Several milestones are on tap for the Salem County sports calendar for the week of May 12-18: Schalick’s Taylor Sparks is one hit away from career No. 100, Woodstown’s Andrew Pedrick is two hits away from 100, Woodstown’s Tulana Mingin in four hits from school’s all-time hits record; all events 4 p.m. unless noted
SUNDAY, MAY 12 COLLEGE BASEBALL Region XIX Tournament Salem CC at Northampton, 2 p.m.
MONDAY, MAY 13 BASEBALL LEAP at Penns Grove Salem at Pennsville Schalick at Cumberland SOFTBALL ACIT at Schalick Glassboro at Penns Grove Salem at Pennsville Woodstown at Cinnaminson GOLF Haddon Heights vs. Woodstown, Town & Country, 3:30 p.m. Gloucester Catholic vs. Schalick, Centerton CC Schalick girls vs. OLMA, White Oaks CC BOYS TENNIS Cinnaminson at Schalick Pennsville at West Deptford Woodstown at Clearview BOYS LACROSSE Egg Harbor Twp. at Woodstown TRACK Pennsville at Schalick, 3:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, MAY 14 BASEBALL Camden Eastside at Penns Grove Overbrook at Schalick Pennsville at Pitman, Alcyon Park Pleasantville at Salem Woodstown at Glassboro SOFTBALL Glassboro at Woodstown Schalick at Overbrook Pitman at Pennsville, Pennsville LL, 6 p.m. BOYS TENNIS Buena at Woodstown Glassboro at Schalick Middle Twp. at Pennsville Penns Grove at Pitman GIRLS LACROSSE Mainland at Woodstown BOYS VOLLEYBALL Salem Tech at Highland, 3:45 p.m. GOLF Woodbury vs. Schalick, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 BASEBALL Buena at Woodstown Clayton at Pennsville Glassboro at Schalick Penns Grove vs. LEAP at Rutgers Camden, 6 p.m. SOFTBALL Clayton at Pennsville Salem at Gloucester Catholic Woodstown at Penns Grove GOLF Pennsville vs. Gloucester Catholic, Westwood GC, 3:30 p.m. Schalick girls vs. Kingsway, River Winds GC TRACK Tri-County Showcase, Delsea, 3:30 p.m. BOYS TENNIS Schalick at Triton Woodstown at Pitman BOYS VOLLEYBALL Salem Tech at Camden Academy Charter, 3:45 p.m. BOYS LACROSSE Millville at Woodstown GIRLS LACROSSE Woodstown at Gloucester Catholic
THURSDAY, MAY 16 BASEBALL Overbrook at Pennsville Salem at Schalick Wildwood at Penns Grove SOFTBALL Penns Grove at Clayton Schalick at Salem GOLF Schalick vs. Cumberland, Running Deer GC BOYS TENNIS Wildwood at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m. Schalick at Penns Grove
FRIDAY, MAY 17 COLLEGE BASEBALL Region XIX/North Atlantic District Tournament Middlesex vs. RCSJ-Gloucester, 11 a.m. Salem-Northampton winner vs. Brookdale, 11 a.m. Second round, 3 p.m. BASEBALL Cumberland at Pennsville Delran at Schalick, 4:15 p.m. SOFTBALL Penns Grove at Woodstown Highland at Pennsville Schalick at Cape May Tech GOLF Pennsville at Delran, 4:30 p.m. BOYS TENNIS Clayton at Schalick, 3:15 p.m. Overbrook at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m. BOYS VOLLEYBALL Salem Tech at Timber Creek, 3:45 p.m.
MAY 18 COLLEGE BASEBALL Region XIX/North Atlantic District Tournament Elimination game, 11 a.m. Championship game, 3 p.m. GIRLS LACROSSE West Deptford at Woodstown, 10 a.m.
Coblentz has two big games at plate, helps Woodstown to a pair of dramatic tournament victories
BASEBALL Lee Ware Tournament Woodstown 7, Camden Catholic 6 (8 inns.) Cherry Hill East 11, Paulsboro 0 Consolation game: Camden Catholic 13, Paulsboro 0 Championship game: Woodstown 5, Cherry Hill East 3
By Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN – For the second time in three days, the Woodstown baseball team hoisted a winner’s trophy.
Ty Coblentz’ capped a big day at the plate with a two-run double to cap a three-run rally in the top of the seventh that lifted the Wolverines to a 5-3 win over Cherry Hill East to win their Lee Ware Tournament.
Thursday night, the Wolverines raised the newly minted Elmer Classic Cup after beating rival Schalick.
The Wolverines beat Camden Catholic in the opening round 7-6, walking it off on Brent Williams’ sacrifice fly in the eighth inning. They squeezed home the tying run in the seventh.
Coblentz had two hits in each game. Andrew Pedrick had two hits in the opening round and one in the championship game and now has 98 for his career.
ELMER – Whoever said pitchers aren’t supposed to hit or be able to hit? In an era where specialization and designated players are the norm, Woodstown’s Grace White is making it tough to keep the bat out of her hands and out of the lineup.
White, a senior pitcher, came up in the sixth inning Thursday night and delivered the first extra-base hit of her career, a lead-off double to set up an insurance run in the Wolverines’ 4-2 win over Schalick to claim the first Elmer Classic Cup presented by the Elmer Little League.
