Laurel Football team raising their helmets in pregame photo by Ben Fulton 1

Laurel grinds out state tournament victory

Benny MitchellHeadlines, Sports

Laurel – The Laurel Bulldogs football team is not flashy, but more of a blue collar mentality on both offense and defense. They ground and pound on offense and bring intense pressure on defense. That was the formula used in their 41-7 victory over St. Andrew’s on Friday night at Laurel’s Schollenberger Field in the DIAA Class A quarterfinal game. …

Padua Cross Country is the 2022 Division 1 state champions 1

Padua, St. Andrews girls capture DIAA cross country titles

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

The Padua Pandas secured their 10th consecutive team championship this afternoon at Killen’s Pond State Park in Felton. Sophia Holgado won the individual title in a time of 19:10.8, just two seconds ahead of her teammate Mary Flanagan. Anna Bockius took 4th, Kylie McCarthy was 6th and Kelsey Wolff finished in 8th place as Padua had the lowest team score …

Seaford advances to 1st Final Four in 25 Years

GlennFrazerHeadlines, Sports

Seaford boys basketball heading to the semifinals of the DIAA boys basketball state championship photo courtesy of Seaford Instagram & pics by TYY Fourth year head coach Vince Evans was a senior in 1997 when the Blue Jays won the program’s only state championship in boys basketball. He now has Seaford one game away from a return to the title …

Caravel crowned Division II Boys Soccer State champs

Nick HallidaySports

Photo courtesy of the DIAA Caravel Academy scored 4 goals in the second half to defeat St Andrew’s 4-0 in the Division II boys soccer state championship.  Caravel came into the tournament as the #2 seed defeating #7 Archmere, #11 Delmar en route to the championship against the lowest seeded team the #12 seed St. Andrews. St. Andrews was the …