Here are the scores and highlights from Thursday’s Salem County sports calendar
BASEBALL
Penns Grove 14, Bridgeton 4: Tim Zamorano went 2-for-4 with four RBIs and the Red Devils answered Bridgeton’s two in the first with eight in the bottom of the dining to snap a three-game losing streak. Bristol Scott and Juan Feliciano both had two hits and Yadiel Sierra Soto had two RBIs. Dylan Hyatt pitched a five-inning complete game, striking out 10.
SOFTBALL
Sterling 17, Schalick 16: The Silver Knights rallied for six runs in the top of the seventh, then denied the Cougars in the bottom of the inning to win it. Schalick rallied from a 10-5 deficit with six in the fourth inning and led 15-11 after five innings. It was the second wild one-run game in as many days for Schalick, which beat Pitman 11-10 on Wednesday.
TENNIS
WOODSTOWN 3, CUMBERLAND 2
Drew Stengel (Wo) def. Carter Fischer, 6-3, 6-4
Joseph Nolan (Cu) def. Mason Shimp, 6-2, 7-5
Luke Shaw (Wo) def. Justin Nolan, 6-4, 6-4
Nick DiTeodoro-Vincent Merendino (Wo) def. Mason Staffieri-Ryker Barlie, 6-3, 6-1
Lukas Henninger-Jeff Basile (Cu) def. Connor Miller-Josh King, 6-2, 6-4
Records: Woodstown 8-2, Cumberland 4-3
PENNSVILLE 4, PITMAN 1
Nolan Russell (Pi) def. Sawyer Humphrey, 6-0, 2-6, 14-12
Lucas Cooksey (Pe) def. Liam Etter, 6-1, 6-0
Ian Peacock (Pe) def. Ben Williams, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4
Coen Rinnier-Jacob Cheeseman (Pe) def. Spencer Bianchini-Jonah Raymer, 6-0, 6-2
Lucas Thomas-Matthew Forino (Pe) def. Ezra Ralph-Ayden Epley, 6-0, 6-3
Records: Pennsville 7-5, Pitman 4-4
TRACK
Woodstown at Lenape Field Day
Pennsville at Penns Grove
BOYS GOLF
Schalick 168, Pennsville 223: Mikey Nelson won medalist honors with a 4-over-par 40 and all four of the Cougars’ counters played better than bogey golf at Sakima CC to win the match. Caden Thomas had Pennsville’s low round (51).
Highland 168, Woodstown 174: Highland teammates Mac Weldon, Lucas Calabro and Michael Comorote and Woodstown’s Logan Jones all shot 6-over 41 to share medalist honors at Town & Country GL.
BOYS LACROSSE
Mainland 12, Woodstown 7: Liam Kennedy scored four goals for the second time in three games for Mainland.
Category: TRACK
On a faster track
Woodstown boys hand Mason 399th T&F coaching win, milestone could come vs. former team; Schalick wins girls meet in final 200 meters of 4×400; includes scores from Wednesday’s Salem County sports calendar
BASEBALL
Pennsville 15, Penns Grove 1
Schalick 16, Pitman 4:
Woodstown 10, Salem 0
Salem Tech 10, Cape May Tech 2
SOFTBALL
Pennsville 21, Penns Grove 0
Woodstown 14, Salem 0
Schalick 11, Pitman 10
BOYS GOLF
West Deptford 162, Schalick 178
Gloucester Catholic 157, Salem Tech 220
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick 206, Delsea 246
TENNIS
Woodstown 5, Timber Creek 0
Pennsville 5, Schalick 0
BOYS TRACK
Woodstown 88, Schalick 46
Pennsville at Glassboro
Penns Grove at Overbrook
Salem 77, Pitman 6
GIRLS TRACK
Schalick 74, Woodstown 66
Salem 66, Pitman 40
GIRLS LACROSSE
Mainland 15, Woodstown 3
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN – For the last couple years, at least during the cycle of its current seniors, the success of Woodstown’s boys track program was carried on the legs of its long and middle distance runners. “The Four Horsemen” as they’ve been called garnered the points the Wolverines scored every meet through the various events in which they competed and anything else was considered a bonus.
They’ve won some, contended in most, with that approach. But since longtime county track coach Tom Mason came out of retirement to take over the team this spring, the Wolverines have added more elements to their arsenal, elements that make them much more dangerous in the major meets that follow the rest of the spring.
One of the first things Mason expressed upon arrival was a desire to develop jumpers and throwers and sprinters and technical hurdlers to go with the headline runners. Those pieces were on full display Wednesday as the Wolverines ran past rival Schalick 88-46 in a meet that was Mason’s 399th career dual meet victory.
Thrower Aidan Taulane won the shot put and discus, breaking his own school record in the latter. Eli Ceasar and Andrew White posted personal bests in going 1-2, respectively, in the high jump. They also went 1-2 in the triple jump, with White winning the event.
“I’m going to say this and try to say this humbly,” Mason said. “For the county meets it puts us in a better position against the powerhouse Schalick and the Penns Grove team. It puts us in a better position. I’m going to start with that before we comment about farther down the road. If the jumpers alone, if they keep competing the way they are, they could score at least 20-25 points at sections.”
“It shows that we’re a developed team and shows the quality of a coach that we have in that he really forced the program in all areas,” said senior Josh Crawford, one of the aforementioned Four Horsemen. “Within a month or maybe even less he made us into not just the Four Horseman but an entire team. I think it shows our entire team has heart now and we definitely are going to put up much better scores, much better show-outs for the colleges that are looking at my teammates and things of that nature. We’re such a well-rounded team now.”
Taulane broke the school record in the discus he set two weeks ago, sending the disc 166-feet, 1-inch in his second throw. Then he stepped over to the shot put pit a few feet to his right and won that event at 44-8. He hasn’t lost his event in a dual meet since his sophomore but, it was finishing one place out of qualifying for the state meet as a sophomore that has really motivated him these past two seasons.
“It shows that Woodstown’s not just the 4-by-8 team like everybody used to say and what they’re going to see at the sectionals and states is there’s more to Woodstown,” Taulane said. “I think it gives us a good chance to win it all. Nothing is guaranteed, but I think we have a pretty good chance.”
While the boys meet was so much a runaway they didn’t even run the 4×400 relay on that side, the girls meet came down to the wire, literally the final 200 meters of the day.
Schalick pulled out a 74-66 victory, but had to win the final event of the day – the 4×400 relay – to avoid a rare loss in the series. The Cougars had a three-point lead going into the day’s final event but had to win the two-team race to secure enough points for the victory. They actually trailed with about 200 meters to go, but anchor Caylen Taylor made up the deficit and pulled away bringing it home.
“It was obviously stressful.,” Schalick coach Missy Pine said. “We were down, we had some girls get injured while we were here, we had some girls not be able to compete, so for the girls who were able to step up and push and do their best I cannot tell you how proud I am of all of them. And I couldn’t be prouder of that 4×4 team that just went out there and fought with everything they had for that win.”
It was the first time the Cougars had run the race all spring, but they handled it like veterans. They hit the wire in 4:25.7. Woodstown finished in 4:32.5.
Lia Covely, normally Woodstown’s anchor, staked the Wolverines to four-second lead after the opening leg, but Jaelynn Jarmon closed it to basically a dead-heat at the mid-point of the race. Kylie Parvin had the Cougars in the lead again after the third leg, but Kyrsten Dussault caught Schalick anchor Caylen Taylor on the back straightaway and actually pulled ahead briefly before Taylor, supporting Pine’s strategy of putting a good distance runner at the end of relay for endurance sake, kicked it into another gear in the home stretch.
“This is my senior season and I really did not want to get the first loss against Woodstown,” Taylor said. “I really just wanted to go out and give it my all. I knew how much it meant to my coaches and my team and I just wanted to give it my all. I knew it was going to come down to this, so I was mentally preparing myself so I wanted to give it my all and whatever the outcome was I’d be happy with it as long as I did my best. I felt like Jell-O at the end.”
Woodstown coach Kim Kraky called the loss “disheartening.” The Woodstown girls hadn’t beaten the Cougars often, and only once in the County Meet, but they were thisclose this time.
The Wolverines had several multiple winners. Abby Marino won the 800, 1600 and 3200. Covely won both hurdles. Sara Lodge won the shot and discus. And Kami Casiano won the high jump and triple jump, setting the school record in the former with the bar set taller than she is.
Karlie Bakley won the two sprints for Schalick and ran its leadoff leg in the 4×400.
In one of the more anticipated races of the day, Schalick’s David Stewart beat Woodstown’s Josh Crawford by four-tenths of a second to win the boys 400. Stewart also won the 100, a race he runs just “to get my legs moving,” and the long jump.
“It was something I was looking forward to,” Stewart said of the 400. “Last year we faced off at our track and I beat him, so I knew the next time we faced off, which was today, he was going to come back stronger, faster, but I’ve been training, too. I knew it was going to be a tough match. I kind of paced off (Woodstown’s Karson Chew) to the 200 and once I hit the 200 I kicked and I had a really strong kick and I think my kick was stronger than theirs and I finished the race strong.”
