Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Jan. 19-25
JAN. 20 BOYS BASKETBALL Penns Grove vs. Burlington City at Woodbury, 11 a.m. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bridgeton at Pennsville, 11 a.m. BOWLING Salem vs. Cinnaminson at Laurel Lanes JAN. 21 GIRLS BASKETBALL Glassboro at Pennsville, 4 p.m. Penns Grove at Woodstown Salem Tech at Salem Schalick at Overbrook BOYS BASKETBALL Overbrook at Schalick, 7 p.m. Pennsville at Glassboro Salem at Salem Tech BOWLING Salem vs. ACIT at Wood Lanes Salem Tech vs. Collingswood at Wood Lanes SWIMMING Woodstown vs. Pitman at GCIT, 3 p.m. MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Salem CC at Union College, 7 p.m. WOMENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Salem CC at Delaware Tech, 6 p.m. JAN. 22 BOYS BASKETBALL Woodstown at Penns Grove WRESTLING Schalick at Clayton Gloucester Catholic at Salem Timber Creek at Pennsville Woodstown at Overbrook TRACK Pennsville, Penns Grove, Woodstown at Bennett Center, Toms River Salem, Schalick at Ott Center, Philadelphia BOWLING Salem Tech vs. Clayton
JAN. 23 GIRLS BASKETBALL Clayton at Penns Grove, 4 p.m. Pitman at Schalick Salem at Pennsville Salem Tech at Overbrook BOYS BASKETBALL Gloucester Catholic at Woodstown, 4:30 p.m. Pennsville at Salem Penns Grove at Clayton Schalick at Pitman SWIMMING Salem vs. Schalick at GCIT, 6 p.m. BOWLING Salem vs. Lindenwold at Wood Lanes Salem Tech in NJTAC MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Williamson Trades at Salem CC, 4 p.m. JAN. 24 GIRLS BASKETBALL Buena at Salem, 4 p.m. GCIT at Salem Tech Pennsville at Delsea, 7 p.m. SJIBT Tournament Shawnee at Woodstown BOYS BASKETBALL Salem Tech at Buena WRESTLING Woodstown at Pennsville JAN. 25 GIRLS BASKETBALL Penns Grove at OLMA, 11 a.m. Schalick at Camden County Tech, 11:30 a.m. BOYS BASKETBALL Camden County Tech at Schalick, 11:30 a.m. Pennsville at Clearview, 11:30 a.m. West Deptford at Woodstown, 11:30 a.m. WRESTLING Salem, Timber Creek, Lower Cape May at Haddon Heights Schalick, Holy Spirit, Toms River North at Vineland Clayton, Millville at Penns Grove Woodstown, Hillsborough, West Essex at Watchung Hills SWIMMING SJISA Championships at GCIT, 4 p.m. TRACK Schalick at Bennett Center, Toms River BOWLING Salem vs. Eastern at 30 Strikes MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Northampton CC at Salem CC, 2 p.m. WOMENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Middlesex at Salem CC, noon
WOODSTOWN 65, BUENA 15 132: Thomas Hann (B) tech fall over Louie Scholl, 15-0 (4:00) 138: Gionni Sharkey (B) pinned Ryan Polk, 0:51 144: Sincere Cook-Reese (WO) tech fall over Gage Forvour, 21-6 (2:32) 150: Thomas Lacy (WO) won by forfeit 157: Lucas Gellura (B) pinned Brett Rowand, 4:22 165: Laitton Roberts (WO) won by forfeit 175: Greyson Hyland (WO) won by forfeit 190: Paul Banff (WO) won by forfeit 215: Walter Carter (WO) pinned Brian Passamante, 4:16 285: Mateo Vinciguerra (WO) pinned David Cordero, 0:45 106: Hunter Allen (WO) pinned Gianna Edwards, 2:13 113: Chase Blandino (WO) pinned Aubrey Raum, 0:48 120: Carson Bradway (WO) won by forfeit 126: Travis Balback (WO) pinned Donato Vai, 1:28
WOODSTOWN 55, HADDON HEIGHTS 18 120: Cole Denning (H) dec. Carson Bradway, 8-3 126: Walker Battavio (WO) maj. dec. over Brennan Albright, 12-2 132: Travis Balback (WO) pinned Liam Loftus, 0:52 138: Ryan Polk (WO) pinned Leo Falco, 3:33 144: Ryan Bailey (H) pinned Sincere Cook-Reese, 1:38 150: Thomas Lacy (WO) tech fall over Michael Fitter, 21-5 (5:50) 157: Brett Rowand (WO) pinned Jayden Bonilla, 2:34 165: Andrew Gutkin (H) dec. Laitton Roberts, 9-8 175: Greyson Hyland (WO) pinned Jacob Gutkin, 2:49 190: Paul Banff (WO) pinned Joel Martinez, 3:03 215: Walter Carter (WO) won by forfeit 285: Mateo Vinciguerra (WO) pinned Matthew Kusamotu, 1:16 106: Hunter Allen (WO) maj. dec. over Aniello Napolitano, 13-3 113: Michael Ferraro (H) pinned Chase Blandino, 4:00
WOODSTOWN 57, PENNSAUKEN 15 126: Travis Balback (WO) pinned Brandon Thach, 1:06 132: Louie Scholl (WO) maj. dec. over Gabriel Algaba, 10-0 138: Amari Martinez (P) pinned Ryan Polk, 1:25 144: Travis Ngeth (P) pinned Sincere Cook-Reese, 3:41 150: Chrisopher Allen (P) dec. Thomas Lacy, 10-4 157: Brett Rowand (WO) pinned Cyrus Davis, 0:57 165: Laitton Roberts (WO) pinned Carlos Andujar, 1:07 175: Greyson Hyland (WO) tech fall over Mikhi Johnson, 16-0 (3:18) 190: Paul Banff (WO) dec. Kameron Hoskins, 8-7 215: Walter Carter (WO) pinned Alex Zayas, 1:06 285: Mateo Vinciguerra (WO) won by forfeit 106: Chase Blandino (WO) won by forfeit 113: Hunter Allen (WO) pinned Jovanni Hernandez, 3:53 120: Carson Bradway (WO) dec. Zachary Slimm, 7-1
Vineland Quad
PENNSVILLE vs. COLLINGSWOOD PENNSVILLE vs. STERLING PENNSVILLE vs. VINELAND
Pitman Quad
PITMAN 56, PENNS GROVE 24 113: Grady Datz (P) pinned Avery Curriden, 3:39 120: King Iglesia (P) won by forfeit 126: Isaac Gaspariano-Robbins (P) tech fall over Adan Gonzales, 17-0 (3:46) 132: Devine Arce (PG) won by forfeit 138: Nate Wenzke (P) won by forfeit 144: Jacob Lawrence (P) pinned Abdul Tart, 1:40 150: Aidan Upham (P) won by forfeit 157: Tre Brown (PG) won by forfeit 165: Chris McIntyre (P) won by forfeit 175: Clinton Bobo (P) won by forfeit 190: Anthony Cappello (P) dec. Julian Espino, 3-1 215: Aiden Milward (P) pinned Antonio Cooper, 1:40 285: Maliq Reddick (PG) pinned Elijah Lowe, 1:19 106: Skylar Lawrence (P) pinned Jose Santiago, 1:50
PITMAN 57, SALEM 18 106: Grady Datz (P) won by forfeit 113: King Iglesia (P) won by forfeit 120: Jordan Pham (P) won by forfeit 126: Isaac Gaspariano-Robbins (P) pinned Guylherme Quintanilha, 2:45 132: Nate Wenzke (P) won by forfeit 138: Cassidy Werkheiser (S) won by forfeit 144: Jacob Lawrence (P) won by forfeit 150: Aidan Upham (P) won by forfeit 157: Chris McIntyre (P) won by forfeit 165: Tytiana Miller (S) won by forfeit 175: Anthony Cappello (P) won by forfeit 190: Double forfeit 215: Aiden Milward (P) dec. Abdur Jenkins, 7-0 285: Abdullah Jenkins (S) pinned Nicolas Horner, 0:21
Schalick Quad
