Pennsville girls tennis gets early leg up in division race after beating Woodstown, extends winning streak to 16
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN – The Pennsville girls tennis team remained undefeated and took the early upper hand in the TCC Diamond Division race Tuesday with a 4-1 win at Woodstown, but, befitting the rivalry, it was a lot closer than the score indicated.
A lot closer.
The Eagles fought back to win super tiebreakers at second singles and first doubles after both lost the second set and fell way behind in the 10-pointer and won at first singles after holding off a threat to create another super tiebreaker.
They now have division wins over Woodstown and Schalick but have to play them each again. Their second match with Schalick was suspended by weather with the Eagles trailing 2-1 but up a set in both doubles matches. The match is scheduled to resume in late October.
While it won’t count towards in the division race, Pennsville and Schalick are scheduled to play Oct. 8 in the second round of the South Jersey Group I tournament. The winner could potentially get Woodstown in the group semifinals.
“(Getting a leg up in the division) is all it is, the way we look at it, because we’re so close to them; all three of us (Pennsville, Woodstown, Schalick) there’s not much difference,” Pennsville coach Dan LaMont said. “I don’t even think we played great tennis, we just played scrappy. We know that’s what we’ve got to do. We just put a lot of balls back, we hustled. It was as tight as two teams can be.”
The difference on this day was the Eagles’ two super tiebreaker wins.
Regan Witt defeated Camille Osborn 6-2, 2-6, 10-8 at No. 2 singles and the No. 1 doubles team of Emma Cornette and Gabi Forino outlasted Alyssa Berry and Julianna Lindenmuth 6-0, 3-6, 10-8.
Witt (8-2) was down 8-4 in her tiebreaker, then won every point on the other side of the net to score her second super tiebreaker win of the season. The first doubles team was down 5-1 in their third and then won all six points on the other side of the net to take control and remain undefeated as partners (8-0).
Forino has won her last 12 doubles matches going back to last season, when she played second doubles. Cornette has won her last 15.
“It hasn’t been easy for Regan,” LaMont said. “She’s getting some good players and she just persevered. That was pretty big. The first doubles we just said let’s get to Emma’s serve. If we can get to Emma’s serve then we feel pretty good and that’s what they did.
“We just found a little gear when we had to. We kind of clamped down, locked in a little more. We’ve just got to keep on getting better and better. We can’t stop.”
With the win, the Eagles improved to 10-0 this season and extended their regular-season winning streak to 16 in a row. It’s their third best start in the last 15 years and their best since 2021 when they opened the season 11-0. The 2010 team started the year 12-0. The 2011 team had a 15-match in-season winning streak.
Lamont said his current team compared favorably to the 2021 squad.
“It’s very similar,” he said. “Just typical Pennsville girls who are going to go out there, they’re going to limit their unforced errors, they’re going to hustle. We’re not going to wow anybody with our tennis skills as you’ve seen. We’re not going to wow anybody with our overall play. Same type of team.”
PENNSVILLE 4, WOODSTOWN 1
Megan Morris (P) def. Gabby Kurds, 6-4, 7-5
Regan Witt (P) def. Camille Osborn, 6-2, 2-6, 10-8
Lily Edwards (P) def. Aubrie Rennie, 6-1, 6-0
Emma Cornette-Gabi Forino (P) def. Alyssa Berry-Julianna Lindenmuth, 6-0, 3-6, 10-8
Nathalie Neron-Noelle Neron (Wo) def. Isabell Schrenker-Naomi Hess, 6-0, 6-2
Records: Pennsville 10-0, Woodstown 8-3.
FIELD HOCKEY
Schalick 2, Gloucester City 1: Caylen Taylor and Phoebe Alward scored goals and Lydia Gilligan made 12 saves as the Cougars followed up their big win over Hammonton with an equally big win on the road at Gloucester City to remain undefeated. Ava Scurry assisted on both Schalick goals.
Woodstown 3, Glassboro 0: The Wolverines broke a scoreless halftime tie with three goals in the third quarter. Zoe Lipovsky scored twice and Hanna Hitchner scored once. Shelby Foote recorded the shutout.
Pennsville 5, Clayton 1
Category: TENNIS
Tennis seeds hold
Schalick, Woodstown among top seven seeds playing in the first round advancing in the South Jersey Group I tournament
South Jersey Group I Tournament
First round matches
No. 9 Audubon at No. 8 Glassboro
No. 5 Lower Cape May 5, No. 12 Salem 0
No. 4 Gateway 5, No. 13 Palmyra 0
No. 3 Haddon Twp. 4, No. 14 Wildwood 1
No. 6 Woodstown 5, No. West Deptford 0
No. 7 Schalick 5, No. 10 Buena 0
Second round matches
OCT. 8
Glassboro-Audubon winner at No. 1 Pitman
Lower Cape May at Gateway
Woodstown at Haddon Twp.
Schalick at No. 2 Pennsville
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PITTSGROVE – The Schalick girls tennis team may still be trying to discover who they really are, but they took another positive step in that direction Monday in the opening round of the South Jersey Group I Tournament.
The seventh-seeded Cougars swept through tenth-seeded Buena 5-0 without dropping a game. The win sends them to face second-seeded Pennsville on the road Oct. 8.
