Pennsville softball players set two milestones in bounce-back win over Gloucester Catholic; Woodstown’s Wygand, Schalick’s Sepers, Watt closing in on 100 hits; also includes scores, details from Wednesday’s Salem County sports schedule
SOFTBALL
Pennsville 6, Gloucester Catholic 3
Schalick 10, Glassboro 8
Wildwood 10, Salem 0
Woodstown 17, Penns Grove 0
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
GLOUCESTER – It was a milestone day for the players on the Pennsville softball team. Lily Edwards scored her 100th career run for the first run of the game and Graillyn Weber hit a pair of doubles to set the school’s single-season record as the Eagles bounced back from a bad loss to Millville the day before and topped Gloucester Catholic 6-3 to move within one win of an undefeated division season.
Edwards led off the game with a double and scored her milestone run on Weber’s 16th double of the season, breaking the record Kylie Harris set each of the last two years. Weber’s second double of the game came leading off the third inning and she later scored a game-tying run on a single by Avery Watson.
“I’m really happy about it and honestly I had forgotten before the game about the record, which definitely made it easier to accomplish because I wasn’t really thinking about it,” Weber said. “But I couldn’t have done it without my teammates because we had a great game.”
Weber may have forgotten about the record she was chasing, but Edwards had been counting down the runs and the 100 hits she’s closing on for the last couple weeks.
“For me it’s big because I missed my whole sophomore season (with a broken back) so just to accomplish something like that, that big, means a lot to me,” she said. “I definitely was looking for it. I knew it was going to happen. With Gray (Weber) and Kylie (Harris) behind me I knew I was going to get it, but I knew I needed to run really fast.”
It takes a lot of success at the plate to score 100 runs. She’s scored all those runs off 89 hits, 17 walks, eight HBPs and a couple of fielder’s choices. It’s not certain how many times she’s reached on an error. She’s scored in every game but two this year, and one of those was a shutout the third game of the season.
“My 100 hits is my main goal for high school softball,” she said. “You don’t get that recognition like travel ball or anything, but high school is the time to do it. It’s going to really nice to get it, hopefully.”
The Eagles came from behind twice to beat the Rams for the second time this season. They trailed 2-1 in the first inning and 3-2 in the fourth before scoring three runs in the top of the seventh to take the lead for good. Harris hit the go-ahead RBI triple, Watson followed with an RBI single and Kelsey Cook delivered a run-scoring ground out later in the inning. Weber pitched a scoreless seventh to wrap up a complete-game victory.
Watson, the Eagles’ senior shortstop and clean-up hitter, went 4-for-4 in the game. She also had a single in the first, a single in the fifth and another RBI single in the seventh.
“The game was important to us as a division game and I wanted to help be the fuel we needed to pick up the team after a tough loss the day before,” Watson said. “I have plenty of long at-bats where I’m looking to find my perfect pitch and fouling off what I don’t like, and that’s what I did today. I found a good mix of patience and aggression at the plate that helped contribute to our win.”
The Eagles (13-5) can complete an undefeated run through the TCC Classic Division with a win at Salem Monday.
WOODSTOWN 17, PENNS GROVE 0: Ellie Wygand went 4-for-4 with two RBIs, Lexi Taylor was 2-for-2 with three RBIs, Grace Hitchner drove in three runs and three Woodstown pitchers combined on a four-inning no-hitter.
SCHALICK 10, GLASSBORO 8: Khloe McGrath’s three-run homer gave Schalick the lead and highlighted a seven-run fourth inning that erased a 5-1 deficit. The win completed the Cougars’ first undefeated run in the Diamond Division since 2021.
WILDWOOD 19, SALEM 0: Emma Contreras went 4-for-4 with four four RBIs and pitched a four-inning one-hitter, facing one batter over the minimum. Julliana Love had the Rams’ hit, a leadoff single in the second inning.
BASEBALL
Schalick 13, Glassboro 3
Vineland 12, Pennsville 9
Woodstown 12, Penns Grove 0
Wildwood 17, Salem 7
SCHALICK 13, GLASSBORO 3: The Cougars erased a 2-1 deficit with 10 runs in the third inning and sealed up back-to-back division titles for the first time in school history. Jamari Whitley and Evan Glaspey had three hits apiece, Evan Sepers had three RBIs and Whitley struck out nine in a five-inning complete game. Sepers (99) and Ricky Watt (94) are closing in on 100 career hits.
WOODSTOWN 12, PENNS GROVE 0: Luke Fraley went 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs, Walker Battavio went 3-for-3 with four RBIs and Colton Williams pitched a five-inning one-hitter striking out seven. Josh Widen had the Red Devils’ lone hit.
WILDWOOD 17, SALEM 7: The Warriors were out front 15-0 to offset Salem’s seven-run outburst in the fourth. Trevor Troiano went 4-for-4 with five RBIs and is 8-for-8 with seven RBIs against Salem County foes the last two days. He’s 10-for-13 in his last three games overall. Jovanni Rios hit a three-run triple in the Rams’ big inning and was out at plate trying to stretch it into a homer.
VINELAND 12, PENNSVILLE 9: The Eagles trailed 9-2 after two innings, but battled back and brought the tying run to the plate in a seventh-inning rally but ran out of steam. Logan Streitz went 3-for-4 with two RBIs. Mason O’Brien and Dante Cummings had two hits apiece.
VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at Timber Creek
TENNIS
Delsea 3, Woodstown 2
Pennsville 3, Pitman 2
DELSEA 3, WOODSTOWN 2
Zeph Kell (D) def. Drew Stengel, 6-3, 6-0
Eli Croce (D) def. Mason Shimp, 7-5, 6-2
Zach Natalie (D) def. Luke Shaw, 6-1, 6-3
Vincent Merendino-Nick DiTeodoro (WO) def. Jacob Bramble-Jude Thompson, 6-3, 6-4
Josh King-Connor Miller (WO) def. Seth Bui-Thomas Maronski, 6-0, 6-2
Records: Delsea 17-2, Woodstown 12-7
PENNSVILLE 3, PITMAN 2
Nolan Russell (PI) def. Sawyer Humphrey, 6-4, 6-2
Lucas Cooksey (PV) def. Liam Etter, 6-0, 6-1
Ben Williams (PI) def. Carter Willis, 6-3, 6-3
Jacob Cheeseman-Coen Rinnier (PV) def. Spencer Bianchini-Jonah Raymer, 6-4, 6-4
Matthew Forino-Lucas Thomas (PV) def. Ayden Epley-Ezra Ralph, 6-1, 6-0
Records: Pennsville 15-6, Pitman 13-7
Category: SCHALICK
Scrappy baseball
Pennsville uses grit, luck to get past Glassboro; includes scores, details from Tuesday’s Salem County sports calendar
BASEBALL
Pennsville 4, Glassboro 1: Eagles take lead with four in fortuitous fifth inning; full story below..
Wildwood 12, Penns Grove 2: Trevor Troiano goes 4-for-4; Wildwood holds Penns Grove to one hit through five innings while opening 7-0 lead. Bristol Scott, Tim Zamorano drove in Penns Grove’s runs in sixth.
Piscataway Magnet 15, Salem Tech 7: NJTAC Group 1/2 Tournament semifinals. Chargers led early, but Piscataway (21-2) pulled away from a 9-7 game with six in home sixth..
SOFTBALL
Woodstown 11, Deptford 1: Karly Spears and Macie Moore combine for four hits, four runs and three RBIs from bottom of Wolverines’ lineup. Leah Clark allows two hits, none after the first inning, and struck out eight to surpass 200 in her career (201).
Millville 16, Pennsville 2: Thunderbolts put Eagles back on their heels with seven in top of the first inning. Pennsville’s Graillyn Weber ties Kylie Harris’ single-season school doubles record (15), Harris hits her 49th career double.
Buena 12, Salem Tech 11: Chiefs score three runs on passed balls in home seventh to walk it off. Izzy Roberts had three hits and Carmen Mott three RBIs for the Chargers
GOLF
Schalick 161, Cumberland 196: Schalick’s Anthony Sepers posts 2-over 38 at Centerton CC for medalist honors. Teammate Jaxson Weber shot 39.
GIRLS GOLF
OLMA 214, Schalick 225: OLMA’s Eva Acerba and Schalick’s Lena Virga shared medalist honors (48) at Centerton CC
TENNIS
Middle Twp. 5, Schalick 0: See below
Pennsville 4, Washington Twp. 1: See below
GIRLS LACROSSE
Holy Cross 13, Woodstown 12: The Lancers scored twice in the final 1:31 to win. Caroline Tobin and Brielle Mosteller scored six goals each for Holy Cross. Delaney Walker scored four (217) for Woodstown, Emma Morgan scored three for her 200th career point.
BOYS LACROSSE
Woodstown at Middle Twp.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at West Tech
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – At least one time every year Pennsville’s home field becomes a true advantage to play at home.
