Category: SCHALICK

Bialecki hits 1,000

Woodstown senior reaches milestone on 2 FTs with 2.4 seconds left in Wolverines’ win; plus scores and details from Tuesday night’s Salem County sports calendar

BOYS BASKETBALL
Woodstown 45, Cherry Hill West 40
Salem 73, Pitman 35
Glassboro 69, Schalick 23
Overbrook 52, Penns Grove 39
Clayton 80, Salem Tech 60
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Pennsville 47, Woodstown 33
Penns Grove 60, Overbrook 39
Clayton 42, Salem Tech 26
Salem 67, Pitman 51
Glassboro 52, Schalick 8
BOYS BOWLING
Salem Tech 4, ACIT 0
Lindenwold 3, Salem 1

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News


CHERRY HILL — Blake Bialecki became the latest member of the Salem County 1,000-Point Club Tuesday and he took the bid all the way down to the wire.

The Woodstown senior needed 14 points to become the 11th boys player to join the list. He got a game-high 15. He reached the milestone on two free throws with 2.4 seconds to play to seal the Wolverines’ 45-40 bounce back win at Cherry Hill West.

“They were actually really important free throws,” he said. “It was, I needed to ice the game and get my 1,000 points at the same time.

“I wasn’t worried about it. I just wanted to get the win. They face-guarded me. They definitely didn’t want me to get it against them. I didn’t get many shots off today, but when I did I made it.”

For the longest time it looked like he might to extend the celebration to another day. The Lions (6-13) face-guarded him in such a manner “they definitely didn’t want me to get it against them” and limited his touches.

He had eight points with 4:30 to play and the game tied at 34. His 3-pointer from the right side with 3:15 left gave the Wolverines (12-7) a 39-34 lead. He hit two free throws with 1:01 left to make it 41-36, then hit the milestone after being fouled on an inbounds play in the backcourt.

“There are a lot of emotions,” he said. “Me and my parents have worked so hard for it and it’s been a goal of mine since middle school. There’s been countless hours in the gym with my dad. I’m just super excited and happy.

“Over COVID I really fell in love with training and getting better at basketball and I really fell in love with the sport. I set a lot of goals and one of them was 1,000 points.”

The fourth-quarter 3 was his third of the game and equally historic. It tied him with 1,600-point girls scorer Talia Battavio for Woodstown’s all-time 3-pointer record (186), a mark he covets as much as the 1,000-point mark.

“It’s definitely important to me because I define myself as a shooter and I work really hard on shooting 3s,” he said. “I train shooting 3s like a ton. Most of my workouts are focused on 3-point shooting. I still work on other stuff, but it’s mostly based around shooting. I want to be known as a shooter.”

He is the 68th player to make the Salem County boys 1,000-point list. He made sure to credit his coaches and teammates to reaching the milestone, calling it “our award, our 1,000 points and not just mine.”

WOODSTOWN 45, CHERRY HILL WEST 40
WOODSTOWN (12-7): Elijah Caesar 3 4-6 11, Jalen Markward 2 2-2 6, Blake Bialecki 3 6-6 15, Alejandro Vazquez 2 0-0 5, Josh Kiing 4 0-0 8, Lucas Fulmer 0 0-2 0. Totals 14 12-16 45.
CHERRY HILL WEST (6-13): Jordan Wise-Jones 1 2-2 4, Andre Blalock 3 0-0 7, Korey Morton 3 0-0 8, Hayden Boyle 3 2-2 8, Rasheed Braxton 5 3-4 13. Totals 15 7-8 40.

Woodstown1113615-45
Cherry Hill West791113-40
3-point goals: Woodstown 5 (Caesar, Bialecki 3, Vazquez); Cherry Hill West 3 (Blalock, Morton 2).
1000-POINT WATCHTODAYTOTAL
Blake Bialecki, Woodstown15 vs. Cherry Hill West1001
Tymear Lecator, Salem26 vs. Pitman931

SALEM 73, PITMAN 35: The Rams’ Tymear Lecator connected on six 3-pointers and scored 28 points to move closer to becoming the 69th player on the Salem County boys 1,000-point list. The junior was 10-for-18 from the field, 6-of-12 from 3-point range. He also had six rebounds and five assists. He’s gone for at least 25 in four of his last six games. Twelve players scored for the Rams in the game.

GLASSBORO 69, SCHALICK 23: Xavier Sabb went for 30 points as the Bulldogs beat a Salem County opponent for the second day in a row. The Bulldogs started the year 2-9 but have won four of their last seven.

“We’re just trying to put it all together at the right time,” Bulldogs coach Lynell Payne said after his team dispatched Woodstown Monday. “I don’t want to speak too soon, but I will say we’re understanding what needs to be done. We will be the most dangerous 16 seed in the tournament.”

OVERBROOK 52, PENNS GROVE 39: Lamar Little filled the boxscore with 13 points, two rebounds, four assists, two blocks and three steals as the Rams clinched the Tri-County Diamond Division title. Bilal Robinson (11) and Gavin Cajuste (10) also scored in double figures. Penns Grove got balanced scoring, but didn’t have a scorer in double figures.

CLAYTON 80, SALEM TECH 60: Aiden Bobo scored a career-high 22 points, but the Chargers couldn’t overcome 12 Clippers hitting the scoring column with half of them going for at least eight points. James Fritz led the winners with 15 points.

Girls games

PENNSVILLE — Robin Efelis didn’t really know what to expect. She was just hoping for the best.

In the 24 hours prior to Tuesday night’s game with Woodstown, Efelis has gone from assistant coach to head coach and had to prepare for her team’s biggest basketball rival.

The new head coach and her Pennsville girls came through it well, taking down the Wolverines for the second time this season, 47-33 to remain on pace to share the Tri-County Diamond Division crown with Glassboro. Both teams are 7-1 in the six-team division and split their series during the season.

Efelis landed in the position after Eagles head coach Steve Merritt abruptly resigned after practice Monday night.

The teams battled it out in the first half with Pennsville going into the break with a 16-13 lead, but the Eagles dominated the second half, outscoring the Wolverines 31-20. They took control with a 12-4 third quarter.

Addie Johnston led the Eagles (11-6) with 20 points, just missing her career high. Taylor Bass had 13 points and Marley Wood had eight. Kendall Young led Woodstown with 11 points.

Among Merritt’s parting words to the team Monday was they had a good chance to win the game if they played like a five-man unit and protected the ball.

“The girls played extremely well tonight,” Efelis said.

PENNSVILLE 47, WOODSTOWN 33
WOODSTOWN (8-12): Lauren Hengel 4 0-2 8, Kyia Leyman 2 0-0 4, Emma Perry 3 0-0 6, Kendall Young 4 2-2 11, Talia Guardascione 1 3-4 6, Totals 14 5-8 33.
PENNSVILLE (11-6): Taylor Bass 5 1-2 13, Marley Wood 2 2-2 8, Addie Johnston 8 2-2 20, Izzy Saulin 2 0-0 4, Jaida Burns 1 0-0 2, Jaiden Wilson 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 5-6 47.

Woodstown76416-33
Pennsville971219-47
3-point goals: Woodstown 2 (Young, Guardascione); Pennsville 4 (Bass 2, Johnston 2).

SALEM 67, PITMAN 51: The Rams got a combined 56 points from their big three — Carlysia Pierce, Dyaira Anderson and Maddie Dixon — produced a pair of double-doubles and outscored Pitman in the fourth quarter 21-6 to pull away. Pierce had a team-high 19 points, 14 rebounds and six steals. Anderson delivered 18 points and 17 boards, and Dixon scored 16 points (with five rebounds and four steals).

GLASSBORO 52, SCHALICK 8: The Bulldogs did to Schalick wahat the Cougars usually do to their opponents: D them up. The Bulldogs held their visitors to one points in the first quarter and shut them out in the third to snap their seven-game winning streak. Kezia Brackett led their offense with 27 points. Sianna Wedderburn and Lily Czubas both grabbed 11 rebounds and Sanaa Thomas dealt 10 assists.

CLAYTON 42, SALEM TECH 26: India Bryant led Clayton with 14 points. Shelby Drummond led the Chargers with seven.

PENNS GROVE 60, OVERBROOK 39: The Red Devils collected their second win of the season and snapped a nine-game losing streak. Their other win came over the Rams in early January.



Monday sports report

Glassboro denies Bialecki bid for 1000, Salem takes control of division, Schalick girls set up Willoughby for special Senior Night experience and more

BOYS BASKETBALL
Gateway 64, Salem Tech 31
Glassboro 71, Woodstown 49
Salem 55, Wildwood 43
Schalick 54, Cape May Tech 40
West Deptford 58, Pennsville 15
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Millville 46, Woodstown 39
Penns Grove at Paulsboro
Overbrook 55, Salem Tech 35
Schalick 34, Cape May Tech 16
WRESTLING
Schalick 65, Salem 12

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

GLASSBORO — The banner had been prepared and was folded neatly in the car. The plan was to bring it in sometime during the second half if Blake Bialecki was getting close to the milestone.

The Woodstown senior has been closing in on the 1,000-point barrier, but Glassboro — and Mekhi Parker — were determined not to have it happen on their watch. 

The Bulldogs played what their coach, Lynell Payne, called “one of our better” defensive games of the season. They held Bialecki to nine points and stuffed the “sleepwalking” Wolverines, 71-49.

The nine points left Bialecki with 986 for his career. His nine points came on three 3-pointers – one in each of the last three quarters – and moved him within four of breaking the school’s all-time record for 3s, currently held by Talia Battavio (186).

“We made it a point,” Payne said. “He was sitting at 977 and I told the guys we don’t let anybody get that 1,000th point on us, so they collectively took it upon themselves and said OK we’re going to have some pride. We’re playing at home, we’ve been up and down all year ,so today we’re going to have some pride and definitely stop him because he torched us last time.”

Bialecki went for 25 when the teams played right before Christmas. He needed almost that many Monday to reach the milestone, but was held to single digits for just the fifth time this season and the first time in six games.

“When you look at our games people have been scoring on us,” Payne continued. “The LEAP guy (Gabriel Shoultz) had 30. Last week, the guy from Camden County Tech (Charles Barbour) had like 25. So, we’ve got to take some pride on defense and not let anybody score on us and I think tonight we actually locked in and did that.”

Actually, they’ve had an opposing player go for at least 25 in three of their previous four games.

The assignment to keep Bialecki in check fell to Parker. The 6-foot-4 sophomore never let his man get more than arm’s length away and held him to 3-for-16 shooting.

“When I said we cannot let this guy go off on us, he said, ‘Coach, I got him,’” Payne said of Parker “That’s what I look for. I can assign any of you, but whoever’s comfortable and you don’t want to let your brothers down, you guard him. And then he said ‘I got him’ and we all trusted him.”

“They definitely played very good defense on me today,” Bialecki said. “They did a really good job. My shot was rushed, took away my confidence kind of.”

Meanwhile, the Bulldogs dictated the pace. Xavier Sabb led all scorers with 19 points. Parker had 16 and Will Boggans 10. Alejandro Vazquez was the only Woodstown scorer in double figures. He hit three 3s and finished with 14.

The Wolverines held a 14-12 lead at the end of the first quarter, then starting going the other way. They were outscored 13-5 in the second quarter and 46-30 in the second half. Sabb, Parker and Maurice Davis combined for 33 points in the second half.

“Sleepwalking,” Woodstown coach Ramon Roots said. “We were sleepwalking. They played tougher. They played stronger. That’s what it came down to. (His team) didn’t play tough tonight.”