“It’s important to take that step in the right direction and getting the first one out of the way is always good,” Schalick coach John Romano said. “You never know what you’re going to get with the seedings or where you’re going to wind up being. I do think my squad is better than a seventh seed, but that being said you’ve got to beat the competition that’s in front of you.”
The Cougars got straight-set 6-0, 6-0 sweeps from Emma Adams, Allyson Green and Miya Watkins in singles and the doubles teams of Julia Langley-Helana Tyers and Kayleigh Veach-Annie Podehl.
They didn’t do that at all last year when they reached the Group I Final Four and while that team was senior laden this year’s team does return some players, albeit in elevated positions, from that experience..
“I’m kind of waiting for my girls to step up,” Romano said. “We always use the term Super Bowl Hangover. It’s almost like I don’t know that they’ve really found their identity.”
He saw signs of it last week in a 5-0 loss to Pitman that was much more competitive than the score. They were only shut out in one singles set and had two other singles sets go 7-5 and 7-6.
“I felt like something kind of clicked that day where they were like, all right maybe we can do that,” Romano said.
The next step won’t be easy, but the Cougars do know they can play with their next opponent. They lost to Eagles 3-2 on Sept. 12 and are leading 2-1 in a Sept. 23 match that was suspended by weather and because of the timing may have cost both teams spots in the seedings.
“I think the girls have an idea,” Romano said. “Once they realize they can kind of play with the better teams in Group I, it’s doable. Even a Pitman that beat us 5-0, we’re so close with singles points right there, a couple balls here or there you could be looking at a 3-2.
“Sounds crazy to say that since we lost in straight sets, lost 5-0, but anything can happen and if I can get the girls to buy into that why can’t it be them, why can’t they repeat what happened from last year I think it will help. But I do think having that tight match two times with Pennsville now it does help.”
SCHALICK 5, BUENA 0
Emma Adams (S) def. Caroline Futty, 6-0, 6-0
Allyson Green (S) def. Tiffany Chen, 6-0, 6-0
Miya Watkins (S) def. Tori Thompson, 6-0, 6-0
Julia Langley-Helana Tyers (S) def. Amanda Martha-Kara Horton, 6-0, 6-0
Kayleigh Veach-Annie Podehl (S) def. Ava LoSasso-Lexi Wyckoff, 6-0, 6-0.
Records: Schalick 6-3, Buena 4-6.
WOODSTOWN 5, WEST DEPTFORD 0
Gabby Kurds (Wo) def. Gianna Concordia, 6-0, 6-0
Camille Osborn (Wo) def. Alyssa Taylor, 6-2, 6-2
Aubrie Rennie (wo) def. Carly Zanolle, 6-0, 6-1
Julianna Lindenmuth-Alyssa Berry (Wo) def. Lily Avila-Anastasia Besar, 6-2, 6-0
Noelle Neron-Nathalie Neron (Wo) def. Jumanna Abdelhamid-Hayley Dobbins, 6-0, 6-2.
Records: Woodstown 8-12, West Deptford 1-12.
LOWER CAPE MAY 5, SALEM 0
Maddie Gilbert (L) def. Cassidy Werkheiser, 6-0, 6-0
Ainsley Reed (L) def. Tytiana Miller, 6-0, 6-0
Bryn Popdan (L) def. Angelina Fothergill, 6-0, 6-0
Mia Gilbert-Kayla Heinold (L) def. Destiny Carr-Heaven Jones-McCullough, 6-1, 6-0
Reilly Fitzpatrick-Melanie Ortiz-Moreno (L) def. Bianca Gibson-Tahirah Davenport-White, 6-0, 6-3
Records: Lower Cape May 10-2, Salem 0-6.
This week’s schedule
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Sept. 30-Oct. 5; events start at 4 p.m. unless noted
MONDAY
FIELD HOCKEY
Hammonton at Schalick
Woodstown at Cumberland
BOYS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Schalick
Pennsville at Gloucester Catholic
Pitman at Woodstown
Salem at Salem Tech
GIRLS SOCCER
Salem Tech at Salem
Schalick at Penns Grove
Woodstown at Pennsville
GIRLS TENNIS
South Jersey Group I Tournament
Audubon at Glassboro
Salem at Lower Cape May, 3 p.m.
Palmyra at Gateway
Wildwood at Haddon Twp.
West Deptford at Woodstown, 3 p.m.
Buena at Schalick, 3 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL
Timber Creek at Salem Tech
TUESDAY
FIELD HOCKEY
Pennsville at Clayton
Salem at St. Joseph Academy
Schalick at Gloucester City
Woodstown at Glassboro
CROSS COUNTRY
Pennsville, Penns Grove, Salem, Schalick, Woodstown at Salem Tech, 3:30 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Cumberland at Penns Grove
GIRLS TENNIS
Cumberland at Schalick
Pennsville at Woodstown
WEDNESDAY
BOYS SOCCER
Glassboro at Salem
Penns Grove at Gloucester Catholic
Pitman at Salem Tech
Schalick at Wildwood
Woodstown at Pennsville
GIRLS SOCCER
Gloucester Catholic at Penns Grove
Pitman at Woodstown
Salem at Glassboro
Salem Tech at Pennsville
GIRLS TENNIS
Overbrook at Pennsville
VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at Clearview
THURSDAY
BOYS SOCCER
Collingswood at Pennsville
GIRLS SOCCER
Glassboro at Schalick, 6 p.m.
