Here is the schedule for the 2025-26 Salem County winter sports season; x-scrimmage
DEC. 11
BOYS BASKETBALL
x-Cinnaminson at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
x-St. Joseph at Schalick, 4 p.m.
x-Salem Tech at Pennsauken Tech
GIRLS BASKETBALL
x-Cumberland at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
x-Schalick at Bridgeton, 4 p.m.
x-Woodstown at Lower Cape May, 4:45 p.m.
SWIMMING
Salem vs. Pitman at GCIT, 6 p.m.
Woodstown at Camden Academy Charter
BOWLING
Salem vs. Gloucester Catholic at Wood Lanes, 4 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at RCSJ-Cumberland, 5 p.m.
DEC. 12
WRESTLING
Pennsville girls in TCC Jamboree, 5 p.m.
DEC. 13
BOYS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove Showcase
Cumberland vs. West Deptford, 10:30 a.m.
Winslow vs. Deptford, 12:30 p.m.
Woodstown vs. Woodbury, 4:30 p.m.
Penns Grove vs. Lindenwold, 6:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove Showcase
Woodbury at Penns Grove, 2:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Schalick Holiday Tournament, 9 a.m.
Salem at Vineland Tournament
Woodstown at Delaware Valley Tournament
INDOOR TRACK
Salem at Ott Center, Philadelphia
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Brookdale at Salem CC, 2 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Lackawanna at Salem CC, noon
DEC. 15
BOYS BASKETBALL
x-Pennsville at Palmyra, 4 p.m.
Salem Tech at Cape May Tech, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
x-Palmyra at Pennsville, 4 p.m.
Salem Tech at Cape May Tech, 4 p.m.
SWIMMING
Woodstown vs. West Deptford, RiverWinds
BOWLING
Salem vs. Salem Tech at Wood Lanes, 4 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at CCBC-Catonsville, 5 p.m.
DEC. 16
BOYS BASKETBALL
Clayton at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
Wildwood at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Penns Grove at St. Joe (Hamm.), 7 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Pennsville at Wildwood, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Clayton, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
DEC. 17
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Buena at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
WRESTLING
Pennsville, Gloucester Catholic at Salem, 5 p.m.
Schalick at Penns Grove, 5 p.m.
SWIMMING
Schalick vs. Gloucester Catholic at GCIT, 4:45 p.m.
Salem vs. Triton at GCIT, 7:15 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem vs. Clayton at Bolero Lanes, 4 p.m.
DEC. 18
BOYS BASKETBALL
Overbrook at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Glassboro, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Glassboro at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Penns Grove at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Ocean, 5 p.m.
DEC. 19
BOYS BASKETBALL
Maple Shade at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
GCIT at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
West Deptford at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
SWIMMING
Woodstown vs. Timber Creek at GCIT, 7 p.m.
Schalick vs. Glassboro at GCIT, 8:30 p.m.
DEC. 20
BOYS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Winslow, 1 p.m.
Salem vs. Pleasantville in Ocean City, 5:15 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Winslow, 11 a.m.
Salem Tech at Highland, 11:30 a.m.
WRESTLING
Burlington Twp., Camden at Salem, 10 a.m.
Pennsville girls at Jackson Memorial, 2 p.m.
Woodstown at University of Delaware
INDOOR TRACK
Woodstown at Ott Center, Philadelphia
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Sussex, noon
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Cecil, 11 a.m.
DEC. 21
WRESTLING
Woodstown at University of Delaware
DEC. 22
BOYS BASKETBALL
Glassboro at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Overbrook, 5:30 p.m.
Penns Grove at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Wildwood at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Woodstown at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
Overbrook at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Wildwood, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK
Pennsville at Ocean Breeze, 4:30 p.m.
Salem at Bennett Center, 4:30 p.m.
DEC. 23
BOYS BASKETBALL
Pennsville at Bridgeton, 4:30 p.m.
DEC. 26
WRESTLING
Salem girls at Clayton Tournament
DEC. 27
BOYS BASKETBALL
Boardwalk Classic, Wildwood
Penns Grove vs. Millville, 2:30 p.m.
Woodstown Holiday Tournament
Camden Tech vs. Haddon Heights, 10 a.m.
Camden Prep vs. Woodstown, 11:30 a.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Audubon Tournament
Woodstown vs. Holy Spirit, Haddonfield, 10 a.m.
Haddon Twp. at Pennsville, 11:30 a.m.
WRESTLING
Schalick at Clayton Classic, 8 a.m.
INDOOR TRACK
Woodstown at Ott Center, Philadelphia
DEC. 28
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Audubon Tournament
WRESTLING
Salem at Middleton South
DEC. 29
BOYS BASKETBALL
Woodstown Holiday Tournament
Consolation game, 10 a.m.
Championship game, 11:30 a.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Woodstown vs. Moorestown Friends, Haddonfield, 10 a.m.
Salem vs. New Egypt (tournament), 1 p.m.
DEC. 30
BOYS BASKETBALL
Woodstown vs. Collingswood at Overbrook Classic, 10 a.m.
Salem vs. Rancocas Valley at Delsea, 11 a.m.
Pennsville at Gateway, 11:30 a.m.
West Deptford at Schalick, noon
Penns Grove vs. Westhampton Tech at Delsea, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Maple Shade at Schalick, 10 a.m.
Salem at New Egypt Tournament
WRESTLING
Audubon, Long Branch, Northern Burlington at Woodstown, 10 a.m.
JAN. 3
BOYS BASKETBALL
Cherokee at Woodstown, 11:30 a.m.
Maple Shade at Pennsville, 11:30 a.m.
Salem Tech at West Deptford, 11:30 a.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Cinnaminson at Woodstown, 1 p.m.
WRESTLING
Northern Burlington, Willingboro at Salem, 10 a.m.
Pennsville at Hammonton Duals, 10 a.m.
Schalick, Haddon Heights, Mainland at Overbrook, 10 a.m.
Woodstown at Collingswood
INDOOR TRACK
Woodstown at Ott Center, Philadelphia
JAN. 5
BOYS BASKETBALL
Clayton at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Wildwood at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Hammonton at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Clayton, 5:30 p.m.
SWIMMING
Schalick vs. West Deptford at River Winds, 3:45 p.m.
JAN. 6
BOYS BASKETBALL
Clayton at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Glassboro at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Overbrook at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Pitman, 7 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Overbrook, 4 p.m.
Glassboro at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
Pitman at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Clayton, 5:30 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. Gloucester Catholic at Westbrook Lanes, 3:45 p.m.
Salem vs. Lindenwold at Wood Lanes, 4 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Union at Salem CC, 6 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Monroe-Bronx at Salem CC, 7 p.m.
JAN. 7
WRESTLING
Deptford at Woodstown, 5 p.m.
Schalick at Gloucester Catholic, 5 p.m.
Penns Grove at Pennsville, 6 p.m.
JAN. 8
BOYS BASKETBALL
Glassboro at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
Penns Grove at Pitman, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Wildwood, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Pitman at Penns Grove
Salem at Glassboro, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Wildwood at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Pennsville at Paulsboro, 7 p.m.
SWIMMING
Schalick vs. Triton at GCIT, 6 p.m.
Woodstown vs. Highland at GCIT, 7 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK
Pennsville at Bennett Complex, 5 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. Lindenwold, 3:45 p.m.
JAN. 9
BOYS BASKETBALL
Buena at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at LEAP, 5:30 p.m.
Triton at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Kingsway, 4 p.m.
LEAP at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Buena, 5:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Pennsville, Salem girls at Kingsway, 5 p.m.
JAN. 10
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Delsea at Pennsville, 11:30 a.m.
Woodstown at Haddonfield, 1 p.m.
WRESTLING
Deptford at Penns Grove, 9 a.m.
Buena, Cumberland, Timber Creek at Schalick, 10 a.m.
Pennsville, Millville, Oakcrest at Overbrook, 10 a.m.
Woodstown at Cinnaminson
INDOOR TRACK
Woodstown at Bennett Center, Toms River
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at RCSJ-Gloucester, 7 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at RCSJ-Gloucester, 5 p.m.
JAN. 12
BOYS BASKETBALL
Clayton at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
Overbrook at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Penns Grove at Glassboro, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Wildwood, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Glassboro at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Salem at Clayton, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Wildwood at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Overbrook, 5:30 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK
Salem at Ocean Breeze, Staten Island, 4:30 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Hagerstown, 5:30 p.m.
JAN. 13
WRESTLING
Woodstown at Schalick, 5 p.m.
Penns Grove at Cumberland, 6 p.m.
Pitman at Pennsville, 6 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem vs. GCIT at Bolero Lanes, 4 p.m.
Salem Tech vs. Kingsway at Westbrook Lanes
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
RCSJ-Cumberland at Salem CC, 5 p.m.
JAN. 14
BOYS BASKETBALL
DuPont at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
Pitman at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Pitman, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
JAN. 15
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Medford Tech at Salem Tech, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Camden Catholic, 5:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Salem at Palmyra, 5:30 p.m.
Penns Grove at Clayton, 6 p.m.
Schalick at Pennsville, 6 p.m.
SWIMMING
Woodstown vs. Gloucester Catholic at GCIT, 5:45 p.m.
Schalick vs. Pitman at GCIT, 7:15 p.m.
Salem vs. Deptford at GCIT, 8:30 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK
Pennsville, Salem, Woodstown at Bennett Center, 4:30 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. Clayton, Wood Lanes, 3:45 p.m.
Salem vs. Gloucester Catholic, Westbrook Lanes, 4 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Northampton, 7 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Harcum at Salem CC, 5 p.m.
JAN. 16
BOYS BASKETBALL
Buena at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Gloucester Catholic at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Cumberland, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Lindenwold at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
JAN. 17
BOYS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Eastern, 10 a.m.
Schalick at Haddon Twp., 10 a.m.
Woodstown at Cedar Creek, 11:30 a.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Woodstown at Delsea, 11:30 a.m.
WRESTLING
Woodstown at Buena Quad
Penns Grove, Overbrook, Pitman at Salem, 9 a.m.
