Top-seeded Bordentown bows out in Central 1; Delran and Cinnaminson Round 3 is on
Top-seeded Bordentown was a quarterfinal casualty in the Central Jersey Group 2 bracket Monday. The Scotties fell to the Wall boys soccer team, 1-0. James Damiano scored the lone goal off brother Nick's assist in the 63rd minute. Charlie Schirmer made eight saves to get the shutout.
That result left Florence as the only South Jersey team alive in a Central Jersey bracket. The Flashes defeated Manville, 3-1. to move into the Central 1 semifinals. Chris Krall scored a pair of goals and Avi Harr added one.
South Jersey Group 2
Delran and Cinnaminson will meet for the third time this season on Thursday, when the Pirates host their sectional semifinal. Delran closed out Haddonfield, 4-2, as Drew Roskos scored a pair of goals to raise his season total to 20. Nik Grello and Matheus Pinto also scored for the Bears. Cinnaminson put a 6-2 bruising on Pleasantville. The Pirates have outscored their two playoff opponents, 12-2.
The teams played to a 1-1 tie on Sep. 30, but Delran was imperious in taking the return game, 4-0, on Oct. 13.
The other bracket features a surprise entrant – Willingboro will make its first sectional semifinal appearance since 1989 after a 3-2 win over Cedar Creek. The Chimeras were down a goal and down to 10 men after Creek's Hunter Stubley scored the second of his two goals, but Franklyn Karngbaye took it from there; his 21st goal of the season forced overtime, and his 22nd – off a cross from Theo Pryce with under a minute left in the second overtime – launched the Chimeras into the section's final four.
Willingboro's opponent will be Sterling, which got by West Deptford on the third try in their quarterfinal meeting. Sterling's 3-2 avenged division losses to the Eagles on Sep. 20 and Oct. 20. Josh Moreland, Jason Camardo and Robby Toomey all scored for the Silver Knights, who came into the playoffs on a four-game losing streak and then outscored their first two opponents, 6-2.
South Jersey Group 1
The top four seeds all held serve. Haddon Township steamrolled Gateway, 5-0, as Colton Shaub scored a hat trick to raise his goal total to 12 for the season. The Hawks' semifinal opponent will be Palmyra, which pumped in three first-half goals to dispatch Riverside, 3-0. Jase Jennings had a pair for the Panthers.
Glassboro and Audubon battled to a 1-1 draw, then went to a shootout, but the second-seeded Bulldogs prevailed after a miss by the Green Wave and two saves from keeper Marcus Brown. Glassboro will face Penns Grove in the semis after the Red Devils' 2-1 win over Buena. Angel Marquez and Connor Hernandez hit the net for Penns Grove.
South Jersey Group 3
Matt Conger scored a pair of second-half goals to boost top-seeded Shawnee past Seneca, 3-1. Matt McFadden scored a first-half goal for the Renegades, but it was countered by a score from Seneca's Trent Lehmann.
Moorestown, a 12th-seed which got to enjoy a home game because of a pair of first-round upsets, capitalized on it by getting by 13th-seeded Cumberland in a shootout. The Quakers will be back on the road Thursday to face Shawnee.
Peter Graffeo and Ryan Audino scored for third-seeded Cherry Hill West in a 2-0 win over Lacey Township. The defending sectional champs will be on the road at Hammonton for the semis. The second-seeded Blue Devils beat Clearview, 2-0, as Marco Schiano and Declan Lamon hit the net.
South Jersey Group 4
Jack Orendac scored the lone goal late in the first half as top-seeded Rancocas Valley stayed alive with a 1-0 win over Southern. The Red Devils' semifinal opponent will be fifth-seeded Kingsway, which came through on the road at Egg Harbor, 3-2. Antonio Amorosa scored twice for the Dragons. Ryan Mullin put in the winner in the 64th minute.
The bottom of the bracket features a rematch of last year's sectional final, which ended in a shootout. Toms River North, the defending champ and sixth seed, defeated Washington Township, 2-1. The Mariners will travel to Cherokee for the semifinal after the second-seeded Chiefs' 1-0 win over Cherry Hill East. Miguel Graterol put in his 13th goal of the season in the second half to boost Cherokee.
South Jersey Non-Public A
Michael Mackin scored twice as Paul VI beat Donovan Catholic, 7-0. Jonathan Leary and Marco DiGialleonardo split the time in net, though DiGi1lleonardo had the only save. The seventh-seeded Eagles will face second-seeded Notre Dame Wednesday in a sectional quarterfinal.
Sixth-seeded St. Joseph's-Metuchen was also an emphatic winner, 6-0, over Camden Catholic. The Irish finished the season at 2-12-3.
South Jersey Non-Public B
Preston Galanis finished Jared Kolaris' assist with seven minutes left, as 12th-seeded Moorestown Friends got by Holy Cross, the fifth seed, 1-0. The Foxes will be on the road again Monday to face fourth-seeded Gloucester Catholic, which had a bye.
John A. Lewis is a sports writer for the Burlington County Times, the Courier Post and the Vineland Daily Journal. E-mail him at jlewis@thebct.com. Please consider supporting local journalism with a subscription.
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