Here are the statistical leaders from the Salem County high school basketball season through Feb. 8; minimum 50 percent of team’s games played needed to qualify
NOTE: The statistics are based on the consistency of reporting to the statewide reporting service. Players who do not score in games may not always be included in those nightly results and some teams do not report complete box scores or statistics.
Here is the Salem County sports schedule for the week of Feb. 10-15; all events 5:30 p.m. unless noted, watch the weather
FEB. 10 GIRLS BASKETBALL Schalick at Winslow, 3:45 p.m. Penns Grove at Pennsville, 4 p.m. Salem at LEAP, 4 p.m. BOYS BASKETBALL Pennsville at Triton Pitman at Penns Grove Salem at Winslow, 5:15 p.m. Schalick at Wildwood Woodstown at Mastery Charter BOYS BOWLING South Jersey Group 2 Tournament At Laurel Lanes Salem Tech vs. Cinnaminson, 3:45 p.m. TRACK Pennsville, Salem at Ocean Breeze, Staten Island SWIMMING NJSIAA Sectionals Woodstown vs. Seneca at Camden County Tech, 4:45 p.m. WRESTLING South Jersey Group I Tournament Quarterfinals At Audubon Pitman at Audubon Haddon Twp. vs. Schalick At Paulsboro Woodstown vs. Pennsville Palmyra at Paulsboro, 6 p.m. Semifinals At Audubon, 7 p.m. At Paulsboro, 7:30 p.m. FEB. 11 GIRLS BASKETBALL Gloucester Catholic at Salem, 4 p.m. Pennsville vs. Clayton at Wells Fargo Center, 2:30 p.m. Salem Tech at Pitman Woodstown at Schalick BOYS BASKETBALL Pennsville at Penns Grove Salem Tech at Pitman, 7 p.m. Salem at Gloucester Catholic, 7 p.m. Schalick at Woodstown GIRLS BOWLING South Jersey Group I Tournament At Thunderbowl, Wrightstown Salem vs. New Egypt, 3 p.m. At Wood Lanes, Woodstown Salem Tech vs. Point Pleasant Boro, 3:45 p.m. WOMENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Salem CC at Mercer CC, 5 p.m.
FEB. 12 GIRLS BASKETBALL Clearview at Penns Grove, 4 p.m. WRESTLING Haddon Heights at Pennsville, 6 p.m. Manchester Twp. at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m. South Jersey Group I Team Finals
FEB. 13 GIRLS BASKETBALL Pennsville at Pitman Penns Grove at Salem, 4 p.m. LEAP Academy at Schalick, 7 p.m. Woodstown at Salem Tech BOYS BASKETBALL Salem at Penns Grove Salem Tech at Woodstown Schalick at Pennsauken Tech GIRLS BOWLING South Jersey Group I Tournament Salem Tech-PP Boro winner vs. Salem-New Egypt winner BOYS BOWLING South Jersey Group I Tournament At Ocean Lanes, Lakewood Salem vs. Donovan Catholic, 3 p.m. South Jersey Group 2 Tournament Salem Tech-Cinnaminson winner vs. Gloucester FEB. 14 GIRLS BASKETBALL Triton at Schalick BOYS BASKETBALL Salem Tech at Camden Academy Charter WRESTLING Schalick, Burlington Twp., Maple Shade at Cherry Hill West, 4 p.m. FEB. 15 WRESTLING Pennsville, Barnegat, Cherokee at Notre Dame, 9 a.m. Penns Grove, Rancocas Valley, Sterling at Highland, 9 a.m. Central Regional, Delran, Haddon Heights at Woodstown, 10 a.m. TRACK NJSIAA Sectionals at Bennett Center, 9 a.m. MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Salem CC at Sussex County CC, 2 p.m. WOMENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Salem CC at Lackawanna, 1 p.m.
Salem’s energy falls flat in Senior Day loss to Absegami; includes all of Saturday’s Salem County sports action
BOYS GAMES Absegami 56, Salem 43 Cherokee 54, Woodstown 38 West Deptford 60, Pennsville 30 GIRLS GAME Cumberland 54, Schalick 21
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
SALEM – Even though his team was facing an opponent that had 19 wins and was fourth in South Jersey Group 3, Salem basketball coach Anthony Farmer believed it was a winnable game if the Rams brought the right energy.
But even with a Senior Day celebration to add some more juice, the Rams were flat and lost to Absegami 56-43.
The Braves are now 20-3 with a 12-game winning streak.
“I wish I had some answers for you, but the whole game it was energy and effort,” Farmer said. “This was considered a big one for us, we needed this one (and) thought it was a winnable opportunity for us if we played with the right spirit. We just didn’t have the spirit. We didn’t have the energy, effort that we needed.
“You expect the guys to come out and play with some spirit, play with some energy and effort and fly around and we just didn’t have that today. We were flat.”
The big downer was the third quarter. The Rams (9-11) were held to one late field goal and outscored 18-3.
It was a tight game early with the teams trading baskets through 7-7. The Braves started exerting its game-long dominance in the paint and opened an 18-8 lead, but the Rams buried three straight 3s by Tymear Lecator and Xavier McGriff to climb back in it.
It was a four-point game when Absegami coach John Arcidiacono called time with 2:43 left in the first half after Jermyis Burroughs’ 3-pointer gave the Braves a 23-19 lead and then then they really went to work.
They gave up a bucket to Neziah Spence that made it 24-21 then didn’t allow another bucket until Azhone Burden’s running hook with 2:08 left in the third quarter. It was the Rams’ only basket of the third quarter.
“It’s a (close) game at halftime, you’ve got to come out, make a shot or two, get some stops and the game could change just like that,” Farmer said. “Obviously, a three-point quarter, things didn’t go our way … We just need to be better. We need to be able to use energy or we’ll be out (of the playoffs) early.”
The Rams recognized their two seniors before the game and both scored in the game. Burden scored 10 points and grabbed five rebounds. Joe Tunis scored a bucket in the fourth quarter.
The game also marked the return of Darrelle Johnson. The junior guard had to sit out since Jan. 13 when the NJSIAA declared him ineligible for a violation of its transfer rules and stripped the Rams of four wins that interrupted Farmer’s run towards 100 career victories.
ABSEGAMI 56, SALEM 43 ABSEGAMI (20-3) – Steven Deviney 1 0-0 3, Donald Johnson 1 5-6 7, Adam Leigh 1 5-8 7, Jamal Davis 8 2-2 19, Jermyis Burroughs 4 5-7 15, Bobby Peterson 2 0-0 5, Quadir Epps 0 0-0 0, Jeriko Thomas 0 0-0 0, Elias Blocker 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 17-23 56. SALEM (9-11) – Donovan Weathers 2 1-2 5, Xavier McGriff 1 0-0 3, Neziah Spence 5 0-0 12, Tymear Lecator 2 0-0 6, Deshaan Williams 0 2-4 2, Antwuan Rogers 1 0-2 2, Joe Tunis 1 0-2 2, Darrelle Johnson 0 1-2 1, Azhone Burden 5 0-0 10. Totals 17 4-12 43.