“She’s been tearing it up,” Woodstown coach Dave Wildermuth said. “And I put her in the 5-hole tonight because she’s been hitting the ball. I didn’t put her there just to (fill a spot).”
The Wolverines were holding a slim 3-2 lead when White came up in the sixth and doubled into left field. Courtesy runner Talia Guardascione moved to third on Alyssa Baber’s groundout and scored the insurance run on Hannah Hitchner’s grounder to short.
The day before White delivered a pinch single to start the Wolverines’ seventh-inning rally against Overbrook and the day before that she had two RBIs against Gloucester Catholic. Since April 15 she is 8-for-20 with four RBIs. She had only one at-bat and two plate appearances (both last year) the previous two seasons combined.
“I haven’t really gotten a chance (to hit) before because they usually do a designated hitter for me, but in practice I’ve been hitting the ball really good, so he gave me a chance,” White said.
What White is better known for, of course, is pitching. On this night she limited the Cougars to two singles and denied Schalick senior Taylor Sparks getting her 100th career hit in three plate appearances.
The two runs Schalick did score came in the fourth when White lost a little of her rhythm and walked the first two batters of the inning. They came in to score on Cayla Sbrana’s two-run single to right that tied the game 2-2. It was the Cougars’ first hit of the game.
It was just a minor hiccup. White retired nine of the first 10 batters she faced and 10 of the last 11. Since returning from the Senior Class Trip last weekend, a rested White has posted three wins in three days, giving up nine hits, three runs and striking out 20 in 15 2/3 innings. The Wolverines play Salem Friday.
“I think it was a really good break from not just softball, but like school and to get away in general,” White said. “I was pitching a lot before that and I think it was just a really good break to come out and get all these wins.”
The Wolverines took a 2-0 lead in the third on Cara Delia’s RBI single and Kayla Brown’s infield out. Delia broke the 2-2 tie with a slow roller back to the pitcher with Tulana Mingin at third.
Mingin had three hits, leaving her with 128 for her career, four shy of the school record. Delia learned a long time ago you don’t have to hit it hard or far to get the run home when Mingin’s on base.
“She’s great, everything to Tulana, she always comes up big,” Delia said. “I know when she gets on base at the beginning of the inning we’re going to score. She’s such a proponent for our team. It’s so great to see her on second base when I come up. It gives me so much confidence when I come up to the plate.
“I just know I’ve got to make contact with Tulana on, especially with less than two outs. She’s always out there, she’s doing her job. Today she got two doubles, basically, just on her smart baserunning, and that’s just so helpful. When we get up there to the plate and I can see her out there, I just know I’m about to hit it hopefully and if I do she’s going to score no matter what.”
Delia grew up playing on the Elmer LL softball fields, so the win was extra special to her. She hit her first varsity home there as a sophomore against Schalick.
“It was like my practice field as a kid, so it’s very nostalgic to be here and it was sad for tonight to be the last time I’m ever going to play on the field,” she said. “That where I feel like my career started. That’s where I got my confidence. The feeling coming to this field every time is, like, stressful, but also I have such good memories.
“I’m happy we came out on top tonight because I can finish my career with a happy memory. I just love being here. It’s the best game of the year, I would say.”
The win moved the Wolverines a step closer to clinching the Tri-County Diamond Division title. It kept them undefeated in division, two games up on Overbrook and three on Schalick in the loss column. All they have left in division play is three games against the two weakest teams.
PENNSVILLE 17, WILDWOOD 2: Bella Farina hit another home run, Lilly Birney went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and Savannah Palverento pitched a five-inning no-hitter with eight strikeouts as the Eagles (12-4) won their ninth in a row.
Farina’s homer, her seventh of the year, was a three-run shot that highlighted the Eagles’ 11-run second inning. It also included two-run singles by Birney and Mary Montagna and Sarah Brumbaugh had a two-run double. The Eagles have scored 12 runs or more in seven games of their current winning streak.
CLAYTON 18, SALEM 2: Sophia Petsch went 5-for-5 with three RBIs and spun a five-inning complete game for the Clippers. Julliana Love extended her hitting streak to six games with one of the Rams’ three hits and RBI. Alexandrea Matias and Gianna Pelura had Salem’s other hits.
GOLF WOODSTOWN 156, TIMBER CREEK 176: Senior Kyle Brainard shot a 3-under-par 33 with an eagle and two birdies at Town & Country Golf Links to lead the Wolverines. Brainard eagled No. 3 and birdied 8 and 9. Jacob Schermerhorn and Joey Olbrich both shot 41.
PENNSVILLE 151, SALEM TECH 169, CLAYTON 185: Dylan Wallen and Jacob Isaac shot 34 and 35, respectively, and the Eagles posted three rounds in the 30s to win the tri-match at . Mason Griffith was Salem Tech’s low man (36). to lead the Eagles.
DEPTFORD 168, SCHALICK 170: Julian Boyer shot 2-under 33 with three birdies at Pitman CC to give Deptford a cushion against the South Jersey Group I champs. Ryan Johnson posted Schalick’s low score (40).
