WILMINGTON, North Carolina – Middletown, DE native and UNCW senior softball player Tayler Vitola has been selected as the 2023-24 Coastal Athletic Association Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year presented by Primis as voted on by the conference’s Academic Affairs Committee. Vitola has flourished academically, athletically and in the community during her four years at UNCW. She has accumulated a 3.835 …
On the Pitch: Week 2 girls soccer top 10
Padua vs Smyrna girls soccer, photo courtesy of Padua Athletics The weather doesn’t look good again this week but the good news is there are only 5 matches on the schedule this week as most schools are on their holiday break. The beauty of soccer is sometimes the final score doesn’t tell the whole story. The No. 3 …
Quick Stick: Week 2 boys lacrosse top 10
The boys lax season kicked off and what a second week it was with some big match ups and some crazy weather. This week has some big matchups and some schools have spring break so the schedule is a little lighter this week. The top rank team defeated 2 nationally ranked teams in thrilling games last week. First they …
Clubhouse talk -Week 2 baseball top 10
Another week of baseball and another week of uncooperative weather. Had some rainouts last week as well as some games played in tornado like winds well for baseball it seemed like tornadoes with dirt funnels cutting through infields. However there were some good games played between some of our top teams. No. 1 DMA has yet to take the …
Inside The Circle – Week 2 softball top 10
The weather is wreaking havoc on the softball schedule this season and this week rain is predicted for the early part of the week. Many teams will be adjusting schedules in the coming weeks. Here is our “week-2” Top 10 with no changes from last week. No. 1 Caravel (2-0) The defending state champs opened the season with wins over …
Tyler shutdowns Salesianum in Caravel win
No. 3 Caravel handed No. 8 Salesianum their first loss of the season Saturday afternoon behind the arm of ace pitcher Timothy Tyler. Tyler got his second win of the season in the victory over the Sals. Caravel got the scoring started in the bottom of the first inning. Lead off batter Zane Bohn drew a lead off …
William Penn holds off St Georges for the win
In a battle of two top ten ranked baseball teams the No. 9 William Penn Colonials were able to hold off a late run from the No. 10 St Georges Hawks. The Haks jumped out to an early 3-0 lead scoring one in each of the first third innings capitalizing on a few errors and good situational baseball. …
Robins OT winner lifts Salesianum over St Mary’s
On a cold and rainy Wednesday night the No. 24 ranked Salesianum Sal hosted the No. 21 nationally ranked St Mary’s Saints of Maryland. The two teams were ranked so close for a reason. These two teams were evenly matched and this game proved that. The Sals and Saints were tied at halftime by a score of 4-4, then …
Inside The Circle – Week 1 softball top 10
Spring sports are among us. Softball is in the air. Lots of good early season matchups that are worth getting out to watch. Check out our top 10 rankings for week 1. #1 Caravel (0-0) The defending state champs open the season Thursday against DMA. Coach Randy Johnson has a powerful offensive team with Haley Grygo, Zayda Rocke, Paige …
Clubhouse talk -Week 1 baseball rankings
Even though spring sports started last week the spring weather hasn’t. It was cold and windy with rain over the weekend that washed out all the games. We saw same top teams face off in No. 2 Conrad who fell to St Georges who was unranked in the preseason. However they have a good team and I may have missed …