SCHALICK 50, HADDON TWP. 19 106: Emma Cain (S) won by forfeit 113: Caleb Jenkins (S) pinned Sok Hoy, 0:57 120: Andrew Marshall (H) pinned E’Shion Underwood, 1:00 126: Luke Silva (S) maj. dec. over Owen Ziegler, 15-4 132: Gabe Slafman (H) maj. dec. over Ryan Miller, 14-3 138: Thomas Andrews (H) tech fall over Michael Baisch, 19-0 (3:59) 144: Ayden Jenkins (S) dec. Brady Mokiod, 8-5 150: Koen Martin (S) pinned Justin Capri, 3:10 157: Riley Papiano (S) dec. Ryan Henry, 7-3 165: Eric Sulik (S) tech fall over Damian Shepherd, 18-2 (4:38) 175: Ricky Watt (S) tech fall over Antonio Reyes, 23-5 (5:30) 190: Dezyon Purnell (S) won by forfeit 215: Gerardo Felipe (S) pinned Elijah Borowicz, 3:59 285: Sean Weikel (H) maj. dec. over Aiden Torres, 13-0
SCHALICK 60. PEMBERTON 12 113: Caleb Jenkins (S) pinned Kayden Valasquez, 4:33 120: E’Shion Underwood (S) won by forfeit 126: Luke Silva (S) maj. dec. over Carlos Hilton, 10-0 132: Ryan Miller (S) pinned Jariel Daiz, 0:22 138: Michael Baisch (S) pinned Amari Lewis, 0:57 144: Ayden Jenkins (S) tech fall over Ali Rehman, 20-2 (3:47) 150: Koen Martin (S) pinned Aiden McCleaf, 0:26 157: Riley Papiano (S) pinned Keshawn Richardson, 0:42 165: Eric Sulik (S) pinned Mavrick Willits, 3:40 175: Ricky Watt (S) over Jaden Edwards, SV-1 11-8 190: Yuhann Linares (P) pinned Dezyon Purnell, 0:27 215: Gerardo Felipe (S) pinned Brendan Arnwine, 3:24 285: Jahad Goffeny (P) dec. Julian Reid, 13-11 106: Harley Donald (P) dec. Emma Cain, 14-13
SCHALICK 41, DEPTFORD 31 120: Daniel Jimenez (D) pinned E’Shion Underwood, 5:45 126: Luke Silva (S) dec. Amir Barnes, 10-3 132: Ethan Christmas (D) maj. dec. over Ryan Miller, 19-9 138: Jayden Lawrence (D) pinned Michael Baisch, 1:35 144: Ayden Jenkins (S) pinned Amir Barnes, 2:24 150: Koen Martin (S) pinned Odess Myers, 5:34 157: Riley Papiano (S) tech fall over Devin Trotter, 15-0 (3:55) 165: Eric Sulik (S) maj. dec. over Mel Maguire, 11-0 175: Ricky Watt (S) won by forfeit 190: Joseph Crowley (D) over Evan Elliott, def. 215: John Griffith (D) over Gerardo Felipe, TB-1 3-2 285: Julian Reid (S) pinned Daniel Maguire, 3:32 106: Corey Hoffman (D) pinned Emma Cain, 5:41 113: Caleb Jenkins (S) pinned Braeden Hutchins, 0:37 NOTE: Schalick deducted one team point for taunting.
Here are the Tri-County Conference boys and girls basketball standings in the Classic and Diamond Divisions; games at 5:30 p.m. unless noted; standings through Jan. 18
Girls standings
CLASSIC DIVISION
OV
DIV
GC
WW
CL
PI
ST
SA
Gloucester Catholic
9-1
5-0
—
W
W
W
W
W
Wildwood
8-2
4-1
L
—
W
W
W
W
Clayton
8-2
3-2
L
L
—
W
W
W
Pitman
4-7
2-3
L
L
L
—
W
W
Salem Tech
2-7
1-4
L
L
L
L
—
W
Salem
0-10
0-5
L
L
L
L
L
—
DIAMOND DIVISION
OV
DIV
WO
PV
PG
GL
SC
OB
Woodstown
10-2
5-0
—
W
W
W
W
W
Pennsville
7-3
4-1
L
—
W
W
W
W
Penns Grove
6-4
3-2
L
L
—
W
W
W
Glassboro
5-6
2-3
L
L
L
—
W
W
Schalick
2-6
1-4
L
L
L
L
—
W
Overbrook
2-10
0-5
L
L
L
L
L
—
FRIDAY’S GAMES Clearview 48, Glassboro 28 Kingsway 60, Pitman 18 Gloucester 53, Salem 21 Camden Tech at Salem Tech Clayton 49, Lindenwold 34 Woodstown 65, Pennsville 56
MONDAY’S GAME Bridgeton at Pennsville, 11 a.m.
Boys standings
CLASSIC DIVISION
OV
DIV
PI
SA
GC
WW
CL
ST
Pitman
8-2
5-0
—
W
W
W
W
W
Salem
5-8
4-1
L
—
W
W
W
W
Gloucester Catholic
5-8
2-3
L
L
—
L
W
W
Clayton
6-5
2-3
L
L
L
W
—
W
Wildwood
4-7
2-3
L
L
W
—
L
W
Salem Tech
0-12
0-5
L
L
L
L
L
—
DIAMOND DIVISION
OV
DIV
OB
GL
PG
WO
SC
PV
Overbrook
12-2
5-0
—
W
W
W
W
W
Glassboro
5-7
3-2
L
—
W
L
W
W
Penns Grove
3-7
3-2
L
L
—
W
W
W
Woodstown
7-3
3-2
L
W
L
—
W
W
Schalick
4-8
1-4
L
L
L
L
—
W
Pennsville
1-10
0-5
L
L
L
L
L
—
FRIDAY’S GAMES Clayton 87, Lindenwold 82 GCIT 65, Salem Tech 22 Woodstown 92, Pennsville 47
SATURDAY’S GAMES Cinnaminson 57, Pitman 49 Overbrook 62, Washington Twp. 44 Glassboro 56, Gloucester 46 Lenape 65, Salem 42
SUNDAY’S GAME Newark vs. Everybody Showcase at Weequahic HS Penns Grove vs. Shabazz, 2:30 p.m.
MONDAY’S GAME Penns Grove vs. Burlington City at Woodbury, 5:15 p.m.
Boys roundup: Hall brothers combine for 41 points in first appreciable minutes together, lead Woodstown over Pennsville; Schalick falls at the buzzer
FRIDAY’S GAMES Woodstown 92, Pennsville 47 Haddon Twp. 45, Schalick 43 GCIT 65, Salem Tech 22
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN — Brayden Hall has waited all his life to play significant minutes alongside his brother in a high school basketball game. M.J. Hall felt the same way. He saw the disappointment his two older brothers felt not getting to play together and he didn’t want to miss that chance if at all possible.
The moment came Friday night, and little brother Brayden outshined them all. The brothers Hall combined for 41 points, with Brayden going for 28, as Woodstown swamped 92-47 in the warmup act to the girls TCC showdown that followed.
It was the most points the brothers have combined to score in a game. They both had seven in the season opener against Salem, then Brayden, a freshman, scored 16 against Penns Grove two nights later and M.J. didn’t scratch. M.J., a senior, did all the scoring in the family until Wednesday when they both scored six against Schalick.
“It’s really been since we grew up,” Brayden said. “We always wanted to touch the floor of every sport together and I told him I’d touch the floor with him in every sport. We always were excited for it, we always had the thought of it and now it’s here, we gotta do what we gotta do.”
“Having a little brother, you’ve got your ups and downs, but our two oldest brothers never got to touch the floor together, so just being able to touch the floor (with him) going out my senior year is just a blessing,” M.J. said.
Wolverines coach Ramon Roots had designs on putting the brothers together from the moment he got the job, but it just never worked out until now.
“It’s incredible to see them get in at the same time,” Roots said. “They’ve got a lot of chemistry. They gel off each other and they just play well together. They push each. At practice they hold each other accountable and it’s a wonderful thing to see.
“I know if my older brother was on the team or my younger brother was on the team I would want to play out there with him because that’s a great moment, for the family, for everybody.”
Brayden did all his scoring in the second and fourth quarters. He had 15 points in the second quarter to help the Wolverines open a 25-point halftime lead. Once he turned his first steal into a layup, it was game on.
He had his other 15 in the fourth quarter hitting three 3-pointers. The 28 points were the most in a game by a Woodstown player since Zach Wygand went for 29 against Overbrook in February 2021.
