Mighty Oaks slam six homers to power doubleheader sweep that extends winning streak to eight games
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – It’s a good thing the visiting team moved the bus before the doubleheader started.
PICKRELL
Salem CC’s streaking softball team slammed six home runs – three in each game – to fuel a 10-1, 9-0 run-rule sweep of SUNY-Orange County Wednesday that extended the Mighty Oaks’ presumptive school-record winning streak to eight games.
Haylee Pickrell, Ella Hayes and Vaye Savage hit two homers each. Five of the six were two-run shots. The Oaks entered the game with three homers all season, and those all came in one game. They now have nine in 14 games. They hit 13 in 34 games in last year’s revival season.
“I think yesterday (at Lehigh Carbon) we had a rough one, our bats were kind of sluggish here and there and the weather played a factor; I think we just made up for yesterday,” Oaks coach Angel Rodriguez said. “New game, new opportunities and we made the adjustment this time around that we needed to.
“It’s still early in the season, so I think a lot of them are just trying to get into their groove and find their rhythm and I think today was the outbreak some of them needed. We definitely know we have power in our lineup and it was just kind of nice to see it come to light for the first time together as a whole.”
Three of the homers were hit to center. The Colts’ parked their team bus just beyond the centerfield fence when they arrived before moving it out of line of fire prior to the first pitch, avoiding the possibility of driving back to New York with some serious window damage.
Pickrell hit a pair of two-run homers in the first game, one in the first inning and the walk-off shot in the fifth. Hayes also hit a two-run shot in the fifth.
Savage, who led the Oaks in homers last season with four, homered in back-to-back innings in the nightcap and Hayes hit her second of the day in the third inning.
“When we get into the box we’re not thinking I’m gonna hit a home run,” Pickrell said. “It’s not pure luck, but it’s definitely harder to do than most swings.
“It was one right after the other, mine and then Ella’s, it was just a ripple effect, like a snowball effect. It got the dugout more hyped. We’ve all been struggling and trying to work with pitches and stuff and once we got those home runs and started that ripple effect, it definitely carried throughout the dugout.”
During their eight-game winning streak, the Oaks are hitting .507 as a team (107-211) with 26 extra-base hits and outscored their opponents 85-7.
MECHAM
Ever since the Oaks returned from their season-opening trip to the Carolinas their doubleheaders have followed a familiar script: Use a big first inning of the opener to grab early control and then let Morgan Mecham shut them down in the nightcap.
The Oaks (10-4) took control of the first game with a four-run first inning and led 5-0 before Orange got on the board with its only run of the day. In the nightcap, Mecham posted her fifth shutout in her last six starts, struck out six and walked none.
“The biggest difference from last year to this year we added depth to our lineup and roster, we added some key pieces to help out with consistency and defense and that’s just really kept our pitchers confident,” Rodriguez said. “One thing we lacked last year was making the easy play. This year we’re making all those plays easier, we’re turning double plays, we’re confident in what we’re doing and they feel that.
“That energy is there, the trust is there together, so that kind of settles them in a little bit more. Morgan is just locked in. Nothing fazes her. And she knows she has a defense behind her, so she’s going to keep doing what she’s doing, but also she’s going to trust what’s behind her to help her out.”
GAME 1 SALEM CC 10, SUNY-ORANGE 1
SUNY-Orange (5-4)
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1
4
0
Salem CC (9-4)
410
14-
10
11
0
GIANNA CATLETTI (L 3-2) and Lindsay Keane; CAITLIN LaGRECA (W 4-3) and Callie Rozak. 2B: Gabriella Olivo (SO), Ella Hayes (S). 3B: Vaye Savage (S). HR: Haylee Pickrell 2 (S), Ella Hayes (S).
GAME 2 SALEM CC 9, SUNY-ORANGE 0
SUNY-Orange (5-5)
000
00-
0
7
0
Salem CC (10-4)
024
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9
13
0
MOLLY MARTIN (L 2-3) and Jaylee Ramos; MORGAN MECHAM (W 6-1) and Vaye Savage. HR: Vaye Savage 2 (S), Ella Hayes (S)
Mo, mo Mo
Here is the ledger for Salem CC pitcher Morgan Mecham in her last six starts
Mighty Oaks softball extends winning streak to six with doubleheader sweep of Lehigh Carbon CC
By Riverview Sports News
SCHNECKSVILLE, Pa. — Caitlin LaGreca threw 3 1/3 innings of no-hit softball to start the day and Morgan Mecham spun her fourth shutout in her last five starts in the nightcap leading Salem CC to a 10-4, 4-0 sweep of Lehigh Carbon CC Tuesday.
The sweep extended the Mighty Oaks’ winning streak to six games, their longest streak since reviving the program last year.
“It’s probably the longest winning streak in softball history at SCC,” coach Angel Rodriguez said. “We’re making our our own history and the team is loving every ounce of it.”
The Oaks (8-4) made things more comfortable for LaGreca in the opener by scoring six runs in the top of the first inning. They sent 11 batters to the plate, banging out seven of their 14 hits. The first three hitters reached safely and all three scored. Faith Penn capped the inning with a two-run single.
LaGreca retired 10 of the first 11 hitters she faced before the Cougars touched her for four in the fourth. But by then, the Oaks had an 8-0 lead.
Karyn Trice pitched the last two innings. She also reached base all five times she batted in the game.
Mecham was brilliant again in the circle. She only allowed two singles and three base-runners. She retired 15 of the last 16 batters she faced. In her last five starts she has given up only one run with 36 strikeouts and four walks.
“Morgan is locked in,” Rodriguez said. “She doesn’t get rattled and knows her defense is behind her.”
The offense was, too. The Oaks banged out 15 hits in the nightcap. Trice had three hits and Courtney Hoggard drove in a pair of runs.
“The South Carolina trip connected the team in a way we needed it to,” Rodriguez said. “We are in a good spot right now to the start of a busy week. I couldn’t be prouder of how the team is turning tings up and sticking together.
“We’re going to keep getting better learning from game to game and making the adjustments as needed. We’re looking forward to being back at home tomorrow.”
The Oaks are right back at it Wednesday in a 3 p.m. doubleheader against Orange County CC (5-3).
GAME 1 SALEM CC 10, LEHIGH CARBON CC 4
Salem CC (7-4)
602
020
0-
10
14
1
Lehigh Carbon CC (0-1)
000
400
0-
4
6
3
CAITLIN LaGRECA (W 3-3), Karyn Trice (6) and Vaya Savage, Callie Rozak (6); MIA SNYDER (L 0-1) and Sandra Ramirez. 2B: Courtney Hoggard (S), KC Garcia (S).
