St Elizabeth Julius Wright attempts a shot against Salesianum photo courtesy of Ben Fulton

Courtside View – Week 4 boys basketball top 10 rankings

Jason WinchellHeadlines, Sports

It was a great week of basketball on the boys side last week filled with a pair of top 5 games plus a lot of upsets/     The Smyrna Eagles are off to a great start this year including a pair of Henlopen North wins.  They are 5-2 overall after having a 3-17 record last year.  They have three straight …

Saint Marks Sophia Baffone attempts a shot against Conrad photo courtesy of Nick Halliday 1

Courtside View – Week 4 girls basketball top 10 rankings

Jason WinchellHeadlines, Sports

The girls basketball season saw some great games last week as conference games provided some upsets as the season ramps back up after the holiday break.    Wilmington Friends won the Quaker Classic over the weekend. They defeated Seaford 57-49 behind 19 points from Izzy Winchell. She made 5 triples and led a balanced Quakers team.to the tournament title.   …

Delaware Blue Coats Jeff Dowtin attempts a shot against the West Chester Knicks photo courtesy of Ben Fulton 1

Blue Coats split weekend series with Knicks

Patrick GaryantesHeadlines, Sports

  WILMINGTON- The Blue Coats returned to Chase Fieldhouse this weekend after splitting a double-header out in Portland against the Remix.  The Westchester Knicks came to town winless in 4 games of regular season play.   Game one was a fun, high scoring affair that saw the Blue Coats earn a 128-121 victory, as they led by a significant amount …

St Elizabeths Aiden Tobiason attempts a pass during their win over Salesianum Photo courtesy of Nick Halliday

St. Elizabeth holds off Sallies in sold-out showdown

Joe SinglesHeadlines, Sports

The sell out crowd and the big game atmosphere had little effect on both teams as St. Elizabeth settled in to their 2-2-1 full court press defensively and received some hot three point shooting get them on the score board early and often scoring 20 points in the first 6 minutes of the contest. Sallies clawed their way to within …

William Penn basketball celebrates after a timeout in their win over Appo photo courtesy of Nick Halliday

William Penn wins Flight-A opener over Appo High

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

  (Middletown, DE)  William Penn fell behind early, but closed the first quarter on a 16-5 run to lead Appoquinimink 21-10 Thursday night in boys basketball action. The Colonials actually found themselves down 1-0 before the game clock started. A William Penn player dunked the ball during pregame warmups, resulting in a technical foul. Jaguar junior guard Riley Busby converted …

Saint Marks Sophia Baffone attempts a shot against Conrad photo courtesy of Nick Halliday

Courtside View – Week 3 girls basketball top 10 rankings

Jason WinchellHeadlines, Schools

The girls basketball season enters the final week before the Chrotmas holiday and the holiday tournaments start next week. I am looking forward to seeing how these teams fare before they get into their conference schedule in January.     Ursuline freshmen Jezelle Banks scored a career high 29 points in their 79-67 win over Bonita Vista High (CA) over the …

Salesianums RJ Johnson attempts a layup at The Slam Dunk to the Beach Photo courtesy of Nick Halliday

Courtside View – Week 3 boys basketball top 10 rankings

Jason WinchellSports, Headlines

The Boy’s  basketball season heads into the 2024 portion of its schedule this week as teams start getting into their heavy part of the schedule.  Lots of big games on tap the next few weeks of the season.   The Blue Hen Fight A conference opener for both William Penn and Appoquinimink kicks off Thursday night at Appoquinimink.  That’s a …

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Salesianum falls short at Slam Dunk to the Beach

Joe SinglesHeadlines, Sports

Salesianum basketball team traveled to Cape Henlopen High School Wednesday night to play the College Achieve Public Charter Phoenix’s at the 2023 Slam Dunk to the Beach. After suffering a tough out of state loss last weekend to Archbishop Wood in Warminster, PA, the Sals bounced back with a 74-71 win over in state rival Appoquinimink HS exactly a week …

Caesar Rodneys Ben Donato tilts Laurels Reginald Ferdinand for backpoints in their 106 pound bout. Donato won the match with a 123 pin photo courtesy of Eric Donato 1

Caesar Rodney records seven pins to get past Laurel

Benny MitchellHeadlines, Sports

Laurel – Most wrestling coaches know matches don’t always go as planned and that was the case Wednesday night as both teams were without their top wrestler heading into the dual meet between Caesar Rodney and Laurel. Neither the Bulldogs Stanley Pete, ranked number one at 150 pounds, nor Trevor Copes ranked number one at 126 pounds were to step on …

Ursuline Academy basketball Jezelle GG Banks dribbles down court with Skylar Bolden photo courtesy of Nick Halliday

Courtside View – Week 2 girls basketball top 10 rankings

Jason WinchellHeadlines, Sports

The girls basketball season enters the final week before the Chrotmas holiday and the holiday tournaments start next week. I am looking forward to seeing how these teams fare before they get into their conference schedule in January.     Ursuline freshmen Jezelle Banks scored a career high 29 points in their 79-67 win over Bonita Vista High (CA) over the …