BOYS TENNIS HADDON HEIGHTS 5, WOODSTOWN 0 Ben Mazzucco (HH) def. Tim Schwienbacher, 6-1, 6-2 Ryan Connor (HH) def. Drew Stengel, 6-2, 6-1 Owen Peakes (HH) def. Jason LaFond, 6-1, 6-0 Mike Pender-Sean Fischer (HH) def. Ben Stengel-Mason Shimp, 3-6, 6-1, 10-6 Jackson Zalkin-Dan Perkins (HH) def. Luke Shaw-Wade Hubschmitt, 7-5, 7-6 (7-1) Records: Woodstown 10-3, Haddon Heights 9-8
Woodstown carries newly-minted Elmer Classic Cup home after thrashing Schalick in annual rivalry at Elmer LL fields THURSDAY BASEBALL Woodstown 12, Schalick 4 Clearview 6, Pennsville 5
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
ELMER – As soon as sophomore catcher Ty Coblentz squeezed the slow-motion called third strike for the final out of the game, the Woodstown players enthusiastically sprinted off the diamond looking for two things.
Tuna subs (don’t ask, it’s a player thing) and a trophy.
For the first time in the history of the rivalry, the Elmer Little League is presenting the winner of the Woodstown-Schalick baseball and softball games played in their complex with a traveling trophy – the Elmer Classic Cup – to display in their school.
For the next year, the four-tiered award will sit in the Wolverines’ trophy case after they humbled their rivals 12-4 Thursday night to sweep the regular-season series and take sole possession of first place in the Tri-County Conference Diamond Division
“It just always feels good to beat Schalick, they’re a rival for us,” centerfielder Blake Bialecki said. “We saw the trophy before the game. It’s big.”
The scores of each game will be engraved around the trophy for posterity. The games currently shown on the trophy go back to 2012, but they’ve been playing the series a lot longer.
Woodstown coach Marc DeCastro isn’t so much about trophies as much as he is what this one represents. It’s his hope the excitement created by the raising of his trophy will carry over going forward leading to raising a much bigger prize down the road.
“I like when they get excited, it doesn’t matter to me,” DeCastro said. “What I care about, what I am hoping, is that this experience they can replicate. If they can treat every game the way that they treat this game and the way they stayed focused throughout it, if that comes from this, then I’m super happy. If I take a trophy home and then I lose tomorrow I don’t really care.”
After being no-hit the day before, the Wolverines’ bats came to life to the tune of eight hits and many were timely. They reached Schalick ace Luke Pokrovsky for four runs in the third inning, then scored in every inning thereafter.
Brent Williams broke the scoreless tie with a two-run single in the third. Bialecki had two hits and three RBIs. Andrew Pedrick reached base all five times he came to the plate, including his 95th career hit in the third inning. Jack Knorr had two hits and Rocco String had two RBIs.
“Getting no-hit is just a terrible feeling and we knew we had to bounce back from that,” Bialecki said. “We knew we had to be better and we had to have better attitudes and better approaches and we definitely did that today. We need to build off this.”
“Any time you beat a kid who is as good as (Pokrovsky) it’s a big deal,” DeCastro said. “We were trying to change some of the things that we’ve seen over the last couple days and alter the way that we approach the game, so I’m happy to see that positive thing. “
Bialecki, one of the many players on both teams who grew up playing on the Elmer LL fields, squeezed in the third run of the fourth inning, had an RBI single in the sixth and a sacrifice fly in the seventh.
“Winning districts over there was probably one of the best memories of my life and this just adds to it,” Bialecki said, pointing to the Little League diamonds across the way.
The Cougars (10-8) threatened in the fourth, loading the bases and bringing the go-ahead run to the plate with two outs. But DeCastro brought in Thomas Boyles and the Boyles put out the fire against the only batter he faced. The Wolverines used six pitchers in the game.
Schalick did score three in the fifth to make it 6-4. Ricky Watt and Jake Siedlecki had RBI doubles and Pokrovsky stole home. But the Wolverines (10-8) answered with two in the sixth and broke it open with four in the seventh on only one hit – Jack Holladay’s bunt single.
CLEARVIEW 6, PENNSVILLE 5: The Pioneers pushed two unearned runs across in the bottom of the sixth after Pennsville tied the game with four in the top of the inning and then turned back another Pennsville threat in the seventh.
Chase Burchfield and Cohen Petrutz both had two-run singles in the sixth as the Eagles erased a 4-0 deficit to tie the game. In the seventh, Burchfield doubled home Logan Streitz with two outs to make it 6-5, but the Eagles (12-7) ran out of outs before they could bring the tying run home.
Burchfield had two hits and three RBIs. Streitz had two hits and Petrutz had two RBIs.
Roundup features highlights of baseball, softball, tennis, golf and lacrosse events involving Salem County teams
BASEBALL Overbrook 2, Woodstown 0 Clayton 12, Salem 0 Schalick 10, Penns Grove 4
SCHALICK 10, PENNS GROVE 4: Luke Pokrovsky had the first two-homer game of his career and Ricky Watt hit the first of his career for the Cougars.
Pokrovsky hit a solo homer in the second inning to give the Cougars a 2-0 lead and a two-run homer in the fifth. Watts hit a two-run homer in the fourth.
Pokrovsky, J.T. Fleming, Lucas D’Agostino and Enrico Hatz all had two hits for Schalick.
Elijah Crespo homered and drove in three runs for Penns Grove.
CLAYTON 12, SALEM 0: Isaac Taylor homered and drove in five runs from the top of the order and Michael Manera pitched a two-hit five-inning shutout as the Clippers snapped a five-game losing streak. Chase Davis and Jacob Parkell had the Rams’ two hits.
