Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Sept. 23-28; all games 4 p.m. unless noted, all football games 7 p.m. unless noted
MONDAY BOYS SOCCER Paulsboro at Pennsville (Foglein Bowl) GIRLS SOCCER Pennsville at Paulsboro FIELD HOCKEY Clayton at Salem Pennsville at Woodstown Schalick at Overbrook GIRLS TENNIS Pitman at Woodstown Schalick at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m. Cumberland at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m.
TUESDAY BOYS SOCCER Glassboro at Schalick Gloucester Catholic at Salem Overbrook at Woodstown Wildwood at Pennsville Pitman at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m. Salem Tech at Clayton, 7 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Penns Grove at Pennsville Salem at Gloucester Catholic Schalick at Glassboro Woodstown at Overbrook Salem Tech at Clayton, 5 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS Glassboro at Pennsville Penns Grove at Gloucester Catholic Schalick at Pitman Woodstown at Salem FIELD HOCKEY Bridgeton at Pennsville
WEDNESDAY FIELD HOCKEY Deptford at Schalick, 6 p.m. Gloucester Catholic at Salem Overbrook at Woodstown GIRLS SOCCER Overbrook at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS Woodstown at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Triton at Salem Tech
THURSDAY BOYS SOCCER Clayton at Pennsville Penns Grove at Overbrook Salem Tech at Gloucester Catholic Schalick at Pitman Wildwood at Salem Woodstown at Glassboro GIRLS SOCCER Glassboro at Woodstown Gloucester Catholic at Salem Tech Pennsville at Schalick Salem at Wildwood GIRLS TENNIS Overbrook at Schalick Penns Grove at Pennsville Salem at Gloucester Catholic Woodstown at Cedar Creek CROSS COUNTRY Salem Tech at Burlington Tech GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Kingsway at Salem Tech
FRIDAY FOOTBALL Woodbury at Glassboro, 6 p.m. Woodstown at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m. Pennsville at Camden Catholic FIELD HOCKEY Schalick at Cumberland GIRLS TENNIS Woodstown at Kingsway BOYS SOCCER Salem at Overbrook
SATURDAY FOOTBALL Collingswood at Haddon Twp., 10:30 a.m. Overbrook at Paulsboro, 11 a.m. West Deptford at Audubon, 11 a.m. Schalick at Salem, noon BOYS SOCCER Schalick at Cinnaminson, 11 a.m. GIRLS SOCCER Schalick at Cinnaminson, 9:30 a.m. CROSS COUNTRY Schalick at Six Flags Great Adventure, 9 a.m.
Melo Erickson and his Penns Grove teammates play another Salem County rival Friday night when they host Woodstown. (Photo by Heather Papiano)
Pennsville gives its best effort in Foglein’s six seasons as coach, but falls on an overtime golden goal; includes full schedule of Salem County games
WEDNESDAY’S BOYS SOCCER Pitman 2, Pennsville 1 (OT) Schalick 7, Clayton 0 Woodstown 8, Gloucester Catholic 1 Wildwood 4, Penns Grove 2 Salem at Overbrook Salem Tech at Glassboro
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – Coen Rinnier buried his head in his hands as he sat in the middle of the bench after the game. He was brilliant in the Pennsville goal all afternoon, but there was one shot he just couldn’t get at.
The Eagles had one of their best chances to beat long-time nemesis Pitman and, in fact, played what Derek Foglein called their best full-game effort in his six years as coach. But it just wasn’t to be as Panthers senior Jaiden Ammons headed back a rebound just beyond the keeper’s reach five minutes into overtime to send the Eagles to a bitter 2-1 defeat.
“That was the best 80 minutes of soccer I’ve seen in my six years,” Foglein said. “We were already down guys because I have a guy who was suspended from the first game with Wildwood, one of our center mids went down in the first half with an injury and never came out.
“I made zero subs in the second half. Every single guy on the field gutted out the second half and overtime. And that’s because they were fit. They played soccer every day since May and they were fit enough to hang with them.
“All I needed them to do was battle. We knew this was going to be a battle and they really battled. They battled really hard for 85 minutes.”
The Eagles (2-2) were trying to buck a lot of history. They hadn’t beaten the Panthers since Sept. 13, 2017 – that’s 11 in a row now – and hadn’t beaten them at home since before 2010. But they gave the Panthers (4-1) all they could handle.
