People in Sports

Sports Editor Emeritus

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Every runner has a goal to meet and a story to tell

Dave Frederick
6 years ago
Small-town romance - Eric , 23, and Lauren Westog, 22, are from the same town, Dacula, Ga., and...

Pretty is easy, but a beautiful soul is precious

Dave Frederick
6 years ago
Beautiful girls, beautiful people - There were no male runners among the field of 200 at the...

Sports management requires organization, flexibility...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Sports management - Oscar Madison was the messy and disorganized sportswriter in the play “The Odd...

Two lunch ladies named Bill at Father’s Day 5K

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Lunch Lady Land - Young punk comedian Adam Sandle r released his song “Lunch Lady Land” back in...

The Tooth Fairy’s rate of exchange has gone up over...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Jackson Yngve - Just 6 years old, Jackson ran a 5K on Father’s Day with his dad Kurt . Jackson...

The Zen Master inducted into Del. Lacrosse...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
A moment of Zen - The Zen Master of Cape girls’ lacrosse, the creator of concentric circles of...

Some have jerseys to wear at Blue-Gold 5K, others do...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
New jersey or no jersey - My son Jack was a first-team All-Henlopen Conference end on both sides of...

I’m the guy who knows the most people who don’t know...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Coming of age - My mantra out in the wilds of the Delaware sports landscape is “I’m the guy who...

Umpire Tom Disharoon is ripped and fit with a tight...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Umpire Tom Disharoon is a ripped, fit, in-charge umpire, and he don't play. He was all over the 10-...

I knew an ump and his name was Blue, and he’s a good...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Home plate ump - “I knew an old ump and his name was Blue, bet ya five dollars he’s a good ump too...

Lee Masser runs his own race at his own pace

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Masser montage - The 25th annual Dr. Lee Masser 5-miler at Cape May 27 saw a welcoming party of...

Laxer Sadie Kauffman scores goals while looking for...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Partisan parents - Chairs rimmed the pitch at Hudson Fields May 22 for the U13 and U15 championship...

Good goalies all over local girls’ lacrosse fields

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Goalie girls - Cape freshman lacrosse goalie Vivian Lynn got into the varsity lacrosse game late...

Loads of talent on display during middle school...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Take me to your feeder - A large, enthusiastic Cape crowd showed up to Legends Stadium under the...

‘Come get these memories’ is the theme of summer...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Coach Fitzgerald - The T-shirts were everywhere: “In Memory of Huriah Thomas Fitzgerald III. 1946-...

Griffin Kammerer awarded prestigious Fulbright...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Fulbright to new heights - Griffin Kammerer, a soccer goalie and baseball pitcher at Cape who then...

Local sports scene like a giant jellyfish propelled...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Odd as a cod - A Run for Recovery 5K on Saturday followed by a Revelation Beer on the Run 4-miler...

Snapchat – take a photo, then talk about it

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Might as Well Jump - I know the Van Halen song, but I don’t know why. I do know that I process a...

Tall versus Short Lacrosse and micro wrestling at...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Ten Year Tradition - The Zen Master P.J. Kesmodel started the Cape girls’ lacrosse...

Here I am stuck in the middle after peaking in...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Coach Kenny - I have been a mentor and friend to Kenny Riedel since he first got lost in the...

Barrett and Coveleski inducted into Delaware Afro...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Memory bank - I don’t know exactly what “Modern Maturity Center” means, but anytime I’ve been there...

Athletes and artists and nice stories from out of...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Athlete and artist - “She’s got everything she needs. She’s an artist. She don’t look back. She can...

14 million people run at least one race a year

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Big time little races - The Tommy 10K and Daffodil Dash 5K attracted 53 runners for the 5K and...

Friends along the fence are quick to smile just for...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Family on the fence - “I can tell it, but I can’t sell it,” is my silent message to myself for...

Masters coverage never mentions money or memberships

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Antiques Roadshow - You may clean your grandfather's cuckoo clock, take it to an appraiser, then...

Best and Burton flash highlights on a bitterly...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
What UPS man - Freshman Gabe Best has been hearing his own drummer since arriving at Cape from...

Wahoowa – Young and Rambo are excelling at Virginia

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Young and relentless - “Dateline Richmond, Va. The No. 20 Virginia men’s track and field team...

Golden Knights light up track on a gray day along...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
A clear gray day - Tuesday afternoon, March 27, was a cold, gray day along Patriots Way in...

Tiara Duffy’s GPA is higher than her BA, but she’s...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Sweet Tea - Tiara Duffy wanted to go play softball at the University of Tennessee coming out of...

