Here is the schedule for the 2025-26 Salem County winter sports season; x-scrimmage
DEC. 11
BOYS BASKETBALL
x-Cinnaminson at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
x-St. Joseph at Schalick, 4 p.m.
x-Salem Tech at Pennsauken Tech
GIRLS BASKETBALL
x-Cumberland at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
x-Schalick at Bridgeton, 4 p.m.
x-Woodstown at Lower Cape May, 4:45 p.m.
SWIMMING
Salem vs. Pitman at GCIT, 6 p.m.
Woodstown at Camden Academy Charter
BOWLING
Salem vs. Gloucester Catholic at Wood Lanes, 4 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at RCSJ-Cumberland, 5 p.m.
DEC. 12
WRESTLING
Pennsville girls in TCC Jamboree, 5 p.m.
DEC. 13
BOYS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove Showcase
Cumberland vs. West Deptford, 10:30 a.m.
Winslow vs. Deptford, 12:30 p.m.
Woodstown vs. Woodbury, 4:30 p.m.
Penns Grove vs. Lindenwold, 6:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove Showcase
Woodbury at Penns Grove, 2:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Schalick Holiday Tournament, 9 a.m.
Salem at Vineland Tournament
Woodstown at Delaware Valley Tournament
INDOOR TRACK
Salem at Ott Center, Philadelphia
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Brookdale at Salem CC, 2 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Lackawanna at Salem CC, noon
DEC. 15
BOYS BASKETBALL
x-Pennsville at Palmyra, 4 p.m.
Salem Tech at Cape May Tech, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
x-Palmyra at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Salem Tech at Cape May Tech, 4 p.m.
SWIMMING
Woodstown vs. West Deptford, RiverWinds
BOWLING
Salem vs. Salem Tech at Wood Lanes, 4 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at CCBC-Catonsville, 5 p.m.
DEC. 16
BOYS BASKETBALL
Clayton at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
Wildwood at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Penns Grove at St. Joe (Hamm.), 7 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Pennsville at Wildwood, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Clayton, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
DEC. 17
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Buena at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
WRESTLING
Pennsville, Gloucester Catholic at Salem, 5 p.m.
Schalick at Penns Grove, 5 p.m.
SWIMMING
Schalick vs. Gloucester Catholic at GCIT, 4:45 p.m.
Salem vs. Triton at GCIT, 7:15 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem vs. Clayton at Bolero Lanes, 4 p.m.
DEC. 18
BOYS BASKETBALL
Overbrook at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Glassboro, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Glassboro at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Penns Grove at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Ocean, 5 p.m.
DEC. 19
BOYS BASKETBALL
Maple Shade at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
GCIT at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
West Deptford at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
SWIMMING
Woodstown vs. Timber Creek at GCIT, 7 p.m.
Schalick vs. Glassboro at GCIT, 8:30 p.m.
DEC. 20
BOYS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Winslow, 1 p.m.
Salem vs. Pleasantville in Ocean City, 5:15 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Winslow, 11 a.m.
Salem Tech at Highland, 11:30 a.m.
WRESTLING
Burlington Twp., Camden at Salem, 10 a.m.
Pennsville girls at Jackson Memorial, 2 p.m.
Woodstown at University of Delaware
INDOOR TRACK
Woodstown at Ott Center, Philadelphia
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Sussex, noon
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Cecil, 11 a.m.
DEC. 21
WRESTLING
Woodstown at University of Delaware
DEC. 22
BOYS BASKETBALL
Glassboro at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Overbrook, 5:30 p.m.
Penns Grove at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Wildwood at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Woodstown at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
Overbrook at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Wildwood, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK
Pennsville at Ocean Breeze, 4:30 p.m.
Salem at Bennett Center, 4:30 p.m.
DEC. 23
BOYS BASKETBALL
Pennsville at Bridgeton, 4:30 p.m.
DEC. 26
WRESTLING
Salem girls at Clayton Tournament
DEC. 27
BOYS BASKETBALL
Boardwalk Classic, Wildwood
Penns Grove vs. Millville, 2:30 p.m.
Woodstown Holiday Tournament
Camden Tech vs. Haddon Heights, 10 a.m.
Camden Prep vs. Woodstown, 11:30 a.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Audubon Tournament
Woodstown vs. Holy Spirit, Haddonfield, 10 a.m.
Haddon Twp. at Pennsville, 11:30 a.m.
WRESTLING
Schalick at Clayton Classic, 8 a.m.
INDOOR TRACK
Woodstown at Ott Center, Philadelphia
DEC. 28
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Audubon Tournament
WRESTLING
Salem at Middleton South
DEC. 29
BOYS BASKETBALL
Woodstown Holiday Tournament
Consolation game, 10 a.m.
Championship game, 11:30 a.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Woodstown vs. Moorestown Friends, Haddonfield, 10 a.m.
Salem vs. New Egypt (tournament), 1 p.m.
DEC. 30
BOYS BASKETBALL
Woodstown vs. Collingswood at Overbrook Classic, 10 a.m.
Salem vs. Rancocas Valley at Delsea, 11 a.m.
Pennsville at Gateway, 11:30 a.m.
West Deptford at Schalick, noon
Penns Grove vs. Westhampton Tech at Delsea, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Maple Shade at Schalick, 10 a.m.
Salem at New Egypt Tournament
WRESTLING
Audubon, Long Branch, Northern Burlington at Woodstown, 10 a.m.
JAN. 3
BOYS BASKETBALL
Cherokee at Woodstown, 11:30 a.m.
Maple Shade at Pennsville, 11:30 a.m.
Salem Tech at West Deptford, 11:30 a.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Cinnaminson at Woodstown, 1 p.m.
WRESTLING
Northern Burlington, Willingboro at Salem, 10 a.m.
Pennsville at Hammonton Duals, 10 a.m.
Schalick, Haddon Heights, Mainland at Overbrook, 10 a.m.
Woodstown at Collingswood
INDOOR TRACK
Woodstown at Ott Center, Philadelphia
JAN. 5
BOYS BASKETBALL
Clayton at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Wildwood at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Hammonton at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Clayton, 5:30 p.m.
SWIMMING
Schalick vs. West Deptford at River Winds, 3:45 p.m.
JAN. 6
BOYS BASKETBALL
Clayton at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Glassboro at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Overbrook at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Pitman, 7 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Overbrook, 4 p.m.
Glassboro at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
Pitman at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Clayton, 5:30 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. Gloucester Catholic at Westbrook Lanes, 3:45 p.m.
Salem vs. Lindenwold at Wood Lanes, 4 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Union at Salem CC, 6 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Monroe-Bronx at Salem CC, 7 p.m.
JAN. 7
WRESTLING
Deptford at Woodstown, 5 p.m.
Schalick at Gloucester Catholic, 5 p.m.
Penns Grove at Pennsville, 6 p.m.
JAN. 8
BOYS BASKETBALL
Glassboro at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
Penns Grove at Pitman, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Wildwood, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Pitman at Penns Grove
Salem at Glassboro, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Wildwood at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Pennsville at Paulsboro, 7 p.m.
SWIMMING
Schalick vs. Triton at GCIT, 6 p.m.
Woodstown vs. Highland at GCIT, 7 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK
Pennsville at Bennett Complex, 5 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. Lindenwold, 3:45 p.m.
JAN. 9
BOYS BASKETBALL
Buena at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at LEAP, 5:30 p.m.
Triton at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Kingsway, 4 p.m.
LEAP at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Buena, 5:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Pennsville, Salem girls at Kingsway, 5 p.m.
JAN. 10
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Delsea at Pennsville, 11:30 a.m.
Woodstown at Haddonfield, 1 p.m.
WRESTLING
Deptford at Penns Grove, 9 a.m.
Buena, Cumberland, Timber Creek at Schalick, 10 a.m.
Pennsville, Millville, Oakcrest at Overbrook, 10 a.m.
Woodstown at Cinnaminson
INDOOR TRACK
Woodstown at Bennett Center, Toms River
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at RCSJ-Gloucester, 7 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at RCSJ-Gloucester, 5 p.m.
