Here is the high school sports schedule for Salem County teams for the week of Jan. 15-21
Monday
BASKETBALL Girls Salem at Burlington City, 11 a.m. St. Joe at Schalick, 1:30 p.m.
Boys Pennsville at Haddon Twp., 11 a.m.
WRESTLING Egg Harbor Twp. at Schalick, 5 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK NJSIAA Relays, Bennett Center, Toms River
Tuesday
BASKETBALL Girls Schalick at Penns Grove, 5 p.m. Glassboro at Pennsville, 4 p.m. Overbrook at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m. Salem at Gloucester Catholic, 5:30 p.m. Wildwood at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m. Boys Penns Grove at Schalick, 5:30 p.m. Pennsville at Glassboro, 5:30 p.m. Wildwood at Salem Tech, 4 pm. Woodstown at Overbrook, 5:30 p.m. Gloucester Catholic at Salem, 4:30 p.m.
SWIMMING Schlick at Camden Academy, 3:30 p.m.
BOWLING Salem vs. Salem Tech, Wood Lanes, 4 p.m.
Wednesday
BASKETBALL Girls Salem at Gloucester Catholic, 5:30 p.m. Boys Woodstown at Overbrook, 5:30 p.m.
WRESTLING Woodstown at Cumberland, 5 p.m. Pennsville at Penns Grove, 6 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK Pennsville, Penns Grove, Salem in SJCTA Meet, Toms River, 3:30 p.m.
BOWLING Salem Tech at West Deptford, 4 p.m.
Thursday
BASKETBALL Girls Pennsville at Penns Grove, 4 p.m. Clayton at Salem, 5:30 p.m. Overbrook at Schalick, 5:30 p.m. Salem Tech at Pitman, 4 p.m. Woodstown at Glassboro, 4 p.m. Boys Glassboro at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m. Penns Grove at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m. Pitman at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m. Salem at Clayton, 5:30 p.m. Schalick at Overbrook, 5:30 p.m.
SWIMMING Woodstown vs. Gloucester Catholic at GCIT, 5:45 p.m. Schalick vs. Pitman at GCIT, 7:15 p.m. Salem vs. Deptford Twp. at GCIT, 8:30 p.m.
BOWLING Salem Tech in NJTAC at Bowlero, North Brunswick, 11:30 a.m. Salem vs. Collingswood, Westbrook Lanes, 4 p.m.
Friday
BASKETBALL Girls Pennsville at Gloucester City, 5:30 p.m. Schalick at Buena, 4 p.m. Boys Buena at Schalick, 5:30 p.m. Gloucester City at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m. Salem Tech at Moorestown Friends, 5:30 p.m.
WRESTLING Woodstown at Timber Creek, 5 p.m. Pennsville at Mainland Regional, 5:30 p.m.
Saturday
BASKETBALL Girls Salem Tech at Camden County Tech, 11:30 a.m.
SJIBT Tournament Woodstown at Camden Catholic, 2:30 p.m.
WRESTLING Schalick, Deptford Twp., Pemberton at Haddon Twp., 8 a.m. Salem, Overbrook, Pitman at Penns Grove, 9 a.m. Pennsville, Vineland, BCIT-Westampton at Collingswood, 10 a.m. Woodstown, Haddon Heights, Pennsauken at Buena
SWIMMING Salem, Schalick in SJISA Championships at GCIT
INDOOR TRACK Woodstown, Penns Grove at Bennett Center, Toms River
Salem County wrestling teams in action all over the state Saturday with mixed results; Efelis, Baptiste have big days for Pennsville
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News PENNSVILLE – Maddox Efelis got the word he was going to be in Pennsville’s varsity lineup for a duals match for the first time in his career sometime during the day Friday. It was plenty of time to get ready and enough time not to get nervous.
When it came time to get on the mat, the junior handled things the way Eagles coach John Starcevich would have liked – like he’d been there before. Efelis won both of his matches, one by first-period pin and one by decision, as the Eagles defeated Oakcrest and Overbrook in their Saturday quad.
EFELIS
“I wanted to get out there and not get pinned and help us get some points,” Efelis said. “It felt good to get the wins.”
Efelis got inserted in the lineup after regular 138 Joey Maurer was an injury default in Friday’s night’s match against Buena. It was Efelis’ first time making weight at 138, having previously weighing in at 144.
He had wrestled with the varsity once before this season, at 150 against Gateway in the Blue Devil Duals, and lost in a technical fall. Most of his mat time has been in the wrestling room and with the JVs.
“I was nervous (today), but I tried to keep everything the same that I do to get ready for a match,” he said.
The Eagles beat Oakcrest 40-15 and Overbrook 51-18. They didn’t wrestle Millville in the quad because they already had earlier this season. Robbie McDade (157) had two pins, Trevor Waddington (285) had a pin and a decision, and Travis Hagan (144), Sky Eppes (150) and Connor Ayars (175) all had two wins via pin and forfeit.
It also was a big day for another new wrestler. The Eagles put together some girls matches and Esther Baptiste, a first-year senior wrestler, won her two matches, pinning Kayla Nicholson from Overbrook in 3:37 and taking an 8-4 decision from Jade McDowell from Millville.
She was especially proud of the win over McDowell, which she called one of her most difficult matches of the season, because she twice escaped headlocks that had her in danger. It gave her a 6-4 overall record this year with four pins, 6-2 in matches against girls.
BAPTISTE
“Today opened my eyes to more of what I can do better at offensively and defensively,” she said. “I’m proud of myself because I was really tired when I had to wrestle my last match and I didn’t let her pin me and I won.”
Baptiste’s road to the mat is a lot like another wrestler on the Eagles’ roster. After emigrating to the United States from Guyana in 2018, she came to the wrestling room after moving to Pennsville from Houston last year and talking with 190 standout Elias Lussi about the sport. She showed up with an athletic background and a lot of enthusiasm and has been learning on the fly.
Lussi came to the Eagles wrestling room three years ago after moving from Miami with no understanding of the sport and has become the face of the program. “It was because of him that I really wanted to try it out,” Baptiste said.
Now she’s enjoying the experience so much she’s thinking of joining the program at Rutgers-Newark next year depending on how the rest of this season goes.
