO (9-10): Sanaa Thomas 5 0-0 13, Grace Moore 0 0-0 0, Kezia Brackett 5 6-14 16, Kimora Miles 0 0-0 0, Sianna Wedderburn 2 0-0 4, Lily Czubas 0 0-2 0. Totals 12 6-16 33.
PENNS GROVE (9-9): RaNiyah Wilson 6 3-8 19, Brianna Robbins 1 1-2 3, JaNiyah Cummings 1 3-6 5, Syanna Robbins 1 0-0 3, Mikayla Washington 0 1-2 1. Totals 9 8-18 31.
| Glassboro | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8- | 33 |
| Penns Grove | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4- | 31 |
WILDWOOD 71, SALEM TECH 15: Macie McCracken had 23 points and nine rebounds to lead the Warriors. She also had four assists and three steals. Rebecca Benichou had 11 points and five assists. Rylee Doerr had 11 rebounds for the Chargers.
WILDWOOD (14-4): Macie McCracken 9 2-2 23, Angela Wilber 1 0-0 3, Rebecca Benichou 4 1-1 11, Cydnee Kilian 0 0-0 0, Kiana D’Antuono 1 2-2 5, Addison Troiano 2 0-0 4, Laila Fathi 3 0-0 6, Lily Atkinson 2 0-2 5, Sarah Djellal 1 0-0 2, Ellasyn Morey 0 2-4 2, Julia Ennis 4 0-0 8, Emma Contreras 1 0-0 2, Antoinette Cooper 0 0-0 0, Janet Gonzalez 0 0-0 0, Mollie Farrell 0 0-2 0. Totals 28 7-13 71.
SALEM TECH (2-17): Kaylin Beardsley 1 1-2 3, Lavae Scott 1 0-0 2, Demajae White 1 0-0 2, Amora Detaine 1 0-0 2, Evening Amedee 1 0-0 2, Rylee Doerr 2 0-0 4, Payton Fitzpatrick 0 0-0 0. Totals 7 1-2 15.
| Wildwood | 13 | 21 | 20 | 17- | 71 |
| Salem Tech | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5- | 15 |
CLAYTON 76, SALEM 22: Rainelle Blocker had 26 points and Ava Delaney 17 to lead the Clippers (13-5).
Boys games
SALEM 102, CLAYTON 66: You know when you schedule a game against Clayton you can figure on a lot of points behind scored.
Xavier McGriff scored a career-high 23 points, Salem placed four scorers in double figures, and broke 100 for the first time since the 2020 South Jersey Group I tournament. The Rams beat Clayton 100-75 that day.
Antwuan Rogers had a double-double with 14 points and 14 rebounds. Deshaan Williams had 14 points and six boards.
CLAYTON (9-11): Princeton Sackor 3 2-5 8, Nazir Davis 4 0-0 8, Demetris Williams 6 1-4 13, James Fritz 7 0-1 18, Jackson Venuto 3 2-2 10, Nasir Carter 4 0-0 9. Totals 27 5-12 66.
SALEM (9-10): Xavier McGriff 9 0-0 23, Deshaan Williams 7 2-2 17, Neziah Spence 5 2-2 14, Kyaire Parsons 3 2-2 8, Antwan Rogers 7 0-0 14, Harlen Parsons 2 0-0 6, Joe Tunis 2 1-2 5, Azhone Burden 3 0-0 6, Giovani Talavera 0 0-0 0, Donovan Weathers 2 0-0 4, KaiSiere Muhammad 2 0-0 4, Tamir Lusby 2 0-0 5. Totals 44 7-8 102.
| Clayton | 15 | 4 | 28 | 21- | 66 |
| Salem | 22 | 33 | 24 | 22- | 102 |
PENNS GROVE 58, GLASSBORO 54: B.J. Robbins hit the last of his three 3-pointers from the top of the key with 2:00 left to give Penns Grove a 56-52 lead and the Red Devils held on. Robbins finished with 14 points. Glassboro’s Xavier Sabb led all scorers with 20.
GLASSBORO (7-12): Xavier Sabb 9-2-20, Davon Barr 3-0-6, Aiden Harris 3-0-6, Kenny Smith 5-3-14, Marley Crowl 3-2-8. Totals 23-7-54.
PENNS GROVE (10-9): B.J. Robbins 5-1-14, Roman Gipson 4-5-13, Antoine Robinson 1-2-4, Jameel Horace 7-1-15, Will Roy 0-0-0, Luis Colon 1-0-2, Jeremy Costacamps 1-0-2, Karon Caesar 4-0-8. Totals 23-9-58.
| Glassboro | 17 | 11 | 14 | 12- | 54 |
| Penns Grove | 14 | 15 | 16 | 11- | 58 |
SCHALICK 73, PENNSVILLE 57: Reggie Allen torched Pennsville for the second time this season, going for 26 points. The senior set his career high with 27 against the Eagles in mid-January. Nylan Sutton (14) and Zaeshawn Mills (11) also scored in double figures for the Cougars. Jovanni Rios led Pennsville with 25 points. Mason O’Brien had 18.
PENNSVILLE (2-18): Cole Johnston 1 3-3 6, Logan Hill 0 1-2 1, Mason O’Brien 7 1-2 18, Jovanni Rios 9 7-7 25, C.J. McDevitt 1 0-0 2, Danny Knight 2 0-0 5. Totals 20 12-14 57,
SCHALICK (6-15): Reggie Allen 11 1-1 26, Nylan Sutton 7 0-0 14, Zaeshawn Mills 5 1-3 11, Jamari Whitley 2 0-0 4, Sherrod Jones 3 1-2 7, Jase Volovar 2 2-2 7, Kenneth Bartee 2 0-0 4. Totals 32 5-8 73.
| Pennsville | 15 | 11 | 13 | 18- | 57 |
| Schalick | 21 | 24 | 11 | 17- | 73 |
WILDWOOD 85, SALEM TECH 31: Brian Cunniff hit 11-of-14 free throws to highlight a 26-point game to help the Warriors snap a four-game losing streak.
SALEM TECH (0-19): Larry Pompper 12, Ayden Myers 7, Chase Pompper 4, Joseph Hayes 4, Aiden Bobo 4.
WILDWOOD (6-12): Brian Cunniff 25, Nolan Mawhinney 14, Jeff Knight 9, Jordan Dozier 8, Vinny Sweeney 5, Daniel Benichou 5, Trevor Troiano 7, Era Jordan 4, R.J. Blanda 3, Justice Santiago 2, Sammy Santiago 3, Jack Fullerton 2.
| Salem Tech | 11 | 3 | 3 | 14- | 31 |
| Wildwood | 18 | 31 | 17 | 19- | 85 |
OVERBROOK 74, WOODSTOWN 55: Lamar Little scored 34 points, Zair Green had 23 and together they helped turn back Woodstown scorers in double figures. Little’s night was powered by seven 3-pointers.
