Category: SCHALICK

Double the fun

Pennsville softball rips four first-inning doubles on the way to a division-controlling win over Pitman; includes scores and highlights from Friday’s Salem County sports action

SOFTBALL
Cape May Tech 16, Salem 2
Cumberland 13, Woodstown 6
Pennsville 8, Pitman 1
BASEBALL
Cumberland 7, Woodstown 0
Pennsville 9, Pitman 6
Salem Tech at Atlantic City
TENNIS
Delsea 3, Woodstown 2
Schalick at Penns Grove
GOLF
Audubon 165, Pennsville 221
Lower Cape May 161, Schalick 166
Overbrook 202, Salem Tech 214
GIRLS LACROSSE
Woodstown 20, Millville 3
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Camden 6, Salem CC 1

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

PENNSVILLE — The players on the Pennsville softball team were arriving at second base so often in the first inning Friday one would have thought stopping at first base was just a suggestion.

The Eagles produced three straight RBI doubles from the heart of their batting order in the first inning and a two-run two-bagger later in the inning to set the stage for an 8-1 win over Pitman that gave them complete control of the TCC Classic Division race.

The Eagles (7-1) hit five doubles for the second game in a row. Kylie Harris, the recognized Queen of the Double, hit two. It was such a complete win, eight players got a hit and six scored. Graillyn Weber came within one out of posting their third straight shutout.

Pennsville took control of their straight win from the start. Lily Edwards started the inning with a single and stole second. After Weber flew out to deep right, the Eagles got consecutive RBI doubles from Harris (the 45th of her career), Avery Watson and Kenzie Widener.

“That was so crazy,” Harris said. “I think we just connected the ball really well and found the gaps. I’ve never seen three doubles hit in a row like that, but that was the best feeling ever, especially here on our field. Probably maybe we’ve had three doubles, but never back-to-back like that. That was awesome.”

Later in the inning, Taylor Bass hit her first career double to drive in the last two runs of the inning. Harris hit her 46th career double later in the game and scored the Eagles’ final run on an RBI single by Widener. The Eagles have hit 24 doubles this season, half of which have come on their home field.

“It’s just like a momentum thing,” Watson said. “We all see each other ripping line drives off this girl – both of them were great pitchers – and we gave each other advice coming into the dugout and saw what we saw up there.

“Taylor’s (double) was really exciting. Seeing someone new to the game ripping a double out there is really exciting and it gets everyone hyped in the dugout. We were all talking like I’ve never seen this many doubles in a row before. It was just exciting. That’s what keeps us going.”

The Eagles don’t need extra-base hits in order to score. They used aggressive baserunning and Pitman errors to score two more runs in the second inning and extend the lead to 7-0. The next inning the Panthers brought in Listella Eisenhart to pitch and the sophomore lefthander kept the Eagles off the board until the sixth.

The big early lead made it more comfortable for Weber to throw strikes. She gave up just one hit over the first four innings, facing just three batters over the minimum, and kept the Panthers off the board until she tired in the seventh. The Panthers loaded the bases and scored on Cassidy Batten’s sacrifice fly and then Weber ended the game on the next pitch. It was the first run Pennsville allowed since Haddon Heights’ walk-off homer last Friday.

She gave up five hits, struck out three and walked one (in the seventh inning).

“I threw pretty good,” Weber said. “I probably could’ve been better on a few pitches, but I did pretty good. I’m happy with my results.”

The defense kept the shutout bid alive. The biggest run-saver came in the fifth when Eisenhart led off with a triple and with Delaney Pierson showing bunt, catcher Harris threw behind Eisenhart and got her in a rundown, where she was easily tagged out. Pierson wound up singling that would’ve gotten the run home.

Harris almost turned a double play two batters later when she caught a foul pop, but threw too high to first to get a runner who strayed too far off the base. Watson turned a nifty double play going to the backhand side earlier in the game and made two diving stops to keep singles from going into the outfield for potentially extra bases. And Reagan Wariwanchik snared a rising liner at second base that looked like it was headed into the outfield.

“They helped me a lot; I really appreciate it,” Weber said. “There were a lot of good plays made today, that honestly made me happy. I’m glad that our defense got a little chance when I’m pitching to field a little bit because I know they don’t get a lot. I tried to keep my arms to myself when I was pitching today a little more.”

CUMBERLAND 13, WOODSTOWN 6: Ellie Wygand went 4-for-4 at the top of the Woodstown lineup, but the Wolverines were in catch-up mode all day after the Colts erupted for seven runs with two outs in the home first.

Woodstown pitcher Leah Clark retired the first two batters she faced, then the Colts put together a walk and seven straight hits. The Wolverines cut into their deficit with three runs in the third on Macie Moore’s RBI triple, an RBI single by Wygand, and Madison LaPalomento’s run-scoring ground out, but the Colts got them all back in the fifth.

CAPE MAY TECH 16, SALEM 2: The Hawks broke open a close game with nine runs in the third inning. and Emma Oravits held the Rams to one hit.

The big inning was highlighted by a two-run single from Addison LeSage and a two-run triple from Melissa Rivello. Madison Johnson had Salem’s only hit, a third-inning single. Oravits faced the minimum through three innings thanks to a pair of double plays.

BASEBALL

PENNSVILLE 9, PITMAN 6: The Eagles rallied from a 6-2 deficit with seven runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings and reliever Gavin Spears was sharp on the mound after a rough start to score the divisional win.

Logan Streitz started tor the Eagles and pitched into the second inning on 30 pitches to prep for Saturday’s Steal Your Base (Williamstown) Tournament start against Kingsway. Spears was tabbed for 30 pitches as well, but after he gave up five runs in the third inning the Eagles just had him eat innings.

It turned out to be a good move. After finding himself, Spears held the Panthers hitless over the last four innings, facing just two batters over the minimum, while the Eagles rallied. Spears went 5 2/3 innings and struck out 12.

The Eagles (7-1) tied the game in the fifth when the Panthers misplayed Logan Cowperthwiat’s fly to right into a pair of run. They took the lead in the sixth when Mason O’Brien scored on a wild pitch and extended it on RBI singles by Jake Layfield and Mike McClincy.

“(Spears) went to work on the mound, pitched very well, pounded the zone and challenge hitters,” Pennsville coach Matt Karr said. “The offense chipped away and kept winning innings and we found a way to win. I’m proud of their effort to dig out of the hole on the road against a division opponent.”

CUMBERLAND 7, WOODSTOWN 0: Kameron Fiorani and Peyton Brennan shut out the Wolverines on five hits and Fiorani hit a two-run homer in the sixth to put an exclamation point on the performance.

Fiorani went the first six innings, giving up five hits, walking four and striking out five. Brenner set the Wolverines down in order in the seventh.

The Wolverines mounted a few threats, getting five runners in scoring position, but Fiorani got out of them every time. His defense helped with two double plays.

GOLF

LOWER CAPE MAY 161, SCHALICK 166: Schalick senior Seth Fisher birdied 4 and 5 at Centerton CC to shoot even-par 35 and win medalist honors, but Lower Cape May posted two scores in the 30s to win the match. Cole Bade shot 37 and Alex Sekela 39 to lead the Caper Tigers.

The girls teams also played and LCM’s Lina Tastevin posted the low round (49). Jasmine Hunt shot Schalick’s low score (57).

AUDUBON 165, PENNSVILLE 221: The Green Wave posted the four lowest scores of the day to win the match. Ben Cameron was Audubon’s low man (40). Trevor Hann led Pennsville with a 48.

OVERBROOK 202, SALEM TECH 214: Joseph Linane parred his last three holes to shoot 4-over 40 at Kresson GC and lead the Rams to victory. Sophia Conto shot the Chargers’ low round (46).

GIRLS LACROSSE

WOODSTOWN 20, MILLVILLE 3: Delaney Walker moved closer to 200 career goals when she scored five and Arianna Hyman pumped in four to help the Wolverines snap a three-game losing streak.

Walker now has 195 career goals. Her first chance at the milestone will be April 28 at home against West Deptford. Isabella Lindenmuth, Angelina Lindenmuth, Blair Baldi and Emma Perry scored two goals apiece for the Wolverines (5-3).

TENNIS

DELSEA 3, WOODSTOWN 2
Zeph Kell (D) def. Drew Stengel, 6-4, 6-2
Eli Croce (D) def. Mason Shimp, 6-2, 6-1
Zach Natalie (D) def. Luke Shaw, 6-2, 6-4
Vincent Merendino-Nick DiTeodoro (Wo) def. Jacob Bramble-Jude Thompson, 4-6, 7-6 (7-0), 10-8
Connor Miller-Josh King (Wo) def. Marcus Saigueiro-Seth Bui, 7-5, 6-1.
Records: Delsea 7-1, Woodstown 8-3

College baseball

FRIDAY’S REGION XIX GAMES
Camden 6, Salem CC 1
Brookdale 22, Union 4
Mercer 25, Morris 7
Northampton 14, Atlantic Cape 4
Middlesex 13, RCSJ-Cumberland 7
Bergen 29, Delaware County 7
Lackawanna 19, Delaware Tech 9

BLACKWOOD — Two Camden pitchers held Salem CC to two singles and off the scoreboard until the ninth inning to beat the Mighty Oaks in their series opener 6-1.

Nick Mokienko, a freshman right-hander with a sub-1.50 ERA, worked the first 7 2/3 innings and gave up one hit while striking out 11. He hasn’t allowed an earned run in his last six appearances (24 innings). Michael Manera came in behind him and gave up one hit and the Mighty Oaks’ only run.

