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Question 1) In your mind, what was the teamsbest accomplishment
this season?
Answer: Probably making the Diamond Classic.Thats an elite
tournament, so getting in with thoseteams, thats a pretty big
accomplishment to me.
2) What about your biggest disappointment?
A: The (first round) playoff loss to Atlantic City. Webeat them
twice (in the regular season) and to justcome out and lose to them
like that, thats hard.
3) What are you going to miss most aboutplaying baseball at
Vineland?
A: Just the guys. Its fun to come out here with them,
just have fun at practice, messing around with eachother. Im
going to miss doing stuff like this.
Besides having one of the coolest names amongarea players,
Vineland High School pitcher andinfielder Don Money can also play a
little base-ball. The senior was a crucial part of the
FightingClans return to prominence this season, partic-ularly on
the mound. Money recently took timeout to talk to The Daily Journal
about the break-out campaign, his best VHS memories and more:
4) Which was your favorite team to playagainst?
A: Its probably Sacred Heart. Were in the same city,theres
always trash talking and everything, its justgood to win.
5) What are your college plans?
A: Im going to play baseball at Cumberland (CountyCollege). They
had a great year this year. They won30 games, they made the
playoffs, so Im lookingforward to it.
6) You were a standout defender for the soccerteam. Do you
prefer baseball or soccer?
A: Soccer was great, it was just as fun as baseball,but baseball
tops it just a little bit more. Its a familything, so that
overcomes soccer.
7) What is your favorite hobby outside ofsports?
A: Actually just chilling at my house, having friendscome over,
just having a good time. Go swimmingduring the summer, stuff like
that.
8) Where is your favorite place to eat and whatdo you like the
best there?
A: I like Applebees. I kinda get the same thing allthe time, the
chicken fingers. But the appetizers Ilike to change up a little
bit. They have these softpretzels and I like the mozzarella sticks,
and a coupleother things.
9) Do you have a favorite movie?
A: I dont know, theres a lot of good movies. I guessmy favorite
are the Fast and Furious movies. Im intothose.
DONMONEY
VinelandSeniorPitcher/Infielder
STARTING NINE
Maybe it was fate that caused two postpone-ments of the final
City Series rivalry gamebetween the Vineland and Sacred Heart
highschool baseball teams, leaving the always
heated battle as the last contest of the season forboth
programs.
The Fighting Clan and Lions hoped to still be play-ing in their
respective state tournaments come June,but that wasnt the case.
Instead, the two sides squared off one final timeFriday with
Sacred Hearts doors set to close forgood later this month. And like
it has every timebefore, the game carried weight equal to that of
achampionship clash. In the end, it was Vineland thatsecured its
third straight victory in the series with a6-2 triumph over host
Sacred Heart under the lightsat Morie Field.
The majority of players are friends, former team-mates and in
some cases neighbors. Both of SacredHearts coaches, front man Tom
Ryder and assistantTim Jess, work at Vineland High School and
wereformer head coaches for the Fighting Clan. As theteams prepared
for Fridays much-anticipated show-down, losing was not an
option.
We have to come out and play hard,and play the best game weve
got, Sa-cred Heart senior captain Theo Mercuriosaid following his
teams 3-0 loss to Moor-estown Friends in Thursdays Non-PublicB
South quarterfinals. Thats all we canask for from everybody, play
hard andgo for the win. Leave nothing else outthere, its the last
game for the schoolshistory.
Summers can be pretty long for theloser of the annual City
Series game.
Just ask the Fighting Clans Don Mon-ey or Lions Kevin Allen. The
two seniorsare neighbors on Old Forest Road andknow firsthand the
trash talking that canensue following the contests conclusion.
Bragging rights against him, thatsthe best because I get all
summer andthe whole next year until we play again,Money said of
joking on Allen. Thistime, if we win, I can do it forever. Withboth
teams out of the playoffs, this is allthe seniors have left, so it
means a lot.
Allen echoed Moneys thoughts.Its always a huge game, Allen
said.
You have to come out and hustle, and
show a lot of heart. Theres a lot ridingon the game and we have
to play liketheres nothing to lose.