FIELD HOCKEY
Schalick at Pennsville
Woodstown at Salem
GIRLS TENNIS
Pennsville at Glassboro
Wildwood at Salem
FRIDAY
FOOTBALL
Haddon Heights at Camden Catholic
Deptford at Glassboro
Penns Grove at Pennsville
Pleasantville at Woodstown
Sterling at Collingswood
West Deptford at Haddonfield
Woodbury at Gateway
BOYS SOCCER
Gloucester City at Salem Tech
Penns Grove at Cumberland
Sterling at Schalick
GIRLS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Cumberland
SATURDAY
FOOTBALL
Schalick at Paulsboro, 10:30 a.m.
Clayton at Overbrook, 11 a.m.
Middle Twp. at Salem, noon
BOYS SOCCER
Northern Burlington at Woodstown, 10 a.m.
CROSS COUNTRY
Schalick, Woodstown at Shore Coaches Invitational, Holmdel, 10 a.m.
Cover photo by Heather Papiano
Pennsville a 2 seed
Despite being lone undefeated team in group section, Pennsville installed as No. 2 seed in girls tennis tournament; Salem Tech’s Seiden wins South Jersey Vo Tech girls race; includes results of Thursday’s high school games involving teams from Salem County
By Riverview Sports News
The Pennsville girls tennis team, despite being the only undefeated team in South Jersey Group I, one of three statewide in Group I and one of six in all of South Jersey, was installed as the No. 2 seed in the South Jersey Group I girls tennis tournament Thursday. Pitman bumped the Eagles for the No. 1 spot.
The Eagles are 9-0 for the first time since 2021 when they started 11-0. They were No. 1 in the South Jersey Group I power points standings before the seeding meeting.
Woodstown, defending state semifinalist Schalick and Salem also made the field. They were seeded 6, 7 and 12, respectively, and play their first matches Sept. 30.
SOUTH JERSEY GROUP I TOURNAMENT
Sept. 30 Matches
No. 1 Pitman bye
No. 9 Audubon at No. 8 Glassboro
No. 12 Salem at No. 5 Lower Cape May
No. 13 Palmyra at No. 4 Gateway
No. 3 Haddon Twp. bye
No. 11 West Deptford at No. 6 Woodstown
No. 10 Buena at No. 7 Schalick
No. 2 Pennsville bye
Second-round matches Oct. 8
Cross country
Salem Tech’s Sarah Seiden ran 22:24.14 and won the girls race in the South Jersey Vo Tech Cross Country Championships. She was nearly 45 seconds ahead of runner-up Natalie Pandolfo of GCIT.
GCIT swept the boys and girls team titles. The girls placed five runners in their top 10, while the boys’ five counters all finished in the top 12.
THURSDAY’S RESULTS
BOYS SOCCER
Pennsville 5, Clayton 0
Penns Grove 2, Overbrook 1
Schalick 2, Pitman 0
Wildwood 9, Salem 0
Salem Tech at Gloucester Catholic
GIRLS SOCCER
Schalick 4, Pennsville 0
Woodstown 2, Glassboro 2
Gloucester Catholic at Salem Tech
Salem at Wildwood
GIRLS TENNIS
Pennsville 5, Penns Grove 0
Schalick 5, Overbrook 0
Woodstown at Cedar Creek
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Kingsway at Salem Tech
CROSS COUNTRY
South Jersey Vo Tech Championship
BOYS
GCIT 32, Medford Tech 53, Camden 63, Salem 105, Cape May 129, Westhampton 130
GIRLS
GCIT 31, Atlantic 54, Camden 72, Cape May 100, Salem 113
Big scorer Bedderi
Algerian import scores 4 more goals in Wildwood’s soccer win over Pennsville; includes results, details of Tuesday games involving Salem County high school teams
BOYS SOCCER
Clayton 3, Salem Tech 0
Penns Grove 3, Pitman 1
Salem 1, Gloucester Catholic 0
Schalick 8, Glassboro 0
Woodstown 1, Overbrook 0
Wildwood 6, Pennsville 1
GIRLS SOCCER
Clayton 7, Salem Tech 0
Gloucester Catholic 7, Salem 0
Pennsville 2, Penns Grove 0
Schalick 2, Glassboro 0
Woodstown 3, Overbrook 0
GIRLS TENNIS
Woodstown 5, Salem 0
Glassboro at Pennsville
Penns Grove at Gloucester Catholic
Pitman 5, Schalick 0
FIELD HOCKEY
Pennsville 4, Bridgeton 0
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – You know you’ve got to be living right when a generational talent lands on your doorstep to add to an already generational team.
That’s just how Wildwood soccer coach Sal Zamperri must have felt this summer when Noureddine Bedderi decided to stay in the States, enroll in school and sign on to the Warriors’ soccer team.
“Nunu” has scored at least one goal in six of Wildwood’s first seven games. He scored a career-high four Tuesday – two in each half – as the Warriors overwhelmed Pennsville 6-1 and had several good chances for more.
“Nunu’s a great player, but I would say as a whole we kind of had a generational thing,” Zamperri said. “Nunu’s a new face for us and he just happened upon us and we got lucky with that, but as a class, this senior group that we have I would call generational as a group.
“But Nunu is a fantastic player and we are very fortunate to have come upon him via one of our boys.”