OVERBROOK (18-2): Lamar Little 12 3-3 34, Zair Green 6 9-11 23, Bilal Robinson 1 0-0 3, JR Stanley 2 0-0 4, Elvin Santiago 1 1-2 3, Xavier Wright 2 0-0 4, Jaden St. John 1 0-0 2, Jayden Wilkerson 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 13-16 74.
WOODSTOWN (12-6): Eli Caesar 1 0-0 2, Garrett Leyman 1 1-2 4, Rocco String 4 8-12 16, Blake Bialecki 5 1-3 12, Alejandro Vazquez 5 1-1 14, M.J. Hall 5 0-1 11. Totals 21 3-16 55.
3-point goals: Overbrook (Little 7, Green 2, Robinson, Stanely); Woodstown 6 (Leyman, Bialecki, Vazquez 3, Hall).
| SALEM COUNTY ALL-TIME SCORING LIST (GIRLS) | TODAY | POINTS |
| Katie Kline, Pennsville (2004) | 2110 | |
| Amanda Young, St. James (1995) | 1762 | |
| Sharias Hill, Penns Grove (2009) | 1661 | |
| Brittany Smith, Salem (2007) | 1623 | |
| Tia Furbush, Schalick (2021) | 1574 | |
| Tori Smick, Woodstown (2013) | 1566 | |
| Talia Battavio, Woodstown | 13 vs. Overbrook | 1510 |
| Megan Donelson, Woodstown | 15 vs. Overbrook | 1501 |
| 1000-POINT WATCH | ||
| Nora Ausland, Pennsville (Salem 462/Pennsville 593) | 5 vs. Schalick | 1055 |
| RaNiyah Wilson, Penns Grove (Kingsway 251/PG 810) | 19 vs. Glassboro | 1061 |
| Marley Wood, Pennsville | 12 vs. Schalick | 992 |
To the next level
Schalick’s Simmons makes his longtime dream a reality, signing to play football at Millersville
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
CENTERTON – Like most kids who play football in their youth, Kenai Simmons always dreamed of playing on the college level one day. Instinctively, those dreams focused on the biggest programs in the country, the teams he would watch every Saturday on television.
As he got older and he saw how the recruiting game was played the focus of his future landing place started to change. And as he saw how the game is played today, with transfer portals and NLI deals, he even doubted at times whether his dreams would ever materialize at all.
That’s what makes today such a special day for the versatile Schalick senior. His dream of playing college football became a reality at about 7:30 this morning when he signed and sent scholarship papers to continue his athletic and academic career at Millersville University.
The Marauders touted the signing with a “welcome to the family” post on their social media pages and Simmons is expected to have a signing event at Schalick to celebrate the feat later today.
“One thing about college recruiting nowadays, you’ve got to be strong for it,” Simmons said. “There’s a lot of ups and downs as anybody who’s in my age bracket could tell you. The transfer portal has kids, kids like me. You could be a good athlete or a great athlete, if you don’t have the right grades and the right exposure you might not find a college that’s for you.
“I started doubting myself. I started thinking like I wasn’t going to be at any college at all, any university. I was starting to look up how much Rowan’s tuition was, stuff like that. I was starting to think of what I would do after high school.
“For a good period of time my mind was not on college because it just wasn’t really working out for me. I didn’t really tell anybody that, I was just hoping something would come up so I could get even more motivation and really get this thing through. But here comes Millersville with a pretty good deal.”
Simmons visited Millersville last Wednesday and committed Saturday. He also visited Widener and Shippensburg and planned to visit FDU, Kings and D-III Springfield (Mass.), but ended his recruitment after the trip to Millersville. He took an unofficial trip to Villanova.
“College football for me was just a big thing in general,” he said. “It was a dream since I was young. When I was younger it was different, I wanted to go to Oregon or Ohio State, that was my dream when I was young. Once you get older you realize it’s not even just about the college football, it’s about the education, so I had to make sure I was in the right spot, had the right niche for me and they treat me right in the classroom.
“I went on a couple visits before Millersville and was waiting on some things before I made my final decision. When I got there I just felt at home, coaches were welcoming, players were honest with me about things going on within the team and the coaches got it right and this is their year they feel like, so I think Millersville’s the right place for me.”
Outgoing Schalick coach Mike Wilson agreed Simmons was one of the most versatile player he has coached.
“I have coached some really good players at Schalick,” he said, “but Kenai is special because we could play him in different roles.”
While Simmons played multiple positions for the Cougars, Millersville likes him as something it calls the Falcon-back, a hybrid slot/running back who sometimes just might be called upon to throw a pass.
It’s really not much a departure from what he was used to and actually what he was hoping to find on the next level. He played something similar in his pre-high school days and right before accepting the quarterback’s role as a junior for the good of the team.
His versatility is reflected in his stats. He ran for 2,358 yards and 40 touchdowns in his four-year varsity career. He passed for 1,760 yards and 19 touchdowns in his last two, and caught 13 passes for 358 yards and five touchdowns in his last three.
Before the move to quarterback reduced his role on defense, he had 67 tackles and three interceptions.
“I’d definitely say I was happy with what we accomplished,” Simmons said. “I wasn’t satisfied, but I was definitely happy. There’s definitely a difference there. Not to be cocky, I don’t think anybody on our team could have played the position I played and the way I played it.
“I think I really just pushed the idea (of playing quarterback( out of my head that I didn’t like doing it. But I did it for my team. I had guys on that team I really cared about. I did it for the guys. I did it so we could succeed and try to get a ‘ship under our belt.”
And succeed they did. The Cougars went from not winning a game the year before Simmons made the varsity to playing in a Group I sectional title game each of his last two years. Two years ago, in Simmons’ first year as the quarterback, they started 11-0.
His plan is to report to start his new adventure in August.
“I don’t think relief is the word, but I can’t find a better word than relief right now; we’ll go with relief,” he said. “It was definitely a lot of stuff coming off my shoulders. I think I sat down in the tub for the first time in forever. It was that great. I’m happy to have the opportunity and you know I’ll make it count.”
Top photo by Heather Papiano
Back in control
Woodstown girls regain the lead in Diamond Division after turning back Pennsville, Battavio, Donelson closing in on 1,500 points, Eagles’ Wood nearing 1,000
TUESDAY’S GAMES
Woodstown 59, Pennsville 47
Glassboro 52, Schalick 22
Clayton 66, Salem Tech 12
Penns Grove 64, Overbrook 19
Pitman at Salem
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – The Woodstown girls basketball team hasn’t had a five-year stranglehold on the TCC Diamond Division by folding under the pressure of a challenge.
The Wolverines faced the sternest late-season challenge to their diamond dynasty Tuesday night, but they never flinched and turned back upstart Pennsville 59-47.
The teams entered the game tied for the Diamond Division lead. Had the Wolverines fallen, it not only would have ended their 34-game Salem County winning streak, it may also have ended their run of four straight division titles.