Pennsville, Collingswood, Vineland at Sterling, 10 a.m.
Schalick, Haddon Twp., Pemberton at Deptford, 10 a.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Passaic at Salem CC, 2 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Middlesex at Salem CC, noon
JAN. 19
BOYS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove vs. Burlington City at Woodbury
Salem at Atlantic City, 7 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Paulsboro at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
WRESTLING
Deptford at Penns Grove, 6 p.m.
JAN. 20
BOYS BASKETBALL
Glassboro at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Penns Grove at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Overbrook, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Woodstown at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Overbrook at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Glassboro, 5:30 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. Salem at Wood Lanes, 4 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Mercer at Salem CC, 5 p.m.
JAN. 21
WRESTLING
Woodstown at Overbrook
Clayton at Schalick, 5 p.m.
Winslow at Salem, 5 p.m.
Pennsville at Timber Creek, 6 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK
Pennsville, Salem, Woodstown at Ott Center, Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem vs. Deptford at Brunswick Zone, 4 p.m.
JAN. 22
BOYS BASKETBALL
Clayton at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
Gloucester Catholic at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
Pitman at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Clayton, 4 p.m.
Overbrook at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Pitman, 5:30 p.m.
SWIMMING
Woodstown vs. Pitman at GCIT, 5:45 p.m.
Schalick vs. Salem at GCIT, 7:15 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech in NJTAC, Lucky Strike North Brunswick, 1 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Atlantic Cape at Salem CC, 5 p.m.
JAN. 23
BOYS BASKETBALL
Collingswood at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Gateway at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Salem at Buena, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Haddon Heights, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Paulsboro, 5:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Schalick at Pitman, 5 p.m.
Pennsville at Woodstown, 6 p.m.
JAN. 24
BOYS BASKETBALL
Kingsway at Woodstown, 10 a.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Kingsway at Woodstown, 11:30 a.m.
WRESTLING
Salem, Haddon Heights, Middle Twp. at Timber Creek, 9 a.m.
Woodstown, Haddonfield, Millville at Penns Grove, 9 a.m.
Holy Spirit, Toms River North, Vineland at Schalick, 10 a.m.
INDOOR TRACK
Pennsville, Woodstown at Bennett Complex, 9 a.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Lackawanna, 1 p.m.
JAN. 26
BOYS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Mastery Camden
Gateway at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Moorestown Friends at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Schalick at Gateway, 5:30 p.m.
SWIMMING
Woodstown vs. Salem at GCIT, 8:15 p.m.
WRESTLING
Pennsville at Audubon, 6 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. Gloucester Catholic, Wood Lanes, 3:45 p.m.
Salem vs. Lindenwold, 30 Strikes, 4 p.m.
JAN. 27
BOYS BASKETBALL
Camden County Tech at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Overbrook at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Wildwood, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Glassboro, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Glassboro at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Overbrook, 5:30 p.m.
Penns Grove at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Wildwood at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Philadelphia at Salem CC, 7 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Delaware Tech at Salem CC, 5 p.m.
JAN. 28
WRESTLING
Woodstown at Cumberland
Salem at Clayton, 5 p.m.
Pennsville, Salem girls at Clayton Jamboree, 5 p.m.
SWIMMING
TCC Showcase, GCIT, 3 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem vs. Clayton, Wood Lanes, 4 p.m.
JAN. 29
BOYS BASKETBALL
Clayton at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Wildwood at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Wildwood, 4 p.m.
Pennsville at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Clayton, 5:30 p.m.
SWIMMING
Schalick at Camden Academy Charter, 3:45 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK
Pennsville at Bennett Center, 5 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. Lindenwold, 30 Strikes, 3:45 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Brookdale, 7 p.m.
JAN. 30
BOYS BASKETBALL
Salem vs. Burlington Twp. at Holy Cross
Woodstown at Washington Twp., noon
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Cumberland at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Collingswood, 5:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Collingswood at Schalick, 5 p.m.
Pennsville at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK
TCC Showcase at Bennett Complex, 5 p.m.
JAN. 31
BOYS BASKETBALL
Woodstown at Washington Twp., noon
WRESTLING
Penns Grove at Highland Quad, 9 a.m.
Burlington Twp., Lacey Twp., Pennsauken at Woodstown, 10 a.m.
Schalick, Lindenwold at Palmyra, 10 a.m.
Salem at Arthur Johnson, 10 a.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Luzerne, noon
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Raritan Valley at Salem CC, noon
FEB. 2
BOYS BASKETBALL
Pennsville at West Deptford, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Gateway, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Cape May Tech, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Paulsboro, 4 p.m.
Cape May Tech at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Millville, 5:30 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK
Salem at Ott Center, Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
FEB. 3
BOYS BASKETBALL
Woodstown at Cherry Hill West, 4 p.m.
Glassboro at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
Penns Grove at Overbrook, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Clayton, 5:30 p.m.
Pitman at Salem, 7 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Overbrook at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Clayton at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Pitman, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Glassboro, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. ACIT, Wood Lanes, 3:45 p.m.
Salem vs. Washington Twp., Wood Lanes, 4 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Montgomery at Salem CC, 5 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Union at Salem CC, 5 p.m.
FEB. 4
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Salem Tech at Wildwood, 5:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Salem at Schalick, 5 p.m.
Gloucester Catholic at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Clayton, 6:30 p.m.
FEB. 5
BOYS BASKETBALL
Glassboro at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Clayton, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Overbrook, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
Clayton at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
Overbrook at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
Pennsville at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Harrisburg Area at Salem CC, 5 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at RCSJ-Cumberland, 5 p.m.
FEB. 6
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Millville at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Salem at Bridgeton, 5:30 p.m.
FEB. 7
BOYS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Deptford, 11:30 a.m.
Salem Tech at Buena, 11:30 a.m.
Pennsville at Woodstown, noon
Battle by the Bay, Atlantic City
Salem vs. Cherry Hill East, 4 p.m.
WRESTLING
Salem, Sterling, Timber Creek at Oakcrest
Woodstown, Lacey at Williamstown
Vineland, Winslow at Penns Grove, 9 a.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Middlesex, noon
FEB. 9
BOYS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Pitman, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Pennsville at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Pitman at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Schalick at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK
Pennsville, Salem at Ocean Breeze, 4:30 p.m.
FEB. 10
BOYS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Salem at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Woodstown at Timber Creek
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Union at Salem CC, 5 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Morris, 5 p.m.
FEB. 11
BOYS BASKETBALL
Pennsville at Pitman, 5:30 p.m.
Woodstown at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Deptford at Salem, 5:30 p.m.
Pitman at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
Salem Tech at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Pennsville, Salem girls at Overbrook Jamboree, 5 p.m.
Haddon Heights at Pennsville, 6 p.m.
FEB. 12
BOYS BASKETBALL
Salem at Rutgers Prep, 6 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Camden at Salem CC, 6 p.m.
FEB. 13
BOYS BASKETBALL
TCC Tournament
GIRLS BASKETBALL
TCC Tournament
WRESTLING
Burlington Twp., Cherry Hill West, Maple Shade at Schalick, 4 p.m.
FEB. 14
WRESTLING
Salem at Notre Dame
Highland, Mainland at Pennsville, 10 a.m.
Woodstown, Allentown, Haddon Heights at Delran, 10 a.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Sussex at Salem CC, 2 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Essex at Salem CC, noon
FEB. 15
INDOOR TRACK
NJSIAA Sectionals at Bennett Complex, 9 a.m.
FEB. 16
WRESTLING
NJSIAA Team Tournament
FEB. 17
BOYS BASKETBALL
TCC Tournament
GIRLS BASKETBALL
TCC Tournament
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Harcum, 5 p.m.
FEB. 18
WRESTLING
Team Sectional Finals
FEB. 19
BOYS BASKETBALL
TCC Tournament
GIRLS BASKETBALL
TCC Tournament
FEB. 20
WRESTLING
State Team Semifinals
FEB. 22
WRESTLING
State Team Championship
INDOOR TRACK
Pennsville at Bennett Complex, 9 a.m.
FEB. 26
BOYS BASKETBALL
South Jersey Group I Tournament
GIRLS BASKETBALL
South Jersey Group I Tournament
FEB. 28
BOYS BASKETBALL
South Jersey Group I Tournament
GIRLS BASKETBALL
South Jersey Group I Tournament
WRESTLING
District Tournament
MAR. 3
BOYS BASKETBALL
South Jersey Group I Tournament
GIRLS BASKETBALL
South Jersey Group I Tournament
MAR. 6
BOYS BASKETBALL
South Jersey Group I Championship
GIRLS BASKETBALL
South Jersey Group I Championship
WRESTLING
Region Tournament
MARCH 7
WRESTLING
Region Tournament
MAR. 8
INDOOR TRACK
Meet of Championship, Ocean Breeze, Staten Island, 10 a.m.
MAR. 11
BOYS BASKETBALL
NJSIAA Group I Semifinals
GIRLS BASKETBALL
NJSIAA Group I Semifinals
MAR. 12
WRESTLING
NJSIAA Individual Championships, Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City
MAR. 12
WRESTLING
NJSIAA Individual Championships, Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City
MAR. 14
WRESTLING
NJSIAA Individual Championships, Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City
MAR. 15
BOYS BASKETBALL
NJSIAA Group I Championship, Rutgers
GIRLS BASKETBALL
NJSIAA Group I Championship, Rutgers
Category: TRACK
This week’s schedule
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Dec. 8-13; x-scrimmage
MONDAY, DEC. 8
BOYS BASKETBALL
x-Triton at Woodstown, 4 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
x-Triton at Salem, 3:30 p.m.
x-Pennsville at Millville, 4 p.m.
TUESDAY, DEC. 9
BOYS BASKETBALL
x-Pennsville at Clayton, 4 p.m.
x-Penns Grove at Vineland, 4 p.m.
x-Salem at Bridgeton, 4 p.m.
x-Schalick at Cumberland, 4 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
x-Bridgeton at Salem, 3:30 p.m.
x-Cumberland at Schalick, 4 p.m.
x-Highland at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. Gloucester at Wood Lanes, 3:45 p.m.