Pennsville Quad
TEAMS
PVILLE
MILL
OAKC
OVER
Pennsville
PVILLE
NA
40-15
51-18
Millville
NA
MILL
58-18
Oakcrest
15-40
18-58
OAKC
42-37
Overbrook
18-51
37-42
OVER
PENNSVILLE 40, OAKCREST 15 215: Jose Anaya (O) dec. Daniel Emmons, 7-1 285: Trevor Waddington (P) dec. Youssef Nosair, 4-0 106: Lucas Thomas (P) won by forfeit 113: Double forfeit 120: Christopher Daniels (P) maj. dec. over Bruce Bellace, 12-1 126: Braden Monroe (O) dec. Gabriel Supernavage, 10-5 132: Heriberto Curtidor (O) dec. Kameron Drummond, 9-3 138: Maddox Efelis (P) dec. George Swoyer, 6-4 144: Travis Hagan (P) pinned Erick Montas-Arias 150: Sky Eppes (P) pinned Jorge Curtidor Cornejo, 2:00 157: Robert McDade (P) pinned Ryan Monroe, 2:00 165: Andrew Smith (O) pinned Cole Campbell 175: Connor Ayars (P) won by forfeit 190: Double forfeit
PENNSVILLE 51, OVERBROOK 18 190: Elias Lussi (P) pinned Daniel Keyes, 2:13 215: Tomas Sanchez (O) pinned Daniel Emmons, 1:58 285: Trevor Waddington (P) pinned Aydin Appley, 5:44 106: Zoe Torraya (O) dec. Gina Shinn, 6-3 113: Lucas Thomas (P) won by forfeit 120: Michael Wallas (O) dec. Christopher Daniels, 10-4 126: KhyRee Hines (O) dec. Kameron Drummond, 9-5 132: Michael Romano (O) dec. Ayden Perez, 6-2 138: Maddox Efelis (P) pinned Domino Redrow, 1:14 144: Travis Hagan (P) won by forfeit 150: Sky Eppes (P) won by forfeit 157: Robert McDade (P) pinned Oscar Calderon, 2:45 165: Cole Campbell (P) dec. Ben Matos, 8-5 175: Connor Ayars (P) pinned Vance Elder, 1:05
Penns Grove Quad
TEAMS
PGRV
DEPT
NEGP
STJOE
Penns Grove
PGRV
18-60
48-27
54-18
Deptford
60-18
DEPT
60-24
76-6
New Egypt
27-48
24-60
NEGP
48-18
St. Joe’s (Hamm)
18-54
6-76
18-48
STJOE
PENNS GROVE – Penns Grove went 2-1 in their own duals event, beating St. Joe’s (Hammonton) 54-18 and New Egypt 48-27, and falling to Deptford 60-18.
The Red Devils were set up with multiple forfeits in their St. Joe’s win, but they staged a big rally to take down New Egypt. They lost each of the first five bouts against the Warriors, then won the next eight to secure the win.
Anthony Brown (150) won all three of his matches by pin. Isaiah Upshur went 3-0 with a pin in the Deptford match, a injury default and a forfeit.
PENNS GROVE 54, ST. JOE’S 18 106: Double forfeit 113: Sultan Harris (P) won by forfeit 120: Devine Arce (P) won by forfeit 126: Cameron Vile (P) won by forfeit 132: Mason Hollywood (S) pinned Adan Gonzales, 3:32 138: Double forfeit 144: Anthony Afanador (S) pinned Nasir Garris, 3:14 150: Anthony Brown (P) pinned Colin Steiner, 1:52 157: Jayden Owens (P) pinned Bobby Butkus, 1:09 165: Nicholas Melchiore (S) pinned Antonio Garris, 1:30 175: Christopher Fraga (P) won by forfeit 190: Clinton Bobo (P) won by forfeit 215: Isaiah Upshur (P) won by forfeit 285: Sumir Brown (P) won by forfeit
PENNS GROVE 48, NEW EGYPT 27 106: Jocelin Olivera (N) won by forfeit 113: Gavin Stone (N) pinned Sultan Harris, 1:15 120: Fred Frappier (N) dec. Devine Arce, 9-8 126: Steve Meleg (N) pinned Cameron Vile, 4:28 132: Wyatt Burgess (N) won by forfeit 138: Adan Gonzales (P) won by forfeit 144: Nasir Garris (P) pinned Zachary Peterson, 1:47 150: Anthony Brown (P) pinned Nicholas Johnson, 0:28 157: Jayden Owens (P) pinned Alan Arce, 2:27 165: Antonio Garris (P) pinned Elmer Morfin, 4:25 175: Clinton Bobo (P) pinned Dylan Searles, 0:57 190: Isaiah Upshur (P) def. Morgan Peterson, inj. 215: Sumir Brown (P) won by forfeit 285: Double forfeit
DEPTFORD 60, PENNS GROVE 18 120: Daniel Jimenez (D) dec. Devine Arce, 9-4 126: Ethan Christmas (D) pinned Cameron Vile, 3:10 132: Amir Barnes (D) pinned Adan Gonzales, 1:50 138: Odesa Myers (D) won by forfeit 144: Jaylen Huertas (D) dec. Nasir Garris, 6-0 150: Anthony Brown (P) pinned Nick Childress, 3:51 157: Mel Maguire (D) pinned Jayden Owens, 1:48 165: Antonio Garris (P) pinned Jason Perez, 3:26 175: Drew Ford (D) pinned Clinton Bobo, 4:59 190: Isaiah Upshur (P) pinned Kevin Sokhom, 1:10 215: Nathan Dare (D) pinned Antonio Cooper, 3:40 285: John Griffith (D) pinned Sumir Brown, 2:35 106: Ava Paul (D) won by forfeit 113: Eoin Curran (D) pinned Sultan Harris, 0:36
Emerson/Park Ridge Quad
TEAMS
WOOD
WATCH
HILLS
EMPR
Woodstown
WOOD
38-39
30-36
21-51
Watchung Hills
39-38
WATCH
30-29
Hillsborough
36-30
29-30
HILLS
28-34
Emerson/Park Ridge
51-21
34-28
EMPR
PARK RIDGE – The Wolverines went all the way up near the state line with New York to face some stiff North Jersey competition. They went 0-3, but two of their matches went down the wire.
They lost to Emerson/Park Ridge 51-21, Hatchung Hills 39-38 and Hillsborough 36-30.
The match with Hillsborough was close throughout and was tied three times, the last at 30-30 when Brett Rowand pinned Tyler Margelis in under a minute at 150. But Hillsborough scored decisions in each of the final two bouts to pull out the win.
Rowand gave the Wolverines a 38-34 lead over Watching Hills with a decision at 150, but Cody Pritzlaff scored a technical fall (23-7) in the final bout at 157 to snatch the win away.