OVERBROOK 2, WOODSTOWN 0: The Rams scored two runs in the fourth inning and two pitchers combined to no-hit with the Wolverines.
The Rams broke a scoreless tie with a bases-loaded walk and followed by a hit batsman.
The Wolverines loaded the bases with nobody out in the first on two walks and a hit batsman, but started Caden Lawless got out of it with three straight strikeouts. They had only three more base runners the rest of the game. Reliever Cooper Himes walked the first batter he faced, then retired the last 15 in a row.
SOFTBALL Schalick 18, Penns Grove 0 Woodstown 7, Overbrook 4
WOODSTOWN 7, OVERBROOK 4: The Wolverines took the lead with four runs in the seventh inning and to remain undefeated in the Tri-County Classic Division and put some distance between themselves and their challenges.
Cara Delia’s RBI double tied the game 4-4. The Wolverines took the lead when two runs scored on an infield error and they added an insurance run on another error.
Grace White pitched the final inning and two-thirds behind starter Liv Boultinghouse and set the Rams down in order in the seventh to close it out.
Delia and Tulana Mingin had two hits apiece. Mingin now has 125 hits for her career, seven shy of breaking the school record.
SCHALICK 18, PENNS GROVE 0: Taylor Sparks went 4-for-4 and drove in seven runs and three Schalick pitchers combined for a five-inning no-hitter with 10 strikeouts.
Sparks had a two-run single and a three-run triple in the Cougars’ 11-run second inning that broke open the game. Cloe Elliott and Cayla Sbrana had two hits apiece for the Cougars.
Addy Shimp, Abby Willoughby and Annie Podhel combined for the no-hitter, facing only two batters over the minimum. Podhel pitched three innings with five strikeouts. GOLF NORTHERN BURLINGTON 162, SCHALICK 174: Northern Burlington’s Noah Taylor was medalist (36). Schalick sophomore Jaxon Weber, fresh off his sectional championship, shot 40 to lead the Cougars.
SCHALICK GIRLS 203, CUMBERLAND 220: Cumberland’s Nicole Tarquinio was medalist (43), but the Cougars posted the next four low scores to win. NHannah Widdifield (46) and Cali Fisler (49) posted Schalick’s two low scores. BOYS TENNIS DELSEA 4, WOODSTOWN 1 Andrew McWilliams (D) def. Tim Schwienbacher, 6-1, 6-1 T.J. Natalie (D) def. Drew Stengel, 6-3, 6-0 Zeph Kell (D) def. Erich Lipovsky, 6-7, 5-0 (ret.) Jacob Bramble-Eli Croce (D) def. Ben Stengel-Mason Shimp, 6-3, 6-1 Jason LaFond-Luke Shaw (Wo) def. Zach Natalie-Jacob Weist, 6-3, 6-3 Records: Delsea 8-7, Woodstown 10-2
PITMAN 3, PENNSVILLE 2 Maddox Marker (Pi) def. Gabe Schneider, 6-2, 7-5 Chase Rollins (Pi) def. Maddox Efelis, 6-2, 6-2 Brody Wiggins (Pv) def. Cole Kelly, 6-0, 6-1 Noah Bohn-Noah Flitcraft (Pv) def. Charlie Duffield-Ethan Loudner, 6-3, 7-6 Michael Fisicaro-Max Pappalardo (Pi) def. Luke Chamberlain-Sawyer Humphrey, 6-3, 6-2 Records: Pennsville 14-2, Pitman 13-4 GIRLS LACROSSE KINGSWAY 17, WOODSTOWN 5: Ally Phalines scored six goals for the Dragons (9-5). Emma Morgan and Delaney Walker scored two goals each for Woodstown (3-6).
Cougars win boys, girls titles in Salem County Track & Field Championships for first time since 2018; Schalick’s Hadfield wins four events
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
SALEM — It’s well established that Jordan Hadfield is an incredible runner. She’s an incredible teammate, too.
The Schalick junior had already put in a demanding day at the Salem County Track and Field Championships Wednesday, winning three events, including two with about a five-minute break in between, but when her team needed her to give a little bit more she didn’t hesitate and answered the call.
With the girls meet in the balance, Hadfield accepted the assignment of running the third leg of the Cougars’ 4×400 relay team. They needed to put some distance between themselves and host Salem both on the track and in the standings and they did just that.
Hadfield and Co. won the race and extended the Cougars slim lead. When Brooke Watt won the triple jump in the final event of the day, the Cougars claimed the team title for the first time since 2021.
“It’s a really good experience doing it for the team,” Hadfield said. “When you need it most, the adrenaline is there, you’re just ready to do it and it’s what it needs. A really good race. Not normally a 400 runner, but I was today.”
Hadfield had already won the 1600, 800 (with a PR) and 3200 – the last two with only the time of the boys 800 for a breather – and hadn’t really intended to run the relay unless the Cougars needed it. They needed it and there she was lining up to run the third leg.
And it was the third leg not the anchor because it wasn’t certain with all she had already done she could provide the last lap kick if the Cougars needed one. But she was willing to do what she could. She ran on the 4×4 relay once before, at the Penn Relays earlier this spring, but that was an the anchor because the seniors were on their senior trip.