CHEROKEE 54, WOODSTOWN 38: The Chiefs locked down defensively on the Wolverines in the second quarter and outscored them 18-1 to take control of the game. Cherokee placed three scorers in double figures, led by John Comito’s 15.
HAMMONTON – Brett Rowand was in the right place at the right time in Woodstown’s two wins here. Rowand (150) and Angel Hernandez (144) won the final two bouts to close out Williamstown and Rowand won the clinching match against Hammonton.
WOODSTOWN 41, WILLIAMSTOWN 34 157: Joe Hatefi (WI) pinned Thomas Lacy, 1:26 165: Laitton Roberts (WO( pinned Erick Garcia, 3:02 175: Greyson Hyland (WO) dec. Aiden Garcia, 9-7 190: Deryk Hannold (WI) pinned Paul Banff, 5:31 215: Walter Carter (WO) tech fall over Matthew Lahn, 18-2 (2:23) 285: Mateo Vinciguerra (WO) pinned Logan Kennedy, 1:06 106: Tristan Rosemeyer (WI) pinned Hunter Allen 1:34 113: Adam Froehlich (WI) pinned Luke Woronicak, 1:10 120: Carson Bradway (WO) tech fall over Freedom Neff, 17-0 (3:32) 126: Travis Balback (WO) pinned Joseph Lascala, 1:44 132: Jayden Hennessy (WI) maj. dec. Barry Coverly, 12-0 138: Jackson Slotnick (WI) pinned Louie Scholl, 0:44 144: Angel Hernandez (WO) maj. dec. Jack Masterson, 14-0 150: Brett Rowand (WO) pinned Rohan Jaswal, 0:44
WOODSTOWN 38, HAMMONTON 34 175: Greyson Hyland (WO) tech fall over Julius Witcher, 18-1 (4:59) 190: Paul Banff (WO) pinned Timothy Hignutt, 1:18 215: Walter Carter (WO) tech fall over Mark Hartley, 21-0 (5:34) 285: Mateo Vinciguerra (WO) pinned Angel Arvizu, 0:24 106: Tyler Police (H) maj. dec. Hunter Allen 11-2 113: Nathan Clauhs (H) dec. Luke Woronicak, 11-8 120: Shane Way (H) dec. Carson Bradway, 6-0 126: Barry Coverly (WO) maj. dec. Dylan Tollefson, 11-0 132: Travis Balback (WO) won by forfeit 138: Luca Giagunto (H) pinned Louie Scholl, 0:38 144: Wyatt Patterson (H) pinned Angel Hernandez, 0:40 150: Brett Rowand (WO) pinned Evan Allison, 1:27 157: Michael Maimone (H) pinned Thomas Lacy, 3:20 165: Vincent Palermo (H) pinned Laitton Roberts, 1:37
Pennsville Quad
PENNSVILLE – Brett Land, Connor Ayars and Trevor Waddington all went 3-0 and Gabe Supernavage and Travis Hagan went 2-0 as Pennsville won two of the three matches in its quad meet.
Ayars won by a tech fall, major decision and a pin. Waddington pinned two opponents and won a decision. Land had a tech fall, pin and a decision. Supernavage pinned both of his opponents and Hagan won by tech fall and pin.
PENNSVILLE 68, BURLINGTON CITY 6 120: Mehki Dicks (P) pinned Owen Williams, 4:50 126: Vincent Ciccantelli (P) won by forfeit 132: Christopher Daniels (P) dec. Aaron Woomer, 11-7 138: Nathaniel Mason (P) pinned Brandon Greenberg, 2:37 144: Gave Supernavage (P) pinned Calvin Barchue, 2:45 150: Travis Hagan (P) tech fall over Qaddeah Bright, 17-0 (2:00) 157: Xzavier Waters (B) won by forfeit 165: Juan Velasquez (P) dec. Owen Keefe, 12-5 175: Joseph Halstead (P) tech fall over Suleemon Watson, 15-0 (4:10) 190: Christian Blyler (P) won by forfeit 215: Connor Ayars (P) tech fall over Delkontee Lincoln, 15-0 (2:37) 285: Trevor Waddington (P) pinned Jaden Martinez, 2:45 106: Brett Land (P) tech fall over Gerard Cole, 19-4 (1:13) 113: Erick Davalos (P) won by forfeit
EGG HARBOR 43, PENNSVILLE 31 126: Anthony Pineda (EH) maj. dec. Christopher Daniels, 8-0 132: Marco Manzo (EH) dec. Nathaniel Mason, 9-6 138: Gave Supernavage (P) pinned Graham Schlemo, 3:04 144: Travis Hagan (P) pinned Lionel Lertara, 1:26 150: Tyler Schumacker (EH) won by forfeit 157: Joseph Henderson (EH) pinned Juan Velasquez, 3:00 165: Thomas Corcoran (EH) won by forfeit 175: Zia Ali (EH) pinned Christian Blyler, 0:44 190: Joseph Halstead (P) pinned Jacob Cicchino, 3:32 215: Connor Ayars (P) maj. dec. Marco Saavedra, 10-1 285: Trevor Waddington (P) pinned Kaiden Valera, 2:28 106: Brett Land (P) dec. Maruf Reza, 8-7 113: Jayson Garcia (EH) pinned Erick Davalos, 0:43 120: Alex Piskun (EH) pinned Mehki Dicks, 0:50
PENNSVILLE 63, St. JOE (HAMM.) 18 113: Brett Land (P) pinned Damien Spera, 2:15 120: Mehki Dicks (P) won by forfeit 126: Christopher Daniels (P) pinned Naheem Davis, 1:50 132: Nathaniel Mason (P) pinned Tiernan Tracy, 0:53 138: Dalton Ammon (P) won by forfeit 144: Mason Hollywood (SJ) won by forfeit 150: Paul Lacy (SJ) won by forfeit 157: Juan Velasquez (P) won by forfeit 165: Bobby Butkus (SJ) won by forfeit 175: Joseph Halstead (P) won by forfeit 190: Christian Blyler (P) won by forfeit 215: Connor Ayars (P) pinned Chris Morgan, 1:15 285: Trevor Waddington (P) dec. Cayden Banks, 4-0 106: John Sassi (P) won by forfeit
Pennsville senior gets back in the game on Senior Night, Bass has big game, Wood moves closer to 1,000; includes all the scores and highlights from Thursday night’s Salem County high school basketball games
GIRLS GAMES
BOYS GAMES
Pennsville 60, Schalick 21
Schalick 73, Pennsville 57
Glassboro 33, Penns Grove 31
Penns Grove 58, Glassboro 54
Clayton 76, Salem 22
Salem 102, Clayton 66
Woodstown 63, Overbrook 7
Overbrook 74, Woodstown 55
Wildwood 71, Salem Tech 15
Wildwood 85, Salem Tech 31
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – It’s days like these that make Senior Nights something special.
