Hall of Famer Mason returns to the coaching ranks, takes the Woodstown track team for the spring
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
When Tom Mason coached his last indoor track meet in 2019 to pursue other interests in the sport, he was done with that side of the game unless some “special circumstance” drew him back.
The special circumstance surfaced.
Intrigued by a query from team trainer Dan Evans following a mid-season coaching change, Mason looked into the Woodstown track coach’s position. On Wednesday, the longtime Penns Grove coach and state track official confirmed he was getting back in the game as the Wolverines’ coach for the spring season.
He met with Woodstown athletics director Joe Ursino and then superintendent Chris Meyrick, a former Penns Grove administrator and four-year anchor on Buena’s 4×400 relay that battled Mason’s Penns Grove teams back in the day. He starts Monday, the day after the winter Wolverines return from the indoor Meet of Champions.
“I told them there were two reasons as to why I’m accepting,” Mason said. “One is your senior boys. I just love those senior boys. What great people. You take the running ability aside, they are just outstandingly class people. And my second reason was because of (Meyrick) being the superintendent.
“The Woodstown senior boys and the girls and both teams, to be honest with you, I was very impressed with how they were such class people, especially those seniors, and I did not want those seniors for their last year to have to go through a major change. My thinking is veteran coach comes in, can kind of just guide them and help them to get success.”
Mason brings Hall of Fame credentials to the job. In Mason’s 45-year high school coaching career (126 total seasons) includes 396 wins, four state team titles, six South Jersey sectional titles, 15 Salem County crowns and nearly 70 individual and relay state champions. He was inducted into the Salem County Sports (2011) and New Jersey Scholastic Coaches (2016) hall of fames and recently was approved as the cross-country assistant at Salem Community College.
He’s well aware of the Wolverines’ unparalleled strength in the middle distances, he’d like bring hurdles, sprinters and jumpers into the fold to enhance their depth.
“In Salem County history this group is the best in terms of middle distance,” Mason said. “No school in my memory of Salem County sports has had this many star middle distance runners. It’s unheard of.”
The appointment was met with excitement by the Wolverines.
“I’m very excited for this amazing honor to have a Hall of Fame coach for my final high school season,” said senior 800 specialist Josh Crawford, the anchor on the Wolverines’ decorated 4×800 relay team. “I’ll always appreciate the coaches who helped my team and I find our strides and who shaped us to be ready for this next step.
“I’m honored for what’s ahead and grateful for who got me here. I can’t wait to meet him and I couldn’t be more grateful that he is willing to step up and make our senior year memorable.”
Category: WOODSTOWN
Then there was one
Salem boys survive Woodstown’s best shot to become the last Salem County team standing in South Jersey Group I playoffs
SJ GROUP 1 TOURNAMENT
BOYS
No. 1 Salem 64, No. 8 Woodstown 53
No. 4 KIPP 50, No. 12 Glassboro 49
No. 14 New Egypt 47, No. 6 Penns Grove 38
No. 2 Palmyra 57, No. 10 Audubon 33
Wednesday’s semifinals
KIPP (17-9) at Salem (21-5)
New Egypt (13-14) at Palmyra (21-7)
GIRLS
No. 1 Haddon Twp. 49, No. 8 Woodbury 34
No. 4 Glassboro 57, No. 5 Palmyra 35
No. 3 Audubon 48, No. 11 Woodstown 29
No. 2 Wildwood 51, No. 7 Gateway 41
Wednesday’s semifinals
Glassboro (21-7) at Haddon Twp. (21-8)
Audubon (20-8) at Wildwood (21-7)
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
SALEM – There really is only one mindset to have when it comes playoff time – survive and advance – and Salem was definitely in survival mode in the second half of its South Jersey Group I playoff game Monday night.
The top-seeded Rams were stuck in one of those cold spells that have hit them on occasion this season and they trailed county rival Woodstown by seven with five minutes left in the third quarter. But they turned to Deshaan Williams and Fatah Paige to get it inside, they got back on track and, with the Wolverines tired from all the energy they spent to get that lead, shook the doldrums and eventually the Wolverines, 64-53.
They now host No. 4 KIPP in Wednesday’s sectional semifinals. The Titans (17-9) edged No. 12 Glassboro, 50-49.
“That’s what it’s about,” Rams coach Anthony Farmer said. “It’s about playing four quarters. We punched them in the mouth early, they responded, give them credit, but it’s a four=quarter game.
“That’s what we’ve been preaching since Williamstown. That game kind of enlightened us and showed us what we need to do. “We’ve been in that situation before. We’ve had leads, lost them, came back. Tonight was just one of those nights where we cranked it up and … survive and advance, man. That’s what it’s about this time of year.”
The Rams (21-5) appeared headed for an easy win, but this was anything but easy. Xavier McGriff “got the party started” as they like to say, hitting three 3-pointers in the first quarter to help the Rams forge a 28-10 lead two minutes into the second quarter, but for the next 15 minutes or so they were in a fight for their playoff lives.
From that point to the end of the half, the Wolverines forced them into 0-for-4 shooting and eight turnovers and got it back to 29-25 at the break. The run was fueled by two 3-point plays by Frankie Hoerst with back-to-back 3s by Blake Bialecki and Elijah Caesar in between.
While the first quarter belonged to McGriff, the second quarter was Hoerst’s. The freshman scored six points and grabbed four rebounds in the second quarter alone and finished with 10 points and 13 boards for the game.
“We’ve been working on him the last couple weeks one-on-one, teaching him different moves and stuff and he really turned it on,” Wolverines coach Ramon Roots said. “And that’s what we expect from him.”
The halftime break did nothing to slow the Wolverines down. They opened the second half on an 11-0 run to grab a 36-29 lead. Bialecki gave them the lead with 6:33 left in the third quarter and Alejandro Vazquez and Caesar hit back-to-back 3s to extend it before Williams finally got the Rams on the board after seven empty possessions with 4:53 left in the quarter.
But all that energy the Wolverines expended getting back in the game and taking the lead took its toll. Vazquez conceded they were spent down the stretch.
“It gassed us out,” he said. “We fought hard and I’m proud of our guys, but we were all tired.”
That’s where Williams and Paige took over. Williams had 12 straight points for the Rams in the third quarter to bring them back and finished with another double-double. Paige was inserted when Marshall Stephens got in foul trouble and just played too good to come out. He neutralized Hoerst in the fourth quarter, grabbing nine of his 12 rebounds.
“The guards weren’t shooting it well so we had to rely on our big guys,” guard Tymear Lecator said. “We had our shot in the first half, it was not our night. A couple 3s we let go fell in, but a lot didn’t so we knew it wasn’t our night and we knew if we wanted to get the job done we couldn’t keep jacking up 3s, we had to attack down there and that’s what we did. We fed it to our big guys and got out of there with a good win.”
“O-o-oh, I can’t talk enough about Fatah, the way he came in and changed the game with his athleticism, energy, effort,” Farmer said. “I challenged him about a week or two ago about getting on that backboard. You’re big and strong, your athletic, you should go in there, you should be getting on that backboard and tonight, man, he just was phenomenal. He was huge for us.”
Williams had 19 points and 11 rebounds, while Paige had six points to go with his boards. Tymear Lecator had 12 points, five rebounds and eight assists.
“They started hitting a lot of shots, so everybody looked toward me to get the ball and score and I feel like that’s what I did,” Williams said of his third-quarter outburst. “It felt good, especially in the playoffs. It was a good environment to do it.”
“We were not losing,” Paige said. “I had that mindset from the jump. They had their little run and I was like, nah, we’re not losing and I did everything in my power to make sure we didn’t. I had to get on the backboard, make sure there were no easy baskets, stay hungry.”
SALEM 64, WOODSTOWN 53
WOODSTOWN (17-12): Elijah Caesar 4 1-2 11, Jalen Markward 0 0-0 0, Blake Bialecki 4 3-5 13, Alejandro Vazquez 3 2-3 9, Josh King 2 0-0 4, Andrew White 2 2-4 6, Trey Markward 0 0-0 0, Lucas Fulmer 0 0-0 0, Frankie Hoerst 4 2-5 10, Connor Miller 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 10-19 53.