And they struck first, and early to show they meant business. Shane Puckett took a through ball from freshman J.P. Laughrey, found Pitman keeper Joey Zubert out of position and ripped it into the back of net just 4:41 into the game.
“We specifically talked in film today about the fact off the tap and early we didn’t want to give up possession in the defensive third,” Foglein said. “We wanted to send the ball down their way quickly and force them to defend or do something with it.
“We’ve seen that other teams have been able to get on them quick. We saw Wildwood scored on them in the first five minutes as well. The first five minutes is going to be our chance to jump on them and then we’ve got to see if we could hold on and we held on for as long as we could.”
The Eagles kept the lead until Owen Hurley converted a throw-in from Nate Newcomb that bounced crazily in the box to tie it. After that the teams battled to keep the other from scoring again, with the Pennsville defense clearing numerous Pitman challenges and Rinnier turning back several shots to keep the game tied.
Newcomb got the game-winning exchange started with a throw-in from deep down the left sideline. Pitman’s Jake Bowen-Ashwin fought through the defensive challenge of Stevie Fatcher to keep it alive along the baseline and flicked it into the middle of the box. It deflected into the air off Pennsville senior Maddox Efelis’ foot, Trevor Leach moved in and headed it off the middle of the crossbar, Eagles’ back Jake Steiner appeared to clear it away, but Ammons charged in from the right side and headed it back into the left side of the goal just past the outstretched arms of a diving goalie.
“It was very hard,” Rinnier said. “It was deflected I think twice. There was just so much going through my head when that happened and unfortunately it just went in.
“As a goalie you know when the ball is going to go in. As soon as he headed that second ball in I know the game’s over. I still dove for it, but as soon as he heads the ball I know the game’s over.”
The goalie agreed with his coach that it was the best the Eagles have played in a while and the loss notwithstanding it bodes well for their fortunes going forward.
“We’ve never been close to Pitman, never, well, besides last year it was 1-0, but we didn’t play well,” he said. “This year we played amazing. He’s right, it’s the best soccer we ever played today.
“I’m just looking forward to the next games now. If we can compete with Pitman, we can compete with every other team. Competing with Pitman, we can beat Wildwood and win our division for the first time in God knows how long.”
Cover photo: Pitman’s Jaiden Ammons heads a shot back towards the Pennsville goal for the game-winner in overtime.
SCHALICK 7, CLAYTON 0: Freshman Marco Spinnato assisted on the Cougars’ final goal against Woodstown in its last game Monday and he followed that with the first two goals of his career against the Clippers. Anthony Sepers also scored twice for the Cougars (3-0), while Steve Chomo, Mikey Nelson and Louis Sepers all scored once.
The shutout was coach Joe Mannella’s 296th career win. The earliest he could reach the 300-win milestone is Sept. 30 against Penns Grove.
WOODSTOWN 8, GLOUCESTER CATHOLIC 1: The Wolverines got goals from eight different players. Bryce Ayers, Blake Bialecki, Adrian Ibarra, Great Prater, Tyler Szatny and Brendon Curtis scored in the first half. Sid Leevy and Connor Williams scored in the second half.
The win was the 288th of coach Darren Huck’s career. The earliest he could reach the 300-win milestone is Oct. 16 at Salem Tech.
WILDWOOD 4, PENNS GROVE 2: The Warriors (4-1) scored a pair of goals in each half to win its fourth game in a row. Noureddine Bedderi broke a 1-1 tie in the first half and extended the lead to 3-1 with the first goal of the second half. Edwin Aviles and Edward Swank scored Penns Grove’s two goals.
Girls soccer
WEDNESDAY’S SCORES Glassboro 6, Salem Tech 0 Pitman 2, Pennsville 0 Schalick 2, Clayton 1 Woodstown 2, Gloucester Catholic 1 Overbrook 7, Salem 1 Penns Grove at Wildwood
SCHALICK 2, CLAYTON 1: Quinn Berger scored the game-winner on a free kick in the final 20 minutes of the second half. Abby Willoughby scored the Cougars’ first goal. It was their third straight win.
WOODSTOWN 2, GLOUCESTER CATHOLIC 1: Lia Covely and Emma scored goals in the first half for the Wolverines (3-2). Ellie Wygand made 10 saves to turn the Rams away.