Until the ninth, the only hit the Mighty Oaks mustered was Colin McLaughlin’s leadoff single in the fifth. Mokienko faced only one batters over the minimum through the first four innings

The Mighty Oaks finally got on the board in the ninth. Jason LeBold led off the inning by getting hit by a pitch for the 15th time this season and Tyler Hacker singled. The runners pulled off a double steal and LeBold rode home on Roman Hernandez; sacrifice fly.

The Cougars scored two runs in each of the first two innings. C Hudson delivered a two-out two-run single off Pat Seitzinger in the first and I Monteith hit a two-run double in the second.

The series concludes with a noon doubleheader Saturday at the Carneys Point Rec Complex.





Thursday sports report

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

BASEBALL
Penns Grove 14, Bridgeton 4: Tim Zamorano went 2-for-4 with four RBIs and the Red Devils answered Bridgeton’s two in the first with eight in the bottom of the dining to snap a three-game losing streak. Bristol Scott and Juan Feliciano both had two hits and Yadiel Sierra Soto had two RBIs. Dylan Hyatt pitched a five-inning complete game, striking out 10.

SOFTBALL
Sterling 17, Schalick 16: The Silver Knights rallied for six runs in the top of the seventh, then denied the Cougars in the bottom of the inning to win it. Schalick rallied from a 10-5 deficit with six in the fourth inning and led 15-11 after five innings. It was the second wild one-run game in as many days for Schalick, which beat Pitman 11-10 on Wednesday.

TENNIS
WOODSTOWN 3, CUMBERLAND 2
Drew Stengel (Wo) def. Carter Fischer, 6-3, 6-4
Joseph Nolan (Cu) def. Mason Shimp, 6-2, 7-5
Luke Shaw (Wo) def. Justin Nolan, 6-4, 6-4
Nick DiTeodoro-Vincent Merendino (Wo) def. Mason Staffieri-Ryker Barlie, 6-3, 6-1
Lukas Henninger-Jeff Basile (Cu) def. Connor Miller-Josh King, 6-2, 6-4
Records: Woodstown 8-2, Cumberland 4-3

PENNSVILLE 4, PITMAN 1
Nolan Russell (Pi) def. Sawyer Humphrey, 6-0, 2-6, 14-12
Lucas Cooksey (Pe) def. Liam Etter, 6-1, 6-0
Ian Peacock (Pe) def. Ben Williams, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4
Coen Rinnier-Jacob Cheeseman (Pe) def. Spencer Bianchini-Jonah Raymer, 6-0, 6-2
Lucas Thomas-Matthew Forino (Pe) def. Ezra Ralph-Ayden Epley, 6-0, 6-3
Records: Pennsville 7-5, Pitman 4-4

TRACK
Woodstown at Lenape Field Day
Pennsville at Penns Grove

BOYS GOLF
Schalick 168, Pennsville 223: Mikey Nelson won medalist honors with a 4-over-par 40 and all four of the Cougars’ counters played better than bogey golf at Sakima CC to win the match. Caden Thomas had Pennsville’s low round (51).

Highland 168, Woodstown 174: Highland teammates Mac Weldon, Lucas Calabro and Michael Comorote and Woodstown’s Logan Jones all shot 6-over 41 to share medalist honors at Town & Country GL.

BOYS LACROSSE
Mainland 12, Woodstown 7: Liam Kennedy scored four goals for the second time in three games for Mainland.

On a faster track

Woodstown boys hand Mason 399th T&F coaching win, milestone could come vs. former team; Schalick wins girls meet in final 200 meters of 4×400; includes scores from Wednesday’s Salem County sports calendar

BASEBALL
Pennsville 15, Penns Grove 1
Schalick 16, Pitman 4:
Woodstown 10, Salem 0
Salem Tech 10, Cape May Tech 2
SOFTBALL
Pennsville 21, Penns Grove 0
Woodstown 14, Salem 0
Schalick 11, Pitman 10
BOYS GOLF
West Deptford 162, Schalick 178
Gloucester Catholic 157, Salem Tech 220
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick 206, Delsea 246
TENNIS
Woodstown 5, Timber Creek 0
Pennsville 5, Schalick 0
BOYS TRACK
Woodstown 88, Schalick 46
Pennsville at Glassboro
Penns Grove at Overbrook
Salem 77, Pitman 6
GIRLS TRACK
Schalick 74, Woodstown 66
Salem 66, Pitman 40
GIRLS LACROSSE
Mainland 15, Woodstown 3

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

WOODSTOWN – For the last couple years, at least during the cycle of its current seniors, the success of Woodstown’s boys track program was carried on the legs of its long and middle distance runners. “The Four Horsemen” as they’ve been called garnered the points the Wolverines scored every meet through the various events in which they competed and anything else was considered a bonus.

They’ve won some, contended in most, with that approach. But since longtime county track coach Tom Mason came out of retirement to take over the team this spring, the Wolverines have added more elements to their arsenal, elements that make them much more dangerous in the major meets that follow the rest of the spring.

One of the first things Mason expressed upon arrival was a desire to develop jumpers and throwers and sprinters and technical hurdlers to go with the headline runners. Those pieces were on full display Wednesday as the Wolverines ran past rival Schalick 88-46 in a meet that was Mason’s 399th career dual meet victory.

Thrower Aidan Taulane won the shot put and discus, breaking his own school record in the latter. Eli Ceasar and Andrew White posted personal bests in going 1-2, respectively, in the high jump. They also went 1-2 in the triple jump, with White winning the event.

“I’m going to say this and try to say this humbly,” Mason said. “For the county meets it puts us in a better position against the powerhouse Schalick and the Penns Grove team. It puts us in a better position. I’m going to start with that before we comment about farther down the road. If the jumpers alone, if they keep competing the way they are, they could score at least 20-25 points at sections.”

“It shows that we’re a developed team and shows the quality of a coach that we have in that he really forced the program in all areas,” said senior Josh Crawford, one of the aforementioned Four Horsemen. “Within a month or maybe even less he made us into not just the Four Horseman but an entire team. I think it shows our entire team has heart now and we definitely are going to put up much better scores, much better show-outs for the colleges that are looking at my teammates and things of that nature. We’re such a well-rounded team now.”

Taulane broke the school record in the discus he set two weeks ago, sending the disc 166-feet, 1-inch in his second throw. Then he stepped over to the shot put pit a few feet to his right and won that event at 44-8. He hasn’t lost his event in a dual meet since his sophomore but, it was finishing one place out of qualifying for the state meet as a sophomore that has really motivated him these past two seasons.

“It shows that Woodstown’s not just the 4-by-8 team like everybody used to say and what they’re going to see at the sectionals and states is there’s more to Woodstown,” Taulane said. “I think it gives us a good chance to win it all. Nothing is guaranteed, but I think we have a pretty good chance.”

While the boys meet was so much a runaway they didn’t even run the 4×400 relay on that side, the girls meet came down to the wire, literally the final 200 meters of the day.

Schalick pulled out a 74-66 victory, but had to win the final event of the day – the 4×400 relay – to avoid a rare loss in the series. The Cougars had a three-point lead going into the day’s final event but had to win the two-team race to secure enough points for the victory. They actually trailed with about 200 meters to go, but anchor Caylen Taylor made up the deficit and pulled away bringing it home.

“It was obviously stressful.,” Schalick coach Missy Pine said. “We were down, we had some girls get injured while we were here, we had some girls not be able to compete, so for the girls who were able to step up and push and do their best I cannot tell you how proud I am of all of them. And I couldn’t be prouder of that 4×4 team that just went out there and fought with everything they had for that win.”

It was the first time the Cougars had run the race all spring, but they handled it like veterans. They hit the wire in 4:25.7. Woodstown finished in 4:32.5.

Lia Covely, normally Woodstown’s anchor, staked the Wolverines to four-second lead after the opening leg, but Jaelynn Jarmon closed it to basically a dead-heat at the mid-point of the race. Kylie Parvin had the Cougars in the lead again after the third leg, but Kyrsten Dussault caught Schalick anchor Caylen Taylor on the back straightaway and actually pulled ahead briefly before Taylor, supporting Pine’s strategy of putting a good distance runner at the end of relay for endurance sake, kicked it into another gear in the home stretch.

“This is my senior season and I really did not want to get the first loss against Woodstown,” Taylor said. “I really just wanted to go out and give it my all. I knew how much it meant to my coaches and my team and I just wanted to give it my all. I knew it was going to come down to this, so I was mentally preparing myself so I wanted to give it my all and whatever the outcome was I’d be happy with it as long as I did my best. I felt like Jell-O at the end.”

Woodstown coach Kim Kraky called the loss “disheartening.” The Woodstown girls hadn’t beaten the Cougars often, and only once in the County Meet, but they were thisclose this time.

The Wolverines had several multiple winners. Abby Marino won the 800, 1600 and 3200. Covely won both hurdles. Sara Lodge won the shot and discus. And Kami Casiano won the high jump and triple jump, setting the school record in the former with the bar set taller than she is.

Karlie Bakley won the two sprints for Schalick and ran its leadoff leg in the 4×400.

In one of the more anticipated races of the day, Schalick’s David Stewart beat Woodstown’s Josh Crawford by four-tenths of a second to win the boys 400. Stewart also won the 100, a race he runs just “to get my legs moving,” and the long jump.

“It was something I was looking forward to,” Stewart said of the 400. “Last year we faced off at our track and I beat him, so I knew the next time we faced off, which was today, he was going to come back stronger, faster, but I’ve been training, too. I knew it was going to be a tough match. I kind of paced off (Woodstown’s Karson Chew) to the 200 and once I hit the 200 I kicked and I had a really strong kick and I think my kick was stronger than theirs and I finished the race strong.”

“I feel like going into my races when I know the competition I’m up against I get into my head a little bit,” Crawford said. “That part I need to focus more on my strategy. Changing strategy, changing mindset and I’ll have plenty more races to go up against my good opponents.”