It certainly was Tuesday when the skin infield of Ed Rieger Field that the Eagles have come to love played a key role in the inning that propelled them to a 4-1 come-from-behind victory over Glassboro.
The game carried some serious implications for the South Jersey Group i playoff bracket and it very much played like a playoff game. The Eagles trailed 1-0 going to the home fifth of a tight pitching duel between aces Jude Dempster and Gavin Spears, but they came out of the inning with a 4-1 lead thanks in part of the subtleties of the infield.
The inning started when Spears reached on a one-out dropped third strike and escalated into a bases-loaded situation on Mason O’Brien’s single and Jeff Wagner getting hit by a pitch. Logan Streitz followed with a fly ball to the gap in left center that centerfielder Jimmy McMahon had in his glove and couldn’t hold allowing the tying run to score.
With the bases still loaded, Stevie Fatcher lofted a high pop behind first that was circled under by first baseman Aidan Evangelisti but eventually fell between three fielders. The Bulldogs thought it should have been an infield fly rule out, but the umpires didn’t see it that way and the Eagles had a 2-1 lead.
Then came the play that makes the skin infield both feared and famous. Grady Sanders hit a routine grounder to the right side. It looked like it would be the third out of the inning, but at the last instant it took a wicked hop into second baseman Kody Harrell’s upper body. The sophomore infielder recovered the ball, but in his haste to get the out his throw to first was wide and two insurance runs raced home.
“We’ve been talking a lot lately about just finding a way,” Eagles coach Matt Karr said. “Ugly, pretty, whatever, just find a way. And that starts with just putting the ball in play and doing your job. Heads up play there by Gavin. Instead of standing there feeling sorry for himself he finds his way on base. Everything we’ve been preaching this season and always here, just give the guy behind you a shot. Whatever your job is at the moment go to the plate and do it and trust that the guy behind you is gonna pick you up and finish it off.
“Another thing I talk about all the time is luck. I really believe that part of the baseball game is creating some of your own luck. Some of those things that happened that inning, we had to put ourselves in situations for it to be capitalized on. Could’ve been nobody on and that pop up happens and falls and doesn’t mean anything. but we had guys on and we were fighting, so we created our luck in that situation. When you’re facing a pitcher like (Dempster) you have to almost ugly it up a little bit, fight, claw and find a way.”
Spears calls it “scrappy baseball … that’s what we symbolize around here.”
A similar scenario took place here 51 weeks ago when the Eagles scored a one-run extra-inning victory over Pitman. They fell behind that day 1-0 in the first, tied it in the seventh on a ball that got away from the catcher and won in it the eighth with the help of two fielding errors by two normally sure-handed infielders.
“We’re becoming one of the far and few between fields where it’s a skin infield; I don’t know how many of them are left in South Jersey, I would guess not many,” Karr said. “Here, as dry as the weather’s been, this field hardens up and our guys get the luxury of practicing and playing on it every single day. We were watching them take I/O and I told the guys, half-heartedly joking, Ed Rieger’s hardening up, you know what that means. Put ‘er in play and see what happens. It always finds a way. We love the home-field advantage.”
“This field is probably the worst I’ve ever seen in my life,” Sanders said. “On this infield, there’s been many black eyes that I’ve seen; I got hit over the forehead last year. Especially over there (waving to the right side), that’s one of the hardest spots in the infield. It’s great to play here. This is the most challenging place to play. Everywhere else feels like a joy ride. I love playing here. It makes me a better defender. It makes everybody here a better defender.”
“Basically anything that’s hit hard on the ground (is) guaranteed a base hit here,” Spears said. “It’s not the best place to play but for us I’d say it is. Any team coming in here is going to have a hard time fielding the ball. We get to work out here every single day, so we’re kind of used to it. This is just our home.”
Once the Eagles grabbed the lead, Spears had to go out and defend it. He went out and gave them a shutdown sixth, working the corners to retire the Bulldogs on a soft liner to second and two strikeouts. He allowed five hits and struck out eight in going the distance for his longest outing of the season. The Bulldogs scored their run in the first inning – on back-to-back walks to open the game, a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly – then were blanked the rest of the game.
“We went up to Cherry Hill West for the Diamond Classic and threw him out there against one of the top teams in the state and he went out and battled his butt off,” Karr said. “We told the boys after the game I don’t know if you guys knew that we needed an ace or had an ace, but you’ve got a guy. We know when 10 toes the rubber we’re going to have a shot to win. Every start he’s been on the mound we’ve been right there or we’ve won. Our guys feel that. When they’ve got their guy on the mound they come out feeling different that day. He gives us that shot in the arm.”
“I never really considered myself an ace; I always feel like there’s things to work on, even in this game,” Spears said. “It’s good to know they have trust in me. I know my fielders have my back. I know they’re going to make every play that’s out there.”
Dempster was equally impressive for the Bulldogs. He held the Eagles to four hits over five innings and struck out 11.
The win allowed the Eagles to switch places with Glassboro in the SJ Group I power points standings. Glassboro was sixth and Pennsville seventh to start the day, but they flipped after the game. Schalick is No. 1, Woodstown No. 3. The power point window closes after Saturday’s games.
| Glassboro | 100 | 000 | 0- | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Pennsville | 000 | 040 | x- | 4 | 5 | 2 |
SJ GROUP 1 POWER POINTS STANDINGS
Top 16 through May 12
1. Schalick (14-6), 2. Haddon Twp. (12-8), 3. Woodstown (13-8), 4. Wildwood (15-7), 5. Maple Shade (11-8), 6. Pennsville (12-6), 7. Glassboro (9-11), 8. Audubon (8-9), 9. Buena (10-10), 10. Gateway (11-8), 11. Paulsboro (5-13), 12. Riverside (6-10), 13. Pitman (7-12), 14. LEAP (8-9), 15. Cape May Tech (5-12), 16. Palmyra (4-12).
On the bubble: Clayton (5-11), Burlington City (5-8), Penns Grove (3-13).
TENNIS
PENNSVILLE 4, WASHINGTON TWP. 1
William Minchin (WT) def. Sawyer Humphrey, 6-2, 6-3
Lucas Cooksey (P) def. Steven Pisano, 6-3, 6-4
Carter Willis (P) def. Aaron Negin, 6-1, 6-3
Coen Rinner-Jacob Cheeseman (P) def. Josh To-Leo Yang, 6-3, 6-3
Lucas Thomas-Matthew Forino (P) def. Ben Steinberg-Ravi Patel, 6-3, 6-3
Records: Pennsville 14-6, Washington Twp. 5-13.
MIDDLE TWP. 5, SCHALICK 0
Michael Ratchford (MT) def. Gabe McFeeley, 6-0, 6-2
Miles Stafford (MT) def. Reece Loatman, 6-0, 6-3
Michael Zuzulock (MT) def. Tyr Brattlie, 6-1, 6-2
Kenny Martin-Dante Duca (MT) def. Cooper Halperin-Jack Genievich, 6-2, 6-2
Dylan Jenkins-MJ Murnagham (MT) def. Angelo Boston-Gavin McGrath, 6-2, 6-0
Records: Middle Twp. 17-1, Schalick 7-10.