SALEM (21-5): Xavier McGriff 3 1-2 10, Naziah Spence 1 2-3 5, Tymear Lecator 3 5-5 12, Fatah Paige 3 0-0 6, Deshaan Williams 9 1-3 19, BJ Robbins 2 4-6 8, Cole Sayers 0 0-0 0, Donnie Weathers 0 0-0 0, Marshall Stephens 1 0-0 2, Darrelle Johnson 1 0-0 2. Totals 23 13-19 64.
| Woodstown | 10 | 15 | 20 | 8- | 53 |
| Salem | 20 | 9 | 14 | 21- | 64 |
NEW EGYPT 47, PENNS GROVE 38: Damian Ware really liked the way the playoff road was laying out in front of his Penns Grove basketball team. First-round upsets left a couple double-digit seeds in the path of the Red Devils’ potential spot in the sectional final. All they had to do was get through it.
They got the desired defensive effort they wanted Monday night, but they didn’t have the shooting success to go with it and they fell to the 14th-seeded Warriors to end their season.
“It was back and forth in the fourth quarter,” Ware said. “We missed a few shots, they hit a few shots and pushed it out to five, then we had to foul and they made their free throws at the end to push it out to nine. But it was really like a two-point game most of the fourth quarter.
“We just missed shots. We missed shots that we normally would make at a decent rate. Got a lot of good looks, got a lot of clean looks, but shots just weren’t falling today. That’s what it came down to. Our game play wasn’t bad, we held them to 47 points. Our goal was to keep teams under 50, but we didn’t make shots.”
The sixth-seeded Red Devils (17-12) held their last lead at 35-34 with 3:30 to play, then hit only one more shot the rest of the game. The Warriors, who upset third-seeded Haddon Twp. in the opening round, meanwhile, scored seven points in a row to take the lead for good, then scored their last six points from the free throw line.
Another crucial stretch came at the end of the third quarter when they suffered three turnovers in the final 20 seconds that the Warriors turned into two buckets for a 27-25 lead.
Nolan Arnold, New Egypt’s all-time leading scorer with more than 1,600 career points, led all scorers with 20 points. Clyde Ferris added 16 with three 3-pointers.
Roman Gipson hit four 3-pointers for Red Devils and led them with 16 points. Geonni Conrad had 10 points.
“I tell the kids the game is the game,” Ware said. “You’re going to make shots, you’re going to miss shots, but you’ve got to hit them when they matter the most and we just didn’t make the shots when they mattered the most.”
NEW EGYPT 50, PENNS GROVE 41
NEW EGYPT (13-14): Nolan Arnold 8-4-20, Clyde Ferris 5-3-16, Dylan Harper 0-0-0, Paul Kennedy 1-3-5, Ryan Reynolds 2-1-6, Jake Milicia 0-0-0, Thomas Marabuto 0-0-0. Totals 16-11-47.
PENNS GROVE (17-12): Roman Gipson 6-0-16, Geonni Conrad 4-1-10, Will Roy 0-1-1, Haneef Frisby 1-1-3, Mishawn Brantley 0-0-0, Jameel Horace 2-0-4, Carson Pearsall 1-0-2, Luis Colon 1-0-2. Totals 15-3-38.
| New Egypt | 9 | 8 | 10 | 20- | 47 |
| Penns Grove | 5 | 11 | 9 | 13- | 38 |
Girls game
AUDUBON 48, WOODSTOWN 29: Third-seeded Audubon never gave the Wolverines a chance to get anything going and rolled into a semifinal showdown at Wildwood.
The Wolverines (12-16) were held to seven points in the first half and were down by 21 going into the fourth quarter, but they did outscore their hosts over the course of the final eight minutes.
“They played extremely tough and aggressive,” Woodstown coach Matt Smart said of the Green Wave. “They made it hard to get into our sets and played great defense.
“I was proud of the way we fought the entire time. There were times we could’ve given up, but the girls wanted to continue to fight. We took some really good shots that just didn’t fall our way today.”
The Wolverines didn’t have a scorer in double figures, but Lauren Hengel and Kendall Young each scored eight points apiece.
Audubon’s Emma Speyerer hit four 3-pointers and led all scorers with 18 points. Kylie Cannaday had 14 points and seven rebounds. The Green Wave had 12 steals as a team and four blocked shots.
It was a tough year for the Wolverines. They had to rebuild after graduating two of the most prolific scorers in school history and doing so meant putting players in positions they may not have been comfortable playing. But they persevered without complaint.
“What I’ll miss most about the senior class is their camaraderie they have,” Smart said. “Tonight when we got back to the locker room, I went to lock it up thinking everyone had left, and the seniors and a couple juniors were hanging out. They didn’t want to leave. We sat there for about an hour sharing stories and laughs from the season.
“When a sad moment like a season coming to the end happens, if you can look back on the good times, it’s very special. When they can look back on the memories that they made with friends, it’s a special group. Yes, there were tears today, but there were a lot of smiles and laughs.”
AUDUBON 48, WOODSTOWN 29
WOODSTOWN (12-16): Lauren Hengel 3 1-2 8, Emma Perry 3 0-1 6, Kyia Leyman 2 1-2 5, Kendall Young 3 2-2 8, Talia Guardascione 1 0-0 2, Kailyn Kennedy 0 0-0 0, Gina Murray 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 4-7 29.
AUDUBON (20-8): Peyton Marrone 1 0-0 2, Emma Speyerer 7 0-0 18, Kylie Cannaday 5 0-1 10, Giavanna Heller 3 0-0 6, Sophia Homa 1 6-6 8, Mylia Madden 0 0-0 0, Ciara Poponi 0 0-0 0, Jules Heck 2 0-0 4, Acen Bantle 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 6-7 48.
| Woodstown | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15- | 29 |
| Audubon | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13- | 48 |
Putting up his Dukes
Woodstown’s Ayars commits to play college soccer at RCSJ-Cumberland, picks Dukes over system rival; updated with new material
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
Bryce Ayars is always up for a good rivalry. He played in one of the best during his high school career at Woodstown and he’s about to become part of another now that he’s committed to playing his college soccer at RCSJ-Cumberland.
The Wolverines senior confirmed his commitment in December after several weeks wrestling with his choices. He chose the Dukes over their RCSJ system rival Gloucester, a decision that is bound to heighten the experience even more when the teams play the next two years.
“There’s always a pretty heated rivalry between the two,” Ayars said. “You know me, I’m always ready for a good rivalry with my past experience with Schalick, so I’m looking forward to that next big rivalry in my career.
“It’s definitely going to be a heated game. It’s something I’m looking forward to, just being out there on the pitch, going against another great team, to see who comes out on top. I’ve always loved the intensity in those games, no matter if we won or lost. Having that intensity is just something you can’t take for granted. You’ve just got to enjoy every minute of it.”
He officially joined program tonight when he joined the Dukes’ signees in soccer, basketball, softball and golf for a formal signing celebration. Woodstown coach Darren Huck was even on hand to support his captain.
Ayars’ senior high school soccer season ended in early November, but he was on the field honing his craft this weekend, captaining his Deptford Premier EDT travel team to a 2-1 record st the Loudoun (Va.) College Showcase. He anchored a defense that allowed only four goals in three games and scored the game-winner in one of the wins on a header off a corner kick.
Ayars was impressed with the consistent communication the Dukes had with him throughout the season. He watched the game with Gloucester during the season and although the Dukes lost, he was impressed with the way they played.
Once he decided he was going to one of the RCSJs, the final decision came down to “what program would fit me better and which one can help me develop into the player I want to be and take my talent to the next level after these two years.”
Ayars was a two-way threat for the Wolverines and that’s what the Dukes like in him. He controlled the game from his center back position, but became a goal scorer this past season.
He scored a team- and career-high 17 goals this year, 27 over the last two seasons, and finished his four-year career with 95 points. The Wolverines were 19-2-1 the last two seasons when Ayars scored a goal. Along with his father, Don (1998-2000), they formed the second-deepest family legacies in Woodstown soccer history — 135 games (83-41-11), seven playoff appearances and 38 combined goals.