Bialecki’s next shot at the milestone is Tuesday, when the Wolverines — and the banner — travel to Cherry Hill West. He’s not pushing it.

“I’m going to do whatever I can to help us win,” he said. “If that comes, it comes.”

WOODSTOWN (11-7): Eli Caesar 1 0-0 2, Jalen Markward 1 2-4 4, Blake Bialecki 3 0-0 9, Alejandro Vazquez 5 1-3 14, John Hood-McGinley 0 0-0 0, Josh King 1 0-0 2, Andrew White 2 2-2 7, Trey Markward 0 0-0 0, Lucas Fulmer 1 0-0 2, Bryce Ayars 0 0-0 0, Frankie Hoerst 0 0-2 0, Connor Miller 3 2-2 9, Brian Booker 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 7-13 49
GLASSBORO (5-12): Xavier Sabb 7 5-8 19, Mehki Parker 7 0-2 16, Will Boggans 5 0-0 10, Riley Brown-Dispensa 1 4-4 6, Marley Crowl 3 2-2 8, Maurice Davis 3 3-4 10, Wolfgang Donoway 0 0-0 0, Cam Parker-Akins 0 1-2 1, David Gillis 0 0-0 0, Lorenzo Jones 1 0-0 2. Totals 27 15-22 71.

Woodstown1451416-49
Glassboro12132323-71
3-point goals: Woodstown 8 (Bialecki 3, Vazquez 3, White, Miller); Glassboro 2 (Parker 2). Rebounds: Woodstown 22 (White 7); Glassboro 29 (Sabb 5, Parker 6, Brown Dispensa 6). Total fouls: Woodstown 17, Glassboro 12).

Top photo: Glassboro’s Mekhi Parker (5) keeps a close eye on Woodstown’s Blake Bialecki during Monday’s game.

SALEM 55, WILDWOOD 43: The Rams solidified their hold on the Tri-County Classic Division lead by completing their season sweep of the Warriors.

The game was tight throughout, but the Rams carried a four-point lead into the fourth quarter, never lost it and closed it out with six straight Tymear Lecator free throws in the final minute. Lecator was 8-for-8 from the line in the game — all in the fourth quarter — and finished with 28 points.

“I believe we’re starting to become a more disciplined team down the stretch,” Rams coach Anthony Farmer said. “That has helped us come out on the other side of some really tough games. I’m proud of my guys.”

The Rams, still No. 2 in the South Jersey Group I power points standings, are the only undefeated team in the Classic with three divisions games to play. They hold a two-game lead in the loss column over Wildwood, which has one division game left, and a three-game lead in the loss column over Clayton, which has three division games left.

SALEM (14-3): Tymear Lecator 8 8-8 28, Deshaan Williams 3 2-7 8, Neziah Spence 2 0-0 6, Marshall Stephens 2 0-0 4, Xavier McGriff 1 0-2 2, Donnie Weathers 2 1-3 5, Darrelle Johnson 0 2-2 2, BJ Robbins 0 0-0 0, Harlem Parsons 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 13-22 55.
WILDWOOD (7-11): Owen Bannon 7, Gianni Troiano 1, Jordan Dozier 4, Trevor Troiano 14, Nolan Mawhinney 12, Michael Sciarra 3, Vinny Sweeney 2.

Salem169822-55
Wildwood1312414-43
3-point goals: Salem 6 (Lecator 4, Spence 2). Rebounds: Salem 41 (Williams 8, Stephens 8, Johnson 7). Technical fouls: Farmer.

GATEWAY 64, SALEM TECH 31: Evan Haase hit five of the Gators’ 11 3-pointers and scored a game-high 15 points.

SALEM TECH (2-13): Chase Pompper 3 2-4 9, Ayden Myers 4 0-0 9, Luke Kroll 2 0-2 4, Brody Kroll 1 0-0 3, Raphael Busch 1 0-0 2, Micah Cavanaugh 1 0-0 2, Sterling 1 0-0 2. Totals 13 2-6 31.
GATEWAY (8-9): Evan Haase 5 0-0 15, DJ Bink 4 3-4 13, Eddie Coryell 3 0-0 8, Naqwon Langston 3 0-0 7, Ben Runner 3 0-0 6, Ben Cook 2 0-0 4, Devin Forman 2 0-0 5, Tamil James 3 0-0 6, Pierce Kaeferie 0 0-0 0, Max Hohl 0 0-0 0, JaQuahn Smith-Carney 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 3-4 64.

Salem Tech84613-31
Gateway17161813-64
3-point goals: Salem Tech 3 (Pompper, Myers, B. Kroll); Gateway 11 (Haase 5, Bink 2, Coryell 2, Langston, Forman). Rebounds: Salem Tech 23 (Cusch 8, Lewis 5, Myers 5); Gateway 36 (Runner 8, Cook 7).

WEST DEPTFORD 58, PENNSVILLE 15: Michael Joseph scored 13 points and West Deptford got points from 11 players. West Deptford opened a 24-3 lead in the first quarter.

PENNSVILLE (3-15): Danny Knight 2 1-2 5, Shamir Watkins 1 0-0 2, Gavin Spears 1 0-0 3, Colt Willis 1 1-3 3, Aidan Clark 1 0-2 2. Totals 6 2-7 15.
WEST DEPTFORD (6-12): Curtis Pearson 3 0-2 6, Kyree Eason 2 0-0 4, Thomas Cross 2 2-2 7, Carter Watson 2 0-0 5, Yasmine Abdel-Hamid 1 0-0 2, Anthony Martello 2 1-2 5, Michael Garcia 1 0-0 2, Michael Joseph 6 1-3 13, Zamir Davis 1 0-2 2, Talib Bogar 1 3-4 5, Cole Stanish 3 1-1 7. Totals 24 8-16 58.

Pennsville3543-15
West Deptford2411194-58
3-point goals: Pennsville 1 (Spears); West Deptford 2 (Cross, Watson).
1000-POINT WATCHTODAYTOTALNEXT
Blake Bialecki, Woodstown9 vs. Glassboro986at CHW, Tues.
Tymear Lecator, Salem28 vs. Wildwood905vs. Pitman, Tues

Girls games: Special moment

PITTSGROVE — Schalick recognized its seniors Monday night and orchestrated a special moment for one of them.

Abby Willoughby hasn’t been able to play this basketball season while recovering from an injury during the soccer season, but the but the Cougars gave her a chance to score one more time in their 34-16 win over Cape May Tech.

It came right out of the gate. They positioned Willoughby under the basket, Ava Scurry directed the opening tip to Vicky Basich, who then passed to Willoughby for a layup.

“It was a special moment for her as I know she has missed being on the court,” Cougars coach John Whelan said. “Abby has been a big part of this program the last four years and she without a doubt earned this moment. I’m glad she was able to celebrate it with her teammates and family.”

After the bucket the Cougars subbed her out and allowed CMT to get the points back.

“Cape May Tech showed great sportsmanship and we truly appreciate their understanding,” Whelan said.

She played in 65 of 69 games over her first three years and wraps her high school career with 158 points, 242 rebounds and 138 steals.

The game was tight in the first half, but the Cougars (12-3) pulled away in the second for their seventh straight win. They outscored their visitors 22-5 in the second half.

Olivia Vanacker scored seven of her team-high nine points in the second half. Scurry had six of her eight and Cali Fisler five of her seven in the half.

CAPE MAY TECH (6-11): Sam Cabral 0 0-0 0, Bobbi Fashaw 2 0-2 4, Camryn James 2 0-0 4, Sofia Alegre 0 0-0 0, Bella Culican 0 0-0 0, Hayli Estes 1 0-0 2, Kiley Dicta 0 0-0 0, Aryanna Crawley 0 0-0 0, Emma Oravits 2 0-0 6, Olivia Kiser 0 0-0 0, Riley Puvilla 0 0-0 0. Totals 7 0-2 16.
SCHALICK (12-3): Abby Willoughby 1 0-0 2, Cali Fisler 1 5-10 7, Ava Scurry 4 0-0 8, Vicky Basich 2 0-0 4, Emma O’Neill 0 0-0 0, Nevaeh Robinson 1 0-0 2, Willow Davis 0 0-0 0, Emmalyn Weir 1 0-0 2, Jaelynn Jarmon 0 0-0 0, Olivia Vanacker 4 0-2 9. Totals 14 5-12 34.

Cape May Tech7432-16
Schalick841210-34
3-point goals: Cape May Tech 2 (Oravitss 2); Schalick 1 (Vanacker). Total foul: Cape May Tech 11, Schalick 5.

MILLVILLE 46, WOODSTOWN 39: The Wolverines had everything going on early, jumping out to a 10-2 lead, then the game completely changed. Millville’s Naomi Burkhart scored a game-high 20 points. Lauren Hengel and Kendall Young led Woodstown with 10 points each.

WOODSTOWN 8-11): Lauren Hengel 5 0-0 10, Kyia Leyman 3 3-8 9, Kendall Young 5 0-0 10, Talia Guardascione 3 2-5 8, Jaelyn McDonald 1 0-4 2. Totals 17 5-17 39.
MILLVILLE (7-10): Kamya Smith 1 1-2 3, Rahnasia Casper 3 5-7 11, Naomi Burkhart 6 7-8 20, Angeliya Cephas 2 1-3 5, Aphrea Robinson 0 0-0 0, Brielle Rivera 2 2-4 7, Anya Davis 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 16-24 46.

Woodstown1061013-39
Millville2131615-46
3-point goals: Millville 2 (Burkhart, Rivera).

OVERBROOK 54, SALEM TECH 37: Gianna Simon had 23 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Rams. She also had five assists and four steals.

Salem Tech (2-11)95185-37
Overbrook (4-13)8141517-54

Wrestling

SCHALICK 65, SALEM 12
106: Victor Fenske (SC) won by forfeit
113: Nicholas Latona (SC) won by forfeit
120: E’Shion Underwood (SC) pinned Adrien Morales, 0:30
126: Caleb Jenkins (SC) tech fall over Zachary Tortella, 17-2 (2:30)
132: Guilherme Quintanilha (S) dec. Jacob Potts, 11-6
138: Aiden Piernikowski (SC) pinned Brodie Parker, 0:23
144: Michael Baisch (SC) pinned Joseph Goetaski, 1:30
150: Ziyon Moore (S) pinned Gabriel McFeeley, 3:30
157: Mason Hollywood (SC) won by forfeit
165: Anthony Deaver (SC) pinned Jordan Brown, 3:30
175: Ricky Watt (SC) pinned Josthen Jimenez, 1:16
190: Gerardo Felipe (SC) pinned Kaleb Ewald, 0:56
215: James Cook (SC) won by forfeit
285: Abdullah Jenkins (S) dec. Jeff Edmonds, 7-0

This week’s schedule

Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Feb. 1-7

SUNDAY, FEB. 1
INDOOR TRACK
Woodstown 4×800 in Millrose Games, 2:37 p.m.

