Schalick holds off Cape May Tech to win Coaches vs. Cancer game, includes details on Friday’s high school action involving Salem County teams
BASEBALL
Mainland Coaches vs. Cancer
Schalick 10, Cape May Tech 9
Atlantic City 13, Bridgeton 1
Audubon 5, Paul VI 2
Mainland 5, Rumson-Fair Haven 1
SCHALICK 10, CAPE MAY TECH 9: The Cougars scored four runs in the visitors’ seventh to take a 10-6 lead, then held on in the bottom of the inning as Cape May Tech scored three to make it a one-run game. Luke Pokrovsky received an autographed Mike Trout baseball as his team’s game MVP.
The teams matched run throughout the game. The Cougars held leads of 2-0, 3-2, 5-4 and 6-5 before closing it out in the seventh.
The Cougars batted around in the inning and plated runs when CMT misplayed Matthew Lamazza’s bunt, sacrifice flies by J.T. Fleming and Ricky Watts and Jake Siedlecki’s RBI single. The Hawks got within a run, but the Cougars cut down a runner at third for the second out and Lucas D’Agostino got a strikeout for the final out.
Fleming, Watts and Siedlecki all had two hits and two RBIs. Pokrovsky had two hits, including a leadoff homer in the fourth to tie the game at 4-4.
Regular Season
GATEWAY 11, PENNS GROVE 2: The Gators pulled away from a 2-2 tie with four runs in the fifth inning. Sean Greene and Jack O’Connell both had three hits and two RBIs for the winners. Bristol Scott had two hits for Penns Grove.
SOFTBALL
PALMYRA 15, SALEM 5: Aubrey Wagner’s one-out RBI single in the third inning broke a 4-4 tie and Palmyra pulled away with eight in the fourth. RBI singles by Cimiyyia Corbin, Kyla Henderson and Morgan Johnson helped the Rams rally from a 4-1 deficit to tie the game 4-4 in the top of the third.
Johnson went 3-for-3 with two RBIs for the Rams. Phoenix Holland had two hits.
TRACK
PENN RELAYS: Schalick’s boys 4×100 team of Kenai Simmons, David Stewart, Reggie Allen and Michael Eberl ran a 45,59 in qualifying. The Cougars ran third in their heat behind Huntington (N.Y.) and Mainland Regional.
Category: SOFTBALL
Salem CC sweep
Mighty Oaks softball team closes out regular season with run-rule sweep at Bergen CC, Hayes with another big day
By Riverview Sports News
PARAMUS – Emma Hayes and the Salem CC softball team will head into the Region XIX tournament as a 30-win team on a four-game winning streak after sweeping Bergen CC 13-0 and 16-0 in their final games of the regular season.
Hayes closed out her regular season in style, going 4-for-5 with two doubles, a triple and six RBIs in the opener and 2-for-4 with two RBIs in the nightcap. She goes into the playoffs with a .612 batting average that would list as T-2 in JUCO Division II.
National leader Avery Sickeri of Frederick (Md.) did not play in her team’s doubleheader against Lackawanna CC Friday.
Morgan Mecham and Jill Robinson combined to spin a two-hit shutout in the opener. Caitlin LaGreca and Karyn Trice teams on a five-hit shutout in the nightcap.
Faith Penn hit her first home run of the season leading off a nine-run second inning that broke open the second game. Hayes, Emilie Hamm, Vaye Savage, Haylee Pickrell, Kiki Beukman and Robinson had two RBIs apiece in the game.
The Mighty Oaks (30-12) go to the Region XIX Tournament next Friday at Mercer CC as the No. 4 seed. They’ll play the host school at 10 a.m. If they win they’ll play the Delaware Tech-Lackawanna winner at 2 p.m. If they lose their opener, they’ll play the Del Tech-Lackawanna loser at 4.
Finish with flair
Salem CC softball wraps up first season at Watson Field with a sweep of Camden CC, wraps regular season Friday, UPDATED with region tournament schedule
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – Caitlin LaGreca pitched a two-hit shutout in the first game, the offense produced throughout the lineup and the Salem CC softball team completed the home portion of its 2024 schedule with a doubleheader sweep of Camden CC Thursday, 8-0 and 13-1.
The Mighty Oaks (28-12) wrapped up their first season at the Pennsville Little League complex with an 18-2 record.
“We closed it out doing what we normally do, put the ball into play, backing up our pitchers, just enjoying the game,” Mighty Oaks coach Angel Rodriguez said. “So, we finally got back where we wanted to be to, so it’s good.