Bryce was a first-team Tri-County Diamond Division pick and played in the TCC-Colonial, South Jersey and All-State all-star games.
“I think I played to the best I could, taking a big leap from my junior to senior year,” he said. “Being able to score goals and getting assists doesn’t just help me but helps the team. I feel like I’d done everything I could for the team and it just didn’t go the way I wanted to in the playoffs.”
This week’s schedule
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of March 2-7
MONDAY MARCH 2
BOYS BASKETBALL
South Jersey Group I Tournament
Woodstown at Salem, 5 p.m.
Glassboro at KIPP, 6 p.m.
New Egypt at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m.
Audubon at Palmyra, 6 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
South Jersey Group I Tournament
Woodbury at Haddon Twp., 5:30 p.m.
Palmyra at Glassboro, 4 p.m.
Woodstown at Audubon, 4 p.m.
Gateway at Wildwood, 5 p.m.
TUESDAY, MARCH 3
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Delaware Tech, 3 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Lackawanna at Salem CC, 1 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4
BOYS BASKETBALL
South Jersey Group I Semifinals
Woodstown-Salem vs. Glassboro-KIPP
New Egypt at Penns Grove vs. Audubon-Palmyra
GIRLS BASKETBALL
South Jersey Group I Semifinals
Woodbury-Haddon Twp. vs. Palmyra-Glassboro
Woodstown-Audubon vs. Gateway-Wildwood
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
NJCAA Division III Selection Show, 6 p.m.
THURSDAY, MARCH 5
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at RCSJ-Gloucester (2), 3 p.m.
FRIDAY, MARCH 6
WRESTLING
Region Tournament
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Brookdale, 3:30 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Sussex at Salem CC (2), 1 p.m.
SATURDAY, MARCH 7
BOYS BASKETBALL
South Jersey Group I Championship
GIRLS BASKETBALL
South Jersey Group I Championship
WRESTLING
Region Tournament
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Brookdale at Salem CC (2), noon
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Monroe-Bronx at Salem CC (2), noon
SUNDAY, MARCH 8
INDOOR TRACK
Meet of Championship, Ocean Breeze, Staten Island
WRESTLING
Girls Region Tournament
District wrestling
Here are the qualifiers for the regional wrestling tournament from districts involving Salem County Teams; top 3 finishers in each weight class advance
DISTRICT 31
Team scores: 1. Delsea 262, 2. Pennsville 122, 3. Schalick 120, 4. Egg Harbor 113.5, 5. Woodstown 102.5, 6. Cumberland 96, 7. Millville 78, 8. Buena 32, 9. Cedar Creek 34, 10. Vineland 27
106
1st Place Match
Adam Froehlich (Delsea) dec. Geno DiJoseph (Cumberland), 10-4
3rd Place Match
Brett Land (Pennsville) pinned Alex Alicea (Buena), 1:39
113
1st Place Match
Jayson Garcia (Egg Harbor) maj. dec. DeAnthony Harden (Cumberland), 8-0
3rd Place Match
John Sutton (Buena) pinned Jadon Middlemiss (Woodstown), 5:48
120
1st Place Match
Carson Bradway (Woodstown) maj. dec. Maruf Reza (Egg Harbor), 8-0
3rd Place Match
Caleb Jenkins (Schalick) pinned Reid Lightfoot (Delsea), 2:32
126
1st Place Match
Dante DePaul (Delsea) pinned Kolton Sheppard (Cumberland), 3:10
3rd Place Match
Ruben Cruz (Millville) pinned Hector Villarrubia-Torres (Cedar Creek), 7:29
132
1st Place Match
Greyson Pettit (Delsea) pinned Chase Baker (Pennsville), 1:02
3rd Place Match
Brian Tennant (Egg Harbor) over Chase Bordley (Vineland), forfeit
138
1st Place Match
Amari Vann (Delsea) pinned Nathaniel Mason (Pennsville), 1:10
3rd Place Match
Colin Bittle (Schalick) pinned Jayden Cinkowski (Vineland), 3:30
144
1st Place Match
Anthony Depaul (Delsea) pinned Gabriel Supernavage (Pennsville), 0:33
3rd Place Match
Graham Schlemo (Egg Harbor) pinned Michael Baisch (Schalick), 4:30
150
1st Place Match
Ayden Jenkins (Schalick) maj. dec. Patrick Tull (Millville), 12-4
3rd Place Match
Lionel Lertora (Egg Harbor) dec. Lucas Coesfeld (Delsea), 13-9
157
1st Place Match
Jamison Devlin (Delsea) maj. dec. Chase Williams (Cumberland), 12-3
3rd Place Match
Travis Hagan (Pennsville) pinned Jake Hardiman (Cedar Creek), 3:35
165
1st Place Match
Cameron Pote (Delsea) pinned Robert McDade (Pennsville), 0:24
3rd Place Match
Jared Hoffman (Millville) pinned Marcos Concepcion (Egg Harbor), 6:43
175
1st Place Match
Greyson Hyland (Woodstown) dec. Christian Solano (Egg Harbor), 6-1
3rd Place Match
Eric Sulik (Schalick) dec. David Seeger (Cumberland), 8-4
190
1st Place Match
Greg Sawyer (Delsea) pinned Evan Elliott (Schalick), 1:07
3rd Place Match
Ralph Hitchner (Cumberland) dec. Asher Fitzpatrick (Woodstown), 7-1
215
1st Place Match
Salvatore Marchese (Delsea) pinned James Cook (Schalick), 0:19
3rd Place Match
Anthony Trainor (Buena) dec. Tyshawn English (Millville), 3-0
285
1st Place Match
Mateo Vinciguerra (Woodstown) pinned Jacob Hand (Pennsville), 0:53
3rd Place Match
Slayton D`Amico (Cedar Creek) pinned Andrew Pinnock (Millville), 1:46
DISTRICT 32
(Qualifiers from Penns Grove, Salem)
Team scores: 1. Lower Cape May 231, 2. Red Bank Catholic 225.8, 3. Clearview 159, 4. Deptford 122, 5. Paulsboro 81.5, 6. Clayton/Glassboro 60, 7. Pitman 31, 8. Salem 18, 9. Penns Grove 10
285
1st Place Match
John Hearon (Lower Cape May) dec. Abdullah Jenkins (Salem), 1-0
3rd Place Match
Daniel Maguire (Deptford) dec. Philip Bertole (Red Bank Catholic), 3-2
It’s their title time
Woodstown boys win 4×400 relay to clinch indoor track title, their first state title in track program’s history
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
TOMS RIVER – When Josh Crawford hit the finish line in the final even of the day, he not only brought the Woodstown boys a 4×400 relay title, he delivered a state championship.
The Wolverines won the Group I indoor track championship Saturday – their first track title in school history – with a strong showing in the running events. Their first-place win in the relay gave them 35 points, seven ahead of a Ramsey team that had them by three entering the final race of the meet.
“We didn’t need to win the 4×400 to win the meet, but it was a great cap to a great season,” Wolverines coach Alex Dominy said. “Overall this season has been hard with snow days, difficult in terms of flu and colds and Arctic blasts, but these boys continue to improve despite barriers to a more typical season. I couldn’t be happier.
“Going into states with only six boys in events and not being the favorite was very daunting, but everyone performed amazingly and did their job to the fullest,” senior Karson Chew said.
“It was a big accomplishment in general for six guys to beat schools that have tons of people to choose from,” added Crawford.
The relay team of Jacob Marino, Chew, Anthony Costello and Crawford came home in 3:31.03, 22-hundreths of a second ahead of race runner-up New Providence.
Marino was subbing in the 4×4 for Kyle Reitz, another casualty of the postponement, and was a late scratch in the 3200 to focus on the relay and helped bring them through.
He got the Wolverines off and running while not exactly a 400 specialist. Chew got them back up to second and Costello kept them there, maybe even closing the gap. Crawford still had “a hefty gap” (about two seconds) to make up when he took the baton, but when he passed the New Providence runner who jammed him up in the 400 right before the finish he knew they had it won.