“They were trying to push me to 30,” Brayden said. “It started with 18. They told me to get 18 before the game. Then then told me to get 20 during halftime and then they told me after that to go for 30.”
It was a 13-7 game midway through the first quarter when the Wolverine went on an 18-4 run to pull away. They went on an 18-4 run that carried into the second to put it away. Brayden had four buckets and eight of nine Woodstown points at the end of the run – all of turnovers. M.J. had a 3-pointer right before the end of the first quarter.
Pennsville did what it could to keep it interesting. It had Arturus Franzy shadow 6-6 Rocco String and the sophomore held his own. He held String to nine points while grabbing seven rebounds and blocked two shots.
Logan Hitt gave a boost to the offense, which was missing injured leading scorer Mason O’Brien, hitting three 3-pointers and scoring a career-high 15 points. The senior has scored only 62 points in three years of varsity play, but he has 24 points and six 3-pointers in his last two games. PENNSVILLE (1-10): Arturus Franzy 4 2-2 10, Jovanni Rios 3 0-0 6, C.J. McDevitt 4 0-0 8, Logan Hitt 5 2-2 15, Cole Johnston 1 0-0 3, Danny Knight 0 0-0 0, Jacob Miller 0 0-0 0, Perry Meranti 2 1-2 5. Totals 19 5-6 42. WOODSTOWN (7-3): Garrett Leyman 2 2-4 6, Elijah Caesar 0 0-0 0, John Hood-McGinley 1 0-0 3, Anthony Bokolas 3 0-0 8, Andrew White 1 0-0 2, Sid Leevy 1 0-0 3, Rocco String 4 1-5 9, Josh King 2 0-0 4, Connor Miller 1 0-0 2, Braydon Hall 12 1-1 28, M.J. Hall 5 1-2 13, Alejandro Vazquez 3 3-4 12, Blake Bialecki 1 0-0 2. Totals 36 8-17 92.
Pennsville
7
16
8
16-
47
Woodstown
20
28
20
24-
92
3-point goals: Pennsville 4 (Hitt 3, Johnston); Woodstown 12 (McGinley, Bokolas 2, Leevy, B. Hall 3, M. Hall 2, Vazquez 3). Rebounds: Woodstown 23 (String 11); Pennsville 17 (Franzy 7). Technical fouls: B. Hall. Total fouls: Pennsville 14, Woodstown 9.
HADDON TWP. 45, SCHALICK 43: Alex Mohr finished off a 13-point night with a shot at the buzzer to give the Hawks the victory. Schalick’s Reggie Allen led all scorers with 17 points.
GCIT 65, SALEM TECH 22: Michael Stanwood led three scorers in double figures with 17 points and GCIT beat the Chargers for the second time this season. Patrick Monaghan had 14 points and Mark Hallman 10held the Chargers to one point i
Salem Tech (0-12)
1
7
4
10-
22
GCIT (6-6)
16
21
15
10-
65
3-point goals: GCIT 6 (Michael Stanwood, Patrick Monaghan, Mark Hallman 2, Carl Schmidt, Ethan Morris). Rebounds: GCIT 27 (Patrick Monaghan 7, Gavin Shainline 7).
Pennsville’s Arturus Franzy (41) stands his ground against Woodstown’s Rocco String Friday night. Franzy drew the assignment on the Wolverines’ post and held him to nine points. Upper photo: Woodstown freshman Brayden Hall comes to the bench after being subbed for at the end of a career-high 28-point night.
Salem bowler Perez has a career day; Schalick takes down Pennsville in wrestling; Penns Grove’s girls fall in basketball
Bowling
BOYS SALEM 4, SALEM TECH 0: Sophomore Rudy Perez had the best day of his high school career, rolling games of 226, 225 and 244 for a 695 series, to lead the Rams (3-3). His previous high series was 591 last year against Lindenwold and his previous best game was 213 (twice last year).
Troy Carey also rolled a 600 series for the Rams with games of 188, 215 and 197.
Aaron Dean rolled Salem Tech’s high series (522) and Aidan McMackin had the Chargers’ high game (196).
GIRLS SALEM TECH 4, SALEM 0: Courtney Farnkopf rolled a 397 series with a high game of 162 to lead the Chargers to the sweep and their first win of the season. Destiny Pitts had Salem’s high game (124) and series (315).
Wrestling
CENTERTON – Schalick took the lead in the Tri-County Classic Division with a 63-15 win over Pennsville.
The once-beaten Cougars (10-1) moved to 3-0 in the division, while handing Pennsville (8-4) its first division loss (3-1).
Schalick scored seven pins in the match with Eric Sulik scoring the fastest (0:55) at 165.
SCHALICK 63, PENNSVILLE 15 126: Luke Silva (S) pinned Vincent Ciccantelli, 0:58 132: Ryan Miller (S) pinned Nathaniel Mason, 3:02 138: Gabe Supernavage (P) tech fall Colin Bittle, 17-1 (5:28) 144: Ayden Jenkins (S) dec. Travis Hagan, 5-4 150: Koen Martin (S) won by forfeit 157: Riley Papiano (S) won by forfeit 165: Eric Sulik (S) pinned Juan Velasquez, 0:55 175: Ricky Watt (S) pinned Joseph Halstead, 4:49 190: Connor Ayars (P) maj. dec. Evan Elliott, 13-3 215: Gerardo Felipe (S) won by forfeit 285: Trevor Waddington (P) pinned Julian Reid, 4:45 106: Emma Cain (S) pinned John Sassi, 3:29 113: Caleb Jenkins (S) pinned Brett Land, 4:27 120: E’Shion Underwood (S) pinned Earl Wynn, 3:00
WOODSTOWN 55, TIMBER CREEK 19 120: Carson Bradway (WO) won by forfeit 126: Travis Balback (WO) won by forfeit 132: Walker Battavio (WO) pinned Ayden Zarnosky, 5:25 138: Matt Cordova (TC) maj. dec. Ryan Polk, 11-0 144: Sincere Cook-Reese (WO) tech fall Eric Rambaran, 21-6 (4:31) 150: Joey Walker (TC) pinned Thomas Lacy, 2:55 157: Brett Rowand (WO) won by forfeit 165: Laitton Roberts (WO) pinned Mason Dickerson, 1:09 175: Greyson Hyland (WO) maj. dec. Zyeir Green, 17-9 190: Amir Reason-Dallas (TC) dec. Paul Banff, 9-6 215: Walter Carter (WO) maj. dec. Elijah Green, 13-4 285: Mateo Vinciguerra (WO) pinned Roland Green, 1:11 106: Chase Blandino (WO) won by forfeit 113: Matthew Steele (TC) pinned Hunter Allen, 1:44
CLAYTON/GLASSBORO 34, PENNS GROVE 29 106: Jose Santiago (PG) pinned Ayden Figueroa, 1:53 113: Dylan Adams (CG) pinned Avery Curriden, 1:51 120: Double forfeit 126: Adan Gonzales (PG) won by forfeit 132: Devine Arce (PG) pinned Antonio Mendez, 0:40 138: Willliam Camp (CG) pinned Abdul Tart, 5:51 144: Steven Benkert (CG) pinned Angel Ocasio, 1:07 150: Julian Lloret (CG) won by forfeit 157: Tre Brown (PG) tech fall Brodie Carey, 19-4 165: Double forfeit 175: Double forfeit 190: Jeffrey Smith (CG) maj. dec. Clinton Bobo, 14-0 215: Antonio Cooper (PG) won by forfeit 285: Kasalon Carr (CG) pinned Maliq Reddick, 0:39
Girls basketball
CAMDEN 48, PENNS GROVE 40: Camden outscored the Red Devils 26-17 in the middle two quarters to take the upper hand. Hadiya Higgs-Salaam scored 27 points, hitting 12 of 23 from the free throw line, for the winners.
Rams win second straight after taking hit from the state, beat Gloucester Catholic to spoil Mustaro’s milestone night; Penns Grove, Woodstown also win
WEDNESDAY’S GAMES Salem 72, Gloucester Catholic 47 Penns Grove 81, Pennsville 44 Pitman 95, Salem Tech 32 Woodstown 58, Schalick 44
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
SALEM – Anthony Farmer knew the night would have a celebratory tone for the guys sitting on the bench across the way, but the Salem coach didn’t want the party getting too out of hand.
