Off and running

Woodstown wakes up in second half to pull away in South Jersey Group I girls soccer playoff opener, Schalick posts runaway victory, Pennsville drops close one

SOUTH JERSEY GROUP I PLAYOFFS
Monday’s First-Round Games
Gateway 3, Clayton 2 (SO 5-4)
Riverside 2, Pennsville 1
Haddon Twp. 8, Buena 0
Woodstown 6, Wildwood 0
Palmyra 5, Maple Shade 0
Glassboro 3, Pitman 2 (OT)
Schalick 9, Cape May Tech 0
Thursday’s Quarterfinals
(8) Gateway at (1) Audubon
(5) Riverside at (4) Haddon Twp.
(6) Palmyra at (3) Woodstown
(7) Glassboro at (2) Schalick

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

WOODSTOWN – Kieran Keyser isn’t the type of coach to yell and scream on the sidelines, but this time warranted getting a little loud.

Keyser’s third-seeded Woodstown girls soccer team was locked in a scoreless tie at halftime of their South Jersey Group I playoff opener with Wildwood, a team it had beaten by seven goals early in the season. The Wolverines were having the best of the play and had a couple good scoring chances, but just couldn’t finish the ball.

Keyser had his say at the break and it was obvious the Wolverines got the message. Talia Battavio found the back of the net in the first five minutes of the second half and the Wolverines went on to score six goals in a 6-0 win.

The Wolverines (13-4-2), unbeaten in their last seven games and 10-1-2 in their last 13, now host Palmyra (15-4) in the quarterfinals Thursday.

“I had to light a fire under them,” Keyser said. “We’ve never had a game where we’ve been outhustled and outworked; we were for 40 minutes.

“Maybe because we beat them 8-1 in the second game of the season I think our girls thought this is an easy win. We had moments of greatness in the first half, don’t get me wrong, but we couldn’t convert. We came out flat.”

Battavio scored twice in the second half, giving her 17 for the season and 64 for her career – one shy of fourth on the Wolverines’ all-time scoring list. Gina Murray, Blair Baldi, Bailey Arnold-Peters and Emma Morgan had the other goals.

“They answered the call,” Keyser said. “I said we need to do this and they started doing it. I was proud of them. It should’ve been an easy win for us and in the end it was but at halftime there was a lot of tension in the air. We figured it out.”

SCHALICK 9, CAPE MAY TECH 0: Quinn Berger scored the first of her two goals in the opening minute of the game and it opened the door to an eight-goal first half and the second-seeded Cougars’ 11th straight opening-round win.

“It’s always good to get the morale going, especially going into the playoffs,” Schalick coach Will Kemp said. “The girls stepped up big time today. It was the type of match we needed to get through.”

Abby Willoughby scored three goals, giving her 22 for the season, Olivia Devoe scored twice and Cali Fisler and Liv Vanacker each had one. Willoughby and Vanacker each had two assists.

“The girls handled business, definitely,” Kemp said. “They know where we are in the season. Their intensity was great. Their ability to kind of control the game on their own, they stepped into that really big this time. They were really together today.”

The Cougars (13-5) now host Glassboro (9-5-3) in Thursday’s quarterfinals.

RIVERSIDE 2, PENNSVILLE 1: Natalie Tkacs scored a goal in the first half Larissa Santos DaSilva scored what proved to be the game-winner off a pass from Tkacs in the second half.

Jumping with joy

Boggs’ golden goal gives Salem thrilling opening-round playoff victory, Schalick routs South Hunterdon, Woodstown upset in one-goal game

SJ GROUP I FIELD HOCKEY PLAYOFFS
Monday’s First-Round Games
Shore 10, Audubon 1
Salem 1, Florence 0 (OT)
Gloucester 4, Lower Cape May 0
Haddon Heights 1, Haddon Twp. 0
West Deptford 5, Maple Shade 0
Bordentown 4, Gateway 2
Collingswood 1, Woodstown 0
Schalick 11, South Hunterdon 0
Wednesday’s Quarterfinals
(8) Salem at (1) Shore
(5) Gloucester winner at (4) Haddon Heights
(11) Bordentown at (3) West Deptford
(10) Collingswood at (2) Schalick

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

SALEM – As soon as her shot settled into the back of the cage ending an intense afternoon of playoff field hockey, Audrey Boggs knew exactly what to do.