“We felt at home here. We did what we needed to do for a lot of those games and we kept it simple. I definitely think the atmosphere, the new energy, the positive vibes we were getting here from the start just kind of collected in for all the games.”
The Oaks played their first season back on the field in 2023 at the Carneys Point Rec Complex, but moved to Watson Field over the summer looking to give their players a more complete college softball experience. They won their first 14 games there and their last four.
“I love playing on this field,” sophomore centerfielder Karyn Trice said. “Last year our field wasn’t bad, but this one is just 10 times better.
“I love it here. The community, seeing all the Little League kids come out here, it’s amazing. I love being out here.”
The Oaks finished it off as strongly as they had played their all year.
In the circle, LaGreca allowed just two leadoff singles and five baserunners – none beyond second base – in the opener. Morgan Mecham gave up three hits, allowed five baserunners and struck out eight in the nightcap. Both pitchers faced only four batters over the minimum in the five-inning games because the Oaks turned a double play in the opener and cut down a runner on the bases in the nightcap..
For Mecham it was a return to form. She regular pitches one game of the doubleheader, but she was back in the circle Thursday for the first time since April 20 when she threw back-to-back games of 142 (Delaware Tech) and 107 pitches (Lackawanna) and looked like her midseason self. She breezed through this one in 69 pitches.
“It felt pretty good overall,” she said. “Kind of a little sketchy there in the beginning, but overall I was kind of zoned in pretty much.”
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At the plate, Ella Hayes hit her 11th home run of the season in the first game and Haylee Pickrell homered and drove in four runs in her final home game in Game 2. KiKi Beukman had three RBIs in the opener and Emilie Hamm had two hits and three RBIs in the nightcap.
Every spot in the line reached base at least once in both games and eight of the nine spots scored at least one run in both games.
“We saw (good) things from top to bottom,” Rodriguez said. “A lot of key players got some good at bats today, put the ball into play. We’re going to rely on that depth heading into next week. It’s all hands on deck, so that was good to see today, just knowing that people can come in and do a simple job.”
Hayes’ three-run homer in the first inning got the Oaks going in the opener. Beukman drove in a run in the second and Faith Penn plated a run in the fourth with a sacrifice fly. Kalila Pace brough a run home in the fifth with she was hit by a pitch with bases loaded and Beukman walked it off with a two-run single.
The Oaks scored three runs in the first inning of the nightcap, too. Hamm had an RBI single and Pickrell an RBI triple. They tacked on six in the second inning, highlighted by Hamm’s two-run double and RBI singles by Pickrell and KC Garcia. They added two more in the third and Pickrell’s two-run homer in the fourth made it 13-1.
They wrap up their regular season Friday at Bergen CC before heading to Mercer next Friday as the No. 4 seed in the four-team Region XIX Tournament. Delaware Tech and Lackawanna are the other two teams in the field.
REGION XIX TOURNAMENT
May 3-4 at Mercer CC
May 3
Game 1: No. 4 Salem vs. No. 1 Mercer, 10 a.m.
Game 2: No. 2/3 Delaware Tech vs. No. 2/3 Lackawanna, noon
Game 3: Salem-Mercer winner vs. Del Tech-Lackawanna winner, 2 p.m.
Game 4: Salem-Mercer loser vs. Del Tech-Lackawanna loser, 4 p.m. (loser eliminated)
May 4
Game 5: Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 10 a.m. (loser eliminated)
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, noon
Game 7: If necessary, 2 p.m.
Wednesday roundup
Here are the scores and highlights from Wednesday’s high school action involving Salem County teams
BASEBALL
SCHALICK 9, LOWER CAPE MAY 3: Luke Pokrovsky gave up three hits and struck out 13 in a complete game and the Cougars (6-6) broke it open with a five-run second inning to bounce back from a tough loss the day before. J.T. Fleming and Ricky Watt both had three hits and a pair of RBIs. The 13 strikeouts give Pokrovsky, a junior, 185 for his career.
WOODSTOWN 8, AUDUBON 3: The Wolverines answered Audubon’s three-run rally to fourth to get close with three in the fifth to pull away. Brent Williams, Blake Bialecki and Dante Holmes all drove in a pair of runs. Holmes’ RBIs came on a two-run double in the fourth that made it 7-3.
GLASSBORO 9, PENNS GROVE 2: Gavin Dillard had two extra-base hits and two RBIs for the Bulldogs, who scored two in the first inning and never trailed. Elijah Crespo, Ryan Hunt, Ethan Brooks and Bristol Scott had hits for the Red Devils.
