Delaware Blue Coats Ricky Council dunks the ball against Long Islanad Nets photo courtesy of Ben Fulton

Blue Coats’ 4th quarter run lifts them over nets

Patrick GaryantesHeadlines, Sports

WILMINGTON- The Blue Coats entered their game with the Long Island Nets on the seasonal see-saw at 3-3.  Despite the cold weather finally hitting the Wilmington area this week, the Blue Coats brought the heat with a 14-0 run to start the 4th quarter in route to a 119-104 victory on Wednesday night.   After a back and forth first …

Delaware Blue Coats Ricky Council attempts a dunk against College Park Photo courtesy of Ben Fulton

Big nights from Lundy & Silva prove to be too much for the Blue Coats

Patrick GaryantesHeadlines, Sports

Wilmington- The Blue Coats returned to Delaware after a three-game road-trip, on Wednesday night to take on the College Park Skyhawks.  The Skyhawks, an affiliate of the Atlanta Hawks, entered with a 3-1 record, while the Coats tipped off with a 2-2 record.   The Skyhawks are led by 2-way player & 46th overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, …

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Blue Coats fall in opener after receiving championship rings

Patrick GaryantesHeadlines, Sports

WILMINGTON- The 2022-2023 Delaware Blue Coats were awarded with their G-League Championship rings prior to their season opener against the Westchester Knicks on Friday night.     Charlie Brown, now a Westchester Knick, Pat McCaw, Aminu Mohammed, Derek Culver, & Jared Brownridge were all rewarded with their ring’s pre-game and a nice championship banner now sits along the wall behind their …

Caravel Football Brock Rhodes gets the defense set photo courtesy of Nick Halliday

Caravel defense shines to keep Buccaneers undefeated 

Patrick GaryantesHeadlines, Sports

  Caravel improved to 9-0 on the 2023 season with a 16-8 victory over DMA on Friday night.     The Seahawks entered the game at 4-4 and in a must-win situation under first year head coach, Matt Carre.  As noted on the broadcast, DMA has two losses on the season by less than 3 points and now fight for their …

Zack Gelof gets the call up to the Oakland As in MLB photo courtesy of MLB.com Athletics

Cape’s Zack Gelof gets called up to the Big Show

Patrick GaryantesHeadlines, Sports

The news just keeps getting better for the Gelof family this week.  Jake Gelof was selected 60th overall in the 2023 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday after setting the new home run record at the University of Virginia this year, and now his older brother Zack is getting called up to the Bigs.   Gelof, who played …

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Cape’s Jake Gelof set to go early in MLB Draft

Patrick GaryantesHeadlines, Sports

Jake Gelof ends his collegiate career as Virginia’s all-time home run king, slugging 48 homers in his three seasons with the Cavaliers.  He passed E.J. Anderson’s (1995-1998) mark of 37 home runs back in April, on his way to batting .321 on the season with 23 bombs while driving in 90 runs.  During his career, Gelof played in 161 games …

Tyler August from Delaware Military Academy DMA Gatorade player of the year photo by Nick Halliday

MLB hopeful Tyler August poised for the draft

Patrick GaryantesHeadlines, Sports

Delaware has been no stranger to seeing high level talent drafted into Major League Baseball.  Every year it seems a player or two get the call that they have been drafted and all of us at Delaware Live Sports/302 Sports go right into our group text with excitement about someone we’ve watched play getting the opportunity of a lifetime.   …

Donte DiVincenzo from Salesianum now a player for the Golden State Warriors photo courtesy of the Golden State Warriors

DiVincenzo turns down player option

Patrick GaryantesHeadlines, Sports

Former Salesianum standout, Donte Divincenzo turned down his $4.7M player option with the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday, which officially enters him into unrestricted Free Agency when it begins this Friday at 6pm.     The “prove it” season with the Warriors should work out for Divincenzo.  After an injury riddled 2021-2022 campaign, Donte played in 72 games last season for …

DMA Baseball celebrates at the plat in win over Conrad photo by Nick Halliday

DMA prevails over cross-road rival Conrad

Patrick GaryantesHeadlines, Sports

    Thursday afternoon was our First State Orthopedics Game of the Week between #1 DMA & #6 Conrad in a battle between two baseball titans in the state.  Both teams came into the game with 8-1 records, DMA’s defeat coming at the hands of Tower Hill, while Conrad’s lone loss came to Caravel.     DMA had their ace on …

NahShon Bones Hyland giving his speech during his jersey retirement at St Geogres photo by Nick Halliday

Wilmington’s own Bones Hyland returns home for jersey retirement ceremony

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Nah’Shon “Bones” Hyland returned back to his old stomping grounds of St. Georges High School in Middletown, DE on Friday evening for a special honoring & jersey retirement.  Hyland, a budding young contributor on the Denver Nuggets who happen to have the top record in the league, was back home for the weekend ahead of the Nugget’s Saturday matchup with …