Jack Holladay takes over as Woodstown’s quarterback, getting his shot to lead the offense after learning behind cousin Max Webb
FRIDAY’S SALEM COUNTY GAMES
Penns Grove at Deptford, 6 p.m.
Cumberland at Schalick, 7 p.m.
Delsea at Woodstown, 7 p.m.
West Deptford at Pennsville, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY’S GAME
Cinnaminson at Salem, noon
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN – It may be a little hyperbole, but Jack Holladay has been waiting for tonight all his life.
Ever since he got to high school, Holladay has dreamed and worked for the day he would become Wolverines’ starting quarterback. The day comes tonight when the Wolverines host Delsea in the first game of Frank Trautz’ tenure as head coach.
The last couple years Holladay’s been on the team but on the quarterback depth chart he was behind his cousin Max Webb as the Wolverines’ lead signal caller.
Well, Max has moved on after leading the Wolverines to three straight deep playoff runs and now it’s Holladay’s time to step up and shine.
“I’ve been thinking about it a lot,” Holladay said over the summer. “Since freshman year I’ve wanted to be the quarterback. I know that’d be behind Max, but I was just learn from him and do what I can in practice and I knew I’d be ready for my senior year.
“It’ll be different (now as the starter), but I think the coaches will have me prepared and I think I’m ready for it.”
It was always been like that as the two were coming up. Webb would be the starter because he was older and the next year Holladay would follow because Max would move up to the next level.
Holladay always felt he “did good” in the seasons he immediately followed his cousin.
He doesn’t have a lot of game statistics to show for the work he’s put in behind Max because his cousin was so durable – he hasn’t thrown a pass in varsity two seasons and has been credited with just five career carries – but he’s said to have a big upside.
Trautz said every time the Wolverines needed to put the 6-1, 170-pound Holladay in a game they were “completely confident” in his ability.
He’s shown a strong arm in the summer and an even disposition to combat the pressure of his elevated circumstances. In his first 7-on-7 game his first pass was intercepted, then he went 7-for-7 on the next series, culminating in a touchdown to Anthony Bokolas, and ultimately completed eight in a row.
“I’m really excited to see what Jack’s gonna do this year,” said Trautz, Holladay’s quarterback coach before being promoted to succeed John Adams last spring. “He’s a great athlete. He’s got all the tools you want in a quarterback. He can make every throw. He’s a really good athlete, so he’s going to be able to help us out as well in the run game a little bit. I’m excited about the direction this offense can go with him under center.
“He’s definitely ready for this. He got a ton of reps last year in practice and already what I’ve seen from him early on in the summer is a lot of good stuff. I think the sky’s the limit for him. He could have a real special year.”
So tonight’s game has been a lifetime in the making.
When Holladay did allow himself to think of what it would be like to step into the starting role, his dream covered the total package.
“Just playing in front of everyone, the students, everyone at the game,” he said. “I thought that would be fun throwing touchdowns and just winning. I want to win a championship.”
AROUND THE COUNTY: There has been no change in Schalick quarterback Kenai Simmons’ status, coach Mike Wilson said Thursday, so it appears sophomore Ayden Jenkins will draw his second straight start in tonight’s home opener with Cumberland. Jenkins was under center the entire 41-3 loss to Cedar Grove in the Battle at the Beach. “We will be making sure to call the correct stuff to help him,” Wilson said. Tonight’s neighborhood rivals have split the last four games in the battle for the Hars-Lake Trophy, once a staple of the Thanksgiving Day slate … West Deptford coach John Emel may have moved onto a new team this season, but he’ll be looking for a same result when his Eagles take on Pennsville’s Eagles in tonight’s WJFL Patriot Division opener. Emel was 8-2 with a current seven-game winning streak against Pennsville when he was head coach at Penns Grove … Last week was a rarity in Salem County football. It was the first time in more than 20 years the county was shut out of the win column on the opening weekend with four or more teams playing. The county schools went 0-4 last week with Woodstown idle.
Category: SCHALICK
Tuesday tennis
All three Salem County teams in action Tuesday won; defending sectional champ Schalick opens with 5-0 win, Pennsville wins 5-0 without losing a game
GIRLS TENNIS
Pennsville 5, Penns Grove 0
Schalick 5, Overbrook 0
Woodstown 4, Glassboro 1
PENNSVILLE 5, PENNS GROVE 0
Megan Morris (P) def. Amaris Butler, 6-0, 6-0
Regan Witt (P) def. Alease Stewart, 6-0, 6-0
Lily Edwards (P) def. Andrew Restrepo, 6-0, 6-0
Cassandra Fortenberry-Madison Wright (P) def. Elif Sagir-Janiyah Cummings, 6-0, 6-0
Pennsville wins by forfeit
Records: Pennsville 3-0, Penns Grove 0-1
WOODSTOWN 4, GLASSBORO 1
Gabby Kurds 
def. Ella Killelea, 6-2, 6-1
Kaylee Johnson (G) def. Camille Osborne, 6-3, 1-6, 10-6
Aubrie Rennie def. Halle Lazarus, 6-1, 6-4
Julianna Lindenmuth-Alyssa Berry def. Alana Killelea-Taylor Adcock, 6-1, 6-1
Natalie Neron-Noelle Neron def. Alice Dinzeo-Virginia Tarasevich, 6-1, 6-1
Records: Woodstown 1-1, Glassboro 0-1
SCHALICK 5, OVERBROOK 0
Emma Adams (S) def. Keira Riess, 6-3, 6-2
Allyson Green (S) def. Nesrine Fosso, 6-0, 6-0
Miya Watkins (S) def. Sophia Burgos, 6-0, 6-2
Julia Langley-Helana Tyers (S) def. Natasha Hreiz-Sophia Petricari, 6-2, 6-1
Annie Podeh-Kayleigh Veach (S) def. Madison Rikard-Gianna Hardy, 6-0, 6-0
Records: Schalick 1-0, Overbrook 0-2
This week’s schedule
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Sept. 2-7; all events 4 p.m. unless noted; x-scrimmage
SEPT. 3
FIELD HOCKEY
x-GCIT at Woodstown
x-Overbrook at Pennsville
x-Schalick at Haddon Heights
BOYS SOCCER
x-Clayton at Penns Grove
x-Woodstown at GCIT
GIRLS SOCCER
x-GCIT at Woodstown
x-Penns Grove at Clayton
GIRLS TENNIS
Gloucester Catholic at Salem
Pennsville at Penns Grove
Schalick at Overbrook
Woodstown at Glassboro
SEPT. 4
BOYS SOCCER
x-Pennsville at Cumberland
Cape May Tech at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
x-Delsea at Pennsville
x-Pitman at Penns Grove
Woodstown at Deptford, 6 p.m.
SEPT. 5
GIRLS TENNIS
Schalick at Gloucester Catholic
FIELD HOCKEY
Audubon at Pennsville
SEPT. 6
FOOTBALL
Overbrook at Collingswood, 6 p.m.
Penns Grove at Deptford, 6 p.m.
KIPP Cooper Norcross at Camden Catholic, TBA
Cumberland at Schalick, 7 p.m.
Delsea at Woodstown, 7 p.m.
West Deptford at Pennsville, 7 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Pennsville at Wildwood
GIRLS SOCCER
Deptford at Pennsville, 4:15 p.m.
SEPT. 7
FOOTBALL
Paulsboro at Audubon, TBA
Haddonfield at Woodbury, 10:30 a.m.