Crawford came back and won his specialty, the 800, standing his ground against Steve Chomo, who pushed him to a PR when they raced on the Cougars’ track last year. Jacob Marino, another of the Four Horsemen, won the 1600 and 3200.

The boys win left Mason one shy of 400 for his Hall of Fame coaching career. The milestone win could come as early as April 27, ironically, against the school with which he had built so much of his coaching success, Penns Grove

This story will be updated.

Caylen Taylor brings home the 4×400 relay, the final event of the day, to secure the Schalick girls’ victory over Woodstown.

BOYS MEET
WOODSTOWN 88, SCHALICK 46
400 Hurdles: Jacob Carter, Schalick, 1:02.2
100: David Stewart, Schalick, 11.0
1600: Jacob Marino, Woodstown, 4:49
400: David Stewart, Schalick, 48.5
110 Hurdles: Sherrod Jones, Schalick, 15.6
800: Josh Crawford, Woodstown, 2:00
200: Anthony Costello, Woodstown, 22.6
3200: Jacob Marino, Woodstown, 10:48
High Jump: Eli Caesar, Woodstown, 6-2
Long Jump: David Stewart. Schalick, 21-7.25
Triple Jump: Andrew White, Woodstown, 43-3.5
Discus: Aidan Taulane, Woodstown, 166-1
Javelin: Garry Simonini, Schalick, 158-3
Shot Put: Aidan Taulane, Woodstown, 44-8
Pole Vault: Caleb Jenkins, Schalick, 12-0

GIRLS MEET
SCHALICK 74, WOODSTOWN 66
400 Hurdles: Lia Covely, Woodstown, 1:09.6
100: Karlie Bakley, Schalick, 13.4
1600: Abby Marino, Woodstown, 5:33.4
400: Brooke Valentine, Schalick, 1:04
110 Hurdles: Lia Covely, Woodstown, 17.0
800: Abby Marino, Woodstown
200: Karlie Bakley, Schalick
3200: Abby Marino, Woodstown
4×400 Relay: Schalick (Karlie Bakley, Jaelynn Jarmon, Kylie Parvin, Caylen Taylor), 4:25.7
High Jump: Kami Casiano, Woodstown, 5-6
Long Jump: Phoebe Alward, Schalick, 14-9
Triple Jump: Kami Casiano, Woodstown, 33-8
Discus: Sarah Lodge, Woodstown, 101-5
Javelin: Navaeh Robinson, Schalick, 105-8
Shot Put: Sarah Lodge, Woodstown, 28-10.5
Pole Vault: Jillian Wriggins, Schalick

Woodstown/s Elijah Caesar wins the high jump with a PR of 6-2. (Top photo) Wolverines senior Aidan Taulane broke his school record in the discus and won the shot put.

Softball leaders

Here are the statistical leaders among the Salem County softball teams; statistics based on games reported

Softball

TEAM HITTINGABRHBI2B3BHRSBAVG.
Salem Tech226959483146120.416
Pennsville224648657142014.384
Woodstown19057654093226.342
Schalick 162665447112211.333
Salem8823191720138.216
Penns Grove2812NANANANANA.071
BATTING (min. 2 AB per team GP)H-ABAVG.
Shelby Drummond, Salem Tech19-26.731
Isla Bohn, Salem7-12.583
Graillyn Weber, Pennsville16-29.552
Kylie Harris, Pennsville12-22.545
Taylor Bass, Pennsville9-17.529
Isabele Roberts, Salem Tech14-27.519
Claire Kier, Salem Tech15-26.577
Morgan Fogg, Salem Tech12-23.522
Talia Guardascione, Woodstown10-20.500
Noelani Whitley, Schalick6-12.500
Leah Clark, Woodstown9-19.474
Paige Sparks, Schalick7-15.467
Kenzie Widener, Pennsville12-26.462
Reagan Wariwanchik, Pennsville9-20.450
Avery Watson, Pennsville10-23.435
Shelby Liber, Salem Tech9-21.429
Madison Johnson, Salem5-12.417
Khloe McGrath, Schalick7-17.412
Madison LaPalomento, Woodstown9-22.409
Alexa Shimp, Schalick5-13.385
HITSTOTAL
Shelby Drummond, Salem Tech19
Graillyn Weber, Pennsville16
Claire Kier, Salem Tech15
Isabele Roberts, Salem Tech14
Morgan Fogg, Salem Tech12
Kylie Harris, Pennsville12
Kenzie Widener, Pennsville12
Talia Guardascione, Woodstown10
Avery Watson, Pennsville10
Taylor Bass, Pennsville9
Leah Clark, Woodstown9
Lily Edwards, Pennsville9
Madison LaPalomento, Woodstown9
Shelby Liber, Salem Tech9
Reagan Wariwanchik, Pennsville9
Isla Bohn, Salme7
Khloe McGrath, Schalick7
Paige Sparks, Schalick7
Ellie Wygand, Woodstown7
Kendall Young, Woodstown7
RUNSTOTAL
Shelby Drummond, Salem Tech19
Shelby Liber, Salem Tech14
Graillyn Weber, Pennsville14
Lily Edwards, Pennsville13
Claire Kier, Salem Tech11
Olivia VanAcker, Schalick10
Morgan Fogg, Salem Tech9
Isabele Roberts, Salem Tech9
Ellie Wygand, Woodstown9
Talia Guardascione, Woodstown8
Taylor Brown, Schalick8
Kylie Harris, Pennsville8
RBIsTOTAL
Claire Kier, Salem Tech16
Shelby Drummond, Salem Tech15
Graillyn Weber, Pennsville14
Shelby Liber, Salem Tech13
Isabele Roberts, Salem Tech12
Kenzie Widener, Pennsville11
Morgan Fogg, Salem Tech10
Kylie Harris, Pennsville10
Avery Watson, Pennsville9
Kate Liber, Salem Tech6
Khloe McGrath, Schalick6
Olivia VanAcker, Schalick6
Kendall Young, Woodstown6

DOUBLES — 8: Graillyn Weber, Pennsville; 4: Shelby Drummond, Salem Tech; Claire Kier, Salem Tech; 3: Leah Clark, Woodstown; Kylie Harris, Pennsville; Olivia VanAcker, Schalick

TRIPLES — 2: Lila Bowling, Woodstown; Shelby Drummond, Salem Tech

HOME RUNS — 5 players with 1

STOLEN BASES — 9: Isla Bohn, Salem; 7: Shelby Drummond, Salem Tech; Ellie Wygand, Woodstown; 6: Madison Johnson, Salem; Shelby Liber, Salem Tech; Akayla Nichols, Salem; 5: Julliana Love, Salem; 4: Talia Guardascione, Woodstown; Phoenix Holland, Salem

TEAM PITCHINGIPHRERBBKERA
Woodstown (5-2)4639311419432.13
Pennsville (5-3)4833271820432.62
Schalick (5-1)3531251511413.00
Salem Tech (7-1)4645613740495.63
Salem (1-4)17.1294538372115.35
Penns Grove (0-6)6.011393122336.17
ERA (min.(8 IP)IPERA
Addison Shimp, Schalick8.00.00
Kelsey Cook, Pennsville11.01.91
Leah Clark, Woodstown36.12.50
Graillyn Weber, Pennsville36.02.92
Shelby Liber, Salem Tech18.03.89
Kaylee Broglin, Schalick15.25.81
Isabele Roberts, Salem Tech25.26.55
STRIKEOUTSIPTOTAL
Leah Clark, Woodstown36.137
Graillyn Weber, Pennsville36.037
Isabele Roberts, Salem Tech25.227
Avah Brown, Salem17.121
Shelby Liber, Salem Tech18.019
Kaylee Broglin, Schalick15.217

Baseball leaders

With all the Salem County varsity teams out of action Tuesday, here’s a quick look at the baseball statistical leaders in the county

Baseball

TEAM HITTINGABRHBI2B3BHRSBAVG.
Schalick239891028021149.427
Woodstown222667356140221.419
Pennsville16742573671312.341
Salem Tech12464402551035.323
Salem05818241013.189
Penns Grove942115NA200NA.160
BATTING (min. 2 AB per games played)H-ABAVG.
Ricky Watt, Schalick15-19.789
Evan Sepers, Schalick14-22.636
Jamari Whitley, Schalick11-18.611
Cooper Coles, Salem Tech6-10.600
Drew Sutton, Woodstown13-23.565
Chase Pompper, Salem Tech8-15.533
Mason O’Brien, Pennsville9-18.500
Bo Schalick, Schalick11-22.500
Noah Williams, Woodstown10-24.417
Logan Streitz, Pennsville7-17.412
Gavin Spears, Pennsville9-22.409
Jeff Wagner, Pennsville7-18.389
Ty Coblentz, Woodstown10-26.385
Talyn Priore, Woodstown8-22.364
Walker Battavio, Woodstown9-25.360
Lucas Clement, Salem Tech5-14.357
Bryce Harris, Salem Tech5-14.357
Cooper Willoughby, Schalick6-17.353
Luke Fraley, Woodstown8-25.320
Cole Hartley, Schalick8-25.320
HITSTOTAL
Ricky Watt, Schalick15
Evan Sepers, Schalick14
Drew Sutton, Woodstown13
Bo Schalick, Schalick11
Jamari Whitley, Schalick11
Ty Coblentz, Woodstown10
Noah Williams, Woodstown10
Walker Battavio, Woodstown9
Mason O’Brien, Pennsville9
Gavin Spears, Pennsville9
RUNSTOTAL
Evan Sepers, Schalick14
Ricky Watt, Schalick14
Cooper Coles, Salem Tech12
Ty Coblentz, Woodstown11
Lucas Clement, Salem Tech10
Chase Pompper, Salem Tech10
Gavin Spears, Pennsville9
Logan Streitz, Pennsville9
Jamari Whitley, Schalick9
HOME RUNSTOTAL
Ricky Watt, Schalick4
Jeff Wagner, Pennsville2
RBIsTOTAL
Ricky Watt, Schalick16
Bo Schalick, Schalick11
Jamari Whitley, Schalick11
Logan Streitz, Pennsville10
Noah Williams, Woodstown10
Drew Sutton, Woodstown9
Evan Sepers, Schalick8