Julliana Love sent Boggs on a semi-breakaway late in the first overtime and the Salem junior beat keeper Mackenzie Cucinotta to an open right corner to give the Rams a 1-0 victory over Florence in Monday’s opening round of the South Jersey Group I playoffs.

In a move as choreographed as the goal itself, Boggs then raced over to a group of teammates huddling just outside the 25 and together they did a “Celebration Spin-Around.”

“It’s from the game Wii Sports Bowling and we all thought it would be really funny if we did that,” Boggs said. “When all of us came together were like we’ve got to do this, and we did it. “

The goal came with 3:50 left in the first 7-v-7 overtime. It broke the ice in a game that was typically of an 8-9 matchup in the bracket and looked destined for a shootout with both defenses and keepers turning away good scoring chances from the start. Salem had 16 shots on goal, Florence had 11 corners.

“Whenever I turn them back it always feels good on my part knowing I didn’t let a goal in and it helps my teammates not to let them down,” Rams goalie Ava Rodgers said.

It was Boggs’ fifth goal of the season, but her first since Rams coach Shanna Scott started sliding her forward to give the offense a late-season boost.

“That was the most exciting one, definitely,” Boggs said. “This was the best one for sure, a special one.”

It was Salem’s first win in the opening round of the playoffs since 2021 (Pitman) and second since 2015. The Rams (9-5-1) lost first-round games each of the last two years.

They now travel to top-seeded Shore (21-2) for Wednesday’s quarterfinals.

“The girls worked very hard for this game, they’ve worked very hard this season.,” Scott said. “I’m just so impressed with how well they’ve played this season and how far that they’ve come, because we lost our entire team last year (9 of 11 starters) and they really stepped up.”

**Salem goal scorer Audrey Boggs (5) joins her teammates in a Celebration Spin-Around after they beat Florence in the opening round of the South Jersey Group I field hockey playoffs.**

SCHALICK 11, SOUTH HUNTERDON 0: It took the unbeaten second-seeded Cougars a little while to get going, but once they got in gear they turned the afternoon into the easy victory everyone expected.

Their 11 goals were a season high. It was their fifth straight win and fourth straight shutout. They’ve won their last five games by a combined score of 43-1.

“It didn’t start out easy; they didn’t score any, but they were down in our end right out of the gate,” Schalick coach Heather Cheesman said. “It took a good five minutes for the girls to finally wake up and then things started rolling.

“We didn’t know what we were walking into with them. They came out a little bit flat. South Hunterdon was bringing it and the girls were like we need to step it up and they did.”

Ava Scurry had two goals and a career-high five assists, giving her 41 goals and 20 assists on the season, reaching 100 scoring points for the season (102) and giving the Cougars their second 20-20 scorer of the year.

Phoebe Alward, the founding member of the 20-20 Club, and Caylen Taylor both had hat tricks, and Luci Virga had a goal and three assists.

“They were deadly in their offensive circle,” Cheesman said. “As soon as they got down there, it was goal after goal after goal and they were working so good together. Some of the goals were really, really pretty. It looked good once they got rolling.”

The Cougars (18-0-1) now host Collingswood, a 1-0 upset winner of Woodstown, in Thursday’s quarterfinals.

COLLINGSWOOD 1, WOODSTOWN 0: Peyton Ryan scored the game’s only goal off a corner at the 5:15 mark of the third quarter on an assist from Cecilia Clark.