MACALINO
When Pennsville’s Anikka Macalino tore the ACL in her left knee in the opening minutes of last year’s holiday tournament game against Buena, she didn’t expect to play basketball ever again. If she ever had a chance of coming back at all, she hoped it would be for Senior Night.
Well, not only did she play on Senior Night Thursday, she started (as is customary) and scored the first points of the game in the Eagles’ 60-21 victory over Schalick.
“It meant a lot because I haven’t played in about a year,” Macalino said. “I played JV earlier and my knee just gave up on me. I went into the room and started to cry, but I refused to give up on basketball so I came out and tried again.
“It’s a good feeling scoring the first points of the game.”
And it wasn’t some gift basket to make a player who’d been out all season feel good, either. The Eagles won the opening tip, got it to Macolino and she attacked the basket for a layup. She hit a deep 3-pointer in the third quarter as well.
“To see them go out there and be successful on their night is really kind of cool,” Eagles coach Steve Merritt said.
The game was quietly billed as the night Marley Wood would go over 1,000 career points, but Taylor Bass stole the show.
Bass stood out in the left corner all night and drained a career-best six 3-pointers on the way to a career-high 29 points. The junior hadn’t hit more than three 3s in any game previously in her career, but she was 6-for-7 from beyond the arc against the Cougars.
“I’ve never shot like that before in my life,” she said. “You have those days where you hit them and other days when you don’t. Today was one of those days they went in. I had all those open shots so I took them.”
Wood needed 20 points coming into the game to become the second Pennsville player to reach the 1,000-point mark this season, but had only 12 – and got most of those late. It’s all set up for her to get it Friday when the Eagles host Millville in a game the Thunderbolts agreed to move to Pennsville just for the occasion.
She’s “really excited” about the prospect of joining her sister and brother in the Eagles’ 1,000-Point Club, but it didn’t really hurt her feelings not to get it Thursday.
She said she’d rather do it Friday when more friends, family and especially her AAU teammates and coaches “who are the reason I’m going to score 1,000” could be on hand to witness it. And she didn’t want to steal any thunder from the four seniors who were being honored on their special day.
That mindset was evident early on when she came down on a 2-on-1 break with a clear path to the basket, but she passed to Bass who converted the layup just the same. She had seven assists in the game.
Wood had only five points through the first three quarters, but heated up with all seven of Pennsville’s points in the fourth to get the target down to a manageable number.
“I was getting a little nervous because I only had like five points in all three quarters,” she said. “I wanted to be able to know that I was going to get it tomorrow so I was trying to get at least double digits today so I could have an easier time of it.”
WOODSTOWN 63, OVERBROOK 7: Talia Battavio and Megan Donelson, who’ve been running neck-and-neck in their race up Woodstown’s all-time scoring list, both went over the 1,500-point mark and the Woodstown defense pitched a shutout through the first half.
Battavio scored 13 points to run her career total to 1,510. Donelson scored 15 to reach 1,501. Tori Smith, Woodstown’s all-time leading girls scorer, has 1,566 total points.
GLASSBORO 33, PENNS GROVE 31: Kimora Miles gave the Bulldogs the lead for good with 3:30 to play on a length of the floor layup after fighting through traffic on the other end of the floor. Kezia Brackett extended the lead with three free throws, the last with 14.6 seconds left to make it 33-29.
Penns Grove’s RaNiyah Wilson, the game’s leading scorer, went to the line for three shots with 1.8 seconds left. She made the first two to make it a two-point game, then missed the third on purpose with hopes of a quick put-back, but Glassboro was there to secure the rebound as time expired. GLASSBORO (9-10): Sanaa Thomas 5 0-0 13, Grace Moore 0 0-0 0, Kezia Brackett 5 6-14 16, Kimora Miles 0 0-0 0, Sianna Wedderburn 2 0-0 4, Lily Czubas 0 0-2 0. Totals 12 6-16 33. PENNS GROVE (9-9): RaNiyah Wilson 6 3-8 19, Brianna Robbins 1 1-2 3, JaNiyah Cummings 1 3-6 5, Syanna Robbins 1 0-0 3, Mikayla Washington 0 1-2 1. Totals 9 8-18 31.
Glassboro
4
9
12
8-
33
Penns Grove
11
7
9
4-
31
3-point goals: Glassboro 3 (Thomas 3); Penns Grove 5 (Wilson 4, S. Robbins). Rebounds: Glassboro 31 (Wedderburn 10, Miles 7, Thomas 7).
WILDWOOD 71, SALEM TECH 15: Macie McCracken had 23 points and nine rebounds to lead the Warriors. She also had four assists and three steals. Rebecca Benichou had 11 points and five assists. Rylee Doerr had 11 rebounds for the Chargers.
CLAYTON 76, SALEM 22: Rainelle Blocker had 26 points and Ava Delaney 17 to lead the Clippers (13-5).
Boys games
SALEM 102, CLAYTON 66: You know when you schedule a game against Clayton you can figure on a lot of points behind scored.
Xavier McGriff scored a career-high 23 points, Salem placed four scorers in double figures, and broke 100 for the first time since the 2020 South Jersey Group I tournament. The Rams beat Clayton 100-75 that day.
Antwuan Rogers had a double-double with 14 points and 14 rebounds. Deshaan Williams had 14 points and six boards.
CLAYTON (9-11): Princeton Sackor 3 2-5 8, Nazir Davis 4 0-0 8, Demetris Williams 6 1-4 13, James Fritz 7 0-1 18, Jackson Venuto 3 2-2 10, Nasir Carter 4 0-0 9. Totals 27 5-12 66. SALEM (9-10): Xavier McGriff 9 0-0 23, Deshaan Williams 7 2-2 17, Neziah Spence 5 2-2 14, Kyaire Parsons 3 2-2 8, Antwan Rogers 7 0-0 14, Harlen Parsons 2 0-0 6, Joe Tunis 2 1-2 5, Azhone Burden 3 0-0 6, Giovani Talavera 0 0-0 0, Donovan Weathers 2 0-0 4, KaiSiere Muhammad 2 0-0 4, Tamir Lusby 2 0-0 5. Totals 44 7-8 102.
Clayton
15
4
28
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66
Salem
22
33
24
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102
3-point goals: Clayton 7 (Fritz 4, Venuto 2, Carter); Salem 13 (McGriff 4, Williams, Spence 2, K. Parsons 3, H. Parsons 2, Lusby). Rebounds: Salem 58 (Weathers 9, Burden 10, Rogers 14).
PENNS GROVE 58, GLASSBORO 54: B.J. Robbins hit the last of his three 3-pointers from the top of the key with 2:00 left to give Penns Grove a 56-52 lead and the Red Devils held on. Robbins finished with 14 points. Glassboro’s Xavier Sabb led all scorers with 20.