PITMAN 2, PENNSVILLE 0: Emery Sharpnack scored her fifth goal of the season in the first half and Madison Peek got her fifth in the second half.
GLASSBORO 6, SALEM TECH 0: Marianna Dempster and Amina Brown both scored a pair of goals for the Bulldogs.
OVERBROOK 7, SALEM 1: Gianna Simon and Maria Olea-Vinalay scored two goals apiece for Overbrook. Isla Bohn scored Salem’s goal in the first half.
Schalick scores 4 goals in second half to turn back Woodstown in boys soccer; results of Monday’s sports action involving Salem County teams BOYS SOCCER Schalick 5, Woodstown 2 Pennsville 6, Salem 0 Wildwood 5, Salem Tech 2 Penns Grove at Glassboro
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
PITTSGROVE – Mikey Nelson admitted he was way too anxious about the game later in the day to be any good in class today. The anticipation of playing in a rivalry with so many connections just made it too difficult to stay focused.
NELSON
“I couldn’t sit still in school; I was thinking about this game way too much,” the junior midfielder said. “All I wanted to do was get out on the field and play today.
“I have a cousin of the team and I have teammates from a club team on the team. I know Woodstown is a good rival. It’s one of the best competitive games all season. I’ve been trying to recreate my goal from last year at the night game against Woodstown because that was Coach’s favorite goal of the season, so I want to get some more of those.”
Nelson might not have recreated that one Monday, but he did notch a pair of goals in the second half to help the Cougars turn back the Wolverines 5-2 in a way-too-early-in-the-season showdown between Tri-County Diamond Division rivals.
Actually, Nelson’s anticipation for the game began the night before and carried over into the school day. The toughest part about it was he had to find ways to release all that energy without being disruptive. He can’t remember ever being so amped for a game. He admitted he expended a lot of energy in the first half, too.
“I had Jax Weber and Ant Sepers in my second period (U.S. History) class and me and Ant were both shaking our tables pretty much the whole class trying to get out of school to play soccer; we love the game,” Nelson said. “I kept looking up at the clock a lot, I kept tapping my feet and moving my leg a lot. I got most of my schoolwork done, so that’s good.”
The game was a lot closer than a three-goal margin would indicate, as you might expect in a battle between rivals. It was as close to a chess match on grass you could find, but it always has been when these teams and their veteran coaches who go way back get together.
“It was a great test of our toughness,” Schalick coach Joe Mannella said. “We said beforehand in the intensity of a game like that you’ve gotta be cool, you’ve gotta keep your cool and just know, be confident, that we’re gonna find a way to win.”
The Cougars never trailed after Jaxon Weber converted a penalty kick with 5:34 left in the first half for the game’s first goal, but they never shook the Wolverines until a pair of beautiful goals by Eli Cummings and Oscar Hernandez 10 minutes apart in the second half gave them some separation.
Whenever Schalick went ahead Woodstown quickly got the equalizers. The Wolverines tied it at 1-1 on Grant Prater’s free kick from 25 yards out three minutes after Weber’s PK and Bryce Ayars tied it 2-2 two minutes after Nelson’s first goal. And they had two good chances to take the lead early in the second half.
“They hit two unbelievable shots there to make it 4-2,” Woodstown coach Darren Huck said. “Those two goals were gamechangers.
“I told my team at the end of the game one thing I’m proud of is we came back twice. I was proud about how handled the situation of being down, coming back, being down again, coming back. And even down 3-2 we had an opportunity to tie it 3-3.”
Cummings doesn’t get the chance to score many goals because he’s such a reliable defender – a role he took on when the Cougars needed to rebuild their backline last season — but when he does he delivers some beauties. The tie-breaking goal he scored with 21:32 left in the second half Monday came as a result of staying with his man and was a carbon-copy of his only goal last season.
He had his back to the goal, spun and while falling backwards floated a shot with his right foot into the upper right corner just out of the reach of the keeper. It was such a glorious goal one of his teammates exclaimed he didn’t think the senior could do that and then remember his similar goal last year against Wildwood.
“I knew Bryce (Ayars) was on my back so if I wanted to get it out I had to get it out quick,” Cummings said. “There weren’t many options for me at that point so I knew I just had to take a shot. It would’ve been fine with it just going over the net and us resetting, but it luckily found the net.