Now, they’ve won 35 straight against in-county opponents and are on the verge of a fifth straight Diamond Division crown having only the two weakest teams left to play on their divisional schedule.
“At the beginning of the season we set a list of goals and obviously one of those goals was to win the division,” said Woodstown coach Matt Smart, the newest gatekeeper of the dynasty. “It’s something we will never take for granted, especially with this group of girls.
“They come out in games like today, they had a different look on their face. You could tell that we had three days off and they kind of got re-energized, refocused. Basketball is a long season and I think those three days off helped us a lot and you could tell the girls were extremely focused. When we play together like that, we’re just phenomenal.”
The Wolverines trailed only once in the game, at 7-5. From there they went on a 13-2 run to the end of the quarter, capped by Ryann Foote’s bucket at the buzzer, to take control. Foote only regained her eligibility in January after transferring from Salem – where she played for current Pennsville coach Steve Merritt as a freshman – and has brought additional quality to an already stacked line-up.
She had her Woodstown best eight points in the game and pulled down seven rebounds. She called getting the win against a former teammate and coach “put the cherry on top” of the day.
“I was excited because we really needed a win,” Foote said. “We obviously knew we really had to show up and do good, but we didn’t really let that get in our heads. We just knew we had to play our game and work as a team and a family to get it done.”
The Wolverines were led by Talia Battavio (18) and Megan Donelson (13). Battavio hit four 3-pointers and moved within three points of 1,500 for her career. Donelson needs 14 to reach that milestone.
Meanwhile, a big part of the Wolverines’ success came from eliminating one of the Eagles’ three main scorers. Taylor Bass had 18 points and Marley Wood had 15 (to move within 20 points of 1,000), to basically play Battavio and Donelson to a scoring stalemate, but the Wolverines held 1,000-point scorer Nora Ausland scoreless for the second time this season and got modest contributions from their supporting cast..
The Eagles won the last time Ausland was shut out, but that wasn’t the case this time.
“Just watching film on them from our previous game we kind of made a few adjustments and I’ll be honest Meg Donelson came up to me on Monday and said I want to try to guard her,” Smart said. “Whenever Meg comes up to me like that and she has a look on her that’s like we’re doing this (it’s happening).
“She is a phenomenal defender. She always has the hardest assignment every game. She has to output us for offense and stop the girl on defense and she’s always up for the challenge.”
Had Pennsville won the game, the Eagles would have been in good position to win a division title for the first time since 1988. They’d have held a one-game lead on Woodstown with division games left with only Penns Grove and Schalick.
It’s unlikely the Wolverines will lose one of their two remaining division games that would have given the Eagles the chance to climb back into a share for the title.
“I told them 18 games ago, when I pointed that out to you it would have been nice (to get), but I didn’t realize how good you could be,” Merritt said. “I discovered. I learned. Today was a big step. We were there. Nobody expected us to be there, but here we are. I’m proud of them. Of course, I’m disappointed, but I’m proud of them. We hung in there.”
WOODSTOWN 59, PENNSVILLE 47
WOODSTOWN (13-5): Talia Battavio 5 4-4 18, Megan Donelson 5 1-2 13, Gianna Maiorini 0 0-0 0, Lauren Hengel 3 0-0 6, Kyia Leyman 3 1-1 7, Emma Perry 0 0-0 0, Ryann Foote 3 1-3 8, Kendall Young 3 0-0 7. Totals 22 7-10 59.
PENNSVILLE (13-6): Taylor Bass 8 0-0 18, Marley Wood 6 1-3 15, Nora Ausland 0 0-0 0, Addie Johnston 2 2-2 8, Izzy Saulin 1 0-0 2, Jaida Burns 1 2-3 4. Totals 18 5-8 47.
| Woodstown | 18 | 8 | 20 | 13- | 59 |
| Pennsville | 9 | 8 | 15 | 15- | 47 |
GLASSBORO 52, SCHALICK 22
GLASSBORO (8-10): Sanaa Thomas 1 0-2 2, Grace Moore 6 0-0 12, Kezia Brackett 9 2-6 22, Kimora Miles 2 1-2 6, Sianna Wedderburn 3 0-0 6, Lily Czubas 2 0-0 4. Totals 23 3-10 52.
SCHALICK (4-12): Abby Willoughby 1 0-0 3, Cali Fisler 3 4-7 10, Navaeh Robinson 2 0-0 5, Olivia Vanacker 1 0-2 2, Willow Davis 1 0-0 2. Totals 8 4-9 22.
| Glassboro | 14 | 13 | 10 | 15- | 52 |
| Schalick | 8 | 0 | 11 | 3- | 22 |
CLAYTON 66, SALEM TECH 12
| Salem Tech (2-16) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5- | 12 |
| Clayton (12-5) | 22 | 18 | 14 | 12- | 66 |
3-point goals: GCIT 7 (Duer 3, Sheehan, Giannone, Clement 2); Salem Tech 2 (Beardsley 2). Rebounds: GCIT 24 (Duer 4); Salem Tech 23 (White 7, Beardsley 9).
| SALEM COUNTY ALL-TIME SCORING LIST (GIRLS) | TODAY | POINTS |
| Katie Kline, Pennsville (2004) | 2110 | |
| Amanda Young, St. James (1995) | 1762 | |
| Sharias Hill, Penns Grove (2009) | 1661 | |
| Brittany Smith, Salem (2007) | 1623 | |
| Tia Furbush, Schalick (2021) | 1574 | |
| Tori Smick, Woodstown (2013) | 1566 | |
| Talia Battavio, Woodstown | 18 vs. Pennsville | 1497 |
| Megan Donelson, Woodstown | 13 vs. Pennsville | 1486 |
| 1000-POINT WATCH | ||
| Nora Ausland, Pennsville (Salem 462/Pennsville 588) | 0 vs. Woodstown | 1050 |
| RaNiyah Wilson, Penns Grove (Kingsway 251/PG 791) | 19 vs. Overbrook | 1042 |
| Marley Wood, Pennsville | 15 vs. Woodstown | 980 |
Seeing the future
Woodstown’s White has breakout game at Pennsville, includes scores and stats from Tuesday’s high school boys basketball games involving teams from Salem County
TUESDAY’S GAMES
Pitman 61, Salem 58
Woodstown 68, Pennsville 30
Overbrook 58, Penns Grove 43
Glassboro 72, Schalick 45
Clayton 126, Salem Tech 62
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – Woodstown coach Ramon Roots’ focus was clearly on the present Tuesday night, but he also got a pretty good glimpse of the future.
The Wolverines had their way with Pennsville in a 68-30 win. It was the kind of game that gave them a chance to do a lot of things, play a lot of different people.
Impressed by his play in a weekend loss to Bridgeton last time out, Roots gave Andrew White his most appreciable minutes of the season and the freshman didn’t disappoint.