GLASSBORO (7-12): Xavier Sabb 9-2-20, Davon Barr 3-0-6, Aiden Harris 3-0-6, Kenny Smith 5-3-14, Marley Crowl 3-2-8. Totals 23-7-54. PENNS GROVE (10-9): B.J. Robbins 5-1-14, Roman Gipson 4-5-13, Antoine Robinson 1-2-4, Jameel Horace 7-1-15, Will Roy 0-0-0, Luis Colon 1-0-2, Jeremy Costacamps 1-0-2, Karon Caesar 4-0-8. Totals 23-9-58.
Glassboro
17
11
14
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54
Penns Grove
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15
16
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58
3-point goals: Glassboro 1 (Smith); Penns Grove 3 (Robbins 3).
SCHALICK 73, PENNSVILLE 57: Reggie Allen torched Pennsville for the second time this season, going for 26 points. The senior set his career high with 27 against the Eagles in mid-January. Nylan Sutton (14) and Zaeshawn Mills (11) also scored in double figures for the Cougars. Jovanni Rios led Pennsville with 25 points. Mason O’Brien had 18.
WILDWOOD 85, SALEM TECH 31: Brian Cunniff hit 11-of-14 free throws to highlight a 26-point game to help the Warriors snap a four-game losing streak. SALEM TECH (0-19): Larry Pompper 12, Ayden Myers 7, Chase Pompper 4, Joseph Hayes 4, Aiden Bobo 4. WILDWOOD (6-12): Brian Cunniff 25, Nolan Mawhinney 14, Jeff Knight 9, Jordan Dozier 8, Vinny Sweeney 5, Daniel Benichou 5, Trevor Troiano 7, Era Jordan 4, R.J. Blanda 3, Justice Santiago 2, Sammy Santiago 3, Jack Fullerton 2.
Salem Tech
11
3
3
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31
Wildwood
18
31
17
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85
3-point goals: Wildwood 2 (Mawhinney 2).
OVERBROOK 74, WOODSTOWN 55: Lamar Little scored 34 points, Zair Green had 23 and together they helped turn back Woodstown scorers in double figures. Little’s night was powered by seven 3-pointers.
OVERBROOK (18-2): Lamar Little 12 3-3 34, Zair Green 6 9-11 23, Bilal Robinson 1 0-0 3, JR Stanley 2 0-0 4, Elvin Santiago 1 1-2 3, Xavier Wright 2 0-0 4, Jaden St. John 1 0-0 2, Jayden Wilkerson 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 13-16 74. WOODSTOWN (12-6): Eli Caesar 1 0-0 2, Garrett Leyman 1 1-2 4, Rocco String 4 8-12 16, Blake Bialecki 5 1-3 12, Alejandro Vazquez 5 1-1 14, M.J. Hall 5 0-1 11. Totals 21 3-16 55.
Woodstown girls regain the lead in Diamond Division after turning back Pennsville, Battavio, Donelson closing in on 1,500 points, Eagles’ Wood nearing 1,000
TUESDAY’S GAMES Woodstown 59, Pennsville 47 Glassboro 52, Schalick 22 Clayton 66, Salem Tech 12 Penns Grove 64, Overbrook 19 Pitman at Salem
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – The Woodstown girls basketball team hasn’t had a five-year stranglehold on the TCC Diamond Division by folding under the pressure of a challenge.
The Wolverines faced the sternest late-season challenge to their diamond dynasty Tuesday night, but they never flinched and turned back upstart Pennsville 59-47.
The teams entered the game tied for the Diamond Division lead. Had the Wolverines fallen, it not only would have ended their 34-game Salem County winning streak, it may also have ended their run of four straight division titles.
Now, they’ve won 35 straight against in-county opponents and are on the verge of a fifth straight Diamond Division crown having only the two weakest teams left to play on their divisional schedule.
“At the beginning of the season we set a list of goals and obviously one of those goals was to win the division,” said Woodstown coach Matt Smart, the newest gatekeeper of the dynasty. “It’s something we will never take for granted, especially with this group of girls.
“They come out in games like today, they had a different look on their face. You could tell that we had three days off and they kind of got re-energized, refocused. Basketball is a long season and I think those three days off helped us a lot and you could tell the girls were extremely focused. When we play together like that, we’re just phenomenal.”
The Wolverines trailed only once in the game, at 7-5. From there they went on a 13-2 run to the end of the quarter, capped by Ryann Foote’s bucket at the buzzer, to take control. Foote only regained her eligibility in January after transferring from Salem – where she played for current Pennsville coach Steve Merritt as a freshman – and has brought additional quality to an already stacked line-up.
She had her Woodstown best eight points in the game and pulled down seven rebounds. She called getting the win against a former teammate and coach “put the cherry on top” of the day.
“I was excited because we really needed a win,” Foote said. “We obviously knew we really had to show up and do good, but we didn’t really let that get in our heads. We just knew we had to play our game and work as a team and a family to get it done.”
The Wolverines were led by Talia Battavio (18) and Megan Donelson (13). Battavio hit four 3-pointers and moved within three points of 1,500 for her career. Donelson needs 14 to reach that milestone.
Meanwhile, a big part of the Wolverines’ success came from eliminating one of the Eagles’ three main scorers. Taylor Bass had 18 points and Marley Wood had 15 (to move within 20 points of 1,000), to basically play Battavio and Donelson to a scoring stalemate, but the Wolverines held 1,000-point scorer Nora Ausland scoreless for the second time this season and got modest contributions from their supporting cast..
The Eagles won the last time Ausland was shut out, but that wasn’t the case this time.
“Just watching film on them from our previous game we kind of made a few adjustments and I’ll be honest Meg Donelson came up to me on Monday and said I want to try to guard her,” Smart said. “Whenever Meg comes up to me like that and she has a look on her that’s like we’re doing this (it’s happening).
“She is a phenomenal defender. She always has the hardest assignment every game. She has to output us for offense and stop the girl on defense and she’s always up for the challenge.”
Had Pennsville won the game, the Eagles would have been in good position to win a division title for the first time since 1988. They’d have held a one-game lead on Woodstown with division games left with only Penns Grove and Schalick.
It’s unlikely the Wolverines will lose one of their two remaining division games that would have given the Eagles the chance to climb back into a share for the title.
“I told them 18 games ago, when I pointed that out to you it would have been nice (to get), but I didn’t realize how good you could be,” Merritt said. “I discovered. I learned. Today was a big step. We were there. Nobody expected us to be there, but here we are. I’m proud of them. Of course, I’m disappointed, but I’m proud of them. We hung in there.”