MONDAY, FEB. 2
BOYS BASKETBALL
Pennsville at West Deptford, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Gateway, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Cape May Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Glassboro, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Wildwood, 7 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Paulsboro, 4 p.m.
Cape May Tech at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Salem Tech at Overbrook, 4:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Millville, 5:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Schalick at Salem, 5 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. Collingswood, Westbrook Lanes, 3:45 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK
Penns Grove, Salem at Ott Center, Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

TUESDAY, FEB. 3
BOYS BASKETBALL
Woodstown at Cherry Hill West, 4 p.m.
Glassboro at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Penns Grove at Overbrook, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Clayton, 5:30 p.m.
Pitman at Salem, 7 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Overbrook at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Clayton at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Pitman, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Glassboro, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. ACIT, Wood Lanes, 3:45 p.m.
Salem vs. Washington Twp., Wood Lanes, 4 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Montgomery at Salem CC, 7 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Union at Salem CC, 5 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4
WRESTLING
Woodstown at Overbrook, 5 p.m.
Gloucester Catholic at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Clayton, 6:30 p.m.
BOWLING
TCC Showcase, Lucky Strikes, 4 p.m.

THURSDAY, FEB. 5
BOYS BASKETBALL
Glassboro at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Clayton, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Overbrook, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Buena, 7 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
Clayton at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
Overbrook at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Salem, Oakcrest at Hammonton, 4 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Harrisburg Area at Salem CC, 6 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Delaware Tech at Salem CC, TBA

FRIDAY, FEB. 6
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Schalick, 4 p.m.
Millville at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Bridgeton, 5:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, FEB. 7
BOYS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Deptford, 11:30 a.m.
Pennsville at Woodstown, noon
Battle by the Bay, Atlantic City
Salem vs. Cherry Hill East, 4 p.m.
WRESTLING
Lindenwold, Vineland, Winslow at Penns Grove, 9 a.m.
Clearview, Egg Harbor, Haddon Twp. at Pennsville, 10 a.m.
Salem, Oakcrest, Sterling, Timber Creek at Mays Landing, 10 a.m.
Woodstown, Lacey at Williamstown, 10:30 a.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Philadelphia at Salem CC, noon
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Middlesex, noon

Saturday sports report

Here are the scores and details from Saturday’s Salem County sports calendar; Schalick, Woodstown get boys basketball wins; wrestling results

BOYS BASKETBALL
Schalick 70, Collingswood 64
Woodstown 60, Washington Twp. 55

By Riverview Sports News

MANTUA — Woodstown put four scorers in double figures and made just enough plays in the fourth quarter to outlast Washington Twp., 60-55 Saturday. The teams were knotted at halftime and the end of the third quarter, but the Wolverines outscored their hosts 25-20 in the fourth quarter to win get their third straight win.

Alejandro Vazquez hit four 3-pointers and led the Wolverines with 17 points. Andrew White had 15, Blake Bialecki 13 and Eli Caesar 12.

Bialecki moved with 23 points of becoming the Wolverines’ 11th boys 1,000-point scorer and first since Billy McMackin in 2003. He also hit three 3-pointers in the game, leaving his seven shy of tying Talia Battavio’s all-time school record.

His next attempt to break both barriers is Monday at Glassboro. He had 25 points and six 3-pointers when the team played in late December and sat out the majority of the fourth quarter.

“I’m very excited about it, but I’m trying not to put too much pressure on myself,” Bialecki said. “I’m just out there playing and enjoying it, having fun and trying to win, and just let whatever happens happen.”

WOODSTOWN 60, WASHINGTON TWP. 55
WOODSTOWN (11-6): Eli Caesar 4 2-2 12, Jalen Markward 0 0-0 0, Blake Bialecki 4 2-4 13, Alejandro Vazquez 5 3-4 17, John Hood-McGinley 0 0-0 0, Josh King 1 1-2 3, Andrew White 5 5-7 15, Lucas Fulmer 0 0-0 0, Connor Miller 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 13-19 60.
WASHINGTON TWP. (6-12): Jahsir Sansbury 7 1-1 18, Dominic Aqilino 4 2-3 13, Justin Federici 1 0-0 2, Dom DeNobile 3 0-0 6, Anfernee Arias 1 0-0 3, Jackson Chudzinski 0 2-2 2, Julian Robinson 2 0-0 6, Andrew Verchiarelli 2 0-0 5, Brayden Mumbower 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 5-6 55.

Woodstown7131525-60
Washington Twp.1371520-55
3-point goals: Woodstown 9 (Caesar 2, Bialecki 3, Vazquez 4); Washington Twp. 10 (Samsbiru 3. Aquilino 3, Arias. Robinson 2, Verchiarelli). Total fouls: Woodstown 8, Washington Twp. 19.

SCHALICK 70, COLLINGSWOOD 64: Dylan Sheehan came back to the basketball court this season after a year away and has been a presence for the Cougars. On Saturday, the senior scored a career-high 22 to points to help them turn back a serious threat from the winless Panthers.

Sheehan’s previous career high was 20 in a three-point loss to Glassboro on Jan. 6. He scored 11 in a loss to Penns Grove Friday night.

The Cougars fought off a barrage of 11 3-pointers from the Panthers. Leading scorers Aaron Young (20) and Croix Kelly (14) both hit four.

COLLINGSWOOD (0-19): Courtney Bunch 4 2-2 11, Croix Kelly 5 0-0 14, Zack Washington 4 1-2 9, Aaron Young 8 0-0 20, Landon Forero 1 0-0 3, Jayden Diaz 1 0-0 2, Messiah Norman 2 0-0 5. Totals 25 3-4 64.
SCHALICK (7-8): Sherrod Jones 3 3-7 9, Jase Volovar 3 0-0 7, Justin Iacona 2 0-0 6, Dylan Sheehan 8 6-10 22, Cooper Willoughby 2 1-2 5, Kade Macom 2 2-3 6, Julian Dickerson 2 8-9 13, Orion Baldwin 1 0-1 2. Totals 23 20-32 70.

Collingswood18111718-64
Schalick21111622-70
3-point goals: Collingswood 11 (Bunch, Kelly 4, Young 4, Forero, Norman); Schalick 4 (Volovar, Iacona, Dickerson).
1000-POINT WATCHTODAYTOTALNEXT
Blake Bialecki, Woodstown13 vs. Washington Twp.977at Glassboro, Monday
Tymear Lecator, SalemDNP877at Wildwood, Monday

Wrestling

SCHALICK TRI-MEET
HADDONFIELD 48, SCHALICK 24
106: Victor Fenske (S) pinned Michael Scocca, 1:47
113: Cole Spence (H) pinned Nicholas Latona, 0:29
120: Harrison Carroll (H) pinned E’Shion Underwood, 0:29
126: Alexandar Frey (H) maj. dec. Caleb Jenkins, 11-0
132: Michael Lamb (H) pinned Jacob Potts, 1:20
138: Pierce Hoffman (H) pinned Colin Bittle, 1:59
144: Michael Baisch (S) pinned Charlie Falco, 1:04
150: William Dietz (H) pinned Mason Hollywood, 3:58
157: Ayden Jenkins (S) maj. dec. William Barker, 17-7
165: Hutch Rhyne (H) tech fall over Anthony Deaver, 15-0 (3:45)
175: Ricky Watt (S) tech fall over Thomas Reilly, 16-1 (5:22)
190: Parker Bawidamann (H) dęć. Gerardo Felipe, 6-2
215: James Cook (S) dec. Logan Rhea, 11-8
285: Michael Grant-Hines (H) pinned Jeff Edmonds, 1:59

WILLIAMSTOWN QUAD
PENNSVILLE 46, CEDAR CREEK 28
120: Earl Wynn (P) pinned Luke Senn, 0:45
126: Hector Villarrubia-Torres (CC) pinned Mehki Dicks, 0:29
132: Chase Baker (P) maj. dec. Gavin Marcasciano, 14-2
138: Nathaniel Mason (P) pinned Cameron Reid, 5:00
144: Masen Cruz (CC) pinned Vincent Grether, 3:20
150: Travis hagan (P) pinned Jakob Dase, 0:40
157: Gabe Supernavage (P) won by forfeit
165: Robbie McDade (P) pinned Cole Burton, 0:55
175: Carlos Villarrubia (CC) pinned Cristian Blyler, 5:36
190: Giovanni Carnes (CC) maj. dec. Stephen Pangle, 15-6
215: Hunter Coulbourn (P) won by forfeit
285: Jacob Hand (P) over Slayton D’Amico, UTB 3-2
106: Sincere Wilcox (CC) pinned Brett Land, 4:41
113: Erick Davalos (P) maj. dec. Charles Cordery, 16-4
*-Pennsville had team point deduction at 106

WILLIAMSTOWN 36, PENNSVILLE 35
106: Brett Land (P) won by forfeit
113: Erick Davalos (P) pinned Ayden Danley, 1:38
120: Maddox Slotnick (WI) tech fall over Earl Wynn, 17-1 (4:00)
126: Freedom Neff (WI) pinned Mehki Dicks, 1:55
132: Chase Baker (P) tech fall over Joseph Lascala, 15-0 (5:13)
138: Jayden Hennessy (WI) dec. Nathaniel Mason, 4-0
144: Ahmed Valverde (WI) pinned Vincent Grether, 3:22
150: Gabe Supernavage (P) pinned Wayne Farmer 0:59
157: Travis Hagan (P) pinned Jack Masterson, 1:12
165: Robbie McDade (P) dec. Erick Garcia, 6-2
175: Aiden Garcia (WI) tech fall over Cristian Blyler, 18-1 (3:02)
190: Karlens Borgart (WI) tech fall over Stephen Pangle, 21-6 (5:29)
215: Bernardo DeJesus (WI) pinned Hunter Coulbourn, 1:57
285: Jacob Hand (P) dec. Logan Kennedy, 6-2

WOODSTOWN QUAD
WOODSTOWN 41, BURLINGTON TWP. 36
106: Leo Poblete (B) pinned TJ Conto, 0:28
113: Jadon Middlemiss (WO) pinned Connor Falkenstein, 0:54
120: Carson Bradway (WO) pinned Xavier Thomas, 0:13
126: Walker Battavio (WO) pinned Enzo Caldara, 0:50
132: Barry Coverly (WO) maj. dec. Tyler Littlewood-Fine, 11-2
138: Brayden Casella (B) pinned Jacob Tocco, 2:09
144: Xavier Moy (B) pinned Nehemiah Carter, 0:41
150: Jacob Palentchar (B) pinned Josh Woronicak, 3:12
157: Brody Tellefsen (B) pinned Tyrell West, 4:20
165: Nicholas Davis (B) pinned Ricky Watts, 2:31
175: Greyson Hyland (WO) pinned Gurpreet Singh, 0:46
190: Asher Fitzpatrick (WO) dec. Andrew Schätzer, 8-3
215: Bradley Snitcher (WO) maj. dec. Kaleb Fisher, 13-2
285: Mateo Vinciguerra (WO) pinned Aiden Straeter, 0:39

LACEY TWP, 52, WOODSTOWN 6
106: Christopher Hingston (L) pinned TJ Conto
113: Luke Miller (L) maj. dec. Jadon Middlemiss, 12-4
120: Brandon Lefebvre (L) won by forfeit
126: Aidan Flynn (L) pinned Carson Bradway, 3:46
132: Ryan Leonard (L) tech fall over Walker Battavio, 15-0 (3:34)
138: Isaiah Heilala (L) maj. dec. Barry Coverly, 10-0
144: James Facciolli (L) dec. Nehemiah Carter, 14-13
150: Jacob Pelenski (L) maj. dec. Josh Woronicak, 16-6
157: Chase Meredith (L) dec. Tyrell West, 9-5
165: Noises Ricart (L) dec. Ricky Watts, 7-3
175: Michael Colon (L) dec. Greyson Hyland, 4-3
190: Jake Mott (L) tech fall over Asher Fitzpatrick, 16-1 (4:13)
215: Double forfeit
285: Mateo Vinciguerra (WO) pinned Colton Taps