JAN. 12
BOYS BASKETBALL
Clayton at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
Overbrook at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Penns Grove at Glassboro, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Wildwood, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Glassboro at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Salem at Clayton, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Wildwood at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Overbrook, 5:30 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK
Salem at Ocean Breeze, Staten Island, 4:30 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Hagerstown, 5:30 p.m.
JAN. 13
WRESTLING
Woodstown at Schalick, 5 p.m.
Penns Grove at Cumberland, 6 p.m.
Pitman at Pennsville, 6 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem vs. GCIT at Bolero Lanes, 4 p.m.
Salem Tech vs. Kingsway at Westbrook Lanes
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
RCSJ-Cumberland at Salem CC, 5 p.m.
JAN. 14
BOYS BASKETBALL
DuPont at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
Pitman at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Pitman, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
JAN. 15
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Medford Tech at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Camden Catholic, 5:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Salem at Palmyra, 5:30 p.m.
Penns Grove at Clayton, 6 p.m.
Schalick at Pennsville, 6 p.m.
SWIMMING
Woodstown vs. Gloucester Catholic at GCIT, 5:45 p.m.
Schalick vs. Pitman at GCIT, 7:15 p.m.
Salem vs. Deptford at GCIT, 8:30 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK
Pennsville, Salem, Woodstown at Bennett Center, 4:30 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. Clayton, Wood Lanes, 3:45 p.m.
Salem vs. Gloucester Catholic, Westbrook Lanes, 4 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Northampton, 7 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Harcum at Salem CC, 5 p.m.
JAN. 16
BOYS BASKETBALL
Buena at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Gloucester Catholic at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Cumberland, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Lindenwold at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
JAN. 17
BOYS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Eastern, 10 a.m.
Schalick at Haddon Twp., 10 a.m.
Woodstown at Cedar Creek, 11:30 a.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Woodstown at Delsea, 11:30 a.m.
WRESTLING
Woodstown at Buena Quad
Penns Grove, Overbrook, Pitman at Salem, 9 a.m.
Pennsville, Collingswood, Vineland at Sterling, 10 a.m.
Schalick, Haddon Twp., Pemberton at Deptford, 10 a.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Passaic at Salem CC, 2 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Middlesex at Salem CC, noon
JAN. 19
BOYS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove vs. Burlington City at Woodbury
Salem at Atlantic City, 7 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Paulsboro at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
WRESTLING
Deptford at Penns Grove, 6 p.m.
JAN. 20
BOYS BASKETBALL
Glassboro at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Penns Grove at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Overbrook, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Woodstown at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Overbrook at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Glassboro, 5:30 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. Salem at Wood Lanes, 4 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Mercer at Salem CC, 5 p.m.
JAN. 21
WRESTLING
Woodstown at Overbrook
Clayton at Schalick, 5 p.m.
Winslow at Salem, 5 p.m.
Pennsville at Timber Creek, 6 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK
Pennsville, Salem, Woodstown at Ott Center, Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem vs. Deptford at Brunswick Zone, 4 p.m.
JAN. 22
BOYS BASKETBALL
Clayton at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
Gloucester Catholic at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
Pitman at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Clayton, 4 p.m.
Overbrook at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Pitman, 5:30 p.m.
SWIMMING
Woodstown vs. Pitman at GCIT, 5:45 p.m.
Schalick vs. Salem at GCIT, 7:15 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech in NJTAC, Lucky Strike North Brunswick, 1 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Atlantic Cape at Salem CC, 5 p.m.
JAN. 23
BOYS BASKETBALL
Collingswood at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Gateway at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Salem at Buena, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Haddon Heights, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Paulsboro, 5:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Schalick at Pitman, 5 p.m.
Pennsville at Woodstown, 6 p.m.
JAN. 24
BOYS BASKETBALL
Kingsway at Woodstown, 10 a.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Kingsway at Woodstown, 11:30 a.m.
WRESTLING
Salem, Haddon Heights, Middle Twp. at Timber Creek, 9 a.m.
Woodstown, Haddonfield, Millville at Penns Grove, 9 a.m.
Holy Spirit, Toms River North, Vineland at Schalick, 10 a.m.
INDOOR TRACK
Pennsville, Woodstown at Bennett Complex, 9 a.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Lackawanna, 1 p.m.
JAN. 26
BOYS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Mastery Camden
Gateway at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Moorestown Friends at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Schalick at Gateway, 5:30 p.m.
SWIMMING
Woodstown vs. Salem at GCIT, 8:15 p.m.
WRESTLING
Pennsville at Audubon, 6 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. Gloucester Catholic, Wood Lanes, 3:45 p.m.
Salem vs. Lindenwold, 30 Strikes, 4 p.m.
JAN. 27
BOYS BASKETBALL
Camden County Tech at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Overbrook at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Wildwood, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Glassboro, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Glassboro at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Overbrook, 5:30 p.m.
Penns Grove at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Wildwood at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Philadelphia at Salem CC, 7 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Delaware Tech at Salem CC, 5 p.m.
JAN. 28
WRESTLING
Woodstown at Cumberland
Salem at Clayton, 5 p.m.
Pennsville, Salem girls at Clayton Jamboree, 5 p.m.
SWIMMING
TCC Showcase, GCIT, 3 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem vs. Clayton, Wood Lanes, 4 p.m.
JAN. 29
BOYS BASKETBALL
Clayton at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Wildwood at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Wildwood, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Clayton, 5:30 p.m.
SWIMMING
Schalick at Camden Academy Charter, 3:45 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK
Pennsville at Bennett Center, 5 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. Lindenwold, 30 Strikes, 3:45 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Brookdale, 7 p.m.
JAN. 30
BOYS BASKETBALL
Salem vs. Burlington Twp. at Holy Cross
Woodstown at Washington Twp., noon
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Cumberland at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Collingswood, 5:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Collingswood at Schalick, 5 p.m.
Pennsville at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK
TCC Showcase at Bennett Complex, 5 p.m.
JAN. 31
BOYS BASKETBALL
Woodstown at Washington Twp., noon
WRESTLING
Penns Grove at Highland Quad, 9 a.m.
Burlington Twp., Lacey Twp., Pennsauken at Woodstown, 10 a.m.
Schalick, Lindenwold at Palmyra, 10 a.m.
Salem at Arthur Johnson, 10 a.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Luzerne, noon
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Raritan Valley at Salem CC, noon
FEB. 2
BOYS BASKETBALL
Pennsville at West Deptford, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Gateway, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Cape May Tech, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Paulsboro, 4 p.m.
Cape May Tech at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Millville, 5:30 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK
Salem at Ott Center, Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
FEB. 3
BOYS BASKETBALL
Woodstown at Cherry Hill West, 4 p.m.
Glassboro at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Penns Grove at Overbrook, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Clayton, 5:30 p.m.
Pitman at Salem, 7 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Overbrook at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Clayton at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Pitman, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Glassboro, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. ACIT, Wood Lanes, 3:45 p.m.
Salem vs. Washington Twp., Wood Lanes, 4 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Montgomery at Salem CC, 5 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Union at Salem CC, 5 p.m.
FEB. 4
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Salem Tech at Wildwood, 5:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Salem at Schalick, 5 p.m.
Gloucester Catholic at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Clayton, 6:30 p.m.
FEB. 5
BOYS BASKETBALL
Glassboro at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Clayton, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Overbrook, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
Clayton at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
Overbrook at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Harrisburg Area at Salem CC, 5 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at RCSJ-Cumberland, 5 p.m.
FEB. 6
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Millville at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Bridgeton, 5:30 p.m.
FEB. 7
BOYS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Deptford, 11:30 a.m.
Salem Tech at Buena, 11:30 a.m.
Pennsville at Woodstown, noon
Battle by the Bay, Atlantic City
Salem vs. Cherry Hill East, 4 p.m.
WRESTLING
Salem, Sterling, Timber Creek at Oakcrest
Woodstown, Lacey at Williamstown
Vineland, Winslow at Penns Grove, 9 a.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Middlesex, noon
FEB. 9
BOYS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Pitman, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Pennsville at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Pitman at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK
Pennsville, Salem at Ocean Breeze, 4:30 p.m.