This week’s schedule

The South Jersey Group I & II playoffs in boys soccer, girls soccer, field hockey and volleyball get underway this week. Here is the weekly sports schedule for teams in Salem County for the week of Nov. 4-9

NOV. 4
GIRLS SOCCER
SOUTH JERSEY GROUP I TOURNAMENT
(9) Clayton at (8) Gateway, 2 p.m.
(12) Pennsville at (5) Riverside, 3 p.m.
(13) Buena at (4) Haddon Twp., 4 p.m.
(14) Wildwood at (3) Woodstown, 2 p.m.
(11) Maple Shade at (6) Palmyra, 2 p.m.
(10) Pitman at (7) Glassboro, 2 p.m.
(15) Cape May Tech at (2) Schalick, 3 p.m.
FIELD HOCKEY
SOUTH JERSEY GROUP I TOURNAMENT
(16) Audubon at (1) Shore
(9) Florence at (8) Salem, 2 p.m.
(12) Lower Cape May at (5) Gloucester
(13) Haddon Twp. at (4) Haddon Heights
(14) Maple Shade at (3) West Deptford
(11) Bordentown at (6) Gateway, 4 p.m.
(10) Collingswood at (7) Woodstown
(15) South Hunterdon at (2) Schalick, 2 p.m.

NOV. 5
BOYS SOCCER
SOUTH JERSEY GROUP I TOURNAMENT
(16) Cape May Tech at (1) Schalick, 2 p.m.
(9) Penns Grove at (8) Pitman, 2 p.m.
(12) Gateway at (5) Audubon, 2 p.m.
(13) Pennsville at (4) Haddon Twp., 4 p.m.
(14) Woodbury at (3) Palmyra, 4 p.m.
(11) Glassboro at (6) Riverside, 4 p.m.
(10) Maple Shade at (7) Wildwood, 2 p.m.
(15) Clayton at (2) Woodstown, 4 p.m.
SOUTH JERSEY GROUP II TOURNAMENT
(15) Salem Tech at (2) Haddon Heights
VOLLEYBALL
SOUTH JERSEY GROUP II TOURNAMENT
(14) Salem Tech at (3) Seneca

NOV. 6
FIELD HOCKEY
SOUTH JERSEY GROUP I TOURNAMENT
Salem at Shore, 4 p.m.
Gloucester at Haddon Heights, 2 p.m.
Bordentown at West Deptford, 2 p.m.
Collingswood at Schalick, 2 p.m.
WOMENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Salem CC at Bryn Mawr, 7 p.m.

NOV. 7
GIRLS SOCCER
SOUTH JERSEY GROUP I TOURNAMENT
Gateway at Audubon
Riverside at Haddon Twp.
Palmyra at Woodstown
Glassboro at Schalick

NOV. 8
FOOTBALL
SOUTH JERSEY GROUP I PLAYOFFS
Riverside at Glassboro, 6 p.m.
Paulsboro at Schalick, 6 p.m.
CENTRAL JERSEY GROUP I PLAYOFFS
Pennsville at Woodstown, 7 p.m.
Woodbury at Shore, 7 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER
SOUTH JERSEY GROUP I TOURNAMENT
Pitman at Schalick
Audubon at Haddon Twp.
Riverside Palmyra
Wildwood at Woodstown

NOV. 9
CROSS COUNTRY
NJSIAA Group Championships, Holmdel Park
MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Delaware County CC at Salem CC, noon

Best foot forward

Woodstown’s boys going back to states after third-place finish at sectionals; Schalick also qualifies in boys race

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

LOGAN TWP. – It wasn’t necessarily a drought, but it was a dry spell like this past month of October that Woodstown boys cross country coach Steve New really wanted to end.

It had been three years since the Wolverines’ boys team made it to the state meet, but they ended the dry spell Saturday with a third-place finish in the South Jersey Group I sectional race at DREAM Park.

The Wolverines placed three runners in the top 10 and all five in the top 25 to score 63 points for a solid third behind winner Glassboro and Haddon Twp. Schalick finished fourth and also qualified for next week’s state meet in Holmdel.

“I thought we had a shot (to win), we’d have to have all things line up for us, but I can’t be upset with them,” New said. “That’s the best we’ve finished since I’ve been coaching. My 1 through 7 were all under 18:40. I’ve never had a team do that.”