Cats Unlimited was satire until someone took it...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Cats Unlimited - A couple of decades ago, artist John Gardoski and I collaborated on a satire piece...

Beware of Bad News Bichons, Ludicrous Labs and Clamp...

7 years ago
Happy trails - Cindi Dieterle walked into the blue chair orbit after a five-mile walk on the...

Girl power unleashed: Title X needed so boys can...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Title X - Enough already, girls, you win! I go back to the days before Title IX and equalization of...

Do you feel lucky? Well, do you, Leprechaun?

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Hit the roads running - The sixth annual Lucky Leprechaun 5K blasted off at brunch time March 11 in...

‘The students’ lives are in my hands’

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Head on a swivel - I am always scouting out stories. It comes from writing a column for the last 36...

Derek delivers like Domino’s - a hall of fame...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Derek delivers like Domino’s - Derek Savage, the Doctor of Dunk when he played for Cape, will be...

Fans and Fatheads ready for state tournament...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Chasing the dream - The 2018 DIAA basketball tournaments have launched into the second round, where...

Cape community makes wrestling tournament a success

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Double Downers - My mentor in the sports media world, Dick Dougherty of the Bucks County Courier...

Queen for a Day with my new friends from Delmar

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Queen for a Day - “Testimony with immunity from prosecution” is used by Special Prosecutor Robert...

Princeton is a great school, but Philly trolleys are...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Rock ’em Sock ’em - I’ve been on the sock puppet southside of sports a few times playing on or...

Trooper Tim Wolansky totally locked in for the...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
The Great Wolansky - Master Cpl. Tim Wolansky, dressed in full state trooper uniform, was working...

Hard to track the inexact history of Cape basketball

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Hard to track the inexact - I am not a tracker of details, but I’m good at remembering sports stuff...

The Inclusion Kid Davey is just looking for a match

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
The Inclusion Kid - Grandson Davey with Down syndrome can hang all day at athletic events, and he...

Philly fan base goes full-boat crazy after Super...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Does that make me crazy - The Philly fan base went full-boat Gnarls Barkley Sunday night, taking it...

Watch the players, but remember to see the people

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Bump in the night - A grandmother's tale: “Don’t be afraid of things that go bump in the night.” I...

Inclusion is best when it’s natural and unplanned

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Travels with Fredman - That was going to be the name of my column in 1982, so I could write about...

Milton gym a sacred shrine to the legends of...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Sacred shrine - I was taking photos at Milton Elementary School late Wednesday morning. The theme...

Will Edwards is a behavior manager by day and night

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Good Will Coaching - Will “Stunts” Edwards walked out of Cape in 1987, where he was a gentle 6-foot...

Embrace the good inside your own history in the here...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Tracks of my tears - I was looking through a Rubbermaid bin at some old lax jerseys figuring maybe...

Diggs’ catch-and-run game-winner brings Vikings to...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Good God almighty! Can you Diggs it ? “That did not just happen!” I exclaimed, leaping from the...

Hallways to home: Tony and Bobby in the house

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Byways and hallways - Proper professional decorum, along with no yelling, cheering or coaching, are...

Fame offers no acquired immunity from spontaneous...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Vexing and perplexing - Jameis Winston, the quarterback of the Tampa Bay Bucs, had his Uber App...

Purnell Ayers to join Allen, Bishop and Baird in...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Ayers and Bishop - Those two names from Cape basketball history are always mentioned together, and...

Cape Region a running mecca, a happening of harriers

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Road running - “Meep meep,” there’s an in-house joke at the Cape Gazette: “If there’s a running...

Symmetry and synchronicity the secret of Smyrna...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Smyrna - Equals symmetry and synchronicity. Hovering above the Cape Big House court along the...

Listen, guys, we’re also teaching you how to be...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
My favorite photo - I know nothing about photography, but I do take a lot of pictures and once...

Telling tales at the tailgate, it never gets better...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Hitman and wingmen - Facebook popped this photo on my desktop from 2010 outside Delaware Stadium...

Step on the scale before you weigh in on somebody else

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Get a life - Would you consider weighing in with someone else’s body? What’s the point? It not only...

Connections though sports transcend rivalries

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Father and son - I spoke to Michael Wright when the junior was an eighth-grader at the Milford...

Bad Santa too good to be real

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Bad Santa - Jack Vassalotti, dressed as Bad Santa for the Run with Santa 5K at Cape Henlopen State...

Social network from Lexis-Nexis to Malibu-Matrix

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Full-court friends - Randy Rickards and Ian Robertson are both 6-foot-5. One is black, while the...