Glassboro at Haddon Heights, 11 a.m.
Cinnaminson at Salem, noon
GIRLS SOCCER
Schalick at Cherokee, 1:30 p.m.
CROSS COUNTRY
Pennsville in Cherokee Challenge, 9 a.m.
Embattled at the beach
Schalick was looking to launch a season of high expectations with a big start, but instead found the opposite
WJFL SCORES
Patriot Division
Friday’s Games
Collingswood 30, Clayton 26
Diamond Division
Friday’s Game
Cedar Grove 41, Schalick 3 (BATB)
Saturday’s Games
Penns Grove at Paulsboro, 10 a.m.
Willingboro at Salem, noon
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
EGG HARBOR TWP. — The Battle At The Beach was no paradise for the Schalick football team Friday morning. That, ladies and gentlemen, was on the other sideline.
Quarterback Stephen Paradiso threw for 227 yards and four touchdowns as Cedar Grove had its way with the Cougars 41-3 in the Day Two opener of the BATB at Egg Harbor Twp. High School. The Labor Day weekend series opened in Ocean City Thursday night, but had to move inland due to a scheduling conflict with the stadium there.
“We were not ready to play and that falls on me completely,” Schalick coach Mike Wilson said. “As the head football coach I have to prepare my staff better, I have to prepare the players better. We weren’t ready to play and it showed today.
“Schematically we were well prepared. I think we were. We’ve got to go back and watch tape and obviously re-evaulate that because it didn’t work. But mentally. Personally I think a lot of the kids have been hanging on that 11-win season last year that carried on through the summer. We’ve had our off-the-field issues. We’ve not had a good week of practice. I’ve been doing this for 20 years, you don’t do it in practice you’re not going to do it today. So, the mistakes we made all week in practice we made today.”
It was an ill-fated trip for the Cougars from the start, even though they did have a 3-0 lead after an early takeaway.
Schalick senior quarterback Kenai Simmons didn’t make the trip, left back in Salem County as a “team internal decision” related to accountability and program protocols.
His absence threw sophomore Ayden Jenkins directly into the fire. Jenkins had been practicing to be prepared to play because Wilson said he didn’t want a situation similar to last year’s Gloucester Catholic game happening again, but he was told just three days ago he’d be drawing the start.
In that game, which Schalick won by three touchdowns to complete an undefeated regular season, Simmons went out early in the second quarter forcing Matthew LaMazza to run the offense the rest of the game. The Cougars reduced the offense that night on the fly to make it easier on their backup, but this time Jenkins had the full package at his disposal against a vastly stronger opponent.
Jenkins admitted he didn’t sleep very well overnight as he thought about the game ahead and his first play as a varsity quarterback — the first play from scrimmage in the game — resulted in a fumbled exchange with Levi Feeney-Childers in the backfield. Fortunately, the Cougars recovered, but for a loss and moved the ball only nine more yards on Jenkins’ first career completion to LaMazza.
“It was a lot of pressure on me,” Jenkins said. “This is my first year ever playing quarterback. I never played quarterback before. My goal was to show everyone I wasn’t just a backup quarterback and wasn’t going to be a walk in the park.”
The Panthers had prepared all summer for Simmons, but coach Rob Gogerty said they changed very little when they discovered Jenkins was the starter. They did pressure the sophomore hard. He completed 5 of 9 passes for 57 yards and had 13 rushes for 2 net yards.
“We prepared four months for the quarterback, so we really didn’t change much,” Gogerty said. “We just stuck to our guns, stuck to our reads, things like that. We had some spies set up for pass situations, which we kind of dropped them off. I think that was the biggest change with the quarterback not playing.”
Wilson didn’t throw his sophomore quarterback under the bus; truthfully, there was trouble across the board. The Cougars had less than 100 yards of net offense, only 39 yards rushing, and four fumbles. They finally lost a fumble in the fourth quarter when a center snap hit a player in the backfield who had gone in motion.
“Nothing against his effort; he’s played hard, he was locked in,” Wilson said. “But we as coaches have to do a better job of putting him in a better position to succeed.”
Wilson said the coach in him was preparing for Simmons not playing all season, but that didn’t seem likely. The senior easily could return to the starting spot next week against rival Cumberland.
But if that’s the case and they don’t have Simmons, Wilson is confident Jenkins can hold up against the gauntlet that is the WJFL Diamond Division schedule where every game projects to be as intense as this one.
“I’ve been in many programs before that have started sophomore quarterbacks,” he said. “But that’s on us to put that young man in a better position to succeed. We didn’t do that today offensively.
“I have full faith in our talent and our ability to play with anybody. I truly do. That’s why we scrimmage the way we do. That’s why we wanted to play this game against these guys. We have to do a better job. We did not put the best effort out there. That wasn’t Schalick football today.”
But it did start out well. Kicker Hunter Dragotta, Schalick’s MVP for the game, gave the Cougars a 3-0 lead midway through the first quarter with a 36-yard field goal. The drive was set up by Nick Lopergolo’s interception.
And then it went south in a hurry. The Panthers scored touchdowns the next five times they touched the ball and 41 straight points altogether. Paradiso threw two touchdown passes each to Jackson Morrice and team MVP Nick Russo among his 19 completions. Morrice also returned the second half kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown that devastated the Cougars.
Paradiso completed 9 of 11 passes in the second quarter and 11 of 13 with three touchdowns at one stretch in the game.
“I thought we came out of the gate a little slow,” Gogerty said. “I kind of expected that. It’s the first game of the year, we’re not really going live in the scrimmages and getting those looks, so I think it took us a quarter to really get going, especially Jackson and guys like that, but Nick made some big plays early on to kind of weather the storm a little bit until everyone kind of started clicking.”
EXTRA POINTS: Schalick is the third Salem County team to participate in the four-year history of the BATB. The other two — Salem (2-0) and Penns Grove — were 3-0 … Schalick had won 10 straight regular-season games. The Cougars’ last regular-season loss came to Cumberland on Oct. 22, 2022.
Cedar Grove 41, Schalick 3
| SCH (3) | CG (41) | |
| 6 | 1st Downs | 14 |
| 34-39 | Rushes-yards | 29-73 |
| 5-9-2 | Passes (C-A-I) | 19-27-2 |
| 57 | Passing yards | 227 |
| 4-1 | Fumbles-lost | 0-0 |
| 7-34.6 | Punts-avg | 1-29.0 |
| 8-53 | Penalties-yards | 4-35 |
| Schalick (0-1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0- | 3 |
| Cedar Grove (1-0) | 7 | 20 | 7 | 7- | 41 |
SCORING SUMMARY
S-Hunter Dragotta 36 FG, 7:28 1Q
C- Nick Russo 49 pass from Stephen Paradiso (Sebastian Kovacs kick), 5:13 1Q
C-Jackson Morrice 27 pass from Stephen Paradiso (Sebastian Kovacs kick), 11:13 2Q
C-Anthony Tronio 5 run (Sebastian Kovacs kick), 8:26 2Q
C-Nick Russo 8 pass from Stephen Paradiso (kick blocked), 4:58 2Q
C-Jackson Morrice 94 kick return (Sebastian Kovacs kick)
C-Jackson Morrice 27 pass from Stephen Paradiso (Sebastian Kovacs kick), 4:20 4Q
| WJFL STANDINGS | ||
| DIAMOND | DIV | ALL |
| Glassboro | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Penns Grove | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Salem | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Schalick | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| Woodbury | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Woodstown | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| PATRIOT | DIV | ALL |
| Audubon | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Camden Cath. | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Collingswood | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Overbrook | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Paulsboro | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Pennsville | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| West Deptford | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Eagles denied in opener
Pennsville couldn’t get anything going, shut out in season opener at Gloucester
WJFL SCORES
Patriot Division
Thursday’s Games
Gloucester City 14, Pennsville 0
Manchester Twp. 26, West Deptford 21 (BATB)
Overbrook 36, Buena 0
Friday’s Games
Collingswood at Clayton, 6 p.m.