White scored a career-high nine points, grabbed four rebounds and blocked a shot.
“At the beginning of the year, like at practice and stuff, you would see glimpses of what he can be,” Roots said. “He’s going to be a big piece of the program in the future. He just got kind of lost in the rotation a little bit, but he’s always been that type of player.
“Then in the Bridgeton game I just happened to try something. He only had like a 2-3 minute stint, but in the first couple possessions he got back-to-back rebounds and he got a putback. I’ve just been impressed at what he’s been doing in practice and the JV level. He’s been working his way up and he’s going to keep on adding minutes.”
White did most of his damage in the second half. He scored eight points in a 32-point third quarter that left the Wolverines with a 37-point lead.
“This means a lot,” he said. “It shows on the varsity level that I can do it.”
As White spoke one of his teammates draped the Wolverine medallion indicative of the game’s MVP around his neck.
“This means everything,” he said. “I worked my butt off to get the chain.”
The big third quarter was the Wolverines’ first 30-point quarter of the season and more than doubled their point production for the game. They opened the half with four straight 3-pointers, two by Alejandro Vazquez and one each from Garrett Leyman and Eli Caesar. The Wolverines hit seven in the game.
Six different players scored in the third quarter, nine players scored in the game.
“Our tempo in the first half was slow,” Roots said. “I was telling the guys before the game let’s pass the ball inside. I think they thought I meant be passive. I was explaining we had 12, 12 and then we had 30. We had more (points) there than in the first half combined.”
Among the other future leanings Roots worked into the game was getting White and fellow freshman Branden Hall on the floor at the same time and giving junior Blake Bialecki extended minutes at point guard. Hall had four points in the third quarter. Bialecki didn’t score in the game, but he dished at least a half-dozen assists in the first half, four in the first quarter.
WOODSTOWN 68, PENNSVILLE 30
WOODSTOWN (12-5): Eli Caesar 3 0-0 7, John McGindley 0 0-0 0, Blake Bialecki 0 0-0 0, Alejandro Vazquez 4 0-0 11, Josh King 1 0-2 2, Garrett Leyman 3 0-1 7, Anthony Bokolas 0 0-0 0, Andrew White 4 1-2 9, Sid Leavy 1 0-0 2, Rocco String 7 0-0 14, Lucas Fulmer 0 0-0 0, Brayden Hall 4 0-0 7, Connor Miller 3 0-0 7. Totals 30 1-5 68.
PENNSVILLE (2-17): Perry Meranti 0 0-0 0, Jovanni Rios 6 2-7 14, Cole Johnston 0 0-0 0, Mason O’Brien 2 0-0 5, C.J. McDevitt 1 2-3 4, Danny Knight 0 0-0 0, Shilon Jefferson 1 0-0 2, Logan Hitt 0 0-0 0, Arturus Frantzy 1 0-0 2, Jacob Miller 0 0-0 0, Griffin Hern 1 0-0 3, Gavin Spears 0 0-0 0
Noah Owen 0 0-0 0, J.P. Laughrey 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 4-10 30.
| Woodstown | 12 | 12 | 32 | 12- | 68 |
| Pennsville | 7 | 4 | 8 | 11- | 30 |
Rebounds: Woodstown 37 (String 11, Ceasar 6, Leyman 5). Total fouls: Woodstown 11, Pennsville 11. Officials: Lahm, Mathis, Cooper.
PITMAN 61, SALEM 58
SALEM (8-10): Xavier McGriff 2 0-0 6, Neziah Spence 6 0-0 14, Tymear Lecator 8 1-3 19, Deshaan Williams 5 4-4 14, Antwan Rogers 1 0-0 2, Joe Tunis 0 1-2 1, Azhone Burden 1 0-0 2, Donovan Weathers 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 6-9 58.
PITMAN (13-3): Hudson Rue 1 0-0 2, Elijah Crispin 8 8-11 27, Greg Peterson 3 0-0 8, Michael Fisicaro 5 1-2 14, Aidan Stranahan 4 2-2 10. Totals 21 13-15 61.
| Salem | 11 | 7 | 24 | 16- | 58 |
| Pitman | 19 | 15 | 13 | 14- | 61 |
OVERBROOK 58, PENNS GROVE 43
OVERBROOK (17-2): Lamar Little 3-0-8, Xavier Wright 4-0-8, Zair Green 6-0-12, Elvin Santiago 1-0-2, Bilal Robinson 9-0-20, J.R. Stanley 2-0-5, Jayden Wilkerson 1-0-2, Jaden St. John 0-1-1. Totals 26-1-58.
PENNS GROVE (9-9): Will Roy 1-0-3, B.J. Robbins 0-0-0, Roman Gipson 5-7-17, Karon Ceaser 2-2-6, Antoine Robinson 0-0-0, Jameel Horace 8-1-17, Luis Colon 0-0-0, Jeremy Costacamps 0 0-0 0. Totals 16-10-43.
| Overbrook | 10 | 18 | 17 | 13- | 58 |
| Penns Grove | 10 | 13 | 12 | 8- | 43 |
GLASSBORO 72, SCHALICK 45
SCHALICK (5-15): Reggie Allen 4 8-8 17, Nylan Sutton 3 2-6 8, Sherrod Jones 4 2-3 10, Jamari Whitley 2 0-0 5, Jase Volovar 2 0-0 5. Totals 15 12-17 45.
GLASSBORO (7-11): William Goggans 2, Xavier Sabb 24, Tashean Thomas 9, Davon Barr 2, Alex Adeleye 1, Kenny Smith 22, Aiden Harris 10, Marley Crowl 2. No other details reported.
| Schalick | 16 | 6 | 9 | 14- | 45 |
| Glassboro | 14 | 16 | 23 | 19- | 72 |
CLAYTON 126, SALEM TECH 62
CLAYTON (9-10): Princeton Sackor 9 4-5 22, Nazir Davis 9 0-0 23, Demetris Williams 8 0-0 17, Josiel Figueroa 3 0-0 6, James Fritz 6 0-2 14, Jackson Venuto 6 1-2 15, Nasir Carter 3 1-1 7, Mason Gable 3 0-0 9, Rodney Robinson 2 1-1 5, Justin Delaney 0 1-3 1, Trevor Rehm 1 0-0 3, King Mosley 1 2-2 4. Totals 51 10-16 126.
