With backs to the wall, Woodstown’s boys 4×800 relay team clears several potential hurdles to post qualifying time for Penn Relays
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PHILADELPHIA – The deck couldn’t have been more stacked against Woodstown’s 4×800 relay team reaching one of the more ambitious goals for its season, but as they’ve proved time and again there’s not much they can’t overcome.
One of the goals the decorated group set for themselves this spring was to earn a spot in the historic Penn Relays and win their heat, but they were down to their absolute last chance to qualify and bad things were piling up like a stack of high hurdles.
There really was no tomorrow; if it didn’t happen in Saturday’s Father Judge Relays, it wasn’t going to happen. Bad weather was challenging their resolve to even make the trip to make the attempt and once they got there was going to make it difficult to post a good time. On top of that, one of their pieces was competing for the first time after having surgery three weeks ago.
In spite of all that, the Wolverines did what they always seem to do and that’s got the job done. They won the race in school-record time of 8:08.09, a healthy four seconds under the qualifying standard for the Penn Relays race.
The team of Karson Chew, Cole Lucas, Jacob Marino and Josh Crawford won the race by three seconds over runner-up Caesar Rodney High School of Delaware and four Philly parochial squads. They are expected to learn Monday at 5 p.m. if their time is among the top 35 to make it to Franklin Field. The race prelims are April 24 at 9 a.m. with the Championship of America finals the next day at 5:50 p.m.
“It was very gutsy,” Wolverines coach Reggie Teemer said, confident his team will get a small-school spot. “I just felt like these guys are hungry. They are hungry without me motivating them. It was very cold out. It was windy. It was raining. We just knew we went there for business, not like we were out there for anything else. It’s like all right, let’s go out and do this, we’re gonna get a good time and we’re going to go home. They’re just a gutsy group of kids.”
Tops on that list this week at least was Marino. Three weeks ago the junior distance specialist was in a hospital room waiting to have his appendix removed. He was expected to be out a minimum of four weeks, but he was back running at practice in the middle of last week, a week ahead of schedule.
He ran a 2:08 on his leg and according to teammates ran smooth enough to look like he hadn’t had surgery at all. He started losing ground towards the end of his leg, but Crawford quickly reclaimed the lead and left the field in the wake.
“It was a really nerve-wracking experience coming back into the meet having one chance,” Marino said, “but I’m really proud of all that we’ve accomplished and all the work of the other dudes on our team to get us to where we are at, and our coaches as well.
“it was just surreal coming back and being able to do that. it was just really amazing to beat all those odds and to be able to come back and accomplish that with our team and be able to do something that hasn’t been done.”
The Wolverines switched their running order partly to accommodate Marino’s situation. He typically runs second, but on this occasion he swapped with Lucas for the third leg. It’s likely to be what Chew called “our normal” for the rest of the season.
“With Jacob just coming back, he did perfectly,” Chew said. “He did a great job, ran a sub-2:10, which is where we needed him for the day.
“We were really proud of him for doing what he had to do. We went straight for a group hug after we got the time and he was the center of that because of the situation he was in and what he ran. Even though he had that situation he still ran like he needed to run and ran a really good time for having surgery two weeks beforehand. I knew going in he was going to make that happen.”
Shortly after helping the Wolverines qualify for Penn, Marino ran the boys mile for another chance “to get my legs under me” and finished seventh (4:59.78). Samantha Sterner was the only other Woodstown athlete to brave the elements and she finished seventh in the girls mile (5:53.33).
The team already was registered for the 4×400, but to cover themselves for the 4×8 before Sunday’s deadline, they registered for it shortly after the race. Now it’s just a matter of seeing where they fall.
“It’s out of our hands now,” Teemer said. “We did what we’re supposed to do. We’ll just leave it up to the voters, I guess.”
Category: WOODSTOWN
Mission accomplished
Salem boys return to scene of 2024 disappointment, win West Deptford Relays, Parker boys MVP, Schalick wins girls meet; Schalick boys win in Bridgeton; Woodstown 4×800 qualifies for Penn Relays
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
WEST DEPTFORD – Anthony Parker and the Salem High track team came into the West Deptford Relays on this damp and dreary Saturday with something to prove.
They went into the meet last year expecting to go home with the trophy. Instead, they lost to Audubon by two points, the difference being the baton never getting to Parker in the 4×100 relay.
The Rams considered it a major disappointment and it burned within them for the next 12 months. Coach David Hunt thought of it as a coachable moment regarding the importance of quality practice prior to a meet, which that week was not.
They returned to the scene Saturday and this time all the exchanges were clean. They won the meet going away, scoring 113 points, 27 better than the runner-up Green Wave. Schalick won the girls division comfortably ahead of runner-up Pennsville.
“We came into the meet and we only had one thing on our mind and that was getting the trophy,” Parker said. “We lost last year to Audubon and I don’t think anybody was happy with that, so we came in with a good mindset and we got the trophy.
“During the race I was thinking about last year, but I’m like this year it can’t happen again. I know as soon as I get the baton we’re going to win.”
The Rams won seven events in the tough conditions and Parker was the Most Outstanding Athlete of the boys meet for the first time. He posted the best individual time in the 400 hurdles (58.31) and anchored the winning 4×200, shuttle hurdle and revenge-minded 4×100 relays. He picked up the 4×200 when weather washed out the jumps.
They ran 45.47 in the 4×1, 1:36.92 in the 4×2 and 1:13.78 in the shuttle hurdles. Jelani Beverly ran in two of the relays with him, but for the most part they were three sets of teams.
“He did real good today,” Hunt said. “Right now we’re battling the weather so everyone’s times aren’t necessarily where they want them, but as far as his competitiveness coming into the season it’s been great. He’s doing a lot of very good things.
“He went up to Boston (for the New Balance Indoor Nationals), so he never stopped; we went straight from indoor into spring. The difference in him this year has been this role with the team. Other people are responding to his leadership versus last year where he was kind of just a member of the team. He’s shown a lot of growth in that area.”
On the girls side, Schalick won four events and finished second in four others. Pennsville won three events and both mixed events.
WEST DEPTFORD RELAYS
BOYS 1
TEAM SCORES: Salem 113, Audubon 86, Florence 32, Pennsville 29, Pitman 18, Clayton 14, Buena 9, Freire Charter 8
EVENTS (Top 3)
400 Hurdles: 1. Anthony Parker, Salem 58.31; 2. Henry Lisboa, Pennsville 1:00.21; 3. Gradin Buzby, Salem 1:01.53. Team: Salem 1:59.83, Audubon 2:06.96, Pennsville 1:00.21.800 SMR: 1. Audubon 1:38.69; 2. Salem (Timothy Gregory, Omarion Pierce, Terrance Smith, Jelani Beverly), 1:39.72; 3. Clayton 1:44.73
4×100: 1. Salem (Jelani Beverly, Anthony Parker, Omarion Pierce, Terrance Smith), 45.47; 2. Audubon 45.65; 3. Pennsville (Henry Lisboa, Danny Knight, Ty Young, Colin McGlinn) 46.52
Shuttle Hurdle: 1. Salem (Gradin Buzby, Anthony Parker, Jerry Seals, Timothy Gregory), 1:13.78
4×200: 1. Salem (Jelani Beverly, Kaden Robinson, Terrance Smith, Anthony Parker), 1:36.92; 2. Florence 1:42.13; 3. Freire Charter 1:44.00
4×800: 1. Audubon 9:23.61; 2. Salem (Xavier McGriff, Jerry Seals, Matthew Howard, Andrew Dale) 9:31.60; 3. Pitman 9:49.01
DMR: 1. Audubon 11:47.48; 2. Pitman 12:15.04; 3. Salem (Joshua Gilbert, Gavin Cronrath, Samuel Cooke, Andrew Dale) 12:42.87
4×1600: 1. Salem (Samuel Cooke, Matthew Howard, Gavin Cronrath, Andrew Dale) 21:24.43
Discus: 1. Dylan Hoff, Audubon 118-9; 2. Wyatt Irvine, Salem 113-2; 3. Nick Hiros, Florence 113-1. Team: Audubon 214-2, Salem 205-7, Florence 113-1.