GAME 2 SALEM CC 4, LEHIGH CARBON CC 0
Salem CC (8-4)
101
020-
4
15
0
Lehigh Carbon CC (0-2)
000
000-
0
2
2
MORGAN MECHAM (W 5-1) and Callie Rozak, Juanic Beukman (6); KASSANDRA AQUINO (L 0-1) and Stofflet. 3B: Karyn Trice (S)
Salem CC softball christens new Pennsville LL home with a doubleheader sweep of RCSJ-Cumberland
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – People around the Salem CC softball program know Vaye Savage as a player who will come early to the field and even show up to work when no one’s around. She was right on time Sunday.
The sophomore first baseman from Texas snared a hot liner with the bases loaded that surely would have tied the game and casually stepped on the bag for an inning-ending double play and then delivered an RBI single in the bottom of the inning to extend the lead in an eventual 7-1 win over RCSJ-Cumberland in the Mighty Oaks’ first-ever game in their new Pennsville Little League home.
The Oaks completed a successful christening of their new digs by winning the nightcap to sweep the day, 5-0.
“We did everything we were hoping to do,” Salem CC coach Angel Rodriguez said. “We came out and competed. Lovely ball field here, so I think that kind of helped out a little bit; you saw all the crowd comes out. So, everything we wanted to get out of what our home experience is going to be this year we did.”
Since reviving the program, the Oaks have played their games at the Carneys Point Recreation Complex, but while convenient, the facility wasn’t quite adequate for their needs. They looked around for a new site and struck a 12-month year-to-year deal last September to play on the Pennsville LL’s Watson Field.
The Oaks practiced in the complex during the fall and spring and played their first official games there Sunday. They have 11 more doubleheader dates there this season, including four straight between March 20 and 26.
“It was surreal,” Rodriguez said of the experience. “Just getting the field ready, going through warmups, I think they felt it, like having a home field where they feel at home.
“When we were thinking about the switch we brought the whole team knowing the majority of them were coming back. I think once they saw the complex, saw the field, their eyes lit up. Our goal was to try to make it happen and we did. They take pride in it every day and I definitely think they just feel more comfortable playing here, just knowing the facility feels like their home.”
Savage called it an “awesome field.”
Their era there couldn’t have started better.
In the first game Caitlin LeGreca pitched a three-hitter and struck out five. Seven of the Oaks’ nine hitters had at least one hit. Ella Hayes went 3-for-4 and Emilie Hamm went 2-for-3 with three RBIs.
Savage decorated the dugout for the occasion, then delivered the play of the day. The Oaks took a 4-0 lead into the fifth. The Dukes had just scored on a one-out bases-loaded walk. Cecely Dominguez hit a rocket towards right field. Savage, standing a few steps from the bag, stuck out her glove and speared it, then stepped on first to get the runner who took off thinking, like everyone in the park, the ball was headed into the corner to clear the bases and tie the game.
“You definitely felt that momentum change for sure,” Rodriguez said. “When she made that, we shifted it back in our favor.”
“The ball was just right there and I ended up sticking my glove up and catching it, and then I remembered the girl was on first and we got three outs,” Savage said. “I just kind of stuck my glove out there. My team knows on third base I have like no reaction time so I feel all of them were a little surprised at my reaction time on first.”
Ace Morgan Mecham pitched the nightcap and her advanced velocity proved too much of an adjustment for the Dukes. Mecham threw a two-hit shutout and struck out a season-high nine with no walks. She faced only three batters over the minimum.
She retired 12 of the first 13 hitters she faced and her last seven of the game. She has given up only one run in her last four starts – all wins, three shutouts – with 27 strikeouts and three walks. She hasn’t issued a walk in her last 13 2/3 innings.
“We have kind of a rivalry with them so it was kind of more personal than other teams,” Mecham said.
GAME 1 Salem CC 7, RCSJ Cumberland 1
RCSJ-Cumberland (0-3)
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010
0-
1
3
2
Salem CC (5-4)
002
230
x-
7
10
2
ASHLEY BRAG (0-2), Karly Smaniotto (4) and Mimi Acevedo, Jordan Spates (4); CAITLIN LaGRECA (2-3) and Callie Rozak. 2B: Mimi Acevedo (R), Ella Hayes (S). 3B: Ella Hayes (S).
GAME 2 Salem CC 5, RCSJ-Cumberland 0
RCSJ-Cumberland (0-4)
000
000
0-
0
2
2
Salem CC (6-4)
002
300
x-
5
6
1
GIANNA FISKE (0-2) and Jordan Spates; MORGAN MECHAM (4-1) and Vaye Savage. 2B: Karyn Trice (S).
Salem CC pitcher Morgan Mecham spun her third shutout in her last four starts in the second game of Sunday’s sweep. On the cover, first baseman Vaye Savage takes the stance that helped her make the defensive play of the first game. (Photos by John Holt)
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of March 17-23; all games 4 p.m. unless noted, x-scrimmage
Sunday
COLLEGE SOFTBALL RCSJ-Cumberland at Salem CC (2), noon
Monday
BOYS TENNIS x-Mainland at Woodstown
Tuesday
BOYS TENNIS x-Schalick at Cumberland x-Pennsville at St. Augustine COLLEGE SOFTBALL Salem CC at Lehigh Carbon CC (2), 3 p.m.
Wednesday
BOYS TENNIS x-West Deptford at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m. x-Millville at Schalick COLLEGE SOFTBALL SUNY-Orange at Salem CC (2), 3:30 p.m.
Thursday
BASEBALL x-Gateway at Salem x-Pennsville at Williamstown x-Schalick at Highland x-Woodstown at Clearview SOFTBALL x-Cedar Creek at Schalick x-Woodstown at Gloucester City GOLF Woodstown vs. Triton, Valley Brook CC BOYS TENNIS x-Woodstown at Palmyra
Friday
BASEBALL x-Pennsauken Tech at Penns Grove SOFTBALL x-Kingsway at Woodstown x-Pennsville at Delran x-Salem at Bridgeton BOYS TENNIS x-Millville at Pennsville COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC at Brookdale CC, 3:30 p.m.
Saturday
SOFTBALL x-Pennsville, Cedar Creek, Williamstown at Buena, 10 a.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL Brookdale CC at Salem CC (2), noon COLLEGE SOFTBALL Delaware Tech at Salem CC (2), noon
Mighty Oaks baseball swept by No. 6 Northampton CC, softball scores 40 runs in sweep of Cecil
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
CARNEYS POINT — When you’re playing a nationally ranked team there is literally little room for error(s).
Extra outs lead to big innings and big innings lead to bad losses.
Salem CC learned that throughout the series with sixth-ranked Northampton CC Saturday.