FEB. 10
BOYS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Salem at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Woodstown at Timber Creek
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Union at Salem CC, 5 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Morris, 5 p.m.
FEB. 11
BOYS BASKETBALL
Pennsville at Pitman, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Deptford at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
Pitman at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Pennsville, Salem girls at Overbrook Jamboree, 5 p.m.
Haddon Heights at Pennsville, 6 p.m.
FEB. 12
BOYS BASKETBALL
Salem at Rutgers Prep, 6 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Camden at Salem CC, 6 p.m.
FEB. 13
BOYS BASKETBALL
TCC Tournament
GIRLS BASKETBALL
TCC Tournament
WRESTLING
Burlington Twp., Cherry Hill West, Maple Shade at Schalick, 4 p.m.
FEB. 14
WRESTLING
Salem at Notre Dame
Highland, Mainland at Pennsville, 10 a.m.
Woodstown, Allentown, Haddon Heights at Delran, 10 a.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Sussex at Salem CC, 2 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Essex at Salem CC, noon
FEB. 15
INDOOR TRACK
NJSIAA Sectionals at Bennett Complex, 9 a.m.
FEB. 16
WRESTLING
NJSIAA Team Tournament
FEB. 17
BOYS BASKETBALL
TCC Tournament
GIRLS BASKETBALL
TCC Tournament
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Harcum, 5 p.m.
FEB. 18
WRESTLING
Team Sectional Finals
FEB. 19
BOYS BASKETBALL
TCC Tournament
GIRLS BASKETBALL
TCC Tournament
FEB. 20
WRESTLING
State Team Semifinals
FEB. 22
WRESTLING
State Team Championship
INDOOR TRACK
Pennsville at Bennett Complex, 9 a.m.
FEB. 26
BOYS BASKETBALL
South Jersey Group I Tournament
GIRLS BASKETBALL
South Jersey Group I Tournament
FEB. 28
BOYS BASKETBALL
South Jersey Group I Tournament
GIRLS BASKETBALL
South Jersey Group I Tournament
WRESTLING
District Tournament
MAR. 3
BOYS BASKETBALL
South Jersey Group I Tournament
GIRLS BASKETBALL
South Jersey Group I Tournament
MAR. 6
BOYS BASKETBALL
South Jersey Group I Championship
GIRLS BASKETBALL
South Jersey Group I Championship
WRESTLING
Region Tournament
MARCH 7
WRESTLING
Region Tournament
MAR. 8
INDOOR TRACK
Meet of Championship, Ocean Breeze, Staten Island, 10 a.m.
MAR. 11
BOYS BASKETBALL
NJSIAA Group I Semifinals
GIRLS BASKETBALL
NJSIAA Group I Semifinals
MAR. 12
WRESTLING
NJSIAA Individual Championships, Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City
MAR. 12
WRESTLING
NJSIAA Individual Championships, Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City
MAR. 14
WRESTLING
NJSIAA Individual Championships, Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City
MAR. 15
BOYS BASKETBALL
NJSIAA Group I Championship, Rutgers
GIRLS BASKETBALL
NJSIAA Group I Championship, Rutgers
Category: SCHALICK
Shuffle the deck
Salem County teams split into two divisions in the new West Jersey Football League alignment; Woodstown, Penns Grove out of Diamond for first time in league history
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
The Diamond Division of the West Jersey Football League may look a lot different than it has in the past, but it appears just as strong as it’s ever been.
The ”SEC West” of Group I football is still no country for old men.
Two-time reigning state champion Glassboro may be gone in the latest two-year shakeup of WJFL division alignments, but there is still a lineup of heavy hitters residing there.
Glassboro, Woodbury, Woodstown and Penns Grove may be out, but Pennsville, Paulsboro, Gloucester and Overbrook are in. All six teams in the new iteration of the division were playoff teams this past season.
Schalick was 5-7, but played in the sectional title game for the third year in a row. Pennsville (5-5, Patriot) was a South Jersey Group I quarterfinalist and Salem (6-5) and Paulsboro (9-2) played in the semifinals. Incoming Gloucester (5-5, Continental) and Overbrook (6-4, Patriot) were playoff teams in Group II.
“We feel like our division will be challenging, but we must challenge ourselves to get better,” Pennsville athletics director Jamy Thomas said. “We are familiar with the teams in our division and we are getting back a few Salem County rivals.”
To accommodate the shuffle, Salem County’s other two football-playing teams, Woodstown (3-7) and Penns Grove (0-9), were moved into the Independence Division with Buena (3-5), Clayton (5-5), Pitman (4-6) and Woodbury (3-7). Only Woodbury in this group made the playoffs this year, and it was involved in the fight with Paulsboro late in the game.
Glassboro jumps into the Colonial Division with Cedar Creek, Delsea, Holy Spirit, Ocean City and Pleasantville. Reigning Patriot Division champion West Deptford jumps into the Constitution Division with Burlington City, Delran, Haddonfield, Seneca and Willingboro.
Teams had the right to appeal their spots. Deadline for the appeals was Dec. 3; sources said there were more than 20. Five have been granted of the 11 heard, and while there will be changes in the alignment league officials declined to identify them.
“The modifications based on appeals granted have not been completed yet,” WJFL president and Moorestown athletics director Joe McColgan said Wednesday.
The group meets again Monday. “I’m hoping we’ll have some resolution” at that time, McColgan said.
Woodstown and Penns Grove have been part of the Diamond Division since the inception of the WJFL in 2010, but it has been rare that all five Salem County teams played in the same division.
The Eagles play an annual trophy game with Penns Grove. The last time they played all four of the other Salem County teams in the same season was 2019.
“(It) would be nice if the scheduling committee added Woodstown as one of our cross-overs so we would once again play all of the Salem County schools during the regular season,” Thomas said.
WEST JERSEY FOOTBALL LEAGUE
DIAMOND: Gloucester, Overbrook, Paulsboro, Pennsville, Salem, Schalick.
INDEPENDENCE: Buena, Clayton, Penns Grove, Pitman, Woodbury, Woodstown.
Salem County WJFL History
| YEAR | SCHALICK | PENNS GROVE | PENNSVILLE | SALEM | WOODSTOWN |
| 2025 | Diamond | Diamond | Patriot | Diamond | Diamond |
| 2024 | Diamond | Diamond | Patriot | Diamond | Diamond |
| 2023 | Horizon | Diamond | Royal | Diamond | Diamond |
| 2022 | Horizon | Diamond | Royal | Diamond | Diamond |
| 2021 | United | Diamond | United | Diamond | Diamond |
| 2020 | United | Diamond | United | Diamond | Diamond |
| 2019 | Diamond | Diamond | Diamond | Diamond | Diamond |
| 2018 | Diamond | Diamond | Diamond | Diamond | Diamond |
| 2017 | Classic | Diamond | Diamond | Diamond | Diamond |
| 2016 | Classic | Diamond | Diamond | Diamond | Diamond |
| 2015 | Diamond | Diamond | Classic | Classic | Diamond |
| 2014 | Diamond | Diamond | Classic | Classic | Diamond |
| 2013 | Diamond | Diamond | Classic | Classic | Diamond |
| 2012 | Diamond | Diamond | Classic | Classic | Diamond |
| 2011 | Diamond | Diamond | Classic | Classic | Diamond |
| 2010 | Diamond | Diamond | Classic | Classic | Diamond |
This week’s schedule
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Dec. 8-13; x-scrimmage
MONDAY, DEC. 8
BOYS BASKETBALL
x-Triton at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
x-Triton at Salem, 3:30 p.m.
x-Pennsville at Millville, 4 p.m.
TUESDAY, DEC. 9
BOYS BASKETBALL
x-Pennsville at Clayton, 4 p.m.
x-Penns Grove at Vineland, 4 p.m.
x-Salem at Bridgeton, 4 p.m.
x-Schalick at Cumberland, 4 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
x-Bridgeton at Salem, 3:30 p.m.
x-Cumberland at Schalick, 4 p.m.
x-Highland at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. Gloucester at Wood Lanes, 3:45 p.m.