SALEM TECH (0-18): Chase Pompper 6 0-0 12, Ayden Myers 2 0-0 4, Joseph Hayes 7 1-2 15, Sam Battiato 3 0-0 6, Larry Pompper 2 0-0 4, Logan Pace 2 0-0 4, Chase Ayars 8 0-0 16. Totals 30 1-2 61.
| Clayton | 33 | 28 | 37 | 28- | 126 |
| Salem Tech | 13 | 15 | 16 | 18- | 62 |
One that got away
Pennsville boys lose big early lead, fall to Buena on Senior Night, girls stage big rally in fourth to get past West Deptford; Costacamps makes most of first start for Penns Grove, and more
| GIRLS GAMES | BOYS GAMES |
| Haddon Twp. 61, Penns Grove 36 | Penns Grove 76, Riverside 48 |
| Pennsville 58, West Deptford 51 | Buena 57, Pennsville 49 |
| Schalick 37, Buena 21 | |
| GCIT 52, Salem Tech 22 |
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – Senior Night started with such promise for the Pennsville basketball team, on the court and on the scoreboard. But in the end a winnable night turned into a game that got away.
The Eagles raced out to a 15-point lead on Buena early in the second quarter, but they couldn’t hold it. A lack of rebounding and a series of turnovers down the stretch conspired to send them to a 57-49 loss.
“Sometimes you get grapes and sometimes you get raisins,” Pennsville coach Joe Mecholsky said. “Tonight we got the raisins. Tomorrow we’ll look to have grapes.”
The teams played a triple-overtime game in their first meeting, but the Eagles (2-16) came out Monday determined not to do that again. They held the Chiefs (6-12) to two points in the first quarter and led 17-2 two minutes into the second. But then Josue Cuadrado got going for Buena and the Chiefs cut their deficit in half by halftime.
“That’s a dagger,” Mecholsky said of the early lead. “17-2, you want to go ahead and put that game away when you can; credit to Buena, they stuck with it, and offensively we shut down again. 17-2, everybody thought it was a good night, let’s blow these guys out, we lost our brains. Young teams will lose their brains sometimes.”
Cuadrado’s run in the second quarter just set the stage for Jaevon Alexander in the second half. Alexander scored 22 of his 25 points in the half and made the biggest plays down the stretch.
His 3-pointer with 5:06 left in the third quarter tied the game at 26 and moments later Cuadrado’s three-point play gave the Chiefs the lead for good.
Buena led 48-46 with one minute to play, then Pennsville committed four straight turnovers off which the Chiefs scored seven points to decide the game. Alexander had three steals in the stretch. The first one he sent Cuadrado off on a layup, the last two he took in himself. Pennsville had eight turnovers in the fourth quarter.
“We got beat by the better team,” Mecholsky said. “When the chips were down we folded. None of us collectively played well tonight. I didn’t coach well, the players didn’t play well and everybody collectively in the Pennsville basketball program has to get better for each other.”
The loss spoiled a 25-point game by Pennsville’s Jovanni Rios. He had eight in the first quarter to get the Eagles going.
The game got off the chain at the end. Moments after Cuadrado beat the buzzer with a final layup, one of the referees tossed his whistle to his officiating partners at midcourt and squared up on a Pennsville assistant. The game video from above the floor clearly shows the official taking a boxer’s stance.
The other two officials moved their partner away from situation and towards the officials’ dressing area with Mecholsky chasing behind. Pennsville police and game security stepped on the floor to restore order and PMHS athletics director Jamy Thomas directed the gym to be cleared.
There appeared to be some additional activity outside the gym, but it had dispersed by the time security still inside rushed out to the scene.
BUENA 57, PENNSVILLE 49
BUENA (6-12): Elwood Taylor 0 0-0 0, Josue Cuadrado 9 3-5 21, Carlo Spreng 1 0-0 2, Troy Gregory 0 2-6 2, Jaevon Alexander 9 3-5 25, Shamel Rivera 2 3-5 7, Ricky Bessix 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 11-21 57.
PENNSVILLE (2-16): Danny Knight 1 0-0 3, Mason O’Brien 3 0-0 8, Cole Johnston 0 0-0 0, Shiloh Jefferson 1 1-2 4, Jovanni Rios 9 6-9 25, Perry Meranti 2 0-0 4, Logan Hitt 1 0-0 3, C.J. McDevitt 1 0-0 2, Arturus Franzy 0 0-0 0, 30 Owen Noah 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 7-11 49.
| Buena | 2 | 15 | 21 | 19- | 57 |
| Pennsville | 14 | 10 | 8 | 17- | 49 |
PENNS GROVE 76, RIVERSIDE 48: Red Devils coach Damian Ware gave Jeremy Costacamps his first varsity start and the sophomore made the most of the opportunity.
Costacamps drew the start because the Red Devils were down in the post and he responded with 10 points.
“He’d gotten into a car accident and hurt his knee, so he’s been out a couple weeks,” Ware said. “He just came back last week and looked really good so I said let’s throw him in the starting lineup, let’s give him a chance.
“He did what he’s supposed to do. He did what I expected him to do, actually.”
Costacamps had been making his bones on the JV team, but played in one varsity game before Monday night. He scored four points in a January game against Pennsville shortly before the accident. Ware already has decided the sophomore would start again Tuesday against Overbrook.
“You play well, you play, you keep playing well, you play more,” Ware said. “It’s all about opportunities and maximizing your opportunities, and he did that tonight.”
Eleven players scored for the Red Devils (9-8). Roman Gipson led the way with 13 points. Karon Ceaser had 10 and Luis Colon tied his career high with nine.
RIVERSIDE (2-17): Isaiah Ali-Lewis 2-0-5, Cameron Brown 8-1-18, Shane Stoney 2-0-4, Andrew Weaver 2-0-6, Dan Ventura 1-0-2, Jeremiah Boston 2-0-6, Justin Porter 2-0-5, Brett Grinnam 0-2-2. Totals 19-3-48.
PENNS GROVE (9-8): B.J. Robbins 2-1-6, Roman Gipson 5-1-13, Karon Ceaser 3-2-10, Antoine Robinson 0-1-0, Jameel Horace 3-2-8, Will Roy 3-0-7, Geonni Conrad 1-0-3, Luis Colon 4-1-9, Caleb Fowler 2-0-4, Mishawn Brantley 2-1-5, Jeremy Costacamps 4-2-10. Totals 29-11-76.
| Riverside | 6 | 12 | 8 | 22- | 48 |
| Penns Grove | 11 | 24 | 20 | 21- | 76 |
Girls games
PENNSVILLE 58, WEST DEPTFORD 51: A steady and successful march to the foul line and a switch on defense midway through the fourth quarter powered the Eagles to their second straight win in the tuneup for their TCC Diamond Division showdown with Woodstown.
The Eagles (13-5) went 13-of-14 from the line and switched to a man defense to power a 25-9 fourth-quarter uprising that won them the game.
Pennsville trailed by nine entering the fourth quarter. Marley Wood went 7-for-7 from the line and scored 13 points in the quarter. Nora Ausland went 6-for-7 and had eight in the frame.
“They had a lead and I could see that West Deptford’s coach wanted to hold the ball; naturally, we couldn’t allow that,” Pennsville coach Steve Merritt said. “I handed out assignments and told them to personal responsibility if their player got the ball or scored. To their credit, they stepped up.”