Jack Mustaro became Gloucester Catholic’s all-time leading scorer with his first basket Wednesday, but Farmer and the Salem Rams muted the celebration by taking the biggest prize of the night – a 72-47 win to continue their climb up the South Jersey Group I power points standings after an administrative setback earlier in the week.
“Jack is a hell of a player, I have the utmost respect for Jack,” Farmer said. “A competitor. Just a hell of an athlete all-around, so kudos to him for breaking the record, but for us, it was about us.
“We really just needed to kind of slow down a really good player, be disciplined and follow the game plan and I thought tonight we were disciplined and followed the game plan. That’s what we’re trying to get to, to play four quarters and really put a good, solid win together, and I thought tonight we did that.”
Mustaro, a senior multi-sport start for GC, needed three points to become his school’s all-time leading scorer – a record that stood for 56 years. It took him five shots to get it, but he finally broke through with a 3-pointer from the top of the key with 4:29 left in the first quarter to break the mark of 1,507 set by Dom Carrera, who graduated in 1969.
“It’s an honor,” Mustaro said. “Obviously, we wanted a better outcome than that, but it’s an honor to be only player to score this many points in Gloucester Catholic history. I’ve been working so hard for this and I’m so glad it came.
“Coming into the game I knew I wanted it early. I might have forced a couple quick ones there, but it finally came to me. Once I settled down and let it come to me, it came and I got it.”
After hitting the milestone basket, he ran to the far side of the court, tossed the record-setting basketball up to his mom for safe keeping and sat for a couple pictures with his brother and cousins before getting back into the flow of the game.
“I had to give the ball to my mom,” he said. “She’s the one who made all that happen out there.”
Gloucester Catholic’s Jack Mustaro (22) takes the 3-pointer that put him over the top as his school’s all-time leading scorer.
It was a tight game through the first quarter, but Salem took control in the second with its physicality and athleticism.
Mustaro opened the second quarter with a four-point play to give his team the lead, then Salem ran off the next nine points and never trailed again. The record-setter scored all of GC’s points in the quarter, but the Rams outscored him 21-10 to take a 33-19 halftime lead and they continued to pull away in the second half.
Mustaro wasn’t there for the finish. He fouled out with 1:34 left in the third quarter and spent the rest of the game tied to the bench. He finished with 17 points, giving him 1,522 for his career.
“We knew (the record) was coming for a bit,” GC coach Brandon Dougherty said. “You don’t want it coming in a game like this, but when you step back, it’s just a testament to his whole career and well he’s played.
“It took a minutes for it to happen – he had a couple clean looks; I don’t know if he’s a little tight or adrenaline pumped up – but once he got that monkey off his back I thought we got a chance to kind of compete. That’s a really big physical team and we’re a little inexperienced and I think that’s the difference tonight.”
DeShaan Williams was big for the Rams in the pull-away second quarter. At one point in the quarter he scored seven straight points for them and had 11 of his 13 in the first half.
Sophomore Tymear Lecator once again led Salem’s offense with 23 points; he now has 507 career points in a season and a half. He also had eight rebounds and seven assists. Williams had seven rebounds to go with his points and Nyziah Spence had 10 points.
“I was laughing with the coaches, teams have been known to play us zone, but we haven’t had a high post presence,” Farmer said. “DeShaan is a legitimate high post presence. He catches it, makes the right read out of there, he can drive it both ways, so he’s a legitimate high post threat with the zone, which is a great pleasure to have.”
The win moved Salem from 13th to 10th in the SJ Group I power points standings. The Rams fell all the way to 17th after the NJSIAA ruled Monday they had used an ineligible player and had to forfeit their four wins in which the player participated.
3-point goals: GC 7 (C. Mendez 2, Mustaro 2, Pund 2, J. Mendez); Salem 7 (Spence 3, Lecator 4). Rebounds: GC 14 (Pund 4); Salem 42 (Lecator 8, McGriff 7, Williams 7, Burden 7). Technical fouls: Mustaro. Fouled out: Mustaro. Total fouls: GC 11, Salem 16.
PENNS GROVE 81, PENNSVILLE 44: Penns Grove coach Damian Ware really feels for the struggles coaching pal and teaching colleague Joe Mecholsky is having at Pennsville this season, but the Red Devils were in need of a win, too.
Pennsville had won only once this year and lost six straight coming into the game. Penns Grove wasn’t ripping it up, either, winning only twice and coming in with a four-game losing streak, albeit against a demanding schedule that has elevated them to ninth in the power points standings.
Something had to give.
“We definitely needed to get a win,” Ware said. “It’s unfortunate it’s at their expense, but at the same time you’ve got to play the game no matter what. No matter who the opponent is, you’ve got to play the same way.”
The Eagles (1-9) came out ready to hunt, hitting three 3s in the first quarter to keep it interesting. But Ware substituted in the second quarter to introduce a quicker tempo to the game and the Red Devils pulled away.
Will Roy was one of the strategic subs and he responded by hitting three 3-pointers in the first half, scoring 10 points in the second quarter and finishing with a career-high 15. Roy, a sophomore, had scored only 23 points and one other 3-pointer his entire career before Wednesday night and never had more than five points in any game.
But he had the hot hand in the second quarter when the Red Devils outscored the Eagles 26-7 to open a 25-point halftime lead.
“He’s been playing back and forth between varsity and JV,” Ware said. “We’re giving him a little more time because in the beginning of the season he wasn’t playing much varsity. He’s coming into his own now. He’s getting more confident and he’s playing a lot better.
“He started a couple games for us. Today he didn’t start, but he was like the first sub off the bench and he came in and gave us a big spark and that’s kind of what led to us pulling away.”
Penns Grove’s Karon Ceaser led all scorers with 19 points; he scored a career-high 20 in the first meeting with Pennsville last year. Jovanni Rios led Pennsville with a career-high tying 15.
Interestingly, earlier in the day the two teams rode together to the Al Carino Basketball Club’s Captain’s Day Luncheon in Cherry Hill. The party included Ware, Mecholsky, five players from Penns Grove and two from Pennsville. There was friendly banter all the way up and back.
A few hours later it got serious.
PENNS GROVE 81, PENNSVILLE 44 PENNS GROVE (3-7): Brandin Robbins 2 0-0 4, Roman Gipson 3 0-0 7, Karon Ceaser 8 1-1 19, Antoine Robinson 3 0-0 8, Haneef Frisbee 2 1-2 5, Geonni Conrad 2 1-2 5, Jameel Horace 1 0-1 2, William Roy 6 0-0 15, Luis Colon 1 0-0 2, Caleb Fowler 3 0-0 8, Davine Banks 1 0-0 2, Jeremy Costacamps 2 0-0 4. Totals 34 3-6 81. PENNSVILLE (1-9): Jovanni Rios 6 2-4 15, Cole Johnston 3 0-0 7, Shiloh Jefferson 2 1-4 6, Logan Hitt 3 0-0 9, Charles McDevitt 2 1-2 5, Arthurs Frantzy 1 0-0 2, Danny Knight 0 0-0 0, Perry Meranti 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 4-10 44.
WOODSTOWN 58, SCHALICK 44: Blake Bialecki hit four 3-pointers and led all scorers with 18 points as Woodstown snapped a two-game losing streak and ended Schalick’s three-game winning streak in the process. Alejandro Vazquez and Rocco String both chipped in 11 for the Wolverines.
Sherrod Jones hit a career-high four 3-pointers and tied his career high with 14 points to lead Schalick. Jase Volovar tied his career high of three 3-pointers in scoring 11 for the Cougars. WOODSTOWN (6-3): Elijah Caesar 1 0-0 2, Garrett Leyman 2 0-3 4, Blake Bialecki 7 0-2 18, Rocco String 5 1-2 11, M.J. Hall 1 0-4 4, Braydon Hall 2 2-4 6, Alejandro Vazquez 4 2-2 11. Totals 22 9-17 58. SCHALICK (4-8): Reggie Allen 2 1-1 6, Nylan Sutton 1 0-0 2, Jase Volovar 4 0-0 11, Sherrod Jones 4 2-2 14, Jamari Whitley 2 2-3 6, Justin Iacona 1 0-0 3, Zaeshawn Mills 1 0-0 2, Sean Kelly 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 5-6 44.