“With the meet being moved we weren’t able to run our usual 4×400 with Kyle Reitz,” Dominy said. “Being that Jacob was doing the two mile, we opted to have him scratch and focus on holding it down in the 4×400. Seeing that we won with less than a second it was a great choice.”
Marino also finished second in the 1600 (4:28.65). Crawford also won the 800 (1:57.52) with Chew finishing third (1:58.87) and got points in the 400.
From the time they clinched, their phones were blowing up with congratulatory messages from Woodstown track alums from various generations. They got to take a victory lap around the track and they were welcomed back into town by an escort of fire engines.
“That was just a great feeling,” Costello said of the victory lap. “We saw other teams do it before after they snuck it out in front of us so we said all right it’s our time now, we’re going to do it and we’re going to take it all in while we can.”
Schalick’s Sal Longo finished second in the boys pole vault, topping out at 12-6. He was beaten out for gold by Ramsey’s Luciano Zizza in a jump off at 13 feet.
Four jumpers made it to 12-6 and Longo and Zizza cleared that bar on their first attempts. Haddon Twp.’s Bobby McIlvaine joined them on his final attempt while Bound Brook’s Jake Markey fell out. All three missed three shots at 13-0, but Longo and Zizza advanced to the jump off with fewer misses and Zizza got it on the first extra attempt.
“It means a lot to me,” Longo said. “To get second place at the group championship meet today, it was very relieving to know that the hard work I put in this season is finally paying off.
“Going for the gold was very exciting. I was so close to getting that height on my last jump, I just need to tweak my technique. Overall, it was probably one of the funnest competitions I’ve been involved in.”
Ramsey’s 1-5 finish in the pole vault set the stage for the drama in the relay. The 12 points vaulted the Rams into the lead, but they didn’t have an entry in the relay. The Wolverines had to finish second to pass them and not be caught by third-place Glen Rock.
“Every 5-10 minutes (we were) checking scores, just trying to feel it out,” Costello said. “We knew it was going to come down to the wire, so were like all right we need to do this and we’re not going to worry about the scores anymore. It just got to that point where we’re just going to go out and win the thing.”
The top two finishers in each event and the top wildcards all advance to next week’s Meet of Champions.
GROUP I INDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP
(Event winners and Salem County point-scorers)
BOYS
Team scores (top 15): Woodstown 35, Ramsey 28, Glen Rock 28, Haddon Twp. 20, Camden 20, New Providence 18, Glassboro 18, Manville 17, Hasbrouck Heights 10, New Milford 8, Pascack Hills 8, Wood-Ridge 8, Dayton 8, Shore 8, Buena 8, Schalick 8. Also, Penns Grove 2, Salem 1.
400: 1. Giorgio Bruttini, Ramsey 50.67; 6. Josh Crawford, Woodstown 51.83
1600: 1. Shaun Maloney, Haddon Twp. 4:27.28; 2. Jacob Marino, Woodstown 4:28.65
55 Hurdles: 1. Jaleel Dickerson-Dempsey, Camden 7.73
800: 1. Josh Crawford, Woodstown 1:57.62; 3. Karson Chew, Woodstown 1:58.87
55 Dash: 1. Michael Napolitano, Hasbrouck Heights 6.49
3200: 1. Jayran Rodriguez, Manville 9:31.74
4×400: 1. Woodstown (Jacob Marino, Karson Chew, Anthony Costello, Josh Crawford) 3:31.03
High Jump: 1. Moses Robles, Glassboro 6-4
Pole Vault: 1. Luciano Zizza, Ramsey 13-0; 2. Sal Longo, Schalick 12-6
Shot Put: 1. Evan Yuzon, Glen Rock 58-7.75; 5. JaKai Ingram, Penns Grove 46-7; 6. Jailon Fletcher-Wilson, Salem 45-6
GIRLS
Team scores (top 10): Audubon 44, Ramsey 37, Methuchen 37, Glen Rock 18, Verona 18, Glassboro 18, Dumont 12, Mountain Lakes 12, Shore 12, Haddon Twp. 12.
400: 1. Makenna Bruns, Metuchen 58.85
55 Hurdles: 1. Iza Samu, Glen Rock 8.56
1600: 1. Riley Fayer, Audubon 5:02.97
55 Dash: 1. Audrey Moreta, Newton 7.45
800: 1. Gwendolyn Neale, Verona 2:16.94
3200: 1. Alexandra Klein, Shore 10:40.25
4×400: 1. Metuchen 4:11.10
High Jump: 1. Riley Wright-Phillips, Whippany Park 5-2
Pole Vault: 1. Jenna Monaco, Dumont 12-0
Shot Put: 1. Sunny Moore, Glassboro 39-0
Stealing one
Woodstown girls come up with late steal and layup, last-second free throws to complete comeback against Pennsville; Schalick, Salem both fall in the South Jersey Group I opening round
SJ GROUP I GIRLS TOURNAMENT
Friday’s games
Woodbury 48, Burlington City 10
Palmyra 40, New Egypt 23
Glassboro 60, Cape May Tech 15
Audubon 54, Salem 35
Woodstown 51, Pennsville 47
Gateway 43, Schalick 21
Monday’s games
Woodbury at Haddon Twp.
Palmyra at Glassboro
Woodstown at Audubon
Gateway at Wildwood
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE — There’s a power in sports even stronger than the will to keep a rival from beating you three times in the same season. It’s the will to keep a legacy alive.
That’s the power that drove the Woodstown girls team Friday night.
The Wolverines have made deep playoffs runs so regularly in recent years it’s almost an expectation. They haven’t lost a first-round playoff game since 2019, and if they had any say in it weren’t about to start in what many would consider a rebuilding year. They did face their biggest challenge to that legacy Friday and found a way to keep it alive.
Emma Perry’s dramatic steal and layup with 13 seconds left snapped a 47-all tie and Lauren Hengel hit two free throws in the final second to send the Wolverines past sixth-seeded Pennsville 51-47 in the opening round of the South Jersey Group I playoffs.
“It was big for us because our team the past four years we’ve had a very good program,” senior forward Lauren Hengel said. “It’s not even about losing about them the past two games but keeping the tradition alive of a good, solid Woodstown girls basketball team. For the players who went before us and the older girls that we played with the past four years and the younger girls who are coming up, showing them what it means to play for Woodstown.
“No one’s really brought it up with us because they didn’t want to stress us out, but we knew. We knew this is Woodstown basketball. Show up for your school, for the tradition, for the girls before you and keep it going.”
The 11th-seeded Wolverines (12-15) lost to the Eagles (16-8) twice during the regular season and were in danger of being the first Woodstown team in a long time to lose to the same team three times in one season trailing by seven with 3:39 to play.
It was at that point Pennsville star Marley Wood picked up her fifth foul and her departure changed so much of what the Eagles could do on both ends of the floor.
The Wolverines chipped away and finally got it tied at 45 on Hengel’s 3-pointer from the right corner right after Kyia Leyman kept the possession alive by banging a loose ball off a Pennsville defender out of bounds.
“I didn’t have time to think, “ Hengel said. “That that was just me doing what I love and playing basketball, not even thinking and just taking the shot. I was practicing in our gym before we left trying to fix my shot and get it just right before the game. It was a big deal to me.”
The game was tied again at 47 and stayed that way until 13 seconds remained when Pennsville set up for a routine inbounds play at midcourt opposite of the benches.
The Eagles wanted to get the ball into Taylor Bass and give her a chance to push to the basket and either get a shot or, depending on how the Wolverines played it, kick out for a 3-pointer, but Perry threw a wrench into all that. She ran up on Bass to knock the inbounds pass away (and Bass along with it) and after a frozen few seconds to realize there was no foul, Perry scooped up the loose ball and drove in alone for the go-ahead layup.
“I knew she was coming right to the ball so I kind of cheated out a little bit and was able to get there and took it out of her hands,” Perry said, admitting there was contact on the turnover. “The play was supposed to be for me to stay back but I just remember cheating out a little bit. I knew there wasn’t that much time left and anything I could do to get my hand on the ball I was trying to do it. I try to pop out and get steals as much as I can, but that was definitely a highlight.”