Wood led all scorers with 23 points and moved to within 35 of 1,000 for her career. Ausland, who went over 1,000 last week, finished with 13. Taylor Bass had 12 with two 3-pointers.
A win over the Wolverines Tuesday night would give the Eagles a split of their season series and a one-game lead in the division race.
PENNSVILLE (13-5): Taylor Bass 5 0-0 12, Marley Wood 6 11-15 23, Addie Johnston 2 0-0 4, Izzy Saulin 2 0-0 4, Calli Ausland 0 2-2 2, Sofia Belitsas 0 0-0 0, Nora Ausland 2 8-9 13. Totals 17 21-26 58.
WEST DEPTFORD (7-12): Julia Barger 1 0-0 2, Juana Abdelhamid 1 3-4 5, Reyanna Jamison 2 3-4 8, Alyssa Taylor 2 0-0 4, Carleen Connelly 5 1-2 12, Deanna Lawrence 4 4-6 12, Addison Fronza 3 0-0 8. Totals 18 11-16 51.
| Pennsville | 11 | 12 | 10 | 25- | 58 |
| West Deptford | 11 | 14 | 17 | 9- | 51 |
SCHALICK 37, BUENA 21: The Cougars took control of the game with a 14-4 second quarter and got more separation with an 11-2 third. The win snapped a four-game losing streak.
“We challenged the girls to be more aggressive scoring inside and they did a nice job,” Schalick coach John Whalen said. “Likewise, defensively we were aggressive and very disciplined when we decided to press in the middle two quarters.”
Freshman Navaeh Robinson led the Cougars (4-11) with nine points.
SCHALICK (4-11): Abby Willoughby 5, Cali Fisler 3, Ava Scurry 6, Olivia Vanacker 3, Navaeh Robinson 9, Willow Davis 5, Olivia Lunemann 4, Carly Vicente 2.
BUENA (1-15): Mya Nicole 11, Jones Jiavonni 2, Leylani Muniz 2, Kayla Lafferty 2, Athena Bradley 2, Isabella Adkins 2.
| Schalick | 8 | 14 | 11 | 4- | 37 |
| Buena | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12- | 21 |
HADDON TWP. 61, PENNS GROVE 36
PENNS GROVE (8-8): Syanna Robbins 3 0-0 9, Brianna Robbins 2 0-0 4, RaNiyah Wilson 4 2-2 10, Keziah Patterson 2 2-2 6, JaNiyah Cummings 14 5-8 36.
HADDON TWP. (17-3): Kiersten Callahan 9 0-0 18, Samantha Farnham 0 0-0 0, Sammy Martin 1 0-0 3, Arianna Turkot 1 0-0 2, Maeve Sheenan 1 0-0 2, Reagan Maher 0 0-0 0, Madi Kamulda 4 3-4 11, Abby Weideman 4 1-2 11, Kaitlyn Martin 0 0-0 0, Alli Kamulda 3 3-6 11, Emory Shaw 0 2-2 2. Totals 23 9-14 61.
| Penns Grove | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11- | 36 |
| Haddon Twp. | 14 | 20 | 11 | 16- | 61 |
GCIT 52, SALEM TECH 22
GLOUCESTER TECH (11-4): Maggie Duer 5 0-0 13, Gina Sheehan 3 0-0 7, Savanna Shute 1 0-0 2, Leanne Riddick 2 0-0 4, Reis Hartman 2 0-0 4, Ingrid Giannone 1 1-2 4, Addison Tinges 1 0-0 2, Grace Popoff 1 0-0 2, N. Woods 1 0-0 2, Averie Clement 5 0-0 12. Totals 22 1-2 52.
SALEM TECH (2-15): Demajae White 3 2-2 8, Kaylin Beardsley 4 0-0 10, Amora Elaine 1 0-0 2, Rachel Reed 1 0-0 2, Lavae Scott 0 0-0 0, Tiara Bazemore 0 0-0 0. Totals 9 2-2 22.
| GCIT | 22 | 14 | 11 | 5- | 52 |
| Salem Tech | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11- | 22 |
| SALEM COUNTY ALL-TIME SCORING LIST (GIRLS) | TODAY | POINTS |
| Katie Kline, Pennsville (2004) | 2110 | |
| Amanda Young, St. James (1995) | 1762 | |
| Sharias Hill, Penns Grove (2009) | 1661 | |
| Brittany Smith, Salem (2007) | 1623 | |
| Tia Furbush, Schalick (2021) | 1574 | |
| Tori Smick, Woodstown (2013) | 1566 | |
| Talia Battavio, Woodstown | DNP | 1479 |
| Megan Donelson, Woodstown | DNP | 1473 |
| 1000-POINT WATCH | ||
| Nora Ausland, Pennsville (Salem 462/Pennsville 588) | 13 vs. West Deptford | 1050 |
| RaNiyah Wilson, Penns Grove (Kingsway 251/PG 772) | 10 vs. Haddon Twp. | 1023 |
| Marley Wood, Pennsville | 23 vs. West Deptford | 965 |
Cain is able
Schalick freshman wins weight class in Creek Classic, two other county wrestlers place in top 4
By Riverview Sports News
BLACKWOOD – Schalick freshman Emma Cain, who stepped away from her spot in the boys lineup to focus on a run to the girls regionals, won the 109-pound division in the Creek Classic Sunday at Camden County College.
Cain pinned Brianna Roeder of Buena in 3:07 to win the title. After two early byes, Cain pinned Egg Harbor’s Darlene Ho in the quarterfinals and scored a 19-4 tech fall over Mirly St. Sulne of Gateway/Woodbury in the semifinals.
The Cougars finished tenth in the tournament.
Two other Salem County wrestlers placed in the top four of their weight classes.
Pennsville’s Tatiyonna Crawford pinned Dymon Money of Collingswood) in third-place match at 187. Crawford lost in the semifinals to weight class winner Shaelie Young’s 100th career pin.
Schalick’s Athena Eberl lost to Samirah Duran of Egg Harbor, 7-0, in the third-place match at 122. Eberl went 2-2 with two pins.