Salem vs. Overbrook at Wood Lanes, 4 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
RCSJ-Gloucester at Salem CC, 7 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Morris at Salem CC, 5 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10
BOYS BASKETBALL
x-Woodstown at Paulsboro, 4 p.m.
SWIMMING
Schalick at Camden County Tech, 4 p.m.
TRACK
Pennsville Polar Bear Meet, 3 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. Clayton at Bowlero, 3:45 p.m.
THURSDAY, DEC. 11
BOYS BASKETBALL
x-Cinnaminson at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
x-St. Joseph at Schalick, 4 p.m.
x-Salem Tech at Pennsauken Tech
GIRLS BASKETBALL
x-Cumberland at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
x-Schalick at Bridgeton, 4 p.m.
x-Woodstown at Lower Cape May, 4:45 p.m.
SWIMMING
Woodstown at Camden Academy Charter, 3:30 p.m.
Salem vs. Pitman at GCIT, 6 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem vs. Gloucester Catholic at Wood Lanes, 4 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at RCSJ-Cumberland, 5 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
RCSJ-Cumberland at Salem CC, 5 p.m.
FRIDAY, DEC. 12
WRESTLING
Pennsville girls in TCC Jamboree, 5 p.m.
SATURDAY, DEC. 13
BOYS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove Showcase
Cumberland vs. West Deptford, 10:30 a.m.
Winslow vs. Deptford, 12:30 p.m.
Woodstown vs. Woodbury, 4:30 p.m.
Penns Grove vs. Lindenwold, 6:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove Showcase
Woodbury at Penns Grove, 2:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Schalick Holiday Tournament, 9 a.m.
Salem at Vineland Tournament
Woodstown at Delaware Valley Tournament
INDOOR TRACK
Salem at Ott Center, Philadelphia
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Brookdale at Salem CC, 2 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Lackawanna at Salem CC, noon
Stars align for TCC
Tri-County Conference sweeps Colonial in soccer all-star games, boys score five goals in final 10:30, girls score shutout
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
CLAYTON — Darren Huck was about 30 seconds away from walking down the sideline to ask his opposite number how he wanted to play it if their all-star soccer game ended in a tie. Overtime? PKs? Coin toss at 20 paces?
Turns out he didn’t have to have that conversation at all.
After nearly 70 minutes of close calls, the Woodstown coach’s Tri-County Conference boys soccer all-stars erupted for five goals in the final 10 and a half minutes of the match and wrecked the Colonial Conference stars 5-1 Monday at Haupt Field.
“Just got lucky,” Huck said with some serious side-eye when asked if he planned it that way. “How did they say it on TV, the ‘A-Team,’ ‘I love it when a plan comes together.’
“It worked out really, really well. We had some weapons we were able to make us look like we knew what we were doing on the sideline.”
Actually, the game went a lot like Huck envisioned, for the first 70 minutes at least. It was a close game between two evenly matched teams, nothing like last year’s 9-1 TCC rout.
The Colonials took a 1-0 lead when Gateway’s Ethan LaCroix hit a shot from about the PK spot that was just out of Pennsville keeper Coen Rinnier’s reach less than four minutes before the break.
And it stayed that way until shortly after the TCC’s last wave of substitutions.
Just about the time Huck was headed over to make his overtime pitch GCIT’s Mike Stanwood got the equalizer when he finished Schalick senior Anthony Sepers’ sharp pass through the box with 10:26 to play.
The coach stopped, turned around and decided to rethink this overtime thing. Then the goals came fast and furious.
Before it was over, Sepers had another assist and GCIT’s Cole Madgey and Williamstown’s Amadu Jalloh had two goals apiece. All five goals came in a span of 9 minutes and 12 seconds.
“Sometimes it just clicks and when you score one, then you’re feeling good and get more adrenaline and you score another and then another and then another,” said Sepers, one of nine Salem County players and four Cougars in the game. “I thought it was going to be a really close game, which it was for the most part, and it just opened up.”
The Tris might not have gotten the first goal if Sepers weren’t so good at reading the field. He was going to shoot it from the left side, but saw Stanwood making a run from behind and pushed the ball through to where he anticipated the receiver would be. It would be the play that changed the game.
“The energy completely shifted,” Madgey said. “It was like no one was really caring and then we scored, then it became a huge energy shift and we all started having more fun and it became more of a game. We scored one and we couldn’t stop.”
Jalloh scored the go-ahead goal two minutes later. About 90 seconds after that Madgey lit the lamp for the first time. Madgey got his second goal moments later off a Sepers corner kick and Jalloh closed the scoring with 64 seconds to play shortly after banging one off the post.
“The corner kick (assist) was actually funny,” Sepers said. “A lot of us all used to play on a club team together so we were messing around and calling that one play and it actually worked.”
“They were all talking about a play they had and I joined in,” Madgey said. “They all said ‘crash,’ and went to the goalie. I just joined in and it kind of found its way to me.”
When the train comes in, everybody rides.
Tri-County 5, Colonial 1
| Tri-County | 0 | 5- | 5 |
| Colonial | 1 | 0- | 1 |
Girls: ‘It’s a Schalick show’
CLAYTON – No sooner had Quinn Berger’s goal from the corner settled inside the goal, Cali Fisler ran over to her teammate and enthusiastically proclaimed, “It’s a Schalick show.”
Fisler and Berger scored the first two goals of the game, about five minutes apart in the first half, and Woodstown’s Ellie Wygand made a big save in the second half as the TCC girls won 3-0.
Fisler, who’s normally assisting other players’ goals, scored the first goal of the night when she lined straight up on Colonial keeper Egypt Bolan (Lindenwold) and buried a shot from about 15 yards out inside the left post with 15:07 left in the first half.
“That was pretty exciting considering I’m not much of a goal scorer in the season, I usually get a lot of assists,” the Cougars’ all-time assists leader said. “But I saw the ball open and I had a shot on net, so I was like I’m just going to take it and it wound up in the back of the net so I’m pretty happy.”
Berger made it 2-0 about five minutes later, and of course it came on a corner kick. The set piece specialist, who had five corner-kick assists on Emily Miller goals in a two-game stretch late in the season and scored directly on a corner in the South Jersey Group I semifinals, put a ball on goal from the right corner that exploded off the keeper’s forearms into the goal.
“That’s literally Quinn,” Fisler said. “That’s the definition of Quinn. That’s what she does.”
Berger had two other corners in the half that had chances to go in. The first was headed over the crossbar by one of her teammates and the other was saved by the keeper and cleared by the defense.
“I honestly don’t know (why it works so well),” Berger said. “I just try to aim for the goal and I have my spot to where I put it on the corner.
“I was always the one who took free kicks, so I was always used to that, but this year is just on a whole different level of excellence. I know where to put it and I know the mindset of where people will be and just put it in the box so they can get it.”
Gianna Simon of Overbrook deposited the TCC’s third goal with 2:36 left in the match.
Wygand played at the end of the first half and started the second. She kept the shutout alive when she reached out with her arm to knock away a shot by Audubon’s Charlie Owens targeted for the upper right corner 11 minutes into the second half.
“I was really focused in that moment when I saw the girl coming at me and all I had to do was make the save,” Wygand said. “I definitely knew she was going toward the back post because of the way she was angled. I kind of just planted and it went the right way.
“Once I made it, I was good and I knew I had people to back me up on the back line and everywhere else. It was awesome.”
Tri-County 3, Colonial 0
| Tri-County | 2 | 1- | 3 |
| Colonial | 0 | 0- | 0 |
All-Star Soccer
The Tri-County and Colonial Conference soccer stars face off in annual all-star games Monday at Clayton
By Riverview Sports News
CLAYTON – The Tri-County Conference will put its recent series dominance on the line with another strong roster of all-stars when the games are played on the artificial turf at Haupt Field here Monday night.
TCC has won the boys game the last two years with one-sided outcomes – 9-1 and 5-2 – that weren’t anticipated but just happened.