A.L. JOHNSON QUAD
NUTLEY 62, SALEM 17
113: Luke Finkelstein (N) won by forfeit
120: Elizaiah Perez (N) pinned Zachary Tortella, 0:45
126: Adam Youssef (N) tech fall over Adrien Morales, 19-3 (2:05)
132: Guylherme Quintanilha (S) pinned Evan Seborowski, 3:39
138: Patrick Chell (N) pinned Brodie Parker, 1:28
144: Michael Koster (N) pinned Joseph Goetaski, 0:31
150: Jesse Quinn (N) over Christian VanTonder, inj.
157: Ziyon Moore (S) pinned Owen Marsala, 3:13
165: Antonio Maiden (N) pinned Jordan Brown, 4:13
175: Jaivion Sydnor (S) tech fall over Nicolas Rivera, 19-2 (3:23)
190: Russell Van de Zilver (N) pinned Josthen Jimenez Barreto, 1:17
215: Sean Vilchez (N) pinned Abdur Jenkins, 2:59
285: Nolan Brewer (N) dec. Abdullah Jenkins, 3-2
106: Valen Delaney (N) won by forfeit

ARTHUR JOHNSON 72, SALEM 12
106: Gerad Alvarez (J) won by forfeit
113: Philopatear Boules (J) won by forfeit
120: Matty Ortega (J) pinned Zachary Tortella
126: Jeff Lordi (J) pinned Adrien Morales
132: Keegan Parkhill (J) pinned Guylherme Quintanilha
138: Charles Wilkinson (J) pinned Brodie Parker
144: Nick Cilento (J) pinned Joseph Goetaski
150: Giovanni Donofrio (J) pinned Christian VanTonder
157: Aiden Rogers (J) pinned Ziyon Moore
165: Sam Wilkinson (J) pinned Jordan Brown
175: Raphael DaRocha (J) pinned Jaivion Sydnor
190: Frank Mentzel (J) pinned Josthen Jimenez Barreto
215: Abdur Jenkins (S) pinned Joaquin Nikolic
285: Abdullah Jenkins (S) pinned T.J. Kershaw

Future looks bright

Salem, Schalick girls battle in preview of county’s rising stars, Lecator shows out in Metro Classic, Salem Tech bowlers win school’s first-ever girls division title, and more

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Pennsville 64, Salem Tech 20
Schalick 37, Salem 33
Woodstown 65, Clayton 52
BOYS BASKETBALL
Rutgers Prep 67, Salem 55
Woodstown 86, Clayton 63
Pennsville 43, Salem Tech 40
Penns Grove 57, Wildwood 47
BOWLING
Boys: Lindenwold 4, Salem Tech 0
Girls: Salem Tech 4, Lindenwold 0

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News


SALEM – In a battle of the two up-and-coming girls basketball teams in Salem County, the one with the most experience prevailed.

With the number of quality young players in prominent roles for both teams, Salem and Schalick appear to be the next big thing on the county girls basketball scene. 

Schalick has more veterans sharing the floor with its rising stars and the Cougars used that mix to their advantage Thursday in turning back the Rams for their fifth straight win, 37-33.

“In tight games like this it comes down to experience,” Schalick coach John Whelan said. “Experience and confidence. That’s the two main thing we relied on tonight. 

“We have our five starters who were all here last year. Our bench consists of very young players new to the program so they’re getting their experience at both the JV and varsity level. (Against) Paulsboro, we were forced to call on some them and they came up big. In this moment today, we just relied on our starters, so it kind of flip flops back and forth based on the game and how the game’s going.”

Usually, the Cougars (10-3) are driven by the play of sophomores Nevaeh Robinson and Willow Davis, but Salem did a good job of bottling them up, so they turned to senior starters Ava Scurry and Cali Fisler to see them through.

The Rams (6-7) held Robinson and Davis to a combined 15 points. Scurry scored only six points, but she was a force inside, grabbing 10 rebounds and blocking six shots. Fisler scored 10 points, her season high.

“Ava all season has been our anchor defensively, for sure,” Whelan said. “Offensively, she helped us out today early. We kind of spread the love around with the points today, as good basketball teams can.”

The Rams’ fortunes, meanwhile, run through Dyaira Anderson and juniors Maddie Dixon and Carlysia Pierce. Dixon scored only three points, but she does so much more. Anderson had 10 points, eight in the fourth quarter. Pierce was their leading scorer with 11 points. 

While some on their roster have varsity experience, they’re all learning to play a different way under coach Kemp Carr.

“We played so hard, I’m proud to be these girls’ coach,” Carr said. “I’m just super proud of the identity (they’re forming) and how we are getting better. You can see it in spurts, we just need to put a 32-minute game together that we haven’t done yet.“But where they are from the beginning of the year to now … those things are happening, so eventually your experience will start catching up with those things . I think the future’s very bright for this program.”

“The future for both these programs is bright,” Whelan concurred.

Salem broke out a new defense for the first time – a 1-3-1 zone – in hope of handling Robinson and Davis and Carr thought it was “pretty efficient.”

They first rolled it out right after scoring their first points of the game midway through the first quarter. Scurry got behind it to score right away, but after that the Rams held to Cougars to one point and forced seven turnovers the rest of the quarter to grab a 9-7 lead.

Robinson finally got loose in the second half. She scored eight of her 10 points after halftime, with six of those coming on two 3-pointers in the fourth quarter that kept giving the Cougars separation.

“You have to hand it to Salem,” Whelan said. “They fought to the very end. They never gave in. They gave us a really good basketball game. Our girls, they withstood all the pressure. Salem was relentless. We handled that pretty well.”

SCHALICK 37, SALEM 33
SCHALICK (10-3): Nevaeh Robinson 4 0-4 10, Willow Davis 1 2-2 5, Jaelynn Jarmon 0 0-0 0, Ava Scurry 3 0-0 6, Cali Fisler 4 2-3 10, Emmalyn Weir 0 0-0 0, Olivia Vanacker 1 4-8 6. Totals 13 8-17 37.
SALEM (6-7): Carlysia Pierce 4 3-4 11, Timmiyah Simmons 0 0-0 0, Samiyah Moore 0 0-0 0, Kaliyah Taylor 2 0-0 4, Triscia Wilson 0 0-0 0, Jaryn Weathers 2 1-2 5, Dyaira Anderson 5 0-2 10, Maddie Dixon 1 0-2 3. Totals 14 4-10 33.

Schalick78616-37
Salem92913-33
3-point goals: Schalick 3 (Robinson 2, Davis); Salem 1 (Dixon). Rebounds: Schalick 26 (Scurry 10, Robinson 6); Salem 32 (Anderson 10, Dixon 8, Pierce 6). Total fouls: Schalick 11, Salem 10. Officials: Bock, Heard, Fowlkes.
Schalick’s Willow Davis (2) and Olivia Vanacker (12) move in to trap Salem’s Maddie Dixon in the corner during Thursday’s game. Top photo, Schalick’s Ava Scurry (R) challenges Dyaira Anderson at midcourt.

PENNSVILLE 64, SALEM TECH 20: Sophomore Addie Johnston led all scorers with 16 points and Marley Wood filled the box score with six points, six rebounds and 10 assists as the Eagles completed a sweep of their first wave through the other five Salem County teams. Taylor Bass contributed 12 points and eight assists to the win. Izzy Saulin had 10 points and seven boards. Shelby Drummond led the Chargers with 13 points.

PENNSVILLE (9-6): Taylor Bass 5 1-1 12, Marley Wood 2 1-2 6, Jaiden Wilson 3 0-0 8, Addie Johnston 7 0-0 16, Izzy Saulin 4 2-4 10, Kylie Harris 0 0-0 0, Jada Burns 4 0-0 8, Reagan Sipps 0 0-0 0, Makayla Griffith 0 0-0 0, Addison Hill 2 0-0 4, Polina Wright 0 0-0 0. Totals 27 4-7 64.
SALEM TECH (2-10): Shelby Liber 1 0-0 3, Amora Delaine 2 0-2 4, Shelby Drummond 5 0-0 13, Rachel Reed 0 0-0 0, Tiara Bazemore 0 0-0 0, Evening Amedee 0 0-0 0, Olivia Lydon 0 0-0 0, Carmen Mott 0 0-0 0. Totals 8 0-2 20.

Pennsville2413198-64
Salem Tech5348-20
3-point goals: Pennsville 6 (Bass, Wood, Wilson 2, Johnston 2). Rebounds: Pennsville 23 (Saulin 7, Wood 6); Salem Tech 21 (Delaine 6, Mott 5).

WOODSTOWN 65, CLAYTON 52: The Wolverines jumped out to a big lead, let the Clippers back into it at halftime, then steadily pulled away in the second half. Kendall Young and Emma Perry led four Woodstown scorers in double figures with career-highs 19 and 18, respectively. Lauren Hengel and Kyia Leyman added 12 points apiece.

Young also had six rebounds, four assists and six steals. Hengel had nine rebounds and three steals. Leyman blocked six shots. Talia Guardascione had six rebounds, five assists and five steals.

CLAYTON (5-9): Deondria Simon 4 3-4 11, Janice Blair 1 0-0 2, India Bryant 4 5-7 13, India Williams 2 0-0 5, Isabella Wiseburn 0 0-0 0, Alivia Howey 0 0-0 0, Gabrielle Searle 2 2-2 7, LaNaya Carr-Archie 3 2-2 10, Kennedy Eaddy 1 2-2 4. Totals 17 14-17 52.
WOODSTOWN (8-9): Lauren Hengel 5 2-4 12, Kyia Leyman 6 0-2 12, Emma Perry 7 4-6 18, Kendall Young 19, Talia Guardascione 0 2-4 2, Kailyn Kennedy 0 0-0 0, Gina Murray 0 0-0 0, Autumn Paleschic 1 0-0 2. Totals 28 8-18 65.

Clayton9191311-52
Woodstown2351720-65
3-point goals: Clayton 4 (Williams, Searle, Carr-Archie 2); Woodstown 1 (Young). Rebounds: Woodstown 33 (Hengel 9, Young 6, Guardascione 6).

Boys games

1000-POINT WATCHTODAYTOTAL
Blake Bialecki, Woodstown25 vs. Clayton964
Tymear Lecator, Salem31 vs. Rutgers Prep863

PENNSVILLE 43, SALEM TECH 40: The Eagles have their first winning streak of the season as they won their second straight behind 16 points from Mason O’Brien and a team 14-of-16 from the free throw line. Danny Knight and Jake Layfield added 10 points apiece. It’s the first time Pennsville has won back to back games since Jan. 29-30, 2024.

Salem Tech’s Luke Kroll led all scorers with 18 points and Raphael Busch had a double-double (10 points, 12 rebounds). Aiden Bobo had eight points and eight boards.

SALEM TECH (2-11): Chase Pompper 1 1-2 3, Brody Kroll 0 0-0 0, Ayden Myers 0 0-0 0, Aiden Bobo 3 1-3 8, Luke Kroll 6 2-5 18, Raphael Busch 5 0-2 10, Sterling Lewis 0 1-2 1. Totals 15 5-14 40
PENNSVILLE (3-13): jake Layfield 2 5-5 10, Jacob Farina 1 2-2 4, Gavin Spears 0 0-0 0, Danny Knight 3 1-2 10, Aidan Clark 1 0-0 3, Mason O’Brien 4 6-7 16. Totals 11 14-16 43.