The Wolverines’ Big 3 – Salem County champion Karson Chew, Jacob Marino and Cole Lucas – finished third, sixth and seventh, respectively, just three seconds apart. They’re other two counters, Jon Farrell and David Farrell, were 24th and 25th, respectively, separated at the wire by one second.

“We told them don’t worry about the clock, worry about people,” New said. “You can’t be worried about your watch, you’ve got to worry about passing people. If you want to go out fast, it’s got to be controlled chaos, settle in to where you think you need to be. They were right where I wanted them to be.”

“This is the first year in a long time our whole team was able to make it to state and it’s the first year in a long time we’ve had a chance at winning (sectionals),” Chew said as he tried calculating team scores as runners crossed the finish line. “It’s a maybe right now, but we’ll figure it out. I’m super happy either way, if we win or not. It was a super good race from everyone. I’m super proud of them, super proud of myself and can’t wait to run in the states.”

Woodstown’s fate was sealed when the fifth counters from Glassboro and Haddon Twp. both finished in the top 17 before the Wolverines’ last two runners crossed the line.

“It was a hard race,” Marino said. “Our whole team fought to the end.”

Glassboro’s Ty Blackman blew the field away winning in 15:42.62. Shaun Maloney of Haddon Twp. was second (16:47.34). Chew was only six seconds behind, just missing a PR, holding off Haddon Twp.’s Manolo Foote and Glassboro’s Jaeden Wesley at the finish.

“My whole thing when I’m racing against Ty, second place becomes first place,” Chew said. “It ends up being a race for second between everybody, just because he’s so much ahead. That way it’s made it easier to not get discouraged or feel bad during the race.”

Schalick scored 123 points. Salvatore Longo was the first Cougars’ runner across the line, coming in 13th (17:19.71). Collin Bittle was 22nd (18:05.06). Six of the Cougars’ runners posted season-best times.

Salem’s Sam Cooke was 27th (18:28.03). The Rams finished eighth as a team.

Pennsville didn’t have enough runners to post a team score, but Logan Brumbaugh and Logan Cowperthwait were the Eagles’ top finishers at 51st and 57th.

SOUTH JERSEY GROUP I
BOYS XC CHAMPIONSHIP
TEAM SCORES: Glassboro 42, Haddon Twp. 44, Woodstown 63, Schalick 123, Maple Shade 140, Audubon 177, Pitman 182, Salem 215, Cape May Tech 242, Clayton 282, Riverside 309, Pt. Pleasant Beach 370.

INDIVIDUAL TOP 5: Ty Blackmon, Glassboro, 15:42.62; Shaun Maloney, Haddon Twp. 16:47.34; Karon Chew, Woodstown, 16:53.02; Manolo Foote, Haddon Twp., 16:53.21; Jaeden Wesley, Glassboro, 16:53.50.

Cover photo: Woodstown’s Karson Chew holds off runners from Glassboro and Haddon Twp. to finish third in the South Jersey Group I boys race Saturday.

Putting the fun in the run

Both teams from Woodstown, Schalick qualify for state cross country championship with top 5 finishes at DREAM Park; Wildwood’s McCracken upsets Hadfield in girls G1 race

By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News

LOGAN TWP. – Every team that qualified for the state cross country meet from the South Jersey sectional at DREAM Park Saturday will be going forward with an abundance of momentum and confidence. It’s doubtful, though, many will be bringing as much fun to Holmdel as the Woodstown girls team.

**Woodstown coach Michelle Williams holds the book she reads passages from to inspire her girls cross country team.**

The Wolverines have so much fun inside their ranks they just might need an extra trailer to carry it all with them.

The Woodstown girls are heading to the state meet as a full team for the first time since 2016 after finishing third in the South Jersey Group I race here, just a few points from second.

To help them keep the pressure down and their focus up, there are a couple extra items in and around their tent to keep the juju positive.

Consider:

First-year coach Michelle Williams gave each of her runners a hand-made bracelet with their name on one side and the team motto on the other — “F-E-A-R”, not a call for something to be overcome, but rather something to redefine: “Forget Everything And Run.”