“I feel like going into my races when I know the competition I’m up against I get into my head a little bit,” Crawford said. “That part I need to focus more on my strategy. Changing strategy, changing mindset and I’ll have plenty more races to go up against my good opponents.”
Crawford came back and won his specialty, the 800, standing his ground against Steve Chomo, who pushed him to a PR when they raced on the Cougars’ track last year. Jacob Marino, another of the Four Horsemen, won the 1600 and 3200.
The boys win left Mason one shy of 400 for his Hall of Fame coaching career. The milestone win could come as early as April 27, ironically, against the school with which he had built so much of his coaching success, Penns Grove
This story will be updated.
BOYS MEET
WOODSTOWN 88, SCHALICK 46
400 Hurdles: Jacob Carter, Schalick, 1:02.2
100: David Stewart, Schalick, 11.0
1600: Jacob Marino, Woodstown, 4:49
400: David Stewart, Schalick, 48.5
110 Hurdles: Sherrod Jones, Schalick, 15.6
800: Josh Crawford, Woodstown, 2:00
200: Anthony Costello, Woodstown, 22.6
3200: Jacob Marino, Woodstown, 10:48
High Jump: Eli Caesar, Woodstown, 6-2
Long Jump: David Stewart. Schalick, 21-7.25
Triple Jump: Andrew White, Woodstown, 43-3.5
Discus: Aidan Taulane, Woodstown, 166-1
Javelin: Garry Simonini, Schalick, 158-3
Shot Put: Aidan Taulane, Woodstown, 44-8
Pole Vault: Caleb Jenkins, Schalick, 12-0
GIRLS MEET
SCHALICK 74, WOODSTOWN 66
400 Hurdles: Lia Covely, Woodstown, 1:09.6
100: Karlie Bakley, Schalick, 13.4
1600: Abby Marino, Woodstown, 5:33.4
400: Brooke Valentine, Schalick, 1:04
110 Hurdles: Lia Covely, Woodstown, 17.0
800: Abby Marino, Woodstown
200: Karlie Bakley, Schalick
3200: Abby Marino, Woodstown
4×400 Relay: Schalick (Karlie Bakley, Jaelynn Jarmon, Kylie Parvin, Caylen Taylor), 4:25.7
High Jump: Kami Casiano, Woodstown, 5-6
Long Jump: Phoebe Alward, Schalick, 14-9
Triple Jump: Kami Casiano, Woodstown, 33-8
Discus: Sarah Lodge, Woodstown, 101-5
Javelin: Navaeh Robinson, Schalick, 105-8
Shot Put: Sarah Lodge, Woodstown, 28-10.5
Pole Vault: Jillian Wriggins, Schalick
Walking it off
Streitz’ first career home run gives Pennsville walk-off win over Wildwood; includes scores and details from Monday’s Salem County sports schedule
BASEBALL
Clayton 13, Salem 3
Mastery Charter 10, Salem Tech 4
Schalick 27, Penns Grove 0
Pennsville 3, Wildwood 2
Woodstown 15, Overbrook 11
SOFTBALL
Woodstown 8, Overbrook 4
Schalick 15, Penns Grove 0
Pennsville 12, Wildwood 0
BOYS GOLF
Overbrook 184, Pennsville 202
Schalick 179, Woodstown 182
Salem Tech 199, Clayton 205
GIRLS GOLF
OLMA 210, Schalick 236
TENNIS
Woodstown 4, Highland 1
Pennsville 5, Millville 0
Clayton at Penns Grove
Wildwood at Schalick
BOYS LACROSSE
Kingsway 19, Woodstown 2
GIRLS LACROSSE
Kingsway 14, Woodstown 12
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE — Logan Streitz will remember his first high school home run for a long time. Largely for what it meant for his Pennsville baseball team Monday and partly for how long it took to determine it was a home run at all.
Streitz walked off the Eagles’ 3-2 win over Wildwood with a two-run homer with none out in the bottom of the seventh. The ball landed some 350 feet from home plate in about an 18-inch space between the chain-link outfield fence and a wooden fence on the boundary of the concrete company that lies just beyond the field.
The Wildwood outfielders who chased the fly into the gap pawed at the base of the fence for the ball thinking it might be a grounds rule double like a ball stuck in the ivy at Wrigley Field. Mason O’Brien, the Pennsville runner who started the inning with a single, was already around third base when the uncertainty set in. Eagles coach Matt Karr approached the umpires to clarify the call. It took the umps a moment, but they determined the ball had cleared the fence ending the game.
“I was kind of confused,” Streitz said. “It took me a minute to realize I’d seen it behind the fence, so then it kind of hit me if it went behind the first fence it had to be gone, right?”
“The home plate umpire said yeah I heard the wood,” Karr said. “I said, OK, well the chain link is in front of the wood, so if it hit the wood it had to go over the chain link fence. Thankfully they got the call right. It was a big spot for Logan. It was awesome.”
The blast, which came on his 151st varsity at-bat, also made Streitz a winning pitcher in one of his shortest outings on record. He came on to get the final out of the top of the seventh in the relief of starter O’Brien, who was as good as ever but reached his pitch limit. It was a five-pitch win. He worked an eight-pitch inning against Pitman as a sophomore.
O’Brien gave up six hits and struck out 10 in 97 pitches.
“That’s the first time he was really stretched out like that this year,” Karr said. “Mason’s a gamer. He did not want to come out of the game. He actually texted me last night and he said, coach, I don’t know how many I got, but I’m going to give you everything I got. I said I expect nothing less from you, buddy.”
Will Auty was equally impressive on the mound for the Warriors. The freshman gave up 10 hits, struck out four and didn’t walk a batter. He worked out of a bases-loaded no-out situation in the fifth that could have broken the game wide open, setting down the Eagles’ 4-5-6 hitters on an infield fly rule, a short fly to left that kept the runners from moving and a fly to center.
“He wasn’t throwing very hard, but he was flipping his curveball and he was throwing strikes,” Karr said. “And that’s a recipe in high school baseball for success.”
The Warriors took the opening and scored two when they came in to bat. That failure to produce would have been gut-wrenching for the Eagles had they lost the game.
“Before I went out to talk to them in the outfield I turned to (assistant coach Ryan Wood) and asked him for some wisdom,” Karr said. “I don’t want to kill the moment and steal it from two guys who earned it, but I also don’t want them to be happy and complacent and think that’s our standard, because it’s not. We shouldn’t have been here.
“We have aspirations of being a championship team, we cannot be OK with the way today shook out. We had opportunities where that moment shouldn’t have happened because we should have handled our business in the prior innings. We’ve got to find a way to just put it in play there and we didn’t.
“We come in here and talk about winning sectional championships and state championships. When you squander opportunities like we did today, in those big games down line, you’re not always going to get bailed out by a walk-off, two-run homer from a senior.”
The Eagles broke a scoreless tie in the fourth when Stevie Fatcher ripped a two-out single into left field. He stole second and eventually rode home on Logan Cowperthwait’s double that fell between two outfielders.
Trevor Troiano drew a one-out walk to get Wildwood’s go-ahead rally started. He moved to third on a run-and-hit single by Nolan Mawhinney and scored when Mawhinney beat Cooperthwait’s low throw to Streitz at second trying to get a force on Michael McWade’s grounder to third. Auty gave his team the lead by poking a single into right field.
The Eagles were in a good spot when the seventh inning began anyway, having the meat of the order coming to the plate. Mason got it started with a single and Streitz ended it.
“All day he was just throwing straight curveballs consistently,” Streitz said. “I think I had gotten five in row throughout all my at-bats. I kind of expected it. I sat there, looked for it. Mason got on for me and I just swung.
“I didn’t really feel it on the bat. I’d just kind of seen it up in the air, in the gap. I was hoping it would drop either way. I’ve hit a couple in the summer, but none of them compared to this. This is my first high school bomb. It’s pretty special being my first one.”
WOODSTOWN 15, OVERBROOK 11: The Wolverines broke away with a six-run second inning and led 14-2 after batting in the sixth, but had to hold on as the Rams put together threats in the sixth and seventh innings.
Noah Williams went 3-for-4 with three RBIs to lead the Wolverines’ 15-hit attack. Tommy Tucci had two hits and two RBIs, Talyn Prior and Drew Sutton both had a pair of hits and Stone Hassler had two RBIs.
Sutton had a bases-loaded single to center in the second inning that cleared the bases with the help of an error, then Tucci and Williams followed with RBI doubles. Hassler had a two-run double in the sixth that gave the Wolverines a 13-2 lead.
The Rams had the tying run in the on-deck circle with two outs in the seventh, but the Wolverines got out of it with no further damage.
SCHALICK 27, PENNS GROVE 0: Will Sieminski, Robert Strain and Evan Glaspey had three hits apiece for Schalick. The Cougars already had an 8-0 lead, then scored 11 in the fourth and eight in the fifth before reaching the run-rule threshold.