High Jump: 1. Donovan Weathers, Salem 5-8; 2. Liam Nixon, Audubon 5-6; 3. Kaden Robinson, Salem 5-4. Team: Salem 11-0, Audubon 10-10, Florence 10-0.
Javelin: 1. Connor Ayars, Pennsville 154-5; 2. Breyson McCracken, Audubon 142-4; 3. Logan Gilbert, 137-4. Team: Pennsville 282-11, Audubon 279-8, Salem 232-4.
Pole Vault: 1. Jack Mazzoni, Buena 11-6; 2. Gradin Buzby, Salem 10-6; 3. Jelani Beverly, Salem, 9-0. Team: Salem 19-6, Buena 19-6, Pennsville 16-0.
Shot Put: 1. Nick Hiros, Florence 43-0; 2. Aiden McKinney, Audubon 42-8; 3. Pedro Ibarra, Clayton 38-7. Team: Audubon 79-11, Salem 75-1, Clayton 74-7.
GIRLS 1
TEAM SCORES: Schalick 86, Pennsville 60, Clayton 54, Salem 51, Florence 37, Buena 32, Pitman 28, OLMA 3
EVENTS (Top 3)
400 Hurdles: 1. Emily Madden, Buena 1:15.04; 2. Taylor Bass, Pennsville 1:16.96; 3. Brooke Valentine, Schalick 1:17.90. Team: Buena 2:36.92, Schalick 2:39.29, Salem 2:41.39.
800 SMR: 1. Pennsville (Kallie Morrison, Annabella Manning, Ariana Charles, Megan Morris) 2:01.62; 2. Clayton 2:07.39; 3. Florence 2:10.66
4×100: Clayton 54.49; 2. Schalick (Brooke Valentine, Caileigh Schalick, Gia Martellacci, Phoebe Alward) 56.31; 3. Florence 58.59
SHR: 1. Buena 1:17.63; 2. Salem (Audrey Boggs, Tahirah Davenport-White, Ji’Yonna Seals, Kashira Patterson) 1:19.02; 3. Schalick (Gabriella Simonini, Ava Scurry, Piper Warner, Rebekah Cuff) 1:21.37
4×200: 1. Schalick (Sophia Harris, Phoebe Alward, Caileigh Schalick, Gia Martellacci) 1:53.60; 2. Clayton 1:56.08; 3. Salem (Angelina Fothergill, Raniyah Parsons-Smith, Ma’Kayla Smith, Amaia Massengill) 1:57.45
4×800: 1. Schalick (Sarah Torpey, Caylen Taylor, Olivia Sacerdote, Emmalynn Robinson) 11:36.16; 2. Pitman 11:39.68; 3. Salem (Gabriella Bartlett, Samantha Dale, Isabella Langley, Tessa Bohn) 12:16.72
DMR: 1. Schalick (Caylen Taylor, Sarah Torpey, Emma O’Neill, Helen Lillia) 14:09.53; 2. Pennsville (Izzy Saulin, Taylor Bass, McKayla Patterson, Sawyer Slad) 15:59.52; 3. Florence 16:02.74
4×1600: 1. Pitman 26:55.85; 2. Schalick (Sarah Torpey, Caylen Taylor, Olivia Sacerdote, Emmalynn Robinson) 29:15.89; 3. Florence 29:48.63
Discus: 1. Sebrina Bradford, Schalick 90-1; 2. Destinee Williams, Clayton 89-5; 3. Rainelle Blocker, Clayton 82-5. Team: 1. Clayton 171-10, Schalick 166-9, Pennsville 149-8.
High Jump: 1. Kallie Morrison, Pennsville 4-8; 2. Anna Gallo, Clayton 4-4; 3. Taylor Bass, Pennsville 4-0. Team: Pennsville 8-8, Salem 8-0, Clayton 4-4.
Javelin: 1; Rainelle Blocker, Clayton, 112-2; 2. Olivia Sacerdote, Schalick 89-6; 3. Navaeh Robinson, Schalick 87-0. Team: Schalick 175-6, Clayton 154-11, Pittman 141-7.
Pole Vault: 1. Megan Morris, Pennsville 8-6; 2. Tyiana Miller, Salem 6-6; 3. Marlee Lawson, Pennsville 6-6. Team: Pennsville 15-0, Salem 12-6
Shot Put: 1. Rainelle Blocker, Clayton 32-6.5; 2. Kylie Sack, Buena, 29-3.5; 3. Tatiyonna Crawford, Pennsville 27-2.25. Team: Clayton 58-2.5, Buena 54-11.75, Pennsville 52-3.25
MIXED 1
4×100: 1. Pennsville (Connor Ayars, Kayla Buck-Finley, Cole Campbell, Izzy Saulin) 1:00.57; 2. Florence 1:05.52
4×400: 1. Pennsville (Colin McGlinn, Megan Morris, Henry Lisboa, Ariana Charles) 4:04.69; 2. Florence 4:27.87
GIRLS 2
TEAM SCORES: Gloucester City 78, West Deptford 70, Lower Cape May 47, Middle 37, Oakcrest 34, Pleasantville 33, Penns Grove 28, Eastside Camden 11, Deptford 8, Camden Catholic 2
EVENTS (Penns Grove only)
800 SMR: 4. Penns Grove (Ariana Dowe, Ja’Onyi Fundora, Niyannah Hill, Kimberly Smith) 2:04.06
4×100: 5. Penns Grove (Janiyah Cummings, Arianna Dowe, Malliyah Gardner, Semijah Hinez) 56.66
4×200: 1. Penns Grove (Ariana Dowe, Janiyah Cummings, Ja’Onyi Fundora, Malliyah Gardner) 1:56.65
Discus: 5. Penns Grove (Zoey Ceasar, Nalayea Livingston) 117-3
Shot Put: 2. Zoey Ceasar, Penns Grove, 29-11.25. Team: 1. Penns Grove (Ceasar, Jarlene Vichi) 57-1.25
Schalick boys repeat
BRIDGETON – The Schalick boys won eight of 14 events in challenging conditions and ran away with the Bridgeton Relays for the second year in a row. The Cougars scored 118 points, lapping Division I runner-up Cedar Creek. David Stewart won the long jump and triple jump and ran a leg on the winning 4×100 relay.
It was their second win in as many weeks, having won the small schools division at Buena the week before.
“We love bad weather; our guys are 4-0 in bad weather,” Cougars coach James Turner said. “They look at it as an advantage because they are willing to push through it and do what needs to be done.”