Bedderi had been working in a bike shop right off the boardwalk during the summer and went back to his native Algeria when the Jersey Shore tourist season ended. This year he stayed in town and the Warriors have reaped the benefit.
His impact was felt almost immediately, scoring his first goal in the third minute of the Warriors’ season opener and he hasn’t stopped scoring since. His four goals against the Eagles gave him 12 this season. Their leading scorer last year only had 13 goals.
“I’m really happy about today and there’s more to come this season,” Bedderi said with Warriors center back Ahmed Djellal, his cousin, serving as interpreter. “Over here, I have a lot more motivation to play at the game and I want to go far here. I just want to play.”
The match was arguably the Eagles’ biggest of the season. A win would have kept them in the hunt to win the Tri-County Classic Division crown. Instead, they didn’t answer the bell, giving up two quick goals and falling behind 4-0 in the first 11 minutes.
“The reality is we knew coming in that they jumped on us in the first one and we had to be ready to go; we were down 4-0 in the first 12 minutes of the game,” Pennsville coach Derek Foglein said. “We knew No. 9 (Bedderi) was a player. We had multiple conversations about it. He had four goals and an assist today.
“Those were the things we talked. We didn’t execute on the things we talked about, so we have to get better. We’ve still got a long season ahead of us. We have to keep getting better.”
Maddox Efelis scored the Eagles’ lone goal on a free kick with 4:07 left in the first half. It was his first goal of the season. He has scored one each of the last three seasons.
Wildwood 6, Pennsville 1
| Wildwood (5-2) | 4 | 2- | 6 |
| Pennsville (3-4) | 1 | 0- | 1 |
GOALS: WI-Gavin Burns (Nunu Bedderi), 2:28; WI-R.J. Blanda (unassisted), 4:05; WI-Nunu Bedderi (Gavin Burns), 7:48; WI-Nunu Bedderi (Gavin Burns), 10:56; P-Maddox Efelis (unassisted), 35:43; WI-Nunu Bedderi (Kelan Miller), 47:57; WI-Nunu Bedderi (unassisted), 60:32.
SCHALICK 8, GLASSBORO 0: Steve Chomo had a hat trick and Anthony Sepers scored twice as the Cougars rolled to their fourth straight win and moved coach Joe Mannella within three of 300 career victories. Nolan O’Toole, Luke Price and Louis Sepers had the other three goals.
PENNS GROVE 3, PITMAN 1: Freshman Juan Ortiz broke a 1-1 tie with a sliding goal of the game with just under 10 minutes left in the first half and Frankie Juarez Reynoso buried an insurance goal in the second half to lift the Red Devils out of a three-game losing streak. Pitman opened the scoring on a penalty kick, but Jayden Murga Santos tied it five minutes later. (See related story)
SALEM 1, GLOUCESTER CATHOLIC 0: Josthen Jimenez scored in overtime off a Jon Bower corner kick for the Rams’ first win of the season. It was the Rams’ first goal of the season after three straight shutouts and Eric Fizur’s first win as head coach.
WOODSTOWN 1, OVERBROOK 0: Blake Bialecki broke a scoreless tie when he converted a pass from Adrian Ibarra in the second half to lift the Wolverines to their second 1-0 win in a row. Ben Stengel made five saves to record his second straight shutout.
Before the game, the parents of the Woodstown program recognized coach Darren Huck for 25 years as head coach. They erected a banner behind the bench that Huck saw for the first time when he arrived at the field and presented him a plaque after the game. Now in his 26th season, Huck has 290 career wins – all at Woodstown.
Girls soccer
SCHALICK 2, GLASSBORO 0: Olivia Devoe and Abby Willoughby scored second-half goals and Eve Berger posted the shutout as the Cougars (4-1) won their fourth in a row.
WOODSTOWN 3, OVERBROOK 0: Talia Battavio scored two goals and Gina Murry scored once for the Wolverines (4-3). Ellie Wygand posted her second shutout of the season. Battavio now has 53 career goals.
PENNSVILLE 2, PENNS GROVE 0: The Eagles (2-5) won their second game in a row.
Field hockey
PENNSVILLE 4, BRIDGETON 0: Sophia Marandola scored two goals and Laura Tamberella and Kylie Harris each scored once as the Eagles (2-5) snapped a four-game losing streak. The Eagles scored a goal in each quarter. Kelsey Cook made seven saves for the shutout.
Girls tennis
WOODSTOWN 5, SALEM 0
Gabby Kurpis (Wo) def. Cassidy Werkheiser, 6-2, 6-1
Camille Osborn (Wo) def. Tytiana Miller, 6-0, 6-0
Aubrie Rennie (Wo) def. Angelina Fothergill, 6-0, 6-2
Julianna Lindenmuth-Leah Waterman (Wo) def. Heaven Jones McCullough-Destiny Carr, 6-0, 6-1
Melissa Hassler-EvaLouise Thomsen (Wo) def. Tahirah Davenport White-Biance Gibson, 6-2, 6-2.
Records: Woodstown 6-2, Salem 0-5.
Cover photo: Noureddine (Nunu) Bedderi (9) scored four goals in Wildwood’s 6-1 win over Pennsville Tuesday.