PITMAN 95, SALEM TECH 32: Elijah Crispin filled the box scored with 31 points, 10 assists and nine steals as the Panthers kept the Chargers winless. Michael Fisicaro (16) and Aidan Stranahan (11) also scored in double figures for Pitman. Joseph Hayes led Salem Tech with 10. PITMAN (8-1): Hudson Rue 2 2-3 7, Elijah Crispin 14 1-1 31, Greg Peterson 3 2-2 8, Michael Fisicaro 6 3-4 16, Aidan Stranahan 5 0-0 11, Dane Collum 2 1-2 5, Oliver Spier 1 0-0 2, Lucas Razze 1 0-0 3, Jake Bowen-Ashwin 1 0-0 2, Wyatt Thompson 1 0-0 3, Ethan Kubat 0 0-0 0, Parker DeChristopher 1 0-0 2, Joey Zubert 2 0-2 5, Jaron Scull 0 0-0 0. Totals 39 9-14 95. SALEM TECH (0-11): Chase Pompper 2, Joseph Hayes 10, Luke Kroll 3, Larry Pompper 6, Logan Pace 1, Alex Thomas 2, Chase Ayars 8.
Bass gives Pennsville big boost in second half against Penns Grove, win sets up showdown with Woodstown for first place Friday
WEDNESDAY’S GAMES Pennsville 58, Penns Grove 51 Pitman 38, Salem Tech 33 Gloucester Catholic 86, Salem 26 Woodstown 57, Schalick 20
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
PENNS GROVE — Taylor Bass had a big knot rising over her right eye from hitting her head on the floor late in the second quarter. It shook her up briefly and it shook up her game.
Bass came out in the second half ready to score. The Pennsville junior torched Penns Grove for 11 of her season-high 20 points in the third quarter as the Eagles pulled away for a 58-51 victory for their sixth straight win.
“The bump on the head didn’t bother me as much as I thought it would,” Bass said. “I get banged on the floor every single game. It’s just like part of my routine at this point.”
“After that (fall) she shot better,” Eagles coach Steve Merritt said. “i gotta go smack people in the head, maybe that’ll work.”
The game was as close as many in the series between the teams. Penns Grove scored the last eight points of the first quarter to take a 16-9 lead and led by six midway through the second quarter, but Pennsville scored the last seven points to take a one-point halftime lead.
It was during that last flurry that Bass hit her head. It came during a scramble for a loose ball near mid-court. She laid on the floor for a few moments as trainers raced to her side, then walked off under her own power.
She came out for the second half and scored 11 points in the first four and a half minutes. Included in the outburst was a 3-[pointer and a nifty layup in which drove under the basket from right to left and scooped a shot from underneath that dropped through to make it 39-32.
“I just went in (at halftime), regathered my thoughts and came back out and just played the game I know how to play,” Bass said. “Once I got going, the pain went away. We were only up by one, that’s not going to work for me, so I was like we’ve gotta go out there and we’ve got to get more. And that’s what we did.”
“I told my assistant what we need is a big third quarter to stretch it out a bit and that’s what they did.” Merritt said. “They played hard in that second quarter and brought the game to one point for us. In the third quarter we put some points on the board. And at that point all we have to do is protect the ball.”
They at least protected the lead. The Eagles opened the fourth quarter with another 9-0 run and maintained the lead to the finish.
RaNiyah Wilson kept the Red Devils in it. She led all scorers with 30 points to surpass 600 points in her Penns Grove career and move with 146 of 1,000 for her career. She also had 11 rebounds. JaNiyah Cummings had 10 points and 11 boards. They combined Penns Grove’s first 14 points and 25 of their first 29.
The other two players on the floor chasing 1,000, Pennsville’s Marley Wood and Nora Ausland, had 16 and 12, respectively. Ausland is now only 78 points away from the milestone.
The Pennsville win sets up a midseason showdown at Woodstown 7 p.m. Friday for first place in the Tri-County Diamond Division. Both teams are 4-0 in the division.
3-point goals: Pennsville (Bass 2, Wood 3, Ausland); Penns Grove 6 (B. Robbins, Wilson 4 Rebounds: Pennsville 33 (Ausland 15, Burns 9); Penns Grove 42 (Wilson 11, Cummings 11, Washington 9). Total fouls: Pennsville 8, Penns Grove 14.
WOODSTOWN 57, SCHALICK 20: The Wolverines recognized both ends of their development curve – Senior Night and Youth Night – and put on a big show.
Seniors Megan Donelson and Talia Battavio continued to grow their legacy for the future Wolverines to follow, scoring 19 and 15 points, respectively, and the defense posted another shutout quarter as the Wolverines won their fifth in a row. They extended their winning streak over Tri-County Diamond Division opponents to 36 games and Salem County rivals to 32.
It couldn’t have started better with the underclassmen sharing stories about their favorite moments with the seniors while the youth players listened at floor level. And then the game started and the Wolverines held Schalick scoreless in the first quarter. They blanked Delsea in the fourth quarter Saturday and held Salem scoreless in the third quarter of their season opener.
“When the game started our defensive effort was outstanding, playing good smart defense and attacking the glass,” Woodstown coach Matt Smart said. “(Kyia) Leyman had some big offensive rebounds where she stood strong.
“The second quarter we started to attack the basket more often. Donelson was able to get to the foul line off strong takes to the basket. When we attacked the basket, we were able to open up our outside shot with (senior Ryann) Foote draining a huge 3. It is great to see Foote starting to get in the flow of things because it’s only her third game of the season.”
With her 13 points Battavio moved into second place on Woodstown’s all-time girls scoring list, passing Stephanie Owen with 1,386 career points. Tori Smick is No. 1 with 1,566.
Donelson is fourth on the list. She needs 23 to pass Owen.
“It was a great night,” Smart said. :I am so grateful to be able to coach this senior class.”
Monday basketball: Motivated Salem outruns Clayton in second half to win; includes all 10 games involving Salem County teams
GIRLS GAMES
BOYS GAMES
Clayton 62, Salem 27
Salem 82, Clayton 69
Woodstown 79, Overbrook 28
Overbrook 57, Woodstown 48
Pennsville 63, Schalick 20
Schalick 61, Pennsville 38
Penns Grove 44, Glassboro 39
Glassboro 65, Penns Grove 59
Wildwood 77, Salem Tech 23
Wildwood 77, Salem Tech 32
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
CLAYTON — Anthony Farmer called time out with four minutes left in the third quarter. He was looking for some leaders.
His Salem basketball team was clinging to a one-point lead in a game that really was that tight against a team capable of scoring 100 in any game it played – it already had twice against Salem County teams this year – and the coach wanted somebody to step up and take charge.
Azhone Burden answered the call. The 6-5 senior transfer, playing in only his fourth game since regaining his eligibility, had 14 points and nine rebounds in the second half to help the Rams pull away from Clayton 82-69.
“Azhone spoke up and kind of rallied the troops,” Farmer said. “He got the guys together, started getting a little more vocal once he got his head together, and I think that was kind of the turning point for us.”
The Rams led 41-40 at halftime and were up 45-44 when Farmer called his decisive time out, which, incidentally, left him with only one for the rest of the game. They went on a 18-4 run that carried into the fourth quarter and maintained a double-digit lead the rest of the game.
Burden had 10 points in the third quarter, more than the Clippers did as a team, and 12 after the key time out.
“It’s just the fire coming out,” said the senior they call A-Magic. “I’ve been waiting on the bench this whole time, all the fire has been building up. It’s just coming out now.”
In his four game since satisfying his senior transfer requirement, Burden has scored 51 points and grabbed 41 rebounds with two double-doubles.
The Rams, who’d prefer playing at a pace somewhere between Clayton’s break-neck approach and the half-court game they purposely played against LEAP, held their own against the Clippers once they got adjusted to what was coming. As a result, four players enjoyed double-doubles.
Tymear Lecator had a triple-double with 16 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Burden finished with 16 points and 13 rebounds and came within two assists of joining Lecator with a triple-double. Deshaan Williams was big for the Rams in the first half and finished with 17 points and 12 boards. And Antwaun Rogers had 10 points and 10 boards.
