St Georges baseball Nate Arterbridge went 2 for 3 with 3 RBIs and a home run in the victory over Conrad photo courtesy of Nick Halliday

St. Georges opens season with victory over Conrad

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

On a cold blustery Wednesday after noon the St. Georges Hawks baseball team visited the Conrad Red Wolves to open the spring baseball season for both teams. The Hawks were able to defeat the Red Wolves to start the season off with a victory.Ā    Both teams’ bats started a little slow which is normal for the beginning of the …

St Georges Emory Womack scored a game high points against Odessa photo courtesy of Nick Halliday 1

St Georgeā€™s wins a thriller at Odessa

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

In what can only be described as a playoff atmosphere, the St. Georgeā€™s Hawks snapped Odessaā€™s 10-game win streak Tuesday night in boys hoops action. The night began with students from Old State Elementary singing the National Anthem. Then Blair Thomas of the Hawks converted two free throws as Odessa dunked the ball during warmups, drawing a technical foul. The …

Appoquinimink Jaguars football players Dillon Griffith 1 Noah Hoff 17 warming up before the game photo courtesy of Nick Halliday

Appo wins a thriller over St. George’s Ā 

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

  It was a great atmosphere Friday night in Middletown as a pair of 1-1 teams played in front of a large crowd under cloudy skies with double digit winds. Tropical storm Ophelia’s outer bands were closing in on the state, having an affect on the kicking game for both the Hawks and the Jags. The game was closeĀ  from …

Middletown Basketball Amir Hite clamps down on defense in win over St Georges photo by Nick Halliday 1

Middletown defends home court in dominating effort

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

The top ranked Middletown Cavaliers and the #4 St George’s Seahawks struggled to score points in the first half of their boys basketball game Monday night. At the end of the first quarter the Cavaliers held an 8-2 lead and were up just 17-8 after the opening 16:00 minutes of play. In the locker room, Head coach Azeez Ali told …

NahShon Bones Hyland giving his speech during his jersey retirement at St Geogres photo by Nick Halliday

Wilmingtonā€™s own Bones Hyland returns home for jersey retirement ceremony

Patrick GaryantesHeadlines, Sports

Nahā€™Shon ā€œBonesā€ Hyland returned back to his old stomping grounds of St. Georges High School in Middletown, DE on Friday evening for a special honoring & jersey retirement.Ā  Hyland, a budding young contributor on the Denver Nuggets who happen to have the top record in the league, was back home for the weekend ahead of the Nuggetā€™s Saturday matchup with …

Dover Football lineman Jason Hoskins out in front to block as quartbck Nahseem Cosme hands the ball off to running back Jakwon Kilby photo by Ben Fulton

21 years later, Dover returns to football title game

Benny MitchellHeadlines, Sports

Dover – The players on the Dover Senators football team were not even born the last time the Senators played in the state championship game in 2001. Most of their parents are too young to remember the last time Dover won a state title in 1988, but they are all aware now that the Senators are headed to Delaware Stadium …

St Georges Hawks quarterback Donovan Brooks drops back to attempt a pass photo courtesy of Ben Fulton

St. Georges survives late comeback attempt from Appoquinimink

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

It was a highly anticipated 2 vs. 7 matchup between the 4-6 St. Georges Hawks and the 6-4 Appoquinimink Jaguars.Ā  Both teams rounded into form with strong second halves of the season and were perhaps coming into this game playing their best football. Appo was riding high coming off an impressive comeback effort against Salesianum last week to earn a …

Appoquinimink Baseball huddles at frist base photo by Nick Halliday

Big third inning lifts Appoquinimink

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

Appoquinimink Baseball huddles at frist base, photo by Nick Halliday The Appoquinimink Jaguars trailed St Georges Hawks before scoring five runs in the bottom of the third inning to take the lead. St Georgeā€™s led 4-1 before the big third inning by the Jaguars. In the top of the first the Hawks got the scoring started on an RBI single …