“I just happened to be up there. I followed my man. I didn’t want (Ayars) to turn on the ball so I just stayed with them and I happened to have a chance to step in front of him and I knew once I’m in that outside-of-the-box range, close enough, I’m going to have a rip. I don’t know, after scoring that I might get put up top.”
Hernandez’ goal 10 minutes later was equally a thing of beauty. He took a long pass from Cummings, then took a long shot with his left foot that followed the same flight as the goal before his. Nelson wrapped up the scoring with 2:13 to play.
There’s a healthy respect between the two programs and the two coaches, who were Woodstown assistants together back in the day and are now closing in on 300 career head coaching wins (Mannella is at 295, Huck at 287). But the tension of the rivalry doesn’t extend beyond the white lines.
Later in the evening, Mannella was heading over to Huck’s house to watch the Eagles’ game on Monday Night Football.
Woodstown (1-1)
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2
Schalick (2-0)
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5
GOALS: 1. Schalick, Jaxon Weber (penalty kick), 34:26; 2. Woodstown, Grant Prater, 37:22; 3. Schalick, Mikey Nelson (Anthony Sepers), 45:41; 4. Woodstown, Bryce Ayars, 47:49; 5. Schalick, Eli Cummings, 58:28; 6. Schalick, Oscar Hernandez (Eli Cummings), 68:34; 7. Schalick, Mikey Nelson (Marco Spinnato), 77:47.
PENNSVILLE 6, SALEM 0: Eagles freshman Sam Hassler scored a pair of goals two minutes apart in the second half to complete his first career hat trick. His first goal gave the Eagles a 3-0 halftime lead. Stone Mumink, Stephen Fatcher and John Sassi scored Pennsville’s other goals.
Salem (0-2)
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0
Pennsville (2-1)
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6
GOALS: 1. Pennsville, Stone Mimink (Maddox Efelis), 4th minute; 2. Pennsville, Stephen Fatcher (Shane Puckett), 7; 3. Pennsville, Sam Hassler (JP Laughrey), 37; 4. Pennsville, Sam Hassler, 47; 5. Pennsville, Sam Hassler, 49; 6. Pennsville, John Sassi (Brant Regner), 75.
WILDWOOD 5, SALEM TECH 2: Aiden Bobo and Graham Fields scored second-half goals for Salem Tech.
Schalick’s J.T. Fleming (23) heads a ball out of harms way in the first half against Woodstown. On the cover, Schalick’s Luke Price goes on the attack before being taken down in the box to set up a penalty kick.
GIRLS SOCCER Glassboro 5, Penns Grove 0 Overbrook 4, Pennsville 0 Pitman 6, Salem 0 Schalick 2, Woodstown 1 Salem Tech at Wildwood
SCHALICK 2, WOODSTOWN 1: Olivia Vanacker and Kyleigh Cutler scored second-half goals as the Cougars (2-1) rallied from a 1-0 halftime deficit.
“It’s just an emotional rivalry,” Schalick coach Will Kemp said. “The girls calmed down in the second half and started to take control. It was great to see their determination in moments such as that.”
GLASSBORO 5, PENNS GROVE 0: Alana Figueroa scored a hat trick from the Bulldogs (2-1).
PITMAN 6, SALEM 0: Teagan Canna scored two goals and assisted on two others for the Panthers (3-2). Emery Sharpnack assisted on three of Pitman’s five goals in the first half.
OVERBROOK 4, PENNSVILLE 0: Gianna Simon scored two goals for the second game in a row and Victoria Bupp had two assists. GIRLS TENNIS Schalick 5, Penns Grove 0 Woodstown 4, Overbrook 1 Glassboro at Salem
SCHALICK 5, PENNS GROVE 0 Miya Watkins (S) win Julia Langley (S) win Helana Tyers (S) won by forfeit Kayleigh Veach-Annie Podeh (S) win Schalick won by forfeit Records: Schalick 4-1, Penns Grove 0-5
Results, details from around Salem County in girls soccer, boys soccer, field hockey; Schalick’s Willoughby scores four goals, Woodstown’s Battavio notches her 50th career goal
GIRLS SOCCER Clayton 6, Salem 0 Glassboro 1, Pennsville 0 Pitman 7, Salem Tech 0 Schalick 6, Overbrook 0 Woodstown 4, Penns Grove 0
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
PITTSGROVE – Abby Willoughby has goals. She had four of them Thursday afternoon in Schalick’s 6-0 girls soccer win over Overbrook, but don’t get the idea one of them is the desire to be the Cougars’ next Emily Miller.
