Padua basketball Lilly DiMarco led Padua in scoring but also had to Defend Sara Benson from Dover. Photo by Nick Halliday

DiMarco leads Padua to commanding 47-31 win over Dover 

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

DOVER — Junior Liliana DiMarco led the Padua Pandas to a 47-31 road win over the Dover Senators Saturday night. DiMarco led the Pandas’ commanding victory with 18 points. When asked what led to her success, DiMarco said, “I was just feeling it, and I wanted to get my points up, so I did.” DiMarco didn’t have it easy in …

St Elizabeths boys basketball Kenny Hunter Jr attempts a floater in their win over Dover. Photo by Nick Halliday

St. E’s rebounds from 16-point second-half deficit to beat Dover 50-48 on the road 

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

  DOVER — The No. 2 St. Elizabeth Vikings fell behind the home-standing Dover Senators by double digits in the second half but fought back to beat the No. 3 Senators 50-48. Down 16 points — 35-19 — in the third quarter, St. Elizabeth’s stepped up their defensive pressure and looked to one of their leaders to get them back in …

Sanford boys basketball Jayden Taylor led Sanford with 16 points in a 42 38 win over Dover. Photo by Nick Halliday

Top 2 teams put on defensive clinic as Sanford Warriors hold off Dover, 42-38

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

DOVER — The top-ranked Sanford Warriors took to the road and battled toe-to-toe with No. 2 Dover before pulling out a 42-38 win in front of a sold-out crowd Saturday.  The Warriors held the game’s largest lead, 14-7 midway through the opening quarter, and had a 21-19 lead at the half. Dover led a 32-31 advantage with eight minutes left, …

Appoquinimink football Desai Drummond threw 5 touchdown passes and ran for another in their win over Dover. Photo by Ben Futon

Desai Drummond Leads Appo in win over Dover 

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

In the 1990’s “boy bands” were all the rage, including Justin Timberlake and his group called NSYNC. Friday night at Dover Stadium, the visiting Appoquinimink Jaguar passing attack was definitely in sync. Junior quarterback Desai Drummond completed 11 of 13 passes for 248 yards and 4 touchdowns in the first half alone as the Jags cruised to a 45-21 win …

Dover boys basketball team poses after winning the DIAA boys basketball state championship photo courtesy of Dover High Facebook

Dover stays the course to win state championship

Joe SinglesHeadlines, Sports

Coming of the heels of their upset victory over St. Elizabeth’s in the semi-finals, Salesianum looked to be the more comfortable team early. Good team defense by the No. 6 seed forced Dover High School out of their offense as the basket appeared to have the proverbial lid on it for the Senators. The No. 2 seed from Kent County …

Dover basketball Denim Perkins attempts a free throw during a game photo courtesy of Ben Fulton

Dover advances behind dominant third quarter

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

The Dover Senators found themselves in a tight game at home Thursday night in the DIAA 2nd round of the boys basketball state tournament. Lake Forest responded to a Dover 8-0 run to start the night, tying the 2nd seeded Senators at 20-20 at the end of quarter number one. The 15th seeded Spartans had the lead at 31-29 with …

Dover basketball Nahseem Cosme L and Denim Perkins R trap Smyrna basketball Marice Kilgoe C photo courtesy of Ben Fulton

Pressure defense keys Dover’s win over Smyrna

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

  The Dover Senators used a 13-0 run in the fourth quarter to pull away from Smyrna Tuesday night in boys basketball action. With 6:17 left in the game, the Eagles O-B Coleman scored on a breakaway dunk to cut Dover’s lead to 43-40, but he was pulled from the game when he committed his fourth personal foul seconds earlier. …