Sanford boys basketball Khareem Hart scored 15 points in the victory over Howard. Photo by Nick Halliday

Sanford spoils Howard’s celebration of Coach Joe Hussey in overtime, 62-54

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

WILMINGTON — Howard honored its late coach Joe Hussey, who passed away earlier this month, bringing in the 1985 state championship team he coached. An inspired No. 5 Wildcats team held an early lead over top-ranked Sanford, but couldn’t hold on after halftime, falling 62-54 in overtime. The Wildcats took a 32-26 lead into the half, where we caught up …

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Howard’s Bryson Lane picked as Player of the Week after scoring 25 with five 3’s  

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

  The Premier PT Player of the Week is Howard’s Bryson Lane, who scored 25 Points with five 3’s in a win over AI duPont.  Nominees for this week’s award were Gabriel Park (Newark Charter), Sincere Miller (Brandywine), Latrell Wright (Salesianum), Aizyon Matthews (Seaford), Eva Walker (Conrad), Tatiyanna Davis (Caesar Rodney), Kai Burnette (Smyrna), Ha’Lena Griffin (Howard), and Malachi Stratton …

Howard Wildcats Amir Maddrey waits for a hole to open against Odessa. Photo by Nick Halliday

No. 7 Howard goes Ducks hunting, bags 49-0 win over Odessa for 4th straight win

Patrick GaryantesHeadlines, Sports

ODESSA- Amir Maddrey was all over the field on Friday night at The Pond, scoring two touchdowns and making multiple big plays on the defensive side of the football to lead #7 Howard to a 38-0 victory over Odessa.  After the game, Maddrey said Howard’s game plan was to focus on the ground game and depended on a strong performance …

Howard Freshman Jameson Bryant looks for an open receiver in the win over Lake Forest. Photo by Ben Fulton

Freshman quarterback leads Howard to first victory

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

The Howard Wildcats secured their first win of the season on homecoming Thursday night at Abessinio stadium. Freshman quarterback Jameson Bryant passed for 150 yards and two touchdowns in the 18-12 win over visiting Lake Forest. Howard also gained 136 rushing yards paced by Amir Maddrey’s 82 yards on 14 carries. Lake took an early 6-0 lead as Darius Miller …

Sanford boys basketball Jayden Taylor attempts a shot against Howard photo courtesy of Nick Halliday

Sanford defeats Howard behind big third quarter

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

 The No. 6 Sanford boys basketball team hosted unranked Howard Wildcats in front of a sold out crowd Thursday night. Sanford was riding a six game winning streak while Howard came in riding a 4 game winning streak.    From the opening tip Howard set the pace of the game both offensively and defensively. Their tenacious defense and attacking offense …

Caravel football Ira Yates and Brock Rhoades celebrate after a touchdown photo courtesy of Nick Halliday

Caravel remains unbeaten with DIAA semifinal win

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

  (Bear, DE)   The “ball-control” offense of Caravel Academy was on full display Friday night as the Buccaneers gained over 220 yards rushing in a dominant win. Caravel returns to Delaware Stadium next week to play for a state championship against the winner of Saturday’s other semifinal between Woodbridge and Archmere. The Bucs scored on their first possession as …

Rashaan RJ Matthews attempts a pass against Newark photo courtesy of Nick Halliday

Howard’s late touchdown beats intense Newark 8-3

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

  Howard came into this game riding a three game winning streak in which they were averaging 49 points per game. However the Newark Yellow Jackets defense was able to keep a potent Howard Wildcats offense scoreless for forty five minutes of the possible forty eight minutes before allowing the game winning touchdown. After a scoreless first quarter, Newark was …