“She’s insane,” Hengel said of Perry. “She has some crazy footwork and she’s a pest on defense. I just think that was just huge and nobody deserved that play more than her.”
“It was a big play by her, but there were big plays made by everybody all game and that’s what I’m so proud of,” coach Matt Smart said. “For the most part the girls played extremely hard. That’s kind of what we preach in practice all week and that’s what they preach to each. They knew what they had to do win this game and then we went out and accomplished it.”
There was still time on the clock to get an equalizer or maybe a game-winner, but the Eagles lost the ball out of bounds attacking the basket with 2.8 seconds left. When the Wolverines put the ball back in play Hengel was fouled immediately and went to the line for her game-sealing free throws.
Hengel got Woodstown going early while the Eagles were still settling into the game and led the Wolverines with 15 points. Kendall Young had 14, Leyman 12 and Perry 10.
Pennsville’s Wood led all scorers with 20 points and finished her high school career as the Eagles’ second all-time leading girls scorer with 1352 points and 12th all-time in Salem County. Bass had 11 points and finished with 1237, tied for 19th on the all-time county girls list.
The Wolverines now play at third-seeded Audubon in the quarterfinals Monday.
“It just feels nice to not be done playing basketball,” Smart said.
Top photo: Woodstown’s Emma Perry (13) knocks away an inbounds pass intended for Pennsville’s Taylor Bass leading to her tie-breaking layup late in the fourth quarter that sent the Wolverines to playoff victory.
WOODSTOWN 51, PENNSVILLE 47
WOODSTOWN (12-15): Lauren Hengel 6 2-4 15, Emma Perry 5 0-0 10, Kyia Leyman 5 2-5 12, Kendall Young 5 3-4 14, Talia Guardascione 0 0-4 0, Gina Murray 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 7-13 51.
PENNSVILLE (16-8): Taylor Bass 3 4-5 11, Marley Wood 5 9-12 20, Addie Johnston 1 1-2 4, Izzy Saulin 6 0-0 12, Jaiden Wilson 0 0-0 0, Jaida Burns 0 0-0 0, Kylie Harris 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 14-19 47.
| Woodstown | 15 | 8 | 11 | 17- | 51 |
| Pennsville | 8 | 13 | 10 | 16- | 47 |
GATEWAY 43, SCHALICK 21: Down 12 with 90 seconds left in the third quarter, Schalick coach John Whelan figured it was time to roll the dice. He rolled out something the Cougars hadn’t practiced – a full-court man defense – with the aim of getting his team back in the game.
It worked for a while. The Cougars cut the deficit in half with about six and a half minutes left, but the Gators regrouped and made the plays to open it back up.
The Cougars were without Ava Scurry, the county’s leading shot-blocker by a wide margin, and guard Emmalyn Weir was excused in the third quarter for a school event. The Gators also clamped down on leading scorer Neveah Robinson, holding her without a field goal and to only two points.
“But our girls battled to the end and I am extremely proud of all they accomplished this season,” Whelan said.
Indeed. The Cougars made an 11-win turnaround from the season before and enjoyed their winningest season since 209. They won their first three games of the season and were never below .500 at any point.
Sophomore guard Liv VanAcker had three assists in the game set the Cougars’ single-season record with 91.
GATEWAY 43, SCHALICK 21
SCHALICK (17-8): Cali Fisler 2 2-4 6, Emmalyn Weir 2 1-2 6, Willow Davis 1 2-2 5, Nevaeh Robinson 0 2-2 2, Liv VanAcker 0 0-2 0, Jaelynn Jarmon 1 0-0 2. Totals 6 7-12 21.
GATEWAY (17-10): Sydney Hughes 0 2-3 2, Jayda Catoe 5 0-2 10, Peyton Cutler 4 0-0 8, Layla DeMaise 3 2-2 8, Lucy Matthews 4 3-6 13, Koby Williams 0 0-0 0, Lexie Kirwin 1 0-0 2, Caitlin Gettings 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 7-14 43.
| Schalick | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4- | 21 |
| Gateway | 9 | 8 | 8 | 18- | 43 |
AUDUBON 54, SALEM 35: Emma Speyerer scored 22 points and two of her Green Wave teammates also scored in double figures. Dyaira Anderson had a double-double for the Rams (12 points and 12 rebounds).
The loss brought a close to Kemp Carr’s first season as the Rams’ coach. His team produced the program’s winningest season since 2022-23, made a six-win improvement over the year before and was .500 as late as Feb. 17.
AUDUBON 54, SALEM 35
SALEM (9-11): Carlysia Pierce 5 3-6 3, Dyaira Anderson 5 2-12 12, Saniyah Moore 1 0-0 2, Jaryn Weathers 0 2-2 2, Timmiyah Simmons 1 0-0 2, Kaliyah Taylor 2 0-2 4, Madison Dixon 0 0-2 0. Totals 14 7-24 35.
AUDUBON (19-8): Emma Speyerer 10 2-4 22, Kylie Canada 1 0-0 2, Giavanna Heller 8 0-1 16, Sophia Homa 3 4-6 10, Mylia Madden 1 0-0 3, Jules Heck 0 1-4 1, Acen Bangle 0 0-0 0, Clara Poponi 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 7-15 54.
| Salem | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10- | 35 |
| Audubon | 16 | 10 | 21 | 7- | 54 |
Salem County sweep
All three Salem County teams in South Jersey Group I boys playoffs won opening round games, two to collide in quarterfinals, Penns Grove gets second home game; upsets abound
SJ GROUP I BOYS TOURNAMENT
Friday’s games
Salem 67, Riverside 42
Woodstown 67, Paulsboro 49
Glassboro 64, Burlington City 61 (OT)
KIPP 46, Wildwood 41
New Egypt 42, Haddon Twp. 36
Penns Grove 43, Pitman 33
Audubon 45, Woodbury 41
Palmyra 66, Gateway 53
Monday’s games
No. 8 Woodstown at No. 1 Salem
No. 12 Glassboro at No. 4 KIPP
No. 14 New Egypt at No. 6 Penns Grove
No. 10 Audubon at No. 2 Palmyra
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN — Alejandro Vazquez was watching the Salem Community College playoff game with his Woodstown teammates Thursday night when the conversation turned to the Wolverines’ road in their own playoffs.
The Woodstown senior said he planned to give more than 100 percent in the Wolverines’ playoff opener against Paulsboro and even more in an anticipated second-round matchup with rival Salem.
Vazquez delivered on his first promise Friday, hitting four 3-pointers and scoring a career-high 22 points in leading the Wolverines to a 67-49 win. The stage is at least set for him to fulfill the second promise as his team now draws top-seeded Salem Monday night.
“He just hit shots; he played big tonight,” Woodstown coach Ramon Roots said. “Andro was the first person in the gym. I told them come in at 3:30 and he was there at 3:15 getting his shots up. He was the first one in the gym, took the basketballs out. He was locked in right from the beginning.”
The Red Raiders clamped down on Woodstown gunner Blake Bialecki, but the Wolverines found offense elsewhere. In addition to Vazquez’ big game, freshman Frankie Hoerst had a career-high 16 points and Elijah Caesar had 11.
“In their zone they keyed on Blake,” Roots said. “They were in the 1-3-1, 1-2-2, they were physical with Blake. Blake made the right read and Andro just came and hit shots. Frankie played well, rebounded the ball, kicking it out. It was just a group effort.
“And we played at good pace. We took our time. We didn’t get sped up. We just played a good brand of basketball.”
Vazquez was really big in the third quarter when the Wolverines pulled away. He had 11 points in the quarter and Woodstown outscored its visitors 17-6 to carry a 46-29 lead into the fourth quarter. Paulsboro made a push and got within 10 in the fourth quarter but then Woodstown “made the right plays at the right time and made it difficult for them” to get any closer.