GIRLS CREEK CLASSIC
at Camden County College
TEAM TOP 10: Pennsauken 166, Kingsway 126.5, Egg Harbor 68, Gateway/Woodbury 65, Manchester Twp. 56, Audubon 54, Paulsboro 51.5, Clayton/Glassboro 50, Ocean City 45.5, Schalick 44.5
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES
102: Elaine Luoma (Kingsway) pinned Josephine Albanese (Audubon), 3:53
109: Emma Cain (Schalick) pinned Brianna Roeder (Buena), 3:07
116: Sheyna Cruz (Paulsboro) pinned Layla Newton (Haddon Twp.), 1:37
122: Reagan Roxas (Kingsway) pinned Sophia Holmes (Clayton/Glassboro)
128: Jada Pichardo (Pennsauken) pinned Cami Bird (Egg Harbor)
134: Belle Konopka (Seneca) dec. Kylee Gaddy (Holy Spirit), 6-2
140: Danna Ramirez (Ocean City) tech fall over Gabriella Nguyen (Pennsauken), 15-0
147: Elizabeth Ostoyic (Delsea) pinned Fatina Lozier (Pennsauken), 3:08
154: Kasey Gelato (Kingsway) tech fall over Navaeh Abney (West Tech), 18-3
167: Ari Tyson (CHW) tech fall over Alexus Paden (Clayton/Glassboro), 25-7
187: Shaelie Young (Gateway/Woodbury) pinned Ayanah Richards (Pennsauken), 0:16
237: Antonia Federici (Gateway/Woodbury) pinned Samantha Domask (Palmyra)
This week’s schedule
Here is this week’s Salem County sports schedule for the week of Feb. 3-8
FEB. 3
GIRLS BASKETBALL
GCIT at Salem Tech
Pennsville at West Deptford
Penns Grove at Haddon Twp., 4:15 p.m.
Schalick at Buena
BOYS BASKETBALL
Buena at Pennsville
Riverside at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m.
TRACK
Pennsville, Salem at Ocean Breeze Complex, Staten Island
BOWLING
Salem vs. Hammonton at DiDonato Bowling Center
FEB. 4
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Glassboro at Schalick
Woodstown at Pennsville, 7 p.m.
Penns Grove at Overbrook
Pitman at Salem
Salem Tech at Clayton
BOYS BASKETBALL
Clayton at Salem Tech
Overbrook at Penns Grove
Salem at Pitman
Schalick at Glassboro
Woodstown at Pennsville
MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Montgomery County (Pa.) CC, 7 p.m.
FEB. 5
WRESTLING
Pennsville at Gateway
Penns Grove at Clearview
Salem at Gloucester Catholic
BOWLING
Salem, Salem Tech in TCC Showcase at 30 Strikes
FEB. 6
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Glassboro at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Salem at Clayton
Schalick at Pennsville
Wildwood at Salem Tech
Woodstown at Overbrook
BOYS BASKETBALL
Clayton at Salem
Overbrook at Woodstown
Pennsville at Schalick
Glassboro at Penns Grove
Salem Tech at Wildwood
BOWLING
Salem vs. Salem Tech at Wood Lanes
SWIMMING
NJSIAA Sectionals at GCIT
WRESTLING
Woodstown, Williamstown at Hammonton
Pennsauken at Schalick
MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL
RCSJ-Gloucester at Salem CC, 7 p.m.
WOMENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL
RCSJ-Gloucester at Salem CC, 5 p.m.
FEB. 7
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Buena at Salem
Pennsville at Millville
WRESTLING
Gloucester Catholic at Penns Grove
Salem at Winslow
BOWLING
NJSIAA Playoffs
FEB. 8
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Cumberland at Schalick, 11:30 a.m.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Pennsville at West Deptford, 11:30 a.m.
Woodstown at Cherokee, 11:30 p.m.
Absegami at Salem, noon
WRESTLING
Burlington City, Egg Harbor Twp., St. Joe (Hamm.) at Pennsville
Salem, Woodstown, Williamstown at Hammonton
MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Harrisburg Area CC, noon
Really good show
Saturday basketball: Pennsville’s girls win in overtime, Schalick’s boys snap losing streak, includes all the day’s games involving Salem County teams
| GIRLS GAMES | BOYS GAMES |
| Pennsville 46, Camden Catholic 45 (OT) | Schalick 73, Buena 31 |
| Gateway 26, Schalick 21 | Oakcrest 78, Pennsville 52 |
| Bridgeton 63, Woodstown 51 | |
| Deptford 63, Penns Grove 60 |
By Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – After a disappointing game against a top team the night before, Pennsville coach Steve Merritt challenged his team to put on a good show Saturday in what he expected to be a similarly tough game against Camden Catholic.
The Eagles gave their coach almost everything he asked for and it resulted in a 46-45 overtime victory.
“They never quit, they played really good defense and were active,” Merritt said. “I was really pleased with the way we played today.
“I told them before the game when I got this job and started working with you I was really happy with the effort and desire to win and for the most part I was happy with it. Yesterday I was little disappointed; let’s go out and put on a good show and they did.”
Playing with 1,000-point scorer Nora Ausland (fouled out) and Jaida Burns (injured) on the bench down the stretch in regulation and all of overtime, the Eagles outscored the Irish 4-3 in the extra session.
All the points in overtime came from the free throw line.
Marley Wood put Pennsville ahead 45-44 with 29 seconds left when she made one of two. The Irish rebounded the shot she missed and tried to hold the ball for a last shot, but the Eagles tied it up with 8.7 seconds and took possession.
Wood was fouled again and this time missed both shots. Edore Pela drve through several Pennsville hands on her way to the basket and put up a short shot for the win that rattled around the rim and didn’t fall.
Pennsville took a seven-point lead into the fourth quarter, but the Irish rallied to force overtime. The Eagles had a chance to win in regulation. Taylor Bass got a steal with two seconds left and raced towards the basket, but her potential game-winning shot rimmed out as the horn blew.
Bass was Pennsville’s leading scorer with 15 points. Ausland had 14 points, 11 in the second quarter to get the Eagles back in the game.
Pela led all scorers with 22 points. She had 11 in the Irish’ fourth-quarter comeback.
PENNSVILLE 46, CAMDEN CATHOLIC 45 (OT)
CAMDEN CATHOLIC (10-6) – Kayla Dunn 4 0-0 10, Caroline Brennan 0 0-4 0, Edore Pell 7 4-8 22, Maddie Brennan 2 0-0 4, Alexa vonHohenstein 1 1-2 3, Khloe Bowman 0 3-4 3, Ayana Jackson 0 0-0 0, Ashanty Alacron 1 0-0 3, Finley Green 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 8-16 45.
PENNSVILLE (12-5) – Taylor Bass 3 7-7 15, Marley Wood 0 5-10 5, Nora Ausland 4 3-4 14, Addie Johnston 3 1-2 7, Jaida Burns 2 1-2 5, Izzy Saulin 0 0-0 0, Sofia Belitsas 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 17-25 46.
| Camden Catholic (10-6) | 10 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 3- | 45 |
| Pennsville (12-5) | 4 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 4- | 46 |
GATEWAY 26, SCHALICK 21
GATEWAY (7-11) – Jayda Catoe 0 0-0 0, Peyton Cutler 3 4-10 10, Maggie Eliasen 0 0-0 0, Layla DeMaise 1 2-4 4, Sarai Gary 1 4-6 6, Lexi Kirwin 2 1-2 6. Totals 7 11-22 26.