The Rams were playing only hours after learning they had to forfeit four wins due to an ineligible player, a penalty that knocked them all the way to No. 17 in the South Jersey Group I power points standings. The win moved them all the way to No. 13.
Lecator wouldn’t speak on the issue preferring just to focus on playing basketball but said he did come into the game with “a real chip on my shoulder.”
“It’s in the back of our head,” Farmer said. “We know what what’s going on. We know what happened to us. It’s just a little motivation, that’s all. We take it game by game anyway, but the worst thing you can do in Group I South is give us a little motivation.”
SALEM 82, CLAYTON 69 SALEM (4-7): Donovan Weathers 1 0-2 2, Xavier McGriff 4 0-0 8, Neziah Spence 3 0-0 8, Tymear Lecator 7 0-1 16, Deshaan Williams 8 1-2 17, Antwan Rogers 5 0-0 10, Joe Tunis 2 1-2 5, Azhone Burden 8 0-0 16, Giovanni Tuvale 0 0-0 0. Totals 38 2-7 82. CLAYTON (4-5): Jackson Venuto 1 1-2 4, Princeton Sackor 11 1-1 24, Nazir Davis 4 4-5 13, Demetris Williams 3 0-0 6, Anthony Taylor 0 0-0 0, Nasir Carter 4 1-2 11, Isaiah Aviles 0 0-0 0, Rodney Robinson 0 0-0 0, Anthony Archer 0 0-0 0, Trevor Rehm 0 0-0 0, King Mosley 0 0-0 0, James Fritz 4 1-2 11. Totals 27 8-12 69.
Salem
23
18
17
24-
82
Clayton
23
18
9
20-
69
3-point goals: Salem 4 (Spence 2, Lecator 2); Clayton 7 (Venuto, Sackor, Davis, Carter 2, Fritz 2). Rebounds: Salem 67 (Burden 13, Williams 12, Rogers 10, Lecator 10). Total fouls: Salem 14, Clayton 12.
SCHALICK 61, PENNSVILLE 38: Reggie Allen hit four 3-pointers and scored a career-high 29 points to lead the Cougars to their third win in a row. It’s their longest winning streak since the last three games of the 2019-20 season. Allen’s previous career best was 22 his freshman year against Clayton. SCHALICK (4-7): Reggie Allen 10 5-6 29, Nylan Sutton 6 5-8 17, Sherrod Jones 2 2-2 6, Justin Iacona 1 0-0 2, Jamari Whitley 3 2-4 8. Totals 22 14-20 62. PENNSVILLE (1-8): Jovanni Rios 3-1-7, Cole Johnston 2-0-4, Shiloh Jefferson 3-0-6, Logan Hill 1-0-2, C.J. McDevitt 4-4-12, Daniel Knight 1-1-3, Arturus Franz 1-2-4, Perry Meranti 0-0-0. Totals 15-8-38.
GLASSBORO 65, PENNS GROVE 59 PENNS GROVE (2-7): Brandin Robbins 5, Roman Gipson 18, Karon Ceaser 15, Antoine Robinson 1, Haneef Frisbee 10, Jameel Horace 6, William Roy 4. GLASSBORO (4-6): Xavier Sabb 12, Kenny Smith 28, Tashean Thomas 2, Davon Barr 4, Maurice Davis 5, Aiden Harris 14.
Penns Grove
16
13
14
16-
59
Glassboro
17
16
13
19-
65
WILDWOOD 77, SALEM TECH 32 WILDWOOD (3-6): Brian Cunniff 15 5-6 40, Nolan Mawhinney 5 3-5 14, Trevor Troiano 3 0-0 8, Jordan Dozier 0 1-2 1, Jack Fullerton 1 0-0 2, R.J. Blanda 1 0-0 2, Gianni Troiano 1 0-0 2, Daniel Benichou 0 0-0 0, Sammy Santiago 1 4-5 6, Jeff Knight 1 0-0 2, Justice Santiago 0 0-2 0. Totals 28 13-20 77. SALEM TECH (0-10): Ayden Myers 2 0-0 5, Joseph Hayes 1 0-0 3, Luke Kroll 3 0-0 8, Larry Pompper 1 0-0 2, Logan Pace 1 2-2 4, Chase Ayars 1 0-0 2, Chase Pompper 1 0-0 2, Aiden Bobo 2 0-0 5, Alex Thomas 0 0-2 0. Totals 12 2-4 29.
PENNSVILLE 63, SCHALICK 20: Nora Ausland returned to the lineup after a brief illness and posted a double-double (21 points, 12 rebounds) to lead the Eagles to their fifth straight win. The game moved Ausland over 900 points on her way to the 1,000-point plateau. Marley Wood, who’s also chasing the 1,000-point milestone, had 16 points and Taylor Bass had 15 points and eight steals.
PENNS GROVE 44, GLASSBORO 39: RaNiyah Wilson scored 21 points and the Red Devils won the fourth quarter 16-11 to win the game.
“They played great in the fourth quarter — poised, together on both ends of the floor,” Penns Grove coach Jennifer Denby said. “I saluted them as a team today. The coaches are proud of them.” PENNS GROVE (6-2): RaNiyah Wilson 9 1-2 21, Brianna Robbins 3 0-0 7, JaNiyah Cummings 4 5-9 13, Mikayla Washington 0 1-4 1, Keziah Patterson 1 0-0 2. Totals 17 7-15 44. GLASSBORO (4-5): Sanaa Thomas 4 3-4 14, Tamia Smith 3 2-4 10, Kezia Brackett 1 3-4 5, Kimora Miles 1 1-2 3, Sianna Wedderburn 0 2-2 2, Lily Czubas 2 0-0 5. Totals 11 11-16 39.
Penns Grove
5
15
8
16-
44
Glassboro
6
10
12
11-
39
3-point goals: Penns Grove 3 (Wilson 2, Robbins); Glassboro 6 (Thomas 3, Smith 2, Czubas).
WOODSTOWN 79, OVERBROOK 28: Megan Donelson scored 13 points and Kendall Young and Lauren Hengel scored 11 points apiece to lead the Wolverines. For Young, a sophomore, it was a career high and came all in the second half. Hengel, a junior, grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds for her first career double-double.
“Kendall has worked her butt off this season,” Woodstown coach Matt Smart said. “She has a high basketball IQ and watches a ton or film. Whenever I have to call on her she seems ready.
“My favorite part of Lauren’s game today wasn’t the scoring, it was the 14 rebounds. She’s a tough kid who will run through a brick wall if you asked her to do so. When she’s confident with the basketball she is dangerous.”
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Jan. 13-18
JAN. 13 GIRLS BASKETBALL Clayton at Salem Overbrook at Woodstown Pennsville at Schalick Penns Grove at Glassboro, 4 p.m. Salem Tech at Wildwood BOYS BASKETBALL Penns Grove at Glassboro Salem at Clayton Schalick at Pennsville Wildwood at Salem Tech Woodstown at Overbrook SWIMMING Woodstown vs. Schalick at Vineland YMCA, 3:15 p.m. TRACK Pennsville, Woodstown at Ocean Breeze, Staten Island
JAN. 14 WRESTLING Cumberland at Penns Grove Pennsville at Pitman, 6:30 p.m. Salem at Cedar Creek Schalick at St. Joe (Hamm.) BOWLING Salem vs. Gloucester City at Wood Lanes Salem Tech vs. Clayton MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Salem CC at RCSJ-Cumberland, 5 p.m. WOMENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Harcum at Salem CC, 5 p.m. JAN. 15 GIRLS BASKETBALL Pennsville at Penns Grove, 4 p.m. Pitman at Salem Tech, 4 p.m. Salem at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m. Schalick at Woodstown BOYS BASKETBALL Gloucester Catholic at Salem, 7 p.m. Penns Grove at Pennsville Pitman at Salem Tech Woodstown at Schalick BOWLING Salem vs. West Deptford, Bolero Deptford Lanes Salem Tech vs. Gloucester City at Westbrook Lanes SWIMMING Woodstown vs. Haddon Heights at Camden County Tech WRESTLING Woodstown at Middle Twp. JAN. 16 WRESTLING Clayton at Penns Grove Pennsville at Schalick, 6 p.m. Timber Creek at Woodstown, 6 p.m. SWIMMING Woodstown vs. Gloucester Catholic at GCIT, 5:45 p.m. Schalick vs. Pitman at GCIT, 7:15 p.m. Salem vs. Deptford at GCIT, 8:15 p.m. BOWLING Salem vs. Salem Tech at Wood Lanes MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Salem CC at Atlantic Cape, 6 p.m. WOMENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Salem CC at Anne Arundel CC, 5 p.m.