Paul Banff (190) and Mateo Vinciguerra (285) won all three of their matches by pin for the Wolverines.
EMERSON/PARK RIDGE 51, WOODSTOWN 21 157: Nicholas Giella (E) pinned Jayden Donahue, 1:41 165: Luke Macfie (E) dec. Zach Bevis, 10-4 175: Jacob Shannon (E) pinned Greyson Hyland, 1:48 190: Paul Banff (Wo) pinned Carlos Rivera, 1:38 215: Cole Hughes (E) pinned Andre Sinou, 0:37 285: Mateo Vinciguerra (Wo) pinned Leo Danziger, 0:32 106: Evan Constante (E) won by forfeit 113: Joseph Dimotta (E) won by forfeit 120: Travis Balback (Wo) pinned Nate Shannon, 1:06 126: Matthew Constante (E) pinned Carson Bradway, 2:51 132: Ryan Messick (E) pinned Alex Torres, 2:48 138: Paul Coombes (E) dec. Willem Groom, SV-1 4-2 144: Laitton Roberts (Wo) dec. Colin Cottrell, 6-0 150: Luel Cutout (E) dec. Brett Rowand, SV-1 9-7
WATCHUNG HILLS 39, WOODSTOWN 38 165: Zach Bevis (Wo) tech fall over Reilly Tallion, 20-5 (5:19) 175: Greyson Hyland (Wo) pinned Artun Kirgezmis, 0:35 190: Paul Banff (Wo) pinned Alejandro Dilone, 0:43 215: Jake Carfaro (WH) pinned Andre Sinou, 1:26 285: Mateo Vinciguerra (Wo) pinned Kenneth Ferrari, 1:20 106: Evan Frank (WH) won by forfeit 113: Morgan Torres (WH) won by forfeit 120: Anthony DiAndrea (WH) maj. dec. over Travis Balback, 9-1 126: Carson Bradway (Wo) pinned Vincent Glynos, 1:51 132: Alex Torres (Wo) pinned Max Shaferman, 0:39 138: Jordan Bash (WH) pinned Willem Groom, 1:30 144: Nick Valenti (WH) pinned Laitton Roberts, 0:40 150: Brett Rowand (Wo) dec. Ryan Higgins, 6-4 157: Cody Pritzlaff (WH) tech fall over Jayden Donahue, 23-7 (4:09)
HILLSBOROUGH 36, WOODSTOWN 30 175: Greyson Hyland (Wo) pinned Andrew Lodato, 0:57 190: Paul Banff (Wo) pinned Michael Bynes, 0:45 215: Matthew Jones (H) pinned Andre Sinou, 1:40 285: Mateo Vinciguerra (Wo) pinned Nicholas Duarte, 3:27 106: Ryan Spinelli (H) won by forfeit 113: Thomas Kester (H) won by forfeit 120: Travis Balback (Wo) pinned Michael Sanchez, 1:46 126: Corey Iannucci (H) dec. Carson Bradway, 13-7 132: Zachary Iannucci (H) dec. Alex Torres, 9-7 138: Owen Miller (H) dec. Willem Groom, 8-2 144: Bregg Lockburner (H) dec. Laitton Roberts, 2-1 150: Brett Rowand (Wo) pinned Tyler Marvels, 0:53 157: Kevin Hoefele (H) dec. Jayden Donahue, 5-1 165: Matthew Miller (H) dec. Zach Bevis, 12-5
Schalick Quad
TEAMS
SCWR
BUENA
NBURL
TIMCK
Schalick/Cumb.
SCWR
63-9
13-59
36-43
Buena
9-63
BUENA
11-66
N. Burlington
59-13
66-11
NBURL
60-15
Timber Creek
43-36
15-60
TIMCK
BRIDGETON – Schalick/Cumberland went 1-2 in its event, scoring a 63-9 win over Buena. Noval Jenkins (285) and Ayden Jenkins (144) both had a decision and a pin for SC on the day.
SCHALICK/CUMBERLAND 63, BUENA 9 215: Evan Elliott (SC) pinned Maysen Sandfort, 4:20 285: Noval Jenkins (SC) pinned Brian Ayres, 1:59 106: Caleb Jenkins (SC) won by forfeit 113: DeAnthony Harden (SC) pinned Nicholas Panaro, 1:21 120: Gabriel McFeeley (SC) pinned Michael Pettit, 1:30 128: Luke Silva (SC) pinned Aden Vai, 1:34 132: Chase Williams (SC) pinned Gionni Sharkey, 3:56 138: Daniel Lloyd (SC) pinned Lucas Gellura, 0:40 144: Dom DiGiovachino (B) dec. Ayden Jenkins, 9-3 150: Koen Martin (SC) pinned Cole Chinicchi, 0:35 157: Charlie Muzzarelli (B) dec. Ricky Watt, 7-2 165: Jake Magonagle (SC) won by forfeit 175: Louie Drogo (B) dec. Eric Sulik, 12-6 190: Gabriel Rodriguez (SC) dec. Brian Passamante, 6-4
NORTHERN BURLINGTON 59, SCHALICK/CUMBERLAND 13 285: Noval Jenkins (SC) dec. Manuel Saenz, 3-2 106: Landen Knox (N) pinned Caleb Jenkins, 1:02 113: Rocco Giangeruso (N) tech fall over DeAnthony Harden, 16-1 (5:40) 120: Michael McGarigle (N) pinned Gabriel McFeeley, 0:39 126: Nicholas Bruno (N) dec. Luke Silva, 8-2 132: Galiano Zeppadoro (N) pinned Chase Williams, 0:38 138: Justin Marcello (N) pinned Daniel Lloyd, 1:13 144: Ayden Jenkins (SC) major. dec. over Gavin Fowler, 17-5 150: Hayden Joyce (N) pinned Koen Martin, 1:50 157: Ricky Watt (SC) pinned Joseph Gervasi, 1:50 165: Brendan Goldmacher (N) dec. Jake Magonagle, 7-6 175: Griffin Goldmacher (N) pinned Eric Sulik, 1:22 190: Sean Falcey (N) pinned Gabriel Rodriguez, 2:24 215: Grayson Haynes (N) pinned Evan Elliott, 2:27
TIMBER CREEK 43, SCHALICK/CUMBERLAND 36 190: Amir Reason-Dallas (T) pinned Gabriel Rodriguez, 0:25 215: Josh Bartell (T) pinned Evan Elliott, 5:52 285: Jayson Ross (T) pinned Noval Jenkins, 2:26 106: Caleb Jenkins (SC) pinned Dominic Spearman, 0:58 113: Matthew Steele (T) dec. DeAnthony Harden, 7-6 120: Devin Karge (T) pinned Gabriel McFeeley, 0:28 126: Luke Silva (SC) pinned Naim Mosley, 3:04 132: Chase Williams (SC) pinned Josh Wolfenden, 4:53 138: Joey Walker (T) pinned Daniel Lloyd, 0:52 144: Ayden Jenkins (SC) pinned Eric Rambaran, 2:27 150: Ryan Kuriger (T) maj. dec. over Koen Martin, 13-4 157: Gavin Bates (T) pinned Ricky Watt, 3:07 165: Jake Magonagle (SC) won by forfeit 175: Eric Sulik (SC) won by forfeit
Woodstown junior hits a 3 to spark run that lifts Wolverines in SJIBT, hit her 100th 3-pointer earlier in game
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN – Talia Battavio and her Woodstown girls basketball teammates needed a spark. The junior guard was fighting through another Saturday shooting slump and the Wolverines were locked in a tight game that early on didn’t look like it would be. They both needed something to happen and they needed it quickly.