Jamari Whitley had two hits and two RBIs. Glaspey, Strain and Mason Sanchez drove in a pair of runs. Hot-hitting Ricky Watt had no official plate appearances in the game, but walked three times and scored a run.
MASTERY CHARTER 10, SALEM TECH 4: The Chargers scored two in the top of the first on Cole Sacks’ two-run single, but Warriors pitcher Ricardo Basilio kept them off the board until the seventh. Between the time the Chargers scored in the first and the seventh, Basilio allowed only two runners into scoring position.
Chase Pompper had two hits for the Chargers. Derwin Cabrera hit an inside the park homer for Mastery in the fourth inning.
CLAYTON 13, SALEM 3: The Rams scored two runs in the first inning but Clayton answered with six in the bottom of inning to take the lead for good. Troy Carey doubled home the first run and later scored on an error to give the Rams the early lead, but the Clippers batted around in the bottom of the inning to retake the lead.
The Rams scored their other run in the third when Austin Davis doubled and came home when the Clippers misplayed Carey’s grounder to first. Davis had two doubles in the game.
Softball
PENNSVILLE 12, WILDWOOD 0: Graillyn Weber went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and spun a three-hit shutout in the circle with 11 strikeouts. Weber retired the first nine batters she faced and got out of a bases-loaded, one-out situation in the fourth with two strikeouts.
Avery Watson also drove in four runs for the Eagles. Taylor Bass went 3-for-3.
The Eagles led 2-0 after three innings then broke it open with six runs in the fourth inning, highlighted by Gianna Evans’ two-run double and Watson’s two-run single. Watson also had a two-run single in the fifth inning.
WOODSTOWN 8, OVERBROOK 4: Madison LaPalomento went 3-for-4 and Talia Guardascione and winning pitcher Leah Clark both had two hits for the Wolverines. Clark gave up just three hits and no earned runs over the first six innings, striking out nine.
The Wolverines answered Overbrook’s two runs in the top of first with two in the bottom of the inning, then took the lead with two in the third on Clark’s RBI double and Lila Bowling’s sacrifice fly. They broke it open with four in the sixth.
Golf
SCHALICK 179, WOODSTOWN 182: Woodstown’s Logan Jones and Schalick’s Mikey Nelson shared medalist honors at the top of the leaderboard (42), but the Cougars’ Anthony Sepers (45) and Jaxon Weber (43) beat their men by 11 total shots in the fifth and sixth seed spots to make the difference in the close match at Centerton CC.
SALEM TECH 199, CLAYTON 205: Clippers sophomore Jackson Venuto birdied his second hole and shot a 4-over 40 to win medalist honors at Sakima CC, but Salem Tech put the next three scores in the 40s to win the match. Freshman Cohen Sutton led the Chargers with a 47, while freshman Daniel Atanasio and sophomore Sophia Conto carded 49s.
at Sakima cc
OVERBROOK 184, PENNSVILLE 202: The Rams posted three rounds in the 40s at Kresson GC. Jeffrey Boyd won medalist honors with a 42, playing his first five holes in 1-over. Caden Thomas shot Pennsville’s low round (45)
OLMA 210, SCHALICK GIRLS 236: OLMA freshman Eva Acerba won medalist honors with a 50 at White Oaks CC. Lena Virga posted Schalick’s low round (54).
Tennis
WOODSTOWN 4, HIGHLAND 1
Drew Stengel (WO) def. Mohammad Sheyam, 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 10-5
Mason Shimp (WO) def. Andrew Whitelock, 6-3, 6-4
Marcus Lorenzana (H) def. Luke Shaw, 6-4, 3-6, 10-8
Vincent Merendino-Nick DiTeodoro (WO) def. Leonardo Vittese-Jacob Roman, 6-1, 6-0
Connor Miller-Josh King (WO) def. Sakibul Alam-Mohammad Isa, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 11-9
Records: Woodstown 6-2, Highland 3-2
PENNSVILLE 5, MILLVILLE 0
Sawyer Humphrey (P) def. Grady Young, 3-6, 6-2, 11-9
Lucas Cooksey (P) def. Nathaniel Lore, 7-5, 6-3
Ian Peacock (P) def. Brecken Sloan, 2-6, 6-4, 10-3
Coen Rinnier-Jacob Cheeseman (P) def. Jaiden Gomez-Samiel Young, 6-4, 6-2
Matthew Forino-Lucas Thomas (P) def. Christopher Wheatley-Paul DeSantis, 6-2, 6-1
Records: Pennsville 4-5, Millville 1-3
Boys lacrosse
KINGSWAY 19, WOODSTOWN 2: Patrick Civitarese and Wyatt McLaughlin both scored three goals and five of their teammates scored two goals apiece as the Dragons remained undefeated and kept the Wolverines winless.
Girls lacrosse
KINGSWAY 14, WOODSTOWN 12: The teams battled to an 11-11 tie through three quarters before the Dragons pushed home three goals in the fourth. Delaney Walker scored five goals for Woodstown to run her career total to 189, Emma Morgan had three, Angelina Lindenmuth two and Isabella Lindenmuth and Arianna Hyman one each. Phoebe O”Rourke and Cecilia Gross scored four goals apiece for Kingsway.
This week’s schedule
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of April 13-18; games start at 4 p.m. unless noted
APRIL 13
BASEBALL
Salem at Clayton
Salem Tech at Mastery Charter
Schalick at Penns Grove
Wildwood at Pennsville
Woodstown at Overbrook
SOFTBALL
Overbrook at Woodstown
Penns Grove at Schalick
Pennsville at Wildwood
BOYS GOLF
Pennsville at Overbrook, Kresson GC, 3:30 p.m.
Schalick vs. Woodstown, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
Salem Tech vs. Clayton, Sakima CC, 3:45 p.m.
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick vs. OLMA, White Oaks CC, 3:30 p.m.
TRACK
Gloucester Catholic, Wildwood at Salem
TENNIS
Highland at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
Pennsville at Millville
Clayton at Penns Grove
Wildwood at Schalick
BOYS LACROSSE
Kingsway at Woodstown
GIRLS LACROSSE
Woodstown at Kingsway
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Ocean (2), 2 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Harford, 1 p.m.
APRIL 14
TENNIS
Glassboro at Pennsville
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Ocean at Salem CC, 3:30 p.m.
APRIL 15
BASEBALL
Pennsville at Penns Grove
Pitman at Schalick
Salem at Woodstown
Salem Tech at Cape May Tech
SOFTBALL
Penns Grove at Pennsville
Woodstown at Salem
Schalick at Pitman
BOYS GOLF
Pennsville vs. Woodstown, Town & Country, 3:30 p.m.
Schalick vs. West Deptford, River Winds, 3:30 p.m.
Salem Tech vs. Gloucester Catholic, Westwood GC, 3:45 p.m.
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick vs. Delsea, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Timber Creek at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
Penns Grove at Pitman
Pennsville at Schalick
TRACK
Schalick at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
Pennsville at Glassboro
Penns Grove at Overbrook
Pitman at Salem
GIRLS LACROSSE
Woodstown at Mainland
APRIL 16
BASEBALL
Bridgeton at Penns Grove
Pennsville at Millville
SOFTBALL
Sterling at Schalick
TENNIS
Cumberland at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
Pitman at Pennsville
TRACK
Woodstown at Lenape, 3:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Penns Grove
BOYS GOLF
Schalick vs. Pennsville, Sakima CC, 3:30 p.m.
Woodstown vs. Highland, Town & Country, 3:30 p.m.
BOYS LACROSSE
Mainland at Woodstown
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Mercer at Salem CC, 3 p.m.
APRIL 17
BASEBALL
Cumberland at Woodstown
Middle Twp. at Salem
Pennsville at Pitman
Salem Tech at Atlantic City
SOFTBALL
Cape May Tech at Salem
Pitman at Pennsville
Woodstown at Cumberland
TENNIS
Pitman at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m.
Woodstown at Delsea, 3:45 p.m.
Schalick at Penns Grove
BOYS GOLF
Salem Tech vs. Overbrook, Kresson GC, 3:30 p.m.
Schalick vs. Lower Cape May, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
Pennsville vs. Audubon, Sakima CC, 4:30 p.m.
GIRLS LACROSSE
Woodstown at Millville
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Camden, 3 p.m.
APRIL 18
BASEBALL
Schalick at Haddon Twp., TBD
Salem at Gloucester, 10 a.m.
Sterling at Woodstown, 11 a.m.
Pennsville vs. Kingsway at Williamstown Tournament
TRACK
Woodbury Relays
Woodstown girls at Penn Wood Invitational, 9 a.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Camden at Salem CC (2), noon
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Sussex, noon
Track titleists
Schalick girls, Woodstown boys win division titles in West Deptford Relays, for Wolverines it’s a first; Schalick’s boys win their division in Bridgeton
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
WEST DEPTFORD – The wildfire that was raging on the other side of the interstate wasn’t the only thing blazing around the West Deptford Relays Saturday.