Keeping track
Here is an update on former Salem County high school players on the next level through May 10
Baseball
| PLAYER | SCHOOL | GP | BA | H | HR | RBI |
| Elijah Crespo, Penns Grove | RCSJ-Cumb | 17 | .217 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Lucas D’Agostino, Schalick | RCSJ-Cumb | 26 | .274 | 17 | 1 | 26 |
| Andrew Pedrick, Woodstown | Harford CC | 33 | .398 | 39 | 3 | 39 |
| Lucas Prendergast, Woodstown | York | 41 | .403 | 62 | 5 | 28 |
| Jarrett Pokrovsky, Schalick | Penn | 38 | .297 | 46 | 2 | 21 |
| Terrell Robinson, Salem | Rosemont | 27 | .260 | 19 | 0 | 9 |
| Jackson Schalick, Schalick | Frostburg | 54 | .378 | 68 | 8 | 63 |
| Caiden Spinelli, Woodstown | Rosemont | 32 | .340 | 35 | 0 | 15 |
| Connor Starn, Pennsville | Keystone | 10 | .154 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Rocco String, Woodstown | Salem CC | 33 | .255 | 25 | 3 | 25 |
| Chase Swain, Woodstown | LaSalle | 51 | .389 | 79 | 9 | 39 |
| Mike Valente, Woodstown | Salem CC | 10 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Williams, Woodstown | G-Beacom | 37 | .292 | 40 | 3 | 25 |
| PITCHER | SCHOOL | GP | W-L | ERA | IP | K |
| Evan Biddle, Salem | Frostburg | 9 | 1-0 | 8.10 | 10.0 | 7 |
| Lucas D’Agostino, Schalick | RCSJ-Cumb | 11 | 5-2 | 1.88 | 52.2 | 53 |
| Ben Foote, Woodstown | Caldwell | 7 | 1-1 | 9.82 | 7.1 | 5 |
| Jack Holladay, Woodstown | Neumann | 8 | 0-3 | 9.43 | 21.0 | 16 |
| Peyton O’Brien, Pennsville | Harford CC | 7 | 0-0 | 1.74 | 10.1 | 12 |
| Luke Pokrovsky, Schalick | Penn | 12 | 0-1 | 12.89 | 14.2 | 15 |
| Terrell Robinson, Salem | Rosemont | 4 | 0-0 | 8.10 | 6.2 | 2 |
| Caiden Spinelli, Woodstown | Rosemont | 2 | 0-0 | 27.00 | 1.1 | 1 |
| Rocco String, Woodstown | Salem CC | 5 | 0-1 | 29.08 | 4.1 | 5 |
| Mike Valente, Woodstown | Salem CC | 9 | 2-1 | 5.84 | 24.2 | 12 |
| Luke Wood, Pennsville | McDaniel | 10 | 5-1 | 5.09 | 46 | 37 |
Softball
| PLAYER | SCHOOL | GP | BA | H | HR | RBI |
| Emily Holladay, Woodstown | Hartwick | 16 | .190 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| Tulana Mingin, Woodstown | East Stroudsburg | 55 | .321 | 59 | 0 | 6 |
| Ava Ortiz, Salem | Salem CC | 15 | .474 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Savannah Palverento, Pennsville | Salem CC | 44 | .413 | 45 | 2 | 39 |
| Lilly Peverelle, Pennsville | Salem CC | 47 | .476 | 70 | 8 | 60 |
| Bella Rappa, Pennsville | Salem CC | 38 | .440 | 44 | 0 | 43 |
| Cayla Sbrana, Schalick | RCSJ-Cumb | 27 | .304 | 21 | 0 | 12 |
| Sawyer Simmons, Pennsville | Salem CC | 30 | .317 | 19 | 1 | 15 |
| PITCHER | SCHOOL | GP | W-L | ERA | IP | K |
| Savannah Palverento, Pennsville | Salem CC | 16 | 2-0 | 6.16 | 25.0 | 27 |
| Cayla Sbrana, Schalick | RCSJ-Cumb | 14 | 2-10 | 10.02 | 65.2 | 22 |
| Raegan Wilson, Salem | Salem CC | 23 | 11-6 | 5.80 | 89.1 | 51 |
This week’s schedule
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of May 11-16; all events start at 4 p.m. unless noted
MONDAY, MAY 11
BASEBALL
Schalick at Salem
Woodstown at Clayton
SOFTBALL
Clayton at Woodstown
Pennsville at Glassboro
Salem vs. Schalick, Elmer LL, 6 p.m.
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick vs. Williamstown, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at Washington Twp., 3:45 p.m.
GIRLS LACROSSE
Woodstown at Triton
BOYS LACROSSE
Millville at Woodstown
TRACK
Woodstown in Deptford Invitational
TENNIS
Schalick at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m.
Woodstown at Timber Creek, 3:45 p.m.
Pitman at Penns Grove
TUESDAY, MAY 12
BASEBALL
Glassboro at Pennsville
Penns Grove at Wildwood
Salem Tech at Piscataway Magnet (NJTAC)
SOFTBALL
Deptford at Woodstown
Millville at Pennsville
Salem Tech at Buena, 3:45 p.m.
Wildwood at Penns Grove
GOLF
Woodstown vs. Lower Cape May, Town & Country, 3:45 p.m.
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick vs. OLMA, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Middle Twp. at Schalick, 3:45 p.m.
Woodstown at Timber Creek, 3:45 p.m.
Pennsville at Washington Twp.
TRACK
Woodstown at West Deptford, 5 p.m.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at BCIT, 3:45 p.m.
GIRLS LACROSSE
Holy Cross at Woodstown
BOYS LACROSSE
Woodstown at Middle Twp., 4:15 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13
BASEBALL
Glassboro at Schalick
Penns Grove at Woodstown
Salem at Wildwood
Pennsville at Vineland, 7 p.m.
SOFTBALL
Pennsville at Gloucester Catholic
Schalick at Glassboro
Wildwood at Salem
Woodstown at Penns Grove
GOLF
Schalick vs. Delsea, White Oaks CC, 3:30 p.m.
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick vs. OLMA, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
BOYS LACROSSE
Woodstown at Middle Twp., 4:15 p.m.
TENNIS
Delsea at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
Pennsville at Pitman, 3:45 p.m.
Penns Grove at Schalick
TRACK
NJSIAA Sectionals
VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at Timber Creek
THURSDAY, MAY 14
BASEBALL
Clayton at Salem Tech
GCIT at Pennsville
SOFTBALL
Bridgeton at Salem Tech
Woodstown at Glassboro
Delran at Schalick, 4:15 p.m.
GOLF
Woodstown vs. Overbrook, Kresson GC, 3:30 p.mm.
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick vs. Delsea, White Oaks CC, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Delsea at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
Burlington Twp. at Pennsville
BOYS LACROSSE
Woodstown at Timber Creek
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Riverside at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m.
FRIDAY, MAY 15
BASEBALL
LEAP at Penns Grove
Mainland at Schalick
Oakcrest at Woodstown
Salem Tech at Camden Academy Charter
SOFTBALL
Bridgeton at Salem
Camden Academy Charter at Salem Tech
Clearview at Pennsville
Delran at Schalick, 4:15 p.m.
BOYS GOLF
Woodstown vs. Overbrook, Kresson GC, 3:30 p.m.
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick vs. Delsea, White Oaks CC, 3:30 p.m.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Triton at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m.
BOYS LACROSSE
Woodstown at Timber Creek
GIRLS LACROSSE
Woodstown at Paul VI, 6 p.m.
TENNIS
Overbrook at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
Penns Grove at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m.
TRACK
NJSIAA Sectionals
SATURDAY, MAY 16
BASEBALL
Pennsville at Cedar Creek, 11 a.m.
Woodstown at Buena, noon
Oakcrest at Woodstown
Penns Grove at LEAP
SOFTBALL
Bridgeton at Salem
Clearview at Pennsville
LEAP at Penns Grove
TENNIS
Overbrook at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
Penns Grove at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m.
Schalick at Pitman
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Triton at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m.
BOYS LACROSSE
Woodstown at Camden Catholic, 11 a.m.
TRACK
NJSIAA Sectionals
Saturday prep scores
BASEBALL
Diamond Classic
Clearview 13, Schalick 3
Lee Ware Tournament, Woodstown
Woodstown 5, Camden Catholic, 0
Cherry Hill East 14, Washington Twp. 7
Consolation: Washington Twp. 10, Camden Catholic 0
Championship: CHE 4, Woodstown 2
SOFTBALL
Fred Powell Invitational, Williamstown
Williamstown 4, Woodstown 3
Cumberland 7, Mainland 4
Cherry Hill East 4, Absegami 3
Cedar Creek 14, Moorestown 5
Cedar Creek 7, Cherry Hill East 2
Williamstown 10, Cumberland 5
Absegami 17, Moorestown 14
Woodstown 13, Mainland 9
Williamstown 4, Cedar Creek 0
Friday sports report
Here are the scores and highlights from Friday night’s Salem County sports calendar; includes Saturday’s schedule
FRIDAY’S GAMES
SOFTBALL
CLEARVIEW 11, SCHALICK 4: Sienna Garrison hit her eighth homer of the season and Ella Redheffer homered twice as Clearview rallied from a 4-0 deficit. Garrison’s three-run homer in fourth inning put the Pioneers (13-5) ahead 6-4. Redheffer’s first homer got them on the board in the third and her second gave them an 8-4 lead. Khloe McGrath had three hits for the Cougars (11-4). Emma Cain had two.
DEPTFORD 16, SALEM 6: The Spartans (7-11) broke it open with a 10-run third inning. Teyla Solimon had a two-run single and bases-loaded walk in the big inning. Solimon, Brooke White and Sophie McGuire all had three RBIs in the game.
TENNIS
PITMAN 4, SCHALICK 1
Records: Schalick 6-8, Pitman 12-6
MIDDLE TWP. 5, WOODSTOWN 0
Michael Ratchford (M) def. Drew Stengel, 7-5, 6-4
Miles Stafford (M) def. Mason Shimp, 6-1, 6-0
Darp Patel (M) def. Luke Shaw, 6-1, 6-1
Kenny Martin-Dante Duca (M) def. Vincent Merendino-Nick DiTeodoro, 6-1, 6-4
Michael Zuzulock-MJ Murnagham (M) def. Connor Miller-Josh King, 6-2, 6-7 (4-7), 10-8
Records: Woodstown 11-6, Middle Twp. 16-1
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Region XIX Tournament
Camden 12-6, RCSJ-Cumberland 2-5, Camden wins series 2-0
Middlesex 11-14, Northampton 6-4, Middlesex wins series 2-0
RCSJ-Gloucester 10-13, Montgomery 2-1, RCSJ-G wins series 2-0
SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE
BASEBALL
Lee Ware Tournament, Woodstown
Woodstown vs. Camden Catholic, 10 a.m.