Woodstown’s White has breakout game at Pennsville, includes scores and stats from Tuesday’s high school boys basketball games involving teams from Salem County
TUESDAY’S GAMES Pitman 61, Salem 58 Woodstown 68, Pennsville 30 Overbrook 58, Penns Grove 43 Glassboro 72, Schalick 45 Clayton 126, Salem Tech 62
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – Woodstown coach Ramon Roots’ focus was clearly on the present Tuesday night, but he also got a pretty good glimpse of the future.
The Wolverines had their way with Pennsville in a 68-30 win. It was the kind of game that gave them a chance to do a lot of things, play a lot of different people.
Impressed by his play in a weekend loss to Bridgeton last time out, Roots gave Andrew White his most appreciable minutes of the season and the freshman didn’t disappoint.
White scored a career-high nine points, grabbed four rebounds and blocked a shot.
“At the beginning of the year, like at practice and stuff, you would see glimpses of what he can be,” Roots said. “He’s going to be a big piece of the program in the future. He just got kind of lost in the rotation a little bit, but he’s always been that type of player.
“Then in the Bridgeton game I just happened to try something. He only had like a 2-3 minute stint, but in the first couple possessions he got back-to-back rebounds and he got a putback. I’ve just been impressed at what he’s been doing in practice and the JV level. He’s been working his way up and he’s going to keep on adding minutes.”
White did most of his damage in the second half. He scored eight points in a 32-point third quarter that left the Wolverines with a 37-point lead.
“This means a lot,” he said. “It shows on the varsity level that I can do it.”
As White spoke one of his teammates draped the Wolverine medallion indicative of the game’s MVP around his neck.
“This means everything,” he said. “I worked my butt off to get the chain.”
The big third quarter was the Wolverines’ first 30-point quarter of the season and more than doubled their point production for the game. They opened the half with four straight 3-pointers, two by Alejandro Vazquez and one each from Garrett Leyman and Eli Caesar. The Wolverines hit seven in the game.
Six different players scored in the third quarter, nine players scored in the game.
“Our tempo in the first half was slow,” Roots said. “I was telling the guys before the game let’s pass the ball inside. I think they thought I meant be passive. I was explaining we had 12, 12 and then we had 30. We had more (points) there than in the first half combined.”
Among the other future leanings Roots worked into the game was getting White and fellow freshman Branden Hall on the floor at the same time and giving junior Blake Bialecki extended minutes at point guard. Hall had four points in the third quarter. Bialecki didn’t score in the game, but he dished at least a half-dozen assists in the first half, four in the first quarter.
OVERBROOK 58, PENNS GROVE 43 OVERBROOK (17-2): Lamar Little 3-0-8, Xavier Wright 4-0-8, Zair Green 6-0-12, Elvin Santiago 1-0-2, Bilal Robinson 9-0-20, J.R. Stanley 2-0-5, Jayden Wilkerson 1-0-2, Jaden St. John 0-1-1. Totals 26-1-58. PENNS GROVE (9-9): Will Roy 1-0-3, B.J. Robbins 0-0-0, Roman Gipson 5-7-17, Karon Ceaser 2-2-6, Antoine Robinson 0-0-0, Jameel Horace 8-1-17, Luis Colon 0-0-0, Jeremy Costacamps 0 0-0 0. Totals 16-10-43.
Here is this week’s Salem County sports schedule for the week of Feb. 3-8
FEB. 3 GIRLS BASKETBALL GCIT at Salem Tech Pennsville at West Deptford Penns Grove at Haddon Twp., 4:15 p.m. Schalick at Buena BOYS BASKETBALL Buena at Pennsville Riverside at Penns Grove, 6:30 p.m. TRACK Pennsville, Salem at Ocean Breeze Complex, Staten Island BOWLING Salem vs. Hammonton at DiDonato Bowling Center FEB. 4 GIRLS BASKETBALL Glassboro at Schalick Woodstown at Pennsville, 7 p.m. Penns Grove at Overbrook Pitman at Salem Salem Tech at Clayton BOYS BASKETBALL Clayton at Salem Tech Overbrook at Penns Grove Salem at Pitman Schalick at Glassboro Woodstown at Pennsville MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Salem CC at Montgomery County (Pa.) CC, 7 p.m.
FEB. 5 WRESTLING Pennsville at Gateway Penns Grove at Clearview Salem at Gloucester Catholic BOWLING Salem, Salem Tech in TCC Showcase at 30 Strikes
FEB. 6 GIRLS BASKETBALL Glassboro at Penns Grove, 4 p.m. Salem at Clayton Schalick at Pennsville Wildwood at Salem Tech Woodstown at Overbrook BOYS BASKETBALL Clayton at Salem Overbrook at Woodstown Pennsville at Schalick Glassboro at Penns Grove Salem Tech at Wildwood BOWLING Salem vs. Salem Tech at Wood Lanes SWIMMING NJSIAA Sectionals at GCIT WRESTLING Woodstown, Williamstown at Hammonton Pennsauken at Schalick MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL RCSJ-Gloucester at Salem CC, 7 p.m. WOMENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL RCSJ-Gloucester at Salem CC, 5 p.m.
FEB. 7 GIRLS BASKETBALL Buena at Salem Pennsville at Millville WRESTLING Gloucester Catholic at Penns Grove Salem at Winslow BOWLING NJSIAA Playoffs
FEB. 8 GIRLS BASKETBALL Cumberland at Schalick, 11:30 a.m. BOYS BASKETBALL Pennsville at West Deptford, 11:30 a.m. Woodstown at Cherokee, 11:30 p.m. Absegami at Salem, noon WRESTLING Burlington City, Egg Harbor Twp., St. Joe (Hamm.) at Pennsville Salem, Woodstown, Williamstown at Hammonton MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Salem CC at Harrisburg Area CC, noon
Saturday basketball: Pennsville’s girls win in overtime, Schalick’s boys snap losing streak, includes all the day’s games involving Salem County teams
GIRLS GAMES
BOYS GAMES
Pennsville 46, Camden Catholic 45 (OT)
Schalick 73, Buena 31
Gateway 26, Schalick 21
Oakcrest 78, Pennsville 52
Bridgeton 63, Woodstown 51
Deptford 63, Penns Grove 60
By Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – After a disappointing game against a top team the night before, Pennsville coach Steve Merritt challenged his team to put on a good show Saturday in what he expected to be a similarly tough game against Camden Catholic.
The Eagles gave their coach almost everything he asked for and it resulted in a 46-45 overtime victory.
“They never quit, they played really good defense and were active,” Merritt said. “I was really pleased with the way we played today.
“I told them before the game when I got this job and started working with you I was really happy with the effort and desire to win and for the most part I was happy with it. Yesterday I was little disappointed; let’s go out and put on a good show and they did.”
Playing with 1,000-point scorer Nora Ausland (fouled out) and Jaida Burns (injured) on the bench down the stretch in regulation and all of overtime, the Eagles outscored the Irish 4-3 in the extra session.
All the points in overtime came from the free throw line.