The next round promises to be even more intriguing. Roots was Salem coach Anthony Farmer’s assistant before taking the Woodstown job and every game between the teams since except the first one, which was Roots’ first game as head coach, has been a battle. Earlier this year the Wolverines had the ball down by three with five seconds left, but lost the possession to a curious carry call.
“I think we’re at a good space right now,” Roots said. “I think that Clearview game kind of helped us get back on track. You know, we went on that three-game skid, so that game got us back on track. We feel Paulsboro and Salem play similar styles, and I think Paulsboro did a good job preparing us for Salem, but Salem in the No. 1 team, they’re the favorite as they should (be), but I like our chances. If we play the right way and just control the ball, not get sped up and just play our pace I think we have a good chance.”
WOODSTOWN 67, PAULSBORO 49
PAULSBORO (11-4): Khalil Streater 5 0-0 10, Malakai McKenzie 7 1-3 18, Jeremiah Carr 6 1-1 14, LaShawn Clay 1 0-0 3, Majal Robinson 2 0-0 4, Jeff Taylor 0 0-0 0, Jakai Bennett 0 0-2 0, Dayvon Kersey 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 2-6 49.
WOODSTOWN (17-11): Elijah Caesar 4 1-2 11, Jalen Markward 1 1-2 3, Andrew White 2 0-0 5, Lucas Fulmer 0 0-0 0, Blake Bialecki 1 2-2 4, Frank Hoerst 6 4-4 16, Alejandro Vazquez 7 5-6 22, Josh King 2 0-2 4. Totals 23 15-20 67.
| Paulsboro | 12 | 11 | 6 | 20- | 49 |
| Woodstown | 15 | 14 | 17 | 21- | 67 |
PENNS GROVE 43, PITMAN 33: The Red Devils followed a road map that will a team a lot of games. They put together a balanced offense and played tight defense.
The Red Devils, enjoying their winningest season since 2019-20 following this plan, didn’t have a player score more than nine points, but they spread the wealth among eight scorers. Haneef Frisby and Roman Gipson headed the effort with nine points apiece.
“We followed the gameplay to a T,” coach Damian Ware said. “We knew they had good shooters and we could not let them get open looks. Guys did their job and only allowed three 3-pointers to a team that can hit 10 to 15 if you’re not locked in.”
With New Egypt’s upset of third-seeded Haddon Twp., the Red Devils (17-11) get another home game and will host 14th-seeded Warriors (12-14) Monday night.
PITMAN (11-16): Lucas Razze 1-0-3, Parker DeChristopher 3-3-9, Joey Zubert 5-1-12, Jay Craig 1-0-2, Jake Bowen-Ashwin 3-0-7. Totals 13-4-33.
PENNS GROVE (17-11): Roman Gipson 4-1-9, Geonni Conrad 3-0-7, Will Roy 2-3-7, Haneef Frisby 3-3-9, Mishawn Brantley 1-0-2, Jameel Horace 2-1-5, Carson Pearsall 1-0-2, Luis Colon 1-0-2. Totals 17-8-43.
| Pitman | 7 | 6 | 11 | 9- | 33 |
| Penns Grove | 13 | 10 | 6 | 14- | 43 |
SALEM 67, RIVERSIDE 42: The top-seeded Rams settled into the tournament with an expected win over a 16-seed, but considering some of the other results in the bracket they likely feel fortunate to have avoided the upset.
Three Rams scored in double figures and three others had 10 rebounds to lead the attack. Neziah Spence led the offense with 16 points, while Fatah Paige had 13 and 1,000-point scorer Tymear Lecator had 11. Deshaan Williams, Cole Sayers and Marshall Stephens grabbed 10 rebounds apiece.
The win earned Salem coach Anthony Farmer his second 20-win season with the Rams (21-8) and his first since the debut campaign.
SALEM 67, RIVERSIDE 42
RIVERSIDE (12-15): Cameron Brown 11 1-2 25, Andrew Weaver 4 3-4 13, Justin Porter 0 0-0 0, Jeremiah Boston 2 0-0 4, Brett Grinnan 0 0-0 0, Isaiah Ali-Lewis 0 0-0 0, Gabriel Sanchez 0 0-0 0, Lewi Bin Isreal 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 4-4 42.
SALEM (20-5): Tymear Lecator 5 0-0 11, Neziah Spence 7 0-0 16, Darrelle Johnson 1 0-0 2, BJ Robbins 4 0-0 9, Deshaan Williams 3 0-0 6, Cole Sayers 2 0-0 4, Marshall Stephens 3 0-0 6, Fatah Paige 5 0-0 13. Totals 30 0-0 67.
| Riverside | 7 | 5 | 13 | 17- | 42 |
| Salem | 19 | 8 | 16 | 24- | 67 |
This week’s schedule
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Fev. 23-28; all events subject to the weather; first-round South Jersey Group I basketball tournament games now on Friday
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Region XIX/North Atlantic District A Tournament
Ocean at Salem CC
THURSDAY, FEB. 26
BOWLING
NJSIAA Top 100, Lucky Strikes, North Brunswick
FRIDAY, FEB. 27
BOYS BASKETBALL
South Jersey Group I Tournament
Riverside at Salem, 5 p.m.
Paulsboro at Woodstown, 5 p.m.
Glassboro at Burlington City, 6:30 p.m.
Wildwood at KIPP, 6 p.m.
New Egypt at Haddon Twp., 7:30 p.m.
Pitman at Penns Grove, 4 p.m.
Audubon at Woodbury, 5:30 p.m.
Gateway at Palmyra, 6 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
South Jersey Group I Tournament
Paulsboro at Haddon Twp.
Burlington City at Woodbury
New Egypt at Palmyra
Cape May Tech at Glassboro
Salem at Audubon, 5 p.m.
Woodstown at Pennsville, 5 p.m.
Schalick at Gateway, 5 p.m.
Clayton at Wildwood
BOWLING
Group I Championship
At Lucky Strikes, North Brunswick
Salem vs. Kinnelon, 9 a.m.
Middlesex vs. Rutherford, 9 a.m.
Title match to follow
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Ocean at Salem CC, 3 p.m.
