People in Sports

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Lucky Leprechaun 5K a majestic small-town showcase

Dave Frederick
7 months ago
Squall and squawk - A total of 500 runners endured a 20-minute dark cloud, but there was no whining...

Vision Quest: seeing and assessing the sports world...

Dave Frederick
7 months ago
Vision Quest - Cape wrestling grappled at Sussex Tech Feb. 7, when the Ravens put a scare into the...

Blanket coverage of championship wrestling from the...

Dave Frederick
7 months ago
Blanket coverage - I was Pop Pop in the paddock last weekend, contagiously sick sitting under a...

Hundreds of athletes show up for first week of...

Dave Frederick
7 months ago
We talkin’ practice - More than 100 boys and girls showed up on the first day of spring track...

Wrestling fans cheer for underdogs and upsets

Dave Frederick
7 months ago
Upset specials - The Henlopen Conference wrestling finals Feb. 24 at Sussex Central’s...

Unsung is not unappreciated

Dave Frederick
7 months ago
Noah Diamond - “Sweet Caroline” is a song by Neil Diamond that inspired a new generation of fans...

Seasoned sports fans can hang tough all day long

Dave Frederick
7 months ago
Hang tough - Parents, players, sportswriters and all connected cousins, uncles and aunts...

Gaining wisdom while losing perspective seems like a...

Dave Frederick
7 months ago
Gaining wisdom, losing perspective - I have always been wise beyond my years, but I’ve...

Super Bowl Sunday is a placation vacation and power...

Dave Frederick
8 months ago
Boomer or bigot - I avoided all pregame run-ups to the Super Bowl then watched the longest game...

Wrestling culture remains strong in downstate Delaware

Dave Frederick
8 months ago
Hate the bite - “Don’t hate the black. Don’t hate the white. If you get bit, just hate the bite...

Dogs on the run are fun until you trip over one

Dave Frederick
8 months ago
Bully for you - My exact same age running friend Leo Hannigan, 77, was finishing the Run to the...

Matside Muppets bring a softer side to sometimes...

Dave Frederick
8 months ago
Matside Muppets - Cape wrestling’s 38-25 win over Caesar Rodney Jan. 31 followed 20 middle school...

Sports are jargonistic language takes on different...

Dave Frederick
8 months ago
Hard charging - It just made me laugh because the phrase "bull in a china shop" aptly describes the...

NFL Championship Weekend best watched on mute

Dave Frederick
8 months ago
Insulting intelligences - Speaking of sports, how many hours of programming do we need as a runup...

Linemen for Life make for good chiropractors

Dave Frederick
8 months ago
Dr. Devin Miller - Devin Miller, a lineman for life, played for Cape and Wesley, a gifted 6-foot-5-...

The best is behind you; the better is in front

Dave Frederick
8 months ago
Simply the best - Remembering people at their best is a credo I follow as a columnist when...

The portal is passed down, enticing younger players...

Dave Frederick
8 months ago
Your first mistake - There is no space between assessment and action for the prime-time athlete...

Two sports in the same season was old-school Cape

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
Six-sport athletes - Randy Johnson, Cape Class of 1977, lived on School Lane off Savannah Road in...

Reading the lips of the fans in the stands

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
He dropped it! - I thought I was ambivalent as to the outcome of the Indianapolis Colts...

Stoop culture from Brooklyn to Philly is about...

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
Stoop culture - Spawned from the steps of Brooklyn and Philly swim storytelling and clever joke...

Pop Tart and the Mad Stork from Cape’s Class of 1999

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
Pop Tarts Bowl - Played Dec. 28 in Orlando, Fla., and won by Kansas State 28-19 over N.C...

Race out with the old, but keep racing into the new...

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
Days at the races - I’ll be back on the habitrail to anywhere on the last day of 2023...

Gatorade Player of the Year banners hang in the Big...

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
Gatorade Player of the Year - I took a photo of some new Gatorade Player of the Year banners...

Icons and goats: best not to poke the bears; history...

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
Iconic Cape teams - Teams that have won state championships over 50 years of sports history are not...

Ugly Sweater 5K a fun and feel-good race for...

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
Redemption City - On Saturday morning, I photographed an Ugly Sweater 5K from the Cape Henlopen...

The Inclusion Kid turns 21; his life has been a...

Dave Frederick
10 months ago
Flip disc to slipped discs - The Inclusion Kid Davey Fred will celebrate his 21st birthday Saturday...

Cape tracksters excel at Alvernia Holiday Classic

Dave Frederick
10 months ago
Alvernia Holiday Classic - Cape has been traveling to indoor/outdoor meets in the winter...

Carrie Clausius a perfect choice for Tough Cookie...

Dave Frederick
10 months ago
Lost it - I was presenting an award at the 2015 field hockey banquet and lost my composure...

4,000 runners and no political messages

Dave Frederick
10 months ago
Protected political speech - I took 4,000 photos of runners Saturday morning at the Rehoboth Beach...