BRIDGETON RELAYS
TEAM SCORES: Schalick 118, Cedar Creek 58, Pleasantville 44, Triton 34, St. Joseph (Hamm.) 16, Haddon Twp. 16
EVENTS (Division I)
400 Hurdles: 1. Hunter Dragotta, Schalick 1:00.79, 2. Kolby Sicklar, Schalick 1:01.48
4×100: 1. Schalick (Michael Eberl, Zaeshawn Mills, Reggie Allen, David Stewart), 44.59
4×200: 1. Pleasantville 1:33.12; 2. Triton 1:36.11; 3. Schalick (Kenneth Bartee, Jase Volovar, Roneem Thomas, Zaeshawn Mills) 1:36.80
4×400: 1. Schalick (Michael Eberl, Reggie Allen, Jase Volovar, Jacob Carter) 3:44.04
4×800: 1. Schalick (Salvatore Longo, Hunter Dragotta, Chase Riley, Collin Bittle) 9:19.89
4×1600: 1. Cedar Creek 19:57.07; 2. Schalick (Collin Bittle, Chase Walker, John Egan, Nicholas Valentino) 22:02.78
800 SMR: 1. Pleasantville 1:39.64; Schalick DQ
1600 SMR: 1. Pleasantville 3:31.69; 2. Schalick (David Stewart, Zaeshawn Mills, Roneem Thomas, Steve Chomo) 3:51.88
DMR: 1. Schalick (Steve Chomo, Salvatore Longo, Jacob Carter, Chase Riley) 11:48.46
High Jump: 1. Jase Volovar, Schalick 5-0; 2. Reggie Allen, Schalick 5-0
Long Jump: 1. David Stewart, Schalick 19-6.25; 2. Zaeshawn Mills, Schalick 19-2.75
Triple Jump: 1. David Stewart, Schalick 39-8.5; 2. Levi Feeney-Childers, Schalick, 39-4.25
Shot Put: 1. Kyle Stephens, Haddon Twp. 42-11; 2. Ethan McLean, Schalick 35-0.5
Discus: 1. Mandel Pettiford, Cedar Creek, 162-4; 2. Ethan McLean, Schalick, 122-6; 3. Nylan Sutton, Schalick 102-7
Woodstown’s 4×8 takes
it down to the wire
PHILADELPHIA – Woodstown’s decorated boys 4×800 relay team posted a time good enough to qualify for the Penn Relays Saturday when it won the race at the Father Judge Relays in school-record time. The Wolverines came in with an 8:08.09, four seconds under the qualifying threshold for the historic race, in their last chance to qualify.
The team of Karson Chew, Cole Lucas, Jacob Marino and Josh Crawford won the race by three seconds over Caesar Rodney High School of Camden, Del. They are expected to learn if their time is among the top 35 to make the Penn Relays field Monday. The race is April 24. The Wolverines had qualified for the 4×400 earlier in the year.
Shortly after helping his 4×800 relay team hit the mark, Marino finished seventh in the boys mile (4:59.78). He is three weeks removed from having his appendix removed. Samantha Sterner finished seventh in the girls mile (5:53.33).
Look for an expanded version of this story soon at the Riverview Sports News website.
Turning point
Woodstown stands up to adversity, Gloucester City for much needed win; includes all of Thursday’s reported Salem County action
SALEM COUNTY BASEBALL
Woodstown 4, Gloucester 2
Pennsville 26, Clayton 0
Pitman 11, Salem 0
Schalick 3, Overbrook 2
Glassboro 16, Penns Grove 2
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
GLOUCESTER – Whether it was a team they had beaten every time they played before or one that had taken them down in walk-off fashion in last year’s playoffs, it didn’t really matter. The Woodstown baseball team was in need of a feel-good win and got it Thursday night.
The Wolverines were skunked by the two best pitchers in Salem County in their last two outings, but they got things back moving in the right direction with a 4-2 win at Gloucester City. That’s the same Gloucester program that broke their hearts with two runs in the bottom of the seventh of last year’s South Jersey Group I title game.
“I think there was a sense of relief,” Woodstown coach Marc DeCastro said. “I told them yesterday it doesn’t matter when it happens almost every team goes through a point where it becomes easy to kind of splinter and blame things and people and everything but yourself, and then there are times when the teams that can be good take those opportunities and grow from them.
“Whether we won today or whether we didn’t, to me, it was a little irrelevant. We’re still not ready to be a really good team just yet, we’re still learning how to do that, but what I wanted to see was how we handled each other and handled the game, and I thought they did a really good job.
“I saw some things that showed me there were some people who were looking to get it on the right track as opposed to just let it go where it was. I was happy with the way we approached the game. I’m obviously glad that we won, but first and foremost I wanted to see whether we could handle ourselves or I had to be the one to handle things. I was glad to see they were able to do that.”
Unlike their last two games in which they fell way behind in the first inning, the Wolverines (3-2) scored a run in the first and never lost the lead. Tommy Tucci singled in a run in the first and doubled one home in the third – both with two outs — to give them a 2-0 lead and Blake Bialecki gave them some necessary insurance with a two-run single through a drawn-in infield in the seventh.
Tucci and Bialecki both had two hits in the game. Rocco String, Ty Coblentz and Caiden Spinelli also had two hits apiece. String and Coblentz both scored twice.
“The win was needed bad,” Bialecki said. “We’ve been struggling and it is definitely a part of the season where we could either fall apart as a team or come together as a team. Today we responded very well to the adversity we have been facing.
“Coach said that if he had to interfere with us fighting the adversity we would struggled with it all season. But today we showed him we can bounce back ourselves. Now he knows that if we face adversity again, whether that’s a stretch of games like we just had or just adversity in a specific game, he knows we can figure it out and bounce back.”
Aaron Foote was the first of four Woodstown pitchers and he got the win. He worked into the fifth inning in his first appearance since the season opener and allowed two hits and a walk while striking out four.
Gloucester staged a rally in the home seventh that looked unnervingly familiar to the Wolverines. The Lions scored two runs and threatened more with bases loaded and none out, but junior Chase Harding came on got the last three outs on a two strikeouts and a ground out.
Although the thought didn’t register at the time with DeCastro, who remains steadfastly focused on the present and future, there were more than a few Wolverines who recalled last year when Gloucester rallied on this field in the bottom of the seventh to snatch the sectional championship game away.
“All game I was having flashbacks to last year’s game,” said Bialecki, a senior outfielder. “We were all really excited for this game because of last year. When they were threatening in the last inning I was really worried it was going to happen again.
“But we were able to pull it off this time.”
And show their coach they can be counted upon in times of adversity.
PENNSVILLE 26, CLAYTON 0: The Eagles got big games across the board. Chase Burchfield, Connor Starn and Mike McClincy all homered, all nine starters had at least one RBI and scored at least one run and three pitchers combined for a no-hitter.
It was the Eagles’ highest-scoring game since they put 29 on Clayton May 11, 2016. In fact, four of the Eagles’ 10 highest-scoring games since 2011 have come against the Clippers.
McClincy went 3-for-5 with six RBIs. The junior catcher got his first varsity hit in his first at-bat and the next time up hit a grand slam, which he told teammates was the first homer he’d ever hit in his life. Starn, a senior, went 3-for-3 with four RBIs and his homer was his first in 149 varsity at-bats.
Meanwhile, Burchfield went 3-for-5 with four RBIs, Cohen Petrutz went 4-for-4, Mason O’Brien went 3-for-4 and Jeff Wagner drove in three runs.
“It was a big game for the offense,” Eagles coach Matt Karr said. “I was very proud how locked in our guys were. It was cold and they stayed focused through each at bat and their approach to the day was what we expected.”
Logan Streitz, Starn and O’Brien combined on the five-inning no-hitter, each throwing 30 pitches or less. They struck out nine, walked three and hit a batter.
“They all threw the ball very well, especially considering the conditions and how long they had to sit in between innings,” Karr said.
Pennsville’s big games
Here is a list of Pennsville’s highest scoring baseball games (since 2011)
| RUNS | OPPONENT | DATE |
| 39 | Salem | May 15, 2014 |
| 31 | Clayton | April 13, 2015 |
| 31 | Wildwood | May 14, 2018 |
| 29 | Clayton | April 11, 2016 |
| 29 | Penns Grove | April 5, 2024 |
| 26 | Clayton | April 10, 2025 |
| 24 | Gateway | May 20, 2013 |
| 24 | Clayton | May 4, 2017 |
| 20 | Wildwood | May 8, 2013 |
| 20 | Gloucester City | Apr. 14, 2014 |
SCHALICK 3, OVERBROOK 2: Lucas D’Agostino’s two-run double highlighted a three-run sixth inning that broke a scoreless tie and then he pitched the seventh behind the Cougars’ ace to get the save.