DOUBLES — 5: Ricky Watt, Schalick; 4: Bo Schalick, Schalick; Evan Sepers, Schalick; Logan Streitz, Pennsville; 3: Luke Fraley, Woodstown; Mason Hollywood, Schalick; Mason O’Brien, Pennsville; Noah Williams, Woodstown

STOLEN BASES — 8: Lucas Clement, Salem Tech; Chase Pompper, Salem Tech; 7: Cooper Coles, Salem Tech; 6: Ty Coblentz, Woodstown; 4: J.T. Fleming, Schalick; Brayden McAllister, Salem Tech; Thomas Tucci, Woodstown

TEAM PITCHINGIPHRERBBKERA
Schalick (6-1)4538281830632.80
Pennsville (5-1)3830231618522.95
Woodstown (5-3)52.259514324565.72
Salem Tech (3-2)2634412822447.54
Penns Grove (1-4)26.1466542393711.16
Salem (0-5)26.05810482551522.08
ERA (min. 5 IP)IPERA
Walker Battavio, Woodstown8.00.00
Mason O’Brien, Pennsville17.21.19
Jack Beal, Salem Tech5.01.40
Bo Schalick, Schalick5.01.40
Jamari Whitley, Schalick9.21.45
Talyn Priore, Woodstown7.11.91
Drew Sutton, Woodstown11.01.91
Cole Hartley, Schalick9.22.17
Gavin Spears, Pennsville9.03.11
Robert Strain, Schalick6.03.50
Mason Hollywood, Schalick7.13.82
Stone Hassler, Woodstown9.03.89
Jaxson Raymond, Salem Tech7.04.00
STRIKEOUTSIPTOTAL
Mason O’Brien, Pennsville17.225
Jamari Whitley, Schalick9.220
Jonathan Bower, Salem12.017
Bryce Harris, Salem Tech11.217
Liam Irvin, Penns Grove7.214
Walker Battavio, Woodstown8.013
Stone Hassler, Woodstown9.013
Jaxson Raymond, Salem Tech7.013
Jack Beal, Salem Tech5.012
Gavin Spears, Pennsville9.011
Cole Hartley, Schalick9.210
Logan Streitz, Pennsville6.110
Drew Sutton, Woodstown11.010
Dylan Hyatt, Penns Grove8.09
Bo Schalick, Schalick5.08
Robert Strain, Schalick6.08

Walking it off

Streitz’ first career home run gives Pennsville walk-off win over Wildwood; includes scores and details from Monday’s Salem County sports schedule

BASEBALL
Clayton 13, Salem 3
Mastery Charter 10, Salem Tech 4
Schalick 27, Penns Grove 0
Pennsville 3, Wildwood 2
Woodstown 15, Overbrook 11
SOFTBALL
Woodstown 8, Overbrook 4
Schalick 15, Penns Grove 0
Pennsville 12, Wildwood 0
BOYS GOLF
Overbrook 184, Pennsville 202
Schalick 179, Woodstown 182
Salem Tech 199, Clayton 205
GIRLS GOLF
OLMA 210, Schalick 236
TENNIS
Woodstown 4, Highland 1
Pennsville 5, Millville 0
Clayton at Penns Grove
Wildwood at Schalick
BOYS LACROSSE
Kingsway 19, Woodstown 2
GIRLS LACROSSE
Kingsway 14, Woodstown 12

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

PENNSVILLE — Logan Streitz will remember his first high school home run for a long time. Largely for what it meant for his Pennsville baseball team Monday and partly for how long it took to determine it was a home run at all.

STREITZ

Streitz walked off the Eagles’ 3-2 win over Wildwood with a two-run homer with none out in the bottom of the seventh. The ball landed some 350 feet from home plate in about an 18-inch space between the chain-link outfield fence and a wooden fence on the boundary of the concrete company that lies just beyond the field.

The Wildwood outfielders who chased the fly into the gap pawed at the base of the fence for the ball thinking it might be a grounds rule double like a ball stuck in the ivy at Wrigley Field. Mason O’Brien, the Pennsville runner who started the inning with a single, was already around third base when the uncertainty set in. Eagles coach Matt Karr approached the umpires to clarify the call. It took the umps a moment, but they determined the ball had cleared the fence ending the game.

“I was kind of confused,” Streitz said. “It took me a minute to realize I’d seen it behind the fence, so then it kind of hit me if it went behind the first fence it had to be gone, right?”

“The home plate umpire said yeah I heard the wood,” Karr said. “I said, OK, well the chain link is in front of the wood, so if it hit the wood it had to go over the chain link fence. Thankfully they got the call right. It was a big spot for Logan. It was awesome.”

The blast, which came on his 151st varsity at-bat, also made Streitz a winning pitcher in one of his shortest outings on record. He came on to get the final out of the top of the seventh in the relief of starter O’Brien, who was as good as ever but reached his pitch limit. It was a five-pitch win. He worked an eight-pitch inning against Pitman as a sophomore.

O’Brien gave up six hits and struck out 10 in 97 pitches.

“That’s the first time he was really stretched out like that this year,” Karr said. “Mason’s a gamer. He did not want to come out of the game. He actually texted me last night and he said, coach, I don’t know how many I got, but I’m going to give you everything I got. I said I expect nothing less from you, buddy.”

Will Auty was equally impressive on the mound for the Warriors. The freshman gave up 10 hits, struck out four and didn’t walk a batter. He worked out of a bases-loaded no-out situation in the fifth that could have broken the game wide open, setting down the Eagles’ 4-5-6 hitters on an infield fly rule, a short fly to left that kept the runners from moving and a fly to center.

“He wasn’t throwing very hard, but he was flipping his curveball and he was throwing strikes,” Karr said. “And that’s a recipe in high school baseball for success.”

The Warriors took the opening and scored two when they came in to bat. That failure to produce would have been gut-wrenching for the Eagles had they lost the game.

“Before I went out to talk to them in the outfield I turned to (assistant coach Ryan Wood) and asked him for some wisdom,” Karr said. “I don’t want to kill the moment and steal it from two guys who earned it, but I also don’t want them to be happy and complacent and think that’s our standard, because it’s not. We shouldn’t have been here. 

“We have aspirations of being a championship team, we cannot be OK with the way today shook out. We had opportunities where that moment shouldn’t have happened because we should have handled our business in the prior innings. We’ve got to find a way to just put it in play there and we didn’t.

“We come in here and talk about winning sectional championships and state championships. When you squander opportunities like we did today, in those big games down line, you’re not always going to get bailed out by a walk-off, two-run homer from a senior.”

The Eagles broke a scoreless tie in the fourth when Stevie Fatcher ripped a two-out single into left field. He stole second and eventually rode home on Logan Cowperthwait’s double that fell between two outfielders.

Trevor Troiano drew a one-out walk to get Wildwood’s go-ahead rally started. He moved to third on a run-and-hit single by Nolan Mawhinney and scored when Mawhinney beat Cooperthwait’s low throw to Streitz at second trying to get a force on Michael McWade’s grounder to third. Auty gave his team the lead by poking a single into right field.

The Eagles were in a good spot when the seventh inning began anyway, having the meat of the order coming to the plate. Mason got it started with a single and Streitz ended it.

“All day he was just throwing straight curveballs consistently,” Streitz said. “I think I had gotten five in row throughout all my at-bats. I kind of expected it. I sat there, looked for it. Mason got on for me and I just swung. 

“I didn’t really feel it on the bat. I’d just kind of seen it up in the air, in the gap. I was hoping it would drop either way. I’ve hit a couple in the summer, but none of them compared to this. This is my first high school bomb. It’s pretty special being my first one.”

WOODSTOWN 15, OVERBROOK 11: The Wolverines broke away with a six-run second inning and led 14-2 after batting in the sixth, but had to hold on as the Rams put together threats in the sixth and seventh innings.

Noah Williams went 3-for-4 with three RBIs to lead the Wolverines’ 15-hit attack. Tommy Tucci had two hits and two RBIs, Talyn Prior and Drew Sutton both had a pair of hits and Stone Hassler had two RBIs.

Sutton had a bases-loaded single to center in the second inning that cleared the bases with the help of an error, then Tucci and Williams followed with RBI doubles. Hassler had a two-run double in the sixth that gave the Wolverines a 13-2 lead.

The Rams had the tying run in the on-deck circle with two outs in the seventh, but the Wolverines got out of it with no further damage.

SCHALICK 27, PENNS GROVE 0: Will Sieminski, Robert Strain and Evan Glaspey had three hits apiece for Schalick. The Cougars already had an 8-0 lead, then scored 11 in the fourth and eight in the fifth before reaching the run-rule threshold.

Jamari Whitley had two hits and two RBIs. Glaspey, Strain and Mason Sanchez drove in a pair of runs. Hot-hitting Ricky Watt had no official plate appearances in the game, but walked three times and scored a run.

MASTERY CHARTER 10, SALEM TECH 4: The Chargers scored two in the top of the first on Cole Sacks’ two-run single, but Warriors pitcher Ricardo Basilio kept them off the board until the seventh. Between the time the Chargers scored in the first and the seventh, Basilio allowed only two runners into scoring position.

Chase Pompper had two hits for the Chargers. Derwin Cabrera hit an inside the park homer for Mastery in the fourth inning.