PITMAN 13, SALEM 1: Connor Sharkey drove in four runs and Hudson Rue and Jackson Austin each drove in three for the Panthers. Ethan McDonnell-Longo went 2-for-2 and drove in the Rams’ run in the fourth inning.
2 IN DIAMOND CLASSIC: Pennsville and Woodstown both are in the field for the 50th annual Joe Hartmann Diamond Classic.
Pennsville is the No. 24 seed in the 32-team field and will visit No. 9 Rancocas Valley on or before May 1 in a Top Bracket game. The Eagles would get the Camden Catholic-Eastern winner if successful.
Woodstown is seeded No. 26 and will play at No. 6 Delsea in its first-round game. The Wolverines would get the Bishop Eustace-Audubon winner if successful. Notice above they beat Audubon today.
The title game is May 16 at Alcyon Park in Pitman.
SOFTBALL
PITMAN 12, SALEM 3: The Panthers broke a 2-2 tie with a run in the third, then broke open the game with eight runs in the sixth. The teams matched single runs each of the first two innings until Pitman broke on top. Julliana Love had three hits and Raegan Wilson had two for the Rams. Love and Morgan Johnson had RBIs.
GLASSBORO 19, PENNS GROVE 2: The Red Devils scored both their runs in the top of the first, but the Bulldogs responded with 13 runs in the home half of the inning. Jarlene Vichi had the Red Devils’ only hit and RBI.
GOLF
WOODSTOWN 131, OVERBROOK 174: Jacob Schermerhorn and Jeffrey Covely both shot 32 to lead the Wolverines (10-3) at Kresson GC. Kyle Brainard came in with a 33 and Joey Olbrich posted a 34.
PITMAN 208, SALEM TECH 245: Pitman’s Owen Boulton was medalist at Sakima CC with a 49. Jack Bermann posted Salem Tech’s low score (59).
WASHINGTON TWP. 195, SCHALICK GIRLS 250: Washington Twp. Delaney Schwartz (46) edged teammate Ryli Zee by a stroke for medalist honors at Wedgewood CC. Casey Widdifield posted Schalick’s low score (61).
BOYS TENNIS
PENNSVILLE 5, TRITON 0
Gabe Schneider (P) def. Steve Schilder, 6-1, 6-2
Maddox Efelis (P) def. Tristyn Malone, 6-1, 6-0
Brody Wiggins (P) def. William Ahrens
Noah Bohn-Noah Flitcraft (P) def. Sean Gorsky-Cole Durham, 6-0, 6-0
Sawyer Humphrey-Luke Chamberlain (P) def. Tirth Patel-Brennan Zabala, 6-1, 6-1
Records: Pennsville 11-1, Triton 2-5.
Tuesday roundup
Here is a look at what happened Tuesday in Salem County high school sports
SOFTBALL
WEST DEPTFORD 12, WOODSTOWN 1: The Eagles broke open a scoreless game with nine runs in the fourth inning. Isabella Kwashek went 4-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs.
Tulana Mingin had two of Woodstown’s four hits and now has 120 for her career, 12 shy of the school’s all-time record. Cara Delia and Kayla Brown had their other hits. Brown drove in their run in the fifth inning.
GLOUCESTER CATHOLIC 11, SALEM 1: Madelyn McGinn drove in three runs and Brooklyn Carcaci struck out 10 in five innings to lead Gloucester Catholic.
Julliana Love scored in the first inning to give Salem a 1-0 lead. Gloucester Catholic tied it in second, then took the lead with three in the third. Love had two of the Rams’ four hits. Raegan Wilson and Morgan Johnson had the other two.
BOYS LACROSSE
Kingsway 7, Woodstown 5
BOYS TENNIS
PENNSVILLE 5, PENNS GROVE 0
Gabe Schneider (P) def. Alex Ramirez Martinez, 6-0, 6-0
Maddox Efelis (P) def. Poyraz Erdonmez, 6-0, 6-1
Brody Wiggins (P) def. Ricardo Vichi, 6-0, 6-0
Noah Flitcraft-Noah Bohn (P) def. Angel Perez Herrera-Stuart Mondragon, 6-0, 6-0
Luke Chamberlain-Sawyer Humphrey (P) def. Pablo Sanchez Correa-Adan Gonzalez, 6-0, 6-0
Records: Pennsville 10-1, Penns Grove 2-4.