Salem Tech166117-40
Pennsville9111013-43
3-point goals: Salem Tech 5 (Bobo, L. Kroll 4); Pennsville 7 (Layfield, Clark, Knight 3, O’Brien 2). Rebounds: Salem Tech 30 (Busch 12, Bobo 8).

PENNS GROVE 57, WILDWOOD 47: Penns Grove’s defense ruled the floor in the first half, then the offense took over in the second half.

The Red Devils held Wildwood to 10 points in a low-scoring first half, then their offense erupted for 22 points in each of the final two quarters to secure their fourth straight win.

Roman Gipson was the catalyst in the second half. In the third quarter, Geonni Conrad hit his two 3-pointers and Mishawn Brantley had two three-point plays.

Roman Gipson scored a team-high 12 points, Brantley had 11 and four other Red Devils scored at least seven points. Wildwood’s Nolan Mawhinney led all scorers with 24 points.

WILDWOOD (7-9): Owen Bannon 1-0-3, Gianni Troiano 1-1-3, Trevor Troiano 2-2-8, Nolan Mawhinney 10-4-24, Jeff Knight 2-2-6, Vinny Sweeney 0-3-3. Totals 16-12-47.
PENNS GROVE (11-6): Roman Gipson 4-3-12, Carson Pearsall 3-0-8, Haneef Frisby 2-3-7, Will Roy 4-1-9, Geonni Conrad 2-2-8, Luis Colon 0-0-0, Messiah Allah 0-0-0, Jameel Horace 1-0-2. Totals 20-12-57.

Wildwood461819-47
Penns Grove582222-57
3-point goals: Wildwood 3 (Bannon, T. Troiano 2); Penns Grove 5 (Gipson, Pearsall 2, Conrad 2).

RUTGERS PREP 67, SALEM 55: The Rams came out of the gate slow in the Metro Classic, but they came to life in the second half to make a game of it.

They got into the event at the last minute and trailed 36-14 at halftime. They made an impression in the second half, though, outscoring the Argonauts 41-33.

Tymear Lecator found the rims at Stockton University friendly. He hit six 3-pointers on the way to a career-high 31 points to lead all scorers. He also had five rebounds and five assists. Deshaan Williams had 11 points and five rebounds. Marshall Stephens grabbed 12 rebounds and blocked three shots.

SALEM (12-3): Deshaan Williams 11, Marshall Stephens 4, BJ Robbins 4, Neziah Spence 3, Tymear Lecator 31, Darelle Johnson 2. Totals 23-2-55.
RUTGERS PREP (13-6): Logan Franz 3 2-2 9, Nicolas Nsenkyire 3 0-0 6, Rocco Loomis 6 4-4 18, Bryce Williams 3 0-0 8, William Brunson 7 2-4 18, Julian Ceberio 1 0-0 3, Morgan Duncan 1 0-0 2, Oliver Cohen 1 0-0 3. Totals 25 8-10 67.

Salem862021-55
Rutgers Prep16201617-67
3-point goals: Salem 7 (Spence, Lecator 6); Rutgers Prep 9 (Franz, Loomis 2, Williams 2, Brunson 2, Ceberio, Cohen). Rebounds: Salem 25 (Stephens 12); Rutgers Prep 24 (Nsenkyire 11).

WOODSTOWN 86, CLAYTON 63: Blake Bialecki has been on a tear. On this night the Wolverines senior tied his career-high with seven 3-pointers and scored 25 points. Over his last four games he has scored 85 points and hit 17 3-pointers. He is now 36 points away from 1,000 and 10 away from setting the Wolverines’ all-time records for 3s.

Andrew White had a career-high 19 points for the Wolverines. Twelve players scored for the Wolverines in all.

Bowling: First-time champs

SALEM TECH GIRLS 4, LINDENWOLD 0: Naomi Hess rolled the Chargers’ high game (146) and high series (446) as the Chargers clinched the TCC Classic Division title, the first girls team in Salem Tech history to win a division crown. Casey Zaluske rolled a 146 in Game 2 and Candyce Cooper rolled three consecutive 143s. The boys lost 4-0. Rosario Torres rolled their high game (190) and series (521).


Big void in local slate

West Jersey Football League teams learn crossovers, schedules; Woodstown, Pennsville, Schalick all play the four other county teams this cycle despite being in different divisions, Salem-Penns Grove off the schedule


By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

Three of the five football-playing high schools teams in Salem County are playing all four of their county rivalries this upcoming football season, while one long-standing rivalry is missing from the mix to make it a true Big Five slate.

The West Jersey Football League schedule is out and what it reveals locally is for only the second time since 2000 — unless they get together in Week Zero (unlikely) or the playoffs — Penns Grove and Salem will not play each other over the next two seasons.

Salem’s crossovers are Audubon, Woodstown and Clayton. Penns Grove’s crossovers are Lindenwold, Pennsville and Schalick. 

It’ll be only the third time in the history of the series (early 90s, 2000-01) they will not have played in a home-and-home cycle. The series has been ongoing since 1912 with Penns Grove leading 57-46-6. They met three times in the playoffs.

“It don’t feel right, don’t look right,” said Salem coach Kemp Carr, a Salem native who played in the rivalry and has been head coach on both sides of it. “It goes back for a while. It’s your crosstown rivalry. It’s our second biggest rivalry in the county, realistically.

“It’s for the township, it’s for the people, that’s what matters. It’s giving the community what they look forward to every year no matter what the records are. You can throw the records out.”

Pennsville, Schalick and Salem will play each other as part of the WJFL Diamond Division schedule. Pennsville and Schalick both picked up Woodstown and Penns Grove, lifetime Diamond Division teams demoted this round to the Independence Division for the next two-year cycle. 

“It’s an exciting opportunity,” Pennsville coach Mike Healy said. “Being in a county with just five high schools that play football really turn each of these into a rivalry game. The kids all know each other and you can see in other sports how fired up they are to play each other.”

Woodstown will play all three Salem County Diamond Division teams, with Pennsville as its Week Zero game not incorporated in the WJFL schedule release.

“We are excited about the new schedule and the new challenges it brings,” Woodstown coach Frank Trautz said. “I love that we have those crosstown rivalries and I think it’s great for the community.”

Photo: Penns Grove and Salem battle during their 2024 game.

DIAMONDPENNSVILLESALEMSCHALICK
Week 0at Woodstownvs. Maple Shade
Week 1 (9/4)OverbrookPaulsboroBurl City
Week 2 (9/11)at PitmanAudubonat Woodstown
Week 3 (9/18)at Paulsboroat SchalickSalem
Week 4 (9/25)Burlington CityOverbrookat Paulsboro
Week 5 (10/2)Penns GroveWoodstownat Cumberland
Week 6 (10/9)at St. Joe Hammat ClaytonPenns Grove
Week 7 (10/16)at Schalickat Burl CityPennsville
Week 8 (10/23)Salemat PennsvilleOverbrook
INDEPENDENCEPENNS GROVEWOODSTOWN
Week 0Pennsville
Week 1 (9/4)at Buenaat Clayton
Week 2 (9/11)LindenwoldSchalick
Week 3 (9/18)Pitmanat Woodbury
Week 4 (9/25)at WoodburyBuena
Week 5 (10.2)at Pennsvilleat Salem
Week 6 (10/9)at SchalickOverbrook
Week 7 (10/16)Woodstownat Penns Grove
Week 8 (10/23)ClaytonPitman

DIAMOND/INDEPENDENCE DIVISIONS
WEEK 1 (Sept. 4)
Burlington City at Schalick
Overbrook at Pennsville
Paulsboro at Salem
Penns Grove at Buena
Woodstown at Clayton
Woodbury at Pitman

WEEK 2 (Sept. 11)
Hopewell Valley at Burlington City
Highland at Overbrook
Paulsboro at West Deptford
Pennsville at Pitman
Audubon at Salem
Schalick at Woodstown
Buena at Mastery
Clayton at Haddon Twp.
Lindenwold at Penns Grove
Woodbury at Gateway

WEEK 3 (Sept. 18)
Burlington City at Overbrook
Pennsville at Paulsboro
Salem at Schalick
Buena at Clayton
Pitman at Penns Grove
Woodstown at Woodbury

WEEK 4 (Sept. 25)
Burlington City at Pennsville
Overbrook at Salem
Schalick at Paulsboro
Buena at Woodstown
Penns Grove at Woodbury

WEEK 5 (Oct. 2)
Palmyra at Burlington City
West Deptford at Overbrook
Paulsboro at Woodbury
Penns Grove at Pennsville
Woodstown at Salem
Schalick at Cumberland
Wildwood at Buena
Gateway at Clayton
Pitman at Gloucester Catholic

WEEK 6 (Oct. 9)
Burlington City at Riverside
Overbrook at Woodstown
Haddonfield at Paulsboro
Pennsville at St. Joe’s (Hamm)
Salem at Clayton
Penns Grove at Schalick
Lindenwold at Buena
Salem at Clayton
Pitman at KIPP
Woodbury at Collingswood
Woodstown at Overbrook

WEEK 7 (Oct. 16)
Salem at Burlington City
Overbrook at Paulsboro
Pennsville at Schalick
Buena at Pitman
Clayton at Woodbury
Woodstown at Penns Grove

WEEK 8 (Oct. 23)
Paulsboro at Burlington City
Schalick at Overbrook
Salem at Pennsville
Woodbury at Buena
Clayton at Penns Grove
Pitman at Woodstown

THANKSGIVING GAMES
Clayton at Pitman

Salem County leaders

Snow day provides a chance to check out the Salem County basketball statistical leaders; leaders based on statistics posted to state reporting service (must have played in 75 percent of team’s games)

