SMYRNA — When Cape Henlopen’s boys volleyball team traveled to Wilmington in April to play Salesianum, the Vikings stayed close for two sets before the Sals pulled away in the third for a sweep. Those first two sets remained in the mind of Cape Henlopen coach Tyler Coupe when game-planning for the rematch, which took place May 23 at Smyrna …
The DIAA Softball committee released and seeded this year’s state tournament over the weekend for the field of 24. The top 8 seeds received a first round bye into Thursday’s 2nd round. The #1 seed is 2-time defending state champ Caravel Academy. Randy Johnson’s Bucs had won 13 straight before falling to Indian River 3-2 last week. It was …
A large crowd was on hand Friday and Saturday as Dover High hosted the 2023 DIAA State Track and Field championships. The student athletes enjoyed much better weather this year as temperatures hovered in the 60’s to low 70’s as opposed to 2022 when sweltering heat drove temps into the 90’s. The closest team competition took place in the Boy’s …
Inside The Circle – Top 10 Final Regular Season One week of regular season action remains before the DIAA meets to determine the 24 schools that will make the 2023 tournament. The 2-time defending state champs from Caravel Academy are scheduled to play Conrad Monday before finishing the week at #3 Indian River. Randy Johnson’s Bucs have reeled off …
Baseball Rankings By Nick Halliday Ranking School Record Last Week’s Ranking Comments 1 DMA 12-1 4 Beat STM 2 Saint Marks 11-1 1 Lost to DMA 3 Cape Henlopen 10-2 2 Plays Milford 4 Sussex Tech 11-1 3 Plays Central 5 Indian River 8-2 5 Plays Cape 6 Tower Hill 8-2 7 Beat Sanford 7 Caravel 8-2 9 …
As we turn the page on the calendar from April to May, there are just a handful of games left in the regular season. This week we have some shuffling at the top of the rankings as our feature “game-of-the-week” produced an instant classic with Caravel coming from behind to deal Delmarva Christian its first loss of the season. The …
Tyler August led the way in a 4-0 victory over the No. 1 Saint Marks Spartans. August threw 5 scoreless innings allowing four hits while striking out ten batters. In the bottom of the sixth inning Tyler belted a line drive down the right field line for a double driving in two more runs to put the game out …
Baseball Week 5 Rankings By Nick Halliday Ranking School Record Last Week’s Ranking Comments 1 Saint Marks 10-0 2 Plays DMA 2 Cape Henlopen 8-1 3 Beat Appo 3 Sussex Tech 10-1 4 Beat STG 4 DMA 10-1 1 Beat Conrad 5 Indian River 8-2 9 Beat Appo 6 Conrad 8-2 6 Loss to DMA 7 Tower Hill …
We have approached the midpoint of the season for most teams and a few are starting to separate themselves from the “pack”. The Royals of Delmarva Christian remain “hot” as Kaylan Yoder recorded her career-best 20 strikeouts in a 2-0 win over previously unbeaten Appoquinimink in a game broadcast on 302 Sports. First year head coach Rachel Fetterman has the …
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 …