Diamond Division
Friday’s Game
Schalick vs. Cedar Grove at Egg Harbor Twp., 9:30 a.m.
Saturday’s Games
Penns Grove at Paulsboro, 10 a.m.
Willingboro at Salem, noon
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
GLOUCESTER CITY — Football is such a momentum game. Pennsville looked like it was building some late in the first half to get back in the game, but they lost it on a crushing turnover in the end zone and never got it back again.
And once it’s gone, it’s really hard to get back unless something extraordinary happens.
The Eagles dropped their season opener Thursday night, 14-0 at Gloucester City in a rare Week Zero game.
They gave up touchdowns on the first two defensive stands of the season but kept the Lions out of the end zone the rest of the game. They just could never get anything going offensively. They had only 10 yards net rushing, quarterback Robbie McDade was sacked four times and was intercepted three others.
“We had some opportunities, didn’t take advantage of them and they were a physical football team and we didn’t match them consistently,” Pennsville coach Mike Healy said. “Just too many mistakes across the board. Across the board didn’t make great decisions today.
“We know what we’re capable of on both sides of the ball, it’s just we have to be consistent. When you play good football teams and you’re not consistent they’re going to beat you.”
The Eagles looked like they were finally gaining steam in the final drive of the first half. A score would have given them momentum going into the locker room where adjustments could be made for when got the ball to start the second half.
They drove it all the way down to the Lions’ 2, thanks in part to a 45-yard catch and run by Luke Wood, and had it fourth-and-goal with 25 seconds left in the half, but linebacker Ryan Coffigny intercepted McDade a couple yards deep in the end zone with Malik Rehmer and Wood in the area to kill the threat.
“You score there and all of a sudden we get a little more confidence on offense, feel more confident getting the ball,” Healy said. “You score there and now it’s a one-score game and the defense is starting to settle down some and it just completely changes the game.”
“I definitely think it was a huge setback because we just made our first great drive down the field that unfortunately ended on a pick,” Wood said. “That’s something we can’t let affect us. Today we did and later on down the road, next week, the next week after that, that’s something we’re going to try to not let affect us because we have the talent to win.”
Wood, a college prospect in baseball and a 1,000-point scorer in basketball, was playing football as a senior for the first time since youth and caught three passes in the game for 67 yards. He looked a little uncertain after his first career catch, an 8-yard gain in the second quarter that put Pennsville back into positive net yardage, but the 45-yarder was the Eagles’ biggest offensive play of the game.
“It was fun,” he said. “It’s just a completely different atmosphere than baseball or basketball. This is the ultimate team sport. This is 11 guys playing all for the same goal. We’re really a family, we’re really a brotherhood, which you really don’t feel like that in other sports, as much as you do in football.”
Gloucester pounded the ball on the ground and racked up 108 yards of offense on its first two possessions. Touchdown runs by Trevin Burkhardt and Mason Widman gave the Lions a 14-0 lead early in the second quarter, but they Eagles’ defense tightened and held held them to minus-1 yard net the rest of the half and only 61 more yards in the third quarter.
Twice in the fourth quarter the Lions penetrated into the red zone – the second time after Pennsville went for it on fourth down from its 33 – but the Eagles kept them off the board.
“We got humbled,” senior Connor Ayers said. “The first two scores, we took that to heart. Me, personally, I’ve never been scored on like that on defense, but after the first two scores I think our defense held our own.”
SCHALICK ‘MORE THAN READY’: Every team will tell you they’re as ready as they can be heading into their season openers, but with expectations for his team this year through the roof Schalick quarterback Kenai Simmons, for one, can’t wait to get started.
“Ready isn’t the word,” the senior said as the Cougars prepare to meet Cedar Grove to open Day Two of the Battle At The Beach. “What is the word? I can’t find the word, but ready isn’t the word.
“I wouldn’t even use ready. I’d use a crazy word that means … ready to the highest point.”
Expectations are high for the Cougars this season. They return virtually their entire team that started 11-0 last year, built momentum with several close wins early and lost in the Central Jersey Group I title game.
Given that backdrop, this year’s theme, of course, is unfinished business. There are a lot of observers who expect the Cougars and Glassboro to play for the South Jersey spot in the Group I state championship game.
“I think the kids earned the expectation,” coach Mike Wilson said. “We’re motivated because we didn’t finish the deal last year; you can see it on our shirts. Last year it was ‘Burn the boats.’ This year it’s ‘Unfinished Business.’ We still have expectations, but we’re still not getting our due.”
The key to managing those expectations, Simmons said, is to “ignore the noise.” Last year as they were trying to grab a foothold in the South Jersey football landscape they truly embraced the notion of one play at a time, one game at a time, and this year it’s more of the same. They certainly won’t sneak up on anyone, especially as they move into the tougher WJFL Diamond Division.
“You still have to be confident, but not too confident,” safety Dylan Sheehan said. “It’s all a mindset with us. As long as our guys believe we’ve got it, we’ve got it.”
EXTRA POINTS: Schalick and Cedar Grove are 124 miles apart. It’s the second-farthest matchup in this year’s BATB behind only Bergen Catholic-IMG (1,184 miles). The 13 matchups outside the headliner combined have a total of 939 one-way instate miles … The Cougars are working on a 10-game regular-season winning streak.
Gloucester 14, Pennsville 0
| PMHS | GHS | |
| 10 | 1st Downs | 14 |
| 27-10 | Rushes-yards | 44-237 |
| 9-21-3 | Passes (C-A-I) | 1-5-0 |
| 117 | Passing yards | 5 |
| 0-0 | Fumbles-lost | 0-0 |
| 4-34.8 | Punts-avg | 4-26.8 |
| 3-25 | Penalties-yards | 8-65 |
| Pennsville (0-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0- | 0 |
| Gloucester (1-0) | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0- | 14 |
SCORING SUMMARY
G-Trevin Burkhardt 2 run (kick failed), 6:48 1Q
G-Mason Widman 16 run (Trevin Burkhardt run), 10:40 1Q
| WJFL STANDINGS | ||
| DIAMOND | DIV | ALL |
| Glassboro | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Penns Grove | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Salem | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Schalick | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Woodbury | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Woodstown | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| PATRIOT | DIV | ALL |
| Audubon | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Camden Cath. | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Collingswood | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Overbrook | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Paulsboro | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Pennsville | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| West Deptford | 0-0 | 0-1 |
This week’s schedule
Here is the high school schedule for Salem County sports teams for the week of Aug. 26-31; x-scrimmage
AUG. 26
GIRLS TENNIS
x-GCIT at Pennsville, 9 a.m.
Mainland at Schalick, 9 a.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
x-Salem at Maple Shade, 9 a.m.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
x-Winslow at Salem Tech, 11 a.m.
AUG. 27
FIELD HOCKEY
x-Schalick at Cumberland, 9 a.m.