That’s when Battavio, as she’s done throughout her career, got the ball at the top of the key and smoothly drained another 3-pointer to break a tie that in the first quarter didn’t seem likely.
It touched off an 8-0 run that put Woodstown back on top and propelled it to a 46-33 victory over Eastern in the South Region of the South Jersey Invitational Basketball Tournament. The fourth-seeded Wolverines (8-2) now play at Camden Catholic (4-7) in the second round, likely Friday depending on next week’s weather. They have to get it done by January 27.
Woodstown’s Talia Battavio displays that banner that will hang in the gym commemorating her 100 career 3-pointers. She reached the milestone in the first quarter Saturday.
“Usually I don’t remember (particular shots), but that one I do,” Battavio said. “It got me really fired up and I was like, ‘We’re in this. I know what I have to do,’ and we put it away.”
Woodstown coach Kara Straughn knew what Battavio’s go-ahead 3-pointer meant as soon as it slipped past the rim. When it went down, she turned to her dad and assistant coach Dave Wildermuth in the seat next to her and said, “That’s the game-winner; it’s done.”
It meant a lot more than that.
It got Battavio back on track as a shooter. She followed the tie-breaking 3 with a three-point play that extended the lead to six, then threw a sharp pass to running mate Megan Donelson for a layup that made it 32-24 and forced the Vikings to call time.
And she kept going. Battavio scored 16 points on 6-for-7 shooting in the second half and finished with 23 points. It was her third straight 20-point game of the week after a dreadful shooting Saturday against Our Lady of Mercy. In the second half alone against the Villagers she was 0-for-16, and that’s when she usually does her best work.
“After that OLMA game I got in the gym because that was worst shooting I’ve had in years,” she said. “I knew what I had to do and I got in the gym and I shot and I shot and I shot.”
It didn’t surprise Straughn, nor did the results.
“She works her butt off,” the coach said. “She’s the first one in the gym, she stays an hour after practice, so when you see her play like this in the second half and she does all those things you need her do against a great team, that’s why she’s as good as she is, because she’s the one who puts in all those extra hours and all that extra work.”
It look like she was headed for another bout of the Saturday blues in the first half against the Vikings. She was 2-for-12, missing her last eight shots, but the first basket she did make was the 100th 3-pointer of her career. It came with 5:14 left in the first quarter.
Donelson hit her 100th 3-pointer Thursday against Pennsville. She had 11 points against the Vikings, but was active all game, diving on the floor at least eight times for loose balls.
Of course, both are on track for an even bigger milestones. After Saturday’s win, Battavio now has 853 career points and Donelson is at 860.
“There’s nobody like the two of them, but there’s nobody like them individually either,” Straughn said. “She (Battavio) needed that. We’ve played some really good teams and the last time we played a great team (OLMA) she was a little hurt, upset with herself, so she needed this. She said it was her comeback.”
MULLICA HILL — Clearview won the last five matches and seven of the last eight to erase 19-point deficit and defeat Woodstown, 37-31, in a high school wrestling match Friday night.
Clearview won at 106 and then swept 126 through 150 to win the match after the Wolverines had opened a 25-6 lead.
CLEARVIEW 37, WOODSTOWN 31 157: Tyler Trovato (C) pinned Brett Rewand, 2:25 165: Zach Bevis maj. dec. over Adnan Alqutawna, 9-1 175: Greyson Hyland pinned Ethan Sakhleh, 0:55 190: Paul Banff pinned Aaron Veytsman, 3:01 215: Andre Sinou dec. Chase Rainey, 10-7 285: Mateo Vinciguerra pinned William Lombardi, 1:42 106: Zaland Faisal (C) pinned Chase Blandino, 4:47 113: Samuel Tamtama (C) won by forfeit 120: Travis Balback pinned Brady McCollough, 3:07 126: Anthony Morales (C) pinned Carson Bradway, 1:12 132: Joshua Pierson (C) dec. Alex Torres, 3-0 138: Elijah Beatty (C) dec. Willem Groom, 6-5 144: Stephen Borrelli (C) majr. dec. over Laitton Roberts, 11-0 150: Kole Reiss (C) dec. Jayden Donahue, 7-0.
Schalick knocks off winless Gateway to guarantee winningest season in four years; Camden Catholic denies Woodstown, Deptford dumps Penns Grove
FRIDAY’S BOYS SCORES Camden Catholic 60, Woodstown 41 Deptford 70, Penns Grove 51 Schalick 61, Gateway 47 SATURDAY’S GAMES Salem at Cherokee, 12:30 p.m.
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
PITTSGROVE – Getting to and staying at .500 is one of Schalick basketball’s biggest focuses this season, because there is so much that goes with it, but there was something even more special about getting back there – for the fourth time this season – Friday night.
When the Cougars put away winless Gateway 61-47, it allowed them to eclipse last season’s win total and guaranteed them their winningest season since the 2019-20 season. The four wins match their combined total of the last two years and has them thinking about something they haven’t dare consider since 2018-19 – a berth in the state tournament.
“Going into the game our goal is to always fight to be a .500 team and coming into today we had a chance to go back to that,” Schalick coach James Turner said. “I know that’s important to the kids as well because they know if we can stick to staying being a .500 team we have a good chance of getting into the playoffs. They really wanted that win today.”
