Here is the high school sports schedule for Salem County teams for the week of Oct. 9-14; to submit corrections or alterations email al.muskewitz@gmail.com
Oct. 9 FIELD HOCKEY Gloucester City at Salem, noon Our Lady of Mercy at Schalick, 4 p.m. BOYS SOCCER Gateway at Woodstown, 10 a.m. Paulsboro at Salem, 4 p.m. Washington Twp. at Schalick, 4 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Schalick at Washington Twp., 4 p.m. Woodstown at Audubon, 7 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS Schalick at Haddon Heights, 4 p.m.
Oct. 10 FIELD HOCKEY Schalick at Pennsville, 4 p.m. Woodstown at Salem, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER Pennsville at Overbrook, 4 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS Gloucester Catholic at Salem, 4 p.m.
NJSIAA South Jersey Group I Tournament Quarterfinals Pennsville at Haddon Twp. Pitman at Middle Twp. Gateway at Woodstown Audubon at Schalick
VOLLEYBALL Salem Tech at Washington Twp., 4 p.m.
Oct. 11 FIELD HOCKEY Pennsville at Highland Regional, 6 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER Clayton at Schalick, 4 p.m. Salem at Overbrook, 4 p.m. Wildwood at Woodstown, 4 p.m. Salem Tech at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m. Pennsville at Pitman, 7 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Overbrook at Salem, 4 p.m. Penns Grove at Salem Tech, 4 p.m. Pennsville at Pitman, 5 p.m. Schalick at Clayton, 4 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS Pennsville at Wildwood, 4 p.m. Woodstown at West Deptford, 4 p.m.
CROSS COUNTY Salem County Championship at Schalick, 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 12 FIELD HOCKEY Schalick at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER Paulsboro at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS Gloucester Catholic at Woodstown, 4 p.m. Pennsville at Schalick, 4 p.m. Pitman at Penns Grove, 4 p.m. Salem at Overbrook, 4 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL Salem Tech at Highland Regional, 4 p.m.
Oct. 13 FOOTBALL Pennsville at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m. Schalick at Cumberland, 7 p.m. Woodstown at Haddonfield, 7 p.m. FIELD HOCKEY Salem at Gloucester Co. Tech, 4 p.m. Schalick at Woodstown, 4 p.m. BOYS SOCCER Audubon at Woodstown, 4 p.m. Clayton at Salem Tech, 4 p.m. Glassboro at Schalick, 4 p.m. Salem at Wildwood, 4 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Salem Tech at Clayton, 4 p.m. Schalick at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL Salem Tech at Camden Academy, 4 p.m.
Oct. 14 FOOTBALL West Deptford at Salem, noon
FIELD HOCKEY Gloucester City at Woodstown, 1 p.m.
Cover photo of Woodstown’s Anthony Ford Dale looking for running room against Woodbury by Ellen Sickler.
Schalick sophomore posts hat trick to lift Cougars over Woodstown, all four of his goals this season have come against the Wolverines
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN – Anthony Sepers didn’t know much about Schalick’s soccer rivalry with Woodstown when he transferred into the school this summer. As the new kid he just wanted to do something to make new friends.
That was after he scored the game-winning goal when the teams played in their season opener.
They may give him a parade now.
The sophomore right wing scored a natural hat trick that spanned each half to lead the Cougars past their rivals 6-2 Saturday and spoil the Wolverines’ Alumni Night under the lights in the football stadium.
“It was just wanting it. Everyone’s here. It was a big game,” Sepers said. “This is my first year at the school so I didn’t really know the rivalry was that big. The first day of school we played them and everyone was talking about it so I just thought I had to come out here and do something, score a goal, and thought I’d make these people like me.”
Sepers has scored only four goals since joining the Cougars and all four have come against the Wolverines. He had the game-winning goal in both games as his first goal – with 2:37 left in the first half – gave them a 3-2 lead.
His first goal came after Woodstown’s Adrian Ibarra and Cole Lucas swapped goals with Michael Nelson and Luke Price. He took a cross from Nolan O’Toole near the left post, hit the post with his initial shot and then banged home the rebound.
His first goal in the second half came after he played a long throw-in off his chest and tucked it inside the left post. He completed the hat trick three minutes later in a similar manner.
“We had a guy here tonight, an alumnus, who always seemed to score in these games against Woodstown,” Cougars coach Joe Mannella said. “Some guys do that. Some teams they just find a way to do good things against and if that’s something, (Sepers will) do it, but I think he’ll score a lot of goals before it’s said and done.”
The player he referenced was Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland freshman Jesse McFarland. Ironically, McFarland also scored a hat trick earlier in the day in his team’s win over County College of Morris.
The win was one of the gutsiest for the young Cougars (8-3). They already were down two starters and fell behind 1-0 and 2-1, but they didn’t get discouraged and rose up to win the fifth time in their last six games. The loss snapped Woodstown’s seven-game winning streak since that Opening Day loss to the Cougars.
“It certainly wasn’t easy,” Mannella said. “It was (all about) how our guys are gonna respond when it gets like that, because it’s an intense atmosphere and now you’re behind twice. They showed me a lot tonight.
“The occasion wasn’t too big for them. When you’re trying to build a championship team games like this kind of show you what you’re made of a little bit, especially in that mental character portion of it. Can you still play your game when it’s under pressure. That was a pressure-filled first half and to come out of that first half (up) 3-2 was huge.”
The win also moved the Cougars a half-game ahead of Glassboro for first place in the Diamond Division, tied in the loss column. The teams play at Schalick Friday.
“You control your own destiny at that point,” Mannella said. “Hopefully, they get a little taste of what this could be and run with it.”
NOTES: Schalick and Glassboro are both 5-1 in the division, Woodstown is 4-1 … O’Toole scored Schalick’s final goal … You’ll have to go back past 2010 to find the last time a team scored six or more goals in the rivalry … Woodstown recognized its Tri-County Conference championship teams of 1984, 1989, 1999 and 2009 at halftime. Current Wolverines head coach Darren Huck played on the 1989 team.