The Oaks gave up a six-run third and a three-run fifth — all on a total of three hits — in a 10-3 loss in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader. They lost the nightcap 8-1 with some similarly bad innings.
Two errors led to a seven-run inning in an 11-1 series-opening loss to the once-beaten Spartans (14-1) Thursday.
“We did it the whole series,” Salem coach John Holt said. “When we did, we gave them those extra outs, they capitalized every time.
“I’ve known Yags (Northampton coach Adrian Yaguez) for (a long time). We’ve played against each other from my Burlington days, so I know that’s what’s going to happen. They’ve got a good enough ballclub that when mistakes are made they’re going to capitalize. We’ve just got to clean it up.”
The Spartans had only two hits in the inning that broke the opener open, but the Oaks helped them along with four errors and six walks. The most damaging miscue came when first baseman John McAllister dropped a pop foul behind the bag with two outs in a 4-1 game.
Sam Martinez wound up drawing a walk with the new life and the Spartans tacked on three more runs before the Oaks (6-8) got out of it.
Between innings Holt gathered his players outside the dugout to explain the importance of not giving any team, least of all a good one, extra outs. The Oaks didn’t make an error the rest of the game, but they did issue three bases-loaded walks in the Spartans’ three-run fifth that dug the hole deeper.
“They’re the No. 6 team in the country for a reason,” Holt said. “When you make mistakes good teams capitalize on those mistakes and that’s kind of what cost us.
“I think if we clean up a couple things and we continue to work on cleaning up that stuff I think we’re going to be OK. We’re really not that far off from where we want to be. We execute some pitches, we make some routine plays, I think we’re going to be OK.”
The nightcap started as a pitching duel between Salem’s Joe Davis and Northampton’s Logan Magdits. Each pitcher gave up a run in the first inning, then put up zeroes through the fourth.
Davis developed some arm stiffness and was lifted before the fifth started. Aiden Ewe came on and threw hard, but he gave up three runs. The Spartans scored the go-ahead run on a bad throw trying to nail a runner at third and then after loading the bases on an infield error scored two more runs on walks.
Two more errors and two bases-loaded station-to-station singles contributed to four runs in the seventh.
While Salem used three pitchers after lifting Davis, Magdits went the distance for the Spartans. He threw 99 pitches, gave up four hits – two each by Nick Ciesielka and Demetrius DeRamus – and struck out 13. He fanned 14 in his previous start.
DeRamus drove in Salem’s run with game-tying double to left. Magdits retired 13 of the last 14 Oaks’ hitters he faced after DeRamus’ second hit.
The Oaks return to action next weekend with a series against Brookdale CC. It’s a single game on the road Friday and another Saturday doubleheader at home. Brookdale is No. 4 in the NJCAA Division III baseball poll.
“We play in the toughest conference in the country; it’s never easy,” Holt said. “(Northhampton) is No. 6, Brookdale is top 10, (RCSJ) Gloucester is No. 1, Middlesex is getting votes (No. 15 this week) and so is Cumberland. Every week is like this, so we’ve got to come ready to play.”
GAME 1 Northampton CC 10, Salem CC 3
Northampton CC (13-1)
016
030
0-
10
6
2
Salem CC (6-7)
101
100
0-
3
3
5
AUSTIN BEARD, Ellis Snow (7) and Gabriel Caso and Glen Pysher (7); SEAN KELBY, J.D. Wilson (3), Matt Decker (5), Inaki Hutchinson (7) and Angel Velez. 2B: Robert Furino (N), Samuel Martinez (N), Cody Miller (N), Alexander Ruiz (N). 3B: Brandon Ratti (N)
GAME 2 Northampton CC 8, Salem CC 1
Northampton CC (14-1)
100
030
4-
8
7
0
Salem CC (6-8)
100
000
0-
1
4
5
LOGAN MAGDITS and Jorge Maldonado; Joe Davis, AIDEN EWE (5), Mike Ochmanski (5), Ryan Silnik (7) and Joe Fekete. 2B: Demetrius DeRamus (S).
Softball sweeps Seahawks
SALEM CC 22-18, CECIL 1-0: The Mighty Oaks showed no rust after being off a week. They tuned up for their home opener and inaugural games at Pennsville LL’s Watson Field Sunday by ripping 31 hits – 11 for extra bases – and scoring 40 runs in sweeping undermanned Cecil College. They had an 11-run inning in each game.
“It was a busy week of just gearing up to get ready to play again after our Spring Break trip down south,” Salem coach Angel Rodriguez said. “We just came ready to put the ball in play and was just excited to get back into game day.”
Courtney Hoggard had the biggest twinbill, going 6-for-7 with seven runs, two homers and eight RBIs, but the Oaks got contributions from everywhere in the lineup.
Ella Hayes led a 17-hit attack in the opener with three hits and five RBIs. Hoggard, Juanic Beukman and Tessa Wise also had three hits. Six players had multiple hits and nine had at least one RBI. Wise and KC Garcia drove in three runs apiece.
Hoggard hit both of her homers in the nightcap, a grand slam in the second inning and an inside-the-park homer in the fourth. Garcia hit a two-run homer in their 11-run fifth inning.
Cecil had only 10 players on its roster. The Seahawks have lost their four games by a combined score of 72-5.
The Oaks (4-4) make their official Pennsville debut Sunday in a noon doubleheader with RCSJ-Cumberland. Academic Advisor Wendy Decker will throw out the ceremonial first pitch.
GAME 1 Salem CC 22, Cecil College 1
Salem CC (3-4)
4(11)4
21-
22
17
0
Cecil (0-3)
100
00-
1
4
0
MORGAN MECHAM, Jill Robinson (4) and Vaye Savage; COOK, Iyana Jurry (2) and April McDonald. 2B: Ella Hayes (S), Kyla Buerger (S), Tessa Wise (S), Emia Gatewood (C). 3B: Courtney Hoggard (S).
GAME 2 Salem CC 18, Cecil College 0
Salem CC (4-4)
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1(11)-
18
14
0
Cecil (0-4)
000
00-
0
5
0
CAITLIN LaGRECA, Karyn Trice (5) and Courtney Hoggard, Callie Rozak; IYANA JURRY, Natalie Cook (5) and April McDonald. 2B: Emilie Hamm (S), Jill Robinson (S), Vaye Savage (S), April McDonald (C), Iyana Jurry (C). 3B: Karyn Trice (S). HR: Courtney Hoggard 2 (S), KC Garcia (S).
Wolverines expected to elevate quarterbacks coach to head coach at Thursday, school board to hear of Campbell’s resignation and Wildermuth’s retirement
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN – There will be a lot of athletics related activity at the Woodstown-Pilesgrove school district board meeting Thursday.