TRACK
Gloucester Catholic, Wildwood at Salem
Penns Grove at Glassboro
Woodstown at Pennsville
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Camden Tech 2, Salem Tech 0 (25-13, 25-11)
Salem CC Tuesday
Mighty Oaks baseball routs Luzerne to move within two games of .500, softball swept at Mercer
By Riverview Sports News
NANTICOKE, Pa. – The Salem CC baseball team moved another step closer to .500 and a playoff berth with a 23-1 rout of Luzerne County CC Tuesday.
The Mighty Owls, 18-20 with 11 games remaining, trailed 1-0 after two innings, then took the lead for good with a pair of runs in the third. They pulled away with six in the fourth and didn’t slow down.
They have won seven in a row and 10 of their last 11
They return to action Wednesday at home against Montgomery County CC and could get back to .500 for the first time since March 14 (6-6) in a Friday home game with Union.
Softball swept at Mercer
WEST WINDSOR – The Salem CC softball team had a tough day at one of the best teams in the region. The Mighty Oaks were swept by Mercer CC 10-0 and 8-0. They were one-hit in the opener and no-hit in the nightcap.
Haylee Pickrell had Salem’s only hit in the doubleheader, a two-out single in the fourth inning of the first game. The Oaks (26-12) loaded the bases in the inning, but left them loaded.
The Mighty Oaks had only three base runners in the nightcap against Shea Krebs. Mercer improved to 35-5.
The Oaks have four games remaining in the regular season – a home doubleheader Thursday against Camden CC and a Friday doubleheader at Bergen.
Milestone days
Donahue’s 10-goal haul highlights Woodstown’s lacrosse win; Pennsville baseball senior Grant hits first career homer; includes baseball, softball and tennis around Salem County
BASEBALL
Pennsville 15, Glassboro 1
Pitman 8, Penns Grove 1
Camden Tech 12, Salem 2
GLASSBORO – The day off was just what the Pennsville baseball team needed.
Chase Burchfield hit one of four Pennsville homers and drove in six runs as the Eagles overran Glassboro 15-1 in five innings Monday, the day after a welcomed day off from a busy week.
The game was expected to continue a run of nine games in eight days for the Eagles, but they got a reprieve when they split at the Oakcrest Tournament Saturday and didn’t make it to the Sunday final. Their second game Saturday was their sixth in five days.
The Eagles banged out 17 hits in the game. Peyton O’Brien went 4-for-4 with a pair of doubles, Burchfield and Luke Wood both went 3-for-3, and lone senior Jacob Grant had two hits. Every batter in the Pennsville lineup had at least one hit.
Cohen Petrutz, Grant and Stevie Fatcher also homered. Grant (three-run), Burchfield (two-run) and Petrutz (two-run) all homered in a seven-run fifth inning that put the game in run-rule mode. It was Grant’s first career home run came in his 72nd game after 191 high school at bats and 231 plate appearances.
Wood pitched all five innings, allowing five hits and one unearned run, and struck out 10.
The Eagles (9-3) are back at it Tuesday at home against Schalick.
PITMAN 8, PENNS GROVE 1: The Panthers (8-2) scored two runs in the third inning on an error to pull away from a 1-1 tie and never looked back. Three Pitman pitchers held the Red Devils to one hit, a single by Ryan Hyatt leading off the sixth inning.
Penns Grove (0-6) scored its run in the home first when Pitman misplayed Ethan Brooks’ infield grounder with Chase Willis at third.
CAMDEN TECH 12, SALEM 2: Johnny Laurick went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and three Warrior pitchers held Salem to five hits. The Rams fell behind 4-0 after two innings and couldn’t catch up. Colin Finney, Bryce Harris, Andrew May, Chase Davis and Ryan Timmons had the hits for Salem.
SOFTBALL
Pennsville 13, Glassboro 3
Pitman 18, Penns Grove 0
Schalick 13, Deptford 8
Woodstown 16, Clayton 3
PENNSVILLE 13, GLASSBORO 3: Bella Farina went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and came within a homer of the cycle to lead the Eagles’ 10-hit attack. Bella Rappa had two hits and three RBIs and Reagan Wariwanchik capped a seven-run fifth with a walk-off two-run triple. Savannah Palverento went the distance in the circle, allowing three hits, no earned runs and striking out seven.
SCHALICK 13, DEPTFORD 8: The Cougars scored seven runs in the first two innings of the game and six in the final two innings to score the victory. Cloe Elliott was one of seven Schalick batters with a pair of hits in the game and drove in four runs.