Cherry Hill East vs. Washington Twp., 10 a.m.
Consolation game, 1 p.m.
Championship game, 1 p.m.
SOFTBALL
Fred Powell Invitational, Williamstown
Woodstown vs. Williamstown, 9 a.m.
Mainland vs. Cumberland, 9 a.m.
Cherry Hill East vs. Absegami, 9 a.m.
Moorestown vs. Cedar Creek, 9 a.m.
Woodstown vs. Mainland or Cumberland, 11:30 a.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Region XIX Tournament
Salem CC at Brookdale (2), 11 a.m.
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BASEBALL
Clayton 20, Salem 14
Woodstown 9, Overbrook 3
Pennsville 5, Wildwood: 3
Schalick 27, Penns Grove 4
SOFTBALL
Clayton 17, Salem 6
Schalick 20, Penns Grove 2
Woodstown 13, Overbrook 6
Pennsville 12, Wildwood 6
TENNIS
Pennsville 4, GCIT 1
Williamstown 3, Penns Grove 2
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE — The biggest rule in playing sports is always be ready because you never know when your number will be called. If that’s the golden rule, the silver rule is control what you can control … and if you happen to get some outside help along the way that’s, well, gravy.
Pennsville softball followed both rules to the letter Thursday in beating Wildwood 12-6 to clinch their third straight Tri-County Classic Division title and second straight outright.
The Eagles (11-4, 8-0 Classic) went into the day with a chance to clinch the division by beating the Warriors and a Pitman win over Gloucester Catholic. Both results happened, giving the Eagles a three-game lead in the loss column with two division games to play, but the only game the Eagles worried about was the one right in front of their dugout.
“I wasn’t really paying attention who was playing what; I didn’t say anything to them about it,” Eagles coach Beth Jackson said. “We talk about the controllables. You can only take care of yourself individually and how you react and what you do. I’ve been telling myself that a lot. In life you can only control what you can do. You can’t control anybody else. You can’t control the strike zone. You can’t control what the other team does. You have to focus on you and what you can do and at the of the day we have to focus on what we do and what they do as a team.
“Help always helps, but first and foremost you have to take care of business with your own and then if there’s other help that’s great. But if you can take care of business yourself that’s your main focus because you want to take care of it yourself.”
Graillyn Weber was scheduled to start in the circle for the Eagles, but she felt too sore to be effective and 10 minutes before first pitch Savannah Guglielmo was moved from left field to the circle and four positions in the lineup shifted. Jackson said it was the first time in her 17 years as coach she can remember making that late a pitching switch. Luckily, all three Pennsville pitchers warm up before games for just such a contingency.
It was Guglielmo’s fourth career start and third this year, but first in such a significant game. The sophomore right-hander went all seven innings, giving up five hits, walking six and tying a career-high with nine strikeouts. Jackson said she did a “nice job.”
“I knew she could do it,” Weber said.
“When I’m warming up I’m always trying to make sure I’m focused just in case something happens like one of these moments, last minute,” she said. “I always try to set goals for myself during a game especially things last minute. Today it was make sure I throw strikes. I just tried to stay calm and into the game.”
Of course, it’s a lot easier to pitch when you have the kind of lineup Pennsville puts on the field. Virtually every time the Warriors scored, the Eagles came back the next half inning to put up a crooked number.
The Warriors scored a run in the second to tie the game 1-1, the Eagles put up four in the bottom of the inning. The Warriors got two in the fourth to make it 5-4, the Eagles got them back when they came in to bat. They eventually broke it open with four in the fifth after their first five hitters all reached safely.
Although she didn’t pitch, Weber still played — at short, moving Avery Watson to third – and came within an extra Wheatie at breakfast of hitting three balls out of the park. She still had a pair of doubles to the warning track that drove in three runs. “I do that all the time,” she said. “I need to start doing pushups or squats or something.”
Kylie Harris had three hits, including a solo homer in the first inning and her 48th career double. Kelsey Cook had two hits at the bottom of the lineup.
“I’m honestly never worried,” Guglielmo said. “I feel like you just have to have confidence throughout the game. You’ve just gotta stay calm and focus on the game and whatever happens happens. You just have to have confidence in yourself and your teammates.”
| Wildwood | 011 | 200 | 2- | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Pennsville | 140 | 241 | x- | 12 | 12 | 3 |
WOODSTOWN 13, OVERBROOK 6: Ellie Wygand continued to wield a hot bat for the Wolverines, going 4-for-5 with a three-run homer in the seventh inning. The Wolverines pulled away from a 6-5 lead with four runs in the sixth, highlighted by Kendall Young’s two-run single and a couple RBI ground outs. The top four hitters in the Woodstown lineup – Wygand, Talia Guardascione, Leah Clark and Young – were a combined 11-for-19 with eight RBIs. Madison LaPalomento drove in three runs from the 5-hole.
SCHALICK 20, PENNS GROVE 2: The Cougars scored nine runs in the first inning and went on to clinch their first Diamond Division title since 2021. They put 11 hits together with 11 errors and nine walks to score the win. The Cougars are now 7-0 in the division, hold a two-game lead in the loss column over Woodstown, their closest pursuer, and have one division game remaining.
CLAYTON 17, SALEM 6: Gabrielle Searle had three hits and three RBIs and Lana Kastrava struck out 10 from the circle to lead the Clippers. The Rams scored two in the top of the first, but Clayton answered with four in the bottom of the inning and never lost the lead. The Rams cut their deficit to 8-6 in the third, but the Clippers got one back when they came in to bat and then broke it open with six runs in the fifth.
| TCC DIAMOND | ALL | DIV | TCC CLASSIC | ALL | DIV |
| Schalick | 11-3 | 7-0 | Pennsville | 11-4 | 8-0 |
| Woodstown | 9-7 | 4-2 | Pitman | 13-8 | 6-3 |
| Glassboro | 10-7 | 2-3 | Wildwood | 8-8 | 4-4 |
| Overbrook | 5-13 | 2-6 | Gloucester Cath | 7-8 | 3-3 |
| Penns Grove | 1-13 | 0-6 | Clayton | 5-10 | 2-5 |
| Salem | 1-13 | 0-8 |
Baseball
PINE HILL — Woodstown pulled away from a tie game with seven runs in the third inning and four relievers allowed one run and four hits over the final four innings as the Wolverines beat Overbrook 9-3 and handed coach Marc DeCastro his 100th career coaching victory.
To commemorate the feat, the players presented their sixth-year head coach a poster and signed baseball. DeCastro is now 100-60 with a state championship in 2022. Thursday was his third attempt at the milestone win.
“Our kids have said things to me along the way and I kind of had an idea that they wanted to celebrate it some way,” he said. “I said something similar to this before, I don’t particular care about the accomplishment, but I care about the fact that the people that I coach care enough to want to celebrate it. At least that means to me that the relationship I have with them is a good one and one they want to be a part of something like that. Whether it means anything to me is kind of irrelevant. It’s important to them and anything that’s important to them is important to me.”
It wasn’t just another game. The Wolverines needed it to keep alive any hope they had of sharing the TCC Diamond Division title with rival Schalick. They remain one game behind the Cougars with one division game to play.
Luke Fraley had three hits to lead the offense. Noah Williams and Tommy Tucci had two hits apiece, while Walker Battavio and Ty Coblentz both had a pair of RBIs.
Their big inning started by loading the bases on a walk and two singles. Tucci broke the tie with pop single. The Rams looked like they were going to get out of it, retiring the next two batters, but Chase Harding walked to force in a run, Battavio doubled home two, Luke Fraley singled home another and Coblentz singled home two.
“Even before the seven-run inning I thought every out we made was really good contact,” DeCastro said. “Any time you have a seven-run inning it’s surprising, but with the contact we had in the first and second innings we were going to score eventually, it just so happened we scored in a big bunch. Overall, it was probably one of the better offensive performances that we had.”
Blake Rodriguez worked the first three innings on the mound for Woodstown and gave up four hits, two runs and struck out three. He was followed to the hill by Talyn Priore, Tucci, Drew Sutton and Carter Smathers.
The milestone adds on to the long-standing DeCastro family coaching legacy. His father was a long-time successful Haddon Heights American Legion baseball coach. His brother Jamie is a 700-game winner in basketball, and brother Greg coached in college. DeCastro credits them all with helping him develop into the coach he has become.
“I’ve learned a lot from the people who came before me,” he said. “My dad coached me my whole life. I was taught how to play the sport from him and then continued to learn as I got older from different people, paying attention to Jamie and learned how he goes about winning, big games and general character-based stuff. There’s a lot that goes on in our family of coaches.”