The Cougars are on the lookout for their next prolific scorer following Miller’s 48-goal season in 2023, but instead of emulating the record-setting scorer, they simply want Willoughby — and the rest of the players on the team, for that matter — to be the best version of herself she can be. Besides they already have another Emily Miller on the roster.
“I don’t think there is going to be a new Emily,” coach Will Kemp said. “I think that Abby’s Abby. Emily wasn’t the new Kerri Jackson (43 goals in 2022). Kerri Jackson wasn’t Sara Copare (who held all the records before her).
“Everyone’s their own individual, which I actually love. No one’s trying to emulate those players, they’re trying to be themselves. So, Abby’s going to do her job this year and we also have other players who are going to be playing that same type position. Abby just stepped up big-time today, scored the goals, but she also played in the midfield, she also played in the defense.
“I’m not going to say she’s going to be that role, but whatever role she fits in, she does great with it.”
Willoughby, a defensive specialist with one goal (Penns Grove) during last year’s South Jersey Group I finalist season, was one of five players to play striker against the Rams as Kemp seeks to put the best players for the best spots. The others strikers Thursday were freshman Liv Vanacker, sophomores Emily Tramonta-Miller and Helen Lillia and senior Quinn Berger.
Willoughby actually started playing soccer as a goalie, but soon found herself playing all over the field. She started her high school career as an outside back.
As a newly placed goal scorer she only has 44 goals to go to catch Miller’s mark.
“I’m super glad,” she said. “I was playing defense all year last year so getting up top I released my excitement to score. I don’t know if I can be quite as good as her, that’s a pretty tall task, but I guess I can get close and try my best. I have goals.”
Those actual goals include seeing her teammates grow as a team, do the simple things and win the big games.
The junior scored both goals as Schalick opened a 2-0 halftime lead. Her third goal put the Cougars up 4-0 and her fourth – a spinner off her left foot – wrapped the scoring. Cali Fisler and Carly Vicente scored the Cougars’ other two goals.
They were the Cougars’ first goals of the season in their first win after a 5-0 loss to Cherokee in the season opener.
“It was good to see the girls get on the board today,” Kemp said. “They’re going through some stuff. We had a tough preseason … to prepare for the playoffs this year.”
“it’s a bit of a boost of confidence after the last game,” Willoughby said. “It was nice to come back and be strong.”
WOODSTOWN 4, PENNS GROVE 0: Talia Battavio became the fifth player in Woodstown girls soccer history to score 50 career goals when he banged home a rebound off the post for the first of her two goals against the Red Devils. Now with 51 career goals, she remains No. 5 on the Wolverines’ all-time girls goal scoring list.
“It’s a phenomenal career milestone,” Wolverines coach Kieren Keyser said. “The goal itself came in typical Talia fashion. It was a scrap goal and she had to work to get it. That’s the type player she is.
“It came on a cross. It actually hit off the post and Talia was able to be there and square it away and bang it home. That’s the type of player she is.”
Keyser had the good fortune to coach two of the Wolverines’ 50-goal scorers. One of his first players was all-time leading goal scorer Tatum Devault, who scored 75 goals in a career that concluded in 2022.
“What’s cool is Tatum and Talia played together and Talia’s kind of chasing her and they assisted each other a lot,” Keyser said. “I’m not sure if Talia can quite get to No. 1, but certainly getting to 50 is a huge deal, especially for an athlete who is a basketball player first, and to reach that milestone is soccer, that is phenomenal.”
Lia Covely and Emma Perry scored the other two goals for Woodstown, who’ve now won two in a row after dropping their season opener and have an early-season showdown with Schalick Monday. Perry has scored in all three games for the Wolverines.
Penns Grove (0-1-1)
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Woodstown (2-1)
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GOALS – Woodstown: Talia Battavio 2, Lia Covely, Emma Perry.
WOODSTOWN GIRLS CAREER GOALS
GOALS
SR. YEAR
Tatum Devault
75
2022
Tori Malpezzi
70
2008
Amy Gray
69
1993
Chelsea Norbuts
65
2009
Talia Battavio
51
2024
GLASSBORO 1, PENNSVILLE 0: Amina Brown scored the game’s only goal at the 6:04 mark of the second half.