From the comings dept., in-house candidate Frank Trautz will be put forward for approval as the Wolverines’ new football coach, succeeding John Adams, who stepped down at the end of the season to focus on his family.
From the goings dept., the board will hear the resignation of boys basketball coach Phil Campbell and retirement at the end of the school year of softball coach Dave Wildermuth.
Attempts to reach Woodstown athletics director Joe Ursino Tuesday were unsuccessful.
Trautz, a Haddon Twp. grad who played football and baseball at Moravian, has been a longtime assistant in football, basketball and baseball at Haddonfield, Lindenwold and Willingboro.
“All I can say is I’m excited about the potential opportunity,” Trautz said.
A teacher in the Woodstown Middle School, Trautz was the Wolverines’ quarterbacks coach this past season, helping guide Max Webb through his senior year and develop Webb’s cousin, Jack Holladay, for the future. He also was Campbell’s basketball assistant and the junior varsity boys basketball coach.
Campbell stepped away from the basketball program for personal reasons and preferred not to comment further. His teams were 21-26, 11-13 this past season after starting the year 4-0.
Campbell took the program after Wildermuth stepped away to focus on his softball team. The last two years, the softball team went a combined 35-12 and lost one-run games to Audubon in the South Jersey Group I semifinals each year. This year’s team is expected to be one of the best in South Jersey.
With Trautz’ expected approval, all three Salem County head football coaching vacancies will be filled this week. Matt Maccarone was approved as the new Penns Grove coach Monday and former Penns Grove and Winslow coach Kemp Carr, a Salem native, is expected to be approved as the new Salem coach Wednesday.
Mecham tough in circle as Salem softball scores first win of season after dropping first game of the day in a walk-off; 4 in seventh send baseball to defeat
By Riverview Sports News
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – After losing its first game of the day in the most heartbreaking of ways, the Salem CC softball team bounced back in its second game to earn its first victory of the season, 9-0 over Henry Ford College.
Morgan Mecham spun the shutout, allowing eight hits and striking out seven. The Hawks threatened at times, but Mecham held them to 0-for-12 with their seven runners in scoring position.
The Mighty Oaks supported her with 11 hits, including four doubles. Courtney Hoggard and Emilie Hamm had two hits apiece, Vaye Savage drove in three runs and Haylee Pickrell plated a pair.
“We’re just starting to get in a groove as a team,” Oaks coach Angel Rodriguez said. “Game 1 was a great game against a very good Harford team. We had a few things that didn’t go our way, but we had one statement at the end of the game: How are you going to bounce back and handle the adversity in Game 2?
“They went out and stuck together as a team and earned a very sweet victory to finish the day.”
The Oaks suffered their third straight loss to open their Southern swing when Harford scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh to pull out a 4-3 victory. Salem led 2-0 after two innings and took a 3-2 lead in the sixth.
Their first two losses were equally tough to absorb – an 8-0 shutout in the opener and losing an early lead in the late innings of the second game – but this one went right down to the wire.
The Oaks took the lead in the sixth on Pickrell’s leadoff double and Kalila Pace’s RBI single to center.
Harford loaded the bases against reliever Caitlin LeGreca in the bottom of the seventh on a leadoff walk and two one-out walks before delivering a single up the middle to end the game.
LeGreca came in to start the fourth after starter Jill Robinson pitched three shutout innings to open the game.
Hoggard, Savage and Pickrell all had two hits for Salem.
GAME 1
Salem CC
110
001
0–
3
8
2
Harford CC
000
200
2–
4
10
1
GAME 2
Salem CC
212
001
3-
9
11
0
Henry Ford
000
000
0-
0
8
0
Baseball Seventh-inning rally sinks Salem
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Penn State Hazelton scored six runs in the final two innings, four with none out in the bottom of the seventh, to hand Salem CC a 10-9 defeat.
The Oaks rallied from an early 2-0 deficit to take a 7-2 lead in the top of the fourth and a 9-4 lead after batting in the sixth. Penn State’s four runs in the seventh came home on two bases-loaded walks, a bases-loaded hit batsman and a game-ending error in the infield.
Demetrius DeRamus had another big day at the plate for Salem with two hits and three RBIs. Matt Murphy and Cole Dawson had two hits apiece and Nick Ciesielka had two RBIs.
Oaks baseball team splits two games in Myrtle Beach, softball team swept in season-opening doubleheader
By Riverview Sports News
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Starter Inaki Hutchinson threw four shutout innings, Will Jones got a three-inning save and the lineup batted around twice in the late innings to lift Salem CC over Muskegon CC 12-4 at Crosley Field in its first game Thursday at the Ripken Experience.
The Oaks fell behind in the first inning of their second game, had only one hit and lost to Bay College at the Polo Grounds, 11-1.
Hutchinson, a sophomore right-hander from Savannah, Ga., allowed three hits and struck out nine. He got out of jams in each of his last three innings, including a bases-loaded situation in the fourth.
The Oaks staked him to a 2-0 lead in the first on an RBI ground out by Matt Murphy and an RBI single by Angel Velez. The sent 10 men to the plate in the fifth to extend the lead to 7-0 and sent nine to the plate in the seventh to score four more.
Every spot in the lineup reached base at least once, eight of the nine spots had at least one hit. Demetrius DeRamus had three hits and three RBIs for the Oaks. Velez and Elijah Real had two hits apiece.
In the nightcap, Bay jumped on the Oaks for five runs in the first inning on back-to-back run-scoring hacks by a couple of Zachs — Zach Gibson’s two-run single and Zac Gomersall’s three-run homer.
The Oaks got one of the runs back in the bottom of the inning on a bases-loaded walk to John McAllister. They had plenty of base-runners, but the only hit they got in the game was Elijah Real’s one-out single in the second inning. Bay was charged with six errors by its Gamechanger scorekeepers.
The trip continues Friday with games against Rays Collegiate (11 a.m.) and Manhattanville College (4 p.m.)
Salem CC fans can watch the Oaks on the trip on a live stream through the subscription HiCast Sports Network.
GAME 1 Salem CC 12, Muskegon CC 4
Salem CC
200
051
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12
12
3
Muskegon CC
000
022
0 –
4
3
5
INAKI HUTCHINSON, Will Jones (8) and Angel Velez; TREVOR GARRETT, Noah Morgan (4), Joe Handley (5), Jason Anderson (6), Dayton Thomas (7), Brenden Maka (7) and Gabe Schooltz. 2B: Nick Ciesielka (S), Cole Dawson (S).
