The 66th annual DFRC Blue Gold All-Star Football Game will be played tonight at Delaware Stadium on the campus of the University of Delaware. The game supports the enrichment of children and young adults with intellectual disabilities. Delaware’s finest high school students are selected to participate as football players, cheerleaders, band members and school ambassadors. Both football teams comprise 36 …
WILMINGTON — Cape Henlopen picked the right time to put up a crooked number on the scoreboard in the DIAA baseball championship game on Monday night. The Vikings scored three times in the bottom of the sixth inning, then held off a potential Appoquinimink rally in the seventh for a 4-1 win and their second title since 2018. On a …
Appo junior Owen Parrish smacked the 1st pitch of the game to deep left-center for a triple, propelling the Jags to an early lead they would not relinquish. Parrish scored on a wild pitch, and Chase Fleming came home on a Chad Lawrence single to give the 3rd seeded Jags a 1st inning 2-0 advantage. The bottom of the order …
Salesianum faced off with Cape Henlopen for the third year in a row. Cape won in 2019 by a score of 12-10 and Sallies avenged that loss with a 12-10 victory in 2021. This year Sallies was able to take back to back state championships with a 13-11 victory. Cape Henlopen took a 7-6 lead into the half. They were …
Padua Academy and Middletown went the distance as they battled for the DIAA Division I girls soccer state championship at Delaware State’s Alumni. Padua was able to capture their fourth straight state championship with a 3-1 penalty kick victory over Middletown. At the end of regular time the two teams were tied 3-3. Pauda got on the board first as …
Saint Mark’s avenged last year’s loss in the state championship to Caravel with a 2-1 victory to capture the 2022 DIAA Division II girls soccer state championship. Caravel was able to edge the Spartans by a score of 3-2 last season, but 2022 was Saint Mark’s year. Saint Marks took the opening possession of the game with a drop back …
While the Delaware Tech baseball team had hoped to advance further in the 2022 NJCAA Region 19 Baseball Tournament, the team’s immensely successful regular season did not go unnoticed. Five of the team’s top performers from the 2022 season recently received NJCAA All-Region honors – pitcher Zach Hart, first baseman Matt Rodriguez, center fielder Mike Pagliei, designated hitter Chris …
Cape Henlopen girls lacrosse team captured their 13th straight state championship as they defeated Tatnall for the second straight year. Last year the two schools faced off at Dover high school with Cape coming away victorious. This year had the same outcome, but the game was played in front of a large crowd at Delaware State University’s Alumni Stadium. Cape …
Goldey-Beacom junior catcher Marshall Awtry (Hockessin, DE), who has been one of the area’s most dominant baseball players both from an offensive and defensive standpoint, was named the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Player of the Year as part of five yearly awards for the team. In addition to Awtry also getting first team all-league, junior shortstop Mason Maxwell (Newfield, NJ) was picked first …
For five innings Madge Layfield and Savannah Laird looked “unhittable” in a scoreless softball semifinal. Then the third time through the lineup, the Golden Knights found success against the Appoquinimink “ace” as MaKenna Messina lofted a first-pitch fastball over the centerfield fence in the top of the 6th to break up Laird’s perfect game. Two outs later, Mya Jones and …