Schalick’s Luke Pokrovsky and Overbrook’s Tyler Wood battled for five innings before the Cougars (4-0) broke through in the sixth. Both pitchers went six. Pokrovsky allowed four hits, an unearned run in the bottom of the sixth and struck out 14.
Enrico Hatz and Pokrovsky both had two hits for the Cougars.
PITMAN 11, SALEM 0: One day after their pitchers put together a no-hitter the Rams were no-hit themselves. Pitman’s Jude Engstrom and Kiernan Clark allowed the Rams only two base runners – walks to Terrell Robinson and Andrew May. Nick Watson homered for Pitman and Hudson Rue had three hits and three RBIs.
GLASSBORO 16, PENNS GROVE 2: Joey Tongue and Gavin Dillard both had three hits and Sal Esgro had three RBIs to lead the Bulldogs. The Red Devils, no-hit the day before, were held to two hits – a single by Bristol Scott and Liam Irvin’s RBI double.
Softball
THURSDAY’S SCORES
Pennsville 18, Clayton 2
Gloucester 14, Woodstown 1
Pitman 12, Salem 1
Schalick at Overbrook
Glassboro 18, Penns Grove 0
SCHALICK 14, OVERBROOK 13: Taylor Brown’s two-out line single brought Ava Lauglin home with the winning run to cap a two-run seventh-inning rally that allowed the Cougars to walk it off. Lauglin was in scoring position after tripling home the tying run.
The Cougars trailed 9-1 in the third inning and tied it 9-9 in the bottom of the fifth on Olivia Vanacker’s bases-loaded walk and Alexa Shimp’s run-scoring fielder’s choice.
The lead changed hands four time in the final two innings. Overbrook went ahead 11-9 in the top of the sixth, but the Cougars rallied in the bottom of the inning to take a 12-11 lead on Addi Shimp’s RBI double. Overbrook took a 13-12 lead in the top of the seventh before the Cougars ended it in the bottom of the inning.
Addi Shimp and Cloe Elliott each had three hits for Schalick. Maddie Brown had three RBIs.
PENNSVILLE 18, CLAYTON 2: The meat and the bottom of the lineup provided most of the damage for Pennsville. Kylie Harris and Savannah Palverento, the Nos. 3 and 4 hitters in the Eagles’ lineup, were a combined 4-for-5 with seven RBIs. The bottom third of the order – Reagan Wariwanchik, Makenzie Widener and Gianna Evans – were a combined 8-for-9 with seven RBIs. Wariwanchik and Evans both had three hits, Evans and Widener each had three RBIs.
GLOUCESTER 14, WOODSTOWN 1: The Lions erupted for 11 runs in the second inning to send Woodstown to its first loss of the season. Hannah and Grace Hitchner had the Wolverines’ only two hits off Gloucester pitcher Kloi Tighe.
PITMAN 12, SALEM 1: The Panthers pulled away from a one-run game with eight runs in the third inning. Lexi Kostiuk went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and Madison Peek drove in a pair of runs for the Panthers.
GLASSBORO 18, PENNS GROVE 0: The Bulldogs scored seven runs in the first inning and nine in the third.
Golf
WOODSTOWN 175, CUMBERLAND 229
(Running Deer GC, par 36)
Woodstown: Grant Prater 42, Erich Lipovsky 43, Anthony Bokolas 44, Jack Bucksar 46.
Cumberland: Thomas Marguglio 51, Chase Pepper 56, Brian Feliciano 59, Blake Darick 63.
Tennis
WOODSTOWN 5, TRITON 0
Drew Stengel (WO) def. Tristyn Malone, 6-1, 6-0
John Farrell (WO) def. Cole Durham, 6-4, 6-3
Joseph Kurpis (WO) def. Tirth Patel, 7-5, 6-3
Luke Shaw-Mason Shimp (WO) def. Sean Gorski-Brennan Zabala, 6-1, 6-0
Nicholas DiTeodoro-Ben Stengel (WO) def. Shrey Modi-Nathanial White, 6-0, 6-1
Records: Woodstown 4-2, Triton 0-3
VINELAND 4, SCHALICK 1
Jorge Alverez (V) def. George Gould, 6-3, 6-1
Rocky Monticolo (S) def. Christopher DeCarvalho Chanez, 6-1, 5-7, 12-10
Justin Mastro (V) def. Conor O’Toole, 6-4, 6-1
Alex Garcia-Asher Hill (V) def. Kaden Barnes-Cayden Brzozowski, 6-2, 6-3
Kevin Maldonado-Sam Heck (V) def. David Santana-Anthony McGrath, 6-1, 7-5
Records: Vineland 4-3, Schalick 3-3
All about process
Wood fashions one-hitter as Pennsville run-rules Woodstown for first win of the season
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – Listening to Pennsville baseball coach Matt Karr talk about the way the Eagles go about their business is a lot like listening to Nick Saban when Alabama ruled the football world.
It’s all about the process. Trust in it, leave the “rat poison” alone, and the wins will follow.
On Wednesday, the process merged with senior pitcher Luke Wood’s sharpest outing of the season and together it produced a 10-0, five-inning win over Woodstown for the Eagles first victory of the season.
“The Pennsville baseball team showed up, not just Luke Wood, it was the whole team,” Wood said. “I think as a team we really came together today a lot more than we were our first two games.
“It was kind of the atmosphere today and the whole makeup of our team. We didn’t really feel like us our first two games. It wasn’t easy to start 0-2 but we kind of put that as a chip on our shoulder and worked really hard all week.””
The Eagles (1-2) lost their season opener at Pitman and didn’t feel good about any part of it. They played better in their next game against Gloucester Catholic, but lost that one, too.
“We all firmly believe that opening day game was not indicative of who we are and how our season is going to go,” Karr said. “We talked about that together as a team. It is what it is and on to the next game; the No. 1 team in the state rolls in and you’ve got to saddle up and go play. We didn’t win, but we came out and battled, played much better baseball.
“We talk a lot about process, how we’re doing things rather than what’s on the scoreboard. Usually, if your process is good, the scoreboard will be in your favor at the end. So, we focus how we play baseball. We have to play our game every day no matter what. We have to handle our business. Trust the process.”
The Eagles certainly trust in Wood, who gives them the confidence to play anybody in the state when he’s on the mound. He spun a one-hitter Wednesday, allowed only four base-runners and faced just three batters over the minimum for five innings.
It was his longest outing on the mound since last May and the longest outing with the fewest hits of his four-year varsity career.
He struck out nine, including the last six in a row, and retired the last 11 batters he faced. The only hit he allowed was Blake Bialecki’s slow-rolling single to third in the first inning. He went to three balls on only three hitters – and struck out two of them.
He threw 79 pitches and was going to come out if the Eagles hadn’t walked it off with four runs in the fifth because the coaches were trying to keep their ace to 80 pitches. Of course, had the game been tighter, he might’ve stayed longer.
In his start against Pitman the McDaniel College-bound Wood gave up three hits and two runs over four innings. He struck out seven, walked two and hit two. He threw 72 pitches. The Eagles were down 2-1 when he was lifted and eventually lost 7-2.
“I think my composure and how I carried myself and just went about each at bat,” Wood said, explaining the difference in his two starts. “Against Pitman I was kind of letting myself get lost and sped up. Today, regardless what happened I stayed very (focused) and pitched my game and let it work.”