Schalick’s girls were leading by three points when the 4×400 runners took the track. Hadfield took the baton from Grace O’Neill to start the third leg with a four-second lead. When she passed it to Gia Martellacci for the anchor leg, the Cougars led by 11 seconds.
“Once the adrenaline is going and it’s for the team title, it’s what you have to do,” Hadfield said. “You’re just all about the excitement. Everyone’s yelling around the track. You know your teammates want it and you have to do it for them.”
Hadfield ran the second-fastest split of the Schalick foursome, a 1:01.40. The Cougars won the race in 4:12.60 and beat Salem to the line by almost 10 seconds, adding two more points of their lead.
“She’s not only an incredible athlete, she’s just an incredible person,’ Schalick girls coach Melissa Pine said of Hadfield. “She would do anything asked of her.
“You look at her and you don’t think oh my gosh she’s an amazing athlete, like she just doesn’t look like one, but she goes out and is unbelievable every time and has that fierce competitiveness in her.
“I explained (the situation) to her, but I knew if it came down to it that I needed her to run that leg because Jordan doesn’t like to come in second. I put her in there and she did just an unbelievable job.”
The Schalick girls won eight events, ended up with 120 total points and wound up beating Salem by 11 for the title. The boys, meanwhile, ran away with their title to complete the sweep. They scored 94 points and won by 20, giving the Cougars their first sweep of the meet since 2018.
Hadfield was one several multiple winners in the meet.
Salem’s Karima Davenport-White (100 hurdles, long jump), teammate Anna Buzby (400, 400 hurdles) and Penns Grove’s Meely Horace (100, 200) all won twice on the girls side.
Horace’s specific two wins – both in PRs (12.67 in the 100 and 26.28 in the 200 – earned her the title of fastest female in the county. It’s a moniker she rather enjoyed.
“I love the thought of me being the fastest in Salem County,” she said. “Everybody knows me for basketball (she’s a 1,000-point scorer), so it feels good to show them that I can do more than play basketball.”
Members of the Schalick track team give David Stewart a ride on their shoulders after the freshman’s big day helped the Cougars win the county championship. On the cover, girls coach Melissa Pine brings her side’s title trophy back to the team.
Schalick’s Stewart shows out
All five competing schools produced winners in the boys meet, but Schalick had the most prolific. Freshman David Stewart signaled his arrival on the county track scene by winning three individual events and finishing fourth in the deep triple jump.
STEWART
“It’s kind of exciting to see that all year long,” Cougars coach James Turner said. “A lot of people don’t know who he is because he hasn’t had any FAT times on MileSplit very much. It’s been kind of fun to see us go against different teams in dual meets and see him be successful and have that success at an early age. He’s surprising himself and he’s surprising other teams around us.”
Stewart won the 100 in 11.28, the 400 in 52.25 and the long jump in 21-4.50 – all PRs. His triple jump 42-11.25 also was a PR and less than two feet behind the winning jump.
“Being from Schalick we don’t really get recognized that much because were a little school, but I just wanted to come down here to compete, to show people where we’re from,” he said. “Today was a day I was trying to show everybody who I was. People were maybe doubting me because I’m a freshman and I’m young, but I wanted to show people I’m … good.
“I didn’t really have high expectations for the long jump, but I went out with confidence and did what I had to do and it just happened. In the running events I ran with confidence because that’s really what I do.”
Pennsville won the three throwing events, Schalick took three of the four jumping events in addition to Stewart’s exploits, Woodstown won the three distance races, Salem the hurdles and Penns Grove the relay. Salem’s Anthony Parker (both hurdles) and Woodstown’s Cole Lucas (800, 1600) were double winners.
Schalick won six events total to end Salem’s three-year hold on the boys title and help Turner win his first county crown as the Cougars coach.
“For us, the whole rebuilding process for the last few years has been to this year we want to (make a mark in) relays and we were able to do that and we knew we had a good chance at winning the Salem County Championship and that’s one puzzle piece to build us back to where we want to be,” Turner said. “We might not be sectional champ contenders but we’re one step closer to at least putting our footprint in the sand at sectional champs.
“This year our goals for sectionals are to have our relays qualify for state and then a few individuals get there as well because last year the only people who went to the state were the 4×8 (relay).”
Hadfield and Parker were the Outstanding Track Athletes of the meet. Stewart and Watt were the Outstanding Field Athletes.
GIRLS MEET TEAM SCORES: Schalick 120, Salem 109, Woodstown 47, Penns Grove 44, Pennsville 15.
EVENT
WINNER
RESULT
400 Hurdles
Anna Buzby, Salem
1:05.91
100
Meely Horace, Penns Grove
12.67
1600
Jordan Hadfield, Schalick
5:30.64
400
Anna Buzby, Salem
59.76
100 Hurdles
Karima Davenport-White, Salem
15.70
800
Jordan Hadfield, Salem
2:20.09
3200
Jordan Hadfield, Salem
12:42.29
200
Meely Horace, Penns Grove
26.28
4×400
Schalick
4:12.60
High Jump
Kami Casiano, Woodstown
4-10
Pole Vault
Megan Morris, Pennsville
9-0
Long Jump
Karima Davenport-White, Salem
16-1.75
Triple Jump
Brooke Watt, Schalick
33-6.75
Discus
Grace O’Neill, Schalick
125-6
Javelin
Allyson Green, Schalick
104-5
Shot Put
Ava Rodgers, Salem
35-2.50
BOYS MEET TEAM SCORES: Schalick 94, Salem 74, Woodstown 67, Penns Grove 55, Pennsville 43.