Pennsville (0-2)
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Glassboro (1-1)
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1
GOALS – Glassboro: Amina Brown.
PITMAN 7, SALEM TECH 0: Emery Sharpnack scored two goals and dished three assists to lead the Panthers. Pitman scored four goals in the first 11 minutes of the match.
CLAYTON 6, SALEM 0: Ava Delaney and Deondria Simon scored two goals apiece for the Clippers. Simon also had a pair of assists.
Salem (0-2)
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0
Clayton (1-0)
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6
GOALS – Clayton: Ava Delaney 2, Kyleigh Grigorean, Deondria Simon 2, Madi Traister.
Boys soccer
THURSDAY’S SCORES Clayton at Salem Pennsville 3, Salem Tech 0 Schalick 3, Overbrook 0 Woodstown 4, Penns Grove 1 PENNSVILLE 3, SALEM TECH 0: J.P. Laughrey scored a pair of goals two minutes apart midway through the first half for Pennsville’s first goals of the season and Sam Hassler added a second-half goal as the Eagles earned their first win. Coen Rinnier made eight saves to record the shutout.
“I love a freshman who knows how to be in the right spot,” Pennsville coach Derek Foglein said of Laughrey. “He had both of his in quick succession where he was in the right place and hammered them home.
“He’s just a good player who sees the field well and isn’t afraid to use his body (and) strength, which is very rare for a freshman.”
SCHALICK 3, OVERBROOK 0: The Cougars got goals from three different players in their season-opening win. Jaxon Weber scored the only goal of the first half, then Bradford Foster and Michael Nelson stretched the lead in the second half.
Schalick (1-0)
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Overbrook (0-1)
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GOALS – Schalick: Jaxon Weber (unassisted), Bradford Foster, (Steve Chomo) Michael Nelson (Anthony Sepers).
WOODSTOWN 4, PENNS GROVE 1: Adrian Ibarra, who scored 26 goals last season, opened the scoring to Woodstown’s season and Grant Prater scored twice in the first half for the Wolverines. Juan Ortiz got Penns Grove on the board before halftime. Ben Lippencott scored Woodstown’s fourth goal in the second half.
Woodstown (1-0)
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Penns Grove (1-1)
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GOALS – W: Adrian Ibarra (Bryce Ayars); W: Grant Prater (Adrian Ibarra); W: Grant Prater (Ben Lippincott); PG: Juan Ortiz; W: Ben Lippincott (Nicholas DiTeodoro).
Field hockey
THURSDAY’S SCORES Salem 3, Pennsville 1 Schalick 7, Glassboro 1 Woodstown 4, Deptford 0 SCHALICK 7, GLASSBORO 1: Ava Scurry scored a scored a hat trick and Luci Virga and Phoebe Alward each scored twice. The Cougars outshot their visitors 32-5.
Glassboro (1-1)
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Schalick (2-0)
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7
GOALS – Glassboro: Karli Pritchett; Schalick: Ava Scurry 3, Luci Virga 2, Phoebe Alward 2.
SALEM 3, PENNSVILLE 1: Audrey Boggs scored twice and Kevana Roman once as the Rams opened their season with a victory in this Battle of Broadway. Sophia Marandola scored Pennsville’s goal in the fourth quarter.
“It was commented by a spectator after the game, ‘It looked like an ‘old school’ hockey game and was enjoyable to watch,'” Rams coach Shanna Scott said. “(It) was a very fast-paced and quick game. There were simple mistakes made and things we can do better for next time – there is always something we could ‘do better or grow in’ – but I am very proud of my girls and give them the credit they deserve for how hard they worked in our season opener.”
WOODSTOWN 4, DEPTFORD 0: Shyann Higinbotham scored two goals and assisted on another in the Wolverines’ season-opening win. Megan Donelson and Bradley DiGregorio scored Woodstown’s other two goals.
Alward’s hat trick leads Schalick field hockey, Gilligan makes 200th save; Battavio moves closer to 50 goals for Woodstown soccer; Pennsville, Schalick girls tennis stay on track for Thursday’s showdown
FIELD HOCKEY SCHALICK 5, TRITON 3: Phoebe Alward got her junior season off to the same kind of start she did as a sophomore. She had a hat trick in last year’s season opener at Gloucester Catholic and had a hat trick Tuesday as the Cougars came out aggressive and opened the 2024 season with a victory on the road.