The Schalick girls and Woodstown boys both raced to team titles in their respective divisions that carried some historical significance.
The Cougars won it for the second year in a row, scoring 73 points and edging county rival Salem by three for the Division I girls crown. The Wolverines won their first West Deptford Relays title in school history, scoring 93 points to win by a comfortable margin over Glassboro for the Division II boys title.
And in some ways the victories were as surprising as they were historic.
The Cougars won with a squad reduced in half due to college visits and other spring break obligations.
“To be honest, I don’t know how (they pulled it off) going into it,” Schalick girls coach Missy Pine said. “We’re on spring break so I’m very short-staffed … so I don’t know how we pulled this off. The girls who showed up stepped up and just did an amazing job.
“In talking to the coaches from Salem, they were in a similar situation, so I think we were actually both shocked it was so close at the end. I wasn’t like oh my God you’ve got to beat that girl from Salem or they weren’t saying that to their athletes either. We were just wanting our girls to do the best that they could today under the circumstances.”
Sophomore Naveah Robinson won the girls javelin outright with a throw of 101-5 and the Cougars had the best 4000 DMR in Division I with Sarah Torpey, Karlie Bakley, Ava Melnick and Emma Wilbur running 15:39.50. They also finished second in the 4×1600, 400 Hurdles Relay, 800 SMR and discus, and third in the high jump and shot.
The Salem girls, meanwhile, kept it close by winning five events within their division and finishing second in one other. Ramiyah Jones won the individual long jump at 15-4.
“It was a nice surprise,” Pine said. “Going into it I had the mindset that we don’t have a chance on earth of this at all – I just don’t have enough people with me. I just couldn’t believe it.”
Woodstown’s boys, meanwhile, got a nice surprise from an atypical source. The Wolverines have been built around their middle and long distance runners and were locked in a tight battle until the field events posted. The points they got from their throwers and jumpers put them way over the top.
“We scored across the board, but it was the throwers and jumpers who really put the butt-whippin’ in,” new Woodstown boys coach Tom Mason said. “I’m the happiest for them. They and the hurdlers I needed to work to get production out of them and we’re talking 38 points
Aidan Taulane won the shot (45-1.25) and discus (145-7). Andrew White (5-10) and Elijah Caesar (5-6) went 1-3 in the high jump and 4-3 in the triple jump. White finished third in the long jump and Noah Chiu was third in the javelin. Put together for a relay, they won the high jump, second in the long jump and triple jump.
The runners, meanwhile, gave their typically strong performance. They won the 4×800 outright, were tops in Division II in the 4×1600 and finished second in the distance medley and shuttle hurdle relays. They were actually running second after the first two legs of the 4×800, but Karson Chew handed anchor Josh Crawford the baton with a 100-yard lead and then Crawford proceeded to nearly lap the field.
“For me, it brought back the tension of a close meet,” said Mason, who came out of retirement to help advance the program. “When all those points came in, it was like, phew. It’s good for the kids, it’s good for the school, they’re going to get their first title.”
The meet was staged in the backdrop of a raging brush fire across the interstate from the school that prompted some parents to call the meet “The Campfire Relays.” Heavy smoke could be seen rising above the area and debris from the blaze fell in the venue.
“I don’t know if it affected anybody,” Pine said. “My athletes knew it smelled and were putting their shirt over their nose, but none of my athletes got dramatic about it. I really didn’t see anybody, but it may have affected somebody’s performance.”
Salem’s boys and Woodstown’s girls both were solidly second in their respective divisions.
WEST DEPTFORD RELAYS
DIVISION ONE
GIRLS
Team scores: SCHALICK 73, SALEM 70, Pitman 62, Florence 46, PENNSVILLE 43, Clayton 42, Buena 30
EVENTS
(Event winners and Salem County scorers)
4×1600: 1. Pitman 26:06.84; 2. Schalick 29:57.38 (Ava Melnick, Emma O’Neill, Emmalynn Robinson, Brooke Lubek)
400 Hurdles: 1. Buena 2:32.0; 2. Schalick 2:40.22 (Brooke Valentine 1:15.27, Paetyn Wallace 1:24.55)
800 SMR: 1. Salem 2:02.68 (Raniyah Parsons-Smith, Dayana Jones, Amaia Massengill, Brooklynn Jackson); 2. Schalick 2:04.00 (Phoebe Alward, Karlie Bakley, Jaelynn Jarmon, Brooke Valentine)
400 DMR: 1. Schalick 15:39.50 (Sarah Torpey, Karlie Bakley, Ava Melnick, Emma Wilbur)
4×200: 1. Salem 1:48.07 (Raniyah Parsons-Smith, Amaia Massengill, Anyzha Williams, Dynastie Tucker); 4. Pennsville 2:04.09 (Aubrey Manorowitz, Annabella Manning, Polina Wright, Molly Gratz); 6. Schalick 2:10.77 (Angelia Deaver, Lailani Hernandez, Emilia Kachai, Willow Davis)
4×100 SHR: 1. Buena 1:19.87; 2. Salem 1:21.60 (Kiani Taylor-Gresham, JiYonna Seals, Tahirah Davenport-White, Jaryn Weathers)
4×800: 1. Pitman 11:13.24
4×100: 1. Salem (Raniyah Parsons-Smith, Amaia Massengill, Anyzha Williams, Dynastie Tucker) 49.97; 4. Schalick (Karlie Bakley, Phoebe Alward, Jaelynn Jarmon, Brooke Valentine) 56.17; 5. Pennsville (Laura Tamberella, Sophie Bohn, Polina Wright, Molly Gratz) 57.16
Shot Put: 1. Clayton 61-2.75; 2. Pennsville 61-2 (Tatiyonna Crawford 32-8.5, Rolande Delva 28-5.5); 3. Schalick 53-4.25 (Olivia Lunemann 28-3.25, Sebrina Bradford 25-1); 4. Salem 52-9 (Ava Rodgers 29-5, MarJziah Bundy 23-10.5)
Discus: 1. Pennsville 200-8 (Tatiyonna Crawford 113-7, Rolande Delva 87-1), 2. Schalick 198-0 (Sebrina Bradford 110-4, Olivia Lunemann 87-8)
Javelin: 1. Schalick 181-11 (Navaeh Robinson 101-5, River Wojcik 80-6); 4. Salem 142-4 (MarJziah Bundy 71-11, Gabriella Johnson 70-5); 5. Pennsville 121-11 (Devon Sebell 71-0, Izzy Saulin 50-11)
Long Jump: 1. Salem 29-6.75 (Ramiyah Jones 15-4, Jaryn Weathers 14-2.75); 2. Pennsville 26-0.25 (Sophie Bohn 13-0.25, Annabella Manning 13-0); 4. Schalick 22-2 (Emma O’Neill 11-3, Lailani Hernandez 10-11)
Triple Jump: 1. Salem 63-0.75 (Ramiyah Jones 32-11.5, Brooklynn Jackson 30-1.25)
High Jump: 1. Florence 9-2; 2. Pennsville 9-0 (Kallie Morrison 4-8, Aubrey Manorowitz 4-4); 3. Schalick 8-6.25 (Navaeh Robinson 4-4.25, Jillian Wriggins 4-2); 4. Salem 8-6 (Zyonnah Forman 4-4, Carlysia Pierce 4-2)
BOYS
Team scores: Audubon 130, SALEM 86, Clayton 47, Florence 44, Pitman 42, Bishop Eustance 29, PENNSVILLE 12, Buena 8
4×1600: 1. Audubon 19:47.64; 4. Salem 22:05.72(Jean-Pierre Pozo IV, Gavin Cronrath, Andrew Dale, Dominic Finfinger)
400 Hurdles: 1. Evan Calhoun, Audubon 59.45; 2. Timoth Gregory, Salem 1:02.42; 3. Jerry Seals, Salem 1:02.54
800 SMR: 1. Audubon 1:38.72
4000 DMR: 1. Audubon 11:30.11; 3. Salem 12:47.08 (Andrew Dale, Gavin Cronrath, Joshua Gilbert, Jean-Pierre Pozo IV)
4×200: 1. Salem 1:32.39 (Xavier McGriff, Timothy Gregory, RaShar Stevenson, Jameek Clayton); 5. Pennsville 1:40.60 (Marcus Forman, Danny Knight, Carter McGlinn, Lyriq Turner)
4×110 SHR: 1. Audubon 1:12.98; 2. Salem 1:13.77 (Gradin Buzby, Jerry Seals, Pierre Taylor-Gresham, Timothy Gregory)