The Cougars (4-4) had to work for it. They trailed the Gators (0-12) by two after the first quarter, but they made a defensive adjustment during the break and it produced turnovers and quick transition points that allowed them to pull away.
While all that was going on, Reggie Allen, Nylan Sutton and Dan Lis hit the Cougars’ three 3-pointers and they took a seven-point lead into halftime. The same defensive approach let them to stretch the lead to 13 going into the fourth quarter.
The Cougars know they have to keep winning. The 2019-20 team didn’t make the playoffs with nine wins, but the 2018-19 team did with seven. The last time the program had a winning season was 2015-16 when they were 22-8 and played in the South Jersey Group I final.
“They know that if we want to make the playoffs we have to get wins, so the .500 thing isn’t always the most important thing ,” Turner said. “We had certain things in front of us in the beginning of the season that we knew we had a great chance to be competitive in and the kids know that as well. When we’re playing those games we put more emphasis on winning the ones we’re supposed to be competitive in.”
They’re still looking for that signature win. The four teams they have beaten this season – Salem Tech, Cape May Tech, Pennsauken Tech, Gateway — have a combined record of 4-38. They are currently No. 20 in the South Jersey Group I power points standings, 35 points behind current No. 16 Pennsville.
Sutton led the Cougars with a career-high 20 points. Allen had 19, including nine in the second quarter, and Lis had 11.
SCHALICK 61, GATEWAY 47 GATEWAY (0-12) – Sean Simmons 10 1-2 22, Justin Dugan 4 2-4 13, Benji Contarino 1 0-1 2, Akey Talley 0 1-2 1, Steven Marlachatta 2 3-5 7, Sean Cawley 0 0-0 0, Cody Shaw 0 0-0 0, Jahmeire Rowe 1 0-0 2, Peter Franbach 0 0-0 0, Cole Tice 0 0-0 0, D.J. Bink 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 7-14 47. SCHALICK (4-4) – Reggie Allen 7 4-7 19, Nylan Sutton 9 1-3 20, Dan Lis 4 2-3 11, Jake Siedlecki 1 0-0 2, Jordan Johnson 1 3-6 5, Levi Mason 1 2-2 4, Ryan Johnson 0 0-0 0, Jase Volovar 0 0-0 0, Lincoln Murphy 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 12-21 61.
WOODSTOWN – Luke Kennevan and Bryce Clark combined for five 3-pointers and 35 points and the Irish put forth a defensive effort that shut down Woodstown’s hottest player while snapping the Wolverines’ two game winning streak.
Kennevan scored 20 with three 3-pointers and Clark had 15 with a pair of treys. The teams played to a 13-13 tie in the first quarter before the Irish pulled away.
Blake Bialecki had scored 23 and (4) and 29 (8) in the Wolverines’ previous two wins, but he was held scoreless for only the second time in his career. M.J. Hall, who hit the big 3-pointer in their win over Pennsville, led the Wolverines with 15 points. Max Webb had 13.
PENNS GROVE – The Red Devils went through one of the nights where nothing would fall for them and Deptford hit everything.
The Red Devils had numerous shots in and around the basket, but watched in frustration as shot after shot either went in and out or came up short. Deptford, meanwhile, made 27 buckets, including seven 3-pointers, four in the first quarter as it opened a 22-15 lead.
Aydan Copestick hit four of the 3s and led three Spartans in double figures with 18 points. Cairee Cooper had 15 and Deyon Rowland had 14.
“They shot the lights out and we couldn’t buy a bucket,” Penns Grove coach Damian Ware said.
Mekhi Ballard led Penns Grove with 16 points. He hit three of the Red Devils’ four 3-pointers and has drained seven in the last four games.
DEPTFORD 70, PENNS GROVE 51 DEPTFORD (6-5) – Bryce Dunn 1 0-1 2, Cairee Cooper 6 3-4 15, Deyon Rowland 5 2-4 14, Aydan Copestick 6 2-2 18, Brian Orio 4 1-2 9, Luke Vilary 1 1-2 3, Jordan Williams 3 0-0 7, Alanzo Hernandez 0 0-0 0, Braheem Korleh 1 0-0 2, Joe Crowley 0 0-0 0, Shakeem Green 0 0-0 0, Kenny Cockerill 0 0-0 0. Totals 27 9-15 70. PENNS GROVE (4-6) – Brandon Robbins 0 0-0 0, Roman Gipson 2 0-0 5, Giomar Conrad 4 4-7, Karon Ceaser 3 2-9 8, Mehki Ballard 5 3-5 16, Camron Thompson 1 0-0 2, Khiry Higgs 1 0-2 2, Mr Peterson 1 0-0 2, Dameon Wilson 2 0-0 4, Neziah Spence 0 0-0 0, Will Roy 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 9-23 51.
Deptford
22
13
18
17 –
70
Penns Grove
15
12
16
8 –
51
3-point goals: Deptford 7 (Rowland 2, Copestick 4, Williams); Penns Grove 4 (Gipson, Ballard 3). Total fouls: Deptford 18, Penns Grove 19.
Girls roundup: Wolverines roll over Clayton behind Donelson, Battavio; Pennsville, Salem Tech fall
WEDNESDAY’S GIRLS SCORES Glassboro 61, Salem Tech 23 Gloucester Catholic 68, Pennsville 18 Salem at Schalick, ppd. Woodstown 72, Clayton 42
By Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN — Talia Battavio helped teammate Megan Donelson hit her 100th career 3-pointer in a game the other day, and now she’s not that far behind.
Battavio hit five 3-pointers on the way to a 23-point game in Woodstown’s 72-42 rout of Clayton, and now she needs just one more from behind the arc to reach 100 for her career. She’s also just two steals short of 100 in that category.
Donelson led the Wolverines with 27 points and went over 250 rebounds and 125 assists in the game.
The Wolverines are now 12-1 over the last two seasons when either Donelson or Battavio score 20 in the same game, 7-0 when they both go for 20.
Both players are going for an even more prestigious milestone. Donelson now needs 151 points for 1,000 and Battavio needs 170.
GLOUCESTER CITY — The Eagles can’t wait to start getting some their injured players back. They were held scoreless in the first quarter and only got scoring from three players in their third straight loss.
GLASSBORO — Tamia Smith scored 26 points, Kezia Bracket scored 25 and Gianna Wedderburn grabbed 13 rebounds as Glassboro won its third straight and kept the Chargers winless.