JAN. 17 GIRLS BASKETBALL Camden County Tech at Salem Tech Pennsville at Woodstown, 7 p.m. Salem at Gloucester City BOYS BASKETBALL Pennisville at Woodstown Haddon Twp. at Schalick Salem Tech at GCIT TRACK NJSIAA Relays, Bennett Center, Toms River
JAN. 18 BOYS BASKETBALL Salem at Lenape, 1 p.m. WRESTLING Pennsville Collingswood, Sterling at Vineland Penns Grove, Salem, Overbrook at Pitman Deptford, Haddon Twp., Pemberton at Schalick, 9 a.m. Buena, Haddon Heights, Pennsauken at Woodstown MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Passaic County CC at Salem CC, 2 p.m. WOMENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Salem CC at Essex County, noon
Here are the results of Saturday’s basketball and wrestling events involving Salem County teams
GIRLS BASKETBALL Woodstown 44, Delsea 19 BOYS BASKETBALL Camden Catholic 88, Woodstown 42 St. Joseph 50, Penns Grove 43 Schalick at Collingswood
By Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN – The Woodstown girls put forth one of their best defensive efforts of the season, holding their opponent to one field goal in the second half and scoreless in the fourth quarter, in beating Delsea 44-19 Saturday for their third straight win.
It was the second opponent the Wolverines held to fewer than 20 points and shutout in a quarter they season. They held Salem scoreless in the third quarter of their 61-16 win in the season opener.
“The fourth quarter was phenomenal,” Woodstown coach Matt Smart said. “In the beginning of the game we were allowing too many cuts, not boxing out and not playing good help defense. We were able to talk at halftime and focus on doing the little things right.
“Our team had a very open conversation at halftime about what was working for us and what we needed to improve. That’s the great thing about having a team with a high basketball IQ. They can clearly explain things that they are seeing on the court and we can make adjustments.”
Megan Donelson and Talia Battavio led the Wolverines’ offense with 19 and 18, points, respectively. They combined for all 17 of Woodstown’s points in the first quarter.
Gianna Maiorini had 12 rebounds, while Donelson and Hengel had eight each. As a team, the Wolverines had 12 steals and blocked six shots.
BOYS GAMES CAMDEN CATHOLIC 88, WOODSTOWN 42 WOODSTOWN (4-3) – Elijah Caesar 2, Alejandro Vazquez 5, Garrett Leyman 0, Andrew White 1, Rocco String 10, Connor Miller 9, Blake Bialecki 6, M.J. Hall 7, Joshua King 0, John Hood-McGinley 0, Sid Leevy 0. CAMDEN CATHOLIC (8-1) – Nymir Daily 2, Shane Congleton 7, Seamus Bieg, Charlie Neal 3, Luke Kennevan 23, Sean Welde 2, Chase Langrehr 5, Bryce Clark 10, Azyris Richmond 6, Mel Jones 4, Zach Winkler 4, Nick Tartamosa 2.
Woodstown
7
14
11
10-
42
Camden Catholic
23
22
17
26-
88
3-point goals: Woodstown 6 (Vazquez, Miller 3, Bialecki 2); Camden Catholic NA. Rebounds: Woodstown 31 (String 12). NOTE: String also had four blocked shots, giving him 140 for his career.
ST. JOSEPH (HAMM.) 50, PENNS GROVE 43 ST. JOSEPH (9-1) – Will Spross 2 6-8 10, Jameer Gordon 8 3-4 19, Edwin Drummond 4 2-4 10, Cayden Banks 1 1-4 3, Donny Spross 3 0-0 8, Chris Hill 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 12-20 50. PENNS GROVE (2-6) – Brandin Robbins 3-1-8, Roman Gipson 5-1-11, Karon Ceaser 1-0-2, Antoine Robinson 2-0-4, Haneef Frisbee 2-0-4, Jameel Horace 2-0-4, William Roy 2-1-5, Luis Colon 2-1-5. Totals 19-4-43.
St. Joseph
9
9
12
19-
50
Penns Grove
10
9
8
19-
43
3-point goals: St. Joseph 2 (D, Spross 2); Penns Grove 1 (Robbins).
RaNiyah Wilson, Penns Grove (Kingsway 251/Penns Grove 552)
DNP
803
Games through Jan. 11
Wrestling
Millville Quad
PENNSVILLE 48, OAKCREST 30 113: Erick Davalos (P) won by forfeit 120: Joey Sanchez (O( pinned Jacob Hand, 4:00 126: Vincent Ciccantelli (P) won by forfeit 132: Nathaniel Mason (P) pinned Kevin Longo, 2:00 138: Gave Supernavage (P) pinned Erick Montas-Arias, 2:00 144: Travis Hagan (P) pinned George Swoyer, 2:00 150: Ryan Monroe (O) won by forfeit 157: Aiden Xayaphachan (O) won by forfeit 165: Adienn Aponte (O) pinned Juan Velasquez, 4:00 175: Joseph Halstead (P) pinned Juan Anaya, 2:00 190: Connor Ayars (P) pinned Malik Hughes 215: Jose Anaya (O) won by forfeit 285: Trevor Waddington (P) pinned Jeremiah Lopez, 2:00 106: Double forfeit
PENNSVILLE 37, OVERBROOK 36 (x-Pennsville wins on criteria) 106: Jacob Sole (O) pinned John Sassi, 1:35 113: Brett Land (P) pinned Kayden Branco, 3:57 120: Michael Mahon (O) pinned Mehki Dicks, 2:53 126: Kevin Reed (O) pinned Vincent Ciccantelli, 5:34 132: Nathaniel Mason (P) dec. Damiano Redrow, 9-8 138: Alan Marcos (O) dec. Telvin Duk, 8-5 144: Gabe Supernavage (P) pinned Isaiah Natal, 1:36 150: Travis Hagan (P) pinned Jaevon Mitchell, 2:24 157: Karter Reed (O) won by forfeit 165: Juan Velasquez (P) pinned Randall Ringstaff, 1:04 175: Joseph Halstead (P) dec. Oscar Calderon, 9-3 190: Connor Ayars (P) pinned Xyon Marshall, 4:18 215: Cooper Himes (O) won by forfeit 285: Tomas Sanchez (O) dec. Trevor Waddington, 2-0
MILLVILLE 46, PENNSVILLE 33 120: Ruben Cruz (M) maj. dec. Mekhi Dicks, 14-3 126: Joshua Roman (M) pinned Vincent Ciccantelli, 0:26 132: Nathaniel Mason (P) pinned Caleb Rhoads, 5:24 138: Patrick Tull (M) pinned Gabe Supernavage, 3:24 144: Travis Hagan (P) pinned Alexander Mendez, 2:13 150: Jared Hoffman (M) won by forfeit 157: Ryan Tepper (M) won by forfeit 165: MarQuis Allen (M) pinned Juan Velasquez, 1:35 175: Joseph Halstead (P) pinned Trystan Brooks, 1:59 190: Connor Ayars (P) pinned Tyshawn English, 2:32 215: Jayden Jones (M) won by forfeit 285: Trevor Waddington (P) dec. Keani Speights, 1-0 106: Karter Parker (M) pinned John Sassi, 0:46 113: Brett Land (P) won by forfeit
Deptford Quad