White, Woodstown softball sharp after long layoff; Farina has career day for Pennsville softball, Eagles win wild one in baseball and more TUESDAY SOFTBALL Pennsville 9, Triton 6 Pitman 18, Salem 2 Woodstown 7, Gloucester Catholic 1
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
GLOUCESTER CITY – Grace White and the Woodstown softball team returned to the field for the first time in 10 days and it looked like they never missed a beat.
White came within two outs of a complete-game shutout and struck out 12 leading the Wolverines past Gloucester Catholic 7-1 Tuesday.
It was the second day in a row a Salem County softball team returning from a lengthy break took down the Rams (7-6), who lost back-to-back games for the second time this season.
The Wolverines (8-6) hadn’t played since losing to Mainland in Williamstown’s Fred Powell Invitational April 27 and were idle last week as eight players were away on the school’s Senior Class Trip.
“I think the break was needed,” Woodstown coach Dave Wildermuth said. “We had played a brutally tough schedule the first half of the year and I think we just needed a break.
“We needed a break and we’ve regrouped. We had a couple decent practices last week while the girls were away, with some of the underclassmen, and we had a good practice yesterday. Yesterday was the first day (White) picked up a ball.”
Tulana Mingin and Cara Delia both had a pair of hits for the Wolverines (8-6), who snapped a season-long three-game losing streak in which they scored just one run in each game. Mingin moved into fourth place on the Wolverines’ all-time hits list and is now eight shy of tying the all-time mark.
The Wolverines jumped on top with two runs in the first inning on an error and Kayla Brown’s sacrifice fly. White drove in a run in the third with a ground out and Alyssa Baber doubled home a run in the third to make it 4-0.
White lost her shutout on a homer by Gabby Scirrotto with one out in the seventh inning that was just inches out of the reach of centerfielder Ellie Wygand. Scirrotto was the only Rams base runner to get past second.
The Wolverines have big Tri-County Classic games the next two days that could potentially give them control over the division. They travel to Overbrook Wednesday, then resume their rivalry with Schalick Thursday in their annual night game at Elmer Little League.
PENNSVILLE 9, TRITON 6: Bella Farina went 4-for-5 with two home runs and a career-high seven RBIs as the Eagles won their seventh in a row. Her first homer gave them a 3-0 lead in the first and her second, another three-run blast, broke a 6-6 tie in the seventh inning.
It was Farina’s second multi-homer game of the season. She is 16-for-22 with 16 RBIs in her last six games, has at least one RBI in each of her last seven games (17 total) and 14 in her last four games. She now has six homers and a career-tying 24 RBIs on the year.
“It felt good to have one of my best games against a really good team,” Farina said. “More importantly, I’m thankful to have helped the team get a big win. The best part about hitting home runs is my team meeting at home plate.”
Sierra Stultz also had four hits in the Eagles’ 18-hit attack. Kylie Harris had three and Savannah Palverento and Bella Rappa each had two. Lilly Birney took a homer away from the Mustangs in centerfield.
PITMAN 18, SALEM 2: The Panthers erupted for seven runs in the first inning and then held Salem to three hits – all in the first inning. The Rams scored both of their runs in the home first on an RBI double by Raegan Wilson and an RBI single by Morgan Johnson, then Pitman pitcher Cassidy Batten retired the last 14 batters she faced. Julliana Love had the other Salem hit, a leadoff single in the home first. BASEBALL Pennsville 13, Clayton 12 Vineland 6, Schalick 0
PENNSVILLE 13, CLAYTON 12: Jacob Grant homered and the Eagles pounded 20 hits with eight of the nine hitters in the lineup getting at least two.
Grant’s two-run homer and two-run doubles by Jeff Wagner and Logan Streitz fueled a seven-run fourth that gave Pennsville a 10-5 lead, but the Eagles could never shake the Clippers. RBI singles by Mason O’Brien and Chase Burchfield gave them a 13-10 lead in the sixth and they held on as Clayton scored two in the seventh.
Connor Starn and Cohen Petrutz both had three hits for Pennsville, while Mason O’Brien and Wagner each had three RBIs.
VINELAND 6, SCHALICK 0: The Fighting Clan scored three runs in each the third and fourth innings and Mario Toro threw just 69 pitches over six innings while allowing only one hit to stop Schalick’s four-game winning streak. Enrico Hatz had the Cougars’ only hit, a one-out single in the fifth inning, extending his hitting streak to five games. Gabe Torres and Luke Pokrovsky threw three innings of scoreless relief after the Clan did their damage.
BOYS TENNIS PENNSVILLE 5, SCHALICK 0 Gabe Schneider (P) def. George Gould, 6-1, 6-1 Maddox Efelis (P) def. Jesus Espinoza, 6-1, 6-0 Brody Wiggins (P) def. Conor O’Toole, 6-0, 6-0 Noah Bohn-Noah Flitcraft (P) def. David Santana-Rocky Monticolo, 6-2, 6-2 Luke Chamberlain-Sawyer Humphrey (P) def. Kaden Barnes-Cayden Brzozowski, 6-2, 6-4 Records: Pennsville 14-1, Schalick 9-5.