BOYS SOCCER
x-Woodbury at Penns Grove, 9 a.m.
x-Schalick at Clearview, 9:30 a.m.
x-Lower Cape May at Salem, 10 a.m.
x-Salem Tech at Pennsauken Tech, 3:45 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
x-Clearview at Schalick, 9 a.m.
x-Penns Grove at Paulsboro, 9 a.m.
x-Salem at Cumberland, 10 a.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
x-Penns Grove at Deptford, 10 a.m.
x-Salem at Lower Cape May, 10 a.m.
AUG. 28
GIRLS TENNIS
Pennsville at West Deptford, 10 a.m.
BOYS SOCCER
x-Cumberland at Woodstown, 10 a.m.
x-Pemberton at Salem Tech, 10:30 a.m.
AUG. 29
FOOTBALL
Collingswood at Clayton, TBA
West Deptford vs. Manchester Twp., 10 a.m. (at Ocean City)
Pennsville at Gloucester City, 6 p.m.
x-Pitman at Woodstown, 6 p.m.
FIELD HOCKEY
x-Woodstown at Collingswood, 10 a.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
x-Bridgeton at Penns Grove, 9 a.m.
x-Schalick at Cumberland, 9 a.m.
x-Woodstown at Haddon Twp., 9 a.m.
x-Pennsville at Woodbury, 10 a.m.
BOYS SOCCER
x-Penns Grove at Bridgeton, 9 a.m.
x-Woodbury at Pennsville, 10 a.m.
x-Highland at Salem, 3:30 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
x-Penns Grove at Bridgeton, 9 a.m.
Pennsville at Cumberland, 10 a.m.
AUG. 30
FOOTBALL
Schalick vs. Cedar Grove, 9:30 a.m. (at Egg Harbor Twp.)
FIELD HOCKEY
x-Schalick at Ocean City, 10 a.m.
BOYS SOCCER
x-Schalick at Moorestown Friends, 9 a.m.
x-Woodstown at Williamstown, 10 a.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
x-Lindenwold at Penns Grove, 9 a.m.
AUG. 31
FOOTBALL
Penns Grove at Paulsboro, 10 a.m.
Willingboro at Salem, noon
Developing depth
Schalick gives bulk of live-ball time in Friday’s scrimmage to underclassmen as the Cougars eye future while positioning themselves for this year’s run
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
BUENA – Mike Wilson already knows what his veteran starters can do – and he has a lot of them to track. He saw their work first-hand last year as the junior-laden bunch led Schalick to historic program heights that fuel even higher expectations for the season ahead.
So as the Cougars went through their game scrimmage in the run-up to next week’s Battle at the Beach season opener Friday at Buena, the coach’s focus turned to the equally deep group in the next two classes for what they’re anticipating as a long run.
That’s the reason Reggie Allen played only five snaps on offense and none on defense, Levi Feeney-Childers didn’t play much on offense and none on defense, the second defensive line played the whole time and senior quarterback Kenai Simmons didn’t play at all.
“We played a lot of 2s, a lot of backups, a lot of rotators,” Wilson said. “We put a lot of sophomores in positions.”
The resting of Simmons opened the door for a full live-ball look at sophomore backup Ayden Jenkins. Early in the exercise Jenkins looked like a sophomore, fumbling twice in his first six snaps and losing one of them. But after that, he looked like the player the Cougars can use to give Simmons a break on offense to open up his value as the team’s best defender.
After the initial miscues, Jenkins completed four of five passes for 153 yards – 45, 51, 20, 37 — and a touchdown and ran 15 yards for another score. Junior Sherrod Jones, who had three varsity carries last year, rushed for 63 yards and a touchdown on two carries. The Cougars won the half of live-ball action 21-7.
“We wanted to play the sophomore quarterback,” Wilson said explaining the call to sideline Simmons. “We don’t want Gloucester Catholic last year again. We need a quarterback who can run the offense Kenai runs. As you saw today, Ayden did a nice job, but he’s a sophomore, one play’s really nice, the next play looks like a sophomore.
“We know Kenai can play. Kenai does not have to prove to me he can play the game. He has had 30 varsity games before his senior year.”
The Gloucester Catholic situation to which Wilson alluded is a reference to last year’s Homecoming Game in which Matthew LaMazza played the rest of the game after Simmons hurt his non-throwing shoulder in the first minute of the second quarter. LaMazza did an admirable job directing the Cougars to a 42-20 victory that completed their undefeated regular season, and if he were a baseball relief pitcher would have been credited with the win, but the offense was reduced to its most basic operation.
“I heard this from a coach from Arkansas and he said you never want a senior with sophomore experience and that’s what we’re trying to avoid this year,” Wilson said. “We graduate a great senior class at the end of the year, we do not need juniors and seniors next year with no experience, so we’re trying to avoid that with the preseason
“We’ve got some talented kids, but you need game-feel experience (and) you can’t replicate the game overnight. That was kind of the goal today. That’s why Ayden was playing quarterback. I’d rather him make mistakes today than if he has to play in a game.”
The Cougars literally snuck up on people last season, their 11-1 record and run to the Central Jersey Group I title game a culmination in a four-year reclamation project by Wilson and his staff.
But as you’d expect, it wasn’t enough for the Cougars. This year is all about unfinished business and while there may have been some questions about the veracity of the Cougars’ success, there’s a growing sense in the region it’ll be the Cougars and Glassboro meeting for South Jersey’s spot in the Group I state championship game.
“We have a lot of seniors,” Simmons said. “It means a lot (to them) and I don’t think they’re ready to go down soon at all in this last run.”
One only had to look at the Cougars’ social media page a couple weeks ago to see how they’ve set themselves up from some long-term success. Of course, they have a huge senior class (18 players), but they have just as many in their current junior and sophomore classes who will figure prominently in this year’s plans.
Some Group I programs would be lucky to have half as many players in those three classes.
“Everybody’s focused on 2024 and so am I, but being the head coach I’m looking at 2025,” Wilson said. “We have a lot of ‘isms’ on our coaching staff. One big thing we do for development is we don’t let a senior back up a senior. That’s why we’re trying to give the kids the opportunities to play.
“One thing I learned when I was at Oakcrest and Mainland, develop as many as 1½ times player as you can. That’s kind of the goal. Limit two-way players, create one-way players and your really good kids play 1½ ways. When you do that, you develop your kids for the future and, No. 2, you wear teams out. It accomplishes your short term, your near term and your long-term goals because we want to be consistent, in the mix every year. If you put all your eggs in one basket and you only play 12 kids, you see those booms and those busts.”
Cover photo: Schalick backup quarterback Ayden Jenkins (11) scores a touchdown in Friday scrimmage against Buena.
Bringing the energy
Salem, Pennsville, Schalick run through first scrimmages with lots to like, things to work on; Penns Grove, Woodstown scrimmage Tuesday
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
SALEM – Kemp Carr was not happy. Senior receiver Terrence Smith had just caught a zipper over the middle from Troy Carey for Salem’s first touchdown of the season’s first scrimmage. Everyone in blue and white should have been over the moon, but the Rams just stood around the goal line like they were waiting for another shoe to drop.
Touchdowns aren’t easy to come by – sometimes, they don’t come at all – and should be celebrated as such. But on this occasion there wasn’t even a high-five. Not even a yell. Maybe it was because it was only a scrimmage. Still, Carr wanted to let his players know such a muted response wasn’t going to be acceptable on his watch.