“The whole point of the game is for it to be competitive and fun and for these guys to play with some really good players and just have some fun with it; that’s the main part of it,” said Woodstown coach Darren Huck, who has the TCC boys team. “I don’t want to see a blowout on either side, that’s not good for anybody. I’m expecting a close game.”
Salem County is well represented with five players in the 5 p.m. girls game and nine in the boys 7 p.m. nightcap.
Among the girls are Schalick’s set-piece specialist Quinn Berger and all-time assists leader Cali Fisler, Woodstown’s Delaney Walker and Ellie Wygand, and Pennsville’s Taylor Bass.
Schalick has four players on the TCC boys roster – Steve Chomo, Jaxon Weber, Anthony Sepers and Michael Nelson – and they’re joined by Woodstown’s Bryce Ayars and Josh Crawford, Pennsville’s Steve Fatcher and Coen Rinnier, and Salem Tech’s Kameron Brown.
“I think we’re going to have a very good showing,” Huck said. “I think we’re going to be very strong with very quality, quality players. It’s a privilege to coach them.”
Huck hasn’t determined his starters, but he does have a plan for the groups. He’ll play with three forwards, giving each of the two groups 20 minutes per half. The two sets of four midfielders also will get 20 minutes per half and the three sets of four defenders will each get 13-minute shifts. Each keeper will get 20 minutes.
“I expect the Colonial Conference to come out with their strongest lineup in the beginning of the game, so we want to make sure we put our strongest goal keeper out there,” Huck said.
Ten of the TCC girls and 12 of the TCC boys will be playing in the South Jersey Soccer Coaches All-Star Game Tuesday at Rutgers-Camden. The Colonial has seven and four players, respectively, in that game.
Girls rosters, 5 p.m.
| NO. | TRI-COUNTY GIRLS | COLONIAL GIRLS |
| 1 | x-Taylor Stuart, Washington Twp. | x-Charlie Owens, Audubon |
| 2 | x-Carli Scrivana, Williamstown | x-Brielle Connor, Haddon Hts. |
| 3 | x-McKenna Eaton, Williamstown | x-Rylee Delaney, W. Deptford |
| 4 | Casey Vilary, Clearview | Penny Floyd, Gateway |
| 5 | Allison Wiggins, Kingsway | Alexis Nelson, Gloucester |
| 6 | Mackenzie Barry, Kingsway | Ayanna Miller, Woodbury |
| 7 | Brianna Weiss, Washington Twp. | Montgomery Graham, Sterling |
| 8 | Brooke Jones, GCIT | x-Kylie Tocco, Audubon |
| 9 | x-Deondria Simon, Clayton | x-Alexis Varela, W. Deptford |
| 10 | Alyssa Shinskie, Clayton | Joselyn Hauck, Haddon Twp. |
| 11 | LeighAnn Nage, Clayton | Madison Eastlack, W. Deptford |
| 12 | Audrey Duffield, Pitman | x-Kayleigh Daley, Gateway |
| 13 | Lauren Narolewski, Glou. Cath. | Whitney Okeke, Lindenwold |
| 14 | Kaitlyn Capalbo, Glou. Cath. | x-Emily Sewell, Gateway |
| 15 | x-Olivia Capecci, Delsea | Madison Sims, Sterling |
| 16 | x-Ayress Maitland, Delsea | Mariela Fuentes Ramirez, Lindenwold |
| 17 | Emma Serrano, Delsea | Egypt Bolan, Londenwold |
| 18 | Gracie Mills, Deptford | Molly Sullivan, Audubon |
| 19 | x-Anna Lawyer, Deptford | Sydney O;Loughlin, W. Deptford |
| 20 | Ciana Ragonese, Cumberland | Moira Schroeder, Haddon Hts. |
| 21 | Elizabeth Anderson, Highland | Jayleen Peebles, Haddon Twp. |
| 22 | x-Amina Brown, Glassboro | Lily Henning, Haddon Twp. |
| 23 | Quinn Berger, Schalick | Alex Billingsley, Haddon Twp. |
| 24 | x-Cali Fisler, Schalick | |
| 25 | x-Delaney Walker, Woodstown | |
| 26 | Ellie Wygand, Woodstown | |
| 27 | Gianna Simon, Overbrook | |
| 28 | Taylor Bass, Pennsville |
Boys rosters, 7 p.m.
| TRI-COUNTY BOYS | COLONIAL BOYS | |
| 1 | William Gallagher, Triton | Connor Wendell, Audubon |
| 2 | Mason Henry, Deptford | Phelan Pizzutillo, Collingswood |
| 3 | x-Kenny Cockerill, Deptford | Mason McCarthy, Haddon Twp. |
| 4 | Brody Rowe, Timber Creek | Ethan LaCroix, Gateway |
| 5 | Aidan Worley, Highland | Juan Flores-Sanches, Collingswood |
| 6 | Joshua Holt, Cumberland | x-Eammon Sheehan, Haddon Twp. |
| 7 | x-Danny Bird, Delsea | x-Riley Yearicks, W. Deptford |
| 8 | x-Bryce Ayars, Woodstown | x-Ben Cameron, Audubon |
| 9 | Steve Chomo, Schalick | Max Ciavarelli, Haddon Hts. |
| 10 | x-Jaxon Weber, Schalick | Allan Medina, Gloucester |
| 11 | Anthony Sepers, Schalick | Zach Fayer, Audubon |
| 12 | x-Michael Nelson, Schalick | Allen Eastlack, W. Deptford |
| 13 | Josh Crawford, Woodstown | Nate Durst, Collingswood |
| 14 | x-Joey Zubert, Pitman | Lester Saba, Woodbury |
| 15 | Zach Payne, Glou. Cath. | Brendan Rettig, Gloucester |
| 16 | Alex Osorio, Wildwood | Shawn Rizzi, Audubon |
| 17 | Steve Fatcher, Pennsville | Quinn Dahem, Haddon Hts. |
| 18 | Ju’son Stewart, Clayton | Alton Rattle, Gateway |
| 19 | Steven Benckert, Clayton | Carter Watson, W. Deptford |
| 20 | Coen Rinnier, Pennsville | x-Bayron Guardado, Lindenwold |
| 21 | Kameron Brown, Salem Tech | Hendrick Guerrero, Lindenwold |
| 22 | x-Connor Brown, Kingsway | Jonathan Rojas, Haddon Hts. |
| 23 | x-Ayden Anderson, Washington Twp. | Jack McGarrigel, Haddon Twp. |
| 24 | x-Cole Madgey, GCIT | Patrick Farrow, Collingswood |
| 25 | Luke Marino, Clearview | |
| 26 | x-Robbie Finnegan, Washington Twp. | |
| 27 | x-Amadu Jalloh, Williamstown | |
| 28 | Cristian Russell, Williamstown | |
| 29 | Angel Lara, Wildwood | |
| 30 | x-Sean Tarsatana, Washington Twp. |
All-TCC boys soccer
Here are the first and second team selections for the Tri-County Conference Diamond and Classic All-Star Teams; 27 Salem County players recognized; x-known TCC-v-Colonial All-Star Game picks
Diamond Division
| POS | FIRST TEAM | SECOND TEAM |
| F | Luke Price, Schalick | Tyler Vanlier, Schalick |
| F | x-Bryce Ayars, Woodstown | Trevor Leach, Pitman |
| F | Steve Chomo, Schalick | Josh Lewis, Overbrook |
| M | Jaxon Weber, Schalick | Nolan O’Toole, Schalick |
| M | Anthony Sepers, Schalick | Thomas Mason, Overbrook |
| M | Jake Lewis, Woodstown | Nate Newcomb, Pitman |
| M | Jake Bowen-Ashwin, Pitman | |
| D | Michael Nelson, Schalick | JT Fleming, Schalick |
| D | x-Josh Crawford, Woodstown | Rooby Dorival, Penns Grove |
| D | Cooper Willoughby, Schalick | Tommy Tucci, Woodstown |
| D | Grady Datz, Pitman | Lucas Razze, Pitman |
| G | Joey Zubert, Pitman | Dwayne Guzman, Penns Grove |
Classic Division
| FIRST TEAM | SECOND TEAM | |
| F | Jonathan Rehm, Clayton | Sam Hassler, Pennsville |
| F | Zach Payne, Gloucester Cath. | Angel Rosario, Wildwood |
| F | Danny Bunay Coronel, Pennsville | Kameron Brown, Salem Tech |
| M | Justin Michaca, Pennsville | Edwin Castaneda-Sanchez, Pennsville |
| M | Jackson Venuto, Clayton | JP Laughrey, Pennsville |
| M | Alex Osorio, Wildwood | Jason Grossman, Gloucester Cath. |
| M | Logan Pace, Salem Tech | |
| D | x-Steve Fatcher, Pennsville | Steven Benckert, Clayton |
| D | Ju’son Stewart, Clayton | Carrington Proffitt, Salem Tech |
| D | Angel Lara, Wildwood | Oscar DeJesus, Wildwood |
| D | Brant Regner, Pennsville | Jackson Mecholsky, Pennsville |
| G | x-Coen Rinnier, Pennsville | Justin Delaney, Clayton |
Deceiving final
Schalick falls hard to top-seeded Glassboro in SJ Group I title game, but game was closer than final score indicated; Sabb rushes for 4 TDs
GROUP 1 FINALS
South: Glassboro 47, Schalick 14
Central: Burlington City 28, Shore 20
North I: Butler 28, Kinnelon 14
North II: Cedar Grove 37, New Providence 17
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
GLASSBORO — When Kevin Leamy looked at the scoreboard at the end of the game Friday night, the lights he saw burning into the night showed Schalick on the short end of a 47-14 loss to Glassboro in the South Jersey Group I championship game.