Fourth in the fifth
Pennsville wins fourth straight in Foglein Bowl V between coaching brothers, Pennsville girls give Casey Slusher her first coaching win, and more; this story will be updated
MONDAY’S SCHEDULE
BOYS SOCCER
Pennsville 3, Paulsboro 1
GIRLS SOCCER
Pennsville 3, Paulsboro 1
FIELD HOCKEY
Salem 2, Clayton 0
Woodstown 5, Pennsville 0
Schalick 8, Overbrook 1
GIRLS TENNIS
Pitman 5, Woodstown 0
Schalick at Pennsville, susp.
Cumberland at Penns Grove
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE — Derek Foglein won another one in the annual Foglein Bowl between soccer coaching brothers Monday, and this time he won’t have to wait until the Thanksgiving family gathering to enjoy the benefits of his latest success.
Derek’s Pennsville team knocked off brother Doug’s Paulsboro squad 3-1 in Foglein Bowl V. In addition to getting another year of sibling bragging rights, when the family retired to their favorite West Deptford pizza place to revisit the match, it didn’t look like Derek was going to have to go into his pocket.
“We’ll be sitting right next to each,” Doug said. “We’ve got some other friends who were at the game today; I think they’re going to join us. I just know that it’s a good thing I have a black card, even though it has Darth Vader on it, because I think I’ve got the tab tonight.”
“Hey, if that’s the deal, that’s news to me, so I’ll take it,” Derek said. “I like it. I like dinner.”
That’s the fun of what this rivalry has become. It started in 2019 when Doug was at Clayton and both brothers had head coaching job and they’ve made it kind of a red-carpet event. Instead of coming out in coaching attire, they dress for success. Doug was decked out in a dark sport coat, red tie and khakis Monday, while Derek wore a dark suit with a gold patterned tie.
Doug won the inaugural game at Clayton, but Derek has had the best of it since it resumed in 2021 after Doug moved to Paulsboro. The games always made for some good banter at the holiday family gatherings.
“It’s always good fun coaching against him,” Derek said. “Soccer is the thing we’ve grown up with since we were both 5, so any time we get to interact with the game, we love it, but any time we get to interact with the game and interact with each other is even cooler.
“It’s moments like this where we’ll look back on it when we’re sitting down in our old people chairs and telling our grandkids, the next generation of Fogleins, about some of the moments we had and playing in the rain on a random Monday afternoon.”
“Soccer has given so much to my family,” Doug agreed. “A lot of good times, a lot of good memories. We really are a soccer family.”
Monday’s match was the most competitive game of the series played in misty conditions similar to the inaugural game in 2019. Pennsville scored twice in the first 10 minutes to control the scoreboard, but Paulsboro didn’t fade. The Red Raiders kept the pressure on Pennsville keeper Coen Rinnier and made it a 2-1 game early in the second half before the Eagles got an insurance goal with seven minutes to play.
John Thomas scored two goals for Pennsville in his first game back from a four-game suspension over a red card in the season opener. The senior wasted no time making an impact, scoring the first goal 3:53 into the match on a big bender from 30 yards out. He banged home the insurance goal on a rebound with 7:06 to play.
“I was telling my guys in the locker room it’s great to be back,” Thomas said. “I know I wanted to come out here and I wanted to get a couple goals, and that’s what I really did. I just wanted to accomplish something for my team because I really feel like they missed me a lot in the four games I was suspended.”
“Super happy for him,” Derek said. “Everything with that Wildwood game was pretty messy, but for a senior to learn from his mistakes, to get back on the field the way he should and then not only to do that but to come and take care of business with goals and really hold down the midfield … was really cool.”
As important as the game is to the coaching brothers, the Pennsville side has little time to celebrate the win. The Eagles play an even more important game at home Tuesday, hosting Wildwood in a game they have to win for a chance to win a division title.
“I love Foglein Bowl and I love the fact we can do this together as a family, but the reality is I have to turn my boys around for probably our biggest game of the season tomorrow,” Derek said. “We’ve got to be on tomorrow.”
But tonight was a night to relish another win in the rivalry.
Cover photo: Paulsboro coach Doug Foglein (L) settles up with Pennsville coach and brother Derek after Pennsville won the latest installment of the Foglein Bowl 3-1 Monday.
Pennsville 3, Paulsboro 1
| Paulsboro (1-6) | 0 | 1- | 1 |
| Pennsville (3-3) | 2 | 1- | 3 |
SCORING
PV-John Thomas (Shane Puckett), 3:53
PV-Sam Hassler (Shane Puckett), 10:00
PB-Matt Hill (Brandon Hampton-Beverly), 48:47
PV-John Thomas (unassisted), 72:54
Foglein Bowl
(Derek Foglein leads, 4-1)
| YEAR | PLACE | WINNER | SCORE |
| 2019 | Clayton | Clayton | 5-2 |
| 2021 | Paulsboro | Pennsville | 3-1 |
| 2022 | Pennsville | Pennsville | 7-1 |
| 2023 | Paulsboro | Pennsville | 6-1 |
| 2024 | Pennsville | Pennsville | 3-1 |
Girls soccer
PENNSVILLE 3, PAULSBORO 1: Kallie Morrison and Annabella Manning scored goals in the first half and McKenzie Scott scored in the second half as the Eagles scored their first win of the season, giving coach Casey Slusher the first victory of her coaching career. The Eagles (1-5) were aggressive, pumping 22 shots on goal.