CLAYTON 13, SALEM 3: The Rams scored two runs in the first inning but Clayton answered with six in the bottom of inning to take the lead for good. Troy Carey doubled home the first run and later scored on an error to give the Rams the early lead, but the Clippers batted around in the bottom of the inning to retake the lead.

The Rams scored their other run in the third when Austin Davis doubled and came home when the Clippers misplayed Carey’s grounder to first. Davis had two doubles in the game.

Softball

PENNSVILLE 12, WILDWOOD 0: Graillyn Weber went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and spun a three-hit shutout in the circle with 11 strikeouts. Weber retired the first nine batters she faced and got out of a bases-loaded, one-out situation in the fourth with two strikeouts.

Avery Watson also drove in four runs for the Eagles. Taylor Bass went 3-for-3.

The Eagles led 2-0 after three innings then broke it open with six runs in the fourth inning, highlighted by Gianna Evans’ two-run double and Watson’s two-run single. Watson also had a two-run single in the fifth inning.

WOODSTOWN 8, OVERBROOK 4: Madison LaPalomento went 3-for-4 and Talia Guardascione and winning pitcher Leah Clark both had two hits for the Wolverines. Clark gave up just three hits and no earned runs over the first six innings, striking out nine.

The Wolverines answered Overbrook’s two runs in the top of first with two in the bottom of the inning, then took the lead with two in the third on Clark’s RBI double and Lila Bowling’s sacrifice fly. They broke it open with four in the sixth.

Golf

SCHALICK 179, WOODSTOWN 182: Woodstown’s Logan Jones and Schalick’s Mikey Nelson shared medalist honors at the top of the leaderboard (42), but the Cougars’ Anthony Sepers (45) and Jaxon Weber (43) beat their men by 11 total shots in the fifth and sixth seed spots to make the difference in the close match at Centerton CC. 

SALEM TECH 199, CLAYTON 205: Clippers sophomore Jackson Venuto birdied his second hole and shot a 4-over 40 to win medalist honors at Sakima CC, but Salem Tech put the next three scores in the 40s to win the match. Freshman Cohen Sutton led the Chargers with a 47, while freshman Daniel Atanasio and sophomore Sophia Conto carded 49s. 
at Sakima cc

OVERBROOK 184, PENNSVILLE 202: The Rams posted three rounds in the 40s at Kresson GC. Jeffrey Boyd won medalist honors with a 42, playing his first five holes in 1-over. Caden Thomas shot Pennsville’s low round (45)

OLMA 210, SCHALICK GIRLS 236: OLMA freshman Eva Acerba won medalist honors with a 50 at White Oaks CC. Lena Virga posted Schalick’s low round (54).

Tennis

WOODSTOWN 4, HIGHLAND 1
Drew Stengel (WO) def. Mohammad Sheyam, 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 10-5
Mason Shimp (WO) def. Andrew Whitelock, 6-3, 6-4
Marcus Lorenzana (H) def. Luke Shaw, 6-4, 3-6, 10-8
Vincent Merendino-Nick DiTeodoro (WO) def. Leonardo Vittese-Jacob Roman, 6-1, 6-0
Connor Miller-Josh King (WO) def. Sakibul Alam-Mohammad Isa, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 11-9
Records: Woodstown 6-2, Highland 3-2

PENNSVILLE 5, MILLVILLE 0
Sawyer Humphrey (P) def. Grady Young, 3-6, 6-2, 11-9
Lucas Cooksey (P) def. Nathaniel Lore, 7-5, 6-3
Ian Peacock (P) def. Brecken Sloan, 2-6, 6-4, 10-3
Coen Rinnier-Jacob Cheeseman (P) def. Jaiden Gomez-Samiel Young, 6-4, 6-2
Matthew Forino-Lucas Thomas (P) def. Christopher Wheatley-Paul DeSantis, 6-2, 6-1
Records: Pennsville 4-5, Millville 1-3

Boys lacrosse

KINGSWAY 19, WOODSTOWN 2: Patrick Civitarese and Wyatt McLaughlin both scored three goals and five of their teammates scored two goals apiece as the Dragons remained undefeated and kept the Wolverines winless.

Girls lacrosse

KINGSWAY 14, WOODSTOWN 12: The teams battled to an 11-11 tie through three quarters before the Dragons pushed home three goals in the fourth. Delaney Walker scored five goals for Woodstown to run her career total to 189, Emma Morgan had three, Angelina Lindenmuth two and Isabella Lindenmuth and Arianna Hyman one each. Phoebe O”Rourke and Cecilia Gross scored four goals apiece for Kingsway.

Keeping track

Here’s a report on former Salem County prep players playing baseball and softball on the college level; will be updated every Monday; anyone missing? send additional players to al.muskewitz@gmail.com

Baseball

PLAYERSCHOOLGPBAHHRRBI
Elijah Crespo, Penns GroveRCSJ-Cumb11.188303
Lucas D’Agostino, SchalickRCSJ-Cumb11.111102
Andrew Pedrick, WoodstownHarford CC20.38724226
Lucas Prendergast, WoodstownYork30.40945218
Jarrett Pokrovsky, SchalickPenn27.27929111
Terrell Robinson, SalemRosemont19.2401207
Jackson Schalick, SchalickFrostburg35.38944436
Caiden Spinelli, WoodstownRosemont24.26720010
Connor Starn, PennsvilleKeystone9.182202
Rocco String, WoodstownSalem CC24.25418321
Chase Swain, WoodstownLaSalle36.36050732
Mike Valente, WoodstownSalem CC7.000000
Brent Williams, WoodstownG-Beacom21.28421216
PITCHERSCHOOLGPW-LERAIPK
Evan Biddle, SalemFrostburg61-08.536.14
Lucas D’Agostino, SchalickRCSJ-Cumb72-22.9031.029
Ben Foote, WoodstownCaldwell51-116.62 4.12
Jack Holladay, WoodstownNeumann40-210.8010.05
Peyton O’Brien, PennsvilleHarford CC60-00.9010.011
Luke Pokrovsky, SchalickPenn100-013.5012.012
Terrell Robinson, SalemRosemont40-08.106.22
Caiden Spinelli, WoodstownRosemont20-027.001.11
Rocco String, WoodstownSalem CC30-149.502.03
Mike Valente, WoodstownSalem CC62-16.7517.110
Luke Wood, PennsvilleMcDaniel73-15.8329.125
Frostburg’s Jackson Schalick (Schalick).

Softball

PLAYERSCHOOLGPBAHHRRBI
Emily Holladay, WoodstownHartwick3.273301
Tulana Mingin, WoodstownEast Stroudsburg36.3193804
Ava Ortiz, SalemSalem CC10.286202
Savannah Palverento, PennsvilleSalem CC28.37123120
Lilly Peverelle, PennsvilleSalem CC30.47742325
Bella Rappa, PennsvilleSalem CC23.45626026
Cayla Sbrana, SchalickRCSJ-Cumb12.276805
Sawyer Simmons, PennsvilleSalem CC21.172615
NOTE: Tulana Mingin has 27 runs and is 16-19 in stolen bases
PITCHERSCHOOLGPW-LERAIPK
Savannah Palverento, PennsvilleSalem CC100-09.4513.116
Cayla Sbrana, SchalickRCSJ-Cumb52-38.3526.011
Raegan Wilson, SalemSalem CC146-56.4252.137

Top photo: Tulana Mingin (Woodstown) (4).

NOTE: Statistics as accurate as updated by the schools.

This week’s schedule

Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of April 13-18; games start at 4 p.m. unless noted

APRIL 13
BASEBALL
Salem at Clayton
Salem Tech at Mastery Charter
Schalick at Penns Grove
Wildwood at Pennsville
Woodstown at Overbrook
SOFTBALL
Overbrook at Woodstown
Penns Grove at Schalick
Pennsville at Wildwood
BOYS GOLF
Pennsville at Overbrook, Kresson GC, 3:30 p.m.
Schalick vs. Woodstown, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
Salem Tech vs. Clayton, Sakima CC, 3:45 p.m.
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick vs. OLMA, White Oaks CC, 3:30 p.m.
TRACK
Gloucester Catholic, Wildwood at Salem
TENNIS
Highland at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
Pennsville at Millville
Clayton at Penns Grove
Wildwood at Schalick
BOYS LACROSSE
Kingsway at Woodstown
GIRLS LACROSSE
Woodstown at Kingsway
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Ocean (2), 2 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Harford, 1 p.m.

APRIL 14
TENNIS
Glassboro at Pennsville
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Ocean at Salem CC, 3:30 p.m.

APRIL 15
BASEBALL
Pennsville at Penns Grove
Pitman at Schalick
Salem at Woodstown
Salem Tech at Cape May Tech
SOFTBALL
Penns Grove at Pennsville
Woodstown at Salem
Schalick at Pitman
BOYS GOLF
Pennsville vs. Woodstown, Town & Country, 3:30 p.m.
Schalick vs. West Deptford, River Winds, 3:30 p.m.
Salem Tech vs. Gloucester Catholic, Westwood GC, 3:45 p.m.
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick vs. Delsea, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Timber Creek at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
Penns Grove at Pitman
Pennsville at Schalick
TRACK
Schalick at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
Pennsville at Glassboro
Penns Grove at Overbrook
Pitman at Salem
GIRLS LACROSSE
Woodstown at Mainland

APRIL 16
BASEBALL
Bridgeton at Penns Grove
Pennsville at Millville
SOFTBALL
Sterling at Schalick
TENNIS
Cumberland at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
Pitman at Pennsville
TRACK
Woodstown at Lenape, 3:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Penns Grove
BOYS GOLF
Schalick vs. Pennsville, Sakima CC, 3:30 p.m.
Woodstown vs. Highland, Town & Country, 3:30 p.m.
BOYS LACROSSE
Mainland at Woodstown
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Mercer at Salem CC, 3 p.m.