“So much of this is the mental part and just leaving it all behind and coming out and doing the job you know you can do,” Williams said. “When you get on the line, when you’re a teenager, you’ve got school and you’ve got relationships and you’re worried about college and all these other things. Then you get out here and the beauty of running is you can forget about all that stuff and just go. It’s all about the running when you get out here.”

She reads them passages from a book she picked up on Amazon, “Mindful Thoughts for Runners,” for inspiration while they huddled in their blankets waiting for the day to begin. The messages Saturday were Pace and The Power of Breath. It’ll be part of their routine going forward.

Wolverines boys coach Steve New lovingly calls them “turkeys” and they’ve embraced it. They have two turkey pillows – one named Fred – a turkey doll in a Woodstown XC shirt, a handful of turkey feathers from their last meet and a working turkey call among their effects.

“Because we’re all so close, it’s just a fun silly time,” said sophomore Lilian Norman, the Wolverines fastest finisher Saturday in her first race back since early October. “We don’t judge each other because we’re all cross country kids and we’re all silly.”

**The Woodstown girls cross country team has been redefining fear this season and wears this bracelet for motivation.**

In addition to the fun stuff, they’ve gone through a Cross Country Psych 101, a classroom exercise a couple weeks ago that was basically a blind walk through the virtual meet, to convince the runners they really do belong among the contenders. The actual numbers were better than what the runners presumed.

Seeing those actual numbers gave them the realization they could actually do it and that belief, Williams said, was a “huge factor” in getting through the race Saturday. It didn’t hurt their motivation the Woodstown boys qualified for state an hour earlier.

It’s all just Williams playing to her strength.

“I’m actually not historically a coach,” she said. “I’m not an athlete. I’m a scout leader. I’m a science teacher. I’m a lot of other things. I’m a 26-year veteran of high school teaching in the state of New Jersey. I know how relationships with kids work and I know how to motivate kids to do things they don’t think they can do.

“That was kind of my thing. I told Steve at the beginning of the season you’ve got all the cross-country knowledge. The thing I can bring to the table is the communication, organization and just understanding how to mold the kids into their potential … because so much of this is definitely appreciating and trusting the fact you can do this.”

The Wolverines placed three of their runners among the top 10 counters (top 12 overall), four of their six set PRs – counters Norman (20:26.75), Anabel Schaal (21:29.53) and Samantha Sterner (23:27.01) and Arianna Mott (24:50.62) – and they scored 69 points, just three behind runner-up Haddon Twp.

It was their best sectional finish since a runner-up in 2016, the last time they took a full team to the state. Their fourth-place finish in 2020 would have qualified, but they didn’t run a state meet that year due to COVID.

“Historically we’ve always had trouble having enough girls to qualify – to have five finish,” Williams said. “This year we struggled, too, just with the six we have with injuries and illness.

“This is actually the first race all season all six girls started and finished the race. That was my goal for today. I wanted all six of us to start and finish the race because as a team I feel like they just needed to feel like they accomplished something this season together.”

Schalick grabbed the final qualifying spot with a fifth-place finish. Audubon took the girls title with 53 points. Wildwood’s Macie McCracken won the race (18:38.27), holding off Schalick’s Jordan Hadfield down the stretch

McCracken said it was both exciting and surprising to win. She had been chasing Hadfield all season and finally caught her in the biggest race of the year to date. She took the lead coming out of the woods with about a mile left and never let it go. She won by 16 seconds.

“That was my best run all season,” she said. “I’ve been racing Jordan probably every week since the season started. She’s been obviously really good competition and beats me by a good amount every time, but today I just really, really was feeling good and felt like I could beat her.

“I did not expect to beat her. She definitely ran well, but I also think that this is a one-time thing. I wouldn’t beat her again. I definitely ran well for myself today.”

Hadfield was visibly upset at the finish and politely declined requests for post-race interviews.

Salem Tech’s Sarah Seiden was hoping to earn a spot at the state meet out of the stacked Group 2 race after not finishing the race last year. The senior came up short on that goal, finishing 18th overall, but she run a PR and set the school record (21:01.01). The Chargers finished ninth as a team.