Salem vs. Overbrook at Wood Lanes, 4 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
RCSJ-Gloucester at Salem CC, 7 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Morris at Salem CC, 5 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10
BOYS BASKETBALL
x-Woodstown at Paulsboro, 4 p.m.
SWIMMING
Schalick at Camden County Tech, 4 p.m.
TRACK
Pennsville Polar Bear Meet, 3 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem Tech vs. Clayton at Bowlero, 3:45 p.m.
THURSDAY, DEC. 11
BOYS BASKETBALL
x-Cinnaminson at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
x-St. Joseph at Schalick, 4 p.m.
x-Salem Tech at Pennsauken Tech
GIRLS BASKETBALL
x-Cumberland at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
x-Schalick at Bridgeton, 4 p.m.
x-Woodstown at Lower Cape May, 4:45 p.m.
SWIMMING
Woodstown at Camden Academy Charter, 3:30 p.m.
Salem vs. Pitman at GCIT, 6 p.m.
BOWLING
Salem vs. Gloucester Catholic at Wood Lanes, 4 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at RCSJ-Cumberland, 5 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
RCSJ-Cumberland at Salem CC, 5 p.m.
FRIDAY, DEC. 12
WRESTLING
Pennsville girls in TCC Jamboree, 5 p.m.
SATURDAY, DEC. 13
BOYS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove Showcase
Cumberland vs. West Deptford, 10:30 a.m.
Winslow vs. Deptford, 12:30 p.m.
Woodstown vs. Woodbury, 4:30 p.m.
Penns Grove vs. Lindenwold, 6:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Penns Grove Showcase
Woodbury at Penns Grove, 2:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Schalick Holiday Tournament, 9 a.m.
Salem at Vineland Tournament
Woodstown at Delaware Valley Tournament
INDOOR TRACK
Salem at Ott Center, Philadelphia
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Brookdale at Salem CC, 2 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Lackawanna at Salem CC, noon
Honoring the founder
Ceil Smith started the Salem County Sports Hall of Fame and now she is one of its inductees
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
CARNEYS POINT – Ceil Smith knew there were a lot of sports luminaries in the county who deserved recognition for their achievements when she started the Salem County Sports Hall of Fame and over the past 25 years she has helped induct a lot of them. Never once in all that time did she imagine she would be one of them.
So you can probably guess her reaction when the letter arrived announcing her as one of the inductees in the Hall’s Class of 2025.
“I was really surprised; it was such a nice gesture,” she said. “Everybody in my family – grandchildren, everyone — were very active in sports and very good. So when I broke the news that I’m the one going into the Sports Hall of Fame it was very funny.”
And all would agree well deserved. Smith was enshrined Thursday night along with Faleesha Dowe, Linda DuBois, Joe Frassenei, Aisha Morgan and Dennis Thomas during ceremonies in Salem Community College’s Davidow Hall. The Hall also recognized Donald Ayars as its Community Service honoree, Salem CC’s two-time softball Region XIX Player of the Year Ella Hayes and several high school state champions.
Smith might not have played the game like the others going in with her, but it was her unwavering commitment to the project that shaped the Hall into what it is today.
It was at the urging of the late Vic Majors, a longtime Salem County business and sportsman from Woodstown, while she was the publisher of Today’s Sunbeam that moved her to action. Every time Majors saw her, she recalled, he’d say she was the only one who could make it happen. Humbly, Smith credits the Hall’s volunteer board for its success.
They are the ones who process and research the candidates for induction and make the final call.
“All I did was keep it going and keep the meetings moving,” Smith said. “When athletes get together they can talk about the good old times forever.
“I never played sports, I never watched sports, but I knew who to pick that would make this work. I reached out to the schools, because I knew a couple (athletic directors) who were fabulous. I put these local community people together with the educators and from then on we chose a great, great group of people. I was so fortunate that all the people that I chose really made it work.”
Smith continued to lead the charge when she became executive director of the Salem CC Foundation in 2015. She stepped away from the Hall last August when she became Deputy Executive Director of the Delaware River & Bay Authority, a position appointed by the Governor.
Nearly 150 Salem County athletes, coaches, administrators and community leaders have been enshrined in the Hall under her leadership.
She called her experience working with the Hall “wonderful” and said every induction ceremony “blew me away.”
Through the early support of then-Salem CC president Dr. Peter Contini, the Hall established its home in the college’s Davidow Hall. The pictures of the inductees line the walls inside the DuPont Fieldhouse.
At one time Hall officials “looked into” finding a more stand-alone home, but Smith said it’s right where it belongs.
“It’s so wonderful at the college because they’re a hub to the community; they are really community,” she said. “It’s just wonderful that now President (Mike) Gorman has followed through and is keeping it going. It’s a wonderful thing – and it is at the right place.”
2025 SALEM COUNTY SPORTS HALL OF FAME
INDUCTEES & HONOREES
FALEESHA DOWE
In track and field, where every fraction of a second counts, Faleesha Lachelle Dowe emerges as a beacon of determination and talent. At Penns Grove High School, she quickly established herself as a standout athlete, dominating local and regional track meets. Her dedication to training, coupled with natural ability, propelled her to new heights of success.
It wasn’t long before college recruiters came knocking, eager to enlist Dowe onto their track and field teams. After careful consideration, she chose Delaware State University, where she continued to excel both academically and athletically. Under the guidance of top-tier coaches, she honed her skills and earned recognition as one of the most promising talents in collegiate athletics.
Throughout her career, Faleesha faced numerous challenges, from injuries to fierce competition. However, each setback only fueled her determination to succeed. The pinnacle of her high school career came during 2011 Group I Sectionals, where she took first place in the 55-meter dash as well as the 400. She then led the 4×400 relay team to the Group I state title. She delivered a series of stellar performances throughout her high school years, earning medals and accolades that solidified her status as a track and field legend.
In the track and field history at Penns Grove, Faleesha stands as a shining example of what can be achieved through perseverance, dedication, and a love for the sport. As she continues to write new chapters, one thing remains certain: her legacy will endure at Penns Grove High School, a testament to the power of the human spirit to transcend boundaries and reach new heights.
LINDA DuBOIS
Linda DuBois graduated from Bridgeton High School, where she participated in basketball and tennis, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in health and physical education (K-12) from Trenton State College (now The College of New Jersey).
As the head swim coach at Arthur P. Schalick High School from 1989 until 2008, Linda guided the team to national rankings for eight straight years and an undefeated season in 2000, when she achieved 100 career wins.
Subsequently, she devoted 13 years as a volunteer assistant swim coach for Schalick, while spending two years as head diving coach for both Schalick and Cumberland Regional High School.
In 2022, Linda returned as Schalick’s head swim coach. In 2024, the team advanced to round two of NJSIAA state playoffs. Linda’s lifetime coaching wins are pushing 200, a challenging achievement since there are normally only 10 meets per season.
She has worked as NJSIAA state swim team championship site director for 35 years and NJSIAA state individual swim championship site director for 15 years. Linda has been a NJSIAA certified high school swim official for 10 years and served as secretary of the South Jersey Officials Chapter.
She has earned “Coach of the Year” honors from the National Interscholastic Federation of Coaching Association and South Jersey Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association, and received the NJSIAA Sports Award in Swimming, and South Jersey Coaches Recognition at the Tri-County Classic Division Swim Championship.
Linda played a role in starting girls’ soccer at Schalick, serving as the team’s first head coach for four seasons. She then devoted four years as head coach of girls’ cross country at Schalick, with the team achieving a South Jersey title.
JOE FRASSENEI
In 1986, Joe Frassenei began his high school coaching career in New Jersey. Formerly a varsity wrestler at Drexel and West Chester universities, he coached for five years at Haddonfield and Clayton before coming to Salem County in 1991. This decision was best for his family, and teaching and coaching careers. Joe has coached for the last 44 years, accumulating 509 wins. Of those, 460 have come in Salem County at Woodstown, Penns Grove and Schalick.
As a head wrestling coach, Frassenei’s teams have enjoyed 22 winning seasons, 310 dual meet victories and four league titles with 76 regional qualifiers, three state qualifiers and one state place-winner.
Joe’s 21 years as a head track coach were highlighted by 20 winning seasons, 100 dual meet victories, one Salem County Championship, four Tri-County Divisional titles, 48 individual county champs, seven individual South Jersey champions, four individual state place-winners and two Meet of Champions medalists.
His coaching career in cross country was highlighted by 15 winning seasons, 99 dual-meet victories, four Tri-County Divisional titles, four Salem County championships, six individual Salem County champs, three South Jersey Group champs, 43 state qualifiers and two state place-winners.
Coach Fraz still has a passion for coaching. He serves as an assistant football and track coach at Schalick and will enter his fifth year as the Cougars’ head wrestling coach. Last season, his wrestling team finished with a 27-2 record and advanced to the South Jersey Group I final. At last year’s District 30 Championships, he was named District Coach of the Year.
AISHA MORGAN
Aisha Morgan was a multi-sport athlete (field hockey, tennis, indoor track, basketball and outdoor track) at Schalick. She continues to hold the school record in the 100, is tied for the Salem County championship meet record in the 100 and has the fastest 100 time of any Salem County athlete.
She attended the University of Houston where she was coached by Mike Takaha and Leroy Burrell. She was the conference champion in the 100 and advanced to the NCAA track meet in the 100 and 4×100. She had the distinction of qualifying for the USA Track and Field Championship meet where she competed alongside several Olympians.
After graduating from college, Morgan started her teaching career, working with individuals with special needs. She earned her master’s degree in applied behavior analysis from Rowan University and works closely with teachers and students in the special education field.
In 2014, Aisha started her high school coaching career in Houston. Her athletes and teams were district champions, regional qualifiers and state qualifiers.
CEIL SMITH
In 2000, Ceil Smith started the Salem County Sports Hall of Fame while serving as the publisher of Today’s Sunbeam. She continued the annual recognition ceremony when she became the executive director of the SCC Foundation in 2015.
