Geordan Downing
This 6-foot-2 junior sharpshooter met the moment for the Cape boys’ basketball team in a Feb. 6 matchup at Caravel, going off for a career-high 31 points and knocking down seven of his nine three-point tries to lead the Vikings to victory in hostile territory. “I had been in a slump recently, so I’d been in the gym putting in a lot of extra work,” Downing said of his offensive explosion. “Those extra shots translated over to the game. I was in rhythm and letting the game come to me.” Geordan is averaging 21 points and three steals on 58% shooting over his last three games, connecting on 45% from long range along the way. His marksmanship, slashing ability and quick hands have been major assets for the 14-2 Vikings, winners of six straight. When he’s not torching the nets, Geordan holds down solid grades and loves hanging out with teammates.
Navin Duffy
This senior was invited to the 2025 Kicking World National Showcase in Texas in December. He was one of 65 kickers to attend the event out of a pool of nearly 1,300. The young man not only blew scouts and coaches away with his monster leg, but his outstanding character and gentlemanly demeanor endeared him to them. Navin was the lone representative from Delaware, a state that knows just how talented he can be after earning second-team all-state this past fall as a punter and all-district as a linebacker. Brent Grablachoff, the owner of Kicking World, believes Duffy may just be starting to tap into his potential as a quality college punter. Earlier this week, he was also named Special Teams Player of the Year at the Cape football banquet.
Ainsley Garrity
This Rehoboth Elementary fifth-grader was a key component of the Sussex Family YMCA Tsunami youth water polo team’s first win in program history Feb. 8 in Pennsylvania. Ainsley began playing water polo when the program started in the fall of 2024. She played on other club teams last spring to continue to learn and get experience. “She is truly tenacious and also a very smart player,” said her coach and mom Nicole Garrity. “One coach complimented her water polo IQ.” Coach Garrity was a four-year varsity letter winner in both swimming and water polo in Wilson School District in West Lawn, Pa. She continued her water polo career at Penn State and then Lehigh University as a grad student. Outside of water polo, Ainsley participates in swimming, rides horses, sings and does musicals with her church choir, and takes on leadership roles at school.
Mia Jaoude
This Cape junior made quite the splash this week. During the Henlopen Conference Championships Feb. 7 and the final meet of the regular season against Ursuline Feb. 10, Mia took first place in the 50 free, the 100 butterfly and teamed to take first in the 200 free relay and the 400 free relay. She and Lily Touw, Zoey Neufeld and Isla Touw set a conference record in the 200 free relay. She holds school records in the 50 free, 100 fly and 100 free. "I can always count on Mia in any event she is in," said Cape coach Bill Geppert. "She relishes the opportunity to anchor our relays and to swim against the best our opponents have to offer. Mia is a natural leader who inspires her teammates to be at their best because she always brings 100% intensity to every swim." She is the volunteer coordinator at the newly founded Women in STEM Club at Cape, a member of the National Honor Society, and in her free time she crafts 3-D art. She is a volunteer at Savannah Animal Hospital and wants to be a veterinary surgeon.
