New Castle County is planning major upgrades to Bechtel Park. Ken Mammarella photo

NCCo plans $4.25M facelift for a park on Naamans Road

Ken MammarellaGovernment, Headlines

Pickleball is in, and handball is out in a concept for Bechtel Park. New Castle County has scheduled a meeting on Monday, Aug. 12, to outline its plans for the 25-acre county park on Naamans Road in Brandywine Hundred, just west of Talley Middle. The meeting will be 6-7:30 p.m. at the Claymont Library, 400 Lenape Way. ā€œThe plan that …

MOT Senior All Stars advance to World Series after winning Eastern Regional. Photo courtesy of Terri Taylor

MOT Senior All-Stars advance to World Series

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

  The MOT Senior softball All-Stars will come home to compete for the Little League World Series. MOT defeated the host team Massachusetts District 4 to win the Senior League Softball Eastern Regional.Ā    MOT and Massachusetts traded off runs in the first two innings. Grace Riccio carried the offense for MOT in those innings as she hit a homerun …

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Blue Gold softball game features top seniors at Red Lion

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

  The 42nd annual Blue Gold All-star game will be played Wednesday night at Red Lion Christian Academy. The game features nearly 40 seniors from around the state, with nearly half of those players being honored on the All-State teams.Ā  Festivities begin around 5:30 with a set of skill competitions. The game is scheduled to start at 6:45. The Gold …

Caravel Academy softball team poses with the DIAA softball state championship trophy after defeating Sussex Central. Photo by Shannon Timmons

Inside The Circle: 2024 softball recap

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

With the 2024 softball season in the ā€œrear view mirrorā€, we present our reflections of the year that culminates with the Blue-Gold All Star game to be played Wednesday at Red Lion Christian Academy and will be broadcast on Delaware Live Sports. Twenty-five different schools were represented on the three All State teams. Several of those players will participate in …

Caravel softball pitcher Kasey Xenidis holds up the DIAA state championship trophy with her teammates after defeating Sussex Central. Photo by Shannon Timmons

Caravel wins 4th consecutive softball championship

Shannon TimmonsHeadlines, Sports

For the fourth time in a row the Caravel Buccaneers and head coach Randy Johnson are State Champs. They faced a tough Sussex Central team for the third straight year as the No. 1 seeded Bucs defeated the No. 2 seeded Golden Knights 2-0.Ā    It was a beautiful night for a state championship softball game, temps in the 70ā€™s …

Caravel Academy Haley Grygo gets ready for a groundball. Photo by Nick Halliday

Inside The Circle: Softball tournament preview

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

The DIAA softball tournament begins Tuesday with eight games as the field of 24 will be chasing top seed and No. 1 ranked Caravel for this yearā€™s title. The Buccaneers have won three consecutive championships and 13 overall. Here are our top 10 teams and how they are seeded: No. 1 Caravel (14-1) The Buccaneers have won 8 straight since …

Wilmington University sotbll team puncheds their ticket to DII NCAA tournament. Photo courtesy of Wilmington Athetics

Wildcats punch ticket to D2 Softball World Series finals

Shannon TimmonsHeadlines, Sports

  The Wilmington University Wildcats continue their winning ways improving to 45-14 and moving to the double elimination Finals (Bracket 1) of the NCAA Division 2 Tournament. This is the third year in a row the team has made it to the Supers and the second time in three years they have made it to the Tournament Finals.Ā    Their …

Kayln Yoder formerly of Delmarva Christian now a pitcher at Liberty University. Photo courtesy of Liberty University Athletics

Delaware players impact college softball as NCAA tournament begins

Shannon TimmonsHeadlines, Sports

As the NCAA tournaments begin we are taking a look at some former Delaware softball standouts that are having an impact at the college level. There are some local players playing some significant roles on their teams. The Liberty University Flames roster includes Kalyn Yoder (Delmarva Christian) and Rachel Craine (Red Lion). The Flames are 36-23 on the season and …

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Xenidis and Arrowsmith combine to keep Caravel on top

Shannon TimmonsHeadlines, Sports

In the second matchup this season of non-conference teams Caravel and Cape Henlopen Caravel stayed red hot at the plate In the first matchup between these two teams the game went 6 scoreless innings before Caravel plated 5 runs to win 5-0.Ā  The Caravel bats came alive in the 2nd inning but they left the bases loaded when a ground …

Caravel Academy softball Haley Grygo looks in on a pitch from second base. Photo by Nick Halliday

Inside The Circle: Final week softball Top 10

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

This is the final week of regular season play as teams try to position for seeding in the upcoming tournament. There are many really good matchups this week, and hopefully ā€œmother natureā€ will allow the games to be played without cancellations.Ā Ā  No. 1 Caravel (11-1) The Buccaneers anticipated a game with No. 2 Appo turned out to be a relatively …