During her 25 years as the Hall of Fame chair, Ceil worked closely with a volunteer board comprised of high school athletic directors and community members steeped in Salem County sports history.
As a testament to her unwavering leadership, nearly 150 athletes, coaches, athletic directors and other sports dignitaries have been inducted. In the early days of the Sports Hall of Fame, Ceil worked with then-Salem Community College President Dr. Peter B. Contini to establish the Sports Hall of Fame in the college’s Davidow Hall, where it still resides today. In addition, the Sports Hall of Fame has recognized many other individuals for their community service in fostering growth in Salem County sports.
In August 2024, Ceil stepped away from the Sports Hall of Fame when she became the Deputy Executive Director of the Delaware River & Bay Authority. In this capacity, she focuses on Authority-related economic development initiatives, airport operations and marketing. Previously, Ceil served as a DRBA Commissioner, representing Salem County for more than 18 years.
Before being appointed to direct the SCC Foundation, Ceil served on the SCC Foundation board. During this time, she and Dr. Contini founded the SCC Gala, which has now raised more than $1 million for scholarships in 25 years.
Very active in civic and community activities, Ceil serves as a member of the Salem City Council and on the SCC Foundation Board of Directors. She also served on the Board of Directors of the Memorial Hospital of Salem County, Salem County Chamber of Commerce, Salem County Vocational-Technical School Educational Foundation, Meals on Wheels and Salem Main Street, and as a member of the Salem City Rotary Club and Salem County United Way.
DENNIS THOMAS
Dennis Thomas is a seasoned football coach and educator whose journey spans from elite athletic performance to shaping future generations both on and off the field.
As a standout athlete at Salem High School, Dennis was named a Blue-Chip All-Region player as a junior and a Big Chip All-American as a senior. He also earned All-State honors in track and field for the 100-meter dash and long jump. His athleticism and work ethic earned him a full scholarship to Rutgers University. He was named Special Teams Player of the Year as a sophomore and Team MVP as a junior.
After college, Thomas earned a spot with the Kansas City Chiefs, but his playing career was cut short by injury. He pivoted to education, earning two master’s degrees – one in mathematics from Purdue University and another in special education from Rowan University.
In 2011, he took over a struggling Salem High School football program and led the team from a winless season to the state semifinals in just one year, followed by a state championship appearance the next. His success continued at Millville, where he guided the Bolts to three state titles in seven years.
Dennis transitioned to the college level, returning briefly to his alma mater before joining Syracuse University, where he currently serves as tight ends coach.
During his 12 years in high school coaching and now three years at the collegiate level, Dennis has helped send more than 100 athletes to college and several to the NFL. His impact as a coach, mentor and educator continues to shape the lives of young athletes nationwide.
COMMUNITY SERVICE HONOREE
DONALD R. AYARS SR.
Donald Ayars graduated from Woodstown High School, Class of 1975. While there, he played quarterback and ran track (3200), with his team taking many championships in both Salem County and Tri-County meets.
Don holds an associate degree in criminal justice from Brandywine College (now part of Widener University) and a bachelor’s from Glassboro State College (now Rowan University). During his 26 years as a patrolman in Woodstown, he received multiple commendations, introduced safety programs to schools and became very involved with the youth sports programs.
Coaching led him to holding several positions in both Little League and soccer as well as the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Recreation Association. When his children aged-out of youth sports, he stayed involved for another 25 years as an umpire for softball and baseball in the surrounding communities.
After retiring from the Woodstown Police Department, Don taught in the Salem County Vocational-Technical School’s law enforcement program and joined the Salem County Prosecutor’s Office as evidence coordinator. During his 16-year tenure with the Prosecutor’s Office, he also volunteered as a firearms and safety instructor for 12 summers with the Leaders Camp, a program offered to Salem County youth, held at Camp Edge.
Don has served as a hunting guide with Game Creek Hunting Farms for 35 years. His favorite pastimes are fishing and hunting, and enjoying his four grandchildren.
SCC ATHLETE RECOGNITION
ELLA HAYES, SOFTBALL
In 2024, freshman shortstop Ella Hayes became Salem Community College’s first softball All-American. She also was named National Junior College Athletic Association Region 19 Division II Softball Player of the Year, leading the Mighty Oaks to the post-season that included an opening-round upset of top-seeded Mercer County CC in the region tournament.
In 2025, following another standout season, the sophomore from Kansas City, Mo., repeated as the region’s Player of the Year. She led the region in batting for the second year in a row (.577) – fifth nationally – as well as hits (79) and stolen bases (23 of 24). She was second in the region in extra-base hits (33) and fourth in runs batted in (54).
Over her two seasons with the Mighty Oaks, Ella played in 83 games, collecting 154 hits, scoring 117 runs and knocking in 115. Her two-year batting average was an astounding .586 with an on-base percentage of .644 and a slugging percentage of .973. She also stole 34 bases.
She also was named Garden State Athletic Conference Player of the Year in 2024 and 2025.
In May, Ella graduated with honors with an associate degree in health science. She earned Dean’s List all four semesters. She will continue her softball career at Stony Brook University.
Honoree profiles by Bill Clark, Salem CC
Salem County Sports HOF
Here are the 2025 Salem County Sports Hall of Fame inductees. Ceremonies take place Aug. 28 in Salem Community College’s Davidow Hall and are free and open to the public.
Linda DuBois, coach, A.P. Schalick High School
Joseph Frassenei, coach, Woodstown High School and A.P. Schalick High School
Faleesha Dowe, track, Penns Grove High School (2011-2014), Delaware State University
Aisha Morgan, track, A.P. Schalick High School (1997-1999), University of Houston
Ceil Smith, founder, Salem County Sports Hall of Fame
Dennis Thomas, football, Salem High School (1993-1996), Rutgers University. Currently, Syracuse football director of high school relations/quality control
Community Service Award
Donald Ayars Sr.
Honoring State Champions
1987 Salem track team: James Washington, captain, Coach Lee Bacon
2024-25 High School State Champions
Arthur P. Schalick Spring Track 1600 Meters Group I: Jordan Hadfield
Pennsville Spring Track Pole Vault Group I: Megan Morris
Salem Spring Track Long Jump Group I: Anthony Parker
Woodstown Track 4×800 Relay Winter & Spring State Champions (Cole Lucas, Karson Chew, Jacob Marino, Joshua Crawford)
Spring Track 4×800 State Champion: Joshua Crawford
Salem CC Athlete Recognition
Ella Hayes – 2024 All-American, Softball; two-time Region XIX Player of the Year.
The last leg
As the relay’s lone senior, Woodstown’s Lucas runs last race with his 4×800 buddies at the New Balance Nationals
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN – When Cole Lucas was looking for a sport to play in high school Reggie Teemer encouraged him to try track. It will change your life, the coach told the incoming freshman. It turned out to work both ways.
On the eve of the final race weekend of his high school career Lucas admitted the choice to run track in the spring did change his life. But his impact on the Woodstown track program, especially its decorated 4×800 relay team, has been equally profound.
Since getting put together prior to last year’s South Jersey sectionals specifically to challenge to one team, the quartet of Lucas, Karson Chew, Jacob Marino and Josh Crawford has won state championships and set records many times over with Lucas serving as the reliable setup man to Crawford’s clinching anchor.
But the end of their partnership is near. The last time the Fast Four runs together is Friday night in the New Balance Nationals in Philly’s Franklin Field. Three members of the group will return next year, but Lucas, as the lone senior, will be moving on to the next level.
“I’m going to be very emotional after I finish, but I’m still going to give it my all while I’m running it,” he said. “I don’t think it’s going to hit me until after that it’s going to be my last high school race with them.
“I’m definitely going to miss those three. We’re like brothers now. It’s crazy how close we’ve become in these couple of years. I’m going to miss them so much. It hasn’t hit me too much yet, but it will eventually. The memories I’ve made are going to be unforgettable. Teemer said it would change my life and it did.”
Woodstown’s 4×8 is among 11 Salem County athletes competing in six events at the national high school outdoor championships.
Salem’s Anthony Parker is in the boys long jump and Raniyah Parsons-Smith is in the freshman girls 100. Schalick’s boys 4×100 relay (Michael Eberl, Zaeshawn Mills, Reggie Allen, David Stewart), who’ve run the second fastest time in Group I history, is in the field and Navaeh Robinson is entered in the freshman girls javelin. And in addition to the 4×8, Crawford and Lucas will run in the deep individual 800.
There are 99 teams in the 4×8 that will be scored on time, meaning the Wolverines have one shot to shine. Their hope is to run 7:50 – or better. The meet record is 7:36.26.
One thing about this group, when they want something they go after it. They needed to meet the New Balance qualifying standard in the Meet of Champions – their final NJSIAA meet together – and did it in record time (7:54.84).
“I don’t think I’ll ever find another group of guys on the track team at the next level as close are we are,” said Lucas, who’s heading to Marist next year to run indoor and outdoor track.
The feeling is mutual.
“Everybody has their own job, everybody’s making sure our team is dominating and doing well, but Cole really has one of the most important jobs,” Chew said. “If me and Jacob don’t execute the way we want to, he’s there to (bring it back). He’s basically our Mr. Reliable. He’s the most reliable guy on the team and he makes sure we get back that spot that we need for Josh to finish with.”
Amazingly, the unit has only been together for two years. They were put together right before last year’s sectional championship to give Woodbury a run of its money, but it turned into so much more.
“We just wanted to beat Woodbury, we didn’t necessarily care about beating anybody else,” Lucas said. “When we got together that was our main goal, trying to beat Woodbury, and it turned out we beat the whole state.”
Multiple times.
But now it’s coming to an end. The whole group wants to run well for their legacy, but the underclassmen want to go, go, go to give their senior a memorable send off.
“Our plan is to go in there and dominate as much as we possibly can,” Chew said. “It’s the last race of our season and for us three it’s the last race of our career with Cole. We have to make this worth it. We’re going to run our … hearts out and do everything we can to give him a real big send off for the end of his high school career.”