Schalick 6, Woodstown 2
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Woodstown (7-2)
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Goals: W – Adrian Ibarra, 15 (Kaleb Gerace), 3:21 S – Michael Nelson, 3 (Lucas Sepers), 6:04 W – Cole Lucas, 2 (Blake Bialecki), 27:17 S – Luke Price, 7 (unassisted), 32:28 S – Anthony Sepers, 2 (Michael Nelson), 27:23 S – Anthony Sepers, 3 (unassisted), 60:08 S – Anthony Sepers, 4 (Michael Nelson), 63:35 S – Nolan O’Toole, 2 (Oscar Hernandez-Guzman), 74:18 Cards: Elijah Cummings, Schalick (Y), 34:16; Grant Prater, Woodstown (Y), 54:53
Pennsville inducts eight luminaries with strong ties to the community into the high school’s Athletic Hall of Fame
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – Dawn Curry never was the kind of player who’d get all excited about personal records. She was more into winning the championships and the winning experiences with her teammates than any numbers that went on the scoreboard.
CURRY
Even now, 15 years after finishing a brilliant high school playing career with one of the most unique statistical lines you’ll find in sports, she’s unfazed by it all.
But the record is clear. The former Pennsville High School multi-sport star, Class of 2008, is a card-carrying member of the exclusive 100-1000-100 Club.
That would be more than 100 career goals in soccer, 1,000 points in basketball and 100 hits in softball. She was only three soccer assists shy of adding that jewel to the crown.
“When I playing in high school you took it game-by-game,” Curry said Thursday night prior to being inducted into the PMHS Athletic Hall of Fame. “Coming in my freshman year I didn’t expect that, that wasn’t my goal at all. And even when I got close to the milestones I would tell people just don’t tell me because it’s just more pressure.
“I’m a very modest person. I don’t really like talking about it too much. People would talk to me about it and I used to joke with them saying, ‘that’s my twin sister, Fawn, not me.’ I just didn’t like all the spotlight even though a lot of people do say stuff to me about that.
“I’m not saying I take these milestones for granted or anything, but it’s just my work ethic in high school and even prior to that is kind of reflected in my accomplishments.”
Curry had the spotlight shown on her one more time Thursday night as one of five former Pennsville players, two former coaches and a team for the ages in the fifth class of Hall inductees.
She was joined on stage by Lou Berge Jr. (Class of ’82), Judy Cafaro Bradford (’74), John Doran Jr. (’88), Mike Wariwanchik (’95), former coaches Horace Carl and John Maniglia, and the undefeated 1993 softball team. The unique aspect of this year’s induction class is all of the honorees still have active connections to the community.
“It’s just an honor and privilege to be sitting on stage with this group of people here,” said coach Herb Bacon, who accepted the induction on behalf of “Team of the Century” softball team and an inaugural member of the Hall. “And I have kind relationships with everybody seated here. Great memories.”
For the record, Curry scored 113 goals in her soccer career, 1,288 points in her basketball career and 117 hits in his softball career. Bacon called her “the Cal Ripken of Pennsville softball,” because she never missed a day of work in the four years she played.
She remembers getting her 100th goal at Salem, her 1,000th career point on a free throw at Salem in a Christmas tournament (and was confused why they stopped the game to recognize it) and believes her 100th hit came against Clayton. .
When she allows herself to think about it, the milestone that gives her the most pride is the one in soccer because that was “my baby” in high school and the hardest one to achieve. She went on to play college soccer at Holy Family in Northeast Philly.
“You see people score 1,000 points in basketball, 100 hits in softball (of which her team had four), which is great as well, but I just don’t think you see (100 goals) as much and I definitely put more work into the soccer than I did any other sport,” she said. “But it wasn’t just about what I did or how I performed during my games. It was a joint effort. I was surrounded by greatness.
“It takes a village in sports, like it takes a village in life, and even though I would trade in my individual accolades for more state championships, I hope that my hard work along my journey inspires some little girl like those before me inspired me when I was just a little girl.”
Here are the 2023 inductees
Lou Berge Jr.
Whether it was on the football field, as a manager for the boys basketball team or on the baseball field, Berge gave his all to his teammates and coaches. During the course of his four years in high school he earned nine varsity letters.
He was an all-county, all-conference and all-South Jersey Group II offensive tackle as a junior on an 8-1 football team. His senior year the football team was undefeated, conference champs and SJ Group II champs and he was all-county, all-SJ and all-state. He also was named the Brooks-Irvine Club’s SJ Offensive Lineman of the Year and at that time his No. 72 jersey was retired at PMHS.
If not for an eagle-eyed assistant coach, his legacy as a standout lineman might never have been materialized.
“The first day of practice my sophomore year (the coaches) said I want all the backs there, all the receivers over here and all the linemen over there by the blocking sleds,” Berge said. “I started my job over to the ends and receivers, I get about halfway there and I hear coach say “Berge, where the hell you going? Get over here, you’re a lineman.
“I was an offensive tackle for three years and played linebacker. I spent a lot of time blocking and tackling that seven-man sled instead of catching passes.”
His 1980 baseball team went 20-3 and was conference champs and he was named to the All-Delaware Valley Team by the Philadelphia Inquirer after batting .419 as the team’s catcher. The next year the team went 25-0 and swept all the titles.
Baseball went 20-3 again in 1982. Louie batted .614 and he made all the “all” teams. He also was named the Salem County Player of the Year.
Judy Cafaro Bradford
While many would consider her to be a “natural-born athlete” Judy used her time in school to develop many skills. She played tennis as well as lettering in three sports.
She played three years of varsity field hockey. She was a co-captain for two years, team MVP for two years and three times all-conference first team. As a basketball senior she was team MVP, second team all-conference, second team all-county and honorable mention all-state. Then, she was the MVP of the school’s first varsity softball team.
At the 1974 Win or Lose Dinner, she was awarded the Girls PTA Sportsmanship Award in addition to three MVP honors.
She went on to make an immediate impact at Cumberland County College, earning MVP honors in field hockey and basketball and was a starter on the softball team.
In her professional life she devoted more than 40 years before her passing in February 2022 to the Pennsville Recreation Department, making sure the department served many children and families in many ways. She also helped take care of Riverview Beach Park to make sure it remained the “Jewel of the Township.”
“First of all, I’d like to say thank you, they recognized her character and her heart,” husband Skip Bradford said. “It always stood out to other people as well as her humility. Even now I smile just thinking of how she would respond to achieve such an award today.
“She never wanted to be in the spotlight no matter how much she deserved it and I know she would be so humbled but honored to be acknowledged for her achievements today.”
Dawn Curry
Curry was an outstanding athlete in a career that spanned four years in three varsity sports. Among her most impressive feats is joining the unique 100-1000-100 Club.