GLASSBORO 61, SALEM TECH 23 SALEM TECH (0-8) — Hanna DeWitt 2-3-7, Kaylin Beardsley 1-3-5, Rylee Doerr 1-0-2, Morgan VanDover 3-0-7, Shelby Drummond 1-0-2. Totals 8-6-23. GLASSBORO (6-3) — Tamia Smith 12 0-3 26, Kezia Brackett 10 2-3 25, Ante Davis 1 0-0 2, Sianna Wedderburn 1 0-0 2, Scarlett Saicic 1 0-0 3, NiJah Norton Clark 1 0-0 3, Grave Moore 0 0-0 0, Sanaa Thomas 0 0-0 0, Kimora Miles 0 0-0 0. Totals 26 2-8 61.
Salem wins a frenzied game with Pennsville, Bialecki has a big game for Woodstown
WEDNESDAY’S BOYS SCORES Salem 77, Pennsville 66 Woodstown 74, Salem Tech 40
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News
SALEM – Jabez DeJesus has thrown down many loud dunks during his Salem basketball career, but there haven’t been many as satisfying as the one he slammed in the final minute of Wednesday night’s 77-66 win over Pennsville.
It was one of those dunks that screamed enough-is-enough in a bizzare game that had devolved into ugliness.
It was a game that certainly kept the officials busy. They whistled 55 fouls, four technicals and issued several bench warnings. Four players fouled out (two on each side) and every call in the second half seemed to draw a reaction from the coaches and the crowd.
Maybe you should’ve seen it coming. The game started with a technical foul when the Rams were caught dunking in warm-ups.
DeJesus brought an end to the foolishness when he drove the length of the floor with a deep rebound and dunked with 41 seconds left that was more an exclamation point on the Rams’ fourth straight win and 10th straight against county competition than an incitement for more chaos.
“I was really thinking about it moments before,” the 6-foot-1 senior said. “I was like, ‘Man, what can I do to solidify myself into this game,’ and I was surprised I was that open. This is my opportunity, I’ve got to take it, make a statement, so I ran down the court and hit it with authority.
“(Taking the game off the edge) was definitely part of the reason, but I just wanted to get myself into the game, help my team out and I saw the opportunity to help us extend the lead. I really wanted to add an exclamation point to the last seconds of the game, (so) I put it all out there for my team and made my statement.”
Pennsville looked dead midway through the third quarter when Luke Wood caught his fourth foul on the floor and then got T’d walking away for his disqualifying fifth foul, followed immediately by a T on Eagles coach Joe Mecholsky. DeJesus made all four free throws and the Rams led by 18. It was a 20-point game moments later.
But the Eagles put on another rally similar to the comeback they staged against Woodstown two nights earlier. They turned up the defense and exploited a mismatch with Daniel Saulin inside and brought it all the way to four, 65-61 with 2:17 to play.
“I think that our defense brought us back into the game,” Mecholsky said. “I think when they got into foul trouble they had to put in some inexperienced players and we were able to turn them over and get what we wanted to do.
“It was a battle of wills tonight. They imposed their will for three quarters, we imposed ours in the fourth, but that’s still not enough time to overcome the hole we were in.
“I just told them in the locker room when our best player went out we didn’t shrink, we got tougher. We had grapes, we didn’t have raisins. We stayed tough, we stayed to it, we came back. Tonight Salem was just a better team than us.”
The Rams pushed their lead back to seven and then it got ugly again. Malik Rehmer dropped a hard foul against guard Anthony Farmer that sent Salem coach Anthony Farmer into a rage and several steps out on the floor.
After a officials’ huddled (and Farmer made the first free throw), Rehmer’s foul was ruled intentional and Farmer Sr. was hit with tech.
Farmer the younger collected himself to make his two free throws. Rehmer offset them by making the two technical foul shots on the other end and it was a 70-63 game with 1:21 to play. Pennsville called time and Rehmer launched a deep 3 coming out of it that missed the mark.
The teams traded free throws on the next three possessions to make it an eight-point game and the atmosphere was still frenzied. Jayden Thomas fired up a deep 3 hoping to get the Eagles closer. DeJesus grabbed the rebound, drove the length of the floor and slammed it home for a 10-point lead to end any residual discussion.
“I liked it,” Farmer the guard said. “I was definitely a fan. I loved that he went up for that dunk and I was happy he got the opportunity and threw it down. An exclamation point. He closed the door.”
“It was one of those players a senior makes,” Farmer the coach said. “Bez being a senior had an opportunity to change the momentum and shift things and really seal the game. That was a senior type play.
“Honestly, in any other situation I probably would have told him to pull it out and run clock, but because of how ugly it was and the flow of the way the game was going we encouraged him to go make that play. And obviously it sealed the deal.”
DeJesus scored 16 of his 20 points in the second half. Farmer, who Mecholsky called “the difference in the game tonight,” had 22 points, 18 in the first half. Farmer took on a lot with Ramaji Bundy out with a sore knee, but he made a lot of shots and distributed the ball when he wasn’t.
Saulin led Pennsville with 20 points, 12 in the second half, and 15 rebounds and two blocked shots. Peyton O’Brien had 13 points and six rebounds. Wood was held to eight points and now needs 41 to become the Eagles’ 17th 1,000-point scorer.
SALEM 77, PENNSVILLE 66 PENNSVILLE (4-5) – Luke Wood 2-6 3-5 8, Peyton O’Brien 3-8 6-6 13, Daniel Saulin 8-13 4-6 20, Jayden Thomas 3-11 1-7 8, Malik Rehmer 1-6 2-2 4, Cohen Petrutz 2-7 1-4 5, Mason O’Brien 2-7 4-4 8, Carlo Merindino 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-58 21-34 66. SALEM (5-3) – Anthony Farmer 5 9-11 22, Jabez DeJesus 4 10-14 20, Paul Weathers 0 1-2 1, Xavier McGriff 3 0-2 8, Tymear Lecator 4 7-10 16, Donavon Weathers 1 0-0 2, Antwone Rodgers 2 0-0 4, Joseph Tunis 1 0-0 2, Davonte Jackson 0 0-0 0, Cole Sayers 1 0-0 2. Totals 21 27-39 77.
Pennsville
16
13
12
25 –
66
Salem
17
22
17
21 —
77
3-point goals: Pennsville 3 (Wood, P. O’Brien, Thomas); Salem 8 (Farmer 3, DeJesus 2, McGriff 2, Lecator). Technical fouls: Wood, Pennsville coach Mecholsky, Salem (dunking in warmups), Salem coach Farmer. Fouled out: Wood, Thomas, Rodgers, D. Weathers. Total fouls: Pennsville 28, Salem 27. Officials: Harbin, Wright, Torres.