SATURDAY, FEB. 28
INDOOR TRACK
NJSIAA Group I Championship, Toms River
WRESTLING
NJSIAA District Tournament
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Region XIX/North Atlantic District A&B finals, Northampton CC
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Ocean (2), noon
Salem County leaders
Here are the Salem County boys and girls basketball stats leaders for the 2025-26 season; minimum 50 percent of team games, stats contingent on accuracy of reports to state service
Boys
| SCORING (based on avg.) | PTS | AVG | FG | FT | GP |
| Mason O’Brien, PV | 236 | 16.86 | 84 | 46 | 14 |
| Tymear Lecator, Sal | 364 | 16.55 | 118 | 76 | 22 |
| Blake Bialecki, Wo | 364 | 13.48 | 118 | 55 | 27 |
| Dashaan Williams, Sal | 272 | 11.83 | 92 | 60 | 23 |
| Julian Dickerson. Sch | 257 | 11.68 | 95 | 41 | 22 |
| Roman Gipson, PG | 301 | 11.15 | 122 | 29 | 27 |
| Eli Caesar, Wo | 252 | 9.69 | 90 | 32 | 26 |
| Dylan Sheehan, Sch | 189 | 9.45 | 78 | 33 | 20 |
| Geonni Conrad, PG | 253 | 9.37 | 99 | 31 | 27 |
| Danny Knight, PV | 159 | 9.35 | 34 | 6 | 17 |
| Neziah Spence, Sal | 199 | 9.05 | 58 | 54 | 22 |
| Andrew White, Wo | 214 | 8.56 | 82 | 31 | 25 |
| Alejandro Vazquez, Wo | 227 | 8.41 | 71 | 25 | 27 |
| Chase Pompper, ST | 162 | 7.71 | 65 | 26 | 21 |
| Will Roy, PG | 208 | 7.70 | 90 | 9 | 27 |
| Kade Macom, Sch | 169 | 7.68 | 67 | 15 | 22 |
| Aiden Bobo, ST | 151 | 7.55 | 61 | 19 | 20 |
| Carson Pearsall, PG | 131 | 7.28 | 50 | 20 | 18 |
| Sherrod Jones, Sch | 122 | 7.18 | 52 | 13 | 17 |
| Raphael Busch, ST | 129 | 7.17 | 54 | 19 | 18 |
| Orion Baldwin, Sch | 145 | 6.90 | 53 | 22 | 21 |
| Lucas Fulmer, Wo | 98 | 6.53 | 34 | 11 | 25 |
| Xavier McGriff, Sal | 139 | 6.32 | 46 | 20 | 22 |
| Haneef Frisby, PG | 129 | 6.14 | 55 | 18 | 21 |
| Fatah Paige, Sal | 96 | 6.00 | 42 | 2 | 16 |
| Josh King, Wo | 150 | 5.56 | 63 | 21 | 27 |
| Marshall Stephens, Sal | 120 | 5.45 | 58 | 22 | |
| Luke Kroll, ST | 60 | 5.45 | 22 | 5 | 11 |
| BJ Robbins, Sal | 100 | 5.26 | 39 | 19 | |
| Darrelle Johnson, Sal | 81 | 5.06 | 26 | 6 | 16 |
| Jameel Horace, PG | 75 | 5.00 | 45 | 4 | 15 |
| 3-POINTERS | TOTAL |
| Blake Bialecki, Wo | 70 |
| Tymear Lecator, Sal | 42 |
| Alejandro Vazquez, Wo | 41 |
| Julian Dickerson, Sch | 32 |
| Neziah Spence, Sal | 30 |
| Roman Gipson, PG | 28 |
| Eli Caesar, Wo | 28 |
| Geonni Conrad, PG | 24 |
| Mason O’Brien, PV | 22 |
| Kade Macom, Sch | 20 |
| Orion Baldwin, Sch | 17 |
| Will Roy, PG | 17 |
| Lucas Fulmer, Wo | 17 |
| Xavier McGriff, Sal | 15 |
| Carson Pearsall, PG | 13 |
| REBOUNDING (based on avg.) | TOT | AVG | GP |
| Dylan Sheehan, Sch | 197 | 9.85 | 20 |
| Dashaan Williams, Sal | 186 | 8.09 | 23 |
| Raphael Busch, ST | 140 | 7.78 | 18 |
| Marshall Stephens, Sal | 167 | 7.59 | 22 |
| Haneef Frisby, PG | 155 | 7.38 | 21 |
| Andrew White, Wo | 160 | 6.40 | 25 |
| Fatah Paige, Sal | 92 | 5.75 | 16 |
| Josh King, Wo | 142 | 5.26 | 27 |
| Mishawn Brantley, PG | 138 | 5.11 | 27 |
| Frank Hoerst, Wo | 101 | 5.05 | 20 |
| Tymear Lecator, Sal | 98 | 4.45 | 22 |
| Darrelle Johnson, Sal | 70 | 4.38 | 16 |
| Blake Bialecki, Wo | 115 | 4.26 | 27 |
| Julian Dickerson, Sch | 86 | 3.91 | 22 |
| Aiden Bobo, ST | 71 | 3.55 | 20 |
| Sherrod Jones, Sch | 59 | 3.47 | 17 |
| Eli Caesar, Wo | 90 | 3.46 | 26 |
| Jalen Markward, Wo | 68 | 3.40 | 20 |
| Jameel Horace, PG | 50 | 3.33 | 15 |
| Cooper Willoughby, Sch | 69 | 3.29 | 21 |
| Xavier McGriff, Sal | 72 | 3.27 | 22 |
| Kade Macom, Sch | 70 | 3.18 | 22 |
| Alejandro Vazquez, PG | 84 | 3.11 | 27 |
| Roman Gipson, PG | 80 | 2.96 | 27 |
| Mason O’Brien, PV | 41 | 2.93 | 14 |
| FREE THROWS (min. 1 FTA per GP) | FTM | FTA | PCT. |
| Blake Bialecki, Wo | 55 | 64 | .859 |
| Neziah Spence, Sal | 54 | 66 | .818 |
| Tymear Lecator, Sal | 76 | 99 | .768 |
| Eli Caesar, Wo | 32 | 43 | .744 |
| Julian Dickerson, Sch | 41 | 56 | .732 |
| Josh King, Wo | 21 | 29 | .724 |
| Alejandro Vazquez, Wo | 25 | 35 | .714 |
| Dylan Sheehan, Sch | 34 | 48 | .708 |
| Mason O’Brien, PV | 46 | 66 | .697 |
| Kade Macom, Sch | 15 | 23 | .652 |
| Xavier McGriff, Sal | 20 | 31 | .645 |
| Andrew White, Wo | 31 | 50 | .620 |
| Deshaan Williams, Sal | 60 | 105 | .571 |
| Chase Pompper, ST | 26 | 58 | .483 |
| Raphael Busch, ST | 19 | 40 | .475 |
| Orion Baldwin, Sch | 22 | 48 | .458 |
| Sherrod Jones, Sch | 13 | 30 | .433 |
| Aiden Bobo, ST | 19 | 46 | .413 |
| Luke Kroll, ST | 5 | 16 | .312 |
| ASSISTS | TOT | STEALS | TOT |
| Tymear Lecator, Sal | 113 | Geonni Conrad, PG | 62 |
| Roman Gipson, PG | 97 | Julian Dickerson, Sch | 52 |
| Alejandro Vazquez, Wo | 86 | Roman Gipson, PG | 48 |
| Blake Bialecki, Wo | 79 | Will Roy, PG | 47 |
| Orion Baldwin, Sch | 64 | Josh King, Wo | 45 |
| BJ Robbins, Sal | 56 | ||
| Julian Dickerson, Sch | 53 | Alejandro Vazquez, Wo | 41 |
| Will Roy, PG | 49 | Blake Bialecki, Wo | 41 |
| Eli Caesar, Wo | 43 | Orion Baldwin, Sch | 40 |
| Geonni Conrad, PG | 37 | Dylan Sheehan, Sch | 39 |
| Dylan Sheehan, Sch | 34 | Eli Caesar, Wo | 37 |
| Carson Pearsall, PG | 31 | Chase Pompper, ST | 36 |
| Lucas Fulmer, Wo | 28 | Haneef Frisby, PG | 35 |
| Josh King, Wo | 27 | Jalen Markward, Wo | 34 |
| Jalen Markward, Wo | 27 | Luis Colon, PG | 33 |
| Darrelle Johnson, Sal | 26 | Sherrod Jones, Sch | 31 |
| Chase Pompper, ST | 25 | Neziah Spence, Sal | 28 |
| Andrew White, Wo | 23 | Carson Pearsall, PG | 26 |
| Sherrod Jones, Sch | 22 | Xavier McGriff, Sal | 26 |
| Mason O’Brien, PV | 20 | Andrew White, Wo | 25 |
| Ayden Myers, ST | 20 | Lucas Fulmer, Wo | 21 |