Marley Wood put Pennsville ahead 45-44 with 29 seconds left when she made one of two. The Irish rebounded the shot she missed and tried to hold the ball for a last shot, but the Eagles tied it up with 8.7 seconds and took possession.
Wood was fouled again and this time missed both shots. Edore Pela drve through several Pennsville hands on her way to the basket and put up a short shot for the win that rattled around the rim and didn’t fall.
Pennsville took a seven-point lead into the fourth quarter, but the Irish rallied to force overtime. The Eagles had a chance to win in regulation. Taylor Bass got a steal with two seconds left and raced towards the basket, but her potential game-winning shot rimmed out as the horn blew.
Bass was Pennsville’s leading scorer with 15 points. Ausland had 14 points, 11 in the second quarter to get the Eagles back in the game.
Pela led all scorers with 22 points. She had 11 in the Irish’ fourth-quarter comeback.
CENTERTON – Jase Volovar has been missing his shot lately and wondered where it had gone. It came back to him Saturday and he had a feeling it would.
He and Nylan Sutton both enjoyed career days in Schalick’s 73-31 rout of Buena that snapped a seven-game losing streak.
Volovar tied his career-high with three 3-pointers on the way to a career-high 20 points. Sutton, a senior forward, hit 11 buckets and scored a career-high 24 points.
“It was about going out and coming out as a team and bouncing back from a couple losses,” Volovar said. “Getting back in the rhythm of winning coming up for this game (at Glassboro) Tuesday.
“I thought today we really came together as a team and were moving the ball extremely well, which really helped us get in the rhythm, helped me open up a lot.”
It started quickly for the Cougars’ junior guard. He missed his first 3, but came back down and hit one, then right away got a steal and layup off the press and was on his way to something special. He hit two more 3s before halftime and had 16 points at the break.
“I had been missing my shot,” he said. “Warming up I said my shot was going to be pretty good today. I was hitting from deep, all over the court, every area.”
He credited the increased shooting in practice with helping him get back on track.
Justin Iacona was also feeling it. He hit three 3s, too, and finished with 11 points.
BRIDGETON 63, WOODSTOWN 51: It was all Jameel Purnell and Tavon Chandler for Bridgeton in a tight first half, but the Bulldogs got more players involved in the second half and pulled away.
Purnell scored 34 points in the game and Chandler had 16 to almost outscore the Wolverines on their own, and they combined for all their team’s points in the first half as they built a 25-22 halftime lead.
The Wolverines stayed within reach, but, coach Ramon Roots said, just “didn’t make enough winning plays” to get over the top.
Blake Bialecki hit four 3-pointers and led Woodstown with 14 points. Alejandro Vazquez had 12 and Rocco String had 11. WOODSTOWN (11-5) – Eli Caesar 1 0-0 2, Blake Bialecki 5 0-1 14, Alejandro Vazquez 4 2-2 12, M.J. Hall 1 1-2 3, Garrett Leyman 1 1-2 4, Rocco String 4 3-4 11, Brayden Hall 1 0-0 3. Totals BRIDGETON (8-12) – Leroy Ortiz Rodriguez 2 0-0 4, Joel Francisco Lopez 2 0-0 4, Kyion Gray 1 0-0 3, Stephen Little 0 0-0 0, Jameel Purnell 14 1-2 34, Jahzeer Thompson 0 0-0 0, Geraldo Gonzalez 0 0-0 0, Tavon Chandler 6 2-4 16, Jerrell Burks 1 0-0 2. Totals 26 3-6 64.
DEPTFORD 63, PENNS GROVE 60: Deptford’s Alonzo Hernandez made it a three-point game with two free throws with 10.2 seconds left and Penns Grove missed a pair of 3-pointers in the closing seconds. Penns Grove’s Karon Ceaser put back his miss to get the Red Devils within 61-60.
DEPTFORD (11-5) – Jordan Williams 10-0-21, Kenny Cockrell 4-1-9, Luke Vilary 2-0-4, Brian Orio 1-02-4, Ayden Copestick 7-3-21, Alonzo Hernandez 1-2-4. Totals 25-8-63. PENNS GROVE (8-8) – B.J. Robbins 7-5-22, Roman Gipson 2-3-8, Karon Ceaser 9-2-22, Antoine Robinson 1-0-2, Jameel Horace 2-0-4, Will Roy 0-2-2. Totals 21-12-60.
Schalick wins three matches on cutoff day to win first division title in 12 years, Woodstown scores big win over Manasquan, and more
By Riverview Sports News
LINDENWOLD — Schalick wrestling coach Joe Frassenei expected to have continued success when his program split its co-op with Cumberland this season, but he didn’t necessarily expect this kind of success this soon.
The Cougars easily defeated three more teams Saturday in the Lindenwold Quad Meet and when they routed Salem they clinched the Tri-County Conference Classic Division title and their first division crown since 2013.
The Cougars routed Salem 77-6 to complete an undefeated division slate. They also beat Lindenwold 68-11 and Palmyra 79-0. It left them 22-1 at the state cutoff date and a solid No. 4 in the South Jersey Group I power points standings and would probably be higher if they played a stronger schedule.
“We’re pleasantly surprised,” Frassenei said. “We knew we were going to be OK. I did not expect us to be this good this quick. I think we’re a year ahead of where I thought we were going to be. I figured we were going to take a step back a little bit this year because we lost half our team, but actually we’ve done much better than I thought we would.”
When the program split, the Cougars maintained 10 of the weight classes with “their” wrestlers. The four slots they had to fill have done well in their own right.
Gerardo Felipe (215) is 20-6, Collin Bittle (138) is 9-3, Caleb Jenkins is 29-1 moving up to 113 from 106 with his only loss a decision to a former co-op teammate, and Emma Cain (106) is 11-1 but inow focusing on the girls regionals.
Only a handful of Cougars got to wrestle three matches Saturday and many of their bouts were forfeited. Among those who wrestled more than once, Ryan Miller (132) had a tech fall and a pin, Bittle (138) had a major decision and two pins, Eric Sulik (165) had three pins and undefeated Ricky Watt (175) had two tech falls.
“It’s been a satisfying season,” Frassenei said. “The kids have been fantastic, they bought into it and they’re young, so we’re going to have all these kids back next year. Hopefully we can build upon that.”