Woodstown 74, Salem Tech 40
WOODSTOWN – There’s something about playing Salem Tech that does something for Blake Bialecki.
The Woodstown sophomore hit a career-high 3-pointers and scored 29 points as the Wolverines won their second game of the week.
Bialecki, coming off a 23-point against Pennsville last time out, hit three 3s in the first quarter against the Chargers and four in the first half as the Wolverines opened a 32-20 halftime lead. He had hit 10 3s this season coming into the game. His previous high for 3s in a game was five last January against Salem Tech.
“The second we gave him an inch he was making his shots,” Chargers coach Bryan Riley said.
MONDAY’S GIRLS BASKETBALL SCORES Clayton 64, Salem Tech 17 Glassboro 70, Schalick 18 Penns Grove 79, Overbrook 22 Wildwood 84, Salem 33 Woodstown 58, Pennsville 43
By Riverview Sports News
WOODSTOWN — Talia Battavio bounced back from a cold shooting Saturday to score 22 points Monday night and lead Woodstown back into the win column, 59-43 over Pennsville in the Wolverines’ Coaches vs. Cancer game.
Battavio was held to a season-low nine points by OLMA and didn’t hit a shot in the second half, but bounced back for her fourth 20-point game of the season. The Wolverines are 11-1 the last two seasons when either Battavio or Megan Donelson score 20 points in a game. She also had five assists and six blocked shots.
The junior guard was one of three Wolverines to score in double figures in the game. Donelson had 17 points, including her 100th career 3-pointer, with five assists, three blocks and four steals. And Shannon Pieman had 12 points and eight rebounds. Alyssa Baber grabbed 12 boards.
“I feel like we’re still not playing our best basketball, individually or as a whole, but it was a good division win with multiple girls scoring,” Wolverines coach Kara Straughn said. “There’s nothing we can’t iron out in practice tomorrow (and) the rest of the week.
“We needed some momentum with tonight’s win because I think we have the potential to go on a winning streak for a few weeks now through the month.”
Pennsville’s Marley Wood led all scorers with 27 points. She hit a career-high seven 3-pointers, matching teammate Nora Ausland for the team’s single-game high this season (Overbrook).
Hall again hits the big shot as Woodstown gets back on track with a tight win over Pennsville; Ballard makes four late FTs to lift Penns Grove, Salem stages big fourth-quarter rally
MONDAY’S SALEM COUNTY BOYS SCORES Penns Grove 51, Overbrook 48 Clayton 83, Salem Tech 57 Glassboro 68, Schalick 42 Salem 64, Wildwood 57 Woodstown 60, Pennsville 57
By Al Muskewitz Riverview Sports News PENNSVILLE – The Woodstown basketball team needed a win in the worst of ways. That it came against a heated rival only made it better.
M.J. Hall hit a game-tying free throw with 38 seconds to play and then nailed the go-ahead 3-pointer with 5.2 seconds left to lift Woodstown over Pennsville 60-57 to get back on track after two crushing losses.
The Wolverines started the season 4-0, but their fortunes changed when the calendar did. They started the new year by letting a double-digit lead against Penns Grove get away under a hail of turnovers and then losing a low-scoring three-point game to Delsea 24 hours later.
But they were determined to get back on track and Hall, a junior guard with a history of picking the Eagles apart, made it happen.
“It’s a brotherhood and for us to be down in a situation like this after coming off an 0-2 week is just a blessing to have,” Hall said. “Going through the shot with the ball in your hand on the last possession is always a nervous wreck, but to come through and get us back on a winning streak hopefully is a blessing.
“We all play a part. Rocco (String) getting fouled out had us nervous, but we just found a way to come through and pull off the win and send a statement to anybody else.”
The end of the game was eerily similar to the one the Wolverines won here last year when Hall hit the game-winning shot from in front of the Woodstown bench with time running out.
The Wolverines opened a 20-5 lead early in the second quarter and the way things were going felt they had a real opportunity to push the lead to 25 or 30 before halftime. But Pennsville, showing shades of Penns Grove’s rally Thursday night, chipped away on the front end to get within eight and then got back in the game altogether with the final nine points of the half.
The Eagles did take the lead early in the third quarter when Daniel Saulin converted a long pass from Jayden Thomas into a layup to make it 33-32. The game stayed tight the rest of the night and was tied at 45 going into the fourth quarter.
“We talk about the hope that we keep for ourselves and the hope we shouldn’t give the other teams,” Woodstown coach Phil Campbell said. “We gave them some hope there before halftime and they made a game of it.”
Malik Rehmer hit two free throws with 1:13 left off the play that fouled String out to put Pennsville up for the last time 57-56. Woodstown, now without its big man in the game, called time with 1:08 left to set up a play. The Wolverines worked it around and Hall was fouled by Saulin.
Hall hit the first of the two free throws to tie the game. He missed the second shot and Saulin rebounded, but Hall snuck around to steal it back and the Wolverines immediately called time again with 33.8 left.
The plan was to work it around to about 15 seconds and get it to Garrett Leyman. They did, but the Eagles sealed off his drive to the basket. Instead of forcing something, Leyman smartly kicked it out to Hall, who drained the go-ahead 3 from the far left side of the floor.
Last year Hall hit the winning 3 from the right corner after the Eagles missed a potential game-winning layup just seconds earlier.
“We talk a lot about inside-out 3-pointers are the best shot you can take,” Campbell said. “They’re the highest percentage 3 in the country, inside-out, and that was exactly what he got. He’s a good shooter, especially in that kind of position.”
It just had to be Hall. In two career games in Pennsville, he has scored 23 points and hit two game-winning shots.
“To hit a shot like that, big, it’s fun,” he said.
“He just seems to flip the switch here in Pennsville,” sophomore guard Blake Bialecki said. “He always seems to play good here.”
Hall finished with 11 points. Bialecki led the Wolverines with 26 points, including five 3-pointers.
Hall’s big shot may have given the Wolverines the lead, but it still wasn’t over. Pennsville called time with 4.4 seconds left to set up the tying shot. They set the play in motion, but Luke Wood stepped on the sideline trying to rush up the floor for a 3.
Wood led Pennsville with 19 points and moved inside 50 points of 1,000. He had 12 points during the Eagles’ second-quarter comeback, but fell ill during halftime and missed the first four minutes of the third quarter. Saulin had 14 points and six rebounds. Rehmer had 13 points and nine boards.