The two teams had traveled muchdifferent paths leading into
Friday.Vineland, which qualified for the pres-tigious Diamond
Classic this year,entered the game 20-7 while SacredHeart won just
five regular seasongames, but did something the Clancould not win a
playoff contest.
While the Fighting Clan are sad to
see the rivalry come to a close, theteam had no intentions of
feeling sorryfor Sacred Heart on the field.
Theres been a lot of chitchat goingon, Vineland senior Mark
Rowan said.We want to win, were coming offthree losses, this is a
big game for usand were not going to play down toanybody.
For Sacred Heart, there would havebeen no greater prize than
knockingoff Vineland.
Its the biggest game we play ev-ery year, Lions senior Chris
Repicesaid.
By Anthony [email protected]
1. Eastern ............................................24-32.
St. Augustine .................................21-63. Washington
Township ...............23-64. Gloucester Catholic
.....................26-55. Bishop Eustace
..............................21-66. Ocean City
.....................................23-37. Pennsville
.......................................21-38.
Pitman.............................................19-59. West
Deptford ..............................19-710. Shawnee
.......................................15-911. Audubon
......................................20-512. Camden Catholic
......................18-1013.
Delsea............................................21-714. Vineland
.......................................20-715.
Sterling..........................................17-7* Records
through Thursday
MEAN 15
HittingHitsMike Elfreth, St. Augustine.............36Robert
Bunton, Buena....................35Johnny Malatesta,
Vineland...........35Kyle Cox,
Millville...........................33Christian Adorno, St.
Augustine......32Denny Brady, Buena.......................32Barry
Buchowski, St. Augustine......32Ethan Francis,
Schalick....................31Joe Gatto, St.
Augustine.................31Gabe Rosado,
Millville....................31Nick Freijomil, Delsea
.....................30Marco Rios, Buena..........
...............29Sean Carew, St. Augustine.............27JaQues
Colon, Vineland.................27Jon Cosenza,
Delsea.......................27Jay Higbee, St.
Augustine...............27Dom Lopez, Buena..........
...............27Jarred Corniell, Buena ....................26Don
Money, Vineland.....................26Tyler Chiarello, Cumberland
...........25Cody Sadreameli, St. Augustine......25Taylor Cheli,
Buena.........................24Austin Griffie,
Cumberland.............24Adin Kolansky,
Delsea....................24Roberto Rivera, Millville..
...............24AverageJohnny Malatesta, Vineland....... .449Gabe
Rosado, Millville................ .449Mike Elfreth, St.
Augustine......... .434Barry Buchowski, St. Augustine.. .432Cody
Sadreameli, St. Augustine .. .431Kyle Cox,
Millville.........................423Austin Griffie,
Cumberland......... .400Sean Carew, St. Augustine.. .......
.397Christian Adorno, St. Augustine.. .395Don Money,
Vineland................. .393Bryan Dobzanski, Delsea ............
.387Denny Brady, Buena.....................386Runs
Robert Bunton, Buena....................36Marco Rios,
Buena.......... ...............35Christian Adorno, St.
Augustine......34JaQues Colon, Vineland.................31Barry
Buchowski, St. Augustine......29Daniel Cardona,
Schalick................25Taylor Cheli,
Buena.........................25Johnny Malatesta,
Vineland...........25Jason Davis,
Bridgeton...................24Sean Carew, St.
Augustine.............22Mike Forte, Vineland
......................22Joe Gatto, St.
Augustine.................22Denny Brady,
Buena.......................20Tyler Chiarello, Cumberland
...........20Nick Freijomil, Delsea .....................20Jay
Higbee, St. Augustine...............20Christian Cortese,
Delsea......... .......19Garrett Mayhew, Cumberland.......
.19RBIsBarry Buchowski, St. Augustine......29Ethan Francis,
Schalick.... ...............25Denny Brady,
Buena.......................25Jarred Corniell, Buena
....................24Mike Elfreth, St.
Augustine.............23Johnny Malatesta,
Vineland...........23Michael Foytik, Cumberland...........21Joe
Gatto, St. Augustine.................21Jay Higbee, St.