Inspired by the players who came before her, she scored 113 goals in soccer and assisted on 97 others (almost a 100-100). She scored 1,288 points in basketball. She completed the unique trifecta with 117 hits in softball.
Her 2007 soccer team was declared South Jersey Group I champs. To cap off her senior year she was named Salem County Female Athlete of the Year and was a Wendy’s High School Heisman State Finalist.
John Doran Jr.
A wrestler through and through, John used his first year in high school to start making his name. He was undefeated as a freshman on the sub-varsity and that was the springboard to another undefeated year and state title in 1986. In 1988, wrestling at 119, he was runner-up in the district and region tournament and finished sixth at the state. His high school record was 89-6.
He went on to post a 32-3 record at Gloucester County College.
Doran cites his successes with the Pennsville Youth Program and Seagull Wrestling Club as highlights of his career and adds that winning the state title in 1986 was his most memorable moment. He went on to coach at the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Wrestling Academy for three years.
He was inducted into the South Jersey Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2022.
Mike Wariwanchik
A bear of a man, Wariwanchik starred in football and wrestled for the Eagles and threw the discus and shot in track until his senior year.
On the football field he was an all-conference offensive tackle in 1993 and an all-conference offensive and defensive tackle and the all-South Jersey defensive tackle in 1994.
He was just as dominating on the mat as a wrestler. As a heavyweight you wouldn’t think this would be an issue, but he often found himself having to shed pounds to go from 300-pound lineman to make the weight limit.
No problem. As a junior he was the district runner-up and third-place finisher at regionals. He was a state champion as a senior, going 28-0 (with 21 pins) to move his career record to 68-18, and was South Jersey Wrestler of the Year. He will inducted into the South Jersey Wrestling Hall of Fame next month.
Coach Horace Carl
Carl came to Pennsville in 1962 from Spring City, Pa. Three years after his arrival he was offered a position as assistant football coach under Lou D’Angelo. At the same time he was an NJSIAA registered high school basketball official and on the IABBO board until 1980.
He was the Eagles’ head football coach from 1979 through 1984. His 1981 team won the South Jersey Group II championship. He was named Coach of the Year by the Philadelphia Inquirer and South Jersey Football Club. Carl retired from teaching in 1992 and now lives near Baltimore.
Coach John Maniglia
Maniglia was a “Penns Grove guy” who came to Pennsville in 1979 and influenced a lot of students and athletes in his 35 years teaching and coaching in the district.
He was the head track coach from 1980-2014, then transitioned to assistant coach through 2021. He also coached basketball, cross country and winter track. He helped coach the cross country team when it won the 2006 Group I state title.
The spring track program won a combined three Salem County Championships and five conference crowns. During that time, the program produced 98 individual county champions, 69 conference champions, 33 South Jersey champions and eight state titleists. The school named its track in his honor in 2022.
“I know there are a lot of people out there who probably should be in before I got in, but I think it’s quite an honor to be inducted in 2023 with all these other people,” Maniglia said. “When I first started teaching here I’d always come over from the middle school and hang out in the high school faculty room with … all the Mount Rushmore people here at the school and I learned a lot just by sitting there and listening. It was quite an experience.
”When you start coaching, you don’t think about getting these kinds of awards. You think about the love of the sport, you think about trying to teach the kids about the love that you have you want to work hard out there every day. That’s what we tried to do out here for 40-some years, trying to instill the love of track in these kids out there. Our program was successful because of the student-athletes that we had, a bunch of great kids, that’s for sure. You couldn’t be successful without them.”
1993 Softball Team
The team is being inducted on the 30th anniversary of one of the greatest seasons in state history. The record says it went 26-0, but it was revealed Thursday night it actually was 27-0 after Woodstown wanted to make up a rain-out after the state tournament and it swept through their division, conference, sectional, the prestigious Hammonton Tournament, and, ultimately, the Final Four. Bridgett McCaffery O’Brien was the state Pitcher of the Year.
“I think I can speak for everyone up here, we expected to win every game that year,” O’Brien, a 2021 PMHS Hall of Famer, said. “That season was truly special. We so wanted to make Pennsville proud that year.”
The team was a consensus No. 1 by the state softball media and later was voted “Team of the Century” by the Courier Post. Ten players from that team were at the induction ceremony and they presented Bacon with two pieces of coach-themed wall art each player signed before heading into the auditorium.
“Everybody asks me, ‘Who was your greatest team?’ and I say I’m not answering that,” Bacon said. “(Emcee) Liz Pappas just read comment I tell people: If they’re voted the ‘Team of the Century,’ I guess they’re pretty good.”
PMHS Athletic Hall of Fame
2018: Lou D’Angelo, Ed Rieger, Herb Bacon, David Salberg, Betsey Salberg, 1982 Field Hockey team. 2019: Olaf “Butch” Drozdov, Carrie Foster McIntosh, Irvine Eugene “Gene” Foster, Robert “Bob” Gallagher, Leigh Garrison, Kimberly Griffin Hudson, John “Jack” Harford, John “Jack” Meyers Sr., Howard Wilbraham Sparks, Sophia Stavru, Gregzie L. White, Michael Jon Widger. 2021: Patricia Chance, David Hall, Bill Hyatt, Chris Widger, Bridgett McCaffery-O’Brien, Jeff Litherland (special recognition), Coach Greg Greenzwieg, 1960 Football team. 2022: Donna Martin Duber, Mark Freed, Ron “Boo” Bennet, Mark T. Jones, Kelli Griffith, Katie Kline. 2023: Lou Berge Jr., Judy Cafaro Bradford, Dawn Curry, John Doran Jr., Mike Wariwanchik, Horace Carl , John Maniglia, 1993 softball team.
Ten members of the undefeated 1993 Pennsville “Team of the Century” softball team joined coach Herb Bacon (R) for the team’s induction into the PMHS Athletic Hall of Fame. The top photo is the 2023 induction class. (Photos by Lorraine Jenkins)
Thursday roundup: Louis Sepers scores a goal in his first game eligible with Schalick soccer team; Schalick’s Romano scores 200th coaching win, and more UPDATED
THURSDAY’S SCORES BOYS SOCCER Schalick 3, Pennsville 0 Salem Tech 1, Salem 1 GIRLS SOCCER Schalick 6, Pennsville 0 Salem 9, Salem Tech 0 Woodstown 4, Penns Grove 0 FIELD HOCKEY Schalick 7, Cumberland 0 GIRLS TENNIS South Jersey Group I Tournament No. 2 Schalick 5, No. 15 Salem 0 No. 3 Woodstown 5, No. 14 Lindenwold 0 No. 4 Middle Twp. vs. No. 13 Penns Grove No. 8 Pennsville 4, No. 9 Overbrook 1
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – Louis Sepers has been chomping at the bit to get on the pitch for the Schalick boys soccer team and when he finally did, he made it count.
