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Bring binoculars to watch middle school practice

Beacon and Mariner have total of 10 teams
Lee Davis is focused on the next pitch from coach Pat Irelan, and he lines it back to center field. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Dave Frederick
March 7, 2013
Pat Irelan, Beacon coach, takes the mound for batting drill. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Logan Dominick of Mariner fields a grounder at short and fires to first. BY DAVE FRDERICK
Nicole Akins dribbles a soccer ball during a practice drill. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Three-sport Mariner athlete Richard Carey leads the baseball team on an endurance run. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Katie Bailey Rauch makes a throw to first during Mariner softball practice. Katie's great-grandfather is Jesse Millman, who is in the Eastern Shore Baseball Hall of Fame. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Chris Handlin does agility drills during Beacon track practice BY DAVE FREDERICK
Noah Piper, a star on Mariner's undefeated boys' basketball team who had an in-game dunk, goes down low to pick up a ground ball. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Douglas "Bryan" Sentman, left, is the head coach of the Mariner baseball team. He is pictured with assistant Corbin Bean. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Mariner's Kazuki Carroll stretches out during track practice. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Mariner coach Jules Jackson takes charge. BY DAVE FREDERICK

Middle school parents in the Cape school district are not allowed on the sidelines of sports practices, especially during tryouts, for obvious reasons not spoken out loud. But go to the nearby parking lots and you may see a dad or two kicking back in the cab of a pickup truck with a big old pair of binoculars.

A total of 10 teams hits the field every day immediately after school in the sports of girls' soccer, boys' and girls' track and field, baseball and softball.

Coaches include Jules Jackson of Mariner and Tim Bamforth and Gilbert Maull of Beacon for track and field. Terry Suess is the head coach of Mariner girls' soccer with Sharon Fisher as her assistant. Justin Vorhees and Bill Bennett coach the Beacon soccer girls.

Pat Irelan and Chris Burkhart head up the Beacon baseball team, while Doug “Bryan” Sentman and Corbin Bean coach Mariner.

Christie Smith and Lisa Williams are the coaches of Beacon softball while Tamara Thompson and Mike Luciano coach the Mariner team.

Real competition begins Friday, March 22. All Beacon and Mariner home track meets are on the Cape Henlopen High School track. Home games for baseball, softball and soccer are at the middle school fields.

The schedule and changes due to weather can be tracked at www.capehenlopenschools.com or www.websites4sports.com.

 

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