| Neziah Spence, ST | 20 | ||
| Luis Colon, ST | 20 |
| BLOCKED SHOTS | TOT |
| Marshall Stephens, Sal | 42 |
| Mishawn Brantley, PG | 29 |
| Aiden Bobo, ST | 22 |
| Raphael Busch, ST | 20 |
| Andrew White, Wo | 19 |
| Haneef Frisby, PG | 18 |
| Dylan Sheehan, Sch | 12 |
| Sherrod Jones, Sch | 12 |
| Frank Hoerst, Wo | 12 |
| Kade Macom, Sch | 10 |
Girls
| SCORING (based on avg.) | PTS. | AVG. | FG | FT | GP |
| Taylor Bass, PV | 344 | 14.96 | 138 | 38 | 23 |
| Marley Wood, PV | 279 | 13.29 | 97 | 61 | 21 |
| Dyaira Anderson, Sal | 222 | 13.06 | 17 | ||
| Nevaeh Robinson, Sch | 300 | 12.50 | 118 | 28 | 24 |
| Keziah Patterson, PG | 272 | 12.36 | 22 | ||
| JaNiyah Cummings, PG | 234 | 10.64 | 22 | ||
| Lauren Hengel, Wo | 261 | 10.04 | 101 | 20 | 26 |
| Addie Johnston, PV | 218 | 9.48 | 82 | 11 | 23 |
| Carlysia Pierce, Sal | 162 | 9.00 | 18 | ||
| Kendall Young, Wo | 229 | 8.81 | 91 | 27 | 26 |
| Kyia Leyman, Wo | 178 | 7.74 | 76 | 17 | 23 |
| Madison Dixon, Sal | 121 | 7.56 | 16 | ||
| Shelby Drummond, ST | 105 | 7.50 | 14 | ||
| Shelby Liber, ST | 99 | 7.07 | 14 | ||
| Willow Davis, Sch | 154 | 7.00 | 51 | 26 | 22 |
| Mikayla Washington, PG | 145 | 6.59 | 22 | ||
| Ava Scurry, Sch | 129 | 6.14 | 56 | 17 | 21 |
| Emma Perry, Wo | 143 | 5.72 | 59 | 11 | 25 |
| Amora Delaine, ST | 79 | 5.64 | 14 | ||
| Rylee Doerr, ST | 50 | 5.56 | 9 | ||
| Liv VanAcker, Sch | 110 | 5.00 | 38 | 31 | 22 |
| Timmiyah Simmons, Sal | 50 | 4.55 | 11 | ||
| Jaryn Weathers, Sal | 63 | 4.50 | 14 | ||
| Cali Fisler, Sch | 87 | 3.95 | 30 | 26 | 22 |
| Jaida Burns, PV | 78 | 3.90 | 36 | 8 | 20 |
| Jaiden Wilson, PV | 82 | 3.73 | 29 | 8 | 22 |
| Izzy Saulin, PV | 81 | 3.68 | 37 | 10 | 22 |
| Talia Guardascione, Wo | 79 | 3.04 | 25 | 24 | 26 |
| 3-POINTERS | TOTAL |
| Addie Johnston, PV | 41 |
| Lauren Hengel, Wo | 34 |
| Taylor Bass, PV | 30 |
| Nevaeh Robinson, Sch | 29 |
| Willow Davis, Sch | 25 |
| Marley Wood, PV | 24 |
| Shelby Liber, ST | 21 |
| Kendall Young, Wo | 17 |
| Jaiden Wilson, PV | 16 |
| Madison Dixon, Sal | 16 |
| Keziah Patterson, PG | 15 |
| Shelby Drummond, ST | 13 |
| REBOUNDING (based on avg.) | TOT | AVG | GP |
| Dyaira Anderson, Sal | 245 | 14.41 | 17 |
| Rylee Doerr, ST | 114 | 12.67 | 9 |
| Mikayla Washington, PG | 212 | 9.64 | 22 |
| Ava Scurry, Sch | 199 | 9.48 | 21 |
| Lauren Hengel, Wo | 231 | 8.88 | 26 |
| Amora Delaine, ST | 123 | 8.79 | 14 |
| JaNiyah Cummings, PG | 190 | 8.64 | 22 |
| Nevaeh Robinson, Sch | 202 | 8.42 | 24 |
| Marley Wood, PV | 166 | 7.90 | 21 |
| Kyia Leyman, Wo | 172 | 7.48 | 23 |
| Carlysia Pierce, Sal | 134 | 7.44 | 18 |
| Kendall Young, Wo | 136 | 5.23 | 26 |
| Liv VanAcker, Sch | 110 | 5.00 | 22 |
| Triscia Wilson, Sal | 54 | 4.91 | 11 |
| Madison Dixon, Sal | 77 | 4.81 | 16 |
| Cali Fisler, Sch | 105 | 4.77 | 22 |
| Taylor Bass, PV | 108 | 4.70 | 23 |
| Jaryn Weathers, Sal | 63 | 4.50 | 14 |
| Jaida Burns, PV | 88 | 4.40 | 20 |
| Emma Perry, Wo | 106 | 4.24 | 25 |
| Izzy Saulin, PV | 86 | 3.91 | 22 |
| Evening Amedee, ST | 22 | 3.67 | 9 |
| Shelby Drummond, ST | 51 | 3.64 | 14 |
| Jaiden Wilson, PV | 71 | 3.23 | 22 |
| Timmiyah Simmons, Sal | 35 | 3.18 | 11 |
| Tiara Bazemore, ST | 44 | 3.14 | 14 |
| Keziah Patterson, PG | 69 | 3.14 | 22 |
| Rachel Reed, ST | 31 | 3.10 | 10 |
| Talia Guardascione, Wo | 80 | 3.08 | 26 |
| FREE THROWS (min. 1 FTA per GP) | FTM | FTA | PCT. |
| Marley Wood, PV | 61 | 99 | .616 |
| Talia Guardascione, Wo | 24 | 43 | .558 |
| Taylor Bass, PV | 38 | 71 | .535 |
| Kendall Young, Wo | 27 | 51 | .529 |
| Willow Davis, Sch | 26 | 57 | .456 |
| Shelby Liber, ST | 8 | 18 | .444 |
| Emma Perry, Wo | 11 | 25 | .444 |
| Ava Scurry, Sch | 17 | 39 | .436 |
| Liv VanAcker, Sch | 31 | 73 | .425 |
| Amora Delaine, ST | 17 | 40 | .425 |
| Cali Fisler, Sch | 26 | 62 | .419 |
| Nevaeh Robinson, Sch | 28 | 69 | .406 |
| Rylee Doerr, ST | 8 | 20 | .400 |
| Lauren Hengel, Wo | 20 | 51 | .392 |
| Kyia Leyman, Wo | 17 | 47 | .362 |
| ASSISTS | TOT | STEALS | TOT |
| Marley Wood, PV | 148 | Carlysia Pierce, Sal | 84 |
| Liv VanAcker, Sch | 88 | Taylor Bass, PV | 80 |
| Lauren Hengel, Wo | 64 | Keziah Patterson, PG | 78 |
| Kendall Young, Wo | 61 | Kendall Young, Wo | 74 |
| Taylor Bass, PV | 50 | Liv VanAcker, Sch | 73 |
| Emma Perry, Wo | 48 | Willow Davis, Sch | 67 |
| Nevaeh Robinson, Sch | 48 | Cali Fisler, Sch | 67 |
| Carlysia Pierce, Sal | 48 | Lauren Hengel, Wo | 61 |
| Addie Johnston, PV | 39 | JaNiyah Cummings, PG | 53 |
| Cali Fisler, Sch | 38 | Ava Scurry, Sch | 50 |
| Madison Dixon, Sal | 37 | Emma Perry, Wo | 49 |
| Talia Guardascione, Wo | 32 | Marley Wood, PV | 44 |
| Willow Davis, Sch | 30 | Addie Johnston, PV | 43 |
| Keziah Patterson, PG | 29 | Nevaeh Robinson, Sch | 38 |
| JaNiyah Cummings, PG | 29 | Madison Dixon, Sal | 36 |
| Shelby Liber, ST | 27 | Mikayla Washington, PG | 35 |
| Jaiden Wilson, PV | 26 | Talia Guardascione, Wo | 34 |
| Shelby Drummond, ST | 24 | Jaiden Wilson, PV | 33 |
| Jaida Burns, PV | 20 | Shelby Drummond, ST | 30 |
| Dyaira Anderson, Sal | 20 | Izzy Saulin, PV | 28 |
| Kaliyah Taylor, Sal | 20 | Amora Delaine, ST | 28 |
| BLOCKED SHOTS | TOTAL |
| Ava Scurry, Sch | 85 |
| JaNiyah Cummings, PG | 50 |
| Rylee Doerr, ST | 31 |
| Mikayla Washington, PG | 28 |
| Kyia Leyman, Wo | 27 |
| Amora Delaine, ST | 20 |
| Carlysia Pierce, Sal | 18 |
| Dyaira Anderson, Sal | 18 |
| Lauren Hengel, Wo | 17 |
| Marley Wood, PV | 16 |
| Cali Fisler, Sch | 12 |
| Keziah Patterson, PG | 11 |
| Nevaeh Robinson, Sch | 11 |