Boys

SCORING (based on avg.)GPFGFTPTSAVG
Mason O’Brien, Pennsville12804022018.3
Blake Bialecki, Woodstown15723321314.2
Tymear Lecator, Salem135817913.8
Deshaan Williams, Salem145518413.1
Julian Dickerson, Schalick13642116812.9
Eli Caesar, Woodstown14552315911.4
Neziah Spence, Salem133313310.2
Roman Gipson, Penns Grove16671016110.1
Will Roy, Penns Grove166371489.3
Danny Knight, Pennsville121089.0
Andrew White, Woodstown1343181118.5
Geonni Conrad, Penns Grove1647221318.2
Dylan Sheehan, Schalick134991078.2
Raphael Busch, Salem Tech92914738.1
Orion Baldwin, Schalick1339131048.0
Alejandro Vazquez, Woodstown1538161177.8
Sherrod Jones, Schalick10329777.7
Chase Pompper, Salem Tech113021847.6
Kade Macom, Schalick13394967.4
Xavier McGriff, Salem1326906.9
Josh King, Woodstown154213986.5
Aiden Bobo, Salem Tech112415696.3
BJ Robbins, Salem1324634.9
Marshall Stephens, Salem1334715.5
3-POINT GOALS (based on total)GPTOTALAVG
Blake Bialecki, Woodstown15362.40
Julian Dickerson, Schalick13231.77
Alejandro Vazquez, Woodstown15231.53
Eli Caesar, Woodstown14211.50
Mason O’Brien, Pennsville12201.67
Tymear Lecator, Salem13171.30
Roman Gipson, Penns Grove16171.06
Geonni Conrad, Penns Grove16150.94
Neziah Spence, Salem13141.08
Kade Macom, Schalick13141.08
Will Roy, Penns Grove16130.80
Orion Baldwin, Schalick13131.00
Lucas Fulmer, Woodstown14120.88
NOTE: Larry Pompper, Salem Tech 9 in 6 games
FT SHOOTING (based on pct.)GPFTMFTAPCT
Blake Bialecki, Woodstown153339.850
Eli Caesar, Woodstown142330.770
Alejandro Vazquez, Woodstown151621.760
Julian Dickerson, Schalick132129.720
Mason O’Brien, Pennsville124059.680
Josh King, Woodstown151321.620
Raphael Busch, Salem Tech91423.610
Andrew Wrote. Wppdstpwm131830.600
Dylan Sheehan, Schalick13916.560
Ayden Myers, Salem Tech8510.500
Chase Pompper, Salem Tech112142.500
Orion Baldwin, Schalick131327.480
Aiden Bobo, Salem Tech111535.430
REBOUNDS (based on avg.)GPTOTAVG
Deshaan Williams, Salem141339.5
Dylan Sheehan, Schalick131229.4
Raphael Busch, Salem Tech9717.9
Marshall Stephens, Salem13987.5
Andrew White, Woodstown13806.1
Josh King, Woodstown15916.1
Mishawn Brantley, Penns Grove16865.4
Blake Bialecki, Woodstown15724.8
Tymear Lecator, Salem13503.9
Sherrod Jones, Schalick10383.8
Eli Caesar, Woodstown14533.8
Cooper Willoughby, Schalick12453.8
Xavier McGriff, Salem13453.8
Julian Dickerson, Schalick13443.4
Roman Gipson, Penns Grove16493.3
Mason O’Brien, Pennsville12393.3
Alejandro Vazquez, Woodstown15483.2
Kade Macom, Schalick13423.2
Will Roy, Penns Grove16472.9
Luis Colon, Penns Grove16462.9
Geonni Conrad, Penns Grove16472.9
Aiden Bobo, Salem Tech11322.9
NOTE: Frank Hoerst, Woodstown had 66 in 10 games; Haneef Frisby, Penns Grove had 79 in 10 games
ASSISTS (based on total)GPTOTAVG
Tymear Lecator, Salem13685.23
Blake Bialecki, Woodstown15543.60
Alejandro Vazquez, Woodstown15513.40
Roman Gipson, Penns Grove16493.06
BJ Robbins, Salem13483.69
Orion Baldwin, Schalick13443.38
Julian Dickerson, Schalick13362.77
Will Roy, Penns Grove16301.88
Eli Caesar, Woodstown14231.64
Geonni Conrad, Penns Grove16201.29
Dylan Sheehan, Schalick13191.46
Josh King, Woodstown15191.27
Mason O’Brien, Pennsville12181.50
Luis Colon, Penns Grove16171.06
Sherrod Jones, Schalick10151.50
Lucas Fulmer, Woodstown14141.00
Neziah Spence, Salem13141.08
NOTE: Kenny Bartee, Schalick, 44 in 5 games
STEALS (based on total)GPTOTAVG
Geonni Conrad, Penns Grove16422.63
Julian Dickerson, Schalick13352.69
Will Roy, Penns Grove16342.13
Josh King, Woodstown15312.07
Dylan Sheehan, Schalick13302.31
Roman Gipson, Penns Grove16281.75
Orion Baldwin, Schalick 13251.92
Alejandro Vazquez, Woodstown15241.60
Luis Colon, Penns Grove16241.50
Blake Bialecki, Woodstown15221.47
Eli Caesar, Woodstown14221.57
Neziah Spence, Salem13211.62
Sherrod Jones, Schalick10191.90
Mason O’Brien, Pennsville12181.50
Xavier McGriff, Salem13171.31
Andrew White, Woodstown13131.00
Mishawn Brantley, Penns Grove16131.06
NOTE: Kenny Bartee, Schalick, 24 in 5 games

BLOCKED SHOTS (Total)
26: Marshall Stephens, Salem
19: Mishawn Brantley, Penns Grove
15: Aiden Bobo, Salem Tech
10: Haneef Frisby, Penns Grove
9: Raphael Busch, Salem Tech
8: Sherrod Jones, Schalick
7: Andrew White, Woodstown; Dylan Sheehan, Schalick

Girls

SCORING (based on avg.)GPFGFTPTSAVG
Taylor Bass, Pennsville14872822215.9
Nevaeh Robinson, Schalick12731617214.3
Marley Wood, Pennsville12544116613.8
Dyaira Anderson, Salem10512312512.5
Keziah Patterson, Penns Grove11472113512.3
Lauren Hengel, Woodstown16671317510.9
JaNiyah Cummings, Penns Grove11481212010.9
/Madison Dixon, Salem9328889.8
Shelby Drummond, Salem Tech10353838.3
Addie Johnston, Pennsville144451228.1
Kendall Young, Woodstown1651161267.9
Kyia Leyman, Woodstown1549121197.9
Carlysia Pierce, Salem113612857.7
Shelby Liber, Salem Tech8216607.5
Mikayla Washington, Penns Grove111922787.1
Willow Davis, Schalick123115936.9
Amora Delaine, Salem Tech102513636.3
Rylee Doerr, Salem Tech9218505.6
Ava Scurry, Schalick10253535.3
Emma Perry, Woodstown15324704.7
Timmiyah Simmons, Salem9164414.6
Olivia Vanacker, Schalick11189474.3
Jaiden Wilson, Pennsville141811523.7
Jaryn Weathers, Salem9135323.6
Talia Guardascione, Woodstown141713493.5
3-POINT GOALS (based on total)GPTOTAVG
Lauren Hengel, Woodstown16291.81
Addie Johnston, Pennsville14271.93
Taylor Bass, Pennsville14201.43
Marley Wood, Pennsville12171.42
Willow Davis, Schalick12151.25
Madison Dixon, Salem9131.44
NOTE: Woodstown’s Mia Waterman has 22 3s in 11 games.
FT SHOOTING (based on pct.)GPFTMFTAPCT
Addie Johnston, Pennsville1456.830
Talia Guardascione, Woodstown141318.720
Keziah Patterson, Penns Grove112129.720
Jaiden Wilson, Pennsville14711.640
Taylor Bass, Pennsville142847.600
Kendall Young, Woodstown161628.570
Marley Wood, Pennsville124173.560
Shelby Liber, Salem Tech8611.550
Amora Delaine, Salem Tech101326.500
Izzy Saulin, Pennsville14510.500
Jaida Burns, Pennsville13510.500
Olivia Vanacker, Schalick11919.470
Lauren Hengel, Woodstown161328.460
Kyia Leyman, Woodstown151228.430
REBOUNDS (based on avg.)GPTOTAVG
Rylee Doerr, Salem Tech911412.7
Dyaira Anderson, Salem1012312.3
Amora Delaine, Salem Tech10929.2
Ava Scurry, Schalick10898.9
Nevaeh Robinson, Schalick121048.7
Marley Wood, Pennsville12877.3
Mikayla Washington, Penns Grove11676.1
Alysia Pierce, Salem11595.4
Lauren Hengel, Woodstown16865.4
Cali Fisler, Schalick11534.8
Taylor Bass, Pennsville14614.4
Madison Dixon, Salem9404.4
Jaida Burns, Pennsville13564.3
Triscia Wilson, Salem8344.3
Olivia Vanacker, Schalick11454.1
Kyia Leyman, Woodstown15593.9
Jaryn Weathers, Salem9343.8
Janiyah Cummings, Penns Grove11403.6
Shelby Drummond, Salem Tech10343.4
Izzy Saulin, Pennsville17453.2
ASSISTS (based on total)GPTOTAVG
Marley Wood, Pennsville12857.08
Olivia Vanacker, Schalick11393.55
Kendall Young, Woodstown16301.88
Carlysia Pierce, Salem11262.36
Addie Johnston, Pennsville14241.71
Taylor Bass, Pennsville14241.71
Madison Dixon, Salem9242.67
Cali Fisler, Schalick11232.09
Nevaeh Robinson, Schalick12211.75
Lauren Hengel, Woodstown16211.31
Shelby Liber, Salem Tech8192.38
Rylee Doerr, Salem Tech9182.00
Emma Perry, Woodstown15171.13
Jaida Burns, Pennsville13161.33
Shelby Drummond, Salem Tech10161.60
STEALS (based on total)GPTOTAVG
Taylor Bass, Pennsville14503.57
Willow Davis, Schalick12443.67
Cali Fisler, Schalick11403.64
Carlysia Pierce, Salem11403.64
Olivia Vanacker, Schalick11343.09
Emma Perry, Woodstown15332.20
Kendall Young, Woodstown16291.81
Ava Scurry, Schalick10282.80
Lauren Hengel, Woodstown16241.44
Addie Johnston, Pennsville14231.64
Marley Wood, Pennsville12242.00
Nevaeh Robinson, Schalick12231.92
Jaiden Wilson, Pennsville14221.57
Shelby Drummond, Salem Tech10191.90
Amora Delaine, Salem Tech10191.90
Izzy Saulin, Pennsville14171.21
Madison Dixon, Salem9161.78
Kaliyah Taylor, Salem8151.88
Shelby Liber, Salem Tech8141.75

BLOCKED SHOTS (Total)
32: Ava Scurry, Schalick
31: Rylee Doerr, Salem Tech
15: Amora Delaine, Salem Tech
14: Dyaira Anderson, Salem
11: Carlysia Pierce, Salem
10: Kyia Leyman, Woodstown; JaNiyah Cummings, Penns Grove; Marley Wood, Pennsville

This week’s schedule*

Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Jan. 26-31; *-weather permitting, of course

MONDAY, JAN. 26
BOYS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Mastery Camden
Gateway at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Moorestown Friends at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Gloucester at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Gateway, 5:30 p.m.
Wildwood at Salem, 5:30 p.m., ppd.
SWIMMING
Woodstown vs. Salem at GCIT, 7:15 p.m.
WRESTLING
Pennsville at Audubon, 6 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. Gloucester Catholic, Wood Lanes, 3:45 p.m.
Salem vs. Lindenwold at 30 Strikes, cld.

TUESDAY, JAN. 27
BOYS BASKETBALL
Camden County Tech at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Overbrook at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Wildwood, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Glassboro, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Glassboro at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Overbrook, 5:30 p.m.
Penns Grove at Schalick, 4 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. Collingswood at Westbrook Lanes, 3:45 p.m.
SWIMMING
Woodstown in South Jersey Open at GCIT, 7 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Philadelphia at Salem CC, 7 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Delaware Tech at Salem CC, 5 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28
WRESTLING
Woodstown at Cumberland, 5 p.m.
Salem at Clayton, 5 p.m.
Pennsville, Salem girls at TCC/Colonial Jamboree, Clayton, 5 p.m.
SWIMMING
TCC Showcase, GCIT, 3 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. Clayton, Wood Lanes, 4 p.m.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Launch of Salem CC football program

THURSDAY, JAN. 29
BOYS BASKETBALL
Clayton at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Wildwood at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Pennsville at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Clayton, 5:30 p.m.
SWIMMING
Schalick at Camden Academy Charter, 3:45 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK
Schalick at Cherokee Challenge, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Bennett Center, 5 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. Lindenwold, 30 Strikes, 3:45 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Brookdale, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY, JAN. 30
BOYS BASKETBALL
Salem vs. Burlington Twp. at Holy Cross, 5:30 p.m.
Lindenwold at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Cumberland at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Collingswood, 5:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Collingswood at Schalick, 5 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK
TCC Showcase at Bennett Complex, 5 p.m.