Sepers scored his first goal in his first game with the Cougars Thursday, a 3-0 Diamond Division road shutout of Pennsville.
The junior center midfielder transferred from Kingsway to play with his brother and cousin and had to sit out the last 31 days to restore his eligibility. He scored the last goal of the game with 5:15 to play.
“Definitely not,” Sepers said when asked if his debut could’ve gone any better. “It was a great game. We played really well. We knew coming in we need commitment, we need more leaders, so I came in here as a leader and started off.
“I’ve been going crazy. Just getting to go on the field and score a goal, just unbelievable. I never could have thought of it being any better.”
Sepers, who didn’t score in his two years with the Dragons, actually started the play that eventually led to his first Schalick goal. He sent a pass in to Luke Price, but Price got it caught on his foot in the box and fed it back to the trailing Sepers who fired point blank into the upper left corner.
“We had a feeling he would get one,” Cougars coach Joe Mannella said. “He’s been chomping at the bit to get out there. He’s a good player. He should have had one in the first half. He’s going to get his chances.”
Louis was one of three Sepers on the field for the Cougars Brother Anthony was in the game and cousin Evan posted the shutout.
Louis played his first two years at Kingsway. His brother and cousin were already at Schalick when he decided to join them, but enrolled after the Cougars had already started practicing, hence the delay.
He had been practicing with them since his arrival but was relegated to the sidelines while they went 7-3 in their first 10 games. The embargo ended just in time for him to get in a game before the Cougars’ showdown with rival Woodstown on the Wolverines’ football field Saturday night.
He brings them experience, composure and depth, all of which the Cougars will need Saturday already knowing they’ll go into the game without two starters. He spent 18 days this summer with the Spanish fourth tier club CD Numancia in Soria, and decided upon his return to The States he wanted to play with his sophomore siblings.
“They’ve been bugging me for years,” he said. “Since freshman year I was thinking about it, and I just ended up going to Kingsway, but they’ve been bugging me, especially my uncle.”
Steve Chomo scored the Cougars’ first two goals, both assisted by Oscar Hernandez. The first one was a partial breakaway with 22:01 left in the first half and the second came with 22:35 to play.
SALEM TECH 1, SALEM 1: Clinton Bobo’s goal in the second half earned the Crusaders (3-6-1) their tie. The Rams remain winless in 10 games (0-9-1)
GIRLS SOCCER SCHALICK 6, PENNSVILLE 0: Emily Miller peppered her 25th and 26th goals of the season in between Quinn Berger’s hat trick — all in the first half — as the Cougars (8-2) overran the undermanned Eagles (3-7-2). Jael Winnberg scored the Cougars’ final goal in the the second half. All but one of the Cougars’ wins have been by shutout.
WOODSTOWN 4, PENNS GROVE 0: Talia Battavio scored two goals and Delaney Walker and Sophie Wells each had one for the Wolverines (5-6). Calista Hunt and Emma Perry each had two assists.
SALEM 9, SALEM TECH 0: Karima Davenport-White scored four goals as the Rams (3-6-1) won for the second time in their last three games. Ryann Foote had a goal and two assists, Xin Shen had two assists, and Carlysia Pierce, Lyric Hayes, Ameriyona Hunter and Jayla Turner each scored a goal.
FIELD HOCKEY SCHALICK 7, CUMBERLAND 0: Ava Scurry scored three goals and dished two assists. Scurry now has six goals on the season. Phoebe Alward scored her 11th goal, while Lucianna Virga, Caylen Taylor and Casey Widdifield also scored. Lydia Gilligan stopped the only shot she faced for the shutout.
GIRLS TENNIS Schalick and Woodstown postponed their regularly scheduled showdown Thursday in order to help the opening round of the South Jersey Group 1 Tournament avoid projected bad weather on Friday and both made easy work of their opponents.
Schalick, the No. 2 seed, swept No. 15 Salem 5-0, while Woodstown, the No. 3 seed, swept No. 14 Lindenwold, 5-0. No. 8 Pennsville was the third Salem County team advancing, beating No. 9 Overbrook, 4-1.
Schalick (14-2) won all five of its matches in straight sets, losing only two games in the second set of No. 1 singles, and gave coach John Romano his 200th coaching victory. Undefeated Woodstown (13-0) also won all five matches in straight sets.
“Girls, to say ‘thank you’ would be a disservice,” Romano wrote in appreciation of his milestone on the school’s athletics Facebook page. “I cannot begin to tell you how lucky I am to coach such an unbelievable group of young ladies. You’re the true reason why I come back year after year.
“Years from now when I’m old(er) and have (more) white hairs, I will reminisce on the wins and losses, but ultimately I will think about all of the lives I’ve been able to touch and the friendships and relationships I’ve formed with all of you. A true testament of a coach isn’t wins and losses on the court, it’s the success you young ladies have in life.”
Pennsville now travels to top-seeded Haddon Twp. Tuesday for its second-round match. Woodstown will host Gateway and Schalick will host Audubon. Wins by Woodstown and Schalick in Round 2 would set up a sectional semifinals battle between the two county rivals in Pittsgrove.
Wolverines’ girls tennis team edges Pennsville as part of a big week of matches that could be impacted by weather TUESDAY’S SALEM COUNTY SCORES GIRLS TENNIS Schalick 5, Salem 0 Woodstown 3, Pennsville 2 BOYS SOCCER Overbrook 4, Pennsville 1 Pitman 5, Salem 0 GIRLS SOCCER Glassboro 7, Penns Grove 1 Gloucester Catholic 10, Salem Tech 0 Pennsville 3, Overbrook 1Pitman 6, Salem 0 Schalick 4, Woodstown 0
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – Between the county rivals already on the schedule and state tournament opener added just today, this was shaping up to be a big week for the Woodstown girls tennis team.
Then a phone call to Wolverines coach Jesse Stemberger towards the end of Tuesday’s match with Pennsville informing him of possible inclement weather late in the week threatens to put a (pun intended) damper on it all. But it also has the potential to make for an even bigger week later in the season.