Each coach and player are central figures in Friday...

Dave Frederick
10 months ago
The best of us - The brightest light shined down on the darkest day for the family of Freds...

History in the house: Reflections on 53 years of...

Dave Frederick
10 months ago
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 was a popular wistful pop alternative rock hit reflecting on coming of age...

Heroes who stay the same mean all muppets stay the...

Dave Frederick
10 months ago
Zackzilla - I went to a Monday luncheon at McGlynns Pub in Dover with a few Delaware Sportswriters...

It’s not revenge, it’s a reckoning

Dave Frederick
10 months ago
Avenging and revenging - Two teams play each other in a game chasing the same goal, which is a...

Facial recognition is the truth while numbers...

Dave Frederick
10 months ago
Ozmeer and Amari are fast friends - Ozmeer Daisey Batson was celebrated in last Friday’s Gazette as...

Post-game celebrations are not always cool for the...

Dave Frederick
11 months ago
Good gracious - I am not a fan of staying on the field for the post-game presentation of the...

Photographing faces floating in the spaces of sports

Dave Frederick
11 months ago
Faces and voices - I like photographing faces and listening to beautiful voices, and the...

A day at the races, lots of runners and faces 

Dave Frederick
11 months ago
Coach culture - The varsity boys’ race started at 3:20 p.m. on a picture-perfect Saturday, Nov. 4,...

‘Jeans’ takes me back; coach Tracey captures me in...

Dave Frederick
11 months ago
The past is prologue - Cape lacrosse goalie Chris “Jeans” Keller, Class of 2000, identified himself...

Pride goeth before the fall

Dave Frederick
11 months ago
Barstool sports - Friday Night Lights to Saturday first light, a transition from turf and track to...

Sports is where the eternal present intersects the...

Dave Frederick
11 months ago
Jake Mundok - Let’s catch up to the senior SUNY Maritime All-Skyline Conference cross...

Homecoming and historical Cape connections

11 months ago
Mr. Timmons - Caesar Rodney quarterback Julius Timmons battled a swarming and pressing Cape defense...

Jimmy Gill, the crafty lefty, now associate athletic...

Dave Frederick
11 months ago
Living the Dream - Jimmy Gill, the crafty lefty from Cape baseball who was also a basketball guard...

Come get these memories! Friday night at the Sussex...

Dave Frederick
11 months ago
Pink Lloyd - I told my wife: “Sussex Central football coaches refer to their home field as The...

Graciousness and sportsmanship are life-lasting...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Good graciousness - I came in the side door on the bench side of the turf field at Sussex Academy...

Past game stories live in the eternal present of...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Bar tales - I learned the importance of remembering high school sports stories from my mentor Dick...

Struck with a stick, but still happy

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Struck with a stick - Cape’s Ally Diehl took a hockey stick to the face, then melted onto...

Hodgson is not Hodgkins; Cape grad Gerald Allen is a...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Hodgson is not Hodgkins - Hodgson is one of four schools in the New Castle County Vo Tech district...

Catty comments followed by ‘just kidding’ are mostly...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Catty comments - Let’s just talk about sports successes, which seem to annoy some people who will...

Dogfish Dash has raised $1 million for environmental...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Cut to the quip - Quick wit takes intelligence, perception and a broad-based knowledge of...

People from my time sharing present time with teens

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Anachrophobia - A neurotic disorder I invented: “the fear that no one will know what I’m talking...

Road races and classrooms feature people and life...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Race to the top - Road races are like classrooms and sports teams. Everyone has a backstory to tell...

Cougars football at full-strength Cape Friday night

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Instagramps - I met Cape senior two-sport athlete Lex Wescott for the first time Sept. 13 before...

Warrior runner Paige Teal raises fist to own her moment

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
I am the warrior - Paige Teal of Wilmington Christian ran the JV girls’ race at the Sept. 9 Lake...

Maren Ford is a color commentator for Big 10 field...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
I must be steaming - An email from Jim (Mayor) and Teresa (Kids’ Ketch) Ford: “Hope all is well...

Prediction Run 5K closes out Seashore Striders...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Last Blast Prediction Run - No watches or Swatches were allowed Sept. 2 at the 33rd Last Blast...

Captains are team leaders by example who keep clowns...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Cape captains - Seniors Maurki James, Brenn Scott and Saul Garcia-Carrasco are captains of the 2023...

Mary Kessler and a following sea of runners flow...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Girl power - Mary Kessler, 74, was a Cape Gazette Athlete of the Week April 21. I’m going to rerun...

Coach Tracey Griesbaum’s lifetime achievement is...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Lifetime channel - Former head coach at the University of Iowa, Tracey Griesbaum is this year’s...

Athletes run distance like they’re running gassers...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Running Down a Dream - I often write, “Runners don’t run for a cause but rather just because. It’s...

Varsity Blues: color me bad for teams with depth of...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Varsity Blues - Delaware high schools dropped conference play in football and went to a three-...