The University of Delaware women’s soccer team accomplished something for the first time in program history last night in their opening match of the 2023 season. They defeated Syracuse 1-0 for their first win against a Power 5 conference. Syracuse is a member of the ACC Conference. The Blue Hens did defeat Virginia Tech back in 1994 but they were …
Salesianum’s Abessinio Stadium quickly earned stellar rep
The Delaware Live stadium tour continues to Wilmington and Abessinio Stadium, home of Salesianum School (and a few others). Abessinio is the newest venue on the list, but it has quickly earned a stellar reputation as a fun place to watch a game. Abessinio opened to great fanfare in 2020 on the site of the former Baynard Stadium. Salesianum lost …
Saturday football at Archmere’s Coaches Field
The next stadium in the Delaware Live stadium series takes us to Claymont where the 2021 2A Champions play. Coaches field on the campus of Archmere Academy is a great place to catch a Saturday football game in the fall. The multipurpose turf field is located on a beautiful campus that has bleachers on both sides and a hill …
Odessa Ducks stadium the newest in the state
Today I’m looking at the newest football programs that enjoy playing at their home stadium. The stadium has some great seating and great sightlines and the atmosphere in the stadium is great. The stands seem right on top of the field but there is plenty of sideline room. The team enters through the crowd to Enter Sandman as their …
Delaware Live’s top football games this fall
With the fall high school sports season around the corner we wanted to give you an early list of our top games. Below are my 15 football games that are a must watch this upcoming fall season. Football 3A Games to Watch: Smyrna @ Sallies on September 22nd: Sallies has a new coach that will lead to a more …
Conrad’s home games: Not fancy, but a fun experience
This is first of a series of stories looking at Delaware stadiums and gyms, and the experience gamegoers will have at them. If you find yourself with some time on a Saturday morning in the fall, and you want to go watch a high school football game, do yourself a favor and take a trip to the Conrad Schools of …
DIAA Football realignment for 2023 season
The calendar just turned to July and that means the new DIAA football season is getting closer. This is the third year of the new class system in Delaware but this year will have a different look as some schools have switched classes. The football committee wanted to add one team to Class 3A to make it 12 teams. Then …
Delaware Live’s Top 15 games from the 2022-23 season
We have went through and picked the top 15 games from the 2022-23 high school sports season. Below you will see the games we selected with some statistics and a short recap of why these games were our top picks. Most of these games are rewatchable either on our YouTube Channel or on the NFHS Network (Subscription necessary) if you …
Delaware North out of Carpenter Cup
PHILADELPHIA — Delaware North, went 1-2 in the 18th annual Phillies Softball Carpenter Cup, which began June 19 at the Phillies MLB Urban Youth Academy fields at FDR Park. The North played all three games on Monday. They started at noon with a loss to Tri Cape (N.J.), defeated Chester County (Pa.), 3-0, then finished up with a tough 6-5 defeat …
Former Salesianum athlete named top ACC freshman swimmer
Tommy Janton’s freshman season at the University of Notre Dame ended with a bang. The Salesianum School alum was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Freshman of the Year. Janton, who graduated from Sallies in 2022, set program records for the Fighting Irish in both the 100- and 200-yard backstroke. He also was part of Notre Dame’s 200-yard medley relay team …