At first glance one might have thought the new head coach was chastising his players for something they did technically wrong even though they scored. Far from it. They did everything right and he wanted fireworks. Instead, he got the last shot of a wet Roman candle.
“We just worked as a unit to get our energy to be motivated – their brother just did something good, we crossed the barrier that gets you points on the board,” Carr said after Monday’s 90-snap exercise with Pennsville. “The scoreboard’s going ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. It’s magical. That’s the time you have fun. It’s a time for you to release that 30 seconds (of joy); run and get him.
“Where’s the excitement at where you’re excited for that player. Why are you not happy for him? You just blocked for him. Things just worked on what we’ve been working on.
“You only play the game four percent of the time; you practice 96 percent. So when we get an opportunity to do well in that four percent, it better be a party. Don’t talk to the other players, have fun with your guy. That’s fun. They know to do it, they do it in practice. They missed an opportunity of the moment. Don’t miss again.”
Carr puts the omission in the same category of walking past a teammate who had gotten knocked down on your way back to the huddle and not helping him to his feet.
“When something happens, we’re supposed to do certain things and they didn’t do the certain thing,” Carr continued. “When you have 11 being excited at the same time, it’s like dynamite going off. That’s what we want. We want dynamite. We want firecrackers. We want fireworks. We want boom, boom, boom.
“When the Phillies hit a home run, don’t fireworks go off? When the Eagles score at the Linc, don’t fireworks go off? Well, that’s our fireworks. We don’t have cannons and trickery, we’ve got each other.”
That’s just the kind of energy he’s bringing to program he once played in now as the head coach.
The starters got the message and didn’t miss the chance to celebrate when it came around again. When Pop Jackson scored in a down-and-distance drill about an hour later, the other 10 Rams on the field piled on their offensive leader in the end zone and the reserves standing behind the play sprinted downfield with their arms raised to join them.
“He’s just trying to build character, trying to build a unit with us, trying to bring us all together as a brotherhood,” Carey said. “We knew exactly what it was (Carr was doing). We’ve been talking about it all week whenever we capitalize on a big opportunity like that we want to go celebrate and have a party.”
“The energy is going to be there, I promise,” senior running back Jared Pew agreed.
Going into any new situation creates an amount of uncertainty. The coach isn’t certain about the players. The players aren’t certain about the coach.
Carr is the Rams’ third head coach in as many seasons, but he’s got something going for him that gives him an edge in the transition. He’s one of them. He played for the Rams. He understands the community and its expectations. He coached many of the parents of his current players and several of the Salem men who preceded him to their sideline.
Carr was approved to succeed Danny Mendoza in March and resumes the tradition of former Salem men at the helm of the football program. Each of the four coaches prior to Mendoza were former Rams who returned to coach their alma mater. Carr got his playing and coaching starts in the Salem youth leagues before going on to become head coach at Penns Grove and Winslow and returned to the coaching ranks this year after a six-year break in private business.
“It feels good to have a Salem guy, someone who’s around here, knows the town, coached most of our parents, things like that,” Carey said. “It feels good having a coach who knows how things are around here, understands what some people go through. It kind of gives you a better bond with your coach, helps build that relationship.”
“It is different football down here in Salem,” Pew said. “He’s been through the Salem records before, so he knows what to bring, he knows what we bring him and the community as well. There wasn’t anything wrong with (former coach Danny) Mendoza; he came in here and did well. But having like a Salem coach, knowing what the community is like, what the players are like, knowing how we are in general, it’s definitely not a bad thing.”
The scrimmage served its purpose. Both coaches saw a lot to like and things that needed to be addressed. Pennsville coach Mike Healy agreed it might have been the best first scrimmage of his tenure with the Eagles.
Both teams have game-situation scrimmages set for later in the week.
“Came out and played physical, which is what I really wanted to see,” Healy said. “There were some loud hits there, which is fun.
“First scrimmage there were some jitters there, but I thought we did a good job. Offensively and defensively we did a lot of good stuff, made a lot of big plays, but it being the first scrimmage there’s a lot of mistakes that are things that are coachable to fix. Overall, very happy with where we are.”
Stats were inconsequential, but there were big plays on both sides.
Pennsville running back Rylan Hardy had a big day. The junior rushed for 62 yards and two touchdowns on four carries and caught three passes for 45 yards and a touchdown. “His vision is incredible (the way) he sees holes and gaps,” Healy said.
Eagles quarterback Robbie McDade completed 5 of 11 passes for 65 yards and two touchdowns. Salem’s Jackson, a 1,200-yard rusher a year ago, ran for 71 yards and a TD on 10 carries, including a power run in which he broke through two waves of tackles and then carried three more to complete a 30-yard gain. Carey was 3-of-10 for 43 yards and a touchdown, but fell victim of several drops.
As for his assessment of the scrimmage, Carr said: “We’ve got some things to clean up, we got caught out of assignment couple times, but that’s what scrimmages are for. You can tell athletically we’re where we need to be, but that team (Pennsville) has been playing together for two years and you could see that versus us. As the year goes on we’re going to get better.”
Schalick: Good work done
PITTSGROVE – Schalick got 30 minutes with Lower Cape May, West Deptford and Mainland in its first scrimmage of camp. The Cougars saved the defending Group 4 state champs for last and it was all they expected it to be.
“It was intense, very intense,” Schalick coach Mike Wilson said. “We made them work, they made us work. It was a slugfest back and forth. We stood up there and that’s the best we’ve ever played against Mainland.”
Wilson was particularly interested in seeing how the Cougars’ younger players fared. He said veterans Reggie Allen and Levi Feeney-Childers “played well,” Ethan McLean and speedy David Stewart “played well,” and sophomore backup quarterback Ayden Jenkins “moved the ball on everybody.”
The matchup with Mainland was the matchup of the day. The Mustangs swept their way to the Group 4 state title last year. Schalick returns virtually its whole team that won its first 11 games before losing in the Central Jersey Group I championship game – and held their own.
“It tells me that our kids are willing to line up and play against anybody,” Wilson said. “That we can match the physicality of a big school. All our kids could care less that they were Mainland. Our kids came out, they were flying around, they were excited. Mainland made plays, we made plays. It was a good 30 minutes.”
Time for hitting
County football teams start scrimmaging Monday; Salem hosts Pennsville, defending Group 4 state champs among those visiting Schalick
THIS WEEK’S SCRIMMAGE SCHEDULE
MONDAY
Mainland, Lower Cape May, West Deptford at Schalick, 10 a.m.
Pennsville at Salem, 11 a.m.
TUESDAY
Gloucester Catholic, Maple Shade at Penns Grove, 9 a.m.
Woodstown at St. Joe (Hamm.), 9 a.m.
FRIDAY
Schalick at Buena, 10 a.m.
Salem at Absegami, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Triton, 6 p.m.
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
Salem County’s five football-playing high school teams have been working all summer and, for the last week, gearing up for their fast-approaching season openers. Outside of the various 7-on-7s that offered a modest taste of competition but isn’t quite complete football, the exercises have been largely unpadded and in house.
That all ends Monday when the teams start scrimmaging and take things to the next level by hitting someone wearing a different colored uniform.
Three of the county’s five teams get after it Monday morning – two against each other – with the remaining two teams going Tuesday.
Pennsville works out at Salem at 11 a.m. Schalick, last year’s Central Jersey Group I finalist with great expectations for 2024, hosts defending Group 4 state champion Mainland, Lower Cape May and West Deptford at 10.