South Jersey XC Sectionals

SJ GROUP I BOYS		BOYS TOP 10
Glassboro	42	Ty Blackman, Glassboro	15:42.62
Haddon Twp.	44	Shaun Maloney, Haddon Twp.	16:47.34
Woodstown	63	Karson Chew, Woodstown	16:53.02
Schalick	123	Manolo Foote, Haddon Twp.	16:53.21
Maple Shade	140	Jaeden Wesley, Glassboro	16:53.50
Audubon	177	Jacob Marino, Woodstown	16:55.60
Pitman	182	Cole Lucas, Woodstown	16:56.06
Salem	215	Logan Camm, Audubon	16:57.92
Cape May Tech	242	Joseph Saicic, Glassboro	16:57.95
Clayton	282	Jason Martin, Glassboro	17:00.71
Riverside	309
Pt. Pleasant Beach	370

SJ GROUP I GIRLS		GIRLS TOP 10
Audubon	53	Macie McCracken, Wildwood	18:38.27
Haddon Twp.	66	Jordan Hadfield, Schalick	18:54.75
Woodstown	69	Crystal Benito, Maple Shade	19:44.30
Maple Shade	94	Juliana Catalani, Maple Shade	20:20.40
Schalick	104	Lilian Norman, Woodstown	20:26.75
Pitman	145	Abby Marino, Woodstown	20:43.96
Cape May Tech	166	Sophia Brassill, Audubon	20:58.99
		Leiah Pawlus, Wildwood	21:01.76
		Blake Kemery, Haddon Twp.	21:04.62
		Tanner Lajoie, Haddon Twp.	21:13.77

NOTE: Top 5 teams and individuals from non-qualifying teams in race top 10 qualify for state meet

Cover photo: Wildwood’s Macie McCracken comes to the finish line after her best run of the year wins the South Jersey Group I girls cross country sectional race.

Another ‘next man’ delivers

Torres steps in as lead running back and has a career night as Woodstown tops KIPP Academy in CJ Group I playoffs; Next up: Pennsville

By Riverview Sports News

WOODSTOWN — The Woodstown football team has been surviving the second half of the season in a next-man-up kind of world, and Friday night another next-man-up came up big for the Wolverines.

Alex Torres stepped in for injured Bryce Belinfanti as the Wolverines’ lead running back and the senior responded with a career-high 152 yards rushing and two touchdowns as the Wolverines got past KIPP Cooper Norcross 31-8 in the opening round of the Central Jersey Group I playoffs.

“He was ready for the moment,” Woodstown coach Frank Trautz said. “We were confident in him and we knew he’d be able to deliver for us. He’s a great kid who plays super tough, does everything we ask him and he had his moment tonight.”

It’s not like he came in from left field. Torres has been big part of the rotation the last two years and he came into Friday’s game with 19 carries for 45 yards and no touchdowns. His previous single-game high rushing was 120 yards and two scores last year at Deptford.

The first two times he touched the ball Friday he went for 8 and 9 yards. He had six runs of 10 yards or more in the second half, including consecutive carries of 20, 13 and 15 yards.

The Wolverines’ offensive depth chart has been taking a hit in recent weeks. They already were playing with their third quarterback as Garrett Leyman continued to fill in as senior starter Jack Holladay continues to rehab a sprained shoulder, and that in turn shuffled their receiver rotation. Holladay gets re-evaulated Monday.

Belinfanti hurt his ankle in last week’s Diamond Division championship game at Glassboro and although he spoke confidently after the game of his return this week he didn’t play Friday. He was available if needed, but the coaching staff decided to give him another week’s rest.

“I think it’s a testament to our team,” Trautz said of the Wolverines’ ability to maintain their standard through the adversity. “We have faith and trust in the system, the kids trust the coaching and they trust their rules and Alex was able to execute tonight.

“I know we’re playing some backups at certain positions, but they’re not backup players. They’re really good football players who are doing whatever it takes to help us win right now.”