Monday roundup: Pennsville softball holds off Gloucester Catholic to tighten Classic Division race, includes details on Salem County’s sports day
SOFTBALL Overbrook 19, Penns Grove 2 Pennsville 2, Gloucester Catholic 1 Schalick at Glassboro Salem 16, Wildwood 8
By Riverview Sports News
PENNSVILLE – The Pennsville softball team hadn’t played a game in two weeks, but the Eagles came ready to play Monday.
The Eagles scored a big Tri-County Classic Division win when they beat Gloucester Catholic 2-1, handing the Rams their first loss in the division and pulling into a virtual tie for first place.
It was their first game since April 22. They have now won six in a row.
“I think it’s like riding a bike,” Eagles coach Beth Jackson said, not expecting to see any rust after the layoff. “You get back on the bike. You generally always know how to ride a bike. It’s just like getting right back on. You pick it up.
“You still have to hit the ball. You still have to field the ball. You still have to throw the ball. All those basic things are still there and applying them and playing the game.”
Savannah Palverento and Sierra Stultz combined to spin a four-hitter. Palvereno worked the first five and a third. Stultz came on with one out and bases loaded in the sixth and struck out the first two batters she faced to get out of it. Then she retired the side in order in the seventh with a strikeout to end it.
“She was calm, cool and collected, like she always is,” Jackson said of Stultz. “She always has a smile on her face and just comes in and does the job as she’s asked to do. That’s all of them. They have to come in and they’re ready when their number’s called.
“The two of them together work great. They’re a good team. The two of them work well together.”
The Eagles struck first with a run in the first, Kylie Harris led off with a single, advanced when the Rams misplayed Palverento’s grounder and scored on Bella Farina’s ground out.
The Rams tied the game in the second on an infield out, then the Eagles took the lead for good on Lilly Birney’s two-out single in the third. Palverento doubled with one out, Farina walked and then Birney singled.
The Rams threatened in the fifth, putting two runners in scoring position, but left them stranded.
A Gloucester Catholic win would have just about wrapped up the Classic Division for the Rams. By winning, the Eagles came share the division crown if both teams win out.
Jackson purposely didn’t bring up the importance of the game before her team played, but she laid out the possibilities afterwards. The Eagles went into the week fifth in South Jersey Group I power points, but they’re expected to gain ground when the standings are adjusted.
“I didn’t really want to put that in their head,; I didn’t want them to have to worry about that,” she said. “They know the situation now. We still have a lot of division games left and anything can happen, but you just split with them. If you win the rest of them, this is what could happen.”
SALEM 16, WILDWOOD 8: Julliana Love has been red hot at the plate in her last four games. Over that stretch she has gone 14-for-17 with 11 runs, including a second straight 4-for-5 Monday against the Warrior.
Raegan Wilson went 4-for-4 with three RBIs and pitched a complete game with 13 strikeouts. Morgan Johnson went 5-for-5 and Gianna Pelura went 4-for-5.
OVERBROOK 19, PENNS GROVE 2: The Rams scored eight runs in the first inning. . BASEBALL Overbrook 11, Penns Grove 0 Wildwood 14, Salem 2 Woodstown 7, Camden Academy Charter 1 Glassboro at Schalick, ppd.
WOODSTOWN 7, CAMDEN ACADEMY CHARTER 1: The Wolverines broke a scoreless tie with three runs in the third inning and five Woodstown pitchers combined to spin a two-hitter.
Andrew Pedrick had two doubles and two RBIs and Rocco String drove in a pair of runs. Starter Jack Holladay pitched three no-hit innings to get the win.
WILDWOOD 14, SALEM 2: The Warriors broke open the game with nine runs in the third inning. Jacob Parkell drove in the Rams’ two runs with a fifth-inning single. Andrew May and Ethan Logo had Salem’s other two hits.
OVERBROOK 11, PENNS GROVE 0: The Rams jumped out front with two runs in the first inning and then held the Red Devils to just one hit. Tommy Mattioli had Penns Grove’s hit.
BOYS TENNIS Pennsville 5, Glassboro 0 Woodstown 4, Triton 1 Penns Grove at Clayton Schalick at Bridgeton
PENNSVILLE 5, GLASSBORO 0 Gabe Schneider (P) def. Rowan Somdhal-Sans, 6-0, 6-0 Lucas Cooksey (P) def. Jesus Lopez, 6-1, 6-0 Ian Peacock (P) def. Kliche Umbafu, 6-2, 6-3 Sawyer Humphrey-Carter Willis (P) won by forfeit Locklann Hooks-Matthew Forino (P) won by forfeit Records: Glassboro 0-11, Pennsville 13-1.