“I think Luke will tell you he wasn’t as sharp as he would’ve liked to have been (against Pitman), although I still thought he pitched well enough to win that game,” Karr said. “Today he came out, didn’t overthrow. He could definitely throw harder than he did today but he pitched really well today, sequenced really well and his breaking pitches he was spotting wherever he wanted. Counts didn’t matter today, he was throwing his game, he was locked in and when a pitcher gets like that he’s hard to hit. Especially Luke.”
The Eagles gave their ace a four-run lead in the bottom of the first. Mason O’Brien scored the first run when the Wolverines threw Wood’s sacrifice bunt into right field. Chase Burchfield delivered a two-run opposite-field single two batters later and Cohen Petrutz had an RBI double.
They added single runs in the third and fourth on RBI singles by Jeff Wagner and Logan Streitz, and walked it off with four in the fifth capped by Burchfield’s bases-loaded single.
The Wolverines have the distinction of facing the two top pitchers in Salem County on the road in their last two games – both left-handers both named Luke – and met with similar results. Last week, Schalick’s Luke Pokrovsky fashioned a five-inning perfect game with 11 strikeouts against them. Neither Luke let a ball out of the infield.
They felt behind in the first inning In both run-rule losses – 10-0 against Schalick, 4-0 Wednesday – and trying to make up a deficit of any size with those pitchers on the mound is a tall order.
“Luke works a little differently than the other Luke,” Woodstown coach Marc DeCastro said. “The Schalick Luke has more of an ability to throw it by you pretty much any time he wants and then he’s got a breaking ball that kind of acts like a splitter so it’s difficult. Luke (Wood) works a little bit more, in, out, up, down, changes speeds. He can ramp it up when he needs to.
“It’s good to see those pitchers, but it’s not good to have zero runs in 10 innings.”
It doesn’t get any easier for the Wolverines. Later today they face a Gloucester City team that beat them on a seventh-inning walk-off in last year’s South Jersey Group I championship game. The matchup is intriguing just because of the recent history, but, really, with what they’ve gone through the last two games it doesn’t much matter who is in the other dugout.
“I couldn’t care less who it is tomorrow,” DeCastro said. “We just lost two games in a row 10 and 11 to nothing, so we have to bounce back really quickly against whoever it is and try to get a lead and learn how to play with a lead and try to get back on track.”
Salem shutdown
Robinson, Davis combine for no-hitter, Rams give them a win with 3 runs in eighth inning; includes Salem County roundup
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PENNS GROVE – Salem baseball coach Eric Fizur had seen enough of his top pitchers giving a strong effort and not getting anything for it. He told the hitters at a most crucial time Wednesday they needed to step up for their teammates.
Rams pitchers Terrell Robinson and Chase Davis hadn’t given up a hit over seven innings, but they were still locked in a tie game. The hitters rewarded them with three runs in the eighth and the Rams locked it down in the bottom of the inning to complete the gem and beat Penns Grove, 6-3.
It was the Rams’ first no-hitter since Evan Biddle threw a five-inning perfect game against LEAP on May 16, 2023.
“It’s a big pick-me-up,” Fizur said. “This was the type of game last year that we would have struggled in that moment, even with good pitching, and found a way to lose. You could see the growth in the team this year. They found a way to go win the game.
“They’ve been throwing amazing since the season started. Chase threw a great game at Wildwood. Even in Holy Cross, we couldn’t put the bat on the ball. Terrell threw four quality innings and kept us in the game, but we couldn’t help him out. I told the kids pre-game we wasted Terrell’s last great outing, we need to have a great one today and pull it out for him.”
Robinson pitched the first 5 1/3 innings. He gave up the Red Devils’ three runs, but only two were earned. He walked five and struck out nine. Davis finished it, allowing just three base runners and striking out six.
The only reason Robinson, a Rosemont commitment who wears No. 42 as an homage to Jackie Robinson, came out of the game in the sixth was he had thrown 110 pitches.
“Terrell threw an amazing game,” Fizur said. “Terrell’s thrown many amazing games. I told him last year I always felt he got the short end of the stick because he had to face the best teams a lot of times. He had to throw against the Pitmans of the world and he never batted an eye, just said I’m going to go do it.
“He said can I start the Penns Grove game? I was like, sure, it’s you’re game, buddy, and he threw a gem. It was a joy to watch him pitch today. Those five innings were beautiful.”
Davis worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh with an inning-ending strikeout, then set down the Red Devils in order in the eighth after the Rams gave him the lead. He threw 49 pitches.
“Chase was supposed to start tomorrow in the game versus Pitman,” Fizur said. “He’s been looking forward to it since I told him, but I said, look, we’ve got to get a win today, you’re the guy right now. I need someone who’s going to go in there who I know can dominate.
“Obviously as a competition Chase was like I want to pitch against Pitman tomorrow, but he understood it was a moment to sacrifice and pull a game out. We didn’t tell him it was a no-hitter, we didn’t want to put that pressure on him, but he came in and stepped up.”
The Rams took the lead in the eighth on RBI singles by Davis, Robinson and Bryce Harris.
“I looked at them and said you’re literally wasting a no-hitter,” Fizur said. “Terrell’s had two starts in a row, he’s pitched phenomenal in both of them and we haven’t come through for him and I just said you’re wasting a no-hitter on these guys right now. We need to go score and end this game.”
SOFTBALL
WOODSTOWN 7, MAPLE SHADE 1: The Wolverines saved their best for last. Hannah Hitchner’s two-run single capped a seven-run seventh inning that lifted Woodstown to its second win of the season.
Johanna Way singled home the tying run and Gracie Hitchner’s RBI double gave the Wolverines (2-0) the lead for good. Ellie Wygand, Way and Shyann Higinbotham had two hits apiece. Leah Clark held the high-scoring Wildcats to one run, seven hits and struck out eight in the circle.
SALEM 18, PENNS GROVE 4: Isla Bohn and Sasha Reese both went 2-for-2 with three RBIs to lead the Rams’ 18-hit attack. Winning pitcher Rylee Doerr helped her cause with two hits and two RBIs, Julliana Love had two hits and Morgan Fogg had two RBIs. Doerr gave up two hits and struck out 11 from the circle.
GOLF
TRITON 167, PENNSVILLE 225: Bradyn Skokowski shot even-par 36 at Sakima CC to lead Triton to its fifth win in six matches.
KINGSWAY GIRLS 204, SCHALICK 211: Kingsway’s Carly Kuminka was low medalist with a 41 at Centerton CC. Abby Willoughby posted Schalick’s low score (52).
TENNIS
PENNSVILLE 4, DELSEA 1
Zeph Dell (D) def. Gabe Schneider, 6-2, 6-1
Maddox Efelis (P) def. Eli Croce, 6-0, 6-2
Brody Wiggins (P) def. Zach Natalie, 6-1, 6-0
Lucas Cooksey-Sawyer Humphrey (P) def. Jacob Bramble-Jude Thompson, 6-3, 7-5
Ian Peacock-Carter Willis (P) def. Gavin Riemer-Seth Bul, 6-2, 6-7 (9-11), 10-8
Records: Pennsville 4-0, Delsea 3-2
SCHALICK 5, OVERBROOK 0
George Gould (S) def. Thomas Mason, 6-2, 6-1
Rocky Monticolo (S) def. Colin Campbell, 6-2, 7-5
Conor O’Toole (S) def. Alan Marcos, 6-3, 3-6, 10-6
Kaden Barnes-Cayden Brzozowski (S) def. Mohammed Shihab-Gabe Martinez, 6-0, 6-1
Anthony McGrath-David Santana (S) won by forfeit
Records: Schalick 3-2, Overbrook 0-5
HADDON HEIGHTS 3, WOODSTOWN 2
Ben Mazzucco (H) def. Drew Stengel, 6-3, 6-2
Owen Peakes (H) def. John Farrell, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
Jackson Zalkind (H) def. Joseph Kurpis, 6-2, 6-2
Luke Shaw-Mason Shimp (WO) def. Sean Fischer-Mike Pender, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 10-6
Ben Stengel-Nicholas DiTeodoro (WO) def. Gavin Ewing-Milan Stocker, 6-0, 6-0
Records: Haddon Heights 4-2, Woodstown 3-2
GIRLS LACROSSE
WOODSTOWN 15, KINGSWAY 13: Delaney Walker scored seven goals – one off her career high – and the Wolverines scored three goals in the fourth quarter to secure their first win of the season. Emma Morgan, Blair Baldi and Jaime Deal each added two goals and Sienna Land and Arianna Hyman each scored once.