Lindenwold Quad
SCHALICK 68, LINDENWOLD 11 120: Deny Ramos pinned E’Shion Underwood, 2:17 126: Luke Silva (S) won by forfeit 132: Ryan Miller (S) tech fall over Joshua Knight, 20-5 (2:13) 138: Colin Bittle (S) pinned Brandon Caro, 5:36 144: Ayden Jenkins (S) tech fall over Josiah Jones, 17-1 (3:00) 150: Koen Martin (S) tech fall over Junior Avila, 16-0 (2:28) 157: Riley Papiano (S) won by forfeit 165: Eric Sulik (S) pinned Rahkeem Johnson, 1:01 175: Ricky Watt (S) tech fall over Angel Ramos, 19-3 (1:38) 190: Dezyon Purnell (S) won by forfeit 215: Evan Elliott (S) pinned Julian Sanchez, 0:52 285: Julian Reid (S) pinned Rowan Dietz, 0:42 106: Jaime Lopez (L) tech fall over Victor Fenske, 17-2 (5:24) 113: Caleb Jenkins (S) pinned Johnny Palacios, 0:38
SCHALICK 77, SALEM 6 113: Caleb Jenkins (S) won by forfeit 120: E’Shion Underwood (S) won by forfeit 126: Luke Silva (S) tech fall over Guylherme Quintanilha, 17-2 (1:59) 132: Ryan Miller (S) won by forfeit 138: Colin Bittle (S) pinned Cassidy Werkheiser, 0:42 144: Michael Baisch (S) won by forfeit 150: Koen Martin (S) won by forfeit 157: Riley Papiano (S) won by forfeit 165: Eric Sulik (S) pinned Tytiana Miller, 0:15 175: Ricky Watt (S) won by forfeit 190: Dezyon Purnell (S) won by forfeit 215: Evan Elliott (S) won by forfeit 285: Abdullah Jenkins (SAL) pinned Julian Reid, 2:53 106: Victor Fenske (S) won by forfeit
SCHALICK 79, PALMYRA 0 106: Victor Fenske (S) won by forfeit 113: Caleb Jenkins (S) won by forfeit 120: E’Shion Underwood (S) won by forfeit 126: Luke Silva (S) won by forfeit 132: Ryan Miller (S) pinned Shane Mulherin, 0:26 138: Colin Bittle (S) maj. dec. Chace Mulherin, 14-6 144: Ayden Jenkins (S) maj. dec. Justin Lopez, 19-6 150: Koen Martin (S) won by forfeit 157: Riley Papiano (S) pinned SyKeem Muse, 1:51 165: Eric Sulik (S) pinned Luke Van Sciver, 1:29 175: Ricky Watt (S) tech fall over Burak Sayin, 22-5 (3:36) 190: Dezyon Purnell (S) won by forfeit 215: Evan Elliott (S) won by forfeit 285: Julian Reid (S) won by forfeit
Central Regional Quad
BAYVILLE – Pennsville had a tough day, going 0-3 as a team, losing to Central Regional, Clearview and Hammonton. Individually, Gabe Supernavage, Travis Hagan and Connor Ayars pinned two opponents, Christopher Daniels won two decisions and Nathaniel Mason won twice.
CENTRAL REGIONAL 53, PENNSVILLE 27 113: Mason Lugo (CR) pinned Erick Davalos, 1:15 120: Luke Condello (CR) pinned Mekhi Dicks, 1:22 126: Christopher Daniels (P) dec. Kriztopher Bustamante, 7-2 132: Nathaniel Mason (P) pinned Nicholas Thorn, 2:44 138: Gabe Supernavage (P) pinned Ben Laskowski, 1:02 144: Travis Hagan (P) pinned Ethan Kiernan, 3:14 150: Jonathan Barrera (CR) won by forfeit 157: Nicholas Straniero (CR) won by forfeit 165: Alexander Setaro (CR) pinned Juan Velasquez, 0:42 175: Donovan Stesner (CR) tech fall over Christian Blyler, 15-0 (1:59) 190: Connor Ayars (P) pinned Deklan McLaughlin, 1:01 215: Rhys Santarsiero (CR) won by forfeit 285: Mason Medina (CR) pinned Trevor Waddington, 3:45 106: Max Stierle (CR) pinned John Sassi, 0:58
CLEARVIEW 54, PENNSVILLE 12 120: Mekhi Dicks (P) dec. Logan Wright, 12-11 126: Christopher Daniels (P) dec. Ethan Calhoun, 7-4 132: Anthony Morales (CR) tech fall over Nathaniel Mason, 16-1 138: Gabe Supernavage (P) pinned Brady McCullough 144: Elijah Beatty (CR) tech fall over Travis Hagan, 21-4 150: Julian Malatesta (CR) won by forfeit 157: Kole Reiss (CR) won by forfeit 165: Tyler Trovato (CR) pinned Juan Velasquez 175: William Hyatt (CR) pinned Christian Blyler 190: Aaron Veytsman (CR) dec. Connor Ayars, 9-3 215: Double forfeit 285: Mason Nate (CR) pinned Trevor Waddington 106: Jonathan Contravo (CR) pinned John Sassi 113: Michael Lloyd (CR) tech fall over Erick Davalos, 19-3
HAMMONTON 57, PENNSVILLE 22 106: Tyler Police (H) pinned John Sassi, 1:18 113: Nicodemo Cirillo (H) pinned Erick Davalos, 1:31 120: Shane Way (H) tech fall over Mekhi Dicks, 15-0 126: Gavin Morris (H) maj. dec. Christopher Daniels, 8-0 132: Nathaniel Mason (P) over Gavin Kovacz, inj. 138: Luca Giagunto (H) pinned Gabe Supernavage, 2:18 144: Travis Hagan (P) pinned Scott Engelke, 3:34 150: Matthew Gehres (H) won by forfeit 157: Michael Maimone (H) won by forfeit 165: Vincent Palermo (H) pinned Juan Velasquez, 1:55 175: Julius Witcher (H) pinned Christian Blyler, 0:51 190: Connor Ayars (P) maj. dec. over Matthew Kane, 11-1 215: Mark Hartley (H) won by forfeit 285: Trevor Waddington (P) pinned Angel Arvizu, 1:56
Dual Match
Woodstown secured some major power points when Angel Hernandez pinned Chris Mendoza in 4:49 at 144 to clinch its 43-31 win over Manasquan. Had the bout gone the other way with a Mendoza pin, the match would have been tied and gone to criteria to determine the winner. Laitton Roberts, Greyson Hyland, Paul Banff, Walter Carter, Mateo Vinciguerra , Carson Bradway and Travis Balback also won bouts for the Wolverines.
WOODSTOWN 43, MANASQUAN 31 150: Michael O’Connor (M) pinned Thomas Lacy, 1:57 157: Torrin Travey (M) pinned Brent Reardon, 0:54 165: Laitton Roberts (WO) dec. Connor Brewer, 2-0 175: Greyson Hyland (WO) pinned Dan Riccione, 1:23 190: Paul Banff (WO) pinned David Dawson, 0:58 215: Walter Carter (WO) maj. dec. Kai Donahue, 10-1 285: Mateo Vinciguerra (WO) pinned Charlie Kauffman, 0:11 106: Shea Travey (M) pinned Hunter Allen, 1:13 113: Shane Kerstetter (M) pinned Jadon Middlemiss, 3:50 120: Carson Bradway (WO) pinned Shane DePinto, 1:23 126: Travis Balback (WO) pinned Logan Milancewich, 1:17 132: Jaden Sanders (M) dec. Alex Torres, 13-12 138: Charlie Hunt (M) maj. dec. Louie Scholl, 16-7 144: Angel Hernandez (WO) pinned Chris Mendoza, 4:49
Schalick wins 3 as Salem County athletes shine at the TCC/Olympic Conference Indoor Track Championships, also includes basketball and wrestling results
By Riverview Sports News
TOMS RIVER – Schalick’s Jordan Hadfield, David Stewart and the girls 4×400 relay team and Woodstown’s boys 4×400 relay team all won events Friday night to lead Salem County’s contingent in the Tri-County & Olympic Conference Indoor Track Showcase at The Bubble.