Woodstown and Penns Grove, both with new head coaches, go Tuesday. The Wolverines travel to St. Joe (Hammonton) and the Red Devils host Gloucester Catholic and Maple Shade.
The mindset across the board for these initial scrimmages is simply to compete, see how players who have been banging on each other react to outside influences, to see who is ready to answer the bell and what is or isn’t working. Things will be more game-like the next time they take the field.
“One hundred percent,” Pennsville coach Mike Healy said. “A lot of it is trying to see where we are, seeing what kids step up for their first time against another team after a whole summer working against each other. Just trying to start seeing how it all comes together. With this first scrimmage I accept the mistakes, but I also expect to do some things correctly.
“We have kids who have started to really have stepped up. I’m really happy with where we are as a team right now, but it’s hard to tell because we’ve only really had one full day in pads and this will be the first time we’ll see them against someone else and you really never know how your kids are going to react the first time they go against someone else.”
The Pennsville-Salem workout will feature 10-and-10, red zone situations, a couple periods focusing on younger players, two live series with moving chains and kicking with pressure.
It will give new Rams coach Kemp Carr, a Salem man charged with bringing the program back from its first losing season in 10 years, the chance to see all the pieces he’s put together after a busy 7-v-7 summer as he strives to “build lions” for the season ahead.
“Fortitude and the willingness to play hard on every play is very rare,” Carr said. “When you get 11 guys to do it, it’s an unstoppable machine. That’s what we’re trying to get to.”
The Schalick controlled scrimmage will follow script similar to Pennsville-Salem with each team getting 30 minutes with the other.
Cougars coach Mike Wilson returns virtually the entire lineup that started the 2023 season 11-0 and is approaching Monday’s exercise like an Eagles preseason game. Veteran players like quarterback Kenai Simmons and running back Reggie Allen will see limited time while the emphasis turns to developing depth.
“Normally I wouldn’t do it, but these kids have played so much football; I don’t need to know Reggie or Kenai can play,” Wilson said. “Our goal is to play as many kids as possible. We want to look at a couple battles, look at what we’ve got.
“I told the kids at practice everybody’s back from last year, you could roll out the same lineup, but I don’t want to do that. We’ve got a lot of talent, a lot of good kids. I want to play as many as possible. All I want (Monday) is the kids to compete. We’ve been practicing hard all summer. If we do that, I’ll feel pretty good.”
Woodstown’s scrimmage Tuesday is expected to feature two 10-and-10 sets with the starters and then one with JVs. After that, they’ll work on goal-line and a down-and-distance series.
Salem County fall schedule
Here is the 2024 master schedule for Salem County high school teams. (Football games are for WJFL divisions involving Salem County teams (Diamond and Patriot); all football games are 7 p.m. unless noted, all others 4 p.m. unless noted; x-scrimmage), report changes to al.muskewitz@gmail.com
AUG. 19
FOOTBALL
x-Mainland, Lower Cape May, West Deptford at Schalick, 10 a.m.
x-Pennsville at Salem, 11 a.m.
AUG. 20
FOOTBALL
x-Gloucester Catholic, Maple Shade at Penns Grove, 9 a.m.
x-Woodstown at St. Joe (Hamm.), 9 a.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
x-Pennsville at Delsea, 10 a.m.
x-Woodstown at Ocean City, 11 a.m.
AUG. 22
FOOTBALL
x-Salem at Absegami, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
x-GCIT at Woodstown, 9 a.m.
x-Pennsville at Vineland, 10 a.m.
AUG. 23
FOOTBALL
x-Gateway at Penns Grove, 10 a.m.
x-Schalick at Buena, 10 a.m.
x-Pennsville at Triton, 6 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
x-Gateway at Woodstown, 9 a.m.
AUG. 26
GIRLS TENNIS
x-GCIT at Pennsville, 9 a.m.
Mainland at Schalick
GIRLS SOCCER
x-Salem at Maple Shade, 9 a.m.
AUG. 27
FIELD HOCKEY
x-Schalick at Cumberland, 9 a.m.
BOYS SOCCER
x-Woodbury at Penns Grove, 9 a.m.
x-Schalick at Clearview, 9:30 a.m.
x-Lower Cape May at Salem, 10 a.m.
x-Salem Tech at Pennsauken Tech, 3:45 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
x-Penns Grove at Paulsboro, 9 a.m.
x-Salem at Cumberland, 10 a.m.
Clearview at Schalick
GIRLS TENNIS
x-Penns Grove at Deptford, 10 a.m.
x-Salem at Lower Cape May, 10 a.m.
AUG. 28
GIRLS TENNIS
Pennsville at West Deptford, 10 a.m.
BOYS SOCCER
x-Cumberland at Woodstown, 10 a.m.
x-Pemberton at Salem Tech, 10:30 a.m.
AUG. 29
FOOTBALL
Collingswood at Clayton, TBA
West Deptford vs. Manchester Twp., 10 a.m. (at Ocean City)
Pennsville at Gloucester City, 6 p.m.
x-Pitman at Woodstown, 6 p.m.
FIELD HOCKEY
x-Woodstown at Collingswood, 10 a.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
x-Bridgeton at Penns Grove, 9 a.m.
x-Woodstown at Haddon Twp., 9 a.m.
x-Pennsville at Woodbury, 10 a.m.
Schalick at Cumberland
BOYS SOCCER
x-Penns Grove at Bridgeton, 9 a.m.
x-Woodbury at Pennsville, 10 a.m.
x-Highland at Salem, 3:30 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
x-Penns Grove at Bridgeton, 9 a.m.
Pennsville at Cumberland, 10 a.m.
AUG. 30
FOOTBALL
Schalick vs. Cedar Grove, 9:30 a.m. (at Egg Harbor Twp.)
FIELD HOCKEY
x-Schalick at Ocean City, 10 a.m.
BOYS SOCCER
x-Schalick at Moorestown Friends, 9 a.m.
x-Woodstown at Williamstown, 10 a.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
x-Lindenwold at Penns Grove, 9 a.m.
AUG. 31
FOOTBALL
Penns Grove at Paulsboro, 10 a.m.
Willingboro at Salem, noon
SEPT. 3
FIELD HOCKEY
x-GCIT at Woodstown
BOYS SOCCER
x-Clayton at Penns Grove
x-Woodstown at GCIT
GIRLS SOCCER
x-GCIT at Woodstown
x-Penns Grove at Clayton
GIRLS TENNIS
Gloucester Catholic at Salem
Pennsville at Penns Grove
Schalick at Overbrook
Woodstown at Glassboro
SEPT. 4
BOYS SOCCER
x-Pennsville at Cumberland
GIRLS SOCCER
x-Pitman at Penns Grove
SEPT. 5
BOYS SOCCER
Palmyra at Schalick
GIRLS TENNIS
Salem at Wildwood
Schalick at Gloucester Catholic
Woodstown at Pennsville
FIELD HOCKEY
Audubon at Pennsville
SEPT. 6
FOOTBALL
Overbrook at Collingswood, 6 p.m.
Penns Grove at Deptford, 6 p.m.
KIPP Cooper Norcross at Camden Catholic, TBA
Cumberland at Schalick
Delsea at Woodstown
West Deptford at Pennsville
GIRLS SOCCER
Deptford at Pennsville
SEPT. 7
FOOTBALL
Paulsboro at Audubon, TBA
Haddonfield at Woodbury, 10:30 a.m.
Glassboro at Haddon Heights, 11 a.m.