“We played good team ball tonight, it was just unfortunate that we got nearly home and we just … two plays either way and we win that game,” Pennsville coach Joe Mecholsky said. “I’m not discouraged whatsoever. The kids decided the game and tonight the Woodstown team was a play better than us.”
PENNS GROVE 51, OVERBROOK 48: Mekhi Ballard seems to be back in the groove and that’s a good thing for the Red Devils.
Ballard hit four free throws in the final 30 seconds to seal the victory and send the Red Devils into a four-way tie for first in the Tri-County Diamond Division.
“He’s our most experienced player who was off to a slow start, but has come up big the last two games,” Penns Grove coach Damian Ware said. “He had seven fourth-quarter points against Woodstown and then four big free throws today in the fourth. He’s starting to find his rhythm.”
Both pairs of free throws came after Overbrook scored to cut into the Red Devils’ lead. The first set pushed the lead to four. The Rams hit a 3 on the next trip down the floor and then he made two more to make it a three-point game. Overbrook had a shot at the buzzer for the tie but missed.
Ballard finished with 13 points to lead three Red Devils scorers in double figures. Giomar Conrad had 12 and Mr Peterson 10. Yes, the name is Mr, as in Mister.
“My dad told me a long time ago it was because when anybody talks to me he wants them to respect my name,” Peterson explained.
It’s the same reason Mr. T explained his name is Mr. T.
SALEM 64, WILDWOOD 57: Freshman Tymear Lecator had the best game of his career, leading three Salem scorers in double figures, and the Rams went an amazing 18-for-18 from the free throw line.
The Rams trailed by 12 in the third quarter and staged a furious fourth-quarter rally to win their third game in a row.
“I don’t know how we did it, but we pulled it off,” Salem coach Anthony Farmer said.
Lecator, a transfer from Winslow, scored 21 points and grabbed six rebounds. Anthony Farmer had 19 points and was 11-for-11 from the line. Paul Weathers posted a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds.
GLASSBORO 68, SCHALICK 42: Charles Graves scored 21 of his career-high 45 points in the first quarter and helped the Bulldogs (4-4) pull away from a one-point game in the final 2:30 of the quarter to take control.
The Bulldogs hit six 3-pointers in the first quarter; Graves had four of them. He’s gone for 20 or more in six of his last seven games, averaging 26.0 a game in that stretch. He’s averaging 23.7 for the season.
GLASSBORO 68, SCHALICK 42 SCHALICK (3-4) — Nylan Sutton 2 0-2 4, Jordan Johnson 1 2-2 5, Reggie Allen 9 2-6 21, Ryan Johnson 1 0-0 2, Daniel Lis 4 1-2 10, Jake Siedlecki 0 1-2 1. Totals 17 6-14 42. GLASSBORO (4-4) — Charles Graves 18 5-8 45, Clinton Suggs 2 3-3 7, Michael Dougherty 3 1-2 10, Josh Buff 1 0-0 2, William Goggans 2 0-0 4. Totals 26 9-13 68.
Here is the high school sports schedule for Salem County teams for the week of Jan. 8-13
Monday
BASKETBALL Girls Penns Grove at Overbrook, 4 p.m. Clayton at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m. Glassboro at Schalick, 5:30 p.m. Pennsville at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m. Salem at Wildwood, 5:30 p.m. Boys Overbrook at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m. Salem Tech at Clayton, 5:30 p.m. Schalick at Glassboro, 5:30 p.m. Wildwood at Salem, 5:30 p.m. Woodstown at Pennsville, 5:30 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK Salem vs. TBA, Toms River, 5 p.m.
Tuesday
WRESTLING Oakcrest at Schalick, 5 p.m. Pitman at Pennsville, 6 p.m. Timber Creek at Penns Grove, 6 p.m. Woodstown at Deptford Twp.
BOWLING Salem Tech at Hammonton, 4 p.m.
Wednesday
BASKETBALL Girls Penns Grove at Wildwood, 4 p.m. Clayton at Woodstown, 4 p.m. Pennsville at Gloucester Catholic, 5:30 p.m. Salem at Schalick, 5:30 p.m. Salem Tech at Glassboro, 5:30 p.m. Boys Pennsville at Salem, 5:30 p.m. Woodstown at Salem Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Thursday
BASKETBALL Boys Clearview at Pennsvile, 5:30 p.m. Salem at LEAP, 5:30 p.m.
WRESTLING Pennsville at Penns Grove, 6 p.m. Schalick at Clayton, 6 p.m.
SWIMMING Schalick vs. Triton Regional at GCIT, 6 p.m. Woodstown vs. Highland at GCIT, 7 p.m.
BOWLING Clayton vs. Salem Tech, Wood Lanes, 4 p.m. Salem vs. Gloucester City, Westbrook Lanes, 6 p.m.
Friday
BASKETBALL Girls Camden Academy at Salem, 4 p.m. Penns Grove at Deptford Twp., 4 p.m. Schalick at Paulsboro, 5:30 p.m. Pennsville at Bridgeton, 6 p.m. Boys Camden Catholic at Woodstown, 5:30 p.m. Deptford Twp. at Penns Grove, 5:30 p.m. Gateway at Schalick, 5:30 p.m.
WRESTLING Woodstown at Clearview, 5 p.m. Buena at Pennsville, 6 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK Schalick at NJSIAA Relays, Toms River, 4:30 p.m.
Saturday
BASKETBALL Girls South Jersey Invitational Tournament South Region Eastern at Woodstown, 11:30 a.m. Camden Catholic 42, Rancocas Valley 39 Gloucester Catholic 41, Haddon Heights 39 Lenape 62, West Deptford 13 North Region Moorestown Friends at Cherokee Haddon Twp. at Highland Paul IV 81, Delran 12 Shawnee 41, Westampton Tech 36 West Region Williamstown 53, Pennsauken 40 Cherry Hill West 49, Woodbury 37 Moorestown 72, Kingsway 27 Holy Cross 50, Bishop Eustace 45 East Region Gateway at Cinnaminson Clearview at Haddonfield Medford Tech at Sterling Timber Creek 46, Winslow 34
Boys Salem at Cherokee, 12:30 p.m.
WRESTLING Deptford Twp., St. Joseph Academy at Penns Grove, 9 a.m. Woodstown, Hillsborough, Watchung Hills at Park Ridge, 11 a.m. Pennsville vs. Oakcrest, Overbrook, Millville Schalick, Buena, N. Burlington, Timber Creek at Cumberland
maj. dec. over Adnan Alqutawna, 9-1
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