Here are the Salem County athletes competing in the New Balance Outdoor National High School Championships at Franklin Field and the time their events are scheduled
NEW BALANCE NATIONALS
(SALEM COUNTY ENTRIES)
Josh Crawford, Woodstown, boys 800 – Sunday, 1:27 p.m.
Cole Lucas, Woodstown, boys 800 – Sunday, 1:27 p.m.
Anthony Parker, Salem, boys long jump – Sunday, 10 a.m.
Raniyah Parsons-Smith, Salem, freshman girls 100 – Thursday, 12:52 p.m. (prelims), 2:52 p.m. (finals)
Navaeh Robinson, Schalick, freshman girls javelin – Saturday, 10 a.m.
Woodstown 4×800 (Karson Chew, Jacob Marino, Cole Lucas, Josh Crawford) – Friday, 7:42 p.m.
Schalick 4×100 (Michael Eberl, Zaeshawn Mills, Reggie Allen, David Stewart) – Saturday, 1:57 p.m. (prelims), Sunday, 11:57 a.m. (finals)
ALL-SOUTH JERSEY
(Selected by SJTCA)
Track Coaches All-South Jersey Boys
800 – Josh Crawford, Woodstown
LJ – Anthony Parker, Salem
Multi-Event – David Stewart, Schalick
4×800 – Woodstown
Beating the clock
Wednesday roundup: Woodstown’s 4×800 relay qualifies for nationals at Meet of Champions; Pennsville announces Hall of Fame Class, names Athletes of the Year
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PENNSAUKEN – The Woodstown 4×800 relay team had one job in Wednesday’s NJSIAA Meet of Champions and they got it done.
Winning the race would have been a nice get, but the Wolverines were focused on posting a time that would get them in the New Balance Nationals at Franklin Field later this month.
They got it done, even with their anchor a little under the weather. The Group I champion quartet of Karson Chew, Jacob Marino, Cole Lucas and Josh Crawford finished fifth in the MOC, but their 7:54.84 set a new Group I record and got them into the nationals.
“One thing those guys won’t do is shy away from competition,” Wolverines coach Reggie Teemer said. “They feed off it.”
Salem County had athletes in 12 events at the all-group meet. Salem’s Anthony Parker had the best individual finish, placing fourth in the boys long jump with a best of 23-5. Crawford also finished seventh in the 800, Schalick’s David Stewart was eighth in the 400 hurdles and Cougars’ 4×100 relay team (Reggie Allen Jr., Michael Eberl, Zaeshawn Mills, David Stewart) finished sixth.
Woodstown’s 4×800 time was more than four seconds better than their winning time in last weekend’s Group I championship meet. They were just shy of a provisional qualifying time for the nationals, but wanted to run a race in their last chance to get in that would leave no doubt.
Chew led them out in 1:59.50. Marino kept them on pace with a 2:02.4. Lucas set them up with a 1:58.45. And Crawford, running with a “minor” cough and fever that “slightly impacted my running,” brought it home with two laps in the 50s and a 1:54.46. Christian Brothers Academy won the race with a collective 7:48.55.
“We came very mentally prepared to break our previous record in the 4×8 and qualify for the New Balance Nationals and I wasn’t going to let a sickness get in the way of that opportunity for my teammates,” Crawford said. “ I was proud of all my teammates for running this race as if it was our last and thankfully earning another opportunity because of the combined culmination of our efforts to give our senior, Cole, a sendoff for the record books.”
It was a busy day for the junior. He ran in three events. He ran 1:53.83 to get on the podium in the individual 800 and ran a leg on the 4×400 relay.
Here are the Salem County results from the Meet of Champions:
MEET OF CHAMPIONS
At Pennsauken HS
GIRLS
1600: 12. Jordan Hadfield, Schalick, 5:05.56
3200: 21. Jordan Hadfield, Schalick 10:58.85
Shot Put: T-20. Tatiyonna Crawford, Pennsville 34-6
Pole Vault: T-10. Megan Morris, Pennsville 10-6
BOYS
4×800: 5. Woodstown (Karson Chew, Jacob Marino, Cole Lucas, Josh Crawford) 7:54.84
400 Hurdles: 8. David Stewart, Schalick 54.53
4×100: 6. Schalick (Reggie Allen Jr., Michael Eberl, Zaeshawn Mills, David Stewart) 42.08
800: 7. Josh Crawford, Woodstown 1:53.83; 20. Cole Lucas, Woodstown 1:58.23
4×400: 21. Woodstown (Karson Chew, Kyle Reitz, Anthony Costello, Josh Crawford) 3:25.85
Javelin: 14. Connor Ayars, Pennsville 165-0
Long Jump: 4. Anthony Parker, Salem 23-5
Triple Jump: 26. Bryan Garlic, Penns Grove 41-4
Pennsville tabs Hall class
PENNSVILLE – Five decorated athletes spanning five sports and four decades, three successful head coaches and two state champion teams will comprise the 2025 class that will be inducted into the Pennsville Memorial High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
The class was announced at the school’s annual awards assembly Wednesday night. It will be formally inducted in ceremonies at the school Oct. 7.
The class includes athletes Tom Ridgway (Class of 1978), HJ Lopes (’79), Lisa Doran (’86), Dannielle Dolbow-Darby (’95) and Ashley Minch (’08); coaches Ryan Wood (football/baseball), Jack Hathaway (soccer) and Dan LaMont (tennis/wrestling); and the 2005 state champion girls tennis and baseball teams.
“The Hall of Fame Committee did a wonderful job spanning several decades in putting together this year’s class,” Eagles athletics director Jamy Thomas said. “We have a wide variety of sports recognized with our inductees from field hockey, baseball, softball, soccer and tennis. The athletes in this group may have had one sport in which they truly shined, but each of them were great all-around athletes.
“In regards to the coaches being honored this year I have had the opportunity to be taught by Coach Hathaway as a PMHS student and work alongside Coach Wood and Coach LaMont. They are a group of great coaches and even more importantly are great people who are wonderful role models for our student-athletes.”
At the same assembly, potential future Hall of Famers Megan Morris and Connor Ayars were recognized as the school’s PEPPA Scholar-Athletes of the Year. Morris is a multiple state champion pole vaulter and tennis player, while Ayars is football/track standout. Both competed at the Meet of Champions prior to attending the ceremonies.
TCC All-Stars
Here are the Tri-County Conference all-star teams for the Classic and Diamond divisions as selected by the coaches
Baseball
| POS | CLASSIC FIRST TEAM | CLASSIC SECOND TEAM |
| P | Luke Wood, Pennsville | Brian Cuniff, Wildwood |
| P | Aiden Stranahan, Pitman | Mark Manera, Clayton |
| C | Jake Sharrow, Pitman | Connor Starn, Pennsville |
| IF | Hudson Rue, Pitman | Logan Streitz, Pennsville |
| IF | Nick Watson, Pitman | Peyton O’Brien, Pennsville |
| IF | Cohen Petrutz, Pennsville | Chase Davis, Salem |
| IF | Trevor Troiano, Wildwood | Justin Delaney, Clayton |
| OF | Jackson Austin, Pitman | Dane Collum, Pitman |
| OF | Chase Burchfield, Pennsville | Mason O’Brien, Pennsville |
| OF | Jeff Wagner, Pennsville | Jameson Emerle, Clayton |
| POS | DIAMOND FIRST TEAM | DIAMOND SECOND TEAM |
| P | Tyler Wood, Overbrook | Aaron Foote, Woodstown |
| P | Lucas D’Agostino, Schalick | Jack Holladay, Woodstown |
| C | Gavin Dillard, Glassboro | Ricky Watt, Schalick |
| IF | Lou Hanna, Overbrook | Evan Glassy, Schalick |
| IF | Cooper Hines, Overbrook | Jude Dempster, Glassboro |
| IF | Jamari Whitley, Schalick | Joey Tongue, Glassboro |
| IF | Elijah Crespo, Penns Grove | Brennan Crosse, Glassboro |
| OF | Rocco String, Woodstown | Mike Romano, Overbrook |
| OF | Charlie Snyder, Overbrook | Caden Lawless, Overbrook |
| OF | Luke Pokrovsky, Schalick | Evan Sepers, Schalick |
Softball
| POS | CLASSIC FIRST TEAM | CLASSIC SECOND TEAM |
| P | Jessica Bretz, Pitman | Madelyn McGinn, Gloucester Cath. |
| P | Savannah Brewer-Palverento, Pennsville | Emma Contreras, Wildwood |
| C | Kylie Harris, Pennsville | Alexus Paden, Clayton |
| IF | Makenzie Widener, Pennsville | Ayanna Davis, Clayton |
| IF | Maya Hutchinson, Gloucester Cath. | Avery Watson, Pennsville |
| IF | Rosalina Pereira, Clayton | Maura Quinn, Pitman |
| IF | Graillyn Weber, Pennsville | Julia Ennis, Wildwood |
| OF | Lily Edwards, Pennsville | Sawyer Simmons, Pennsville |
| OF | Julianna Aguilar, Clayton | Madison Peek, Pitman |
| OF | Kaitlyn Capalbo, Gloucester Cath. | Samantha Scutt, Pitman |
| POS | DIAMOND FIRST TEAM | DIAMOND SECOND TEAM |
| P | Addi Shimp, Schalick | Taylor Adcock, Glassboro |
| P | Leah Clark, Woodstown | Layla Perez, Overbrook |
| C | Scarlett Saicic, Glassboro | Lila Bowling, Woodstown |