Field hockey
SCHALICK 8, OVERBROOK 1: Luci Virga and Ava Scurry both scored a hat trick as the Cougars (5-0) remained undefeated. Alexis Ship and Lena Virga scored their other goals and Phoebe Alward recorded four assists.
SALEM 2, CLAYTON 0: Juliana Love scored a goal in the last 90 seconds of the first half and the final minute of the game. The Rams are 4-0 for the second year in a row.
WOODSTOWN 5, PENNSVILLE 0: Zoe Lipovsky and Megan Donelson scored two goals apiece. Sienna Land netted the other goal for the Wolverines.
Girls tennis
PITMAN 5, WOODSTOWN 0
Anna Fisicaro (P) def. Gabby Kurds, 6-0, 6-1
Colette Rollins (P) def. Camille Osborn, 6-3, 6-2
Ava Mollehhauer (P) def. Aubrie Rennie, 6-1, 6-2
Kendall Bennett-Amanda Bradley (P) def. Julianna Lindenmuth-Alyssa Berry, 6-3, 7-5
Jessica Bretz-Abigail Heil (P) def. Nathalie Neron-Noelle Neron, 7-6 (10-8), 6-4
Records: Pitman 8-1, Woodstown 5-2.
This week’s schedule
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Sept. 23-28; all games 4 p.m. unless noted, all football games 7 p.m. unless noted
MONDAY
BOYS SOCCER
Paulsboro at Pennsville (Foglein Bowl)
GIRLS SOCCER
Pennsville at Paulsboro
FIELD HOCKEY
Clayton at Salem
Pennsville at Woodstown
Schalick at Overbrook
GIRLS TENNIS
Pitman at Woodstown
Schalick at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m.
Cumberland at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m.
TUESDAY
BOYS SOCCER
Glassboro at Schalick
Gloucester Catholic at Salem
Overbrook at Woodstown
Wildwood at Pennsville
Pitman at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Clayton, 7 p.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Pennsville
Salem at Gloucester Catholic
Schalick at Glassboro
Woodstown at Overbrook
Salem Tech at Clayton, 5 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Glassboro at Pennsville
Penns Grove at Gloucester Catholic
Schalick at Pitman
Woodstown at Salem
FIELD HOCKEY
Bridgeton at Pennsville
WEDNESDAY
FIELD HOCKEY
Deptford at Schalick, 6 p.m.
Gloucester Catholic at Salem
Overbrook at Woodstown
GIRLS SOCCER
Overbrook at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m.
GIRLS TENNIS
Woodstown at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Triton at Salem Tech
THURSDAY
BOYS SOCCER
Clayton at Pennsville
Penns Grove at Overbrook
Salem Tech at Gloucester Catholic
Schalick at Pitman
Wildwood at Salem
Woodstown at Glassboro
GIRLS SOCCER
Glassboro at Woodstown
Gloucester Catholic at Salem Tech
Pennsville at Schalick
Salem at Wildwood
GIRLS TENNIS
Overbrook at Schalick
Penns Grove at Pennsville
Salem at Gloucester Catholic
Woodstown at Cedar Creek
CROSS COUNTRY
Salem Tech at Burlington Tech
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Kingsway at Salem Tech
FRIDAY
FOOTBALL
Woodbury at Glassboro, 6 p.m.
Woodstown at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Camden Catholic
FIELD HOCKEY
Schalick at Cumberland
GIRLS TENNIS
Woodstown at Kingsway
BOYS SOCCER
Salem at Overbrook
SATURDAY
FOOTBALL
Collingswood at Haddon Twp., 10:30 a.m.
Overbrook at Paulsboro, 11 a.m.
West Deptford at Audubon, 11 a.m.
Schalick at Salem, noon
BOYS SOCCER
Schalick at Cinnaminson, 11 a.m.
GIRLS SOCCER
Schalick at Cinnaminson, 9:30 a.m.
CROSS COUNTRY
Schalick at Six Flags Great Adventure, 9 a.m.
Thursday sports report
Here are the results of Thursday’s games involving Salem County high school teams
BOYS SOCCER
Gateway 3, Pennsville 0
Audubon 2, Woodstown 0
GIRLS SOCCER
Audubon 5, Woodstown 1
Gateway 6, Pennsville 0
FIELD HOCKEY
Glassboro 3, Pennsville 1
Salem at Overbrook
GIRLS TENNIS
Pennsville 5, Kingsway 0
VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at Pennsauken Tech, 3:45 p.m.
Passing the test
Schalick scores 4 goals in second half to turn back Woodstown in boys soccer; results of Monday’s sports action involving Salem County teams
BOYS SOCCER
Schalick 5, Woodstown 2
Pennsville 6, Salem 0
Wildwood 5, Salem Tech 2
Penns Grove at Glassboro
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PITTSGROVE – Mikey Nelson admitted he was way too anxious about the game later in the day to be any good in class today. The anticipation of playing in a rivalry with so many connections just made it too difficult to stay focused.
“I couldn’t sit still in school; I was thinking about this game way too much,” the junior midfielder said. “All I wanted to do was get out on the field and play today.
“I have a cousin of the team and I have teammates from a club team on the team. I know Woodstown is a good rival. It’s one of the best competitive games all season. I’ve been trying to recreate my goal from last year at the night game against Woodstown because that was Coach’s favorite goal of the season, so I want to get some more of those.”