PENNSVILLE 5, WILDWOOD 3: The Eagles broke a 2-2 tie with three unearned runs in the fifth inning and Mason O’Brien basically gave them a quality start in relief as they completed a season sweep of the Warriors and clinched their fifth straight Classic Division crown.
The Eagles had runners at first and second with two outs in the fifth, then scored the go-ahead runs on a pair of errors on infield grounders hit by Stevie Fatcher and Logan Cooperthwait. Grady Sanders singled home the third run of the inning.
“It’s a great feeling to accomplish that against a good team on the road,” Pennsville coach Matt Karr said. “Today had a playoff game feel to it and it’s always fun to play in those type of games.”
Both teams scored twice in the first, with Wildwood knocking out Pennsville starter Logan Streitz with two outs. O’Brien put out the first with a strikeout and was unyielding the rest of the way. He pitched the final 6 2/3. scattering five hits, allowing an unearned run and striking out eight while walking only two.
“He pitched lights out,” Karr said. “He had to come in relief earlier than we expected and went the distance.”
SCHALICK 27, PENNS GROVE 4: The Cougars used a dominating performance in their fourth game in as many days to clinch at least a share of their second straight Diamond Division title. They hold a one-game lead over Woodstown with one division game to play.
The Cougars broke on top with nine in the first inning, then erupted for 15 in the second. Ten players had at least one hit, 10 scored at least one run and 11 drove runs home. Jamari Whitley went 3-for-4 with four runs and four RBIs. Ricky Watt had two hits and four RBIs. Evan Glaspey, starting pitcher Will Sieminski and J.T. Fleming all had three RBIs.
The Cougars were playing their fourth game in as many days. They’ve won all four. They were scheduled to play Collingswood Friday before taking on Clearview Saturday in the second round of the Diamond Classic — an MLB like six games in six days — but the game was reschedule for May 20.
CLAYTON 20, SALEM 14: The teams put on a scoring fest over the final three innings to rival their basketball series with the Clippers outscoring the Rams 19-8 over the stretch to win the game. Jaiden Keller and Jameson Emerle drove in five runs apiece for Clayton
The Rams scored all their runs on only three hits, but with the help of 12 walks, 11 hit batsmen and four errors. They got an inside-the-park grand slam in the fifth inning to answer the Clippers’ four runs in the top of the inning and take a 10-5 lead.
| TCC DIAMOND | ALL | DIV | TCC CLASSIC | ALL | DIV |
| Schalick | 13-5 | 6-1 | Pennsville | 11-6 | 8-0 |
| Woodstown | 11-7 | 5-2 | Wildwood | 13-7 | 5-2 |
| Overbrook | 8-9 | 4-4 | Pitman | 6-10 | 3-4 |
| Glassboro | 6-10 | 3-4 | Clayton | 5-10 | 2-5 |
| Penns Grove | 3-12 | 0-7 | Salem | 0-14 | 0-7 |
Tennis
WILLIAMSTOWN 3, PENNS GROVE 2
Ethan Torres (WI) def. Stuart Mondragon, 6-0, 6-1
Joshua Gailliout (WI) def. Anthony Pacheco, 6-0, 6-0
Sal Everhart (WI) def. Juan Ortiz, 6-3, 6-1
Jesus Arredondo-Doel Torres (PG) def. Ben Passaro-Brett Quintavalle, 6-4, 6-2
Jordan Hernandez-Fernando Palacios Lima (PG) def. Aryan Patel-Ayaan Patel, 6-0, 6-1
Records: Williamstown 5-7, Penns Grove 4-5.
PENNSVILLE 4, GCIT 1
Records: Pennsville 12-6, GCIT 1-15.
Golf
EGG HARBOR TWP. — Woodstown and Schalick both shot 260 as a team and finished tied for 33rd at the Carl Arena Memorial at Blue Heron Pines GC. Logan Jones shot Woodstown’s low round (83 with two birdies). Seth Fisher was low man for Schalick (82 with two birdies). Mainland won the boys title, while Moorestown won the girls crown.
Wednesday sports report
Schalick scores first Diamond Classic win in 30 years, Pennsville baseball turns game-ending triple play, county track athletes have fun at TCC Showcase, and more
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
BURLINGTON – Things were going so well for so long for the Schalick baseball team in its Diamond Classic opener at Doane Academy Wednesday and then it got “real interesting” real fast.
The Cougars carried a five-run lead into the last inning and just needed to get three easy outs. It was anything but easy. They survived a three-run homer in a four-run seventh and faced the winning run on first with two outs, but held on for an 8-7 win and their first Diamond Classic victory in 30 years.
“They made things interesting,” said Cougars coach Sean O’Brien, playing in the Classic for only the second time in his 10 years as the Schalick coach. “I think it happens to us way too often, more often than it should happen.
“For Mason (Sanchez) to have the confidence to come back and get that last out there is big. He did a good job. The situation didn’t go his way, he gave up a big hit, but he then he was able to (bounce back). I think in the long run moments like that just kind of helps us. It makes us better, where in tight situations where we don’t panic and we get the job done.”
The Cougars were pummeling the undefeated Spartans early in the game, building a 5-0 lead after four innings against Chestnut Hill-bound starter Jake Powell and an 8-3 cushion through five. Through that stretch, the meat of their order – Ricky Watt, Evan Sepers and Bo Schalick – were a combined 8-for-11 with six extra-base hits and six RBIs.
Sepers and Schalick had back-to-back doubles in the first, Sepers had a two-run double in the second, and in the fifth Watt had an RBI double, Sepers a run-scoring single and Schalick an RBI triple.
“We did a great job as a whole as a team jumping on their starter,” O’Brien said. “He was pretty good too. We hit the guys really well 1 through 5 and even Cooper (Willoughby) in the 9-hole he almost knocked the kid’s head off – he hit a line drive right back at his face and he got his glove up in time. Overall, we hit their guy hard the entire time, which was huge, and we put pressure on their defense.”
The ninth started innocently enough with a pop out and a single, but then Matt Kulyk reached on a squirter back to the box and Chris Powell followed with his three-run homer to center to give the Spartans hope.
Jake Powell kept the line moving with a single, but was erased on Hunter Johnson’s fielder’s choice for the second out, then Josh Rivera reached on a ball that took a wicked hop past Schalick to move the tying run into scoring position. Mason Sanchez closed it out with a grounder back to the box.
“It was little things like that that kind of made things interesting,” O’Brien said. “Mason was throwing strikes, they hit a couple and there were some bad hops here and there, but he beared down and got the last out.”
The Cougars (12-5) will now play sixth-seeded Clearview (13-4) in the second round at Clearview Saturday 10 a.m. Before that, however, they’ll face Penns Grove with the possibility of clinching a second straight Tri-County Diamond Division title Thursday and, unless they can move the game, Collingswood Friday for their fifth game in five days.
It’s been a grind, of course, but in the end the rewards would be historic.
“It’s a cool situation where we’re kind of doing things we want to achieve that haven’t been done in the school’s history,” O’Brien said. “The Diamond (Classic) hasn’t been done in a long time, probably 30 years. You look at the division title – we have a chance to win back-to-back division titles for the first time ever in school history. You have a chance to win back-to-back South Jersey titles; it’s never been done. The first ever team to win a state title.
“You’re putting your name, your stamp, on your careers and what you’ll never forget for the rest of your life.”
PENNSVILLE 12, CLAYTON 1: The Eagles started big and ended bigger in clinching a share of their fifth straight Classic Division title. They can win it outright by beating Wildwood for a second time this season Thursday.
The Eagles took charge of this one early, scoring eight runs in the first inning, highlighted by Jeff Wagner’s two-run double and Grady Sanders’ two-run single. Logan Cooperthwait, Jake Layfield, Gavin Spears and Mason O’Brien also drove home runs in the inning. Wagner and O’Brien both had two hits and three RBIs in the game. Three pitchers held the Clippers to one hit and they ended the game on a triple play.
SOFTBALL
WOODSTOWN 8, MILLVILLE 1: Karly Spears drove in three runs and Leah Clark spun a two-hit shutout as the Wolverines won for the second day in a row to get back over .500. Spears had a two-run single in the second when the Wolverines opened a 4-0 lead and an RBI ground out in the third. Clark gave up a leadoff single, then didn’t allow another hit until two outs in the fifth inning.
CAPE MAY TECH 7, SALEM TECH 6: The Hawks walked it off on Cheyanne Enright’s RBI single with two outs in the eighth inning. The Chargers never led in the game, but tied it with four runs in the sixth, highlighted by Shelby Drummond’s two-run triple. They scored the tying run on a bases-loaded walk.
GIRLS GOLF
WASHINGTON TWP. 157, SCHALICK 166: Washington Twp.’s Azure Meares won medalist honors at The Birches with a 5-over-par 33. Natalie May shot the low round for Schalick (40).