| OF | Sienna Kudless, Glassboro | Marissa Rode, Glassboro |
| OF | Gianna Simon, Overbrook | Cecelia Mitchell, Overbrook |
| OF | Ellie Wygand, Woodstown | Shyann Higinbotham, Woodstown |
| IF | Olivia VanAcker, Schalick | Ava Landolt, Overbrook |
| IF | Cloe Elliott, Schalick | Danica Maggi, Overbrook |
| IF | Aubrie Rennie, Woodstown | Emma Schoch, Glassboro |
| IF | Alaina Dufresne, Overbrook | Marissa Pasquarello, Glassboro |
Tennis
| POS | CLASSIC FIRST TEAM | CLASSIC SECOND TEAM |
| S | Gabe Schneider, Pennsville | Maddox Efelis, Pennsville |
| S | George Gould, Schalick | Brody Wiggins, Pennsville |
| S | Chase Fronczkiewicz, Clayton | Rocky Monticolo, Schalick |
| D | Kaden Barnes, Schalick | Carter Willis, Pennsville |
| D | Cayden Brzozowski, Schalick | Ian Peacock, Pennsville |
| D | Lucas Cooksey, Pennsville | David Santana, Schalick |
| D | Sawyer Humpreys, Pennsville | Anthony McGrath, Schalick |
| POS | DIAMOND FIRST TEAM | DIAMOND FIRST TEAM |
| S | Zeph Kell, Delsea | Mohammad Sheyam, Highland |
| S | Lucius Davis, Deptford | Bradyn Gee, Deptford |
| S | Drew Stengel, Woodstown | Eli Croce, Delsea |
| D | Luke Shaw, Woodstown | Alan Marcos, Overbrook |
| D | Mason Shimp, Woodstown | Gabe Martinez, Overbrook |
| D | Jacob Bramble, Delsea | Ben Stengel, Woodstown |
| D | Jude Thompson, Delsea | Nicholas DiTeodoro, Woodstown |
Boys Golf
| CLASSIC FIRST TEAM | CLASSIC SECOND TEAM |
| Mikey Joyce, Gloucester Cath. | A.J. Beach, Gloucester Cath. |
| Joey Zubert, Pitman | Robbie Ricardi, Gloucester Cath. |
| Owen Boulton, Pitman | Luke Driscoll, Pitman |
| Jake Bowen-Ashwin, Pitman | Jackson Venuto, Clayton |
| Max Pappalardo, Pitman | Burke Fotzsimmons, Wildwood |
| Gavin Burns, Wildwood | Chase Ayars, Salem Tech |
| DIAMOND FIRST TEAM | DIAMOND SECOND TEAM |
| Jaxon Weber, Schalick | Riley Bowman, Pennsville |
| Seth Fisher, Schalick | Trevor Hann, Pennsville |
| Erich Lipovsky, Woodstown | Jeffrey Boyd, Overbrook |
| Anthony Sepers, Schalick | Chase Pepper, Cumberland |
| Grant Prater, Woodstown | Michael Nelson, Schalick |
| Joey Olbrich, Woodstown | Jack Bucksar, Woodstown |
Boys Track
| EVT | CLASSIC FIRST TEAM | CLASSIC SECOND TEAM |
| 100 | Jason Stewart, Clayton | Josiel Figueroa Marrero, Clayton |
| 200 | Willie Weathers, Clayton | Jamel Lemon-Ward, Gloucester Cath. |
| 400 | Alexander Osayemi, Clayton | Xavier McGriff, Salem |
| 800 | Wyatt Evans, Clayton | Liam Edelman, Pitman |
| 1600 | Jake Bowen-Ashwin, Pitman | Samuel Cooke, Salem |
| 3200 | Rhys Blackman, Pitman | Maximus Weng, Pitman |
| 100H | Anthony Parker, Salem | Timothy Gregory, Salem |
| 400H | Jerry Seals, Salem | Lucas Razze, Pitman |
| HJ | Dayvon Williams, Wildwood | Giani Jackson, Wildwood |
| LJ | Omarion Pierce, Salem | Justice Santiago, Wildwood |
| TJ | Donovan Weathers, Salem | Mission Barnes, Salem |
| PV | Gradin Buzby, Salem | Duncan Freeman, Clayton |
| SP | Pedro Ibarra, Clayton | Torryn Ransome, Salem |
| DIS | Nate Newcomb, Pitman | Giovani Talavera Rosas, Salem |
| JAV | Wyatt Irvine, Salem | Jovani Rios, Salem |
| 4×400 | Clayton | Salem |
| EVT | DIAMOND FIRST TEAM | DIAMOND SECOND TEAM |
| 100 | Xavier Sabb, Glassboro | Colin McGlinn, Pennsville |
| 200 | Zaeshawn Mills, Schalick | Axcel Bailey, Overbrook |
| 400 | John Froehlich, Overbrook | Kyle Reitz, Woodstown |
| 800 | Josh Crawford, Woodstown | Steve Chomo, Schalick |
| 1600 | Ty Blackman, Glassboro | Cole Lucas, Woodstown |
| 3200 | Joey Saicic, Glassboro | Jacob Marino, Woodstown |
| 100H | Dayshaun Day, Glassboro | Knowledge Young, Penns Grove |
| 400H | Mekhi Parker, Glassboro | Bryan Garlic, Penns Grove |
| HJ | Amari Sabb, Glassboro | Reggie Allen, Schalick |
| LJ | Alex Adeleye, Glassboro | Jaiden Mitchell, Overbrook |
| TJ | David Stewart, Schalick | Moses Robles, Glassboro |
| PV | Daniel Adams, Glassboro | Salvatore Longo, Schalick |
| SP | Kyle Williams, Glassboro | Sheldon Goldsborogh, Schalick |
| DIS | Ethan McLean, Schalick | Aiden Tulane, Woodstown |
| JAV | Connor Ayars, Pennsville | Nyzier Wonder, Schalick |
| 4×400 | Woodstown | Penns Grove |
Girls Track
| EVT | CLASSIC FIRST TEAM | CLASSIC SECOND TEAM |
| 100 | Miyana Johnson, Clayton | Jaiyoni Yates, Clayton |
| 200 | Raniyah Parsons-Smith, Salem | Gabrielle Pernell-Lipsey, Clayton |
| 400 | Leila Ortiz, Clayton | Molly Wiśniewski, Pitman |
| 800 | Amanda Bradley, Pitman | Antonia Yucis, Gloucester Cath. |
| 1600 | Macie McCracken, Wildwood | Samantha Dale, Salem |
| 3200 | Lauren Streck, Pitman | Mackenzie Whilden, Pitman |
| 100H | Anna Gallo, Clayton | Tahirah Davenport-White, Salem |
| 400H | Audrey Boggs, Salem | Carly Razze, Pitman |
| HJ | Unique Nance, Salem | Zyonnah Forman, Salem |
| LJ | MaKayla Smith, Salem | Lily Atkinson, Wildwood |
| TJ | Alaina Williams, Pitman | Hanna Keefe, Pitman |
| PV | Kashira Patterson, Salem | Tatiana Miller, Salem |
| SP | Ava Rodgers, Salem | MarJziah Bundy, Salem |
| DIS | Destinee Williams, Clayton | Jocelyn O’Brien, Pitman |
| JAV | Rainelle Blocker, Clayton | Megan Wehlen, Pitman |
| 4×400 | Clayton | Salem |
| EVT | DIAMOND FIRST TEAM | DIAMOND SECOND TEAM |
| 100 | Tamia Smith, Glassboro | Kezia Brackett, Glassboro |
| 200 | Gia Martellacci, Schalick | Missouri Pratt, Overbrook |
| 400 | Rylee Clark, Overbrook | Samantha Sterner, Woodstown |
| 800 | Lillian Norman, Woodstown | Kelis Coston, Glassboro |
| 1600 | Jordan Hadfield, Schalick | Helen Lillia, Schalick |
| 3200 | Abby Marino, Woodstown | Anabel Schaal, Woodstown |
| 100H | Lia Covely, Woodstown | Gabriella Simonini, Schalick |
| 400H | London Banks, Overbrook | Sarah Seiden, Woodstown |
| HJ | Ashley Armstrong, Glassboro | Kami Casiano, Woodstown |
| LJ | Phoebe Alward, Schalick | Emma Perry, Woodstown |
| TJ | Jaelynn Jarmon, Schalick | Onye Peoples, Overbrook |
| PV | Megan Morris, Pennsville | Elizabeth Mann, Glassboro |
| SP | Heaven Franklin, Glassboro | Zoey Ceasar, Penns Grove |
| DIS | Sunny Moore, Glassboro | Virginia Tarasevich, Glassboro |
| JAV | Allyson Green, Schalick | Nevaeh Robinson, Schalick |
| 4×400 | Schalick | Overbrook |
Girls Lacrosse
| POS | SJILL AMERICAN FIRST TEAM | SJILL AMERICAN SECOND TEAM |
| G | Shelby Foote, Woodstown | Mackenzie Keleher, Haddonfield |
| M | Riley Austin, Haddonfield | Callie Warner, Clearview |
| M | Delaney Walker, Woodstown | Haley Brown, Kingsway |
| M | Maddie Eastlack, W. Deptford | Riley Walsh, W. Deptford |
| M | Brooke Schultz, Haddonfield | Jaime Deal, Woodstown |
| D | Mia Borodin, Clearview | Marley Nate, Clearview |
| D | Fiona Keenan, Haddonfield | Emily Coyle, Clearview |
| D | Sienna Struzynski, W. Deptford | Elizabeth Daly, Woodstown |
| O | Grace Farrell, Haddonfield | Sofia Conrey, Haddonfield (D) |
| O | Lauren Hamblin, Haddonfield | Reese Remaly, Clearview |
| O | Phoebe O’Rourke, Kingsway | Riley MacHenry, Clearview |
| O | Rhea Remaly, Clearview | CeCe Batson, Haddonfield |
| O | Emma Morgan, Woodstown | Marlina Kadar, Haddonfield |
Boys Lacrosse
| POS | SJILL AMERICAN FIRST TEAM | SJILL AMERICAN SECOND TEAM |
| A | Keegan Borkowski, Kingsway | R.J. Sciarrotta, Clearview |
| A | Owen Dougherty, Kingsway | Jake Borkowski, Washington Twp. |
| A | Myles Malone, Washington Twp. | Aidan Batterman, Williamstown |
| A | Robert Donahue, Woodstown | Michael Kugler, Clearview |
| D | J.D. Seidel, Clearview | Dane Jespersen, Kingsway |
| D | Cole DeNick, Kingsway | Ethan Wechter, Washington Twp. |
| D | Dominic Hibbs, Kingsway | Cole Aquino, Washington Twp. |
| D | Joseph Kopaczewski, Williamstown | Walter Carter, Woodstown |
| G | John Mentee, Kingsway | Joseph Hatefi, Williamstown (FOGO) |
| LSM | Ryan Glenn Kingsway | Jake Devereaux, Washington Twp. (G) |
| M | T.J. Mills, Clearview | Garrett Leyman, Woodstown (M/L/D) |
| M | Patrick Civitarese, Kingsway | Mason Bryan, Kingsway |
| M | Robbie Finnegan, Washington Twp. | Nicholas Maccariella, Williamstown |
| M/F | Thomas Dipietro, Kingsway | Parker Reese, Washington Twp. |
One last ride
Schalick senior Jordan Hadfield closes a decorated high school track career at the Meet of Champions looking to reach another goal
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
Jordan Hadfield had just settled into her seat on the bus, another state championship gold medal and her well-worn but reliable pair of track shoes safely tucked away with her belongings, when the realization of the day finally struck her.