4×800: 1. Audubon 8:46.12; 4. Salem 9:45.94 (Joshua Gilbert, Gavin Cronrath, Andrew Dale, Dominic Finfinger)
4×100: 1. Clayton 44.58; 2. Salem 44.78 (Jameek Clayton, Timothy Gregory, Xavier McGriff, RaShar Stevenson); 5. Pennsville 49.08 (Carter McGlinn, Chase Johnson, Marcus Forman, Willie Forman)
FIELD EVENTS
(Top individual finishers)
Shot Put: 1. Jailon Fletcher-Wilson, Salem 45-11; 2. Connor Wariwanchik, Pennsville 42-2; 4. Jermiah Robinson, Salem 38-9
Discus: 1. Dylan Hoff, Audubon 121-5; 2. Giovanni Traini, Salem 106-7
Javelin: 1. Noah Battillo, Audubon 114-7; 5. Javion Sydnor, Salem 99-5; 6. Jacob Kimani, Pennsville 94.5
Long Jump: 1. Leaire Williams, Florence 19-8.75; 5. Jerry Seals, Salem 18-9
Triple Jump: 1. Jeremiah Carroll, Florence 42-1.50; 3. Donovan Weathers, Salem 37-5.75; 4. Jerry Seals, Salem 35-7
High Jump: 1. Donovan Weathers, Salem 6-0; 3. Kaden Robinson, Salem 5-8
Pole Vault: 1. James Moran, Audubon 10-6
DIVISION TWO
GIRLS
Team scores: West Deptford 102, WOODSTOWN 86, Glassboro 46, Gloucester City 44, Eastside Camden 35, Gateway 30, Camden 26, Camden Catholic 12
4×1600: 1. Woodstown (Annika Dubler, Kiera Porch, Arianna Mott, Abby Marino) 25:27.09
400 Hurdles: 1. Woodstown 2:35.17 (Lia Covely 1:13.09, Abby Marino 1:22.08)
800 SMR: 1. West Deptford 1:55.76; 5. Woodstown (Kamiyah Brunson, Maria Holmes, Annabel Laford, Krysten Dussault) 2:15.08
400 DMR: 1. West Deptford 14:49.38; 2. Woodstown (Annika Dubler, Arianna Mott, Kiera Porch, Abby Marino) 14:51.06
4×200: 1. Eastside Camden 1:52.14; 4. Woodstown (Krysten Dussault, Kamiyah Brunson, Maria Holmes, Lia Covely) 1:59.51
4×100 SHR: 1. Gateway 1:16.28; 4. Woodstown (Lia Covely, Kami Casiano, Kailyn Kennedy, Arianna Mott) 1:24.75
4×800: 1. Camden Catholic 10:48.64; 3. Woodstown (Kyrsten Dussault, Arianna Mott, Lia Covely, Abby Marino) 11:28.38
4×100: 1. West Deptford 53.54; 5. Woodstown (Kamiyah Brunson, Maria Holmes, Kyrsten Dussault, Annabel Laford) 57.00
Shot Put: 1. Glassboro 70-11.75; 3. Woodstown 51-0.25 (Sara Lodge 28-6.75, Nathalia Lopez 22-5.5)
Discus: 1. Glassboro 267-6, 3. Woodstown 148-4 (Sara Lodge 98-2, Nathalia Lopez 50-2)
Javelin: 1. Eastside Camden 154-3; 4. Woodstown 122-3 (Autumn Yates 68-5, Elliana Norman 53-10)
Long Jump: 1. Glassboro 28-10.75; 2. Woodstown 27-2 (Kami Casiano 13-9.50, Kailyn Kennedy 13-4.50)
Triple Jump: 1. Gateway 58-0.25; 2. Woodstown 57-0.50 (Kailyn Kennedy 28-6.50, Kami Casiano 28-6)
High Jump: 1. Woodstown 9-4 (Kami Casiano 5-0, Kailyn Kennedy 4-4)
Pole Vault: 1. Glassboro 14-6
BOYS
Team scores: WOODSTOWN 93, Glassboro 68, Gloucester City 61, Gateway 51, West Deptford 48, Overbrook 41, Camden 36, Haddon Heights 24, Camden Catholic 12.
EVENTS
4×1600: 1. Woodstown 19:40.03 (Jacob Marino, Torsten Duva, Pacey Hutton, David Farrell).
400 Hurdles: 1. Zacchaeus Harrigan, Glassboro 1:01.04
800 SMR: 1. Overbrook 1:34.51; 2. Woodstown 1:34.87 (Kyle Reitz, Ricky Watts, Karson Chew, Josh Crawford)
4000 DMR: 1. Glassboro 11:13.87; 2. Woodstown 11:33.86 (Michael Turner, Pacey Hutton, Nicholas Law, Matthew Melniczuk)
4×200: 1. Camden 1:31.52; 3. Woodstown 1:33.10 (Anthony Costello, Kyle Reitz, Ben Lippincott, Elijah Caesar)
4×110 SHR: 1. Glassboro 1:11.60; 5. Woodstown 1:27.03 (Riley Smith, Lucas Whitacre, Jackson Perry, Michael Turner)
4×800: 1. Woodstown 8:16.00 (Jacob Marino, Daniel Farrell, Karson Chew, John Crawford)
4×100: 1. Camden 43.89; 4. Woodstown 45.54 (Ricky Watts, Anthony Costello, Ben Lippincott, Kyle Reitz)
FIELD EVENTS
(Top individual finishers)
Shot Put: 1. Aidan Taulane, Woodstown 45-1.25
Discus: 1. Aidan Taulane, Woodstown 145-7; 6. Patrick Patterson, Woodstown 112-1
Javelin: 1. Greg Harris, Gloucester City 138-9, 3. Noah Chiu, Woodstown 128-4
Long Jump: 1. Jaiden Mitchell, Overbrook 21-4; 3. Andrew White, Woodstown 20-0
Triple Jump: 1. Marley Crowl, Glassboro 40-7; 3. Elijah Caesar, Woodstown 37-9.75; 4. Andrew White, Woodstown 37-8
High Jump: 1. Andrew White, Woodstown 5-10; 3. Elijah Caesar, Woodstown 5-6
Pole Vault: 1. Greg Harris, Gloucester City 10-0
DIVISION THREE
GIRLS
Team scores: Kingsway 136, Cherry Hill West 64, Millville 53, Highland 49, Seneca 25, Bridgeton 24, Atlantic City 17, Pleasantville 14
BOYS
Team scores: Highland 97, Millville 86, Kingsway 72, Washington Twp. 64, Seneca 46, Cherry Hill West 45, Pemberton 20, Camden Tech 2
Bridgeton Relays
BRIDGETON – Schalick’s boys used their deep balance and an MVP performance by David Stewart’s to win the Division I title in the historic Bridgeton Relays.
The Cougars won one overall race and four Division I events to score 88 points and edge Woodbury by four.
“It’s always hard to gauge where you stand since field events don’t fully update until the end,” Schalick coach James Turner said. “Our focus was just making sure we had someone in every event to give ourselves a shot. Even in events where we finished fourth or fifth we still picked up key points. Those points ended up being the difference.
“I told the guys carry yourselves like you’ve been here before. We expect to win and we wanted to show the rest of the field that we’re still the team to beat.”
At the top, the Cougars won in the 1600 shuttle medley relay with Stewart (400), Dezyun Purnell (200), Jacob Carter (200) and Steve Chomo (800) hitting the tape in 3:46.65. Chomo closed a 20-meter gap down the stretch to nip Mainland Region (3:46.70) at the wire.
The Cougars also were the top Division I team in the triple jump and 110 shuttle hurdle relay. In addition to running legs on the SMR and SHR, Stewart was second overall in the 400 hurdles and fourth overall in the long jump.
Among their other top individual performances in the field events, Caleb Jenkins finished second in the pole vault and Jack Benfer was third in the discus.
BRIDGETON RELAYS
Division I team scores: SCHALICK 88, Woodbury 84, Cedar Creek 70, Middle Twp. 55, Sterling 40, Pleasantville 40, Haddon Twp. 38
Division 2 team scores: Winslow 58, Cumberland 45, Bridgeton 38, Mainland 29, Triton 22, Vineland 18.
EVENT WINNERS
(Overall race winners, Schalick in top 6)
4×1600: 1. Sterling 20:48.85; 6. Schalick 23:22.48
400 Hurdles: 1. Elijah Deanley, Winslow 57.49; 2. David Stewart, Schalick 58.50
4×100: 1. Winslow 43.09
4000 DMR: 1. Sterling 11:11.39; 6. Schalick 12:16.90
4×110 SHR: 1. Winslow 1:08.21; 2. Schalick 1:08.84
4×200: 1. Winslow 1:30.71
4×800: 1. Woodbury 8:43.55
1600 SMR: 1. Schalick (David Stewart, Dezyun Purnell, Jacob Carter, Steve Chomo) 3:46.65
4×400: 1. Pleasantville 3:29.06
Shot Put: 1. Kyle Stephens, Haddon Twp. 47-2.25; 5. Ethan McLean, Schalick 40-10
Discus: 1. Jayden Barnett, Bridgeton 199-10; 3. Jack Benfer, Schalick 117-9
Javelin: 1. Terrance Washington, Winslow 162-01; 5. Gary Simonini, Schalick 137-05
High Jump: 1. Andrew Kratee, Winslow 6-4
Long Jump: 1. Dallas Rowell, Mainland 21-11.5; 4. David Stewart, Schalick 21-5.5
Triple Jump: 1. Dereon Johnson, Cumberland 41-10
Pole Vault: 1. Bobby McIlvaine, Haddon Twp. 11-6; 2. Caleb Jenkins, Schalick 11-6
Danger, high Wattage
Red-hot Schalick catcher’s walk-off homer in tenth lifts Cougars over Overbrook; includes scores and highlights of Thursday’s Salem County sports action
THURSDAY’S SCORES
BASEBALL
Schalick 11, Overbrook 8, 10 inns.