The Cougars opened their six-run second inning with six straight singles. Elliott singled home the final two runs of the inning. Maddie Brown’s two-run single highlighted their five-run sixth.
WOODSTOWN 16, CLAYTON 3: Cara Delia had a three-run double among her three hits and drove in four runs to lead a 21-hit attack in Woodstown’s fourth straight win. Delia cleared the bases in a six-run third that gave the Wolverines a 14-0 lead.
Tulana Mingin had two hits – giving her 118 for her career, fifth on the school’s all-time list – as did Ellie Wygand, Kayla Brown, Hannah Hitchner, Alyssa Baber and starting pitcher Grace White.
PITMAN 18, PENNS GROVE 0: Emery Sharpnack went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and two Pitman pitchers held Penns Grove to one hit.
GOLF
WOODSTOWN 145, SCHALICK 151: The county rivals battled it out for the second time in six days and this time the Wolverines came out on top. Woodstown’s Kyle Brainard and Joey Olbrich both shot 1-under 35s and Jacob Schermerhorn an even-par 36 to post the three low scores at Town & Country Golf Links. Anthony Sepers and Jaxon Weber had Schalick’s low score (37s). Schalick won the first meeting by two strokes.
BOYS TENNIS
PENNSVILLE 5, CLAYTON 0
Gabe Schneider (P) def. Chase Fronczkiewucz, 6-1, 6-0
Maddox Efelis (P) def. Troy Hollis, 6-0, 6-0
Brody Wiggins (P) def. Chase Murphy, 6-0, 6-0
Noah Bohn-Noah Filtcraft (P) def. Jacob Turpin-Ian Johnson, 6-0, 6-0
Sawyer Humphrey-Carter Willis (P) def. Jayden Sanchez-James Mai, 6-0, 6-2
Records: Pennsville 9-1, Clayton 0-3.
WOODSTOWN 5, DEPTFORD 0
Tim Schwienbacher (Wo) def. Xavier Dean, 6-1, 6-0
Drew Stengel (Wo) def. Ethan Bui, 6-1, 6-1
Erich Lipovsky (Wo) def. Bradyn Gee, 6-3, 6-0
Ben Stengel-Joseph Kurpis (Wo) def. Joseph Crowley-Olaoluwa Gureje, 6-1, 6-2
Jason LaFond-Luke Shaw (Wo) def. Chase Umbra-Zane Rauner, 6-1, 6-1
Records: Woodstown 6-1, Deptford 2-4.
PENNS GROVE 5, GLASSBORO 0
Alex Ramirez Martinez (P) def. Rowan Somdhal-Sands, 6-0, 6-0
Poyraz Erdonmez (P) def. Jesus Lopez, 6-0, 6-1
Ricardo Vichi (P) def. Kileche Umbaofu, 6-0, 6-1
Records: Penns Grove 2-3, Glassboro 0-5.
PITMAN 4, SCHALICK 1
Maddox Marker (P) def. George Gould, 6-2, 6-3
Chase Rollins (P) def. Jesus Espinoza, 6-0, 6-0
Cole Kelly (P) def. Conor O’Toole, 6-1, 6-2
Rocky Monticolo-David Santana (S) def. Michael Fisicaro-Max Pappalardo, 6-2, 6-7, 10-8
Matthew Bauman (P)-Ethan Loudner (P) def. Cayden Brzozowski-Kaden Barnes, 6-3, 6-2
Records: Pitman 7-3, Schalick 4-4.
BOYS LACROSSE
WOODSTOWN 18, OAKCREST 5: Bobby Donahue scored 10 goals and four others had two each for the Wolverines (5-4). Sean Hopp, Laitton Roberts, Lucas Sperry and Zach Bevis (four assists) scored their other goals. Donahue had scored eight goals three times previously in his career, including this year’s season opener, and now has 47 for the season. He scored 50 a year ago.
GIRLS LACROSSE
CLEARVIEW 15, WOODSTOWN 9: Clearview’s Avery Roberts scored her 100th career goal in the game.
TRACK
Schalick’s girls improved to 4-0 in dual meets this season with a victory over Overbrook. Double wins by Jordan Hadfield (1600/3200), Grace O’Neill (400 hurdles/discus) and Brooke Watt (100 hurdles/triple jump) highlighted 10 winners in 13 events.