DEPTFORD 66, PENNS GROVE 12 106: Corey Hoffman (D) pinned Jose Santiago 113: Avery Curriden (P) pinned Julian Colon 120: Dylan Smith (D) won by forfeit 126: Amir Barnes (D) maj. dec. Devine Arce, 12-1 132: Ethan Christmas (D) tech fall Adan Gonzales, 16-1 138: Jaylen Huertes (D) pinned AbdulMuta’Alie IbnAbdulHailmTart 144: Quentin Boyce (D) won by forfeit 150: Odess Myers (D) won by forfeit 157: Devin Trotter (D) won by forfeit 165: Gavyn Henderson (D) won by forfeit 175: Mel Maguire (D) dec. Clinton Bobo, 7-6 190: Shawn McLaughlin (D) pinned Julian Espino 215: John Griffith (D) pinned Antonio Cooper 285: Wayne Scott (P) pinned Daniel Maguire
PENNS GROVE 54, ST. JOSEPH (HAMM.) 24 113: Avery Curriden (P) won by forfeit 120: Double forfeit 126: Devine Arce (P) pinned Naheem Davis, 0:16 132: Adan Gonzales (P) won by forfeit 138: AbdulMuta’Alie IbnAbdulHailmTart (P) won by forfeit 144: Mason Hollywood (SJ) won by forfeit 150: Paul Lacy (SJ) won by forfeit 157: Tre Brown (P) won by forfeit 165: Colin Steiner (SJ) won by forfeit 175: Clinton Bobo (P) won by forfeit 190: Julian Espino (P) won by forfeit 215: Antonio Cooper (P) won by forfeit 285: Wayne Scott (P) pinned Cayden Banks, 1:27 106: Damien Spera (SJ) pinned Jose Santiago, 1:04
COLLINGSWOOD 64, PENNS GROVE 18 106: James Jiles (C) pinned Jose Santiago, 2:24 113: Kenny Olsen (C) pinned Avery Curriden, 1:12 120: Rufus Burris (C) won by forfeit 126: Devine Arce (P) pinned Sean Byrd, 2:30 132: Oscar Reyes (C) pinned Adam Gonzales, 0:55 138: Avange Santos (C) pinned AbdulMuta’Alie IbnAbdulHailmTart, 2:26 144: Stewart Chang (C) won by forfeit 150: Christopher Sanchez-Chavez (C) won by forfeit 157: Matt Malinowski (C) tech fall Tre Brown, 21-5 165: Caden Luby (C) won by forfeit 175: Clinton Bobo (P) pinned Julian Maxwell, 3:38 190: Josiah Evans (C) pinned Julian Espino, 1:12 215: Nyeim Bennett (C) tech fall Antonio Cooper, 19-4 285: Wayne Scott (P) pinned Derek Fleming, 1:13
Buena Quad
SCHALICK 65, BUENA 12 126: Luke Silva (S) pinned Zach Cohen, 1:10 132: Ryan Miller (S) pinned Thomas Hann, 5:04 138: Gionni Sharkey (B) pinned Colin Bittle, 4:30 144: Ayden Jenkins (S) won by forfeit 150: Lucas Gellura (B) dec. Koen Martin, 8-4 157: Riley Papiano (S) pinned Donato Vai, 1:20 165: Eric Sulik (S) won by forfeit 175: Ricky Watt (S) won by forfeit 190: Evan Elliott (S) won by forfeit 215: Brian Passamante (B) dec. Gerardo Felipe, UTB 3-2 285: Julian Reid (S) won by forfeit 106: Emma Cain (S) tech fall Gianna Edwards, 19-3 113: Caleb Jenkins (S) pinned Aubrey Raum, 0:40 120: E’Shion Underwood (S) pinned Jack Mazzoni, 1:10
SCHALICK 52, CUMBERLAND 20 132: Ryan Miller (S) pinned Killian McGraw, 1:15 138: Chase Williams (CU) dec. Colin Bittle, 8-7 144: Daniel Lloyd (CU) tech fall Ayden Jenkins, 17-2 150: Michael Carastro (CU) dec. Koen Martin, 7-3 157: Riley Papiano (S) dec Gary Albert, SV-1 6:31 165: Eric Sulik (S) pinned Gabriel Rodriguez, 3:09 175: Ricky Watt (S) tech fall David Seeger, 17-1 190: Evan Elliott (S) tech fall Sebron Hall-Jones, 16-1 215: Gerardo Felipe (S) over Noval Jenkins, DQ 285: Julian Reid (S) pinned Gavin Hayes, 1:22 106: Victor Fenske (S) won by forfeit 113: DeAnthony Harden (CU) dec. Caleb Jenkins, 7-1 120: Kolton Sheppard (CU) pinned E’Shion Underwood, 1:34 126: Luke Silva (S) pinned Logan Smith, 3:39
SCHALICK 49, TIMBER CREEK 27 120: E’Shion Underwood (S) tech fall Dominic Speakman, 19-3 (3:44) 126: Luke Silva (S) tech fall Ayden Zarnosky, 18-2 (2:23) 132: Ryan Miller (S) pinned Josh Wolfenden, 3:10 138: Colin Bittle (S) won by forfeit 144: Ayden Jenkins (S) pinned Eric Rambaran, 3:00 150: Joey Walker (TC) pinned Koen Martin, 2:54 157: Riley Papiano (S) won by forfeit 165: Ryan Kuriger (TC) pinned Eric Sulik, 0:27 175: Ricky Watt (S) dec. Zyeir Green, 8-6 190: Amir Reason-Dallas (TC) pinned Evan Elliott, 3:49 215: Elijah Green (TC) dec. Gerardo Felipe, 11-4 285: Roland Green (TC) pinned Julian Reid, 3:53 106: Victor Fenske (S) won by forfeit 113: Caleb Jenkins (S) won by forfeit
Cinnaminson Duals
WALL 47, WOODSTOWN 24 113: Omar Carrillo-Solano (WA) tech fall Luke Woronicak, 15-0 (3:59) 120: Carson Bradway (WO) pinned Charles Mahoney, 0:40 126: Travis Balback (WO) pinned Nicholas Traina, 0:17 132: Ben Waitzel (WA) pinned Louie Scholl, 1:39 138: Mason DiStefano (WA) pinned Ryan Polk, 1:31 144: Joseph Matri (WA) won by forfeit 150: Michael Boulard (WA) pinned Thomas Lacy, 3:08 157: Parker Quinn (WA) pinned Brett Rowand, 5:12 165: Joe Donofrio (WA) dec. Laitton Roberts, 4-1 175: Jeremy Marsella (WA) dec. Greyson Hyland, 6-5 190: Paul Banff (WO) dec. Sean Cosme, 3-0 215: Walter Carter (WO) dec. Eric Clauburg, 9-3 285: Mateo Vinciguerra (WO) won by forfeit 106: Bryson Jarosz (WA) pinned Hunter Allen, 2:33
WOODSTOWN 60, HADDON TWP. 24 120: Carson Bradway (WO) pinned Andrew Marshall, 0:29 126: Travis Balback (WO) pinned Owen Ziegler, 1:31 132: Blake Thoder (H) pinned Louie Scholl, 3:43 138: Thomas Andrews (H) pinned Ryan Polk, 1:50 144: Brady Mokoid (H) won by forfeit 150: Justin Capri (H) pinned Thomas Lacy, 2:37 157: Brett Rowand (WO) won by forfeit 165: Laitton Roberts (WO) pinned Ryan Henry, 1:27 175: Greyson Hyland (WO) pinned Antonio Reyes, 2:48 190: Paul Banff (WO) pinned Joseph Sum, 0:49 215: Walter Carter (WO) pinned Elijah Borowicz, 2:18 285: Mateo Vinciguerra (WO) pinned Sean Weikel, 1:11 106: Hunter Allen (WO) pinned Sok Hoy, 2:23 113: Luke Woronicak (WO) pinned Jon Rodriquez, 1:32
HADDONFIELD 41, WOODSTOWN 28 126: Walker Battavio (WO) dec. Alexander Frey, 9-3 132: Pierce Hoffman (H) dec. Travis Balbeck, 8-5 138: William Dietz (H) won by forfeit 144: Chase Degillo (H) maj. dec. Ryan Polk, 11-1 150: William Barker (H) pinned Thomas Lacy, 4:45 157: Hutch Rhyne (H) pinned Brett Rowand, 3:07 165: Aidan Rhea (H) dec. Laitton Roberts, 9-3 175: Greyson Hyland (WO) tech fall Parker Bawidamann, 20-3 (5:26) 190: Paul Banff (WO) pinned Rafael Lytle, 1:28 215: Walter Carter (WO) won by forfeit 285: Mateo Vinciguerra (WO) won by forfeit 106: Hunter Allen (WO) dec. Harrison Carroll, 7-1 113: Cole Spence (H) maj. dec. Luke Woronicak, 13-1 120: Michael Lamb (H) pinned Carson Bradway, 1:47
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