Augustine................21
Sean Carew, St. Augustine.............20Adin Kolansky,
Delsea....................20Jon Cosenza,
Delsea...................... .19Dom Lopez, Buena ............
.............19Don Money, Vineland.................... .19Taylor
Cheli, Buena........................ .18JD Donnelly, Sacred
Heart.............. .17Nick Freijomil,
Delsea......................17Andrew Gee,
Vineland....................17Home runsBarry Buchowski, St.
Augustine........6Taylor Cheli,
Buena...........................3Michael Foytik,
Cumberland.............3Ethan Francis, Schalick.......
..............3Chris Repice, Sacred Heart ...............3Sean
Carew, St. Augustine....... ........2Bryan Dobzanski, Delsea
..................2JD Donnelly, Sacred Heart..
..............2Austin Griffie, Cumberland...............2Jarred
McCafferty, Schalick...... ........2Steven Steigerwalt, Sacred
Heart......2
PitchingWinsDon Money, Vineland.......................8Chris
Oakley, St. Augustine ..............8Chris Capriotti, Buena
......................7Michael Foytik, Cumberland.............6
Nick Freijomil, Delsea .......................6Eli Helsel,
Delsea................ ..............5Justin Rivera,
Vineland....... ..............5Eric Stratoti, Schalick..........
..............5Zach Warren, St. Augustine..............5InningsDon
Money, Vineland.....................60Johnny Malatesta,
Vineland...........59Michael Foytik, Cumberland........5423Nick
Freijomil, Delsea...................5213Chris Capriotti,
Buena.....................51Zach Warren, St. Augustine
.........4623Austin Griffie, Cumberland . .........4613Chris
Oakley, St. Augustine ............45Roberto Rivera,
Millville...............4413Joe Gatto, St.
Augustine.................42Jeffrey Soto Balbuena, Bridgeton
...42Eli Helsel, Delsea..........................4113Calvin Clark,
Millville...................3723ERAMark Rowan,
Vineland................0.95Chris Capriotti, Buena
.................0.96Jon Cosenza,
Delsea.....................1.16Calvin Clark, Millville
...................1.18Zach Warren, St.
Augustine..........1.20Marco Rios,
Buena.......................1.24Denny Brady, Buena.....
...............1.33Justin Rivera, Vineland.................1.33
Eli Helsel, Delsea................. .........1.34Don Money,
Vineland......... .........1.40Joe Gatto, St. Augustine ...........
...1.50Chris Oakley, St. Augustine..........1.56Nick Freijomil,
Delsea................ ...1.69Joe Brewin, Delsea
......................1.90StrikeoutsNick Freijomil, Delsea
.....................65Zach Warren, St.
Augustine............65Johnny Malatesta, Vineland...........56Joe
Gatto, St. Augustine.................50Chris Oakley, St. Augustine
............49Michael Foytik, Cumberland...........45Steve
Steigerwalt, Sacred Heart......43Calvin Clark, Millville
.....................42Austin Griffie,
Cumberland.............42Chris Capriotti, Buena
....................39Bryan Dobzanski, Delsea
................36Eymar Huerta, Bridgeton................33Don
Money, Vineland.....................29Eric Stratoti,
Schalick....... ...............29
* All stats submitted by coachesthrough Thursday
* Sacred Heart and Schalick did not re-port.
AREA LEADERS
m 1. St. Augustine (21-6) Her-mits were the last remaining
con-tender for a sectional title (Non-Pub-lic A South) entering
Friday.m2.Delsea (21-7) Disappointingend in the Group III South
quarterfi-nals for what looked liked a sectionalchampionship
contender.m3.Vineland (20-7) Clan endedtheir season on a high note
by knock-ing off rival Sacred Heart on Friday.m4.Buena (21-7)
Injuries caughtup with the Chiefs at the end of theyear.m 5.
Millville (11-11) Boltsshould be able to carry over strongfinish
into next season.m 6. Cumberland (13-10) Coltsfaded down the
stretch, but there isplenty of promise surrounding theprogram.
LOCAL POLL
Buenas Marco Rios scores past St. Augustine catcher Barry
Buchowski in
the Hermits win over the Chiefs on May 22.STAFF PHOTO/CODY
GLENN
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