The Cougars’ other winners were Gabriella Simonini (pole vault), Phoebe Alward (long jump), Kylee Cole (high jump), Gia Martellacci (400), Sophia Longo (800), Ally Green (shot), Alivia Klancic (javelin).
This week’s schedule
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of April 22-27; all events 4 p.m. unless noted
MONDAY, APRIL 22
BASEBALL
Pennsville at Glassboro
Pitman at Penns Grove
Salem at Camden Tech
Woodstown at Clayton
SOFTBALL
Glassboro at Pennsville
Penns Grove at Pitman
Schalick at Deptford
Woodstown at Clayton
GOLF
Williamstown girls vs. Schalick, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
Woodstown boys vs. Schalick, Town & Country, 3:30 p.m.
Salem Tech vs. Wildwood, Union League National, 3:45 p.m.
TRACK
Overbrook at Schalick, 3:30 p.m.
BOYS TENNIS
Clayton at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m.
Woodstown at Deptford Twp., 3:45 p.m.
Penns Grove at Glassboro
Schalick at Pitman
BOYS LACROSSE
Oakcrest at Woodstown, 5 p.m.
GIRLS LACROSSE
Woodstown at Clearview, 7:30 p.m.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Kingsway at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m.
TUESDAY, APRIL 23
BASEBALL
Schalick at Pennsville
Woodstown at Penns Grove
SOFTBALL
Gloucester Catholic at Salem
West Deptford at Woodstown
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Luzerne County CC, 3:30 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Mercer CC, 3 p.m.
BOYS LACROSSE
Kingsway at Woodstown
BOYS TENNIS
Pennsville at Penns Grove
TRACK
Gloucester Catholic, Wildwood at Salem
Penns Grove at Glassboro
Woodstown at Pennsville
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at Camden Tech, 3:45 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24
BASEBALL
Glassboro at Penns Grove
Pitman at Salem
Schalick at Lower Cape May
Woodstown at Audubon
SOFTBALL
Penns Grove at Glassboro
Salem at Pitman
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Montgomery County CC at Salem CC, 3:30 p.m.
GOLF
Schalick girls vs. Washington Twp., Wedgewood CC
Pennsville vs. Triton, Valleybrook CC, 3:45 p.m.
Salem Tech vs. Pitman, Sakima CC, 3:45 p.m.
Woodstown vs. Overbrook, Kresson GC, 3:30 p.m.
BOYS TENNIS
Pennsville at Triton, 3:45 p.m.
THURSDAY, APRIL 25
BASEBALL
Delran at Woodstown, 4:30 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Camden CC at Salem CC (2), 3:30 p.m.
BOYS TENNIS
Bridgeton at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
Schalick at Clayton
BOYS LACROSSE
Woodstown at Sterling
GIRLS LACROSSE
Haddonfield at Woodstown
GOLF
Salem Tech vs. Wildwood, Sakima CC
TRACK
Schalick girls, Salem at Penn Relays
FRIDAY, APRIL 26
BASEBALL
Penns Grove at Gateway
Mainland Coaches vs. Cancer
Schalick vs. Cape May Tech
SOFTBALL
Salem at Palmyra
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Union at Salem CC, 3:30 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Bergen (2), 3:30 p.m.
TRACK
Salem, Schalick at Penn Relays
SATURDAY, APRIL 27
BASEBALL
Woodstown at Haddonfield, 10 a.m.
Salem at Collingswood, 10 a.m.
SOFTBALL
Woodstown vs. Moorestown at Williamstown, 9 a.m.
Deptford at Salem, 11 a.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Union (2), noon
TRACK
Schalick at Penn Relays
How sweep it is
Salem CC baseball continues late-season roll, sweeps doubleheader, series from Camden CC; softball swept for second straight day
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
CARNEYS POINT – Fueled by two strong complete games from its pitchers, the Salem Community College baseball team dumped Camden CC 10-2 and 12-4 Saturday to sweep its third consecutive doubleheader and the three-game weekend series with the Cougars.
Freshman lefthander Sean Kelby allowed four hits and tied his career high with nine strikeouts in the first game. After giving up a walk to load the bases in the third inning, he retired 12 in a row and 14 of the last 15 batters he faced.
Sophomore righthander Aiden Ewe took a one-hitter into the seventh inning of the nightcap before running out of gas, but the converted catcher still finished with a five-hitter and six strikeouts in his first career complete game.
“They’re starting to hit their strides,” Mighty Oaks coach John Holt said of the two pitchers. “They both have worked very hard to get where they are. They’ve gradually gotten better and better throughout the year and today they get two complete games and get length out of them. That was huge for us with the schedule we have coming up.”