SATURDAY, JAN. 31
BOYS BASKETBALL
Collingswood at Schalick, 11:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Washington Twp., noon
WRESTLING
Penns Grove at Highland Quad, 9 a.m.
Burlington Twp., Lacey Twp., Pennsauken at Woodstown, 10 a.m.
Cumberland, Williamstown, Cedar Creek at Pennsville, 10 a.m.
Schalick, Lindenwold at Palmyra, 10 a.m.
Salem at Arthur Johnson, 10 a.m.
Salem girls at Eastern Jamboree, 9 a.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Luzerne, noon
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Raritan Valley at Salem CC, noon

Friday sports report

Salem edges Wildwood to take lead in TCC Classic Division, but not happy with the effort; Pennsville ends losing streak, and more

BOYS BASKETBALL
Pennsville 46, Collingswood 44
Gateway 53, Salem Tech 29
Salem 50, Wildwood 49
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Salem 52, Buena 15
Haddon Heights 64, Pennsville 46
Schalick 21, Paulsboro 16
Kingsway 54, Woodstown 17
WRESTLING
Schalick 72, Pitman 9
Woodstown 42, Pennsville 28

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

SALEM – There’s not a kid in America who has ever dribbled a basketball and not at one time counted down seconds in his head and drained a bucket at the buzzer to win some imaginary game against their rival or championship.

It’s like the golf kid who stands on the practice green and imagines sinking the putt that wins the Masters or the U.S. Open.

It’s part of growing up with sports in America.

Tymear Lecator was one of the basketball kids dribbling down the seconds in the playground to set up a buzzer beater. He was head on with the real thing Friday night.

There were three of those shots in the four quarters of Salem’s game with Wildwood. Lecator hit two of them to benefit the Rams. The third came at the final horn by Wildwood’s Trevor Troiano but was only good enough to close the margin in a 50-49 Salem win for the upper hand in the TCC Classic Division.

“When I was just a kid I’d be just practicing for that time, backyard, everywhere, and when the time comes don’t shy away,” Lecator said. “I want that shot and I’m confident in taking that shot. And I think it’s a good shot every time.

“You never know going into a game when they’re going to come around. Luckily those shots were in my hand when the buzzer was running down and I was able to get my team a couple buckets.”

Lecator beat the clock twice on his way to a team-high 18 points. His first buzzer-beater came from the right corner at the end of the first quarter and cut the Rams’ early deficit to 9-8. His second came in the third quarter off his steal right in front of the student section and capped a five-point burst in the final three seconds to gave the Rams a 35-31 lead. 

It was the last of 11 lead changes in the game.

But Lecator’s most important shots of the game came without the clock moving. He hit a pair of free throws with 3.5 seconds left to put the Rams up 50-46 lead and render Troiano’s 3 at the final horn moot.

“I definitely knew I had to go to the line and knock down both and I stepped up – after shooting bad at the free throw line,” Lecator said. “Luckily I was able to step up and knock down the two most important ones.”

The win kept the Rams (12-2) undefeated in the Classic Division, while handing the Warriors (7-7) their first division loss. Despite the important win, there were a lot of long faces coming out of the Salem dressing room.

The Rams didn’t shoot it well early against Wildwood’s tight defense, committed 21 turnovers, and nearly let a five-point lead get away in the final 40 seconds. They led 16-15 lead at halftime despite going 3-for-15 from the field in the first quarter, 7-for-26 in the half and 1-for-13 from behind the arc.

“I don’t think really anybody on the team is happy, personally,” Lecator said. “I feel like I played pretty good, but I’m not even happy. We got beat on the backboards. Loose balls. We didn’t play a clean game. Had a couple dumb turnovers. Didn’t take the smartest shots. Rushed a lot of shots.

“We’re, honestly, 20 points better than Wildwood and we just played down to their level today. We didn’t respect the game. Luckily, we still were able to come out with the win, but for sure nobody’s happy.”

Darrelle Johnson gave the Rams a 47-42 lead with less than 40 seconds left. Wildwood missed its next shot that Johnson rebounded, but fell to the floor and was called for traveling. He slammed the ball on the floor that drew a technical foul with 25.4 left.

Troiano hit both technical foul shots and then was fouled driving with the accompanying possession. He hit those two shots with 10.8 seconds to go to make it a one-point game and the Warriors immediately called time.

Xavier McGriff was fouled on the inbounds with 8.8 to go. He made the first of his two free throws, missed the second but the Warriors traveled with the rebound inside of five seconds. 

The Warriors fouled Lecator in the backcourt after the inbounds play and the Rams’ guard hit the two free throws that allowed the Rams to escape without joy.

“It’s just high expectations,” Rams coach Anthony Farmer said. “We have a standard here. We have a goal in mind that we’re trying to accomplish and you have to go out and compete and play at a high level in order to accomplish that goal.

“That’s what we’re working for. The win is great, the win is good, but at the same time we want to play a good brand of basketball to help us in March. I didn’t think tonight we played a good brand of basketball to help us in March.

“We’ve found ways this year to win games when we’ve been horrible and that’s part of being a pretty good team, finding a way. But you’ve got to find a way with energy and effort and I thought Wildwood came in with a lot of energy and effort. (Getting) 50-50 balls, offensive rebounding, getting multiple possessions. Those are things that are unacceptable when you’re trying to be ready for March.”

WILDWOOD (7-7): Owen Bannon 3 4-5 12, Jordan Dozier 2 1-1 5, Gianni Troiano 2 0-0 4, Nolan Mawhinney 3 0-0 6, Eric Jordan 0 0-0 0, Jeff Knight 0 2-4 2, Michael Sciarra 0 0-0 0, Vinny Sweeney 0 0-0 0, Trevor Troiano 5 7-9 20. Totals 15 14-19 49.
SALEM (12-2): Xavier McGriff 0 1-1 1, Neziah Spence 1 2-2 4, Tymear Lecator 5 6-11 18, Fatah Paige 1 0-0 2, Deshaan Williams 4 4-9 12, BJ Robbins 1 0-0 2, Donnie Weathers 1 1-2 3, Marshall Stephens 0 0-0 0, Darrell Johnson 4 0-1 8. Totals 17 14-26 50.

Wildwood961618-49
Salem881915-50
3-point goals: Wildwood 5 (Bannon 2, T. Troiano 3); Salem 2 (Lecator 2). Rebounds: Wildwood 32 (T. Troiano 12, Mawhinney 9); Salem 34 (Williams 7, Stephens 6). Technical fouls: Johnson. Total fouls: Wildwood 21, Salem 14.

PENNSVILLE 46, COLLINGSWOOD 44: Mason O’Brien went for 32 points and the Eagles held on in the final five seconds to snap a 12-game losing streak and score their second win of the season.

O’Brien hit four 3-pointers and went 8-for-8 from the free throw line. He scored 20 of the Eagles’ 24 points in the second half.

“Mason was clearly the best player on the floor,” Pennsville coach Ray Heine said. “It was an evenly matched game in the first half. We took a 10-point lead late in the third, but it was sloppy finish.

“We’re learning how to close games. We were able to get big stops down the stretch. It’s nice to see things start to translate into game situations. When we play comparable competition I feel we can win.”

PENNSVILLE (2-13): Jake Layfield 0-1-1, Jake Farina 1-0-2, Gavin Spears 2-0-5, Danny Knight 1-0-2, Mason O’Brien 10-8-32, Aiden Clark 2-0-4. Totals 16-9-45.
COLLINGSWOOD (0-17): Craig Kelly 0-0-0, Zach Washington 2-0-5, Aaron Young 6-1-15, Amandi Ekezie 2-0-6, Gavin Fife 0-0-0, London Forero 3-2-10, Jayden Diaz 2-1-6, Messiah Norman 1-0-2. Totals 16-4-44.

Pennsville1210159-46
Collingswood149516-44
3-point goals: Pennsville 5 (Spears, O’Brien 4); Collingswood 8 (Washington, Young 2, Ekezie 2, Forero 2, Diaz). Total fouls: Pennsville 12, Collingswood 17.

GATEWAY 53, SALEM TECH 29: Eddie Coryell scored 17 points and Ben Cook posted his fourth double-double of the season as the Gators snapped a two-game losing streak. Cook had 16 points and 10 rebounds. He also blocked three shots and had three steals. Coryell recorded seven assists. Chase Pompper led the Chargers with 13 points.

GATEWAY (7-8): Ben Cook 8 0-0 16, Eddie Coryell 6 1-2 17, Ben Runner 4 3-3 11, Evan Haase 2 0-0 6, Devin Forman 0 2-2 2, DJ Bink 0 1-3 1, Naqwon Langston 0 0-0 0, Tajial James 0 0-0 0, JaQuahn Smith-Carney 0 0-0 0, Max Hohl 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 7-10 53.
SALEM TECH (2-10): Chase Pompper 5 3-6 13, Aiden Bobo 3 0-0 7, Luke Kroll 2 0-0 5, Raphael Busch 2 0-2 4. Only players reported. Totals 12 3-8 29.

Gateway10181113-53
Salem Tech49142-29
3-point goals: Gateway 6 (Coryell 4, Haase 2); Salem Tech 2 (Bobo, Kroll). Rebounds: Gateway 32 (Cook 10); Salem Tech 13 (Busch 7).

1000-Point Watch

PLAYERTODAYTOTAL
Blake Bialecki, WoodstownDNP926
Tymear Lecator, Salem18 vs. Wildwood832

Girls games

SCHALICK 21, PAULSBORO 16: The Cougars found a way to win even when they didn’t play their best, coming to life in the fourth quarter to break away from the defensive battle.

The Cougars scored almost as many points in the fourth quarter as they had the previous three despite top scorer Nevaeh Robinson fouling out, outscoring their hosts 10-2 to overcome a three-point deficit. Robinson led Schalick with 10 points and was the game’s only scorer in double figures.

“We were able to get some shots to fall, that was the difference,” Cougars coach John Whelan said. “I think we were fatigued from a tough game against Pitman the night before and we were missing (point guard Olivia) Vanacker so we struggled a little offensively in the first half until we were able to adjust.”

Emmalyn Weir connected with Jaelynn Jarmon for a key bucket in the rally.

“We played well all night defensively so we were able to stay in it,” Whelan said. “The girls fought through the struggles and never let themselves be defeated. We were able to find a way to win on a night that wasn’t our best.”

The Cougars have won four in a row and now have nine wins, their winningest season since 2021-22 (10-11).

SCHALICK (9-3): Cali Fisler 1 0-0 2, Ava Scurry 0 1-4 1, Nevaeh Robinson 4 2-9 10, Willow Davis 2 1-4 6, Jaelynn Jarmon 1 0-0 2, Emmalyn Weir 0 0-0 0. Totals 8 4-17 21.
PAULSBORO (4-7): Dasoni Scott 0 0-4 0, Deamya Bagby 1 2-6 4, MaRiyah Watkins 3 0-0 7, NaLani Lewis 0 0-0 0, Aaliyah Ward 2 1-3 5, Briasya Johns 0 0-0 0, Talia Blue-Eli 0 0-0 0, Amaries Frye 0 0-0 0. Totals 6 3-13 16.

Schalick42510-21
Paulsboro8242-16
3-point goals: Schalick 1 (Davis); Paulsboro 1 (Watkins). Rebounds: Paulsboro 33 (Bagby 13).

KINGSWAY 54, WOODSTOWN 17: Annika Dohlen and Alessia Lentini scored 14 points apiece to lead Kingsway. Lauren Hengel and Kendall Young had six points each for Woodstown.