GIRLS LACROSSE
HADDONFIELD 18, WOODSTOWN 12: Riley Austin and Lauren Hamblin each scored five goals for Haddonfield. Delaney Walker netted four (208) for Wolverines. The other Woodstown goals came from Emma Morgan (3), Blair Baldi (2), Arianna Hyman (2) and Emma Perry (1).
TRACK
FRANKLINVILLE — On a day designed to promote fun and maybe give a shot at events they might not otherwise experience, it’s safe to say all the Salem County athletes had fun in the Tri-County Showcase at Delsea.
County athletes claimed 45 medals in the non-scored meet. They won eight events, had eight seconds and eight thirds.
Woodstown won five events (4 boys, 1 girls) and established eight PRs. Schalick’s David Stewart won twice individually (400 hurdles, triple jump); his 400 hurdles was a close 1-2 finish with Penns Grove’s Bryan Garlic that some are projecting as the top two in the event at the state meet.
Winning gold for Woodstown were Josh Crawford (1600), Karson Chew (800), David Farrell (3200), Aidan Taulane (discus) and Kami Casiano (girls high jump). For Crawford, it was his first time running the 1600 in competition and he won it in 4:32.57.
“I went into it just telling myself that it’s only two more laps than usual and there was no pressure so have fun,” said Crawford, an 800 specialist. “So I did just that. I went out there running with the experienced runners and had fun.”
Penns Grove’s 4×400 relay team held off Woodstown down the stretch to win that race.
Kylee Goodson, who ran a leg on Penns Grove’s winning 4×4, finished second in the 400 to impressive Overbrook junior John Froehlich. Other second-place finishes belonged to Penns Grove’s Will Roy (long jump), Woodstown’s Eli Caesar (high jump) and Abby Marino (girls 800), Salem’s girls 4×100, and Schalick’s Navaeh Robinson (girls javelin).
TRI-COUNTY SHOWCASE
(Event winners and Salem County medal winners)
BOYS
No team scoring
4×100: 1. Williamstown 42.71; 4. Penns Grove (Will Roy, Messiah Allah, Tommy White, Kylee Goodson) 43.77
4×800: 1. Highland 8:20.25; 4. Woodstown (Anthony Costello, Michael Turner, Pacey Hutton, Torsten Duva) 8:44.86; 5. Salem (Grady Buzby, Gavin Cronrath, Josh Gilbert, Jean Pierre Pozo) 8:46.48
400 Hurdles: 1. David Stewart, Schalick 55.36; 2. Bryan Garlic, Penns Grove 55.67; 6. Grady Buzby, Salem 58.79
1600: 1. Josh Crawford, Woodstown 4:32.57
400: 1. John Froehlich, Overbrook 49.42; 2. Kylee Goodson, Penns Grove 49.83
100: 1. Timothy Whitaker, Timber Creek 10.80
800: 1. Karson Chew, Woodstown 1:55.86
110 Hurdles: 1. Kareem Brown, Deptford 14.17
200: 1. John Froehlich, Overbrook 22.12; 3. Timothy Gregory, Salem 22.55
3200: 1. David Farrell, Woodstown 10:06.27; 5. Pacey Hutton, Woodstown 10:29.96
4×400: 1. Penns Grove (Bryan Garlic, Tommy White, Savior Allah, Kylee Goodson) 3:25.25; 2. Woodstown (Karson Chew, Anthony Costello, Michael Turner, Josh Crawford) 3:25.82
High Jump: 1. Moses Robles, Glassboro 6-0; 2. Eli Caesar, Woodstown 5-10; 5. Kaden Robinson, Salem 5-8
Pole Vault: 1. Mason Henry, Deptford 14-6; 3. Caleb Jenkins, Schalick 13-0
Long Jump: 1. Moses Robles, Glassboro 21-3; 2. Will Roy, Penns Grove 21-0.25; 3. David Stewart, Schalick 20-10.5; 6. Danny Knight, Pennsville 20-1.25
Triple Jump: 1. David Stewart, Schalick 45-5.75; 3. Andrew White, Woodstown 43-6; 5. Will Roy, Penns Grove 42-0
Discus: 1. Aidan Taulane, Woodstown 164-3; 3. Ethan McLean, Schalick 144-1
Javelin: 1. Richard Pierce, Cumberland 175-0; 3. Gary Simonini, Schalick 166-1; 5. Noah Chiu, Woodstown 143-9
Shot Put: 1. Eneas Tavella, Delsea 53-7.5; 4. Aidan Taulane, Woodstown 49-8.5; 5. JaKai Ingram, Penns Grove 49-1.5
GIRLS
No team scoring
4×100: 1. Kingsway 48.62; 2. Salem (Raniyah Parsons-Smith, Dynastie Tucker, Anyzha Williams, Amaia Massengill) 43.19
4×800: 1. Triton 10:17.72
400 Hurdles: 1. Norah Brown, Kingsway 1:04.14
1600: 1. Toni-Loren Powell, Highland 5:42.32
400: 1. Noemi Haller, Kingsway 56.91; 5. Dynastie Tucker, Salem 1:01.18
100: 1. NiaLeila Cuascut, Washington Twp. 12.05; 4. Raniyah Parsons-Smith, Salem 12.53
800: 1. Kayla Asis, Kingsway 2:26.36; 2. Abby Marino, Woodstown 2:29.02
100 Hurdles: 1. NiaLeila Cuascut, Washington Twp. 14.34 (meet record)
200: 1. Noemi Haller, Kingsway 25.26
3200: 1. Sophia Aldridge, Williamstown 11:25.79
4×400: 1. Deptford 4:06.18; 5. Schalick (Kiley Parvin, Caylen Taylor, Brooke Valentine, Jaelynn Jarmon) 4:27.48
High Jump: 1. Kami Casiano, Woodstown 5-2; 3. Kallie Morrison, Pennsville 4-10
Pole Vault: 1. Brynn Greenwood, Williamstown 11-0
Long Jump: 1. Kennedy Downs, Washington Twp. 16-8.5; 4. Arianna Dowe, Penns Grove 15-5.25; 5. Ramiyah Jones, Salem 15-5
Triple Jump: 1. Onye Peoples, Overbrook 34-11.5; 4. Jaelynn Jarmon, Schalick 32-4.75; 5. Kami Casiano, Woodstown 32-2
Discus: 1. Sunny Moore, Glassboro 148-6; 5. Sara Lodge, Woodstown 110-9; 6. Sebrina Bradford, Schalick 105-7
Javelin: 1. Kylie Shinn, Kingsway 113-10; 2. Navaeh Robinson, Schalick 113-8
Shot Put: 1. Hannah Nuhfer, Delsea 46-5.5 (meet record); 3. Tatiyonna Crawford, Pennsville 35-5; 6. Zoey Caesar, Penns Grove 34-1.5
Tuesday’s sports report
Here are scores and details from Tuesday’s Salem County sports calendar; includes baseball, softball, golf, tennis
Baseball
TUESDAY’S GAMES
52nd Diamond Classic
First-round games
No. 4 Cherry Hill West 8, Pennsville 4
No. 3 St. Augustine 13, Woodstown 3
Regular season
Glassboro 10, Penns Grove 0
Pitman 17, Salem 3
Schalick 10, Overbrook 7
Wildwood 10, Salem Tech 4
By Riverview Sports News
CHERRY HILL — Pennsville may have been down early in its Diamond Classic opener with fourth-seeded Cherry Hill West Tuesday, but the Eagles certainly didn’t consider themselves out.
They fell behind 6-1 after three innings, but they rallied with three in the sixth to make it a two-run game before the Lions scored two in the bottom of the inning and went on to win 8-4.
The sixth inning wasn’t the first time the Eagles knocked on the door and the Lions answered in the bottom of the inning.
They scored a run in the third on on Jeff Wagner’s two-out RBI double to make it 3-1, but the Lions got three in the bottom of the inning to go up 6-1.
The Eagles loaded the bases in the sixth with none out and Stevie Fatcher singled a run home. The Lions cut down Wagner trying to score on Grady Sanders’ bunt and Sanders was ruled out on interference, but Logan Cowperthwait kept the inning alive with a two-run single that made it 6-4. That’s all they would get.
West got two of the runs back on a run-scoring ground out and an RBI single by Jason Audino, then set the Eagles down in order in the seventh.
ST. AUGUSTINE 13, WOODSTOWN 3: Things looked good for the Wolverines early as they scored three in the top of second to take a 3-1 lead, but the third-seeded Hermits stormed back with four in the bottom of the inning and continued to score, denying Woodstown coach Marc DeCastro his 100th career win.
The Wolverines were setting up for a big inning in the second when they loaded the bases on two walks and a bunt single. Sol Elmer followed with a two-run single and after Talyn Priore walked to reload the bases Chase Harding was hit by a pitch to force another run home. But that’s they got as pitcher John Eddis got the next three hitters — the top of the Woodstown lineup — on a fly out and two strikeouts.