SCHALICK (3-11) – Abigail Willoughby 2 0-0 4, Cali Fisler 2 1-5 5, Ava Scurry 3 1-2 7, Navaeh Robinson 1 1-2 3, Willow Davis 0 2-5 2. Totals 8 5-14 21.
| Gateway | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8- | 26 |
| Schalick | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2- | 21 |
| SALEM COUNTY ALL-TIME SCORING LIST (GIRLS) | TODAY | POINTS |
| Katie Kline, Pennsville (2004) | 2110 | |
| Amanda Young, St. James (1995) | 1762 | |
| Sharias Hill, Penns Grove (2009) | 1661 | |
| Brittany Smith, Salem (2007) | 1623 | |
| Tia Furbush, Schalick (2021) | 1574 | |
| Tori Smick, Woodstown (2013) | 1566 | |
| Talia Battavio, Woodstown | DNP | 1479 |
| Megan Donelson, Woodstown | DNP | 1473 |
| 1000-POINT WATCH | ||
| Nora Ausland, Pennsville (Salem 462/Pennsville 560) | 14 vs. Camden Catholic | 1036 |
| RaNiyah Wilson, Penns Grove (Kingsway 251/PG 762) | DNP | 1013 |
| Marley Wood, Pennsville | 5 vs. Camden Catholic | 943 |
Career games by Volovar,
Sutton boost Schalick
CENTERTON – Jase Volovar has been missing his shot lately and wondered where it had gone. It came back to him Saturday and he had a feeling it would.
He and Nylan Sutton both enjoyed career days in Schalick’s 73-31 rout of Buena that snapped a seven-game losing streak.
Volovar tied his career-high with three 3-pointers on the way to a career-high 20 points. Sutton, a senior forward, hit 11 buckets and scored a career-high 24 points.
“It was about going out and coming out as a team and bouncing back from a couple losses,” Volovar said. “Getting back in the rhythm of winning coming up for this game (at Glassboro) Tuesday.
“I thought today we really came together as a team and were moving the ball extremely well, which really helped us get in the rhythm, helped me open up a lot.”
It started quickly for the Cougars’ junior guard. He missed his first 3, but came back down and hit one, then right away got a steal and layup off the press and was on his way to something special. He hit two more 3s before halftime and had 16 points at the break.
“I had been missing my shot,” he said. “Warming up I said my shot was going to be pretty good today. I was hitting from deep, all over the court, every area.”
He credited the increased shooting in practice with helping him get back on track.
Justin Iacona was also feeling it. He hit three 3s, too, and finished with 11 points.
SCHALICK 73, BUENA 31
BUENA (5-12) – Troy Gregory 3 0-0 6, Jayden Rivera 0 0-2 0, Richie Wilson 1 0-0 2, Tyler Weightman 1 2-2 5, Shamel Rivera-Collazo 7 4-8 18. Totals 12 6-12 31.
SCHALICK (5-14) – Jase Volovar 8 1-3 20, Nylan Sutton 11 2-5 24, Sherrod Jones 1 0-0 2, Jamari Whitley 1 0-4 2, Kenneth Bartee 4 0-0 8, Justin Iacona 4 0-0 11, Nicholas Ashwell 1 0-0 2, Ryan Horner 1 0-0 2, Kade Macom 1 0-0 2. Totals 32 3-12 73.
3-point goals: Buena 1 (Weightman); Schalick 6 (Volovar 3, Iacona 3).
BRIDGETON 63, WOODSTOWN 51: It was all Jameel Purnell and Tavon Chandler for Bridgeton in a tight first half, but the Bulldogs got more players involved in the second half and pulled away.
Purnell scored 34 points in the game and Chandler had 16 to almost outscore the Wolverines on their own, and they combined for all their team’s points in the first half as they built a 25-22 halftime lead.
The Wolverines stayed within reach, but, coach Ramon Roots said, just “didn’t make enough winning plays” to get over the top.
Blake Bialecki hit four 3-pointers and led Woodstown with 14 points. Alejandro Vazquez had 12 and Rocco String had 11.
WOODSTOWN (11-5) – Eli Caesar 1 0-0 2, Blake Bialecki 5 0-1 14, Alejandro Vazquez 4 2-2 12, M.J. Hall 1 1-2 3, Garrett Leyman 1 1-2 4, Rocco String 4 3-4 11, Brayden Hall 1 0-0 3. Totals
BRIDGETON (8-12) – Leroy Ortiz Rodriguez 2 0-0 4, Joel Francisco Lopez 2 0-0 4, Kyion Gray 1 0-0 3, Stephen Little 0 0-0 0, Jameel Purnell 14 1-2 34, Jahzeer Thompson 0 0-0 0, Geraldo Gonzalez 0 0-0 0, Tavon Chandler 6 2-4 16, Jerrell Burks 1 0-0 2. Totals 26 3-6 64.
| Woodstown | 10 | 12 | 17 | 12- | 51 |
| Bridgeton | 7 | 18 | 20 | 18- | 63 |
OAKCREST 78, PENNSVILLE 52: Maison Webster hit nine 3-pointers to fuel a 30-point game and Tyree Montford scored 23 for Oakcrest. Mason O’Brien led Pennsville with 13.
OAKCREST (7-10) – Adriece Diggs 3-0-6, Levar Price 1-3-6, Zicri Forest 2-0-4, Maison Webster 10-2-30, Nyree Montford 11-1-23, Jayden Collins 2-0-5, Prince Palmer 2-0-4. Totals 31-6-78.
PENNSVILLE (2-15) – Perry Meranti 4-1-9, Cole Johnston 3-0-9, Jovanni Rios 1-1-3, Mason O’Brien 5-2-13, C.J. McDevitt 1-0-2, Daniel Knight 0-2-6, Logan Hitt 0-3-3, Jacob Miller 1-1-4, J.P. Laughrey 1-0-3. Totals 18-8-52.
| Oakcrest | 8 | 15 | 26 | 28- | 78 |
| Pennsville | 11 | 6 | 16 | 19- | 52 |
DEPTFORD 63, PENNS GROVE 60: Deptford’s Alonzo Hernandez made it a three-point game with two free throws with 10.2 seconds left and Penns Grove missed a pair of 3-pointers in the closing seconds. Penns Grove’s Karon Ceaser put back his miss to get the Red Devils within 61-60.
DEPTFORD (11-5) – Jordan Williams 10-0-21, Kenny Cockrell 4-1-9, Luke Vilary 2-0-4, Brian Orio 1-02-4, Ayden Copestick 7-3-21, Alonzo Hernandez 1-2-4. Totals 25-8-63.
PENNS GROVE (8-8) – B.J. Robbins 7-5-22, Roman Gipson 2-3-8, Karon Ceaser 9-2-22, Antoine Robinson 1-0-2, Jameel Horace 2-0-4, Will Roy 0-2-2. Totals 21-12-60.
| Deptford | 14 | 10 | 22 | 15- | 63 |
| Penns Grove | 19 | 16 | 10 | 15- | 60 |
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