GAME 2 Bay College 11, Salem CC 1
Bay College
502
000
4 –
11
8
6
Salem CC
100
000
0 –
1
1
2
HUNTER BALLANTYNE, Scottie Hiller (6) and Melchor Feliciano; STARTER 21, Preston Stracci (3), Mike Ochmanski (6) and Joe Fekete. 2B: Melchor Feliciano (B), Zach Gibson (B). HR: Zac Gomersall (B)
Softball swept in opener
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Salem’s 2024 softball season got off the a tough start as the Mighty Oaks were swept by Fayetteville Tech 8-0 and 5-3.
After being shutout in their opener, the Mighty Oaks scored twice in the first inning of the nightcap on Vaye Savage two-run double and held leads of 2-0 and 3-1. C. Hoggard doubled home their third run in the third. The Trojans rallied for three in the fifth to take the lead.
Fayetteville Tech took control of the opener with a four-run second inning and starter Tamarah Lowery scattered five hits and struck out seven.
The Mighty Oaks threatened in the fifth. They loaded the bases with one out to chase Lowery, but reliever Ava Basalt put out the fire with a force at the plate and inning-ending infield pop.
Morgan Brady (four RBIs), Isabella Finelli and Krista McLean had three hits apiece for the Trojans. Courtney Hoggard, who grew up about two hours from Fayetteville, went 2-for-2 with a double for the Oaks.
GAME 1 Fayetteville Tech 8, Salem CC 0
Salem CC
000
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0
5
1
Fayetteville Tech
140
21 –
8
12
1
WP: Tamarah Lowrey (2-3). LP: Morgan Mecham (0-1). 2B: Courtney Hoggard (S), Isabella Finelli (FT), Morgan Brady (FT).
GAME 2 Fayetteville Tech 5, Salem CC 3
Salem CC
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3
10
4
Fayetteville Tech
100
031
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5
10
3
CAITLIN LEGRECA (LP) and Callie Rozak; 9 (WP), Ava Basolt (6) and Alyssa Lauber. 2B: Courtney Hoggard (S), Callie Rozak (S), Vaye Savage (S), Ava Basolt (FT), Madeline Burns (FT), Kaylee Frank (FT), Tamarah Lowery (FT)
Here is the day-by-day 2024 spring sports schedules for high school and college teams in Salem County; to include or update your schedule, email al.muskewitz@gmail.com; all games 4 p.m. unless noted; x-scrimmage
SALEM COUNTY DAY-BY-DAY
MARCH 1 COLLEGE BASEBALL Ocean CC at Salem CC, 3 p.m.
MARCH 2 BASKETBALL South Jersey Group I Girls Championship South Jersey Group I Boys Championship COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC at Ocean CC (2), noon
MARCH 3 INDOOR TRACK NJSIAA Meet of Champions
MARCH 4 COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC vs. Cairn JV at Myrtle Beach, 9 p.m.
MARCH 5 COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC vs. Penn State Kensington (MB), 7:30 p.m.
MARCH 6 COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC vs. Rochester C&T (MB), 2 p.m. Salem CC vs. DuPage (MB), 6:30 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Salem CC vs. Southeastern (2) (MB), 1 p.m.
MARCH 7 COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC vs. Muskegon CC (MB), 3 p.m. Salem CC vs. Bay (MB), 6 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Salem CC vs. Fayetteville (2) (MB), noon
MARCH 8 COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC vs. Rays Collegiate (MB), 11 a.m. Salem CC vs. Manhattanville (MB), 4 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Salem CC vs. Harford (MB), 3 p.m. Salem CC vs. Henry Ford (MB), 5 p.m.
MARCH 9 COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC vs. Westmoreland County (2) (MB), 9 a.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Salem CC vs. Madison (MB), 9 a.m. Salem CC vs. USC-Sumter (MB), 11 a.m.
MARCH 10 COLLEGE SOFTBALL Salem CC vs. Prairie (MB), 9 a.m. Salem CC vs. Potomac State (MB), 11 a.m.
MARCH 12 COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC at Delaware County CC, 3 p.m.
MARCH 14 Pi Day
MARCH 15 COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC at Northampton CC, 3:30 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Northampton CC at Salem CC (2), noon
MARCH 16 COLLEGE SOFTBALL Salem CC at Cecil (2), noon
MARCH 18 BOYS TENNIS x-Mainland at Woodstown
MARCH 19 COLLEGE SOFTBALL Salem CC at Lehigh Carbon CC (2), 3 p.m. BOYS TENNIS x-Schalick at Cumberland x-Pennsville at St. Augustine
MARCH 20 COLLEGE SOFTBALL SUNY-Orange at Salem CC (2), 3:30 p.m. BOYS TENNIS x-West Deptford at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m. x-Millville at Schalick
MARCH 21 BASEBALL x-Woodstown at Clearview, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL x-Cedar Creek at Schalick x-Woodstown at Gloucester City COLLEGE SOFTBALL Salem CC at RCSJ-Cumberland (2), 3:30 p.m. GOLF Woodstown vs. Triton, Valley Brook CC BOYS TENNIS x-Woodstown at Palmyra
MARCH 22 BASEBALL x-Pennsauken Tech at Penns Grove SOFTBALL x-Kingsway at Woodstown COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC at Brookdale CC, 3:30 p.m. BOYS TENNIS x-Millville at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
MARCH 23 SOFTBALL x-Pennsville at Buena COLLEGE BASEBALL Brookdale CC at Salem CC (2), noon COLLEGE SOFTBALL Delaware Tech at Salem CC (2), noon
MARCH 24 COLLEGE SOFTBALL Northampton at Salem CC (2), noon
MARCH 25 BASEBALL x-Cumberland at Woodstown, 4 p.m. x-Millville at Schalick SOFTBALL x-Pennsville at GCIT BOYS TENNIS x-St. Augustine at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m. GIRLS LACROSSE x-Woodstown at OLMA BOYS LACROSSE x-Millville at Woodstown
MARCH 26 BASEBALL x-Pleasantville at Penns Grove COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC at Lehigh Carbon CC, 3 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Middlesex at Salem CC (2), 3:30 p.m. BOYS TENNIS Schalick at Gateway x-Woodstown at Millville TRACK Camden Co. Tech at Pennsville
MARCH 27 BASEBALL x-Cumberland at Schalick x-Deptford at Woodstown, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL x-Cumberland at Schalick x-Deptford at Woodstown x-Paulsboro at Pennsville COLLEGE BASEBALL Lehigh Carbon CC at Salem CC, noon GOLF Pennsville vs. Gloucester Catholic, Westwood GC, 3:30 p.m. BOYS TENNIS x-Pennsville at Delsea, 3:45 p.m.