First things first. As for the day’s activities, the Wolverines edged Pennsville 3-2 to remain undefeated. About two hours before the match, the Wolverines were installed as the No. 3 seed in the South Jersey Group I girls tennis tournament that starts Friday.
Because of the predicted bad weather Friday, host teams have been encouraged to move their opening-round tournament games to Thursday, a move towards which both Woodstown and Pennsville are leaning. Woodstown hosts Lindenwold and Pennsville, the No. 8 seed, hosts Overbrook.
Here’s where it gets interesting. The Wolverines have a showdown with Schalick for the Diamond Division lead Thursday and since state tournament games supercede all else, they’d have to move the regular-season match to later in the season, setting up the possibility of playing the Cougars three times in a span of about 10 days.
Why three? Schalick is the No. 2 seed in the SJ-I tournament, setting up the possibility the two county rivals could meet in the sectional semifinals. Schalick opens the tournament against Salem, a team it beat Tuesday 5-0.
“When you look at how the whole schedule’s played out,” Stemberger began, “there are certain weeks where things were a little bit lighter, but when you look at this week you think, wow, this is kind of a tough week.
“You have to live in a cave to not know what’s going on. This is a big match. John (Romano, Schalick’s coach) knows it, we both know what’s going on. And I don’t think either one of us is prolonging it; it’s a series of unfortunate events, but it does make it interesting because if things go according to plan we’ll play them three times in the last two weeks. We’re going to be intimately familiar with them.”
The only match Stemberger had on his mind Tuesday, though, was the one in front of him. The Wolverines (11-0) took control of it by sweeping the doubles points, keeping their doubles teams of Vivian Ward-Camille Osborn and Molly Curtis-Julianna Lindenmuth undefeated on the season.
They clinched their 14th straight regular-season victory – or “secure the bag,” as No. 1 singles Abigail Melle says – when Melle outlasted Regan Witt through two competitive sets.
“She was a consistent player, so it was hard,” Melle said of her match. “She didn’t make any mistakes and I had to be the first not to make a mistake, so we had a lot of good rallies and I struggled to put one in on the court because she got to every ball,. I had to stay out of my head and get the point, stay focused.”
The Eagles (7-5) made it close with junior Megan Morris and sophomore Lily Edwards winning in straight sets at Nos. 2 and 3 singles. Morris’ consistent and calculated victory kept her undefeated (12-0) in her first year in the singles spotlight. She has not lost a set.
“I’m really surprised,” Morris said. “I never thought I’d be able to do it,. When I went against Kingsway and Pitman and Woodstown, they’re just all great schools and I never thought I could do it, but I was able to prove myself that I can do it.”
She didn’t realize she had an undefeated string going until her dad mentioned it at around 9-0. “I had no clue and I’ve been counting from there,” she said.
NOTES: In addition to Schalick, Woodstown, Pennsville and Salem, Penns Grove also made the tournament field – as the No. 13 seed. The Red Devils will travel to Middle Twp. for their tournament opener. “I told the guys in a group chat with coaches I thought the seeds were fair across the board,” Stemberger said. WOODSTOWN 3, PENNSVILLE 2 Singles Abigail Melle def. Regan Witt, 6-4, 6-2 Megan Morris (P) def. Gabby Kurpis, 6-1, 6-3 Lily Edwards (P) def. Cara Delia, 6-1, 6-4 Doubles Vivian Ward-Camilla Osborn def. Fanta Kone-Emma Cornette, 6-3, 6-1 Molly Curtis-Julianna Lindenmuth def. Gabi Forino-Isabell Schrenker, 6-1, 6-1 SCHALICK 5, SALEM 0: The Cougars (12-2) dropped only three games in sweeping the Rams. The teams meet again in the first round of the state tournament later this week. The No. 1 doubles team of Katelyn Little and Emma Adams remained undefeated.
Girls soccer
PENNSVILLE 3, OVERBROOK 1: Karsen Cooksey scored a pair of goals and Anikka Macalino extended the Eagles’ lead to 3-0. Cooksey has a team-leading seven goals.
WOODSTOWN 4, SCHALICK 0: Each of the Wolverines’ last five victories have been by shutout. Keeper Carly Hayman may have been called to make only four saves in the game, but coach Will Kemp said, she’s “still a general on the field to help the squad.” Emily Miller scored two goals, giving her 24 for the season.
GLASSBORO 7, PENNS GROVE 1: Alana Figueroa and Marianna Dempster scored two goals apiece for Glassboro. A’Mani Taylor scored Penns Grove’s goal.
GLOUCESTER CATHOLIC 10, SALEM TECH 0: Ten players scored goals for the Rams (5-3).
PITMAN 6, SALEM 0: Audrey Duffield scored the first of her two goals less than two minutes into the game to open a four-goal first half. Pitman extended its 3-0 halftime lead with a pair of goals three minutes part in the second half.
Boys soccer
OVERBROOK 4, PENNSVILLE 1: Angel Mejia-Castro had two goals and an assist and David Ayala-Rivas scored his team-leading 13th goal to lead Overbrook to its third straight win. The Rams (7-4) won only four games last year. Stone Mumink scored Pennsville’s goal, his fifth in the last four games.
PITMAN 5, SALEM 0: Logan Williams scored the first two goals of the game two minutes apart in the first 15 minutes.
Monday roundup: DiGregorio goal lifts Woodstown over Schalick in key Diamond Division field hockey game, also includes boys soccer, girls tennis
MONDAY’S SALEM COUNTY SCORES FIELD HOCKEY Gloucester Catholic 4, Pennsville 0 Salem 8, Clayton 0 Woodstown 1, Schalick 0 BOYS SOCCER Penns Grove 6, Clayton 0 Salem Tech 1, Wildwood Catholic 0 Woodstown 2, Pennsville 0 GIRLS SOCCER Wildwood Catholic 8, Salem Tech 1 Woodstown 6, Pennsville 1 GIRLS TENNIS Washington Twp. 3, Pennsville 2 Woodstown 4, Kingsway 1
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
PITTSGROVE – Whenever a new coach comes to town there are bound to be changes within the organization. One of the first decisions Bryanna Roberts made when she got the Woodstown field hockey job – after looking at the personnel, of course – was move Braeley DiGregorio to wing and it dramatically changed the Wolverines’ offense.