Ava Scurry, who had 13 goals and 17 assists last year, had two goals and two assists against the Mustangs (0-2). The Cougars pumped 31 shots on goal and led wire-to-wire.
Keeper Lydia Gilligan also had a milestone game. She recorded her 200th career save during the game and now has 211 in her three seasons guarding the cage.
Schalick (1-0)
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5
Triton (0-2)
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GOALS – Schalick: Ava Scurry 2, Phoebe Alward 3; Triton: Kayla Garofolo, Sofia Morris, Olivia Broome.
GIRLS TENNIS Glassboro at Penns Grove Gloucester Catholic at Woodstown
PENNSVILLE 5, WILDWOOD 0 Megan Morris (P) def. Charlie Cunningham-Hackney, 6-0, 6-2 Regan Witt (P) def. Cydnee Kilian, 6-1, 6-1 Lily Edwards (P) def. Angela Wilber, 6-3, 6-2 Emma Cornette-Gabi Forino (P) def. Kiana D’Antuano-Estella Robinson, 6-0, 6-0 Isabella Schrenker-Morgan Holt (P) def. Emma Contreras-Selin Ogden, 6-1, 6-0 Records: Pennsville 4-0, Wildwood 0-2 BOYS SOCCER Penns Grove at Gloucester Co. Christian GIRLS SOCCER Gloucester Co. Christian at Penns Grove
WOODSTOWN 8, WILDWOOD 1: Talia Battavio and Emma Perry, Woodstown’s two top goal-scorers a year ago, both scored a pair of goals and Lia Covely recorded three assists as the Wolverines scored their first win of the season.
Battavio’s two goals left her with 49 for her career, one shy of becoming only the fifth player in program history with 50 goals or more. Covely, Sophia Wells, Gina Murray and Mary Zarinko scored the other Woodstown goals.
The Wolverines settled this one early, jumping out to a 6-0 halftime lead.
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Sept. 9-14; all events 4 p.m. unless noted
SEPT. 9 FIELD HOCKEY Paulsboro at Pennsville GIRLS SOCCER Camden County Tech at Salem GIRLS TENNIS Woodstown at West Deptford
SEPT. 10 FIELD HOCKEY Schalick at Triton GIRLS TENNIS Glassboro at Penns Grove Gloucester Catholic at Woodstown Salem at Schalick Wildwood at Pennsville BOYS SOCCER Penns Grove at Gloucester Co. Christian, 3:45 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Gloucester Co. Christian at Penns Grove Woodstown at Wildwood
SEPT. 11 GIRLS SOCCER Salem Tech at Cape May Tech GIRLS TENNIS Triton at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m. Salem at Wildwood
SEPT. 12 FIELD HOCKEY Deptford at Woodstown Glassboro at Schalick Salem at Pennsville BOYS SOCCER Clayton at Salem Salem Tech at Pennsville Schalick at Overbrook Woodstown at Penns Grove GIRLS SOCCER Overbrook at Schalick Pennsville at Glassboro Pitman at Salem Tech Salem at Clayton Penns Grove at Woodstown GIRLS TENNIS Penns Grove at Woodstown Pennsville at Schalick, 3:45 p.m. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Salem Tech at Gloucester Catholic
SEPT. 13 FOOTBALL Audubon at Bordentown, 6 p.m. Collingswood at West Deptford, 7 p.m. Schalick at Woodstown, 7 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS Penns Grove at Lindenwold Pennsville at Lower Cape May
SEPT. 14 FOOTBALL Camden Catholic at Paulsboro, 10:30 a.m. Salem at Woodbury, 10:30 a.m. Pennsville at Overbrook, 11 a.m. Glassboro at Penns Grove, noon FIELD HOCKEY Woodstown at Washington Twp., 10 a.m. CROSS COUNTRY South Jersey Open, Dream Park, 8:30 a.m. Woodstown at Belmont Plateau, 10:30 a.m.
Cover photo of Woodstown kicker Jake Ware’s game-winning overtime PAT against Delsea by Ellen Sickler.
