Wolverines wins first home football game of 2024-25 season

The Woodstown Wolverines kickoff their first home game of the 2024-2025 season, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. The home team won against Delsea, 14-13.

WOODSTOWN — We won!

The Wolverines beat Delsea in a hard-fought game Friday night, 14-13.

The match marked the first win and home game for Woodstown and the debut of Woodstown’s new head coach Frank Trautz, a social studies instructor at Woodstown Middle School.

The game was won in overtime with a 25-yard touchdown by Bryce Belinfanti, and a tie-breaking point after attempt by Jake Ware.

An interesting bit of family history: Ware is the grandson of the late Clint Ware, Woodstown’s head football coach for nearly four decades. Coach Ware’s last season was in 1999. The field is named in his honor.

This game also marked the debut of this year’s unique and hilarious WHS Marching Band theme “Rubbish,” where all of the selected music references garbage, and some of the numbers are played on non-traditional instruments.

Though the theme may have been littered with “trash,” the performances were anything but.

Prior to the kickoff, the band played a rousing and patriotic rendition of the National Anthem, led by Director Shannon Sheridan.

The WHS Cheerleading Squad also provided much-appreciated energy to the exciting game. One of their finest moments was lining the field and welcoming the players debuting on their home turf just prior to kick-off.

Pro-tip: Next game, head over to the Band concessions and order “The Woodie.” One of the tastiest sandwiches I’ve ever had — right here at home. Many thanks to Band Boosters for sending me home with t-shirts to rep the team at the next game!