The sweep extended the Mighty Oaks’ winning streak to a season-best six games. It’s their longest streak since a six-gamer April 30-May 8, 2021. They have won nine of their last 10 to pull within three games of .500 (17-20). It’s the closest they’ve been to .500 since March 24 (7-10).
“It’s nice anytime to get a sweep,” Holt said, “but where we are with our schedule and where we are with what we’re trying to do, we’ve got to worry about one game at a time. We can’t worry about sweeping series.
“Our approach is let’s win inning by inning because when we get too big it can become a little bit too much. If we were worried about just winning today, let alone trying to make up a 10-game under .500 thing that’s overwhelming. But if you’re just worried winning today then it kind of seems a little bit more doable.”
To qualify for the playoffs a team must finish .500 or better either overall or within the region. With 12 games left, the Mighty Oaks must go 8-4 to make it and the last three games are against current JUCO D-III No. 3 RCSJ-Gloucester.
“I feel good about where we are as a team,” Holt said. “In the approach we have adopted with it, win or lose, we’re just trying to get better every game and we’re trying to learn even from the losses.
“The carrot’s there, it’s attainable, but at the end of the day we can’t get too big. We’ve got to stay with the focus and the approach that we have.”
With a tight margin for error, the pitchers feel additional responsibility to be sharp each time they go to the mound.
“As the season is starting to go on and we’re winning games I feel like we’re getting more pumped up and I feel like we have to give it our all,” Ewe said. “We have to give more than what we’re doing.”
“When we’re pitching good everything follows – the hitting, the fielding – and I feel like we’re really in a groove and feeding off each other right now,” Kelby said. “It definitely was a different approach than when I was out here in the beginning of March. There is a responsibility. We needed that sense of urgency.”
The Mighty Oaks rallied from an early 2-0 deficit to win Game One. They tied the game with Angel Velez’ RBI single in the third and took the lead in the fourth on Nick Ciesielka’s RBI triple and Demetrius DeRamus’ second sacrifice fly of the game.
They broke it open with six runs in the fifth, highlighted by Cole Dawson’s two-run double and Velez’ two-run single. Velez was 3-for-4 with three RBIs in the game and had five hits in the doubleheader.
Ciesielka, Matt Murphy and Dane Thomas all had a pair of hits in the game.
The Mighty Oaks took control of the nightcap with six runs in the second inning. Yen Rodriguez had a two-run single in the inning, while the other runs scored on a series of errors and DeRamus’ third sacrifice fly of the twinbill.
They added four in the in the fifth and two in the sixth on a two-run double by Thomas.
Thomas, Velez and Murphy all had two hits in the game.
With Ewe throwing what he agreed was his best six innings of the year – and he allowed two hits and fanned 12 in six innings against Bergen last Saturday – the lead looked even more formidable.
His defense helped preserve the gem with several web gems. The Oaks turned a double play in the first inning and in the sixth second baseman Dawson knocked down a chopper headed for the outfield and got the out at first and then Murphy laid out after a long run in left to flag down the last out of the inning.
Salem softball swept
SCRANTON, Pa. – The Salem CC softball team ran into another team headed to the Region XIX playoffs Saturday and met the same fate as the day before, this time getting swept at Lackawanna College 10-8 and 8-2.
The Mighty Oaks (24-10) led twice in the opener, but couldn’t overcome a five-run fourth inning. They put together a three-run rally in the sixth on Courtney Hoggard’s two-run double and Vaye Savage’s RBI single to get within 10-8. They had the go-ahead run at the plate with two outs in the seventh, but couldn’t bring it around.
Hoggard had two doubles among her three hits and drove in three runs. Ella Hayes had three hits and Savage had two hits and two RBIs.
Hoggard gave the Oaks a 2-0 lead in the second game with a two-run double in the third, but once again Lackawanna put together a big inning, scoring seven in the fourth, to take control. The Falcons sent 11 batters to the plate in the inning and took advantage of four Salem errors.
Salem coach Angel Rodriguez praised his team’s defense in its doubleheader sweep by Delaware Tech on Friday, but the Mighty Oaks were charged with seven errors in the nightcap and 12 in the twinbill. Only six Lackawanna’s runs in the doubleheader were earned, none in the second game.
Haylee Pickrell was the only Salem player with multiple hits in the nightcap. She was 2-for-3.
They’ll look to get back on the winning track Sunday in a home doubleheader with Ocean starting at noon.