But in the Cougars coach’s heart of hearts, and in the hearts of his players, he knew it wasn’t that kind of game.
The Cougars actually held a lead late in the second quarter — only the second time Glassboro has trailed all year — and seemed headed for a halftime lead until the No. 1 seed did No. 1 seed things and scored two touchdowns in the final 30 seconds of the half. And it was still a one-score game midway through the third quarter.
“The scoreboard is misleading to say the least,” Leamy said.
“One hundred percent the score does not reflect this game whatsoever,” chimed in linebacker Gary Simonini.
The Cougars came into the game with an aggressive mindset, but sometime In the second quarter they turned it up a notch with Leamy making the call that defined the game.
He turned to one of his assistants and said the Cougars could play it safe the rest of the game and try to keep it close or they could go for it and live with the consequences.
He conveyed the message to his players and they let it all hang out. They threw it deep, they took their shots, they went for it on fourth down. They already played a little mind game with their undefeated hosts, warming up at school and then arriving shortly before kickoff, and they figured a little physicality piled on top might just do the trick.
The Cougars didn’t lay down, but eventually got worn down and the Bulldogs scored three more touchdowns in the fourth quarter to set off the running clock.
“We weren’t going to give up, we were going to keep fighting regardless what the score is,” Leamy said. “There was a lot of shock from the other side. They weren’t expecting for this to be a game at any point. They thought it was going to be a blowout from the first quarter on. I think the kids made a statement that Schalick isn’t just a pushover.
“I couldn’t be more proud of this group of kids. For them to come out and give that kind of effort, I think everyone in attendance tonight saw the true story that isn’t on that scoreboard: This team has a lot of guts, we just don’t have as many dudes as they do.”
Among the dudes at Glassboro’s disposal , Amari Sabb rushed for 242 yards and scored four touchdowns on runs of 49, 24, 31 and 32 yards. Quarterback Jack O’Connell threw two touchdown passes to break the school record for passing touchdowns. He put up a 32-yarder to Mekhi Parker on the final play of the second quarter and a 27-yarder to Xavier Sabb in the fourth quarter to break the record.
“He’s a gamer,” Glassboro coach Timmy Breaker said. “Amari, when the lights are on, he’s gonna perform. He doesn’t mind it, he loves it. He’s one of those kids like when you’re looking to count on him he can give you, No. 1, everything he’s got and, No. 2, he loves to be the guy who makes the play that change the game. Every moment to shine he’s going to step in that light, for sure.”
Schalick quarterback Kenny Bartee was a certified dude as well. He played the whole game on a bad ankle that made walking difficult as late as Tuesday. He courageously ran it 18 times, rushed for one touchdown and threw a touchdown pass to Simonini for their first score. Leamy said he was “phenomenal.”
“It was a group effort (to get back on the field),” Bartee said, even more eager to play having missed the regular season game with Glassboro because of a concussion. “I told them Saturday after the (Paulsboro) game when it happened that no matter how much pain I’m in I’m going to play Friday. No matter how much therapy I’ve got to do, no matter how much icing and heating I’ve got to do, I’m playing Friday just to be here with my boys one last time.”
The teams battled to a scoreless first quarter thanks in part to Schalick defensive back Gio Alicea’s interception in the end zone –one of three picks the Cougars had in the game – but Glassboro broke the ice with Sabb’s first touchdown early in the second.
The Bulldogs missed the extra point, opening the door for the Cougars to take the lead if they could execute. They were handed a short field after making a fourth-down stop deep in Glassboro’s end and three plays later Bartee escaped traffic in the backfield and flipped a pass to a wide open Simonini at the 2 and he easily stepped into the end zone. Hunter Dragotta’s PAT gave the Cougars a 7-6 lead with 1:07 left in the half.
All that did was enflame the Bulldogs. They regained the lead when Sabb went up the middle for a 24-yard touchdown with less than 30 seconds left in the half and then after a Sabb interception Mekhi Parker pulled in a jump ball from O’Connell on the final play of the half to make it 20-7.
“Adversity is the best teacher,” Breaker said. “You always find out who your kids are, you always find out who your staff is when you hit adversity.
“I think we were down maybe one time this year, against Woodbury, and the kids they enjoy that part. I think Schalick was hooting and hollering and the kids saw that. We were down and they said now we know we’re not playing Glassboro football. They were able to bind together off that adversity. They did a great job of responding off of that.”
The Cougars, though, let everyone know they came to play.
“We all wanted it, we all wanted it for our seniors, we all wanted it for ourselves, we all wanted it for Schalick,” Bartee said. “We all wanted it because Schalick gets slept on. We wanted to make a name for ourselves. Although we didn’t win, as bad as the score looked, that’s not how the game turned out. Glassboro hasn’t played anybody as hard as they played us, so I feel like everybody gave their all today.”
“We all put our hearts on the field and that’s really it,” safety Dylan Sheehan said. “No matter what the score shows, that was a tight game. If you were watching the game I was watching we put our hearts out on the field and that’s the best we could do.”
Top photo: Glassboro’s Amari Sabb (3) rushed for 242 yards and four touchdowns in Friday’s South Jersey Group I championship game against Schalick. (Photo by Heather Papiano)
Glassboro 47, Schalick 14
| SCHAL | GLASS | |
| 7 | 1st Downs | 16 |
| 29-34 | Rushing | 31-371 |
| 5-16-2 | Passing | 6-14-3 |
| 75 | Passing yds | 99 |
| 0-0 | Fum-lost | 0-0 |
| 5-31.0 | Punts-avg | 0-0 |
| 4-45 | Penalties | 13-110 |
| Schalick | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0- | 14 |
| Paulsboro | 0 | 20 | 7 | 20- | 47 |
SCORING SUMMARY
G – Amari Sapp 49 run (pass failed), 9:40 2Q
S – Gary Simonini 14 pass from Kenny Bartee (Hunter Dragotta kick), 1:07 2Q
G – Amari Sabb 24 run (Amari Sabb run), 29.8 2Q
G – Mekhi Parker 32 pass from Jack O’Connell (kick failed), 0:00 2Q
S – Kenny Bartee 1 run (Hunter Dragotta kick), 6:44 3Q
G – Amari Sabb 31 run (Sal Esgro kick), 4:24 3Q
G – Amari Sabb 32 run (run failed), 9:51 4Q
G – Xavier Sabb 27 pass from Jack O’Connell (Sal Esgro kick), 7:09 4Q
G – Davon Barr 12 run (Sal Esgro kick), 3:04 4Q
Happy returns
Jenkins, Elliott came back to Schalick fold after other plans in offseason, played big roles in getting the Cougars to the South Jersey Group I championship game
SJ GROUP I CHAMPIONSHIP
Friday
(6) Schalick (5-6) at (1) Glassboro (11-0), 6 p.m.