The Schalick senior had just run the last state championship race of her storied high school career – winning the Group I girls 1600 for the second year in a row – and with one more race (maybe two) the time for wearing the Cougars’ green was going to come to an end.
It’ll be an emotional time for one of the most decorated runners in Salem County history and she’ll understandably be sad when it’s over. But while she’s on the track Wednesday she’s determined to make an effort that just might extend her experience a little longer.
“I’m so upset about it, because I’m going to miss it so much,” she said. “My teammates and my coaches, I can’t even think about not having them anymore and starting with a new team. After Wednesday I don’t get to ask them what’s training or what are we doing. It’s just like not them anymore. It’s just, like, crazy.
“After we got on the bus I was like that was my last 4×4, my last states. It just didn’t seem real. I’m sure I’m going to be very upset on Wednesday.”
Jordan will lace up the shoes in an NJSIAA for the final time Wednesday in the Meet of Champions. She’s going in as the 12 seed in the 1600, which should get her in the fast heat, and 20th with a wildcard spot in the 3200, an event that’s still under debate.
There are a lot of titles and a lot of miles in those shoes. They’ve been with her since she first started running as a sophomore. They’ve been taped together more times than she can count – “they’re pretty bad,” she laughed – but she’d never leave home without them.
In fact, she’s probably putting them with her gear when she runs track and cross country at Rhode Island for old time’s sake.
“I’m definitely keeping my spikes,” she said. “I’ve had them since sophomore year. They were the first pair I got and kept them all the way through. I’m pretty sure we have to wear our team-sponsored spikes, but they (the Schalick shoes) might stay in my dorm.”
They’ve certainly been a faithful to her. They’ve taken her to 20 outdoor track wins in Salem County, Tri-County, Sectional and State Championships. Add her indoor and cross country success and her career win total in the majors is through the Grand Slam rises to 30.
“So much of it is the off-season training and everything you put in to build up for those state moments,” she said. “Winning Salem County, winning Tri-County and all that gives you motivation and confidence and the feeling of having to race hard for those meet before it becomes championship season.
“And they’re all titles you want to get and they all build on each other and you get in so much better shape as you get into May. Once you’re there, you just perform.”
The latest win – Saturday’s 1600 state title – looked close on the clock, but she had it well in hand, winning by 2.45 seconds. Although she trailed briefly right before the bell lap, she ended up regaining the lead and continued a side-by-side battle with Wallkill Valley’s Delana Einreinhofer until the Delaware commitment who edged her for second in the 3200 died off with about 100 meters left.
Hadfield threw it into another gear and left the rest of the field to race hard for the second automatic berth in the Meet of Champions, which went to Riley Fayer of Audubon.
“Ella (Anderson of Metuchen) was on me the whole time; I could actually feel her like hitting my spikes,” Hadfield said. “I was pretty nervous, especially when they passed me, because I knew I had to go around them going to the bell lap. There were like five of us and I felt like anybody could have had it. Going into the meet I was the only one who was sub-five (minutes) so I was trying to get that again.
“it meant so much because it was my last opportunity to get another state title. I lost the 32 (Friday) night and won the mile last year so I wanted the back-to-back titles. Going in with first seed I was like I’m seeded to win so I have to now. I felt like there was a big target on my back. I know they were all going for me, so I knew I had to go out and run my race and not get caught running behind people and trying to pass the whole time because that just never works out.”
So it’s once more into the breach Wednesday. Even though it will be the last NJSIAA race of her high school career, don’t think it will be some nostalgic run. She’s hoping the heightened competition in the 1600 will push her to a 4:58 or better to earn a spot in the New Balance Nationals later this month.
Regardless how the last one turns out, there’s no disputing it’s been a heck of a ride, er, run.
The Hadfield File
Jordan Hadfield’s major career wins
SOPHOMORE
Outdoor: Salem County 1600, 3200; Tri-County 1600, South Jersey Group I 3200
JUNIOR
Outdoor: Salem County 800, 1600, 3200, 4×400; Tri-County 800, 3200; State 1600, 3200
Indoor: South Jersey Group I 1600, 3200
Cross country: Salem County, Tri-County, South Jersey Group I, State Group I
SENIOR
Outdoor: Salem County 800, 1600, 3200, 4×400; Tri-County 1600; South Jersey Group I 1600, 3200; State Group I 1600
Indoor: South Jersey Group I 1600, 3200
Cross country: Salem County, Tri-County
MEET OF CHAMPIONS
(Wednesday, Pennsauken HS)
SALEM COUNTY ATHLETES
GIRLS
1600: 12. Jordan Hadfield, Schalick (5:01.16)
3200: 20. Jordan Hadfield, Schalick (10:59.56)
Shot Put: 23. Tatiyonna Crawford, Pennsville (36-9)
Pole Vault: 10. Megan Morris, Pennsville (10-6)
BOYS
4×800: 5. Woodstown (7:59.15)
400 Hurdles: 16. David Stewart, Schalick (55.04)
4×100: 26. Schalick (42.82)
800: 3. Josh Crawford, Woodstown (1:53.44); 16. Cole Lucas, Woodstown (1:55.01)
4×400: 18. Woodstown (3:23.93)
Javelin: 13. Connor Ayars, Pennsville (172-10)
Long Jump: 10. Anthony Parker, Salem (22-5)
Triple Jump: 24. Bryan Garlic, Penns Grove (44-0)
Repeat winners
Day Two of the Group I Championships brings Salem County two more state champions – Schalick’s Jordan Hadfield (1600) and Woodstown’s record-setting 4×800 relay; county produces 5 champions total
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
SOMERSET – From the minute they were put together right before the sectionals last May, it was days like this the Woodstown 4×800 relay team has been training for.
The quartet of Jacob Marino, Karson Chew, Cole Lucas and Josh Crawford has won a lot of races, broke a bunch of records and even won a state championship in the 12 months they’ve been together. But what they did Saturday in the Group I championship meet at Franklin High School took their legacy to a whole ‘nother level.
They won the Group I boys title for the second straight year, but this time set the meet and state Group I record while blowing away the field. Their 7:59.15 broke the old record set by Shore Regional in 2017 by seven-tenths of a second and were waiting for runner-up Hasbrouck Heights at the finish line, winning by more than 13 seconds over teams that pushed them last year.
“It wasn’t just like a win for us, it really showed how far we’ve come,” said anchor Crawford, who won the 800 individual title the day before. “Not that we could just win the state meet like we did last year, but really blow them out of the water. It was just a great day that we’ve been training for for weeks and weeks.”
“We’ve definitely grown and learned from last year to this year,” Chew added. “We’ve definitely made our statement that we wanted to make.”
The Wolverines’ relay team was one of two repeat state champions Salem County produced on Day Two of the meet. Schalick’s Jordan Hadfield defended her girls 1600 title, winning in a time of 5:01.16.
County athletes brought home a total of five state titles over the weekend. The top two finishers in each event qualified for Wednesday’s Meet of Champions at Pennsauken. Several other non-winners, like Lucas (800), Pennsville’s Connor Ayars (javelin) and Penns Grove triple jumper Bryan Garlic, qualified for wild cards.
The Wolverines went into the 4×800 maybe a little sore from Friday’s events but were confident about what they were going after and ran what Chew called a “perfectly smooth” race. All four runners went sub-60 on the first lap of their legs and all were around 1:02 bringing it home. Crawford called it “definitely the best performance” they put out to date.
“We came in knowing we were going to win,” coach Reggie Teemer said. “It was a matter of how dominant we were going to be.”
Like a Ferrari against a Volkswagen. Marino set the tone with a 59.90 out of the gate and completed his leg in a best-ever split 2:01.94. Chew followed with a 2:00.71 to establish the lead and as Teemer said, “it was over from there.”
Lucas, the lone senior in the group, stretched an already big lead with his 1:59.21 and Crawford brought it home in 1:57.27. By the time the baton got to Crawford, the Wolverines were racing against the clock in pursuit of the meet record.
“We came into this thinking we can do this, we can break this state record, we can hit this state championship again,” Chew said. “We came in thinking let’s give it our all and let’s see what happens and we’re very happy with how the result came out.
“Last year going into the state we thought we could win it and everybody did their job and we won it. This year, we were in some individual events and another relay, but this 4×8 is definitely the pinnacle of our team. We like to call our team the ‘Middle Distance University of Salem County’ because all of us are 800 runners, so it’s definitely one of our favorite events. It’s great to see my guys so happy about it and it’s great to get that championship done again.”
As strong as their run to the title was, it did miss one mark. The Wolverines were hoping to run a time fast enough to qualify for the New Balance Nationals later this summer, but came up just short of a 7:58 provisional time. That will be their focus at the Meet of Champions.
Chew and Crawford also ran legs on the Wolverines’ 4×400 relay team that finished second to the Camden team that ran in the Penn Relays, but they still qualified for the MOC. With his win in the 800 Friday, Crawford is qualified for three events in Pennsauken and “most likely” will run all three if the schedule allows.