Perfection
Woodstown’s Brown’s perfect game, Schalick coach O’Brien’s 100th career win highlight the Friday Salem County sports roundup
SOFTBALL
WOODSTOWN 13, WILDWOOD 0
WILDWOOD – Kayla Brown hasn’t pitched much for the Woodstown softball team, but the Wolverines need her in their present shorthandedness in the circle and Friday she delivered in a big way.
Brown threw a five-inning perfect game, setting down 15 straight hitters with 13 strikeouts as the Wolverines blanked Wildwood 13-0. She also had three hits at the plate, including a pair of doubles.
She’d pitched in five games for a total of nine innings before this season, but Friday was her third outing in four games this week (12 innings).
On Friday she threw 68 pitches, 46 for strikes. She went to three balls on four batters (and struck them all out) and two balls on three others.
Her teammates supported her with 17 hits. Tulana Mingin went 3-for-4, Ellie Wygand 3-for-4 with three RBIs and Talia Guardascione 2-for-3. Lila Bowling and Cara Delia each drove in a pair of runs.
Mingin now has 116 career hits, sixth on the Wolverines’ all-time list. She is 16 hits away from becoming the program’s all-time hits leader.
GLOUCESTER 10, SCHALICK 0: The Lions held Schalick to three hits and got all the support they needed from an Ava Rogers home run. Taylor Sparks (double), Alexa Shimp and Rachael Irizarry had the Cougars’ hits.
CAMDEN TECH 20, SALEM 3: Phoenix Holland had two of Salem’s seven hits. Korrin Robinson, Morgan Johnson and Gianna Pelura drove in the Rams’ runs.
BASEBALL
SCHALICK 3, GLOUCESTER 0: Luke Pokrovsky and Jake Siedlecki combined on a two-hit shutout to give Cougars coach Sean O’Brien his 100th career victory. The only thing that kept Pokrovsky from going the distance was his pitch count. He threw 110 pitches and struck out 16 in 6 2/3 innings. The only hit he allowed was a one-out single in the fifth inning.
PENNSVILLE 9, WILLIAMSTOWN 2: The Eagles made it 4-0 in their nine games in eight day stretch. Mason O’Brien gave up six hits and two runs over the first 6 1/3 innings before Connor Starn came from behind the plate to get the final two outs. Jacob Grant and Cohen Petrutz each had two hits and Logan Streitz had two RBIs.
WOODSTOWN 7, WILDWOOD 2: Andrew Pedrick homered in a four-run fourth inning and four pitchers scattered four hits as the Wolverines won their third in a row. Jack Knorr and Jack Holladay both had two hits for the Wolverines. Logan Taylor had two RBIs.
BOYS TENNIS
PENNSVILLE 4, MILLVILLE 1
Matthew Sooy (M) def. Gave Schneider, 6-3, 6-2
Maddox Efelis (P) def. Paul Azari, 6-2, 6-0
Brody Wiggins (P) def. John Abdill, 6-0, 6-0
Noah Flitcraft-Noah Bohn (P) def. Hadyn Mulherin-Jonah Smith, 6-0, 6-0
Luke Chamberlain-Sawyer Humphrey (P) def. Adarius Cannon-Kayden Renzi, 6-1, 6-1.
Records: Pennsville 8-1, Millville 2-5.
WOODSTOWN 5, OVERBROOK 0
Tim Schwienbacher 
def. Andrew Weaver, 6-3, 0-6, 10-5
Drew Stengel def. Logan Milas, 6-0, 6-1
Erich Lipovsky (S) def. Colin Campbell, 6-1, 6-2
Ben Stengel-Joseph Kurpis def. Connor Kustera-Alan Marcos, 6-2, 6-2
Mason Shimp-Luke Shaw def. Thomas Mason-NA, 6-1, 6-0
Records: Woodstown 5-1, Overbrook 0-8
CUMBERLAND 3, SCHALICK 2
Samuel Falk (C) def. George Gould, 6-0, 6-0
Luke Fischer (C) def. Jesus Espinoza, 6-0, 6-2
Chase Sheppard (C) def. Conor O’Toole, 6-3, 6-2
Rocky Monticolo-David Santana (S) def. Joey Nolan-Josiah Jiminez, 5-4 (ret.)
Kaden Barnes-Cayden Brzozowski (S) Mason Staffieri-Cayden Brzozowski, 6-4, 7-5.
Records: Cumberland 6-2, Schalick 4-3.
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