MARCH 28 BASEBALL x-Clayton at Penns Grove SOFTBALL x-Penns Grove at Clayton GOLF Schalick vs. Woodstown, Town & Country GL
MARCH 29 BASEBALL x-Paulsboro at Schalick SOFTBALL Millville at Pennsville COLLEGE SOFTBALL Salem CC at Sussex (2), 1 p.m. GOLF Woodstown at Delran, Golden Pheasant GC
MARCH 30 BASEBALL x-Woodstown vs. GCIT, Deptford MS, 10 a.m. GIRLS LACROSSE x-Washington Twp. at Woodstown, 10 a.m. BOYS LACROSSE x-Woodstown at Absegami, 10 a.m.
APRIL 1 BASEBALL Penns Grove at Glassboro Schalick at Woodstown SOFTBALL Glassboro at Penns Grove Schalick at Woodstown GIRLS GOLF Delsea vs. Schalick, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m. BOYS LACROSSE Gloucester Catholic at Woodstown
APRIL 2 BASEBALL Pennsville at Clayton SOFTBALL Clearview at Woodstown OLMA at Schalick Pennsville at Clayton COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC at Mercer County CC, 3 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Salem CC at Mercer County CC (2), 3 p.m. GOLF Washington Twp. girls at Schalick, 3:30 p.m. Schalick boys vs. West Deptford, River Winds GC Pennsville vs. Overbrook, Kresson GC, 3:45 p.m. Woodstown at Penns Grove BOYS TENNIS Cunberland at Woodstown, 10 a.m. Pennsville at Penns Grove, 3:45 p.m.
APRIL 3 BASEBALL Schalick at Millville SOFTBALL Ocean City at Woodstown TRACK Pennsville at Glassboro Schalick at Woodstown BOYS LACROSSE Woodstown at Paul VI, 3:45 p.m. GIRLS LACROSSE Clearview at Woodstown BOYS TENNIS Middle Twp. at Pennsville
APRIL 4 BASEBALL Salem at Pennsville Penns Grove at Woodstown Pitman at Schalick SOFTBALL Pennsville at Salem Woodstown at Penns Grove COLLEGE SOFTBALL RCSJ-Cumberland at Salem CC (2), 3:30 p.m. GOLF Schalick boya vs. Overbrook, Kresson GC Pennsville vs. West Deptford, Riverwinds GC, 3:30 p.m. TRACK Schalick at Pennsville BOYS TENNIS Schalick at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m.
APRIL 5 BASEBALL Pennsville at Penns Grove SOFTBALL Penns Grove at Pennsville Schalick at Clearview COLLEGE BASEBALL RCSJ-Cumberland at Salem CC, 3:30 p.m. GOLF Pennsville vs. Penns Grove, Sakima GC, 3:30 p.m. BOYS TENNIS Delsea at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m. Schalick at Haddon Heights GIRLS LACROSSE Woodstown at Paul VI
APRIL 6 BASEBALL Schalick at Gloucester City, 10 a.m. Woodstown at Cedar Creek, 11 a.m. SOFTBALL Camden Catholic at Woodstown, 10 a.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC at RCSJ-Cumberland (2), noon COLLEGE SOFTBALL Raritan Valley at Salem CC (2), noon TRACK Pennsville at Deptford Twp. Relays, 9 a.m. BOYS LACROSSE Washington Twp. at Woodstown, 10 a.m.
APRIL 7 COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC at Middlesex (2), noon COLLEGE SOFTBALL Salem CC at Bucks (2), 1 p.m.
APRIL 8 BASEBALL Penns Grove at Salem Schalick at Clayton Woodstown at Pennsville SOFTBALL Clayton at Schalick Pennsville at Woodstown Salem at Penns Grove GOLF Schalick girls vs. Williamstown, Scotland Run GC Overbrook vs. Woodstown, Town & Country GL, 3:30 p.m. Pennsville boys vs. Schalick, Centerton CC, 3:45 p.m. BOYS TENNIS Pennsville at Glassboro, 3:45 p.m. Triton at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m. Clayton at Penns Grove Delran at Schalick BOYS LACROSSE Woodstown at Cedar Creek, 2:45 p.m. GIRLS LACROSSE Woodstown at Haddonfield
APRIL 9 BASEBALL Woodstown at Clayton COLLEGE BASEBALL Middlesex at Salem CC, 3:30 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Salem CC at Northampton (2), 3:30 p.m. GOLF Pennsville vs. Clayton, Pitman CC, 3:45 p.m. Schalick girls vs. Clearview, Westwood GC BOYS TENNIS Pennsville at Washington Twp., 4 p.m. TRACK Overbrook at Woodstown Pennsville at Penns Grove Schalick at Glassboro
APRIL 10 BASEBALL Gloucester at Woodstown Overbrook at Penns Grove Schalick at Glassboro SOFTBALL Glassboro at Schalick Gloucester Catholic at Pennsville Penns Grove at Woodstown Woodstown at Haddon Heights COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC at Montgomery County CC, 3:30 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Bucks at Salem CC (2), 4:30 p.m. BOYS TENNIS Woodstown at Penns Grove, 3:45 p.m. Cumberland at Pennsville Schalick at Overbrook GIRLS LACROSSE Woodstown at West Deptford
APRIL 11 BASEBALL Gloucester Catholic at Pennsville SOFTBALL Woodstown at Cumberland BOYS TENNIS Pennsville at Vineland, 3:45 p.m. Schalick at Millville GOLF Pennsville vs. Woodstown, Town & Country GL, 3:30 p.m. Schalick girls vs. Cumberland, Running Deer GC BOYS LACROSSE Woodstown at Mainland
APRIL 12 BASEBALL Delsea at Pennsville Schalick at Haddon Heights SOFTBALL Pennsville at Delsea Schalick at Gloucester Catholic COLLEGE BASEBALL Bergen CC at Salem CC, 3:30 p.m. GOLF Millville vs. Pennsville, Sakima CC, 3:30 p.m. BOYS TENNIS Pitman at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m. Woodstown at Delsea, 3:45 p.m. Penns Grove at Wildwood Schalick at Clayton GIRLS LACROSSE Woodstown at Haddon Heights
APRIL 13 BASEBALL Woodstown at West Deptford, 10 a.m. Schalick at Paulsboro SOFTBALL West Deptford at Pennsville COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC at Bergen CC (2), noon COLLEGE SOFTBALL Morris at Salem CC (2), noon BOYS LACROSSE Woodstown at Egg Harbor Twp., 10 a.m. TRACK Pennsville at West Deptford Relays, 9 a.m.