VOLLEYBALL
TRITON 2, SALEM TECH 0: The game scores were 25-10, 25-11.
Sharp batter’s eye
Simmons has a career day at the plate for Pennsville softball; Schalick baseball crushes another toe
By Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – Sawyer Simmons took the initiative in the offseason to become a better hitter and it’s been paying off.
Simmons went 4-for-4 with a career-tying three RBIs on a cold, windy Tuesday and Pennsville scored in every inning to beat Overbrook 8-4 to win for the third time in their last four games.
Two of her hits gave the Eagles (4-2) a lead.
The senior outfielder got her day started with a two-out, two-run single in the first that put the Eagles up 2-1. Her RBI single in the fourth put them up for good 5-4. She also had a double in the third and a single in the sixth.
It was her first career four-hit game. The Salem CC signee is 6-for-7 in her last two games.
“With the wind blowing like it was we were looking for line drives or hitting something hard on the ground and she did that every time she came up,” Eagles coach Beth Jackson said. “She hit it very hard, even gave a couple good rides that were foul balls.
“She’s struggled with her hitting over the last couple years but I told her if you wanted to take a net and tee to hit in the offseason you were more than welcome. She did take the initiative and that’s what’s come through.”
Kylie Harris had two hits for the Eagles, including an RBI single in the fifth, and is now hitting .706 for the year. She now has 84 hits in her high school career.
Reagan Wariwanchik and Makenzie Widener also drove in runs for the Eagles. Savannah Palverento worked the first six innings in the circle to get the win.
BASEBALL
SCHALICK 18, CLAYTON 1: It’s been a week since the Cougars last played, but the time off hasn’t dulled their hitting eye. The Cougars pounded out 16 hits, scored in every inning, and beat the Clippers in five innings.
Evan Glaspey went 3-for-3 with four RBIs and two walks. Lucas D’Agostino went 2-for-2 with two RBIs and three runs scored. Enrico Hatz went 2-for-2 with three RBIs and four runs scored. Evan Sepers had two hits, starting pitcher Cole Hartley had three RBIs and Jamari Whitley drove in a pair of runs.
The Cougars have outscored their opponents 41-2 in their first three games. They have scored runs in 13 of the 15 innings they’ve batted.
Three games involving county teams were postponed: Pennsville at Overbrook, Salem at Penns Grove and Woodstown at Wildwood. The Salem-Penns Grove game has been rescheduled for Wednesday.
GOLF
WOODSTOWN 165, OVERBROOK 178: Erich Lipovsky and Joey Olbrich both shot 4-over-par 40s at Kresson GC and the Wolverines posted the three low scores of the match to even their record at 3-3. Grant Prater shot 41
Woodstown: Erich Lipovsky 40, Joey Olbrich 40, Grant Prater 41, Jack Bucksar 44.
Overbrook: Jeffrey Boyd 44, Mark Scott 44, Dominic Negron 45, Braxton Gillis 46.
TENNIS
KINGSWAY 4, WOODSTOWN 1
Filip Mirkovic (K) def. Drew Stengel, 6-3, 4-6, 10-7
Aidan Shoemaker (K) def. John Farrell, 7-6 (9-7), 6-2
Nolan Steurer (K) def. Joseph Kurpis, 6-0, 6-2
Luke Shaw-Mason Shimp 
def. Jack Tanzola-Nate Bradley, 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 10-7
Brady Reyer-Ryan Finn (K) def. Ben Stengel-Nicholas DiTeodoro, 6-2, 6-3
Records: Kingsway 4-1, Woodstown 3-1.
This week’s schedule
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of April 7-13; games start at 4 p.m. unless noted; games subject to weather conditions
APRIL 7
BASEBALL
LEAP at Salem
Schalick at Haddon Heights
Woodstown at Pennsville
SOFTBALL
Pennsville at Woodstown
Salem at Deptford
GOLF
Pennsville vs. Overbrook, Kresson GC, 3:30 p.m.
Schalick vs. Williamstown, Scotland Run GC, 3:30 p.m.
Schalick girls vs. Cumberland, Running Deer GC, 3:30 p.m.
Woodstown vs. Wildwood, 3:45 p.m.
TENNIS
Deptford at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
Glassboro at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m.
Penns Grove at Wildwood
Schalick at West Deptford, River Winds TC
TRACK
Gloucester Catholic, Wildwood at Salem
GIRLS LACROSSE
West Deptford at Woodstown
VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at Kingsway
APRIL 8
BASEBALL
Clayton at Schalick
Pennsville at Overbrook
Woodstown at Wildwood
SOFTBALL
Overbrook at Pennsville
Schalick at Clayton
Woodstown at Wildwood
GOLF
Pennsville vs. Clayton, The Birches, 3:30 p.m.
Schalick vs. Cumberland, Running Deer GC, 3:30 p.m.
Salem Tech vs. Pitman, Sakima CC, 3:45 p.m.
Woodstown vs. Overbrook, Kresson GC, 3:45 p.m.
TENNIS
Pennsville at Cumberland, 3:45 p.m.
Woodstown at Kingsway, 3:45 p.m.
TRACK
Glassboro at Woodstown
Penns Grove at Pennsville
Schalick at Overbrook, 3:30 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Northampton CC at Salem CC, 3:30 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Sussex County CC, 3:30 p.m.
APRIL 9
SOFTBALL
Woodstown at Maple Shade
GOLF
Pennsville vs. Triton, Sakima CC, 3:30 p.m.
Schalick girls vs. Kingsway, Centeron CC, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Delsea at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m.
Haddon Heights at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
Overbrook at Schalick
Timber Creek at Penns Grove
GIRLS LACROSSE
Kingsway at Woodstown
VOLLEYBALL
Triton at Salem Tech, 3:45 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Northampton CC, 3:30 p.m.
APRIL 10
BASEBALL
Clayton at Pennsville
Glassboro at Penns Grove
Pitman at Salem
Schalick at Overbrook
Woodstown at Gloucester City
SOFTBALL
Gloucester City at Woodstown
Overbrook at Schalick
Pennsville at Clayton
Penns Grove at Glassboro
Salem at Pitman
GOLF
Pennsville vs. Schalick, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
Schalick girls vs. OLMA, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
Salem Tech vs. Overbrook, Sakima CC
Woodstown vs. Cumberland, Running Deer, 3:45 p.m.
TENNIS
Triton at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m.
Vineland at Schalick
TRACK
Salem at Clayton
Woodstown at Cherokee Challenge
LACROSSE
Woodstown at Holy Spirit
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Howard CC at Salem CC, 3 p.m.