The Hermits retook the lead in the bottom of the inning and never trailed again. They broke it open with six in the fourth and walked it off with a run in the fifth.
Two St. Augustine pitchers held Woodstown to five hits. Tommy Tucci had two of them.
DIAMOND CLASSIC SCORES
Vineland 17, Shawnee 4
Bishop Eustace 7, Cherokee 3
Mainland 2, Moorestown 1
Cherry Hill West 8, Pennsville 4
Egg Harbor 7, Pennsauken 2
St. Augustine 13, Woodstown 3
Delsea 12, Lenape 9
Eastern 20, Highland 10
Rancocas Valley 8, Cedar Creek 7
SCHALICK 10, OVERBROOK 7: The Cougars jumped on their hosts for eight runs in the first two innings, weathered a brief flurry in the home second and threat in the seventhBo Schalick worked a six-out save for their second win in less than 24 hours.
Jamari Whitley went 4-for-5, Evan Glaspey went 3-for-3 and Evan Sepers had two hits and three RBIs. Sepers drove in the first run in a four-run first inning and had a two-run double in the four-run second.
Cole Hartley started on the mound for the Cougars and left with a 9-7 lead. Schalick worked the final two innings, allowing two hits, a walk and striking out two.
GLASSBORO 10, PENNS GROVE 0: Ryan Gendaszek and Jimmy McMahon drove in three runs apiece and three Glassboro pitchers combined on a one-hit shutout as the Bulldogs run-ruled the Red Devils for the second straight day. Liam Irvin had Penns Grove’s only hit.
WILDWOOD 10, SALEM TECH 4: Nolan Mawhinney’s two-run single snapped a 2-2 tie and sparked a five-run third inning that helped the Warriors snap the Chargers’ eight-game winning streak. Mawhinney went 2-for-3 with three RBIs in the game. The Chargers stook the first lead on Cole Sacks’ RBI double in the first and tied it 2-2 on Brayden McAllister’s two-out line single in the second.
PITMAN 17, SALEM 3: Logan Williams and Carter Snyder each had three hits and the Panthers broke the game open with a seven-run fourth inning. The Rams scored two in the second when Pitman misplayed Daniel Grusemeyer’s grounder and a run in the fourth when they booted another Grusemeyer grounder.
Softball
TUESDAY’S GAMES
Glassboro 15, Penns Grove 1
Pennsville 17, Clayton 1
Pitman 11, Salem 1
Salem Tech 19, Penn Tech 4
Schalick 18, Overbrook 15
Woodstown 7, Maple Shade 1
WOODSTOWN 7, MAPLE SHAPE 1: Ellie Wygand’s two-run single highlighted a five-run second inning that sent the Wolverines to a victory that snapped a five-game losing streak, their longest since 2019. The senior outfielder also ripped a two-run double in the fifth to extend the lead to 7-0. She’s working on an eight-game hitting streak in which she’s batting .593 (16-for-27). Leah Clark kept the Wildcats off the board until the seventh. She scattered four hits and struck out four.
“The last few games we have just been a bit off as a team, almost to a point the it felt like the preseason all over again,” Wolverines coach Rob Hildebrand said. “We weren’t being consistent in the field nor getting the job done offensively with runners in scoring position.
“That all changed tonight and I feel like the girls are back on track and playing the we all know they can.”
PENNSVILLE 17, CLAYTON 1: The Eagles turned up the power and speed and pummeled the Clippers to maintain their two-game lead in the TCC Classic Division. Kylie Harris, Kenzie Widener and Taylor Bass all hit two-run inside-the-park homers.
The Eagles pounded out 15 hits, six for extra bases. Widener went 3-for-3 and was a single shy of the cycle. Harris was 3-for-4 with four RBIs. Bass had two hits and three RBIs. Harris now has 149 career hits. She collected her 100th career RBI Monday against West Deptford.
Graillyn Weber scattered five hits in the four-inning game and struck out four.
SCHALICK 18, OVERBROOK 15: The Cougars erupted for 11 runs in the first inning, extended the lead to 13-0 after two and then held on for dear life. The bottom five hitters in the Schalick lineup went a combined 14-for-25 with eight RBIs. Khloe McGrath went 4-for-5, while Liv VanAcker and winning pitcher Kaylee Broglin had three hits apiece.
The Cougars sent 15 batters to the plate in the first with the help of five errors and four walks. The Rams scored seven in the fourth and drew within 13-10 in the fifth, but the Cougars pulled away with five in the bottom of the inning.
SALEM TECH 19, PENN TECH 4: Shelby Drummond went 4-for-4 with her first career homer and three RBIs, while Izzy Roberts, Claire Kier and Shelby Liber had three hits apiece to pace the 20-hit attack that got the Chargers back on the winning track after having their seven-game winning streak snapped in their last outing. Drummond hit a two-out, two-run homer in the second inning.
GLASSBORO 15, PENNS GROVE 1: The Bulldogs answered Penns Grove’s run in the fourth with eight in the bottom of the inning to put the game away. Marissa Rode hit a two-run inside-the-park homer in the inning and the Bulldogs worked 10 walks in the inning — eight in a row at one point — to keep the line moving. Domari Torres Caraballo scored the Red Devils’ run when she circled the bases after the Bulldogs misplayed her single.
PITMAN 11, SALEM 1: Maura Quinn went 3-for-3, Colette Rollins had two hits and three RBIs, and Emery Sharpnack drove in four runs for lead the Panthers. Akayla Nichols drove in Salem’s run with an RBI single in the fourth.
Golf
Schalick’s Jaxon Weber birdied his first and his last holes of the round and had another one in between on the way to a 7-over-par 79 and a T-8 finish at the South Group I Sectionals at Cream Ridge Golf Club.
Weber started on the par-5 ninth and nearly chipped in for eagle but got the birdie, then closed the round with a birdie on the par-4 eighth after hitting an 8-iron from 150 yards to three feet. The opening birdie didn’t translate into continued success as he played the first four holes on the back nine in 5-over. He played the rest of the side in 1-under with a birdie at the par-4 16th.
“It was a good start to the day with a birdie, but the holes in between were kind of tough,” he said. “The greens were fast and hard pin placements, but ending it off with a birdie to break 80 is always nice.”
The Cougars also got an 85 from Seth Fisher and shot 349 as a team to finish tied for eighth with Delaware Valley. Fisher also birdied his first hole of the day, the par-4 sixth.
Woodstown shot 367 as a team and placed 16th. Alejandro Vazquez posted the Wolverines’ low round (88).
SOUTH GROUP 1 BOYS SECTIONALS
At Cream Ridge GC, 6011 Yards, Par 72
| TEAM SCORES | INDIVIDUAL SCORES | ||
| Madison | 309 | Blake Steele, Madison | 75 |
| Bernards | 319 | Connor Keelan, PP Beach | 76 |
| Audubon | 332 | Teo Bengtsson, Madison | 77 |
| Pitman | 334 | Andrew Schiller, Madison | 77 |
| West Deptford | 338 | Brady Cassidy, Bernards | 77 |
| New Providence | 345 | Mattias Cordes, Metuchen | 78 |
| Arthur L. Johnson | 348 | Joseph Melchionna, AL Johnson | 78 |
| Delaware Valley | 349 | Jaxon Weber, Schalick | 79 |
| Schalick | 349 | Tim Decker, Shore | 79 |
| Bordentown | 352 | Ben Perticari, West Deptford | 79 |
| Haddon Twp. | 352 | Owen Nowak, Madison | 80 |
| Shore | 356 | Chase Carr, Audubon | 80 |
| Lower Cape May | 357 | Jake Bowen-Ashwin, Pitman | 80 |
| PP Beach | 358 | Theo Burns, Madison | 80 |
| Metuchen | 361 | Thomas Diemar, Bernards | 80 |
| Woodstown | 367 | Max Mund, New Providence | 80 |
| Cape May Tech | 369 |
(T8) SCHALICK (349): Jaxon Weber 39-40–79, Seth Fisher 41-44–85, Anthony Sepers 51-53–104, Michael Nelson 50-45–95, Reed Bucolo 45-45–90.
(16) WOODSTOWN (367): Jack Bucksar 48-45–93, Logan Jones 43-46–89, Nate Valente 47-50–97, Alejandro Vazquez 41-47–88, Greyson Hyland 54-52–106.
Regular Season
PENNSVILLE 209, SALEM TECH 241: Pennsville’s Trevor Hann shot 49 to win medalist honors at Sakima CC.
GLOUCESTER CATHOLIC 168, SCHALICK 179: With its main team competing in the sectionals, the Cougars went into the match with their second group and junior Shawn Kelly shared medalist honors with a 40 at Centerton CC. He had two bogeys, two doubles and a birdie. GC senior Zack Payne also shot 40.