Pennsville 16, Clayton 2, 5 inns.
Pitman 11, Salem 0, 5 inns.
Pleasantville 10, Penns Grove 0
SOFTBALL
Glassboro 21, Penns Grove 0
Pennsville 18, Clayton 1
Pitman 17, Salem 4
Schalick 13, Overbrook 4
BOYS GOLF
Woodstown 172, Cumberland 210
TENNIS
Delsea 5, Pennsville 0
Overbrook 3, Schalick 2
Timber Creek 3, Penns Grove 2
Woodstown 4, Haddon Heights 1
TRACK
Glassboro 75, Woodstown 66
Overbrook at Schalick
Pennsville at Penns Grove
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Triton 2, Salem Tech 0 (25-13, 25-13)
BOYS LACROSSE
Holy Spirit 5, Woodstown 4
GIRLS LACROSSE
Holy Spirit 13, Woodstown 9
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PITTSGROVE — It is not “normal baseball” they play when Overbrook and Schalick get together on the diamond, but one thing that is normal is the way Ricky Watt has been delivering for the Cougars this season.
The teams have played some of the craziest games their coaches can remember since they’ve been involved in the series, a series that has had triple plays, big plays, big hits and walk-offs – and they added another crazy chapter to it Thursday..
Schalick walked it off 11-8 on Watt’s three-run homer with none out in the bottom of the tenth, but not before Overbrook rallied twice to force extra innings and cut down the game-winning run at the plate to complete a ninth-inning-ending double play to extend the game or the Cougars made two nice plays in the infield late to keep the Rams at bay.
Is that crazy enough for you?
“At our place it’s usually not as crazy, but at their place it’s … never a normal game, let’s put it that way,” Schalick coach Sean O’Brien said. “Luckily we’ve come out on top.
“The games are always tight, especially at their place. It’s always a back and forth. There’s always one team that’s up and the other team comes back. It’s not normal baseball I would say. Because the games are always tight, I can’t even say we’ve won this many games (in the series). I don’t even know, but I know the games are always competitive.”
Wyatt Cushane led off the Cougars’ winning rally by reaching on an error and leadoff man Evan Sepers drew a walk. Overbrook coach Greg Himes passed on the idea of putting Watt on to load the bases because there were equally dangerous hitters behind him. Jamari Whitley already had two hits and Bo Schalick was 4-for-5 with four RBIs.
Watt fouled off the first pitch, then brought the game to a dramatic close with his homer to center.
“I was just trying to hit the ball hard,” he explained. “There were guys in scoring position, I was just trying to put a ball in play. I got a little jammed, I didn’t get all of it. We’ve got a pretty big field. I didn’t think it was going to go out, but I guess I just got enough of it.
“I’d say my home run against Woodstown last year (in the Elmer Classic), that was probably my favorite one so far, but this one’s coming a close second.”
The energy Watt brings to the Cougars is, well, electric. The latest blast was his fourth homer in five games this season (in 16 at bats) and the third game in a row he’s gone yard. The junior catcher, who wears No. 5, had five hits and five RBIs in the game – both career highs – and is now batting .812 for the season (13-for-16) with 14 RBIs and a slugging percentage of 1.750.
The Cougars are 7-1 all-time in games Watt homers.
“It’s funny, last year he would get overlooked because we had Luke (Pokrovsky) last year,” O’Brien said. “People don’t realize how good of a player Ricky really is.
“He’s come into the season locked in. He’s looked good all preseason, during practices, during games; he’s just consistent. He was already a good player, but he just worked so much harder to be where he’s at. I’m kind of surprised how hot he is, I thought he might cool down a little bit, but he’s such a good player I think he’s going to be pretty consistent this year.”
The Cougars thought they had the winning run an inning before Watt’s heroics. Courtesy runner Will Sieminski was on third with one out after he was sacrificed over following Cole Hartley’s leadoff double. Mason Hollywood lofted a fly to a drawn-in outfield that Chase Terramagra caught in medium centerfield. Sieminski tagged, but Terramagra’s throw came straight through without a relay and catcher Connor McNally reached back up the line to tag the runner for the final out of the inning.
“We were selling out on that right there,” Himes said. “That was a do-or-die situation. We brought them up in that situation. If you look at the book before that, he’s the kid who lined out to end that inning. He’s young and I thought what a good learning experience for him. He was in his feels a little bit and we told him you’d have to make a play. What a good learning experience for him to know I did what I could do, the kid made a great play, now I have to go make a better one. That’s gonna pay dividends for us in the long run. It’s about the playoffs.”
Cushane robbed Terramagra of a potential go-ahead RBI in the top of the inning with a lunging snag to the glove side to end the inning with runners at first and second.
The Rams, who suffered a late-inning loss at Pennsville earlier in the week, rallied twice to tie the game. They were down 6-2 when Schalick starter Whitley left the mound, then scored four in the sixth to tie it the first time. Whitley gave up two hits and struck out 10 in his five innings.
The Cougars retook the lead in the bottom of the sixth on Whitley’s sacrifice fly and Bo Schalick’s third RBI hit of the game, then Overbrook retied it with two from the bottom of the lineup off Hartley in the seventh. The Rams scored the tying run on a squeeze bunt by Frank McLaughlin the looked like it might go foul, but hit a bump in the skin infield and stayed in play.
“That’s Overbrook baseball,” Himes said of his team’s resiliency. “Since I’ve been here seven years it’s the way that we like to play. It’s who we are as a town, it’s who we are as a personality.
“We have a young group. The past couple years we had a playing group that played together since they were probably 8 years old. This playing group is really figuring out the speed of the game. It’s great to see us executing on stuff early on.”
Hartley didn’t allow another run and only one hit after McLaughlin’s game-tying squeeze. That’s the element that stands out to the game’s hero.
“I wouldn’t have hit that ball if Cole didn’t keep us in the game,” Watt said. “I think that’s probably the biggest highlight.”
PENNSVILLE 16, CLAYTON 2: Logan Streitz had a pair of two-run doubles in a 10-run first inning and Jeff Wagner hit a two-run homer and drove in four runs. Dante Cummings went 3-for-3 with two RBIs.
Logan Cowperthwait started and gave the Eagles (4-0) four shutout innings before giving way to Grady Sanders in the fifth. Cowperthwait gave up one hit, a first-inning single, and struck out five.
PITMAN 11, SALEM 0: Liam Bailly spun a five-inning one-hitter, striking out seven and facing three batters over the minimum. After giving up a walk in the first inning, Bailly retired nine in a row until Troy Carey singled to right with two outs in the fourth.
The Panthers took control with an eight-run second inning, capped by Steven Clifford’s two-run double. Clifford had two hits and three RBIs.
PLEASANTVILLE 10, PENNS GROVE 0: Joseph DeLaCruz and Edriarlyn Caraballo held Penns Grove to two singles. Liam Irvin and Angel Maldonado had the Red Devils’ two hits.
Softball
PENNSVILLE 18, CLAYTON 1: The Eagles erupted for 10 runs in the first inning and cruised to their second straight win. The heart of the Eagles’ lineup — Graillyn Weber, Kylie Harris, Avery Watson and Kenzie Widener — were a combined 10-for-12 with 10 RBIs and 10 runs scored. Weber and Watson both had three hits. Three Pennsville pitchers combined to hold the Clippers to five hits.
SCHALICK 13, OVERBROOK 4: The Cougars overcame a 2-1 deficit with six runs in the fourth inning to remain undefeated. A Seven players had multiple hits and three had multiple RBIs as the Cougars remained undefeated. AAAA Lauglin led the assault with three hits, including a pair of RBI singles in the fourth-inning rally. Liv VanAcker, Paige Sparks, Khloe McGrath, Alex Shimp, Emma Cain and Kassidy Sickler had two hits apiece.
PITMAN 17, SALEM 4: The Panthers took control with 13 runs in the second inning. Emery Sharpnack had three hits and two RBIs, while Kendall Bennett had two hits and three RBIs.
GLASSBORO 21, PENNS GROVE 0: Scarlett Saicic went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and two Glassboro pitchers combined to hold the Red Devils to one hit.