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PITTSGROVE – Ayden Jenkins and Evan Elliott didn’t know how much they missed football until they sat out through the summer and watched their teammates play in the season opener, and their team didn’t know how much it missed them until Saturday.
Both juniors played key roles in Schalick’s 35-28 win over Paulsboro that sent the Cougars into Friday’s SJ Group I championship game at Glassboro.
Elliott, the team’s fullback, volunteered at the start of the week to play center despite never playing offensive line in his life when the team’s regular snapper went out of town and played the whole game.
Jenkins, a slot receiver trained at multiple positions, went to fullback with Elliott’s move, but switched back to slot when Sherrod Jones got hurt in the first series and caught two touchdown passes on consecutive series in the second quarter.
“That’s just the type of kids they are,” head coach Kevin Leamy said. “They want to do whatever they can to win; that’s their goal. If it’s going to help us win, they will do anything.”
But there was a time when they might not have been part of the picture at all.
Both had differing reasons for not playing and stayed away through training camp and the first couple games of the year. One was done with the school and was heading off to play another sport, the other was just done with the sport.
But they ultimately came back and they’re glad they did.
“Extremely,” Jenkins said. “I don’t think I could’ve made a better choice to come back. I really think I would’ve missed out on a lot if I didn’t come back.”
“Definitely,” added Elliott.
It wasn’t a guarantee they would be back. Both went to Leamy after the season opener, but the new coach left it to their teammates to decide. Leamy put their return to a vote and the players voted unanimously to allow them back.
They haven’t disappointed since. Elliott has provided with Cougars with power in the backfield and Jenkins has been their version of a Swiss Army knife.
“(They’ve added) a ton,” Leamy said. “You never know what would’ve been if they didn’t come out, but I know we are a much, much better team having those two kids on the team than not having them on the team.
“I don’t know what our record would’ve been or anything like that, but I do know we are a much better team with those two kids on the field than not having them on the field.”
Jenkins was outta here.
He was headed to Delsea to wrestle and had been wrestling all summer without practicing any football, and then fate intervened. Every time he tried to get the paperwork together something glitched in the process. The deal eventually fell through and Jenkins was back at Schalick.
“I am glad I came back to play football,” he said.
Give Elliott – and maybe the fullback’s mother – an assist on that.
Elliott was about to give up the game altogether, frustrated by playing opportunities he didn’t see when he believed he had the talent to be out there. His mother convinced him to stick it out.
“She said I’m always going to regret it not playing,” he said. “I told her I was over it, but she knows I love playing. I’ve been playing since I was 5 years old; I just loved playing. She kept trying to (convince me).
“I was kind of angry. I wasn’t missing it in the summer because I didn’t get the opportunity to play the two years before, but when I came and watched them play I realized how much I did miss playing.”
The first person Elliott told when he changed his mind was Jenkins, who was still trying to get to Delsea. He basically told him if his Delsea plans fell through “you might as well just play football.”
Well, those Delsea plans did fall through and the two were back on the football field together again. But it wasn’t automatic.
They had to approach Leamy and then had to go through the team vote. Everything worked out
They watched the season opener together, were on the sideline for the second game and then after being welcomed back to the fold got their required six practices in to be eligible for the Penns Grove game.
All roads converged Saturday.
Jenkins had 40 yards rushing, including a 28-yard burst to set up Gary Simonini’s game-tying 2-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, and three catches for 50 yards. His touchdown catches covered 25 and 24 yards on successive drives to give the Cougars a two-touchdown lead.
“One was a pre-snap read,” he explained. “It actually was supposed back side to Dylan (Sheehan), but we had a mismatch on my side so I called Pop (Kenny Bartee) to it and the second one was a broken play. I know all the positions, but I didn’t know my route on that play so I hesitated and ran out and turned it into a wheel for a touchdown.”
It was Elliott who approached Leamy about playing center because he didn’t know who would have done it if he hadn’t offered. After a week of practice, he played the whole game. The Cougars amassed nearly 300 yards of offense.
“I wasn’t nervous, but it was definitely challenging playing a whole new position; I’d never done anything like that before,” he said. “I did my best, a couple mistakes here and there, but I did the best I could. There definitely were some things I could do better, but I was proud of myself.”
He’ll remain at center for as long as the Cougars remain in the playoffs. Does that mean he’s an offensive lineman for the rest of his high school career? No, and no need for anyone to convince him otherwise.
“Definitely not,” he said. “I’m going back to fullback next year.”
Tale of the Tape
| GENERAL | REC | PF | PA | RUSH | PASS |
| Schalick | 5-6 | 191 | 239 | 1787 | 883 |
| Glassboro | 11-0 | 501 | 40 | 1519 | 2439 |
| LEADING RUSHERS | ATT | YDS | TD |
| Kenny Bartee, Schalick | 109 | 622 | 11 |
| David Stewart, Schalick | 64 | 405 | 3 |
| Evan Elliot, Schalick | 42 | 166 | 0 |
| JoJo DeLecce, Glassboro | 77 | 701 | 11 |
| Amari Sabb, Glassboro | 25 | 319 | 8 |
| Davon Barr, Glassboro | 40 | 316 | 5 |
| LEADING PASSERS | C-A-I | YDS | TD |
| Kenny Bartee, Schalick | 30-81-101 | 392 | 6 |
| Gary Simonini, Schalick | 22-42-2 | 178 | 1 |
| Jack O’Connell, Glassboro | 127-218-7 | 2266 | 33 |
| LEADING RECEIVERS | REC | YDS | TD |
| Dylan Sheehan, Schalick | 16 | 161 | 1 |
| Sherrod Jones, Schalick | 6 | 116 | 1 |
| David Stewart, Schalick | 8 | 139 | 1 |
| Xavier Sabb, Glassboro | 45 | 742 | 11 |
| Amari Sabb, Glassboro | 42 | 747 | 10 |
| Mekhi Parker, Glassboro | 33 | 776 | 12 |
| KICK SCORING | FG | PAT |
| Hunter Dragotta, Schalick | 2-4 | 20-23 |
| Sal Esgro, Glassboro | 0-1 | 27-33 |
2-POINT CONVERSIONS: Amari Sabb, Glassboro 7; Mehki Parker, Glassboro 4; Xavier Sabb, Glassboro 3.
Tough day
Top-seeded Schalick falls on penalty kicks, Woodstown shut out in South Jersey Group I girls soccer semifinals
SJ GROUP 1 GIRLS SOCCER
Wednesday’s Semifinals
Audubon 3, Schalick 2 (PK, 4-1)
Haddon Twp. 6, Woodstown 0
Friday’s Championship
(6) Haddon Twp. at (5) Audubon, 3 p.m.
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PITTSGROVE — Schalick coach Will Kemp searched for the right words. The top-seeded Cougars had just come off the pitch after falling to Audubon 3-2 in a South Jersey Group I semifinal penalty kick shootout and he wanted to make a point, but he wanted to with the proper amount to decorum.
The wind blew steadily throughout the game and although it calmed in the overtime and shootout the Cougars’ coach said it was “another type of influence” that impacted the way his team could play the game.
Several Schalick players were taken to the ground for some extended medical attention and the only yellow card issued was assessed to the Cougars for a contact foul that occurred on the sideline near the Audubon bench.
“It’s a game where we have multiple players who are trying to play proper but kind of get held on a short leash when it comes to the way that we usually play,” Kemp said. “Taking our players out of the game and not being able to get back to our style obviously influenced our game in a negative way.
“Audubon is a tough team to play against. They’ve been to the South Jersey final multiple times. It’s a program that continues to challenge at the top, but at the same exact time we’re a program that challenges at the top as well. I definitely believe we deserved a lot more than what we got today and for this game to go to pens (PKs) it’s unfortunate.”