“He had a great weekend,” Teemer said of Crawford.
NJSIAA GROUP I TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Franklin H.S., Somerset
(Top 2 advance to Meet of Champions, top 6 score meet points)
DAY TWO RESULTS
GIRLS
FINAL TEAM SCORES (Top 15): Clayton 73, Metuchen 56, Woodbury 29, Glassboro 28, Haddon Twp. 27, Hasbrouck Heights 27, Shore 27, Audubon 22, Maple Shade 18, Burlington City 18, Schalick 16, Riverside 16, Pennsville 16; Mountain Lakes 15, Verona 15. Also, Woodstown 3
INDIVIDUAL EVENTS
400: 1. Leila Ortiz, Clayton 57.42
4×800 Relay: 1. Shore 9:42.55; 6. Woodstown (Abby Marino, Samantha Sterner, Sarah Seiden, Lilian Norman) 10:10.28
100 Hurdles: 1. Ciani Floyd, Maple Shade 15.69
200: 1. Leila Ortiz, Clayton 25.57
1600: 1. Jordan Hadfield, Schalick 5:01.16
4×400 Relay: 1. Clayton 4:05.03
Shot Put: 1. Sunny Moore, Glassboro 39-9; 3. Tatiyonna Crawford, Pennsville 36-9
Javelin: 1. Rainelle Blocker, Clayton 110-1
Long Jump: 1. Denirah Jones, Woodbury 17-0; 5. Emma Perry, Woodstown 16-0.5
High Jump: 1. Taylor Peters, Butler 5-2
BOYS
FINAL TEAM SCORES (Top 15): Camden 46, Hasbrouck Heights 45, Glassboro 38.5, Woodstown 38, Manville 34, Clayton 32, Metuchen 24, Dayton 22, Pequannock 19, Schalick 18, Hawthorne 18, Indian Hills 16, Bound Brook 14, Kinnelon 14, Penns Grove 13. Also, Salem 10, Pennsville 4
INDIVIDUAL EVENTS
400: 1. Alexander Osayemi, Clayton 47.81; 4. Josh Crawford, Woodstown 50.05
4×800 Relay: 1. Woodstown (Jacob Marino, Karson Chew, Cole Lucas, Josh Crawford) 7:59.15 (Group I meet record, old record 7:59.88 by Shore Regional, 2017)
110 Hurdles: 1. Williams Cusick, Creskill 14.57
200: 1. Alexander Osayemi, Clayton 22.04; 4. David Stewart, Schalick 22.47; 5. Zaeshawn Mills, Schalick 22.48
1600: 1. Eric Schleif, Metuchen 4:22.02
4×400 Relay: 1. Camden 3:21.43; 2. Woodstown (Karson Chew, Kyle Reitz, Anthony Costello, Josh Crawford) 3:23.43; 3. Penns Grove (Kylee Goodson, Sebastian Hernandez, Bryan Garlic, Knowledge Young) 3:26.52
Discus: 1. Henry Struble, Pequannock 165-4
Triple Jump: 1. Dalsen Jean-Baptiste, Bound Brook 45-8.5; 3. Bryan Garlic, Penns Grove 44-0
Pole Vault: 1. Jacob George, Haddon Twp. 14-6
Down to the wire
Salem’s Parker, Woodstown’s Crawford, Pennsville’s Morris all win state track titles, Parker on last jump of the day, Crawford at the tape, Morris in tiebreaker
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
SOMERSET – Talk about cutting it close.
Salem senior Anthony Parker has known the disappointment of being a No. 1 seed and not being able to get the job done too many times. It looked like it was going to happen to him again in Friday’s Group I state meet at Franklin High School here, but on his last jump of the night, literally the last jump of the event, he reached back and delivered a gold-medal winning effort.
Parker, the No. 1 seed in the Group I boys long jump, won the event with a last-chance leap of 22-feet, 5-inches, passing the two jumpers who left him in danger of not even qualifying for the Meet of Champions on their final jumps.
“It feels great,” Parker said. “All the other times I’ve been seeded first for states throughout my four years and my track career I’ve never won state. This is the first time. It feels great. I’m blessed.”
Actually, all three Salem County Group I state champions Friday took their wins down to the wire. In addition to Parker winning on his final jump, Woodstown’s Josh Crawford held off Metuchen’s Eric Schleif at the wire to win the boys 800 and Pennsville’s Megan Morris won a tiebreaker over New Providence’s Ilana Kornacki to take the girls pole vault for the second year in a row.
Crawford ran a 1:53.44 and beat Schleif by 16-hundreths of a second. Teammate Cole Lucas was third.
Morris and Kornacki both cleared 10-6 and missed at 11-0, but Morris won the gold when Kornacki missed her first jump way back at 9-0.
Parker, who is still undecided on where he’ll run in college next year, has been seeded No. 1 in his specialties entering the state meet at least four times in his Salem career.
The first time was last year in the outdoor 110 hurdles and he didn’t make it to the finals. In this year’s indoor championships he was listed first in the 55 hurdles and finished second. He’s also seeded No. 1 in the 110 hurdles here Saturday, but a right hamstring injury that affects his ability to pull over the hurdle (but not the long jump) will keep him from competing.
“It feels great (to finally deliver),” he said. “When I’m seeded first and I’ve got that mindset I’m first, I’m going to go win it and then I don’t, I get down on myself. I’m pretty hard on myself. All the coaches were telling me the whole meet to get out of my head and go jump, go have fun, remember why you came here and why you’re doing it.”
It still wasn’t easy. Glassboro freshman Alex Adeleye bumped Parker’s 21-9 from the lead with a 21-11 on his final jump. After waiting all day to compete, Parker had just one more attempt to get it back. He rose about the pressure and the noise and nailed it.
“This is his first moment where he definitely rose as the favorite, kind of just controlled it almost 90 percent of the time where in most cases he’s had to work his way up,” Rams coach David Hunt said. “It’s hard to perform when everyone expects you to win. When people don’t have that pressure on them it’s like they’re playing with house money. Everyone was coming after him. So to be able to hold that spot, to win it as the favorite for him was a big step. That is the first time he’s been able to do it.”
“It’s a lot of pressure, but, honestly, I think it’s better for me that way,” Parker said. “When I jumped my PR, 23-9, it was also my last jump. I think I jump better under pressure.”
Pennsville’s Morris successfully defended the pole vault title she won last year but conceded it was harder the second time around.
For starters, there was the stress of meeting the expectations she had for herself. And the field was so close any of the top five could have won it. It was so stressful she almost didn’t watch Kornacki’s last attempt at 11 feet that would have determined the champion.
As it was, Morris won because Kornacki had missed her first attempt at 9 feet, a height Morris passed to start at 9-6.
“All three of my jumps were pretty clean, but that 11 I’m just missing it,” she said. “This was honestly one of my stronger days. I wouldn’t say it’s my best, I think the Salem County Meet was my best, but this is probably top two.
“Leading up to it I thought I was going to be really nervous at the actual meet because I was nervous these two weeks leading up to it, and then when I got there all the nerves kind of went away.”
Truth be told, through all the stress and intense competition she did have a little extra incentive to repeat.
“My brother made a bet with me that if I won again he’d get us all Texas Roadhouse,” she said. “Right when I won I went to him and said I guess you owe me Texas Roadhouse.”
The top two finishers in each event are guaranteed a spot in next week’s Meet of Champions at Pennsauken, although several Salem County athletes are in contention for wildcard spots to complete the field.
Pennsville’s Connor Ayars finished fourth in the boys javelin, but his 172-10 is expected to earn a wildcard spot.
Schalick’s 4×100 relay team along with Cougars David Stewart (400 hurdles) and Jordan Hadfield (girls 3200) and Woodstown’s Lucas (800) all finished third and will be contenders for wildcards.
NJSIAA GROUP I CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Franklin H.S., Somerset
(Event winners and Salem County scorers)
(Top 2 qualify for Meet of Champions, top 6 score meet points)
BOYS
TEAM SCORES (Top 10): Glassboro 31.5, Camden 30, Hasbrouck Heights 24, Woodstown 16, Kinnelon 12, Manville 12, Schalick 12, Clayton 12, Dayton 10, Boonton 10, Metuchen 10, Salem 10, Palmyra 10.
4×100 Relay: 1. Camden 42.50; 3. Schalick (Reggie Allen, Michael Eberl, Zaeshawn Mills, David Stewart) 42.82
800: 1. Josh Crawford, Woodstown 1:53.44; 3. Cole Lucas, Woodstown 1:55.01
400 Hurdles: 1. Alexander Osayemi, Clayton 52.79; 3. David Stewart, Schalick 55:04; 6. Bryan Garlic, Penns Grove 56.45
100: 1. Jaiden Steele, Camden 10.86
3200: 1. Matthew Ware, Dayton 9:32.39
Shot Put: 1. Oscar Solis, Hasbrouck Heights 52-10.25
Javelin: 1. Walter Hedblom-Green, Boonton 178-5; 4. Connor Ayars, Pennsville 172-10
Long Jump: 1. Anthony Parker, Salem 22-5
High Jump: 1. Jaleel Latimore, Palmyra 6-6
GIRLS
TEAM SCORES (Top 10): Metuchen 24, Glassboro 18, Hasbrouck Heights 15, Clayton 15, Hawthorne 14, Haddon Twp. 12, Woodbury 11, Verona 11, Riverside 10, Audubon 10, Burlington City 10, Pennsville 10
4×100 Relay: 1. Woodbury 49.33
800: 1. Gwendolyn Neale, Verona 2:10.93
400 Hurdles: 1. Gina Minichiello, Hasbrouck Heights 1:04.56
100: 1. Sydney Greenidge, Riverside 12.31
3200: 1. Kaitlyn Connors, Metuchen 10:52.42; 3. Jordan Hadfield, Schalick 10:59.56
Discus: 1. Sunny Moore, Glassboro 142-6
Triple Jump: 1. Nyima Burley, Burlington City 35-9
Pole Vault: 1. Megan Morris, Pennsville 10-6
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