WOODSTOWN 4, TRITON 1 Steve Schilder (T) def. Tim Schwienbacher, 6-4, 6-3 Drew Stengel (Wo) def. Tristyn Malone, 6-4, 7-5 Erich Lipovsky (Wo) def. William Ahrens, 6-4, 6-2 Ben Stengel-Mason Shimp (Wo) def. Cole Durham-Sean Gorski, 7-5, 6-0 Luke Shaw-Jason LaFond (Wo) def. Tirth Patel-Shrey Modi, 6-1, 6-1 Records: Woodstown 9-1, Triton 6-8.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL Triton 2, Salem Tech 0 (25-16, 25-14)
Here is the sports schedule for Salem County high school and college teams for the week of May 6-11; all events 4 p.m. unless noted
Monday
COLLEGE BASEBALL RCSJ-Gloucester at Salem CC, 3:30 p.m. BASEBALL Glassboro at Schalick Penns Grove at Overbrook Salem at Wildwood Woodstown at Camden Academy Charter SOFTBALL Overbrook at Penns Grove Gloucester Catholic at Pennsville Schalick at Glassboro Wildwood at Salem GOLF GCIT vs. Schalick, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m. BOYS TENNIS Glassboro at Pennsville, 3:45 p.m. Woodstown at Triton, 3:45 p.m. Penns Grove at Clayton Schalick at Bridgeton TRACK Penns Grove at Overbrook BOYS VOLLEYBALL Triton at Salem Tech
Tuesday
BASEBALL LEAP at Penns Grove Schalick at Clayton SOFTBALL Pennsville at Triton Pitman at Salem Woodstown at Gloucester Catholic GOLF Schalick, Woodstown in NJSIAA Sectionals, Cream Ridge GC BOYS TENNIS Pennsville at Schalick, 3:45 p.m. Cumberland at Woodstown BOYS LACROSSE Woodstown at Haddon Twp., 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday
BASEBALL Overbrook at Woodstown Salem at Clayton Schalick at Penns Grove Wildwood at Pennsville SOFTBALL Penns Grove at Schalick Wildwood at Pennsville Woodstown at Overbrook GOLF Cumberland girls vs. Schalick, Centerton CC, 3:30 p.m. Northern Burlington boys vs. Schalick, Centerton CC, 4:15 p.m. Middle Twp. vs. Pennsville, Sakima GC, 4:30 p.m. TRACK Salem County Championships, Salem, 3:30 p.m. BOYS TENNIS Delsea at Woodstown, 3:45 p.m. Pennsville at Pitman, 3:45 p.m. Clayton at Schalick GIRLS LACROSSE Woodstown at Kingsway, 6 p.m.
Thursday
BASEBALL Woodstown vs. Schalick, Elmer LL, 6:30 p.m. SOFTBALL Clayton at Salem Glassboro at Penns Grove Pennsville at Clayton Woodstown vs. Schalick, Elmer LL, 6:30 p.m. GOLF Salem Tech, Pennsville, Clayton at The Birches, 3:45 p.m. Timber Creek vs. Woodstown, Town & Country GC, 3:45 p.m. Schalick vs. Deptford, Pitman GC BOYS TENNIS Woodstown at Haddon Heights Williamstown at Penns Grove GIRLS LACROSSE Clearview at Woodstown
Friday
BASEBALL Haddon Heights at Pennsville Penns Grove at Clayton Woodstown at Salem SOFTBALL Pennsville at Overbrook Salem at Woodstown Wildwood at Penns Grove GOLF Woodbury vs. Pennsville, Sakima GC, 3:30 p.m. BOYS LACROSSE Clearview at Woodstown BOYS TENNIS GCIT at Pennsville Schalick at Wildwood, 4:15 p.m. BOYS VOLLEYBALL Salem Tech at Washington Twp., 3:45 p.m.
Saturday
COLLEGE BASEBALL Region XIX Tournament (All doubleheaders starting at noon) Salem CC at Northampton RCSJ-Cumberland at Middlesex Ocean at Brookdale (Game 3, if necessary, Sunday, noon) BASEBALL Lee Ware Tournament Woodstown vs. Camden Catholic, 10 a.m. Paulsboro vs. Cherry Hill East, 10 a.m. Consolation game, noon Championship game, noon GIRLS LACROSSE Lower Cape May at Woodstown, 10 a.m.
Six Salem County athletes score top eight finishes at the NIKE SJTCA Elite Meet
By Riverview Sports News
FRANKLINVILLE – Four from Salem led a group of six Salem County athletes who scored top eight finishes at the Nike SJTCA Elite Meet at Delsea High School Thursday.
Three Salem girls posted PRs in their events. Anna Buzby finished sixth in the 400 hurdles (1:05.42). Dominique Lewis was fifth in the shot (37.4) and Rhionna Timmons was eighth in the long jump (17-0.75).
Timmons also PR’d in the 100 (12.62, ninth) and 200 (26.65). Lewis finished in the top 20 in the discus and javelin; Buzby was top 20 in the 400 and 800, and Karima Davenport-White was 12th in the long. Davenport-White committed to Coppin State easlier in the week.
Buzby (800) and Timmons (200 and long jump) sit atop the South Jersey Group I rankings in their events. Davenport-White is third in the long jump and second in the 100.
“They stepped up and competed against some of the best runners, not only in New Jersey, but in the country,” Salem head coach David Hunt said.
On the boys side, Salem’s DaviYonn Jackson finished fifth in the triple jump (44-7.50). Woodstown’s Cole Lucas was sixth in the 800 (1:58.89), improving six spots on the final lap. And Pennsville’s Connor Ayars was seventh in the javelin (152-7).
“It was a great day overall,” Salem assistant coach Spencer Jarrett said. “The heat really helped open up a lot of things for PRs. Most of the kids were going against some of the best in South Jersey from all groups and we got a lot of top 10 finishes and a lot of movement in the rankings in South Jersey Group I.”
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