The Wolverines (8-1) now host county rival Pennsville in the sectional semifinals next Friday night.

Woodstown 31, KIPP 8

KIPP (6-4)	0	0	0	8-	8
Woodstown (8-1)	7	2	7	15-	31

SCORING SUMMARY
Wo-Garrett Leyman 7 run (Jake Ware kick), 1:25 1Q
Wo-Safety
Wo-Alex Torres 20 run (Jake Ware kick), 7:55 3Q
Wo-Alex Torres 1 run (Jake Ware kick), 9:11 4Q
Wo-Laitton Roberts 1 run (Bryceton Rooney pass from Carter Orlandini), 5:05 4Q
K-Michael Morton 25 run (Michael Morton pass from YahSan Cosby)

Woodstown’s Corbin Walz (54) comes off the field celebrating another sack in Friday night’s playoff game against KIPP. On the cover, Alex Torres (6) gets to the corner on his way to another big gain. (Photos by Ellen Sickler)

Wednesday’s scores

GIRLS SOCCER
Woodstown 2, Vineland 2: Talia Battavio scored two goals in the second half as the teams played to a draw in the Wolverines’ final regular season game. The goals gave her 62 for her career and 149 points. Gina Murray and Sophie Wells had the assists on the goals. Ellie Wygand made 15 saves in the Woodstown goal.

BOYS SOCCER
Salem at Gloucester Catholic

FIELD HOCKEY
Oakcrest at Pennsville

Playoff pairings

Here are the South Jersey Group I and II playoff pairings for the boys soccer, girls soccer, field hockey, volleyball tournaments; action gets underway Monday

SOUTH JERSEY GROUP I
BOYS SOCCER TOURNAMENT
First-Round Pairings (Nov. 5)
(16) Cape May Tech at (1) Schalick
(9) Penns Grove at (8) Pitman
(12) Gateway at (5) Audubon
(13) Pennsville at (4) Haddon Twp.
(14) Woodbury at (3) Palmyra
(11) Glassboro at (6) Riverside
(10) Maple Shade at (7) Wildwood
(15) Clayton at (2) Woodstown

Second-Round Games (Nov. 8)
Cape May Tech-Schalick vs. Penns Grove-Pitman
Gateway-Audubon vs. Pennsville-Haddon Twp.
Woodbury-Palmyra vs. Glassboro-Riverside
Maple Shade-Wildwood vs. Clayton-Woodstown

Semifinals
Nov. 12

Championship
Nov. 15

SOUTH JERSEY GROUP II
BOYS SOCCER TOURNAMENT
First-Round Games (Nov. 5)
(15) Salem Tech at (2) Haddon Heights

Quarterfinals (Nov. 8)
Salem Tech-Haddon Heights winner vs. Pleasantville-Haddonfield winner

Semifinals
Nov. 12

Championship
Nov 15

SOUTH JERSEY GROUP I
GIRLS SOCCER TOURNAMENT
First-Round Pairings (Nov. 4)
(1) Audubon bye
(9) Clayton at (8) Gateway
(12) Pennsville at (5) Riverside
(13) Buena at (4) Haddon Twp.
(14) Wildwood at (3) Woodstown
(11) Maple Shade at (6) Palmyra
(10) Pitman at (7) Glassboro
(15) Cape May Tech at (2) Schalick

Second-Round Games (Nov. 7)
Audubon vs. Clayton-Gateway
Pennsville-Riverside vs. Buena-Haddon Twp.
Wildwood-Woodstown vs. Maple Shade-Palmyra
Pitman-Glassboro vs. Cape May Tech-Schalick

Semifinals
Nov. 11

Championship
Nov. 14

SOUTH JERSEY GROUP I
FIELD HOCKEY TOURNAMENT
First-Round Pairings (Nov. 4)
(16) Audubon at (1) Shore
(9) Florence at (8) Salem
(12) Lower Cape May at (5) Gloucester
(13) Haddon Twp. at (4) Haddon Heights
(14) Maple Shade at (3) West Deptford
(11) Bordentown at (6) Gateway
(10) Collingswood at (7) Woodstown
(15) South Hunterdon at (2) Schalick