Tennis
DELSEA 5, PENNSVILLE 0
Zeph Kell (D) def. Sawyer Humphrey, 6-2, 6-1
Eli Croce (D) def. Lucas Cooksey, 6-3, 6-3
Zach Natalie (D) def. Carter Willis, 6-1, 6-0
Jacob Bramble-Jude Thompson (D) def. Coen Rinnier-Jacob Cheeseman, 6-1, 6-2
Marcus Salgueiro-Thomas Maronski (D) def. Ian Peacock-Matthew Forino, 2-6, 7-5, 10-6
Records: Delsea 5-0, Pennsville 3-4
OVERBROOK 3, SCHALICK 2
Connor Kustera (O) def. Gabe McFeeley, 6-1, 6-0
Gabe Martinez (O) def. Reece Loatman, 6-4, 6-1
Colin Campbell (O) def. Tyr Brattlie, 6-1, 6-2
No doubles reported.
Records: Overbrook 3-1, Schalick 3-2
TIMBER CREEK 3, PENNS GROVE 2
Kyle Clark Blanding (TC) def. Alex Ramirez Martinez, 6-3, 6-1
Adam He (TC) def. Anthony Pacheco, 6-2, 6-2
Juan Ortiz-Adam Gonzalez (PG) def. Gabriel Castro-Keenan King, 6-2, 6-4
Jesus Arredondo-Rene Ruiz (PG) def. Shawn Allen-Stephen Fehon, 6-0, 6-0
Only matches reported.
Records: Timber Creek 2-1, Penns Grove 1-1
WOODSTOWN 4, HADDON HEIGHTS 1
Owen Peakes (HH) def. Drew Stengel, 6-2, 6-2
Mason Shimp (WO) def. Gavin Ewing, 6-1, 6-1
Luke Shaw (WO) def. Cameron Wilson, 6-1, 6-1
Vincent Merendino-Nick DiTeodoro (WO) def. Joe Foster-Andrew D’Amelio, 6-1, 6-0
Connor Miller-Josh King (WO) def. Michael Fitter-William Zetusky, 6-2, 6-0
Records: Woodstown 4-2, Haddon Heights 1-4
Golf
WOODSTOWN 172, CUMBERLAND 210: Woodstown’s Greyson Hyland won medalist honors with a 42 that included back-to-back birdies on Holes 6 and 7 at Town & Country Golf Links. Teammates Jack Bucksar and Logan Jones both shot 43.
WOODSTOWN: Jack Bucksar 43, Greyson Hyland 42, Nate Valente 44, Logan Jones 43; Alejandro Vazquez 46, Lucas Fulmer 46.
CUMBERLAND: Cristian Godinez 52, Joseph Nolan 45, Giuseppe Impellizzeri 55, Thomas Marguglio 58; Brian Feliciano 60
Boys lacrosse
HOLY SPIRIT 5, WOODSTOWN 4: Connor Haney and Bob Waddington scored two goals apiece, but the Wolverines fell to remain winless. Nehemiah Carter was credited with two assists.
Girls lacrosse
HOLY SPIRIT 13, WOODSTOWN 9: Taylor Lyons scored five goals and Grace Marczyk had four to hand Woodstown its first loss of the season.
This week’s schedule
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of April 6-11
MONDAY, APRIL 6
BASEBALL
Rancocas Valley at Schalick, 10 a.m.
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick vs. Cumberland, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Pennsville at West Deptford, 11 a.m.
GIRLS LACROSSE
Cinnaminson at Woodstown, 10 a.m.
TUESDAY, APRIL 7
BASEBALL
Schalick at Clayton, 10 a.m.
Overbrook at Pennsville
Winslow at Salem Tech
Woodstown at Glassboro
SOFTBALL
Clayton at Schalick, 10 a.m.
Pennsville at Overbrook
Haddon Heights at Woodstown
BOYS GOLF
Cumberland at Schalick, 3:30 p.m.
Woodstown vs. Overbrook, Town & Country, 3:30 p.m.
Salem Tech vs. Pitman, Pitman GC, 3:45 p.m.
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick vs. Williamstown, Scotland Run GC, 2:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Mainland at Schalick, 10 a.m.
BOYS LACROSSE
Clearview at Woodstown
GIRLS LACROSSE
Woodstown at Clearview
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Brookdale, 3:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8
BASEBALL
Clearview at Pennsville
Glassboro at Woodstown
Penns Grove at Salem
SOFTBALL
Salem at Penns Grove
Woodstown at Gloucester Catholic
TENNIS
Kingsway at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
BCIT at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m.
BOYS GOLF
Woodstown vs. West Deptford, RiverWinds, 3:30 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Cecil, 2 p.m.
THURSDAY, APRIL 9
BASEBALL
LEAP at Salem Tech
Overbrook at Schalick
Pleasantville at Penns Grove
Pennsville at Clayton
Salem at Pitman
Salem Tech at Wildwood Catholic
SOFTBALL
LEAP at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m.
Clayton at Pennsville
Glassboro at Penns Grove
Pitman at Salem
Schalick at Overbrook
BOYS GOLF
Schalick vs. Pennsville, Sakima CC, 3:30 p.m.
Woodstown vs. Cumberland, Town & Country, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Pennsville at Delsea, 3:45 p.m.
Penns Grove at Timber Creek
Schalick at Overbrook
Woodstown at Haddon Heights
TRACK
Overbrook at Schalick, 3:45 p.m.
Pennsville at Penns Grove
Woodstown at Glassboro
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at Triton, 3:45 p.m.
BOYS LACROSSE
Holy Spirit at Woodstown
GIRLS LACROSSE
Woodstown at Holy Spirit
FRIDAY, APRIL 10
BASEBALL
Haddon Heights at Pennsville
Overbrook at Penns Grove
Woodstown at Collingswood
SOFTBALL
Schalick at Gloucester Catholic, 10 a.m.
Glassboro at Woodstown
Overbrook at Penns Grove
Pennsville at Haddon Heights
Salem Tech at Haddonfield, 4:15 p.m.
TENNIS
Pennsville at Kingsway
Woodstown at Deptford
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Middlesex at Salem CC, 3:30 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Raritan Valley, 1 p.m.
SATURDAY, APRIL 11
BASEBALL
Woodstown at Haddon Twp., 11 a.m.
BOYS TRACK
Pennsville, Salem, Woodstown at West Deptford Relays, 9 a.m.
Schalick at Bridgeton Relays, 9 a.m.
Woodstown at Univ. of Delaware
GIRLS TRACK
Woodstown at Univ. of Delaware
Pennsville, Salem, Schalick, Woodstown at West Deptford Relays, 9 a.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Middlesex (2), noon
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Delaware Tech at Salem CC, noon
Tuesday sports report
Scores and highlights from Tuesday’s Salem County sports calendar; Woodstown, Salem Tech score softball wins; tough day for Salem CC baseball, softball
SOFTBALL
Salem Tech 24, Pilgrim Academy 13
Woodstown 8, Sterling 3
BOYS TRACK
Penns Grove at Glassboro
BOYS TENNIS
Pennsville 5, Glassboro 0
Woodstown 5, Clearview 0
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Montgomery County 26, Salem CC 4
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Lackawanna 10-2, Salem CC 2-0
By Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN — The thing Woodstown softball coach Rob Hildebrand really likes about his lineup is its capability to deliver from any spot at any time regardless of the situation, but they’re especially tough late in the game.
That ability was on full display in the fourth inning Tuesday when the Wolverines scored six runs with two outs to break open a one-run game and power an 8-3 win over Sterling.
“I’ve never had an opportunity to coach a team on any level, and I tell them all the time, where we get better every single time we get another at bat against a pitcher,” Hildebrand said. “We only get stronger as the middle of the game goes on and like our third at-bat every game that’s when everybody starts hitting. I’m proud for them to be able to hit the ball.”
Kendall Young’s three-run double and Talia Guardascione’s inside-the-park homer highlighted the big inning. The Wolverines (2-0) led 2-1 going into the fourth and then sent 10 batters to the plate to break it open.
Brianna Hitchner scored on Ellie Wygand’s ground out that was the second out of the inning and cleared the bases. Guardascione followed by slashing her homer past a drawn-in left fielder to the fence. Madison LaPalomento scored on Grace Hitchner’s single and after Lila Bowling and Macie Moore drew walks to load the bases Young brought them all home with her double.
Hildebrand called Young’s hit a “sign of relief.” The Wolverines loaded the bases in the third with nobody out and only scratched out a couple runs.
Guardascione’s homer was the second of her career. Her first also was an inside-the-parker, against Salem last season.
“She’s the two-hole hitter and they play her in a lot in the outfield,” Hilderbrand said. “When they play her in like that she burns them. She’s so fast, I knew she was going to score when she came around second.”
The Wolverines took a 2-0 lead in the third on RBI singles by Grace Hitchner and Moore.
Leah Clark went the distance in the circle, allowing five hits, one earned run and striking out four. She retired the first seven batters she faced and faced the minimum through three innings.
The Wolverines host rival Schalick Wednesday.
| Sterling (1-1) | 000 | 100 | 2- | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Woodstown (2-0) | 002 | 600 | x- | 8 | 8 | 4 |
SALEM TECH 24, PILGRIM ACADEMY 13: The first-year Chargers took advantage of 11 walks and 11 errors to score a school-record 24 runs and win for the fourth time in five starts.