APRIL 17
BASEBALL
Cumberland at Woodstown
Middle Twp. at Salem
Pennsville at Pitman
Salem Tech at Atlantic City
SOFTBALL
Cape May Tech at Salem
Pitman at Pennsville
Woodstown at Cumberland
TENNIS
Pitman at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m.
Woodstown at Delsea, 3:45 p.m.
Schalick at Penns Grove
BOYS GOLF
Salem Tech vs. Overbrook, Kresson GC, 3:30 p.m.
Schalick vs. Lower Cape May, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
Pennsville vs. Audubon, Sakima CC, 4:30 p.m.
GIRLS LACROSSE
Woodstown at Millville
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Camden, 3 p.m.

APRIL 18
BASEBALL
Schalick at Haddon Twp., TBD
Salem at Gloucester, 10 a.m.
Sterling at Woodstown, 11 a.m.
Pennsville vs. Kingsway at Williamstown Tournament
TRACK
Woodbury Relays
Woodstown girls at Penn Wood Invitational, 9 a.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Camden at Salem CC (2), noon
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Sussex, noon

Track titleists

Schalick girls, Woodstown boys win division titles in West Deptford Relays, for Wolverines it’s a first; Schalick’s boys win their division in Bridgeton

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

WEST DEPTFORD – The wildfire that was raging on the other side of the interstate wasn’t the only thing blazing around the West Deptford Relays Saturday.

The Schalick girls and Woodstown boys both raced to team titles in their respective divisions that carried some historical significance.

The Cougars won it for the second year in a row, scoring 73 points and edging county rival Salem by three for the Division I girls crown. The Wolverines won their first West Deptford Relays title in school history, scoring 93 points to win by a comfortable margin over Glassboro for the Division II boys title.

And in some ways the victories were as surprising as they were historic.

The Cougars won with a squad reduced in half due to college visits and other spring break obligations.

“To be honest, I don’t know how (they pulled it off) going into it,” Schalick girls coach Missy Pine said. “We’re on spring break so I’m very short-staffed … so I don’t know how we pulled this off. The girls who showed up stepped up and just did an amazing job.

“In talking to the coaches from Salem, they were in a similar situation, so I think we were actually both shocked it was so close at the end. I wasn’t like oh my God you’ve got to beat that girl from Salem or they weren’t saying that to their athletes either. We were just wanting our girls to do the best that they could today under the circumstances.”

Sophomore Naveah Robinson won the girls javelin outright with a throw of 101-5 and the Cougars had the best 4000 DMR in Division I with Sarah Torpey, Karlie Bakley, Ava Melnick and Emma Wilbur running 15:39.50. They also finished second in the 4×1600, 400 Hurdles Relay, 800 SMR and discus, and third in the high jump and shot.

The Salem girls, meanwhile, kept it close by winning five events within their division and finishing second in one other. Ramiyah Jones won the individual long jump at 15-4. 

“It was a nice surprise,” Pine said. “Going into it I had the mindset that we don’t have a chance on earth of this at all – I just don’t have enough people with me. I just couldn’t believe it.”

Woodstown’s boys, meanwhile, got a nice surprise from an atypical source. The Wolverines have been built around their middle and long distance runners and were locked in a tight battle until the field events posted. The points they got from their throwers and jumpers put them way over the top.

“We scored across the board, but it was the throwers and jumpers who really put the butt-whippin’ in,” new Woodstown boys coach Tom Mason said. “I’m the happiest for them. They and the hurdlers I needed to work to get production out of them and we’re talking 38 points 

Aidan Taulane won the shot (45-1.25) and discus (145-7). Andrew White (5-10) and Elijah Caesar (5-6) went 1-3 in the high jump and 4-3 in the triple jump. White finished third in the long jump and Noah Chiu was third in the javelin. Put together for a relay, they won the high jump, second in the long jump and triple jump.

The runners, meanwhile, gave their typically strong performance. They won the 4×800 outright, were tops in Division II in the 4×1600 and finished second in the distance medley and shuttle hurdle relays. They were actually running second after the first two legs of the 4×800, but Karson Chew handed anchor Josh Crawford the baton with a 100-yard lead and then Crawford proceeded to nearly lap the field.

“For me, it brought back the tension of a close meet,” said Mason, who came out of retirement to help advance the program. “When all those points came in, it was like, phew. It’s good for the kids, it’s good for the school, they’re going to get their first title.” 

The meet was staged in the backdrop of a raging brush fire across the interstate from the school that prompted some parents to call the meet “The Campfire Relays.” Heavy smoke could be seen rising above the area and debris from the blaze fell in the venue.
“I don’t know if it affected anybody,” Pine said. “My athletes knew it smelled and were putting their shirt over their nose, but none of my athletes got dramatic about it. I really didn’t see anybody, but it may have affected somebody’s performance.”

Salem’s boys and Woodstown’s girls both were solidly second in their respective divisions.


WEST DEPTFORD RELAYS
DIVISION ONE
GIRLS
Team scores: SCHALICK 73, SALEM 70, Pitman 62, Florence 46, PENNSVILLE 43, Clayton 42, Buena 30
EVENTS
(Event winners and Salem County scorers)
4×1600: 1. Pitman 26:06.84; 2. Schalick 29:57.38 (Ava Melnick, Emma O’Neill, Emmalynn Robinson, Brooke Lubek) 
400 Hurdles: 1. Buena 2:32.0; 2. Schalick 2:40.22 (Brooke Valentine 1:15.27, Paetyn Wallace 1:24.55)
800 SMR: 1. Salem 2:02.68 (Raniyah Parsons-Smith, Dayana Jones, Amaia Massengill, Brooklynn Jackson); 2. Schalick 2:04.00 (Phoebe Alward, Karlie Bakley, Jaelynn Jarmon, Brooke Valentine)
400 DMR: 1. Schalick 15:39.50 (Sarah Torpey, Karlie Bakley, Ava Melnick, Emma Wilbur)
4×200: 1. Salem 1:48.07 (Raniyah Parsons-Smith, Amaia Massengill, Anyzha Williams, Dynastie Tucker); 4. Pennsville 2:04.09 (Aubrey Manorowitz, Annabella Manning, Polina Wright, Molly Gratz); 6. Schalick 2:10.77 (Angelia Deaver, Lailani Hernandez, Emilia Kachai, Willow Davis)
4×100 SHR: 1. Buena 1:19.87; 2. Salem 1:21.60 (Kiani Taylor-Gresham, JiYonna Seals, Tahirah Davenport-White, Jaryn Weathers)
4×800: 1. Pitman 11:13.24
4×100: 1. Salem (Raniyah Parsons-Smith, Amaia Massengill, Anyzha Williams, Dynastie Tucker) 49.97; 4. Schalick (Karlie Bakley, Phoebe Alward, Jaelynn Jarmon, Brooke Valentine) 56.17; 5. Pennsville (Laura Tamberella, Sophie Bohn, Polina Wright, Molly Gratz) 57.16
Shot Put: 1. Clayton 61-2.75; 2. Pennsville 61-2 (Tatiyonna Crawford 32-8.5, Rolande Delva 28-5.5); 3. Schalick 53-4.25 (Olivia Lunemann 28-3.25, Sebrina Bradford 25-1); 4. Salem 52-9 (Ava Rodgers 29-5, MarJziah Bundy 23-10.5)
Discus: 1. Pennsville 200-8 (Tatiyonna Crawford 113-7, Rolande Delva 87-1), 2. Schalick 198-0 (Sebrina Bradford 110-4, Olivia Lunemann 87-8)
Javelin: 1. Schalick 181-11 (Navaeh Robinson 101-5, River Wojcik 80-6); 4. Salem 142-4 (MarJziah Bundy 71-11, Gabriella Johnson 70-5); 5. Pennsville 121-11 (Devon Sebell 71-0, Izzy Saulin 50-11)
Long Jump: 1. Salem 29-6.75 (Ramiyah Jones 15-4, Jaryn Weathers 14-2.75); 2. Pennsville 26-0.25 (Sophie Bohn 13-0.25, Annabella Manning 13-0); 4. Schalick 22-2 (Emma O’Neill 11-3, Lailani Hernandez 10-11)
Triple Jump: 1. Salem 63-0.75 (Ramiyah Jones 32-11.5, Brooklynn Jackson 30-1.25)
High Jump: 1. Florence 9-2; 2. Pennsville 9-0 (Kallie Morrison 4-8, Aubrey Manorowitz 4-4); 3. Schalick 8-6.25 (Navaeh Robinson 4-4.25, Jillian Wriggins 4-2); 4. Salem 8-6 (Zyonnah Forman 4-4, Carlysia Pierce 4-2)