DiGREGORIO
DiGregorio banged home her ninth goal of the season – and 10th of her career – with just under three minutes left in the third quarter Monday and it carried Woodstown to a 1-0 victory of Schalick in the first of their Tri-County Diamond Division showdowns. The win gave the Wolverines (6-1) sole possession of first place in the division.
“We’ve been anticipating this game for a while,” Roberts said. “To finally get to this game and win it just shows all the hard work and effort the girls have been putting forth this whole season.”
For the first two years of her varsity field hockey career DiGregorio was assigned to a more defensive posture as a reserve outside mid. But Roberts was impressed with the way she moved on the outside and pulled her up to forward wing.
There was uncertainty at first, but once the junior figured it out “I really took off running with it.” Now she leads the team in goals and is second in Salem County in goals and points. The Wolverines have outscored their seven opponents. 32-6.
“Braeley has really worked hard to get to where she’s at,” Roberts said. “She’s really shown all the hard work she’s been doing in the off-season.
“We bumped her up to that wing spot because she has that big ball from the side and she finds a way around the goalie and gets her stick on it, so this is new for this season. During the preseason I talked with the coaches and we all agreed that with the way she was moving down the field and moving inside the circle it was the best move for her and she’s shone through it. It’s awesome to see it work. It was a great move all around.”
DiGregorio’s latest goal came as the Wolverines amped up their attack in the second half. The Cougars dominated the first half outshooting Woodstown 7-2 and collecting six penalty corners, but they couldn’t find the back of the net.
Woodstown turned up the heat after a spirited halftime talk shook the players from their doldrums and the momentum shifted. The Wolverines outshot their hosts 7-1 in the second half and had four penalty corners.
Megan Donelson almost got them on the board five minutes into the second half, but Emma Cheesman was there to turn her away with a defensive save.
“We definitely dominated the first half and then the second half we were flat on our feet,” Schalick coach Heather Cheesman said. “We looked like we were tired, which gave them a lot of opportunities.”
“I always tell them that you have to find that will inside and they did,” Roberts said. “This win truly shows that the girls want it and they’re out here to play.”
The Wolverines finally broke the stalemate with 2:59 left in the third quarter. Kayla Brown’s initial shot was blocked by Schalick goalie Lydia Gilligan, but the rebound came right to DiGregorio, who squeezed her shot through a six-inch space between the keeper and the left post. They almost got a second goal in the closing seconds of the quarter but Gilligan came off her line to make a sliding save on Hannah Hitchner.
“I just happened to be there to finish it,” DiGregorio said of her goal. “It’s always very hit or miss with that (rebound) and you’re just lucky when you get a chance and it’s always exciting.”
But not totally surprising. The Wolverines have scored 20 of their goals this season in the second half.
SALEM 8, CLAYTON 0: Autumn Foote and Rhionna Timmons each scored a pair of goals as the Rams (6-1) bounced back from their first loss of the season in a big way.
GLOUCESTER CATHOLIC 4, PENNSVILLE 0: The Rams took control of the game with three goals in the first quarter. Bridget Taney scored twice in the game.
Boys soccer
WOODSTOWN 2, PENNSVILLE 0: Kaleb Gerace scored his first goal of the season and Blake Biaklecki scored his second goal in as many games – both in the second half — to extend the Wolverines’ winning streak to seven games and snap the Eagles’ three-game streak.
Freshman Ayden Ellis got his first career assist (on Bialecki’s goal) and Ben Stengel posted the Wolverines’ third shutout.
The game opens a three-game week of county opponents for the Wolverines. They play at Penns Grove Thursday and host Schalick in a 7 p.m. game Saturday in the football stadium in a rematch of their season-opener and Woodstown’s only loss. They are 4-1 against in-county competition this season.
PENNS GROVE 6, CLAYTON 0: Sebastian Hernandez scored the first of his two goals in the opening two minutes of the match and Ashton Harris scored twice in a three-minute stretch later in the half as the Red Devils scored their second win of the season to snap a five-game winless streak. Theus Berrios and Frankie Juarez Reynoso scored their other goals.
SALEM TECH 1, WILDWOOD CATHOLIC 0: In one of their gutsiest performances of the season, the Chargers (3-6) overcame playing most of the second half one man down and won in overtime. Graham Fields buried a penalty kick in overtime for the game’s only goal. Joshua Trinidad and Cody Messina combined for the shutout. All three of the Chargers’ victories this season have been by shutout.
Girls soccer
WOODSTOWN 6, PENNSVILLE 1: Talia Batavia had two goals and two assists as the Wolverines (4-5) snapped a two-game shutout slide. Emma Morgan, Lia Covely, Delaney Walker and Bailey Arnold Peters scored their other goals. Molly Gratz found the back of the net for Pennsville (2-6-2), which had been unbeaten in its last three.
Girls tennis
WOODSTOWN 4, KINGSWAY 1: The Wolverines go into Tuesday’s state tournament seeding meeting 10-0 after this latest victory and the projected fourth seed in South Jersey Group I.
Their No. 2 doubles team of Molly Curtis and Julianna Lindenmuth won a second-set tiebreaker to keep their match alive and then won the third set 10-6 to give the Wolverines a sweep in doubles. No. 1 doubles team of Vivian Ward and Camille Osborn won a first-set tiebreaker to set up their straight-set win.
Abigail Melle and Cara Delia won singles points in straight sets.
WASHINGTON TWP. 3, PENNSVILLE 2: Megan Morris and Lily Edwards won straight set matches for Pennsville, the projected 8 seed in SJ Group I.
Cover photo: Woodstown’s Braeley DiGregorio (R) and Schalick’s Sophia Longo battle for a ball near midfield in their field hockey game Monday afternoon.