Nelson might not have recreated that one Monday, but he did notch a pair of goals in the second half to help the Cougars turn back the Wolverines 5-2 in a way-too-early-in-the-season showdown between Tri-County Diamond Division rivals.
Actually, Nelson’s anticipation for the game began the night before and carried over into the school day. The toughest part about it was he had to find ways to release all that energy without being disruptive. He can’t remember ever being so amped for a game. He admitted he expended a lot of energy in the first half, too.
“I had Jax Weber and Ant Sepers in my second period (U.S. History) class and me and Ant were both shaking our tables pretty much the whole class trying to get out of school to play soccer; we love the game,” Nelson said. “I kept looking up at the clock a lot, I kept tapping my feet and moving my leg a lot. I got most of my schoolwork done, so that’s good.”
The game was a lot closer than a three-goal margin would indicate, as you might expect in a battle between rivals. It was as close to a chess match on grass you could find, but it always has been when these teams and their veteran coaches who go way back get together.
“It was a great test of our toughness,” Schalick coach Joe Mannella said. “We said beforehand in the intensity of a game like that you’ve gotta be cool, you’ve gotta keep your cool and just know, be confident, that we’re gonna find a way to win.”
The Cougars never trailed after Jaxon Weber converted a penalty kick with 5:34 left in the first half for the game’s first goal, but they never shook the Wolverines until a pair of beautiful goals by Eli Cummings and Oscar Hernandez 10 minutes apart in the second half gave them some separation.
Whenever Schalick went ahead Woodstown quickly got the equalizers. The Wolverines tied it at 1-1 on Grant Prater’s free kick from 25 yards out three minutes after Weber’s PK and Bryce Ayars tied it 2-2 two minutes after Nelson’s first goal. And they had two good chances to take the lead early in the second half.
“They hit two unbelievable shots there to make it 4-2,” Woodstown coach Darren Huck said. “Those two goals were gamechangers.
“I told my team at the end of the game one thing I’m proud of is we came back twice. I was proud about how handled the situation of being down, coming back, being down again, coming back. And even down 3-2 we had an opportunity to tie it 3-3.”
Cummings doesn’t get the chance to score many goals because he’s such a reliable defender – a role he took on when the Cougars needed to rebuild their backline last season — but when he does he delivers some beauties. The tie-breaking goal he scored with 21:32 left in the second half Monday came as a result of staying with his man and was a carbon-copy of his only goal last season.
He had his back to the goal, spun and while falling backwards floated a shot with his right foot into the upper right corner just out of the reach of the keeper. It was such a glorious goal one of his teammates exclaimed he didn’t think the senior could do that and then remember his similar goal last year against Wildwood.
“I knew Bryce (Ayars) was on my back so if I wanted to get it out I had to get it out quick,” Cummings said. “There weren’t many options for me at that point so I knew I just had to take a shot. It would’ve been fine with it just going over the net and us resetting, but it luckily found the net.
“I just happened to be up there. I followed my man. I didn’t want (Ayars) to turn on the ball so I just stayed with them and I happened to have a chance to step in front of him and I knew once I’m in that outside-of-the-box range, close enough, I’m going to have a rip. I don’t know, after scoring that I might get put up top.”
Hernandez’ goal 10 minutes later was equally a thing of beauty. He took a long pass from Cummings, then took a long shot with his left foot that followed the same flight as the goal before his. Nelson wrapped up the scoring with 2:13 to play.
There’s a healthy respect between the two programs and the two coaches, who were Woodstown assistants together back in the day and are now closing in on 300 career head coaching wins (Mannella is at 295, Huck at 287). But the tension of the rivalry doesn’t extend beyond the white lines.
Later in the evening, Mannella was heading over to Huck’s house to watch the Eagles’ game on Monday Night Football.
| Woodstown (1-1) | 1 | 1- | 2 |
| Schalick (2-0) | 1 | 4- | 5 |
GOALS: 1. Schalick, Jaxon Weber (penalty kick), 34:26; 2. Woodstown, Grant Prater, 37:22; 3. Schalick, Mikey Nelson (Anthony Sepers), 45:41; 4. Woodstown, Bryce Ayars, 47:49; 5. Schalick, Eli Cummings, 58:28; 6. Schalick, Oscar Hernandez (Eli Cummings), 68:34; 7. Schalick, Mikey Nelson (Marco Spinnato), 77:47.
PENNSVILLE 6, SALEM 0: Eagles freshman Sam Hassler scored a pair of goals two minutes apart in the second half to complete his first career hat trick. His first goal gave the Eagles a 3-0 halftime lead. Stone Mumink, Stephen Fatcher and John Sassi scored Pennsville’s other goals.
| Salem (0-2) | 0 | 0- | 0 |
| Pennsville (2-1) | 3 | 3- | 6 |
GOALS: 1. Pennsville, Stone Mimink (Maddox Efelis), 4th minute; 2. Pennsville, Stephen Fatcher (Shane Puckett), 7; 3. Pennsville, Sam Hassler (JP Laughrey), 37; 4. Pennsville, Sam Hassler, 47; 5. Pennsville, Sam Hassler, 49; 6. Pennsville, John Sassi (Brant Regner), 75.
WILDWOOD 5, SALEM TECH 2: Aiden Bobo and Graham Fields scored second-half goals for Salem Tech.