BOYS
Team scores: Audubon 130, SALEM 86, Clayton 47, Florence 44, Pitman 42, Bishop Eustance 29, PENNSVILLE 12, Buena 8
4×1600: 1. Audubon 19:47.64; 4. Salem 22:05.72(Jean-Pierre Pozo IV, Gavin Cronrath, Andrew Dale, Dominic Finfinger)
400 Hurdles: 1. Evan Calhoun, Audubon 59.45; 2. Timoth Gregory, Salem 1:02.42; 3. Jerry Seals, Salem 1:02.54
800 SMR: 1. Audubon 1:38.72
4000 DMR: 1. Audubon 11:30.11; 3. Salem 12:47.08 (Andrew Dale, Gavin Cronrath, Joshua Gilbert, Jean-Pierre Pozo IV)
4×200: 1. Salem 1:32.39 (Xavier McGriff, Timothy Gregory, RaShar Stevenson, Jameek Clayton); 5. Pennsville 1:40.60 (Marcus Forman, Danny Knight, Carter McGlinn, Lyriq Turner)
4×110 SHR: 1. Audubon 1:12.98; 2. Salem 1:13.77 (Gradin Buzby, Jerry Seals, Pierre Taylor-Gresham, Timothy Gregory)
4×800: 1. Audubon 8:46.12; 4. Salem 9:45.94 (Joshua Gilbert, Gavin Cronrath, Andrew Dale, Dominic Finfinger)
4×100: 1. Clayton 44.58; 2. Salem 44.78 (Jameek Clayton, Timothy Gregory, Xavier McGriff, RaShar Stevenson); 5. Pennsville 49.08 (Carter McGlinn, Chase Johnson, Marcus Forman, Willie Forman)
FIELD EVENTS
(Top individual finishers)
Shot Put: 1. Jailon Fletcher-Wilson, Salem 45-11; 2. Connor Wariwanchik, Pennsville 42-2; 4. Jermiah Robinson, Salem 38-9
Discus: 1. Dylan Hoff, Audubon 121-5; 2. Giovanni Traini, Salem 106-7
Javelin: 1. Noah Battillo, Audubon 114-7; 5. Javion Sydnor, Salem 99-5; 6. Jacob Kimani, Pennsville 94.5
Long Jump: 1. Leaire Williams, Florence 19-8.75; 5. Jerry Seals, Salem 18-9
Triple Jump: 1. Jeremiah Carroll, Florence 42-1.50; 3. Donovan Weathers, Salem 37-5.75; 4. Jerry Seals, Salem 35-7
High Jump: 1. Donovan Weathers, Salem 6-0; 3. Kaden Robinson, Salem 5-8
Pole Vault: 1. James Moran, Audubon 10-6

DIVISION TWO
GIRLS
Team scores: West Deptford 102, WOODSTOWN 86, Glassboro 46, Gloucester City 44, Eastside Camden 35, Gateway 30, Camden 26, Camden Catholic 12
4×1600: 1. Woodstown (Annika Dubler, Kiera Porch, Arianna Mott, Abby Marino) 25:27.09
400 Hurdles: 1. Woodstown 2:35.17 (Lia Covely 1:13.09, Abby Marino 1:22.08) 
800 SMR: 1. West Deptford 1:55.76; 5. Woodstown (Kamiyah Brunson, Maria Holmes, Annabel Laford, Krysten Dussault) 2:15.08
400 DMR: 1. West Deptford 14:49.38; 2. Woodstown (Annika Dubler, Arianna Mott, Kiera Porch, Abby Marino) 14:51.06
4×200: 1. Eastside Camden 1:52.14; 4. Woodstown (Krysten Dussault, Kamiyah Brunson, Maria Holmes, Lia Covely) 1:59.51
4×100 SHR: 1. Gateway 1:16.28; 4. Woodstown (Lia Covely, Kami Casiano, Kailyn Kennedy, Arianna Mott) 1:24.75
4×800: 1. Camden Catholic 10:48.64; 3. Woodstown (Kyrsten Dussault, Arianna Mott, Lia Covely, Abby Marino) 11:28.38
4×100: 1. West Deptford 53.54; 5. Woodstown (Kamiyah Brunson, Maria Holmes, Kyrsten Dussault, Annabel Laford) 57.00
Shot Put: 1. Glassboro 70-11.75; 3. Woodstown 51-0.25 (Sara Lodge 28-6.75, Nathalia Lopez 22-5.5)
Discus: 1. Glassboro 267-6, 3. Woodstown 148-4 (Sara Lodge 98-2, Nathalia Lopez 50-2)
Javelin: 1. Eastside Camden 154-3; 4. Woodstown 122-3 (Autumn Yates 68-5, Elliana Norman 53-10)
Long Jump: 1. Glassboro 28-10.75; 2. Woodstown 27-2 (Kami Casiano 13-9.50, Kailyn Kennedy 13-4.50)
Triple Jump: 1. Gateway 58-0.25; 2. Woodstown 57-0.50 (Kailyn Kennedy 28-6.50, Kami Casiano 28-6)
High Jump: 1. Woodstown 9-4 (Kami Casiano 5-0, Kailyn Kennedy 4-4)
Pole Vault: 1. Glassboro 14-6

BOYS
Team scores: WOODSTOWN 93, Glassboro 68, Gloucester City 61, Gateway 51, West Deptford 48, Overbrook 41, Camden 36, Haddon Heights 24, Camden Catholic 12.
EVENTS
4×1600: 1. Woodstown 19:40.03 (Jacob Marino, Torsten Duva, Pacey Hutton, David Farrell).
400 Hurdles: 1. Zacchaeus Harrigan, Glassboro 1:01.04
800 SMR: 1. Overbrook 1:34.51; 2. Woodstown 1:34.87 (Kyle Reitz, Ricky Watts, Karson Chew, Josh Crawford)
4000 DMR: 1. Glassboro 11:13.87; 2. Woodstown 11:33.86 (Michael Turner, Pacey Hutton, Nicholas Law, Matthew Melniczuk)
4×200: 1. Camden 1:31.52; 3. Woodstown 1:33.10 (Anthony Costello, Kyle Reitz, Ben Lippincott, Elijah Caesar)
4×110 SHR: 1. Glassboro 1:11.60; 5. Woodstown 1:27.03 (Riley Smith, Lucas Whitacre, Jackson Perry, Michael Turner)
4×800: 1. Woodstown 8:16.00 (Jacob Marino, Daniel Farrell, Karson Chew, John Crawford)
4×100: 1. Camden 43.89; 4. Woodstown 45.54 (Ricky Watts, Anthony Costello, Ben Lippincott, Kyle Reitz)
FIELD EVENTS
(Top individual finishers)
Shot Put: 1. Aidan Taulane, Woodstown 45-1.25
Discus: 1. Aidan Taulane, Woodstown 145-7; 6. Patrick Patterson, Woodstown 112-1
Javelin: 1. Greg Harris, Gloucester City 138-9, 3. Noah Chiu, Woodstown 128-4
Long Jump: 1. Jaiden Mitchell, Overbrook 21-4; 3. Andrew White, Woodstown 20-0
Triple Jump: 1. Marley Crowl, Glassboro 40-7; 3. Elijah Caesar, Woodstown 37-9.75; 4. Andrew White, Woodstown 37-8
High Jump: 1. Andrew White, Woodstown 5-10; 3. Elijah Caesar, Woodstown 5-6
Pole Vault: 1. Greg Harris, Gloucester City 10-0

DIVISION THREE
GIRLS
Team scores: Kingsway 136, Cherry Hill West 64, Millville 53, Highland 49, Seneca 25, Bridgeton 24, Atlantic City 17, Pleasantville 14
BOYS
Team scores: Highland 97, Millville 86, Kingsway 72, Washington Twp. 64, Seneca 46, Cherry Hill West 45, Pemberton 20, Camden Tech 2

Bridgeton Relays

BRIDGETON – Schalick’s boys used their deep balance and an MVP performance by David Stewart’s to win the Division I title in the historic Bridgeton Relays.

The Cougars won one overall race and four Division I events to score 88 points and edge Woodbury by four.

“It’s always hard to gauge where you stand since field events don’t fully update until the end,” Schalick coach James Turner said. “Our focus was just making sure we had someone in every event to give ourselves a shot. Even in events where we finished fourth or fifth we still picked up key points. Those points ended up being the difference.

“I told the guys carry yourselves like you’ve been here before. We expect to win and we wanted to show the rest of the field that we’re still the team to beat.”

At the top, the Cougars won in the 1600 shuttle medley relay with Stewart (400), Dezyun Purnell (200), Jacob Carter (200) and Steve Chomo (800) hitting the tape in 3:46.65. Chomo closed a 20-meter gap down the stretch to nip Mainland Region (3:46.70) at the wire.

The Cougars also were the top Division I team in the triple jump and 110 shuttle hurdle relay. In addition to running legs on the SMR and SHR, Stewart was second overall in the 400 hurdles and fourth overall in the long jump.

Among their other top individual performances in the field events, Caleb Jenkins finished second in the pole vault and Jack Benfer was third in the discus.

BRIDGETON RELAYS
Division I team scores: SCHALICK 88, Woodbury 84, Cedar Creek 70, Middle Twp. 55, Sterling 40, Pleasantville 40, Haddon Twp. 38
Division 2 team scores: Winslow 58, Cumberland 45, Bridgeton 38, Mainland 29, Triton 22, Vineland 18.