APRIL 14 COLLEGE SOFTBALL Cecil at Salem CC (2), noon
APRIL 15 BASEBALL Woodstown at Haddon Heights, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL Buena at Schalick Pennsville at Paulsboro GOLF OLMA vs. Schalick, Centerton CC Wildwood boys vs. Schalick, Centerton CC BOYS TENNIS Pennsville at Kingsway, 3:45 p.m. Deptford at Schalick GIRLS LACROSSE Eastern at Woodstown
APRIL 16 BASEBALL Penns Grove at Schalick Wildwood at Pennsville Woodstown at Overbrook SOFTBALL Overbrook at Woodstown Pennsville at Wildwood Schalick at Penns Grove COLLEGE BASEBALL Luzerne County CC at Salem CC, 3:30 p.m. GOLF Woodstown vs. Schalick, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m. BOYS TENNIS Woodstown at Cumberland, 3:45 p.m. Pitman at Penns Grove Schalick at Glassboro BOYS LACROSSE Woodstown at Williamstown
APRIL 17 BASEBALL Pennsville at Millville SOFTBALL Williamstown at Woodstown GOLF Kingsway girls vs. Schalick, Centerton CC Schalick boys vs. Cumberland, Running Deer GC Woodstown vs. Pennsville, Sakima GC, 3:30 p.m. TRACK Overbrook at Pennsville Penns Grove at Schalick Woodstown at Glassboro BOYS TENNIS Delran at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m. Vineland at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m. GIRLS LACROSSE Kingsway at Woodstown
APRIL 18 BASEBALL Glassboro at Woodstown, 4 p.m. Pitman at Pennsville Schalick at Overbrook SOFTBALL Overbrook at Schalick Pennsville at Pitman Woodstown at Glassboro BOYS TENNIS Pennsville at Wildwood, 3:45 p.m. Penns Grove at Schalick GOLF Penns Grove vs. Woodstown, Town & Country GL, 3:30 p.m. Overbrook vs. Pennsville, Sakima GC, 3:45 p.m.
APRIL 19 BASEBALL Gloucester City at Schalick Wildwood at Woodstown Williamstown at Pennsville SOFTBALL Schalick at Gloucester City Woodstown at Wildwood COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC at Camden CC, 3 p.m. BOYS TENNIS Woodstown at Overbrook, 3:45 p.m. Pennsville at Millville GIRLS LACROSSE Woodstown at Egg Harbor Twp.
APRIL 20 BASEBALL Schalick at Eastern, 10 a.m. Pitman at Woodstown, 11 a.m. Pennsville in Oakcrest Tournament COLLEGE BASEBALL Camden CC at Salem CC (2), noon COLLEGE SOFTBALL Salem CC at Lackawanna (2), noon BOYS LACROSSE Woodstown at Lower Cape May, 10 a.m.
APRIL 21 BASEBALL Pennsville in Oakcrest Tournament COLLEGE SOFTBALL Ocean at Salem CC (2), noon
APRIL 22 BASEBALL Pennsville at Glassboro Pitman at Penns Grove Woodstown at Clayton SOFTBALL Glassboro at Pennsville Penns Grove at Pitman Woodstown at Clayton GOLF Williamstown girls vs. Schalick, Centerton CC Overbrook boys vs. Schalick, Centerton CC Pennsville at Penns Grove, 3:30 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 GIRLS LACROSSE Woodstown at Clearview, 6 p.m.
APRIL 23 BASEBALL Schalick at Pennsville SOFTBALL Pennsville at Hammonton West Deptford at Woodstown COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC at Luzerne County CC, 3:30 p.m. BOYS LACROSSE Kingsway at Woodstown TRACK Woodstown at Pennsville
APRIL 24 BASEBALL Clayton at Pennsville Glassboro at Penns Grove Woodstown at Audubon SOFTBALL Clayton at Pennsville Penns Grove at Glassboro COLLEGE BASEBALL Montgomery County CC at Salem CC, 3:30 p.m. GOLF Schalick girls vs. Washington Twp., Wedgewood CC Woodstown vs. Overbrook, Kresson GC, 3:30 p.m. BOYS TENNIS Wildwood at Schalick
APRIL 25 BASEBALL Delran at Woodstown, 4:30 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Camden CC at Salem CC (2), 3:30 p.m. GOLF Pennsville vs. Triton, Valleybrook CC, 3:30 p.m. BOYS TENNIS Bridgeton at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m. BOYS LACROSSE Woodstown at Sterling
APRIL 26 BASEBALL Mainland Coaches vs. Cancer Schalick vs. Cape May Tech COLLEGE BASEBALL Union at Salem CC, 3:30 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Salem CC at Bergen (2), 3:30 p.m. GIRLS LACROSSE Haddonfield at Woodstown
APRIL 27 BASEBALL Woodstown at Haddonfield, 10 a.m. SOFTBALL Woodstown at Williamstown, 9 a.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC at Union (2), noon
APRIL 28 BASEBALL Mainland Coaches vs. Cancer Pennsville vs Cedar Creek, 9 a.m.
APRIL 29 BASEBALL Wildwood at Schalick SOFTBALL Schalick at Wildwood COLLEGE BASEBALL Delaware County CC at Salem CC, 3 p.m. GOLF Clearview girls vs. Schalick, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m. Clearview vs. Schalick, Centerton CC, 4:15 p.m. BOYS TENNIS Washington Twp. at Schalick
APRIL 30 COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC at Anne Arundel CC (2), 2 p.m. GOLF Schalick girls vs. Delsea, White Oaks CC BOYS TENNIS Penns Grove at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m. Wildwood at Schalick
MAY 1 BASEBALL Bridgeton at Schalick, Elmer LL, 6 p.m. SOFTBALL Schalick at Cumberland BOYS TENNIS Schalick at GCIT TRACK Penns Grove at Woodstown
MAY 2 BASEBALL Penns Grove at Pleasantville GOLF Pennsville, Schalick, Woodstown in Carl Arena Tournament, Valleybrook CC, 8 a.m.
MAY 3 COLLEGE BASEBALL Salem CC at RCSJ-Gloucester, 3:30 p.m. GOLF Cedar Creek vs. Schalick, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
MAY 4 COLLEGE BASEBALL RCSJ-Gloucester at Salem CC (2), noon TRACK Pennsville in SJTCA Meet, Rancocas Valley, 1 p.m.
MAY 6 BASEBALL Glassboro at Schalick Penns Grove at Overbrook Woodstown at Penns Grove SOFTBALL Overbrook at Penns Grove Pennsville at Gloucester Catholic Schalick at Glassboro GOLF GCIT vs. Schalick, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m. BOYS TENNIS Glassboro at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m. Woodstown at Triton, 3:45 p.m. Penns Grove at Clayton Schalick at Bridgeton
MAY 7 SOFTBALL Woodstown at Gloucester Catholic GOLF Schalick boys vs. Pennsville, Sakima CC, 3:45 p.m. BOYS TENNIS Pennsville at Schalick, 3:45 p.m. BOYS LACROSSE Woodstown at Haddon Twp., 6:30 p.m.