WOODSTOWN (7-9): Lauren Hengel 3 0-2 6, Kyia Leyman 1 1-3 3, Emma Perry 1 0-0 2, Kendall Young 2 1-5 6. Only players reported. Totals 7 2-10 17.
KINGSWAY (10-6): Gabriella Scaffidi 1 0-0 2, Bella Archer 1 0-0 3, Annika Dohlen 6 1-1 14, Olivia Myers 1 0-0 2, Chloe McNeill 3 0-2 7, Alessia Lentini 5 2-3 14, Ojonile Gabriel 0 2-2 2, Gia Baus 1 0-0 3, Elena Farro 1 1-2 3, Lila Storms 1 0-0 2, Jayah Love 1 0-0 2. Totals 21 6-10 54.

Woodstown5840-17
Kingsway15141114-54
3-point goals: Woodstown 1 (Young); Kingsway 6 (Archer, Dohlen, McNeill, Lentini 2, Baus). Rebounds: Kingsway 27 (Gabriel 8).

HADDON HEIGHTS 64, PENNSVILLE 46::Emma Harris hit six 3-pointers and scored 32 points, her fourth 30-point game of the season, and the Garnets got 10 points apiece from Lily Yanni and Juliet Bennett. Marley Wood led Pennsville with 18 points, six rebounds, six assists and six steals. Taylor Bass had 13 for the Eagles.

PENNSVILLE (8-6): Taylor Bass 6 1-2 13, Marley Wood 5 5-10 18, Addie Johnston 2 0-0 6, Izzy Saulin 3 0-0 6, Jaida Burns 1 0-0 2, Jaiden Wilson 0 1-2 1, Kylie Weist 0 0-0 0, Kylie Harris 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 7-14 46.
HADDON HEIGHTS (11-5): Emma Harris 12 2-2 32, Allie Agin 1 1-2 3, Lily Yanni 5 0-0 10, Maddie Cardone 1 1-2 3, Brielle Connor 1 0-0 3, Juliet Bennett 4 0-0 10, Hailey Yanni 1 0-0 3. Totals 25 4-6 64.

Pennsville1018126-46
Haddon Heights 12201616-64
3-point goals: Pennsville 5 (Wood 3, Johnston 2); Haddon Heights 10 (Harris 6, Connor, Bennett 2, H. Yanni). Rebounds: Pennsville 25 (Wood 6, Saulin 6).

SALEM 52, BUENA 15: The Rams held their hosts scoreless in the first quarter and to one point in the fourth.

Salem (6-6)1812158-53
Buena (3-8)0951-15

Wrestling

WOODSTOWN 42, PENNSVILLE 28
106: Brett Land (P) pinned TJ Conto, 0:13
113: Jadon Middlemiss (WO) dec. Erick Davalos, 4-1
120: Carson Bradway (WO) won by forfeit
126: Walker Batavia (WO) tech fall over Earl Wynn, 18-2 (5:42)
132: Barry Coverly (WO) maj. dec. Mehki Dicks, 16-5
138: Chase Baker (P) pinned Luke Woronicak, 3:21
144: Nehemiah Carter (WO) dec. Nathaniel Mason, 12-5
150: Travis Hagan (P) pinned Josh Woronicak, 0:47
157: Gabe Supernovae (P) maj. dec. Tyrell West, 17-5
165: Robbie McDade (P) pinned Ricky Watts, 1:08
175: Greyson Hyland (WO) pinned Cristian Blyler, 1:47
190: Asher Fitzpatrick (WO) dec. Stephen Pangle, 4-1
215: Bradley Snitcher (WO) pinned Hunter Coulbourn, 0:50
285: Mateo Vinciguerra (WO) pinned Jacob Hand, 0:22

SCHALICK 72, PITMAN 9
106: Victor Fenske (S) won by forfeit
113: Nicholas Latona (S) won by forfeit
120: Grady Datz (P) won by forfeit
126: Terry Both (S) pinned Nate Wenzke, 1:00
132: Jacob Potts (S) pinned John Wisniewski, 1:51
138: Colin Bittle (S) won by forfeit
133: Michael Bausch (S) pinned Dominick, 0:17
150: Mason Hollywood (S) pinned Aidan Upham, 1:35
157: Logan Newman (S) won by forfeit
165: Ayden Jenkins (S) pinned Alex Simone, 1:37
175: Ricky Watt (S) pinned Anthony Cappello, 2:49
190: Aiden Milward (P) dec. Gerardo Felipe, 4-1
215: James Cook (S) pinned Nicolas Horner, 0:20
285: Jeff Edmonds (S) pinned Ashton Maggioncalda, 5:04

Thursday sports report

Here are scores and highlights from Thursday’s Salem County sports calendar

BOYS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove 81, Clayton 66
Schalick 39, Pitman 38
Salem 86, Pennsville 23
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Schalick 42, Pitman 32
Clayton 39, Penns Grove 28
Pennsville 70, Salem 34
SWIMMING
Woodstown 119, Pitman 49
Schalick vs. Salem at GCIT
BOWLING
Salem Tech in NJTAC, Lucky Strike North Brunswick

Boys basketball

PENNS GROVE 81, CLAYTON 66: Clayton’s James Fritz scored a game-high 23 points, but the Red Devils offset it by placing five scorers in double figures.

Roman Gipson led Penns Grove with 16 points, six rebounds and eight assists. Luis Colon had a career-high 14 points, seven rebounds and three assists. Jameel Horace went for 13 and eight. Geonni Conrad had 12 points and five steals, Will Roy had 10 points.

CLAYTON (5-8): Jackson Venuto 3 0-0 6, James Fritz 10 3-8 23, Nasir Carter 2 1-4 5, Trevor Rehm 3 0-0 8, King Mosley 0 0-0 0, Michael Bull 2 3-4 7, Justin Delaney 1 0-0 3, Kevin Mosley 2 2-2 8, Enok Figeruoa 1 0-0 2, Isaiah Aviles 2 0-0 4, Anthony Taylor 0 0-0 0, Dominic Lemon 0 0-0 0. Totals 26 9-18 66.
PENNS GROVE (10-6): Roman Gipson 8-0-16, Carson Pearsall 4-0-9, Benoni Conrad 5-2-12, Will Roy 5-0-10, Mishawn Brantley 2-0-4, Luis Colon 7-0-14, Jameel Horace 6-0-13, Ahkeen Edwards 0-0-0, Jeremy Costacamps 0-0-0. Totals 37-2-78.

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Penns Grove (10-6)19172022-78
3-point goals: Clayton 5 (Rehm 2, Delaney, Mosley 2); Penns Grove 2 (Pearsall, Horace). Rebounds: Clayton 26 (Fritz 6); Penns Grove 42 (Horace 8, Colon 7).

SCHALICK 39, PITMAN 38: Dylan Sheehan hit the go-ahead free throw with six seconds left and the Cougars defended Pitman’s final layup to seal the victory and snap a three-game losing streak.

Justin Iacona converted a pass from Sheehan into a layup to tie the game with less than a minute to play. Julian Dickerson and Jase Volovar then trapped the ball at midcourt creating a steal by Sheehan, who was fouled driving to the basket. He made the second free throw to break the tie.

The Cougars battled back from a 19-6 first-quarter deficit to get the win.

“We talked all week about how physical Pitman is and how well they shoot the ball,” Schalick coach James Turner said. “Defensively we made too many mistakes in the first quarter. We made adjustments in the second quarter and our guys really responded.

“They played their asses off, made the necessary changes, and executed when it mattered most.:

Dickerson led the Cougars’ offense with 15 points, including 8-of-8 from the free throw line. Volovar made his first start of the season and scored five of the first six points of the game. He finished with 10.

PITMAN (6-9): Lucas Razze 4 3-4 15, Parker DeChristopher 3 3-5 11, Jake Bowen-Ashwin 0 3-4 3, Jay Craig 1 1-2 3, Micah Frost 1 1-4 3, Kiernan Clark 1 0-0 3. Totals 10 11-19 38.
SCHALICK (6-7): Julian Dickerson 3 8-8 15, Kade Macom 2 1-2 6, Dylan Sheehan 1 1-3 3, Jase Volovar 4 0-4 10, Justin Iacona 2 0-0 5. Totals 12 10-17 39.

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Schalick613155-39

3-point goals: Pitman 7 (Razze 4, DeChristopher 2, Clark); Schalick 5 (Dickerson, Macom, Volovar 2, Iacona).

SALEM 86, PENNSVILLE 23: Salem’s Tymear Lecator filled the box score with 26 points, six rebounds and seven assists. Darrell Johnson had 11 points and Fatah Paige had 10 points and six rebounds. Marshall Stephens had six points and seven rebounds, grabbing his 100th career rebound in the process, blocked three shots. Deshaan Williams grabbed eight boards.

1000-Point Watch

PLAYERTODAYTOTAL
Blake Bialecki, WoodstownDNP926
Tymear Lecator, Salem26 vs. Pennsville814

Girls games

SCHALICK 42, PITMAN 32: Nevaeh Robinson scored eight of her game-high 20 points in the second quarter as the Cougars erased a one-point deficit and took control of the game. It was their third straight win.

SCHALICK (8-3): Cali Fisler 0 0-2 0, Ava Scurry 4 0-0 8, Nevaeh Robinson 10 0-6 20, Willow Davis 1 1-2 4, Olivia Vanacker 4 1-2 10, Emmalyn Weir 0 0-0 0, Vicky Basich 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 2-12 42.
PITMAN (3-10): Colette Rollins 1 1-2 3, Jocelyn O’Brien 1 0-0 2, Marlee Adams 1 0-0 2, Kendall Bennett 1 2-2 4, Emery Sharpnack 3 0-0 7, Audrey Duffield 5 1-2 12, Bella Pramov 1 0-0 2. Totals 13 4-6 32.

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Pitman 12668-32

3-point goals: Schalick 2 (Davis, Vanacker); Pitman 2 (Sharpnack, Duffield). Fouled out: Adams. Total fouls: Schalick 9, Pitman 13.

PENNSVILLE 70, SALEM 34: Taylor Bass hit a career-tying six 3-pointers and erupted for a career-high 31 points, leading three Eagles in double figures. Marley Wood hit all four of her 3s in q 16-point first half and finished with 19. Addie Johnston had 11 points. The Eagles hit 14 3-pointers in the game. Madison Dixon led Salem’s offense with 10 points. Dyaira Anderson grabbed 17 rebounds.

PENNSVILLE (8-5): Taylor Bass 11 3-5 31, Marley Wood 6 3-6 19, Addie Johnston 4 0-0 11, Izzy Saulin 0 0-0 0, Jaida Burns 1 0-0 2, Kylie Harris 0 0-0 0, Kylie Weist 0 0-0 0, Polina Wright 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 6-11 70.
SALEM (5-6): Madison Dixon 4 0-4 10, Carlysia Pierce 1 1-2 3, Dyaira Anderson 1-6 7, Jaryn Weathers 3 1-4 7, Samiyah Moore 0 0-0 0, Timmiyah Simmons 3 1-1 9, Triscia Wilson 1 0-0 2, Kaliyah Taylor 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 4-17 34.

Pennsville (8-5)1726234-70
Salem (5-6)10996-38

3-point goals: Pennsville 14 (Bass 6, Wood 4, Johnston 3, Wilson); Salem 4 (Dixon 2, Simmons 2). Total fouls: Pennsville 12, Salem 13.