Here is the schedule for Salem County high school sports for the week of Oct. 2-7
Oct. 2 FIELD HOCKEY Pennsville at Gloucester Catholic, 4 p.m. Salem at Clayton, 4 p.m. Woodstown at Schalick, 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER Clayton at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS Kingsway at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Oct. 3 BOYS SOCCER Glassboro at Penns Grove, 4 p.m. Pennsville at Overbrook, 4 p.m. Pitman at Salem, 4 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER Overbrook at Pennsville, 4 p.m. Penns Grove at Glassboro, 4 p.m. Salem at Pitman, 4 p.m. Woodstown at Schalick, 4 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS Penns Grove at Wildwood, 4 p.m. Schalick at Salem, 4 p.m. Woodstown at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Oct. 4 FIELD HOCKEY Deptford Twp. at Woodstown, 4 p.m. Salem at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Oct. 5 FIELD HOCKEY Cumberland Reg. at Schalick, 4 p.m. BOYS SOCCER Salem Tech at Salem, 4 p.m. Schalick at Pennsville, 4 p.m. Woodstown at Penns Grove, 4 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Penns Grove at Woodstown, 4 p.m. Pennsville at Schalick, 4 p.m. Salem at Salem Tech, 4 p.m. Oct. 6 FOOTBALL Overbrook at Pennsville, 7 p.m. Penns Grove at Glassboro, 7 p.m. Schalick at Bishop Eustace, 7 p.m. Woodbury at Woodstown, 7 p.m. FIELD HOCKEY Salem at Audubon, 4 p.m. Schalick at Williamstown, 4 p.m. Woodstown vs. Delsea at Total Turf, Pitman, 5:45 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS Woodstown at Delsea, 4 p.m.
Oct. 7 FOOTBALL Paulsboro at Salem, noon BOYS SOCCER Schalick at Woodstown, 7 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER Schalick at Our Lady of Mercy, 4 p.m.
Fogelin Bowl IV goes to the younger brother for the third year in a row FRIDAY’S SALEM COUNTY SCORES BOYS SOCCER Palmyra 4, Schalick 0 Pennsville 6, Paulsboro 1 GIRLS SOCCER Sterling 3, Schalick 0 GIRLS TENNIS Pennsville 5, Salem 0 Schalick 5, Glassboro 0
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News PAULSBORO – Three was a big number in Foglein Bowl IV this year.
Bragging rights around the family Thanksgiving table goes to the younger brother for the third year in a row and Stone Mumink scored three goals to lead the charge.
Mumink scored a hat trick in a four-goal first half and Derek Foglein’s Pennsville squad went on to beat Paulsboro and older brother Doug 6-1 Friday in Foglein Bowl IV
Doug won the initial installment of the soccer sibling rivalry when he was coaching at Clayton, their alma maters. Derek and the Eagles have won each of the last three years, the last two convincingly.
“I’m really happy with how the team stepped up and took care of business, and beating Doug to cap off a three-win week made it feel a little extra special,” Derek said. “We really want to take the momentum into a huge game with Woodstown on Monday.”
After a slow start, the Eagles (4-6) started scoring in rapid fire fashion. Mumink scored the first two goals of the match on penalty kicks, then Jake Isaac made it 3-0 shortly thereafter. Mumink completed his hat trick before the half ended, giving him a career-high six goals for the season.
Trevor Hann extended the lead to 5-0 before Justin Roman Venosa got Paulsboro (0-9) on the board. Brody Wiggins scored the final goal on an assist from Stathis Efelis.
“Honestly, I felt again we started a little slow and Doug really had his team up to play,” Derek said. “It took us about 22 minutes to get the first one off a little bit of a controversial PK, but the second one was very quick after that and it was an obvious PK. Then the passing connection to Jake for the third came shortly after and we took control of the game.
“I was excited to get Brody a goal. He’s a junior who’s played for me all three years and always works really hard in practice. He usually plays outside back, so I put him up at striker and got him the sixth goal.”
Wednesday roundup: Pennsville, Woodstown boys soccer score big in their first halves, also includes girls soccer and girls tennis By Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – When the train comes in, everybody rides.
Pennsville scored seven goals on 10 shots in the first half Wednesday in a 7-2 boys soccer rout of Salem.
Six different players found the back of the net for the Eagles, and one of the goal was particularly special.
Senior Stathis Efelis has been playing with the varsity for the past three years and scored his first goal since his sophomore year in the first-half onslaught. Actually, he had a goal and an assist in the game.
“To get a goal today felt incredible,” he said. “The assist and the build up was very intense and I was so glad to be able to celebrate it with my teammates.”
Stathis assisted on Maddox Efelis’ goal shortly after scoring his own. Shane Puckett got the first two followed by Stone Mumink, then John Thomas and Jake Isaac scored after the two Efelises’ goals.
It was the Eagles’ most prolific half of goalscoring in Derek Foglein’s tenure as head coach.
“To be completely honest, if you asked the team they’d say we started slow,” the coach said. “Once we got those (first) two, they settled down and moved the ball.
“The thing I’m really pleased about today is the fact the team did a great job moving the ball as the first half developed and as the score line showed we got everyone involved.”
Jose Vilalplando scored both Salem goals in the second half.
WOODSTOWN 9, GLOUCESTER CATHOLIC 0: Bryce Ayars banged home a header 30 seconds into the game and the Wolverines (6-1) went on to pump in nine goals on 16 shots in the first half to win their sixth straight.
Adrian Ibarra scored the first of his two goals 40 seconds after Ayars’ header and the rout was on. They had another flurry later in the half in which they scored four goals in four minutes. Ibarra also recorded three assists.
“We’re not a team that scores a lot of goals traditionally,” Woodstown coach Darren Huck said, “but today things were clicking and we got on them early.”
Freshman Ayden Ellis, sophomore assist machine Blake Bialecki and senior Dalton Berry all scored their first varsity goals, while Ben Lippincott (on the first goal), Dante Mistichelli, Nick DiTeodoro and senior Eddie Whelan all recorded their first varsity assists.
The Wolverines’ final goal of the half was the play that brought Berry and Whelan their first varsity marks and the crowd to its feet.
“That was kind of a nice moment,” Huck said. “They’d been together for four years and been total team players; it’s always been the team first. They were with the JVs last year, but decided to come back and be part of everything and they were able to reap the rewards today, which I was happy about.
“The whole team was cheering for (Berry), the whole place got excited. He does work hard and always gives 100 percent and he was able to put one in today.” PITMAN 2, PENNS GROVE 1: The Red Devils (1-6) have to be the hardest-luck team in South Jersey. All six of their losses this season have been of the one-loss variety. They fell behind 2-0 nine minutes into the second half, got a goal from Ashton Harris four minutes later and just couldn’t get the equalizer.
“We’re doing the best we can,” Penns Grove coach Mano Massari said. “The guys fought hard today; you can’t ask anymore than that. We’re fighting and taking punches with some really good teams. We just need to be more consistent.”
SCHALICK 3, WILDWOOD 0: Nolan O’Toole, Bradford Foster and Elijah Cummings scored goals and Evan Sepers was a rock in goal as the Cougars (7-2) won their third in a row.