MAY 8 BASEBALL Overbrook at Woodstown Pennsville at Wildwood Schalick at Penns Grove SOFTBALL Penns Grove at Schalick Wildwood at Pennsville Woodstown at Overbrook GOLF Cumberland girls vs. Schalick, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m. Northern Burlington boys vs. Schalick, Centerton CC, 4:15 p.m. Middle Twp. vs. Pennsville, Sakima GC, 4:30 p.m. TRACK Salem County Championships, Pennsville, 3:30 p.m. BOYS TENNIS Delsea at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m. Pennsville at Pitman, 3:45 p.m. Clayton at Schalick GIRLS LACROSSE Woodstown at Kingsway, 6 p.m.
MAY 9 BASEBALL Woodstown vs. Schalick, Elmer LL, 6:30 p.m. SOFTBALL Woodstown vs. Schalick, Elmer LL, 6:30 p.m. GOLF Schalick vs. Deptford, Pitman GC BOYS TENNIS Clearview at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m. Haddon Heights at Woodstown Williamstown at Penns Grove
MAY 10 BASEBALL Haddon Heights at Pennsville Penns Grove at Clayton Woodstown at Salem SOFTBALL Pennsville at Overbrook Pitman at Schalick Salem at Woodstown Wildwood at Penns Grove GOLF Woodbury vs. Pennsville, Sakima GC, 3:30 p.m. Schalick girls vs. OLMA, White Oaks CC BOYS LACROSSE Clearview at Woodstown BOYS TENNIS GCIT at Pennsville
MAY 11 BASEBALL Lee Ware Tournament Woodstown vs. Cherry Hill East Paulsboro vs. Camden Catholic GIRLS LACROSSE Lower Cape May at Woodstown, 10 a.m.
MAY 13 BASEBALL Pennsville at Salem Schalick at Cumberland SOFTBALL ACIT at Schalick Salem at Pennsville Woodstown at Cinnaminson GOLF Gloucester Catholic at Schalick BOYS TENNIS Cinnaminson at Schalick Pennsville at West Deptford Woodstown at Clearview BOYS LACROSSE Egg Harbor Twp. at Woodstown
MAY 14 BASEBALL Overbrook at Schalick Pennsville at Pitman Woodstown at Glassboro SOFTBALL Glassboro at Woodstown Overbrook at Schalick Pitman at Pennsville BOYS TENNIS Buena at Woodstown Glassboro at Schalick GIRLS LACROSSE Mainland at Woodstown
MAY 15 BASEBALL Buena at Woodstown GOLF Schalick vs. Kingsway, River Winds GC BOYS TRACK Tri-County Showcase, Delsea, 3:30 p.m. BOYS TENNIS Schalick at Triton Woodstown at Pitman
MAY 16 BASEBALL Overbrook at Pennsville Salem at Schalick Wildwood at Penns Grove SOFTBALL Penns Grove at Clayton Schalick at Salem GOLF Schalick vs. Cumberland, Running Deer GC BOYS TENNIS Wildwood at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m. Schalick at Penns Grove
MAY 17 BASEBALL Cumberland at Pennsville Woodstown at Penns Grove Delran at Schalick, 4:15 p.m. SOFTBALL Penns Grove at Woodstown GOLF Pennsville at Delran, 4:30 p.m. BOYS TENNIS Overbrook at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
MAY 18 GIRLS LACROSSE West Deptford at Woodstown, 10 a.m.
MAY 20 SOFTBALL Pennsville at West Deptford GOLF Salem-Cumberland County Tournament, Centerton CC, 8 a.m. Haddon Heights vs. Pennsville, Sakima GC, 3:30 p.m. BOYS TENNIS Deptford Twp. at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m. Pennsville at Williamstown, 3:45 p.m. Pitman at Schalick
MAY 21 TRACK Pennsville at Schalick, 3:30 p.m.
MAY 23 BASEBALL NJSIAA Round 1
MAY 28 GOLF Tri-County Conference Showcase, Pitman GC, 8 a.m.
MAY 29 BASEBALL NJSIAA Round 2
MAY 31 BASEBALL NJSIAA Round 3 TRACK NJSIAA Sectionals, Pennsauken
UPDATED: 2 Wolverines sign to play at the next level, softball’s Mingin to East Stroudsburg, baseball’s Williams to Goldey-Beacom
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN – When the Woodstown softball team gets things going, it’s usually Tulana Mingin who gets it started. Not in a Kyle Schwarber kind of way, but more like get ‘em on, get ‘em over, get ‘em in.
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After next season she’ll be looking to do the same on the next level.
Mingin, the Wolverines’ standout shortstop, signed a national letter of intent to play her college softball at East Stroudsburg Wednesday.
“I always wanted to play college softball since I was little and signing that paper actually makes it official,” Mingin said. “Even when I committed, that’s official, but that’s a decision. Once you make it official that’s when the real hard work starts.”
She’s not averse to that and it shows by the results. As a sophomore she set the school record with a .597 batting average and 43 hits. She followed it up last season by hitting .471 with 40 hits and a .541 on-base percentage. She needs three hits for 100 in her career and has the school record for hits in her sights.
And it shows in the results. As a sophomore she set the school record with a .597 batting average and 43 hits. She followed it up last season by hitting .471 with 40 hits and a .541 on-base percentage. She needs three hits for 100 in her career.
This past offseason she led her championship-winning Tri-Cape Carpenter Cup team in virtually every offensive category.
A left-handed slap hitter who usually bats second in the Wolverines’ lineup, there’s a possibility she’ll hit leadoff this coming spring. It’s just a chance for her to get things going a little earlier.
“She’s just a very hard worker, dedicated, committed to her game of softball,” Wolverines coach Dave Wildermuth said. “She plays as much softball as she possibly can. She’s just a very committed player.”
“She gets hits, she gets on base, she’s super fast. If she puts the ball on the ground you’d better get it over to first base because she’s going to beat it out. She’s just a great all-around player.”
Mingin wasn’t the only Wolverines spring athlete to put pen to paper Wednesday. Baseball player Brent Williams signed to play at Division II Goldey-Beacom College.
A second baseman and pitcher, Williams hit .380 and led Wolverines in hits (30), and RBIs (26) last season. On the mound he sported a 4.40 ERA with 27 strikeouts in 28 2/3 innings. The Wolverines were 6-2 in games he pitched last year.
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