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Sept. 2-7; all events 4 p.m. unless noted; x-scrimmage
SEPT. 3 FIELD HOCKEY x-GCIT at Woodstown x-Overbrook at Pennsville x-Schalick at Haddon Heights BOYS SOCCER x-Clayton at Penns Grove x-Woodstown at GCIT GIRLS SOCCER x-GCIT at Woodstown x-Penns Grove at Clayton GIRLS TENNIS Gloucester Catholic at Salem Pennsville at Penns Grove Schalick at Overbrook Woodstown at Glassboro
SEPT. 4 BOYS SOCCER x-Pennsville at Cumberland Cape May Tech at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER x-Delsea at Pennsville x-Pitman at Penns Grove Woodstown at Deptford, 6 p.m.
SEPT. 5 GIRLS TENNIS Schalick at Gloucester Catholic FIELD HOCKEY Audubon at Pennsville
SEPT. 6 FOOTBALL Overbrook at Collingswood, 6 p.m. Penns Grove at Deptford, 6 p.m. KIPP Cooper Norcross at Camden Catholic, TBA Cumberland at Schalick, 7 p.m. Delsea at Woodstown, 7 p.m. West Deptford at Pennsville, 7 p.m. BOYS SOCCER Pennsville at Wildwood GIRLS SOCCER Deptford at Pennsville, 4:15 p.m.
SEPT. 7 FOOTBALL Paulsboro at Audubon, TBA Haddonfield at Woodbury, 10:30 a.m. Glassboro at Haddon Heights, 11 a.m. Cinnaminson at Salem, noon GIRLS SOCCER Schalick at Cherokee, 1:30 p.m. CROSS COUNTRY Pennsville in Cherokee Challenge, 9 a.m.
Here is the high school schedule for Salem County sports teams for the week of Aug. 26-31; x-scrimmage
AUG. 26 GIRLS TENNIS x-GCIT at Pennsville, 9 a.m. Mainland at Schalick, 9 a.m. GIRLS SOCCER x-Salem at Maple Shade, 9 a.m. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL x-Winslow at Salem Tech, 11 a.m.
AUG. 27 FIELD HOCKEY x-Schalick at Cumberland, 9 a.m. BOYS SOCCER x-Woodbury at Penns Grove, 9 a.m. x-Schalick at Clearview, 9:30 a.m. x-Lower Cape May at Salem, 10 a.m. x-Salem Tech at Pennsauken Tech, 3:45 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER x-Clearview at Schalick, 9 a.m. x-Penns Grove at Paulsboro, 9 a.m. x-Salem at Cumberland, 10 a.m. GIRLS TENNIS x-Penns Grove at Deptford, 10 a.m. x-Salem at Lower Cape May, 10 a.m.
AUG. 28 GIRLS TENNIS Pennsville at West Deptford, 10 a.m. BOYS SOCCER x-Cumberland at Woodstown, 10 a.m. x-Pemberton at Salem Tech, 10:30 a.m.
AUG. 29 FOOTBALL Collingswood at Clayton, TBA West Deptford vs. Manchester Twp., 10 a.m. (at Ocean City) Pennsville at Gloucester City, 6 p.m. x-Pitman at Woodstown, 6 p.m. FIELD HOCKEY x-Woodstown at Collingswood, 10 a.m. GIRLS SOCCER x-Bridgeton at Penns Grove, 9 a.m. x-Schalick at Cumberland, 9 a.m. x-Woodstown at Haddon Twp., 9 a.m. x-Pennsville at Woodbury, 10 a.m. BOYS SOCCER x-Penns Grove at Bridgeton, 9 a.m. x-Woodbury at Pennsville, 10 a.m. x-Highland at Salem, 3:30 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS x-Penns Grove at Bridgeton, 9 a.m. Pennsville at Cumberland, 10 a.m.
AUG. 30 FOOTBALL Schalick vs. Cedar Grove, 9:30 a.m. (at Egg Harbor Twp.) FIELD HOCKEY x-Schalick at Ocean City, 10 a.m. BOYS SOCCER x-Schalick at Moorestown Friends, 9 a.m. x-Woodstown at Williamstown, 10 a.m. GIRLS TENNIS x-Lindenwold at Penns Grove, 9 a.m.
AUG. 31 FOOTBALL Penns Grove at Paulsboro, 10 a.m. Willingboro at Salem, noon
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