Shelby Drummond went 3-for-3, Claire Kier had three RBIs, Kate Liber and Morgan Fogg both had two hits and two RBIs. Drummond has hit in all five games and is hitting .769 (10-for-13) for the season. Kier also has hit in all five games.
The Chargers broke a 2-2 tie with five runs in the third inning and then broke it open with nine in the fourth.
| Salem Tech (4-1) | 025 | 908- | 24 | 9 | 2 |
| Pilgrim Academy (1-1) | 112 | 540- | 13 | 6 | 11 |
Tennis
PENNSVILLE 5, GLASSBORO 0
Lucas Cooksey (P) def. Andrew Miller, 4-6, 6-0, 10-5
Sawyer Humphrey (P) def. James Pence, 6-0, 6-0
Jacob Cheeseman (P) def. Seth Taylor, 6-1, 6-1
Coen Rinnier-Matthew Forino (P) def. Joy Patel-Vincent Pasquarello, 6-1, 6-1
Records: Pennsville 2-1, Glassboro 0-2.
WOODSTOWN 5, CLEARVIEW 0
Drew Stengel (WO) def. Dan Meader, 7-5, 6-0
Mason Shimp (WO) def. David Carter, 6-1, 6-1
Luke Shaw (WO) def. Cole Harper, 6-4, 6-2
Vincent Merendino-Nick DiTeodoro (WO) def. Chase Roberts-Jared Wax, 6-3, 6-4
Connor Miller-Josh King (WO) def. Matt Kalpas-Raj Rana, 7-5, 6-2
Records: Woodstown 1-1, Clearview 1-2.
College baseball
MONTGOMERY 26, SALEM CC 4: The Mustangs continued to mash the baseball, setting a season high in runs while scoring in double figures for the fourth game in a row. They have scored 75 runs over the last four games.
The 26 runs were the most the Mighty Oaks have given up in a game since reviving the program. The previous high came in a 25-7 loss to RCSJ-Cumberland in April 2024.
College softball
LACKAWANNA 10-2, SALEM CC 2-0: Mackenzie Adolfson hit a two-run homer in each game for Lackawanna, but the swing in the second game was the dagger for the Mighty Oaks.
Salem’s Jordyn Busch and Lackawanna’s Ayahna Fleisher were locked in a scoreless pitching duel for five innings in the nightcap, but one pitch broke the ice. Adolfson launched a two-run homer to center to get the Falcons on the board.
The Mighty Oaks threatened in the seventh, getting two runners in scoring position with one out, but couldn’t get them home. Savannah Palverento and Bella Rappa opened the inning with singles and moved up on Sawyer Simmons’ sacrifice, but Fleisher got out of it with a pop out to the catcher and game-ending grounder to the pitcher.
Salem also had a runner in scoring position in the first inning with two outs but stranded her.
Adolfson’s two-run shot in the opener highlighted a four-run first inning. The Mighty Oaks cut their deficit in half in the third on an RBI single by Megan Koski and Bella Rappa’s bases-loaded hit batsman, but the Falcons answered with two in the bottom of the inning and walked it off with four in the fifth.
The doubleheader starts a busy week for the Mighty Oaks. They travel to Monroe-Bronx Thursday, host Howard CC Friday and visit Mercer Saturday.
This week’s schedule
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of March 30-April 4
MONDAY, MARCH 30
BASEBALL
Salem Tech at Lindenwold
Schalick at Glassboro
Wildwood at Salem
Woodstown at Penns Grove
SOFTBALL
Glassboro at Schalick
Gloucester Catholic at Pennsville
Lindenwold at Salem Tech
Penns Grove at Woodstown
Salem at Wildwood
GOLF
Woodstown vs. Pennsville, Sakima CC, 3:30 p.m.
Schalick vs. Wildwood at Union League GC, 3:30 p.m.
Schalick girls vs. Williamstown, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
Salem Tech vs. Gloucester Catholic, Sakima CC, 3:45 p.m.
TENNIS
Penns Grove at Glassboro
Pennsville at Wildwood
Schalick at Clayton
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Highland at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m.
BOYS LACROSSE
Woodstown at St. Joseph
GIRLS LACROSSE
Cedar Creek at Woodstown
TUESDAY, MARCH 31
SOFTBALL
Salem Tech at Pilgrim Academy
Sterling at Woodstown
BOYS TRACK
Penns Grove at Glassboro
BOYS TENNIS
Woodstown at Clearview, 3:45 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Montgomery County, 3:30 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Lackawanna, 3 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1
BASEBALL
Penns Grove at Gateway
Pitman at Pennsville
Schalick at Woodstown
Wildwood Catholic at Salem Tech
SOFTBALL
Highland at Salem Tech
Penns Grove at Paulsboro
Pennsville at Pitman
Salem vs. Gloucester Catholic
Schalick at Woodstown
GOLF
Schalick vs. Washington Twp., Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
Schalick girls vs. Clearview, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
Salem Tech vs. Wildwood, Sakima CC, 3:45 p.m.
TENNIS
Clayton at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m.
Triton at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
Schalick at Glassboro
BOYS TRACK
Schalick at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m.
Overbrook at Woodstown
GIRLS TRACK
Pennsville at Schalick, 3:45 p.m.
Overbrook at Woodstown
Penns Grove at Glassboro
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
LEAP at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m.
BOYS LACROSSE
Woodstown at Lower Cape May
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Montgomery County at Salem CC, 3:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, APRIL 2
BASEBALL
Penns Grove at Pleasantville, 1:30 p.m.
Wildwood Catholic at Salem Tech, 2 p.m.
Schalick at Ocean City
Woodstown at Haddon Heights
SOFTBALL
Clearview at Schalick
Highland at Salem Tech
Woodstown at Haddon Heights
BOYS GOLF
Woodstown vs. Pitman, Town & Country, 3:45 p.m.
Schalick vs. Overbrook, Kresson GC
BOYS TENNIS
Pennsville at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Monroe-Bronx, 2 p.m.
FRIDAY, APRIL 3
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Howard CC at Salem CC, 3 p.m.
SATURDAY, APRIL 4
SOFTBALL
Pennsville in Thunderbolt Tournament, Millville
TRACK
Salem, Schalick at Deptford Relays, 9 a.m.
GIRLS LACROSSE
Washington Twp. at Woodstown, 10 a.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Mercer, noon
This week’s schedule
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of March 23-28; all events 4 p.m. unless noted; x-scrimmage
MONDAY, MARCH 23
BASEBALL
x-Penns Grove at Pleasantville
x-Woodstown at Deptford
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Cape May Tech at Salem Tech 3:45 p.m.
GOLF
Woodstown vs. Triton, Town & Country, 3:30 p.m.
GIRLS GOLF
Schalick vs. Washington Twp., Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, MARCH 24
BASEBALL
x-Schalick at Highland
SOFTBALL
x-Camden County Tech at Woodstown
Cape May Tech at Salem Tech
x-LEAP at Penns Grove
TENNIS
Pennsville at Cedar Creek
GOLF
Woodstown vs. Clearview, Town & Country, 3:30 p.m.
GIRLS LACROSSE
x-Woodstown at Haddon Twp., 6 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Delaware County, 3:30 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Raritan Valley, 3:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25
BASEBALL
Cumberland at Salem
x-Camden Tech at Schalick
x-LEAP at Penns Grove
x-Salem Tech at Winslow
x-Woodstown at GCIT
SOFTBALL
x-Penns Grove at Highland
Salem at Cumberland
x-Schalick at Camden Tech
GOLF
Schalick vs. Woodstown, Town & Country, 3:30 p.m.
Salem Tech vs. Clayton, The Birches, 3:45 p.m.
TENNIS
Lower Cape May at Schalick
TRACK
x-Bridgeton at Salem
BOYS LACROSSE
Woodstown at Cedar Creek, 5:15 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Delaware County at Salem CC, 3:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, MARCH 26
BASEBALL
Cumberland at Salem Tech
x-Highland at Woodstown
SOFTBALL
Salem Tech at Clayton
GOLF
Schalick girls vs. Kingsway, RiverWinds, 3:30 p.m.
Salem Tech vs. West Deptford, River Winds, 3:45 p.m.
Woodstown vs. GCIT, Town & Country, 3:45 p.m.
GIRLS LACROSSE
x-St. Joseph at Woodstown
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at CCBC-Catonsville, 3 p.m.
FRIDAY, MARCH 27
BASEBALL
LEAP at Penns Grove
Salem Tech at Cape May Tech
SOFTBALL
Salem Tech at Gateway
TRACK
Woodstown at Pennsville
BOYS TENNIS
Mainland at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
BOYS LACROSSE
Cinnaminson at Woodstown
COLLEGE BASEBALL
RCSJ-Cumberland at Salem CC, 3:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, MARCH 28
TRACK
Schalick at Delsea, 11 a.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at RCSJ-Cumberland (2), noon
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Morris at Salem CC, noon
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