Second-Round Games (Nov. 6)
Audubon-Shore vs. Florence-Salem
Lower Cape May-Gloucester vs. Haddon Twp.-Haddon Heights
Maple Shade-West Deptford vs. Bordentown-Gateway
Collingswood-Woodstown vs. South Hunterdon-Schalick

Semifinals
Nov. 11

Championship
Nov. 13

SOUTH JERSEY GROUP II
VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT
First-Round Games (Nov. 5)
(14) Salem Tech at (3) Seneca

Quarterfinals (Nov. 7)
Salem Tech-Seneca winner vs. Pleasantville-Barnegat winner

Semifinals
Nov. 9

Championship
Nov. 12

This week’s schedule

The first round of the NJSIAA football playoffs highlights the schedule for Salem County teams for the week of Oct. 28-Nov. 2

MONDAY
BOYS SOCCER
Salem at Penns Grove
Salem Tech at Schalick
GIRLS SOCCER
Penns Grove at Salem
Pennsville at Wildwood
Schalick at Salem Tech
VOLLEYBALL
Salem Tech at Highland

TUESDAY
FIELD HOCKEY
Clayton at Pennsville
Glassboro at Woodstown
Millville at Schalick
GIRLS SOCCER
Paulsboro at Salem Tech

WEDNESDAY
FIELD HOCKEY
Oakcrest at Pennsville
BOYS SOCCER
Salem at Gloucester Catholic
GIRLS SOCCER
Vineland at Woodstown
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Penn State Brandywine at Salem CC, 5:45 p.m.

FRIDAY
FOOTBALL
South Jersey Group I playoffs
Point Pleasant Beach at Glassboro
Audubon at Schalick
Central Jersey Group I playoffs
KIPP Cooper Norcross at Woodstown
Pennsville at Burlington City
Woodbury at Middlesex
New Egypt at Shore

BOYS SOCCER
Schalick at Cumberland

SATURDAY
FOOTBALL
South Jersey Group I playoffs
Riverside at Haddon Twp.
Manville at Paulsboro
CROSS COUNTRY
Sectionals at Dream Park

Playoff projections

Saturday was the cutoff date for boys soccer, girls soccer and field hockey. Here are the projected South Jersey Group I playoff pairings in each sport based off the current power points standings:

BOYS SOCCER
(R1 Nov. 5; R2 Nov. 8-9)
Cape May Tech (3-15-1) at Schalick (15-2)
Penns Grove (7-9) at Pitman (8-7-1)
Gateway (9-8) at Audubon (12-4-1)
Pensville (10-8) at Haddon Twp. (10-5-2)

Woodbury (6-11) at Palmyra (9-6)
Glassboro (5-10-1) at Riverside (11-5-1)
Maple Shade (9-6-1) at Wildwood (13-3-1)
Clayton (6-10) at Woodstown (14-4)

GIRLS SOCCER
(R1 Nov. 4; R2 Nov. 7)
Woodbury (2-13-1) at Audubon (15-4)
Clayton (10-6-1) at Gateway (11-4)
Pennsville (6-11) at Riverside (11-6)
Buena (8-8) at Haddon Twp. (9-6-2)

Wildwood (5-11) at Woodstown (12-4-1)
Maple Shade (5-9-1) at Palmyra (12-4)
Pitman (8-8-1) at Glassboro (8-4-3)
Penns Grove (2-12-1) at Schalick (12-5)

FIELD HOCKEY
(R1 Nov. 4; R2 Nov. 6)
Pennsville (5-8-2) at Shore (19-1)
Florence (6-9-1) at Salem (8-5-1)
Lower Cape May (6-6-2) at Gloucester (12-5)
Haddon Twp. (4-12) at Haddon Heights (9-6-2)

Maple Shade (8-9) at West Deptford (12-3-2)
Bordentown (7-9) at Gateway (12-4)
Collingswood (6-9) at Woodstown (9-7-1)
South Hunterdon (9-11) at Schalick (16-0-1)