Cinnaminson at Salem, noon
GIRLS SOCCER
Schalick at Cherokee
SEPT. 9
FIELD HOCKEY
Paulsboro at Pennsville
GIRLS TENNIS
Woodstown at West Deptford
BOYS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Gloucester Co. Christian, 3:45 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Gloucester Co. Christian at Penns Grove
SEPT. 10
FIELD HOCKEY
Schalick at Triton
GIRLS TENNIS
Glassboro at Penns Grove
Gloucester Catholic at Woodstown
Salem at Schalick
Wildwood at Pennsville
BOYS SOCCER
Wildwood at Pennsville
Wildwood at Woodstown
GIRLS SOCCER
Woodstown at Wildwood
SEPT. 11
GIRLS TENNIS
Triton at Pennsville
SEPT. 12
FIELD HOCKEY
Deptford at Woodstown
Glassboro at Schalick
Salem at Pennsville
BOYS SOCCER
Clayton at Salem
Salem Tech at Pennsville
Schalick at Overbrook
Woodstown at Penns Grove
GIRLS SOCCER
Overbrook at Schalick
Pennsville at Glassboro
Pitman at Salem Tech
Salem at Clayton
Penns Grove at Woodstown
GIRLS TENNIS
Penns Grove at Woodstown
Pennsville at Schalick
SEPT. 13
FOOTBALL
Audubon at Bordentown, 6 p.m.
Collingswood at West Deptford
Schalick at Woodstown
GIRLS TENNIS
Penns Grove at Lindenwold
Vineland at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
SEPT. 14
FOOTBALL
Camden Catholic at Paulsboro, TBA
Salem at Woodbury, 10:30 a.m.
Pennsville at Overbrook, 11 a.m.
Glassboro at Penns Grove, noon
FIELD HOCKEY
Woodstown at Washington Twp.
SEPT. 16
FIELD HOCKEY
Schalick at OLMA
BOYS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Glassboro
Salem at Pennsville
Wildwood at Salem Tech
Woodstown at Schalick
GIRLS SOCCER
Glassboro at Penns Grove
Pennsville at Overbrook
Pitman at Salem
Salem Tech at Wildwood
Schalick at Woodstown
GIRLS TENNIS
Glassboro at Salem
Schalick at Penns Grove
Woodstown at Overbrook
SEPT. 17
CROSS COUNTRY
Pennsville, Penns Grove, Schalick, Woodstown at Cumberland
FIELD HOCKEY
Deptford at Salem
Pennsville at Gloucester Catholic
Woodstown at Schalick
SEPT. 18
BOYS SOCCER
Clayton at Schalick
Gloucester Catholic at Woodstown
Pitman at Pennsville
Salem at Overbrook
Salem Tech at Glassboro
Wildwood at Penns Grove
GIRLS SOCCER
Glassboro at Salem Tech
Overbrook at Salem
Pennsville at Pitman
Penns Grove at Wildwood
Schalick at Clayton
Woodstown at Gloucester Catholic
GIRLS TENNIS
Overbrook at Pennsville
Penns Grove at Wildwood
Salem at Pitman
Woodstown at Schalick
SEPT. 19
BOYS SOCCER
Pennsville at Gateway
Woodstown at Audubon, 7 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Audubon at Woodstown
Gateway at Pennsville
FIELD HOCKEY
Gloucester Catholic at Schalick
Pennsville at Glassboro
Salem at Overbrook
Woodstown vs. Delsea (Total Turf)
SEPT. 20
FOOTBALL
Overbrook at Florence, 6 p.m.
Paulsboro at Collingswood, 6 p.m.
Salem at Glassboro, 6 p.m.
Audubon at Pennsville
Penns Grove at Schalick
West Deptford at Camden Catholic
Woodbury at Woodstown
BOYS SOCCER
Paulsboro at Salem Tech
Salem at Burlington Twp.
GIRLS SOCCER
Buena at Salem
Salem Tech at Paulsboro
Schalick at Williamstown
GIRLS TENNIS
Mainland at Woodstown
SEPT. 21
CROSS COUNTRY
Salem at Cumberland
SEPT. 23
BOYS SOCCER
Paulsboro at Pennsville (Foglein Bowl)
GIRLS SOCCER
Pennsville at Paulsboro
FIELD HOCKEY
Clayton at Salem
Pennsville at Woodstown
Schalick at Overbrook
GIRLS TENNIS
Clearview at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
SEPT. 24
BOYS SOCCER
Glassboro at Schalick
Gloucester Catholic at Salem
Overbrook at Woodstown
Pennsville at Wildwood
Pitman at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Clayton, 7 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Pennsville
Salem at Gloucester Catholic
Schalick at Glassboro
Woodstown at Overbrook
Salem Tech at Clayton, 5 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Glassboro at Pennsville
Penns Grove at Gloucester Catholic
Schalick at Pitman
Woodstown at Salem
SEPT. 25
FIELD HOCKEY
Deptford at Schalick
Gloucester Catholic at Salem
Overbrook at Woodstown
SEPT. 26
BOYS SOCCER
Clayton at Pennsville
Penns Grove at Overbrook
Salem Tech at Gloucester Catholic
Wildwood at Salem
Woodstown at Glassboro
GIRLS SOCCER
Glassboro at Woodstown
Gloucester Catholic at Salem Tech
Pennsville at Schalick
Salem at Wildwood
Overbrook at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Overbrook at Schalick
Penns Grove at Pennsville
Salem at Gloucester Catholic
Woodstown at Cedar Creek
SEPT. 27
FOOTBALL
Woodbury at Glassboro, 6 p.m.
Woodstown at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Camden Catholic
FIELD HOCKEY
Salem at Hammongton
Schalick at Cumberland
SEPT. 28
FOOTBALL
Collingswood at Haddon Twp., 10:30 a.m.
Overbrook at Paulsboro, 11 a.m.
West Deptford at Audubon, 11 a.m.
Schalick at Salem, noon
BOYS SOCCER
Salem at Paulsboro, 11 a.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Salem at Paulsboro, 9 a.m.
Schalick at Cinnaminson
SEPT. 30
FIELD HOCKEY
Oakcrest at Schalick
Woodstown at Cumberland
BOYS SOCCER
Pennsville at Gloucester Catholic
Pitman at Woodstown
Salem at Salem Tech
GIRLS SOCCER
Salem Tech at Salem
Schalick at Penns Grove
Woodstown at Pennsville
GIRLS TENNIS
Pennsville at Woodstown
Penns Grove at Overbrook
Schalick at Cedar Creek
Wildwood at Salem
OCT. 1
FIELD HOCKEY
Pennsville at Clayton
Salem at St. Joseph Academy
Schalick at Gloucester City
Woodstown at Glassboro
CROSS COUNTRY
Pennsville, Penns Grove, Salem, Woodstown at Salem Tech, 3:30 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Salem at Winslow Twp., 3:45 p.m.
OCT. 2
BOYS SOCCER
Glassboro at Salem
Penns Grove at Gloucester Catholic
Pitman at Salem Tech
Woodstown at Pennsville
GIRLS SOCCER
Gloucester Catholic at Penns Grove
Pitman at Woodstown
Salem at Glassboro
Salem Tech at Pennsville
OCT. 3
BOYS SOCCER
Collingswood at Pennsville
GIRLS SOCCER
Glassboro at Schalick
GIRLS TENNIS
NJSIAA Playoffs
FIELD HOCKEY
Schalick at Pennsville
Woodstown at Salem
OCT. 4
FOOTBALL
Haddon Heights at Camden Catholic, TBA
Deptford at Glassboro
Penns Grove at Pennsville
Pleasantville at Woodstown
Sterling at Collingswood
West Deptford at Haddonfield
Woodbury at Gateway
BOYS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Cumberland
GIRLS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Cumberland, 6:30 p.m.