Pennsville’s Riley Bowman (5) and Reagan Wariwanchik celebrate another Eagles goal in their match with Salem Wednesday. (Photos by Lorraine Jenkins)
Girls soccer
PENNSVILLE 8, SALEM 1: The Eagles found the scoring touch for the second straight game, this time scoring four goals in each half. They have scored 15 goals in their two games this week.
Riley Bowman scored her first hat trick, which included a penalty kick late in the first half. Karsen Cooksey had the first goal of the second half and assisted on the other three goals. Gabby Marandola scored her first career goal 90 seconds into the game, while Molly Gratz, Kallie Morrison and Marley Wood had the other goals. The Eagles had 27 shots and eight corner kicks in the game.
“The girls are distributing the ball well and looking for opportunities for each other to score,” Eagles coach Sam Trapp said. “They are gaining more confidence as a unit each game.”
Ryann Foote scored Salem’s goal on a free kick in the first half. GLASSBORO 7, SALEM TECH 0: Marianna Dempster and Emma Mattox both scored twice for the Bulldogs (4-2-1).
PITMAN 5, PENNS GROVE 0: Emery Sharpnack had two goals and an assist and Riley Sharpnack had a goal and two assists for Pitman.
Girls tennis
PITTMAN 4, PENNSVILLE 1: Megan Morris won 6-4, 6-1 at No. 2 singles to pick up Pennsville’s only point. Morris is 9-0 this season and has not lost a set.
WOODSTOWN 5, PENNS GROVE 0: The Wolverines went to 5-0, losing only two games the entire match. Noelle Neron and Aubrie Rennie at No. 2 doubles scored their first career win.
Foglein Bowl IV kicks off Friday when Pennsville visits Paulsboro in soccer match pitting brother against brother By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – Forget the Super Bowl or Wrestlemania or whatever event with a long series of Roman numerals after its name. There is only one Big Game that matters at this Maple Street homestead.
It’s the Foglein Bowl, the yearly soccer matchup now in its fourth year that pits coaching brother against coaching brother for family bragging rights on the pitch.
Foglein Bowl IV is Friday at Paulsboro when older brother (by four years) Doug hosts little brother Derek and his Pennsville side at 4 p.m. Derek leads the series 2-1 and isn’t keen to give up his lead.
“It’s always super exciting,” Derek said. “Growing up as brothers, we were always competitive in just about everything we did. I know it’s really exciting for both programs. I think both programs really enjoy the camaraderie and the matchup and really buy into it. I know his guys are always excited and looking up to this game. I know my guys are really looking forward to it, too.
“It’s a lot of fun when you get these out of division, even out of conference games, that mean a lot more because of the matchup. It’s just been a lot of fun and really helps the kids get motivated for a game that on paper might not look like it doesn’t matter, but it really matters to these kids and it really matters to us.” Both teams are looking for something to get them going. Paulsboro entered the week 0-7, stuck in a 26-match losing streak and hasn’t won since its next to last game in 2021. Pennsville went into a week that had three winnable games 1-6.
It was pretty much a no-brainer to put the game on the schedule when both brothers got to be head coach. The first time they played it in 2019, it was a really big deal. Doug back then was coaching at Clayton, where both boys went to school. They played it at night. On the football field. On Senior Night. And it had all the feel of a Hollywood premier. Even though the teams were on opposite ends of the standings, the game matched the hype.
COVID protocols forced them off the pitch the next year, but the series resumed in 2021 after Doug moved to Paulsboro. And now they see the series continuing, as Doug says, “as long as we’re coaching together and it’s a game that’s good for both of us.”
Ditching their hoodies and athletics attire, the brothers show up on the sidelines in suits and ties like they were Diego Simeone or Pep Guardiola, two of the most fashion-chic managers in the game. It’s still the only time they wear a suit for a game.
The whole family gets involved. The first year of the game mom made “Clay-Ville” T-shirts for everybody, a mash up of the Clayton and Pennsville names with logos of each team. There’s a picture of the battling brothers striking a boxing pose and used it as their Christmas card. Sister Dawn even gets in the act while remaining neutral with shirts that say, “My favorite brother is your coach.”
“We love playing this up in our family and making it a big deal, for sure,” Derek said.
“It gets to show all the players on both teams how soccer can really kind of transcend whatever is going on,” Doug said. “It’s really great. You see two brothers who love each other to death, except for those 80 minutes in the middle.” There is no familial bet – at least not one the brothers are keen to admit publicly – but you know it means something to both of them. Doug won that inaugural game, but Derek has had the best of it in the last two. There was something not quite right after his first win in the series, something not even last year’s 7-1 rout could fix, something he hopes to set straight in this year’s game.
“We won that game 3-1 on two very soft penalty kick calls that went our way, so even though (the series) is 2-1, it’s 2-1 with an asterisk,” Derek said. “I’m really looking forward this year to firmly hopefully taking that winning record and not having to worry about the contingencies any more.
“We did not deserve to win that game two years ago. I’ll even say we should have played better and we kind of got the luck of the draw that day, so we really want to prove that it wasn’t a fluke two years ago and we’re really moving the program forward.”
That’s about the closest you’re going to get to bulletin board material from these two. Whenever they do have conversation about the game at the family picnic in Clayton, it’s usually about trying to pry secrets out of each other to gain an edge.
If the game ends it a tie, the result their mom always bets on, that’s how it will go in the NJSIAA record. But don’t be surprised if, with a wink and a nod, they put together some sort of PK shootout after the referees disappear in their cars to bring the match to an outcome. That’s how much it means.
“Our teams have almost come to fisticuffs once or twice,” Doug said. “The teams buy in. They know at the beginning of the season – I tell my boys the same thing and he tells his boys the same thing – this is the one game we want. If we go 1-17 this is the one I want.”
The Foglein Bowl (Derek 2, Doug 1)
YEAR
PLACE
WINNER
SCORE
2019
Clayton
Clayton (Doug)
5-2
2021
Paulsboro
Pennsville (Derek)
3-1
2022
Pennsville
Pennsville (Derek)
7-1
2023
Paulsboro
Friday, 4 p.m.
Dawn Foglein plays no favorites as she stands with brothers Doug (L) and Derek (R) after last year’s Paulsboro-Pennsville Foglein Bowl soccer match. Top photo: Dawn steps in to separate the two combatants prior to the first game of the series in 2019. (Submitted photos)
def. Shanik Leiva, 6-1, 6-1; Gabby Kurds 