Jordan, one of the state’s premier distance runners, won the girls 1600 (5:12.91). Stewart won the boys 400 (50.67). The girls 4×4 relay team of Allyson Green, Hadfield, Gia Martellacci and Brooke Valentine won it 4:23.38
Stewart also finished second in the 55-meter dash (6.61). Martellacci scored in the girls 400 and 55-meter dash.
The Cougars finished third in the girls team standings, behind champion Washington Twp. and runnerup Williamstown.
Woodstown’s boys 4×400 relay team of Cole Lucas, Karson Chew, Anthony Costello and Josh Crawford won in 3:34.41. Lucas and Crawford went 2-3 in the 800 and Jacob Marino was second in the 3200.
The Wolverines were fourth in the boys standings, a half-behind behind third-place Deptford.
TCC/OLYMPIC CONFERENCE SHOWCASE At The Bubble, Toms River (Salem County scorers)
NON-OLYMPIC GIRLS TEAM SCORES: Washington Twp. 93, Williamstown 66, SCHALICK 29, Kingsway 26, Timber Creek 20, WOODSTOWN 20, Delsea 14, Clearview 14, Overbrook 12, Glassboro 12, Deptford 9, Highland 8, PENNSVILLE 6, Cumberland 5, Triton 3 400: 2. Jaime Deal, Woodstown, 1:01.16; 4. Gia Martellacci, Schalick, 1:02.27 1600: 1. Jordan Hadfield, Schalick, 5:12.9155: 6. Gia Martellacci, Schalick, 7.76 3200: 6. Abby Marino, Woodstown, 12:49.36 4×400: 1. Schalick (Allyson Green, Jordan Hadfield, Gia Martellacci, Brooke Valentine), 4:23.38; 3. Woodstown (Sarah Seiden, Lia Covely, Kayla Ayars, Jaime Deal), 4:29.62 High jump: 4. Kami Casiano, Woodstown, 4-10 Pole vault: 3. Megan Morris, Pennsville, 9-6 Shot put: 5. Allyson Green, Schalick, 30-1.25
BOYS TEAM SCORES: Williamstown 57, Delsea 41, Deptford 40.5, WOODSTOWN 40, Highland 37, Glassboro 28.5, SCHALICK 25.5, Washington Twp. 16, Timber Creek 12, Triton 10, SALEM 8, PENNS GROVE 6.5, Overbrook 5, Cumberland 4, Clearview 3. 400: 1. David Stewart, Schalick, 50.67; 2. Josh Crawford, Woodstown, 51.36 55 hurdles: 2. Anthony Parker, Salem, 7.58 800: 2. Cole Lucas, Woodstown, 2:01.36; 3. Josh Crawford, Woodstown, 2:01.53 55: 2. David Stewart, Schalick, 6.61 3200: 2. Jacob Marino, Woodstown, 10:13.53 4×400: 1. Woodstown (Cole Lucas, Karson Chew, Anthony Costello, Josh Crawford), 3:34.41; 4. Penns Grove (Sebastian Hernandez, Bryan Garlic, Knowledge Young, DeQuan Brown), 3:44.88 High jump: T-6. Sebastian Hernandez, Penns Grove, 5-6 Pole vault: 4. Salvatore Longo, Schalick, 11-6 Shot put: 6. Sheldon Goldsboro, Schalick, 43-9
Basketball
BOYS HOLY CROSS PREP SHOWCASE MEDFORD TECH 70, SALEM 61: The Rams got off to a fast start, opening a 20-11 first-quarter lead, but Medford Tech’s Tyler Branson and Nesta Rice came to life and Jaguars pulled away. Branson hit five 3-pointers and scored 28 points while Rice finished with 18.
Salem placed four scorers in double figures, led by Tymear Lecator’s 14. Xavier McGriff had 13 and Neziah Spence and Deshaan Williams had 10 apiece. Lecator also had seven rebounds and seven assists. Williams grabbed eight rebounds.
3-point goals: Medford Tech 9 (Branson 5, James, Rice, Jackson 2); Salem 5 (McGriff, Spence 2, Lecator 2). Rebounds: Salem 40 (Williams 8, Rogers 7, Lecator 7).
GATEWAY 44, SALEM TECH 37: The Gators pulled away from a close game with a big third quarter. Joseph Hayes led Salem Tech with 12 points. Aiden Bobo had 11.
GATEWAY (4-12): Justin Dugan 19, Benjamin Contarino 4, Jake Finger 14, Sean Cawley 2, Dylan Ceravolo 5. SALEM TECH (0-17): Ayden Myers 2 0-2 4, Joseph Hayes 3 3-4 12, Aiden Bobo 4 2-2 11, Sam Battiato 1 1-2 4, Larry Pompper 2 0-2 4, Chase Ayars 1 0-0 2. Totals 13 6-12 37.
Gateway
10
8
18
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Salem Tech
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12
10
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3-point goals: Salem Tech 5 (Hayes 3, Bobo, Battiato).
GIRLS HADDON TWP. 57, PENNSVILLE 42: Alli Kamulda scored all of her points on six 3-pointers for Haddon Twp. Pennsville freshman Addie Johnston hit a career-high four 3-pointers and scored a team-high 16 points.
PENNSVILLE 53, CLAYTON 24 126: Christopher Daniels (P) pinned Cayden Wentz, 1:00 132: Nathaniel Mason (P) pinned Antonio Mendez, 1:39 138: Gabe Supernavage (P) tech fall over William Camp, 18-3 (5:15) 144: Travis Hagan (P) pinned Matthew Kamara, 1:41 150: Steve Benkert (C) won by forfeit 157: Brodie Carey (C) won by forfeit 165: Kenneth Johnson (C) pinned Juan Velasquez, 3:08 175: Joseph Halstead (P) won by forfeit 190: Connor Ayars (P) def. Jeffrey Smith, SV-1 3-0 215: Michael Nichols (C) won by forfeit 285: Trevor Waddington (P) won by forfeit 106: John Sassi (P) pinned Ayden Figueroa, 0:45 113: Earl Wynn (P) pinned Joshua Wentz, 0:54 120: Mehki Dicks (P) dec. Dylan Adams, 4-1
pinned E’Shion Underwood, 2:17
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