Tennis
No. 3 singles Luke Shaw bounced back from dropping a first-set tiebreaker to square the match and then rallied to win an intense third-set tiebreaker to beat Marcus Lorenzana 6-7 (4-7), 6-0, 11-9 and clinch Woodstown’s 3-2 win over Highland.
The team match was tied 2-2 when Shaw went up 3-0 in the second set. He was down 5-9 in the tiebreaker, but rallied to win the next six points to win the match. It was a doubly satisfying win for the senior. He lost a third-set tiebreaker to Lorenzana on April 13.
“The entire team was on pins and needles watching it,” Woodstown coach Jesse Stemberger said.
Highland (11-6) won the other two singles matches, but the Wolverines (11-5) swept the two doubles points.
PENNSVILLE 5, BRIDGETON 0
Sawyer Humphrey (P) def. Jonathan Barragan, 6-7 (6-8), 6-1, 10-5
Lucas Cooksey (P) def. Emilio Martinez Zambrano, 6-0, 6-1
Carter Willis (P) def. Enrique Hernandez, 6-0, 6-0
Coen Rinnier-Jacob Cheeseman (P) def. Edward West-Bryan Gonzalez, 6-1, 6-1
Lucas Thomas-Matthew Forino (P) def. Roylier DeJean-Bryan Coccol, 6-0, 6-0
Records: Pennsville 11-6, Bridgeton 2-9.
WOODSTOWN 3, HIGHLAND 2
Mohammad Sheyam (H) def. Drew Stengel, 6-1, 6-0
Andrew Whitelock (H) def. Mason Shimp, 6-0, 6-4
Luke Shaw (WO) def. Marcus Lorenzana, 6-7 (4-7), 6-0, 11-9
Nick DiTeodoro-Vincent Merendino (WO) def. Leonardo Vittese-Jacob Roman, 6-2, 6-1
Connor Miller-Josh King (WO) def. Sakibul Alam-Mohannad Isa, 7-5, 6-1
Reords: Woodstown 11-5, Highland 11-6.
PENNS GROVE 4, CLAYTON 1
James Mai (CL) def. Stuart Mondragon, 6-1, 6-2
Anthony Pacheco (PG) def. Jayden Sanchez, 6-1, 6-3
Juan Ortiz (PG) def. Michael Cummings, 6-1, 6-3
Jesus Arredondo-Doel Torres (PG) def. Robert Schultz-Dyshamir Miller, 6-4, 4-6, 10-7
Jordan Hernandez-Fernando Palacios Lima (PG) def. Malcolm Turpin-Brynne Contravo, 6-1, 6-1
Records: Penns Grove 4-4, Clayton 3-10.
Big night of fun
Schalick seniors celebrate some special moments, big win, in the complex where their earliest baseball memories were forged
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
ELMER – If Evan Sepers were making the call, the Schalick baseball team would be wearing the throwback uniforms they sported for Senior Night at the Elmer Little League complex the rest of the year.
The first time the senior outfielder wore the green-and-gray vested unis the Cougars brought out Monday against Bridgeton, he went 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles as a freshman against Woodstown in the Elmer Classic. On this special night, on that same field, he went 2-for-2 with a double and his first official home run, and threw an inning and a third of no-hit relief in a 17-4 win.
“I’m batting 1.000 in them,” Sepers said.
The Cougars hadn’t worn them since that Woodstown game four years ago; coach Sean O’Brien only recently rediscovered them. The only problem was they only had 15 sets and they had 16 players. Fortunately, Luke Pokrovsky, the headliner of last year’s state semifinals team now at Penn, still had his jersey and brought it back so the team could be fully fitted. That jersey went to Bo Schalick.
“I don’t know how old they are; they’re before my time,” O’Brien said. “The kids liked them. They bugged me to wear them. I literally gave them out after school today.”
“We’ve had those for a long time,” catcher turned designated hitter Ricky Watt said. “I know a couple guys on the team their parents wore them back in the day. We always talked about wearing them.”
The throwback uniforms were only part of the Cougars’ funnest game of the year.
Freed from the pressure of playing a division opponent on Senior Night, the Cougars chose a traditional opponent and played on a field adjacent to where many of the players forged their earliest baseball memories. It was their second win at the Elmer LL complex this season and fifth in the last two years.
It was a chance to give players an opportunity to play some other position , like those who either hadn’t pitched since their freshmen year or hadn’t been on the mound at all.
Junior Bert Strain started the night and worked the first, striking out two. The rest of the night belonged to the seniors. Strain was followed to the mound by J.T. Fleming and Sepers, neither of whom had pitched since their freshmen year; Cooper Willoughby, who last remembers pitching in a JV game his freshman year but never on varsity; and Ethan Quiles, a senior called up to the varsity for the occasion. They combined on a one-hitter.
“They asked me in the beginning of the year about throwing on Senior Night,” O’Brien said. “I thought about it, but then with the circumstances of how many games we’re playing this week, we kind of needed to. We needed to conserve our pitching anyway, so it was a fun way and a productive way to keep our pitching where it needed to be.”
Fleming pitched the second, giving up an unearned run and striking out two. Willoughby worked two-thirds of an inning in the third, charged with three runs, and said he didn’t want to see his ERA at the end of it.
“It’s been a really long time,” Willoughby said. “The first half of freshman year I threw like two or three games. It looked about like that, too. I hadn’t pitched in a while and I was looking forward to it. It was just a fun night. OB wanted to let all the guys pitch who don’t traditionally pitch. It was a good time.”
Sepers worked the longest of the five pitchers, didn’t allow a hit, struck out two and walked two. He threw 7 1/3 innings in four games as a freshman. In his last outing before Monday he went 3 1/3 against Salem in 2023, giving up two hits, two runs and striking out five. He has a career ERA under 1.75.
“When I went out to pitch I was just thinking ‘have fun,’” he said. “It’s my senior night, we’re not playing the best team but everybody’s having fun. I was just trying to throw strikes. I threw two off-speed pitches and they both went really high and outside, so other than that I threw fastballs.”
He figures that closed the book on his pitching career, unless RCSJ-Cumberland decides it wants to use him on the mound next spring. Of course, he’ll always have his hitting. With his two hits against the Bulldogs, he’s now 11 shy of 100 for his career.
Quiles wrapped up the night and set the Bulldogs down in order in the fifth, recording his first career strikeout for the last out of the game.
“J.T. was a guy I thought would give me more innings, but he settled in,” O’Brien said. “Once he got going he threw really well. Back in his freshman year in games we were way ahead or way behind he was like my cleanup guy. He’d come in and throw strikes for me just to get us out of innings. He always did that for us when he was a freshman.
“Cooper hadn’t thrown. He wasn’t finishing and was leaving everything up. He did a good job with the situation he was put in. Evan had pitched before. I knew Evan would be OK out there, just kind of get used to throwing again. Ethan did a great job. It was awesome.”
If there is fun in scoring a lot of runs, then the Cougars had a ton of it. All nine spots in the lineup scored at least once. Ten of the 11 hitters who batted had a hit and 10 of the 11 scored.
Watt rediscovered his power stroke. After hitting four homers in his first five games of the season, he ended a nine-game homerless drought with a pair of two-run shots and finished 3-for-3 with five RBIs. He drove in the Cougars’ first run with a single in the first.
“I just went through a little bit of a period where I was struggling a little bit; it happens,” he said. “Not seeing the ball as well. I think I got a little bit back on my feet tonight. It’s good to get back in the swing of things.”
Sepers’ home run, a three-run shot in the fourth inning, was his first in 220 high school at-bats and more than 270 plate appearances. He hit a ball everyone insistent cleared a snow fence at Clayton last year ruled a grounds-rule double and hit one in a scrimmage at Highland this year.
“That was unreal,” he said. “Off the bat I was thinking to myself this is either going to go over the fence and I knew it was going off the fence off the bat or I’m going to look like a fool when the kid catches the ball. I’m very glad it happened on senior night. It was hard not to have a smile on my face the entire time I was running around the bases.”
He wasn’t the only one.
“We grew up playing together and he always used to hit them out of the field right over there,” Watt said, pointing to the Little League fields on the other side of the batting cage. “I remember him hitting three in one game actually. I’m surprised he hadn’t connected with one yet. It was really cool to see.”
“I felt like it was coming,” O’Brien said. “Even at our place or here I think he was going to get one eventually, so it’s good he got it here, especially tonight on Senior Night.”
It gets a little more challenging for the Cougars from here. They potentially have four straight road games this rest of the week. They go to Overbrook Tuesday for a big Diamond Division game, to Doane Academy for their Diamond Classic opener Wednesday, to Collingswood Friday and possibly at second round Diamond Classic game at Clearview.
Whatever happens in the week ahead, they’ll always have the happy memory of Monday night to carry them through.
| Bridgeton | 013 | 00- | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Schalick | 425 | 6x- | 17 | 15 | 2 |
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