EVENT WINNERS
(Overall race winners, Schalick in top 6)
4×1600: 1. Sterling 20:48.85; 6. Schalick 23:22.48
400 Hurdles: 1. Elijah Deanley, Winslow 57.49; 2. David Stewart, Schalick 58.50
4×100: 1. Winslow 43.09
4000 DMR: 1. Sterling 11:11.39; 6. Schalick 12:16.90
4×110 SHR: 1. Winslow 1:08.21; 2. Schalick 1:08.84
4×200: 1. Winslow 1:30.71
4×800: 1. Woodbury 8:43.55
1600 SMR: 1. Schalick (David Stewart, Dezyun Purnell, Jacob Carter, Steve Chomo) 3:46.65
4×400: 1. Pleasantville 3:29.06
Shot Put: 1. Kyle Stephens, Haddon Twp. 47-2.25; 5. Ethan McLean, Schalick 40-10
Discus: 1. Jayden Barnett, Bridgeton 199-10; 3. Jack Benfer, Schalick 117-9
Javelin: 1. Terrance Washington, Winslow 162-01; 5. Gary Simonini, Schalick 137-05
High Jump: 1. Andrew Kratee, Winslow 6-4
Long Jump: 1. Dallas Rowell, Mainland 21-11.5; 4. David Stewart, Schalick 21-5.5
Triple Jump: 1. Dereon Johnson, Cumberland 41-10
Pole Vault: 1. Bobby McIlvaine, Haddon Twp. 11-6; 2. Caleb Jenkins, Schalick 11-6

Well-armed

Schalick went looking for arms to give it a chance against Toms River South and Hollywood, Schalick provided ‘exactly what we needed.’ includes county’s baseball, softball, tennis results

FRIDAY’S SCORES
BASEBALL
Haddon Heights 14, Pennsville 3
Schalick 8, Toms River South 7
Woodstown 11, Collingswood 8
SOFTBALL
Gloucester Catholic 9, Schalick 3
Haddon Heights 7, Pennsville 6
Overbrook 23, Penns Grove 0
Salem Tech 8, Haddonfield 5
Woodstown 3, Glassboro 1
TENNIS
Kingsway 5, Pennsville 0
Woodstown 5, Deptford 0

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

PITTSGROVE — After exhausting his two best pitchers trying to win a 10-inning division marathon the day before, Schalick baseball coach Sean O’Brien wondered if he’d have enough arms to get past one of the better teams from the Shore Friday morning.

Enter Mason Hollywood and Bo Schalick.

The two junior right-handers hadn’t thrown a lot this early in the season and they certainly hadn’t faced a team like they did Friday. They had their trials, but they never lost the lead and gave the Cougars every chance to knock off Group 3 Toms River South, 8-7.

Hollywood pitched the first four innings and left in a 4-4 tie. Schalick pitched the last three innings and turned the Indians back when they threatened in the sixth and seventh.

“They did exactly what we needed them to do every time they got out and pitch,” O’Brien said. “We know teams are going to hit them, they don’t throw super hard, but they are guys who can compete, they can locate, they can throw their off speed for strikes. We just have to play defense behind them, and for the most part we did. We made some mistakes late in the game, but those guys what we needed them to do.

“We’re not super deep as we were last year in our rotation, so we need other guys to step up and those two guys did that today.”

Initially, Hollywood and Schalick were going to be used in relief behind starter Cole Harley, but that plan was scuttled when Hartley pitched the final four innings (62 pitches) against Overbrook on Thursday.

The pitchers were told that night they would be going against the Indians, who came in undefeated in four games, and they did everything they could in the run-up to be ready. For Schalick, one of the rare athletes who can play for the name on the front and the back of the jersey, it was getting a good night’s sleep, stretching out and downing an energy drink in the morning.

Hollywood had thrown only 3 1/3 innings in two previous appearances this season, but he’d made nine pitching appearances (29 total innings) the previous two years at St. Joseph Academy.

He gave up one hit over the first three innings. He HBP/walked the bases loaded in the second, but got out of it with only one run scoring. He ran into trouble in the fourth, giving up back-to-back doubles, opening the door for the Indians to score three runs to tie it.

The Cougars gave him a 4-0 lead after two innings. They scored three in the first on Jamari Whitley’s RBI single, a run-scoring error and Travis Snodgrass’ bases-loaded single, then added another run in the second on Ricky Watt’s RBI double. Watt doubled in each of his first two at-bats.

“(O’Brien) just said it was like pitching against any other team; it doesn’t matter how good they are as long as you can throw the ball in there,” Hollywood said. “There were a little bit of nerve, but in the end I have a great team behind me. In the end there aren’t really any nerves when your team can make the plays.”

Schalick had made only one previous varsity pitching appearance, a two-inning stint in a rout of Clayton earlier this week where he threw 25 pitches. He threw 62 in closing out the Indians. He breezed through his first inning in 12 pitches, but threw 37 in in the sixth as the Indians batted around to score three runs and make it 8-7.

O’Brien had another pitcher in his pocket just in case, but he never needed him. South got the tying run in scoring position with one out in the seventh, but Schalick got out of it with a fly to center and, as the Indians got to the top of the order, his fourth strikeout to end the game.

“I felt good,” Schalick said. “There were a little nerves, but I feel like the adrenaline helped me with the fastball velocity and then my curveball was working at the beginning. (The last inning) I had a little nerves in the dugout before walking out, but I made sure I was keeping my head down, throwing strikes.”

“For them to come in and do that it just shows we can rely on them against good teams, too,” O’Brien said. 

Schalick set Schalick up for the win with four runs in the fifth. The back end of the lineup set the table, then Evan Sepers and Watt both drew bases-loaded walks on 3-2 pitches and Whitley drilled the first pitch from left-handed reliever Karsin Migliori into left field for a two-run single.

Sepers reached base in three of his four plate appearances and scored all three times. Watt had two doubles and a walk, and Whitley had three hits and three RBIs

“Those guys have been swinging the bat really well,” O’Brien said of the top of his lineup. “We just need to be more consistent in the back end of the lineup. There are moments when we look really good and moments when we kind of fall off a little bit. The back end guys need to see pitches, need to work pitchers and find a way to get on base so we can turn over that lineup and they did a good job. 

“If we can get that going, like last year, if our top end wasn’t hitting, the back end was. Once we start doing that and then we clean up the defense and pitching becomes more consistent we’re going to be a really good team.”

WOODSTOWN 11, COLLINGSWOOD 8: Walker Battavio and Ty Coblentz each drove in two runs with consecutive two-out hits in the seventh inning to give the Wolverines the lead, which they held through the bottom of the inning.

The game was tied 7-7 going into the seventh. The Wolverines (4-2) loaded the bases on Drew Sutton’s leadoff double, a one-out intentional walk to Chase Harding (who hit his first career homer earlier in the game), and a single by Jackson Fraley.

After a strikeout got the second out, Battavio singled to second to break the tie and Coblentz followed with a double to plate two more insurance runs. Coblentz tied the game in the sixth with a two-out single.

The Panthers (1-2) got a run in the home seventh and had the tying run in the on-deck circle, but Talyn Priore induced the next two batters into ground outs to end the game.

Coblentz went 3-for-5 with three RBIs. Battavio had two hits and two RBIs and Sutton had two hits. Harding hit a two-run homer in the second inning to open the scoring.


HADDON HEIGHTS 14, PENNSVILLE 3: The Garnets scored six runs in the first inning and the Eagles could never dig out of the hole.

The visitors sent 10 batters to the plate in the first inning. Jaxon Motta had a two-run double and Collin Camarote a two-run single to highlight the big start. Ryan Govito hit a solo homer in the sixth.

Jeff Wagner hit a solo homer in the third to get the Eagles on the board. He also had an RBI single in the fifth.

Softball

WOODSTOWN 3, GLASSBORO 1: The Wolverines broke a scoreless tie with three runs in the third inning and Leah Clark made it stand by winning a pitching duel with Glassboro’s Gianna Askin.

The Wolverines took the lead on Madison LaPalomento’s RBI single and two more runs scored when the Bulldogs misplayed Grace Hitchner’s hard grounder to the right side of the infield.

Clark held the visitors in check on six hits while striking out seven. The Bulldogs scored a run in the fifth on Scarlett Saicic’s two-out RBI double, then Clark allowed only two more base runners the rest of the game.

SALEM TECH 8, HADDONFIELD 5: Shelby Drummond went 4-for-5 with two RBIs and Claire Kier went 3-for-4 with three RBIs as the first-year Chargers (7-1) won their fifth in a row. Shelby Liber drove in a pair of runs. Isabele Roberts threw a complete game in the circle, allowing seven hits, two earned runs and striking out nine.

HADDON HEIGHTS 7, PENNSVILLE 6: Ruby Caviston walked it off with a homer with one out in the bottom of the seventh.
The Eagles tied the game with two runs in the sixth on Graillyn Weber’s RBI double and Kenzie Widener’s RBI single. Weber (three doubles) and Widener both had three hits and three RBIs in the game. The Eagles outhit their hosts, 12-7.

GLOUCESTER CATHOLIC 9, SCHALICK 3: The Rams answered Schalick’s three runs in the top of the first with three in the bottom of the inning, then took the lead for good on a passed ball with two outs in the second inning with the bases loaded. The Rams added three more in the fourth, then Shaili Monaghan held the Cougars scoreless on one hit over the final three innings.

OVERBROOK 23, PENNS GROVE 0: Peyton Wood had two hits and three RBIs and Gianna Simon cleared the bases and scored on a bases-loaded triple-and-error combination in a 12-run first inning and two Overbrook pitchers held the Red Devils to two hits while striking out nine. Nyasia Numan had both of the Red Devils’ hits.

Tennis

WOODSTOWN 5, DEPTFORD 0
Drew Stengel (WO) def. David Decker, 6-1, 6-4
Mason Shimp (WO) def. Easton Davis, 6-2, 6-0
Luke Shaw (WO) def. Zane Rauner, 6-2, 6-3
Vincent Merendino-Nick DiTeodoro (WO) def. Xavier Dean-Noah Tennyson, 6-0, 6-1
Connor Miller-Josh King (WO) def. Jonathan Clark-Zayann Moosavi, 6-0, 6-1
Records: Woodstown 5-2, Deptford 2-2.

KINGSWAY 5, PENNSVILLE 0
Aidan Shoemaker (K) dec. Sawyer Humphrey, 6-0, 6-0
Nate Brandley (K) def. Lucas Cooksey, 6-1, 6-0
Jimmy Wilkes (K) def. Carter Willis, 6-3, 6-1
Nolan Steurer-Shiven Shah (K) def. Coen Rinnier-Jacob Cheeseman, 6-1, 6-0
Aiden Totten-Carter Matthews (K) def. Ian Peacock-Matthew Forino, 6-2, 6-1
Records: Kingsway 5-0, Pennsville 3-5.