APRIL 11
BASEBALL
Pennsville at Haddon Heights
SOFTBALL
Haddon Heights at Pennsville
Haddon Heights at Woodstown
TENNIS
Penns Grove at Clayton
Woodstown at Highland, 3:45 p.m.
Schalick at Wildwood, 4:15 p.m.
LACROSSE
Woodstown at Moorestown Friends
GIRLS LACROSSE
Haddon Heights at Woodstown
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Camden CC at Salem CC, 3:30 p.m.
APRIL 12
BASEBALL
Schalick vs. Triton, 10 a.m.
Salem at Gloucester City, 10 a.m.
Schalick-Triton winner vs. Gloucester-Salem winner, 1 p.m.
Woodstown at Pennsauken Tech, 10 a.m.
Pennsville at Haddon Heights, 2:30 p.m.
SOFTBALL
Schalick at Holy Spirit, 11:30 a.m.
TRACK
Pennsville, Salem, Schalick girls at West Deptford, 9 a.m.
Schalick at Bridgeton Relays, 9 a.m.
Woodstown at Father Judge Invitational
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Salem CC at Camden CC (2), noon
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Delaware Tech at Salem CC, noon
APRIL 13
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Salem CC at Orange County CC, noon
High school Saturday
Here are results of Salem County teams in softball and track events around the area Saturday
SOFTBALL
MILLVILLE – Pennsville went 2-1 in the Ron Vinick/Millville Tournament, scoring a pair of two-run wins over Oakcrest.
The Eagles wrapped 9-7 and 8-6 wins around a 7-5 loss to Millville.
Kylie Harris had two hits and two RBIs in the 9-7 Oakcrest game. Graillyn Weber went 3-for-4 with two RBIs in the 8-6 Oakcrest game. Savannah Palverento had two hits and two RBIs in the loss to Millville.
TRACK
(Top 4 finishes)
DEPTFORD SPARTAN RELAYS
DEPTFORD — Pennsville’s Connor Ayars won the boys javelin in the Deptford Spartans Relays.
BOYS
400 Hurdles: 3. Anthony Parker, Salem, 57.71
4×100: 3. Salem, 44.16
4×110 Shuttle Hurdle: 4. Salem, 1:10.06
4×200: 4. Salem, 1:34.36
Sprint Medley: 4. Salem, 3:57.27
Long Jump: 3. Will Roy, Penns Grove, 19-9.5
Triple Jump: 2. Bryan Garlic, Penns Grove, 41-11.75
Javelin: 1. Connor Ayars, Pennsville, 162-0; 3. Wyatt Irvine, Salem, 142-0
Shot Put: 4. Raymond Brown, Penns Grove, 42-9.75
GIRLS
800 Sprint Medley: 4. Pennsville, 2:01.35
Pole Vault: 2. Megan Morris, Pennsville, 10-0
JIM CAMBURN MEMORIAL RELAYS
BUENA – Schalick’s boys and girls swept the team titles at the Jim Camburn Memorial Relays.
The Cougars boys scored 95 points and edged Atlantic County Teach by two points in their standings. The girls posted 122 points and were 45 points ahead of runnerup Vineland.
DIVISION I
BOYS
4×100: 1. Schalick (Ethan McLean, Jermaine Loney, Nyzier Wynder, Sheldon Goldsborogh), 49.93
4×100: 1. Schalick (Reggie Allen, Levin Feeney Childers, Zaeshawn Mills, David Stewart), 43.80
4×200: 2. Schalick (Kenneth Bartee, Zaeshawn Mills, Jase Volovar, Roneem Thomas), 1:36.55
4×400: 1. Schalick (Reggie Allen, Jacob Carter, Steve Chomo, David Stewart), 3:29.51
4×800: 1. Schalick (Joshua Weiner, Connor Jackson, John Egan, Giovanni Granato), 14:33.19
4×800: 1. Schalick (Chase Riley, Salvatore Longo, Hunter Dragotta, Steve Chomo), 13:20.65
1600 Sprint Medley: 2. Schalick (Jase Volovar, Zaeshawn Mills, Dylan Sheehan, Collin Bittle), 4:01.00
1600 Sprint Medley: 1. Schalick (Kenneth Bartee, Griffin Botticello, Chase Riley, Chase Walker), 4:13.43
Distance Medley: 3. Schalick (Salvatore Longo, Steve Chomo, Chase Riley, Jacob Carter), 11:48.17
4×110 Shuttle Hurdle: 1. Schalick, 1:13.93
Long Jump: 1. Zaeshawn Mills, Schalick, 20-1; 3. David Steart, Schalick, 19-6.5
Discus: 1. Nicholas Ashwell, Schalick, 93-5; 4. Jermaine Loney, Schalick, 80-4
Discus: 2. Ethan McLean, Schalick, 130-11
Javelin: 1. Nyzier Wynder, Schalick, 135-1; 2. Dylan Sheehan, Schalick, 121-10
Javelin: 1. Gary Simonini, Schalick, 125-0; 2. Jermaine Loney, Schalick, 119-5
GIRLS
400 Hurdles: 2. Ava Scurry, Schalick, 1:18.86
4×100: 1. Schalick (JeRae Allen, Athena Eberl, Lucky Virga, Ranae Scurry), 57.33
4×100: 3. Schalick (Phoebe Alward, Jaelynn Jarmon, Gia Martellacci, Caileigh Schalick), 52.05
4×200: 4. Schalick (Bella Cittadini, Angelia Deaver, Lailani Hernandez, Ortiz Sanchez), 2:14.84
4×200: 2. Schalick (Sophia Harris, Caileigh Schalick, Gia Martellacci, Phoebe Alward), 1:52.33
4×400: 3. Schalick (Sophia Harris, Gia Martellacci, Jadalyn Guzman, Lucy Virga), 4:32.52
4×800: 2. Schalick (Jordan Hadfield, Caylen Taylor, Sarah Torpey, Emma O’Neill), 11:12.64
1600 Sprint Medley: 1. Schalick (Phoebe Alward, Jaelynn Jarmon, Gia Martellacci, Jordan Hadfield), 4:26.65
Distance Medley: 1. Schalick (Jordan Hadfield, Helen Lillia, Sophia Harris, Sarah Torpey), 13:57.79
4×100: 3. Schalick (Athena Eberl, Allyson Green, Piper Warner, Ava Scurry), 1:17.73
Triple Jump: 1. Jaelynn Jarmon, Schalick, 33-7
Discus: 1. Allyson Green, Schalick, 89-1; 3. Sebrina Bradford, Schalick, 83-7
Javelin: 1. Olivia Sacerdote, Schalick, 93-2; 2. Allyson Green, Schalick, 92-7
DELAWARE INVITATIONAL
NEWARK, Del. – Woodstown’s boys finished 10th and the girls 11th.
BOYS
400: 2. Josh Crawford, Woodstown, 49.78
800: 4. Cole Lucas, Woodstown, 1:59.89
4×400: 3 Woodstown (Josh Crawford, Karson Chew, Kyle Reitz, Cole Lucas), 3:26.56
2000 Steeplechase: 4. David Farrell, Woodstown, 7:18.61
GIRLS
2000 Steeplechase: 1, Samantha Sterner, Woodstown, 8:17.28; 2. Anabel Schaal, Woodstown, 9:05.52
Hard-working Jesse
Woodstown boys sweep Triton to give Stemberger milestone coaching win in Wolverines’ tennis program
THURSDAY TENNIS
Woodstown 5, Triton 0
Schalick 4, Glassboro 1
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
RUNNEMEDE — The Woodstown boys tennis team swept their head coach into the history books Thursday.
The Wolverines beat Triton 5-0, dropping only one set all day, to give head coach Jesse Stemberger his 300th combined career coaching win in 17 seasons at the helm of the program. Thursday’s win was his 50th with the Woodstown boys program.