The Cougars held a 2-0 lead, but Audubon scored twice in the second half with the wind to force extra time. After a scoreless overtime, the Green Wave hit all four of their penalty kicks and won the shootout 4-1.
Kylie Tocco, Charlie Owens, Gi Heller and Molly Sullivan scored in the shootout for Audubon, all of them going for the left post. Cali Fisler hit Schalick’s penalty kick to make it 2-1 in the shootout.
Green Wave keeper Kylie Cannaday stoned Quinn Berger on the Cougars’ first attempt PK and not just for that save Kemp said “in my true heart she actually saved this game for them.”
It was the second year in a row the Cougars were eliminated on PKs, having gone out that way against Glassboro in the quarterfinals last year. The Green Wave is now 3-0 in playoff PK shootouts since 2018.
“I believe the 2-0 lead should have stuck,” Kemp said. “You see the way their players react when it comes to getting touched and things like that, so it’s unfortunate our players get taken out of the game over inexperience from the officiating crew. I hate to say that, but at the same time it’s just the truth.
“Our players get absolutely destroyed and they get nothing for it. I hate that. For that type of influence to happen inside of a high-level game like this, it takes away from two teams out there very competitive that want to win. “
The Cougars (13-6-1) built their lead on a left side corner kick by Berger that sailed into the upper right corner with 5:19 left in the first half and Olivia Vanacker’s breakaway six minutes into the second half. The Green Wave (12-8-1) tied it on goals by Sullivan and Owens three and a half minutes apart midway through the second half.
“We have a group of fighters,” Green Wave coach Bill Scully said. “We played an incredibly tough schedule this year. There were a lot of times when we could have given in a little bit and they never did. Down 2-0 is tough and sometimes you can see a team have doubt, but the fight was actually stronger at that point. They’re just so relentless. This team, they just refused to stop fighting. They’re not going to stop until somebody says it’s done. We have a tough group of kids.”
“That’s something every team says about us, no matter what,” Sullivan said. “We could be losing 4-0 and then come back. We’re going to keep fighting whether we win or lose.”
The goal by Berger gave her 100 career points (31 goals, 38 assists). Fisler joined the 100-Point Club earlier this season.
“For Quinn, it’s an amazing feat to join the 100-Point Club,” Kemp said. “I’m not sure exactly how many players are in there, but even if there are a lot of players in there it’s still an amazing feat especially when it comes to Schalick soccer. We have a special group that’s up there and I’m glad that Quinn will join it.”
Audubon will host Haddon Twp. (11-9-1) Friday, 3 p.m. for the South Jersey Group I championship.
HADDON TWP. 6, WOODSTOWN 0: Aubrey Carson scored two goals in the second half to complete her first career hat trick and set the game on track for a mercy-rule finish. The sophomore also had two assists and now has seven goals and six assists in the Hawks’ three playoff games.
Kaitlyn Martin scored a pair of goals for the Hawks and Abby Wiedeman had their other goal.
“It just didn’t go right for us,” Wolverines coach Kieran Keyser said. “We started off slow and Haddon Twp. didn’t back down. From the first minute to the last minute of the game they poured it on. They were solid throughout. Everyone was on on their team.”
The Wolverines fell behind in the first three minutes when Carson scored on a ball knocked loose after Woodstown keeper Ellie Wygand appeared to make an initial save.
About five minutes later freshman Hailey Kucharczuk had a good chance to tie the game. She gathered the rebound after her initial shot was stopped and had an open goal with the goalie beaten when Hawks’ center back Jocelyn Hauck came out of nowhere, threw her leg up and deflected the ball over the crossbar. Keyser called it “one of the better defensive saves I’ve ever seen a high school center back make.”
Wiedeman made it 2-0 and then Martin scored her first goal on a penalty kick to make it 3-0.
“From that point on it was really an uphill battle,” Keyser said. “Mistakes that we made today we did not make against Gateway (in the quarterfinals), we did not make in the regular season. It wasn’t our best showing today. Sometimes you just don’t always have it. It was an unfortunate way to end the season, but still lots to be proud of.”
GROUP 1 GIRLS SOCCER
Saturday’s Section Finals
South
(6) Haddon Twp. at (5) Audubon, Friday
Central
(9) Point Pleasant Beach at (6) Shore
North I
(5) Pequannock at (2) Midland Park
North II
(11) Glen Ridge at Verona or Mountain Lakes
Tails, they win
Schalick takes the wind in the second half, scores game’s only goal in win over Audubon to reach SJ Group I finals
SJ GROUP 1 BOYS SOCCER
Tuesday’s Semifinals
Schalick 1, Audubon 0
Haddon Twp. 4, Palmyra 1
Friday’s Championship
(2) Schalick (16-3-2) at (1) Haddon Twp. (15-5-1), 6 p.m.
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PITTSGROVE — The Schalick boys soccer team is headed back to the South Jersey Group I title game after a windy, workmanlike 1-0 win over Audubon Tuesday and some might say they won this at the coin toss.
The second-seeded Cougars won the toss, defended against the wind in the first half and got the game’s only goal with the wind at their back in the second half.
It wasn’t just a little breezy. The wind was howling straight down the field at 20 mph, with gusts up to 30. The team that could take advantage of the conditions best had the best chance of winning and having control of when you got the wind was as big a factor in the match as any strategic move.
“It’s bigger than you think, especially on days like today when the wind’s ripping like that; definitely got the luck of the coin there,” stopper Cooper Willoughby said. “You don’t really think of it that much – it’s more of just an afterthought, like let’s get this over with and start playing – but it really helped us today.”
“That was the thing,” captain Jaxon Weber said. “We knew the wind was a huge factor today and capitalizing on the coin toss, luck, but we took our side that we wanted to go against first knowing the second half we could come out and dominate.”
The Cougars almost always will take the wind in the second half because it’s much harder to score an equalizing goal against the wind.
“Especially when we’ve got wind like this we love taking the harder end, having the wind coming against us, in the first half, just to weather the storm,” Willoughby said, “so we can really get it going in the second half hopefully with the wind, which we did manage to do today.”
The Cougars (16-3-2) now play at top-seeded Haddon Twp. in the sectional final Friday. There is talk of the game being played at 6 p.m., which would put it opposite of Schalick’s sectional final football game at Glassboro, but nothing has been determined.
Weber scored the game’s only goal, heading home a long, curling shot from Josh Stecher into the top left corner with 21:17 to play.
Stecher was about 25 yards out on the right side and his shot cut through the wind to the far post where Weber was positioned for the finish. The freshman assisted an Anthony Sepers goal on a similar shot from the left side on Senior Night.
“I really like to cross in the box a lot, that’s one of the good things I like to do,” Stecher said. “I was really hoping someone could get a head on it and get it in.”
The Cougars almost scored eight minutes before Weber broke the ice when Steve Chomo banged a shot off the crossbar.
Weber just missed a goal with three seconds left in the first half when the Cougars were going against the wind.
“That one was really close,” Weber said. “That keeper made an unbelievable save. He couldn’t have made a better save I put it in the exact spot at the exact place I wanted it, so him making that save was incredible.”
“That would’ve been perfect,” Schalick coach Joe Mannella said. “We finally got a little patience. It seemed like we were settling in and really had a nice little sequence there. Anthony put it on the platter and Jaxon hit a shot and the keeper made a great save. That would’ve been some nice momentum going into halftime.”
Audubon did mount some attacks with and against the wind, but each time they did the Cougars’ senior back line gobbled it up and cleared the ball to the most open side to start their own attack. And when the Green Wave tried to clear those, the Cougars intercepted and attacked again.
“That’s a big thing with Coach Joe,” Willoughby said. “Get it wide and move it quick.”
GROUP 1 BOYS SOCCER
Friday’s Section Finals
South
Schalick (16-3-2) at Haddon Twp. (15-5-1)
Central
Middlesex (14-6-2) at Delaware Valley (18-5)
North I
North Warren-Emerson Boro vs. Pompton Lakes-Waldwick
North II
Verona-Wallington vs. Glen Ridge (17-4)
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