GIRLS SOCCER
Glassboro 5, Penns Grove 0
Overbrook 4, Pennsville 0
Pitman 6, Salem 0
Schalick 2, Woodstown 1
Salem Tech at Wildwood
SCHALICK 2, WOODSTOWN 1: Olivia Vanacker and Kyleigh Cutler scored second-half goals as the Cougars (2-1) rallied from a 1-0 halftime deficit.
“It’s just an emotional rivalry,” Schalick coach Will Kemp said. “The girls calmed down in the second half and started to take control. It was great to see their determination in moments such as that.”
GLASSBORO 5, PENNS GROVE 0: Alana Figueroa scored a hat trick from the Bulldogs (2-1).
PITMAN 6, SALEM 0: Teagan Canna scored two goals and assisted on two others for the Panthers (3-2). Emery Sharpnack assisted on three of Pitman’s five goals in the first half.
OVERBROOK 4, PENNSVILLE 0: Gianna Simon scored two goals for the second game in a row and Victoria Bupp had two assists.
GIRLS TENNIS
Schalick 5, Penns Grove 0
Woodstown 4, Overbrook 1
Glassboro at Salem
WOODSTOWN 4, OVERBROOK 1
Keira Riess (O) def. Gabby Kurpis, 6-4, 4-6, 10-6
Camille Osborn (Wo) def. Nesrine Fosso, 6-1, 6-0
Aubrie Rennie (Wo) def. Sophie Burgos, 6-0, 6-1
Alyssa Berry-Nathalie Neron (Wo) def. Jennifer Giovanni-Hillary Cao, 6-3, 6-4
Noelle Neron-Leah Waterman (Wo) def. Gianna Hardy-Madison Rikard, 6-0, 6-0
Records: Woodstown 4-1, Overbrook 0-5.
SCHALICK 5, PENNS GROVE 0
Miya Watkins (S) win
Julia Langley (S) win
Helana Tyers (S) won by forfeit
Kayleigh Veach-Annie Podeh (S) win
Schalick won by forfeit
Records: Schalick 4-1, Penns Grove 0-5
Powering through
Edwards’ win at No. 3 singles lifts Pennsville over Schalick in early county showdown, Woodstown sweeps past Penns Grove
THURSDAY GIRLS TENNIS
Pennsville 3, Schalick 2
Woodstown 5, Penns Grove 0
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PITTSGROVE – Lily Edwards was playing on the farthest of the singles courts in the Schalick tennis complex. There were a handful of spectators on the other side of the fence when she started, but each time she dared look away from the match she noticed more and more people gathering in her little corner of the world so she figured something was up with her match.
It was only the pivotal point of the day.
Edwards won the point at No. 3 singles to clinch undefeated Pennsville’s 3-2 victory over Schalick Thursday in the first leg of what figures to be an intriguing battle among the two teams and Woodstown for supremacy in South Jersey Group I girls tennis.
She handed Miya Watkins her first loss since last year’s state team semifinals 6-3, 6-1 after her Eagles teammates swept both doubles points and Schalick’s Emma Adams and Allyson Green won the first two singles points.
“I did feel that way, honestly,” she said. “I didn’t before I started the match, but we were playing and I did feel that way because everyone was watching me and I could tell (it was an important point). I had like a feeling.”
Actually, the win, her sixth of the year (all in straight sets) and 17th in a row at No. 3 singles over the last two seasons, came at a time she admitted to battling a slump for the first time in her career. She has only lost two matches (with one draw) in 44 varsity starts, but there was just something unfulfilling about her recent success.
“At practice I was just struggling,” she said. “Just hitting the ball and making sure my mechanics are right and I’m hitting it the right way and I was struggling. It’s really stressful because it gets in your head and you have to fight through it… but I came out of it today.
“We all were a little nervous because Schalick is our big competition, but I came out with a positive attitude and fought my way through it.”
It pains Eagles coach Dan LaMont to see his players struggle. He could sense his steady junior’s frustration and had a simple solution – just get out of your head and play your normal aggressive game.
“She does hit a nice tennis ball, but sometimes there are little things we have to correct,” he said. “We worked on it and then we kind of just said let’s keep it simple. Don’t think too much about this. Roll balls back. Be you.
“I told her you’ve won a lot of matches in your three years, let’s remember how you did that. And she did today. She had to, because that girl was tough.”
PENNSVILLE 3, SCHALICK 2
Emma Adams (S) def. Megan Morris, 6-4, 6-4
Allyson Green (S) def. Regan Witt, 6-4, 6-0
Lily Edwards (P) def. Miya Watkins, 6-3, 6-1
Emma Cornette-Gabi Farino (P) def. Julia Langley-Helana Tyers, 6-1, 6-4
Naomi Hess-Isabell Schrenker (P) def. Kayleigh Veach-Annie Podeh, 6-2, 6-1
Records: Pennsville 6-0, Schalick 3-1
WOODSTOWN 5, PENNS GROVE 0
Aubrie Rennie (Wo) def. Alease Stewart, 6-0, 6-0
Leah Waterman (Wo) def. Janiyah Cummings, 6-0, 6-0
EvaLouise Thomsen (Wo) def. Elif Sagir, 6-0, 6-0
Julianna Lindenmuth-Noelle Neron (Wo) won by forfeit
Alyssa Berry-Melissa Hassler (Wo) won by forfeit
Records: Woodstown 3-1, Penns Grove 0-3.
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