It was the Wolverines’ third win in as many days. Stemberger is 250-93 in 17 seasons with the girls, 50-27 in five seasons with the boys.
“It means I’ve been doing it a long time,” he said of the milestone. “When I look at it and I look at all the kids I’ve coached over the years I feel good for them because everybody has a part and I think everybody takes pride in having played for Woodstown tennis in the last 17 years. So, I feel good for them more than I feel good for myself.
“I don’t really think of it as much of an accomplish at the moment but maybe in a couple years I’ll sit back and say yeah that’s pretty cool.”
Stemberger scored his first win on Sept. 10, 2008, a 5-0 girls sweep of Penns Grove; he still has the ball on his shelf. He also got No. 100 against Penns Grove and No. 200 against Overbrook. His first win with the boys came against Wildwood. Of the milestone wins, only No. 100 came at home.
The No. 2 doubles team of Luke Shaw and Mason Shimp got the day started. No. 2 singles John Farrell secured the second point and the victory was clinched by the No. 1 doubles team of Ben Stengel and Nick DiTeodoro (Stemberger’s nephew).
Drew Stengel made it 4-0 at No. 1 singles and Joseph Kurpis completed the sweep when he won a 10-8 tiebreaker at No. 3 singles.
Stemberger is the third Woodstown head coach to reach the 300-win milestone this academic year, joining Darren Huck (boys soccer) and Adam Hyland (wrestling).
“I like it because we’re all friends,” Stemberger said. “We’re the old guard over there. We’re the three longest-tenured. We’re the old guys now. We’ve all been through a lot. We’ve had the same athletic directors, the same administrators, so we’re like the grumpy old men now.
“It’s fun. All three of us have really dedicated a lot of time to this and ultimately it comes down to what we want to do for the kids. They’re the real beneficiaries of this. They’re the ones you care about, they’re the ones you want to see be appreciative of what they’ve got.”
WOODSTOWN 5, TRITON 0
Drew Stengel (WO) def. Tristan Malone, 6-1, 6-4
John Farrell (WO) def. Cole Durham, 6-2, 6-0
Joseph Kurpis (WO) def. Tirth Patel, 6-1, 0-6, 10-8
Ben Stengel-Nicholas DiTeodoro (WO) def. Brennan Zabala-Sean Gorski, 6-1, 6-1
Luke Shaw-Mason Shimp (WO) def. Shrey Modi-Tomas Ledesma, 6-1, 6-0
Records: Woodstown 3-0, Triton 0-1.
SCHALICK 4, GLASSBORO 1
George Gould (S) def. Carter Eli, 6-1, 6-1
Conor O’Toole (S) def. Kelechi Ufomba, 6-0, 6-1
Kaden Barnes (S) def. Andrew Miller, 6-1, 6-0
David Santana-Anthony McGrath (S) def. Jeffrey Guzman-Jesus Lopez, 6-2, 6-1
James Pence-Nico Tsoulcalis (G) won by forfeit
Records: Schalick 2-1, Glassboro 0-3.
Perfect Pokrovsky
Schalick senior throws perfect game at Woodstown in first start of the season, Cougars support him with 10 runs in the first inning
WEDNESDAY BASEBALL
Schalick 11, Woodstown 0
Pitman 7, Pennsville 2
Holy Cross 16, Salem 2
Penns Grove 16, LEAP 1
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
PITTSGROVE — It was a little chilly and a bit breezy but Luke Pokrovsky was as hot on the mound as any day in May.
The Schalick left-hander couldn’t have started his pitching year any better unless, of course, he had gone the full seven innings.
In his first start of his senior year Wednesday the Penn signee fashioned a five-inning perfect game, striking out 11 in the Cougars’ 11-0 Diamond Division win over Woodstown.
It was his first high school perfect game. He threw a no-hitter last year against Wildwood and had three other starts of six innings or longer in which he allowed just one hit. It was his ninth career game with double-digit strikeouts.
“With him, he doesn’t seem to amaze me because each time, each start, I feel like he gets better,” Cougars coach Sean O’Brien. “I’m not shocked at it, but it does kind of throw you off that he’d be on this early. He’s a special type of player. He keeps getting better.”
Pokrovsky threw 69 pitches, 46 for strikes. Included in the package was the new off-speed stuff he’s been working on in the offseason and three scrimmage appearances. He figured he threw two of those pitches to each hitter Wednesday.
He was so efficient he went to three balls on only two batters and threw more than five pitches to three. The Wolverines put only four balls in play against him, all in the infield. He struck out the side in the second, third and fifth innings.
The only ball that looked like it might get through was Rocco String’s comebacker through the box in the fourth that shortstop Evan Glaspey fielded cleanly and threw on for the out. The other non-strikeouts were a pop to short, a soft liner to second and another ball back to the mound.
“I know coming off a hot year last year everybody was going to be expecting me to come out with my fastball, but I was trying to work on the off-speed more,” Pokrovsky said. “After the first inning and throwing that good I was just trying to get strikes over the plate and try to locate better so they couldn’t get hard-hit balls off me. I was really happy with how it came out.
“Coming out like that, you can’t get any better. It was … perfect.”
Yes, it was.
After Pokrovsky put the Wolverines down in order in the first, his teammates gave him 10 runs of support in the bottom of the inning. It would have been 11 but a runner failed to touch the plate when he came in to score.
Sixteen batters came to the plate in the inning. Woodstown starter Dante Holmes got the leadoff man, then the next 14 Cougars reached safely.
Evan Sepers, who made the first out of the inning, had a two-run single the next time he came to the plate.
Pokrovsky went to the pen with catcher Ricky Watt during the long inning to keep his arm warm. When he went back to the mound he struck out the side on 13 pitches.
“He was excellent at getting ahead of guys, attacking hitters,” O’Brien said. “He wasn’t playing around with them. I feel when he attacks hitters he can go deep in the game and force them to put the ball in play. He did a great job of that from the start today.”
Photo: Schalick pitcher Luke Pokrovsky tips his cap coming off the mound after completing his five-inning perfect game against Woodstown.
SCHALICK 11, WOODSTOWN 0
| Woodstown (2-1) | 000 00- | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Schalick (2-0) | (10)01 0x- | 11 | 12 | 0 |
PITMAN 7, PENNSVILLE 2: Hudson Rue held the Eagles to three hits over the first five innings and the Panthers broke open a close game with five runs in the fifth and sixth innings. Steve Fatcher gave Pennsville a 1-0 with a sacrifice fly in the second, but the Panthers took the lead for good with two in the bottom of the inning.
Fatcher had two other hits for the Eagles. Luke Wood pitched the first four innings for Pennsville, allowing just two runs, three hits and striking out seven.
| Pennsville (0-1) | 010 000 1- | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Pitman (3-2) | 020 023 x- | 7 | 8 | 0 |
HOLY CROSS 16, SALEM 2: The Lancers broke it open with 11 runs in the bottom of the fourth inning after the Rams pushed across their first run of the game on Bryce Harris’ RBI double in the top of the inning. Terrell Robinson had two of Salem’s four hits.
| Salem (1-1) | 000 11- | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Holy Cross (2-3) | 203 (11)x- | 16 | 9 | 0 |
PENNS GROVE 16, LEAP 1: The Red Devils jumped out from with five in the home first and then erupted for 11 in the second to turn it into a rout. Elijah Crespo went 3-for-3. Liam Irvin scored three runs and was one of five players who had two RBIs. Tommy Mattioli allowed two hits and walked one from the mound.
| LEAP (0-3) | 010 00- | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Penns Grove (2-2) | 5(11)0 0- | 16 | 8 | 2 |
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