OCT. 5
FOOTBALL
Schalick at Paulsboro, 10:30 a.m.
Clayton at Overbrook, 11 a.m.
Middle Twp. at Salem, noon
BOYS SOCCER
Northern Burlington at Woodstown, 10 a.m.
OCT. 7
FIELD HOCKEY
Pennsville at Salem
Schalick at Glassboro
Woodstown at Deptford
BOYS SOCCER
Pennsville at Gloucester City
Woodstown at Gateway
GIRLS SOCCER
Paulsboro at Penns Grove
Pennsville at Gloucester City, 7 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Haddon Heights at Penns Grove
Schalick at Mainland
OCT. 8
BOYS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Woodstown
Pennsville at Salem Tech
Salem at Clayton
GIRLS SOCCER
Clayton at Salem
Glassboro at Pennsville
Salem Tech at Pitman
Schalick at Overbrook
Woodstown at Penns Grove
GIRLS TENNIS
Woodstown at Wildwood
CROSS COUNTRY
Schalick TBA
OCT. 9
FIELD HOCKEY
Gloucester Catholic at Pennsville
Schalick at Woodstown
GIRLS TENNIS
Haddon Heights at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m.
Woodstown at Millville, 3:45 p.m.
CROSS COUNTRY
Salem County Championship, Schalick, 3:30 p.m.
OCT. 10
FOOTBALL
Delran at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
Glassboro at Penns Grove
Pennsville at Salem
Salem Tech at Wildwood
Schalick at Woodstown
GIRLS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Glassboro
Overbrook at Pennsville
Salem at Pitman
Wildwood at Salem Tech
Woodstown at Schalick
GIRLS TENNIS
Schalick at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m.
Woodstown at Penns Grove
FIELD HOCKEY
Gateway at Pennsville
Salem at Maple Shade
Schalick at Mainland, 4:15 p.m.
OCT. 11
FOOTBALL
Audubon at Collingswood, 6 p.m.
Glassboro at Cinnaminson, 6 p.m.
Schalick at Gloucester City, 6 p.m.
Salem at West Deptford
FIELD HOCKEY
Cumberland at Salem
Woodstown at Ocean City
GIRLS SOCCER
Audubon at Schalick
Salem at Gateway
BOYS SOCCER
Salem at Haddon Heights
OCT. 12
FOOTBALL
Pennsville at Paulsboro, 10:30 a.m.
Willingboro at Woodbury, 10:30 a.m.
Camden Catholic at Overbrook, 11 a.m.
Woodstown at Haddon Heights, 11 a.m.
Delran at Penns Grove, noon
OCT. 14
BOYS SOCCER
Salem at Highland
Woodstown at Clayton
GIRLS SOCCER
Woodstown at Triton
OCT. 15
CROSS COUNTRY
Pennsville, Penns Grove, Salem, Woodstown at Kingsway, 3:30 p.m.
Schalick TBA
FIELD HOCKEY
Deptford at Pennsville
Glassboro at Salem
St. Joe’s at Schalick
Woodstown at Gloucester Catholic
GIRLS TENNIS
Gloucester Catholic at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m.
Pitman at Woodstown
Salem at Penns Grove
Wildwood at Schalick, 4:15 p.m.
OCT. 16
BOYS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Pennsville
Pitman at Salem
Woodstown at Salem Tech
GIRLS SOCCER
Gloucester Catholic at Schalick
Salem at Pennsville
Salem Tech at Woodstown
GIRLS TENNIS
Haddon Heights at Schalick
OCT. 17
FIELD HOCKEY
Overbrook at Schalick
Salem at Clayton
Woodstown at Clearview
GIRLS TENNIS
Overbrook at Woodstown
Penns Grove at Schalick
Salem at Glassboro
OCT. 18
FOOTBALL
Pennsville at Lawrence, 6:30 p.m.
Collingswood at Camden Catholic
Glassboro at Schalick
Paulsboro at West Deptford
FIELD HOCKEY
Egg Harbor Twp. at Woodstown
BOYS SOCCER
Clayton at Salem Tech
Penns Grove at Pitman
Salem at Gloucester Catholic
Woodstown at Overbrook
GIRLS SOCCER
Clayton at Salem Tech
Gloucester Catholic at Salem
Penns Grove at Pennsville
Overbrook at Woodstown
GIRLS TENNIS
Pennsville at Salem
Penns Grove at Pitman
Schalick at Glassboro
OCT. 19
FOOTBALL
Penns Grove at Woodbury, 10:30 a.m.
Audubon at Overbrook, 11 a.m.
Woodstown at Salem, noon
GIRLS SOCCER
Cherry Hill West at Schalick
OCT. 21
FIELD HOCKEY
Salem at Gloucester Catholic
Schalick at Deptford
Woodstown at Overbrook
GIRLS TENNIS
Pennsville at Overbrook, 3:45 p.m.
Pitman at Salem
Schalick at Woodstown
BOYS SOCCER
Bridgeton at Penns Grove
Salem at Camden County Tech
OCT. 22
BOYS SOCCER
Glassboro at Woodstown
Gloucester Catholic at Salem Tech
Overbrook at Penns Grove
Pennsville at Clayton
Salem at Wildwood
GIRLS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Overbrook
Salem Tech at Gloucester Catholic
Schalick at Pennsville
Wildwood at Salem
Woodstown at Glassboro
GIRLS TENNIS
Woodstown at Haddon Heights
OCT. 23
FIELD HOCKEY
Pennsville at Overbrook
Salem at Schalick
GIRLS TENNIS
Glassboro at Woodstown
Pitman at Pennsville
Salem at Overbrook
Wildwood at Penns Grove
CROSS COUNTRY
Tri-County Showcase
OCT. 24
FIELD HOCKEY
Woodstown at Hammonton
BOYS SOCCER
Gloucester Catholic at Pennsville
Woodstown at Pitman
Salem Tech at Salem
Schalick at Penns Grove
GIRLS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Schalick
Salem at Salem Tech
Pennsville at Woodstown
CROSS COUNTRY
Pennsville, Woodstown at Cumberland
OCT. 25
FOOTBALL
Woodstown at Glassboro, 6 p.m.
Audubon at Camden Catholic, TBA
Paulsboro at Clayton, TBA
Collingswood at Pennsville
Overbrook at West Deptford
Woodbury at Schalick
BOYS SOCCER
Salem Tech at Wildwood Catholic
OCT. 26
FOOTBALL
Salem at Penns Grove, noon
OCT. 28
BOYS SOCCER
Pennsville at Overbrook
Salem at Penns Grove
Salem Tech at Schalick
GIRLS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Salem
Pennsville at Wildwood
Schalick at Salem Tech
OCT. 29
FIELD HOCKEY
Clayton at Pennsville
Glassboro at Woodstown
NOV. 1
GIRLS SOCCER
Woodstown at Clayton
CROSS COUNTRY
Sectionals
NOV. 9
CROSS COUNTRY
NJSIAA Group Championships
NOV. 27
FOOTBALL
Camden Catholic at Paul VI, TBA
NOV. 28
FOOTBALL
Haddon Twp. at Audubon, TBA
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