People in Sports

Sports Editor Emeritus

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School sports schedule juggling has more than one...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
There is more than one version of the story, but the bottom line is Indian River will not be...

A little advice for event directors: you gotta to...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
The first year the Punkin Chunkin moved west of Harbeson, a 7-mile Saturday morning traffic backup...

Written words don’t change; they just keep sitting...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I don’t stand behind anything I write but rather prefer to stand in front. Turn and run and the...

See the world outside while making decisions to...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Cultural anthropologists and sports psychologists not to mention physiologists who can...

Load up on coins, bring your friends; tastes like...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Charlie Brown looked at Linus carrying his contorted cat upside down looking placidly peaceful and...

If I was the man that you wanted, I would not be the...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Lyle Lovett has a lyric, “If I was the man that you wanted, I would not be the man that I am.” I am...

Beideman to be awarded the Governor’s Outstanding...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Warren Beideman, the Coach B of local Cape Henlopen High School soccer and the Henlopen Soccer Club...

Way cool mascot names and overcompensating camera...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Last Saturday an unusual cast of mascots visited Delaware with the Jackrabbits of South Dakota...

Scoring: Combo of vision, finesse, quickness and bad...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I have earned the right to infiltrate a Cape Henlopen High School practice but if a coach were to...

It all comes down to great athletes making plays

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I camped out on dog garage couch early Sunday to watch Delaware State play Southern on ESPN. Three...

I guarantee performers in uniform are ‘real’ athletes

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I was talking to Cape cheerleading assistant coach Molly Lingo at a practice last Wednesday night,...

I could write a chapter on every player who was there

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
So long ago it was Jim Wilson’s first year as superintendent. He was wearing a three-piece, rust-...

If a player goes rogue, teammates should bring him back

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Last Saturday’s soccer play day at Kirkwood Aug. 21 ended with a Viking civil war as Cape and St...

You must be crazy; ain’t nobody going into no hot...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
There is something funny about a hot-dog shirt. Under Armour, Adidas and Nike are all safely cool...

How can you not recognize a gold-medal winner?

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
The Phillies were on ESPN Wednesday night versus the Giants with the broadcast being handled by...

You can check out anytime you like but you can never...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Last Thursday, Aug. 12, I attended my first DIAA monthly board meeting because I was curious to see...

Is the air up there thinner or am I just a bumbling...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I write about sports at all levels and have done so forever. I‘m what’s called a real professional...

Age is no factor when it comes to being fit for races

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Mike Wollard is 83 with bad knees and a World War II veteran cap he’s never seen without. He was in...

What’s the point of working out when you can work?

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
What is the essential difference between work and working out? I’d say that work is done to achieve...

No game comes down to a single play; it just seems...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Elect to play sports and be prepared to be kneed in the groin, punched in the mouth, whacked in the...

Read something twice and if I don’t get it, it was...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I am a liberal arts-educated, easygoing sports guy with an incredible depth of diverse knowledge,...

Sometimes good stories happen to lucky storytellers

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
I always told my students that good stories happen to good storytellers but they said, “No, you are...

A great goal cage whack will ring my worthy bell

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Coach KK is the real deal. The former Kathleen Kochmansky, now Kathleen Fluharty, was a three-time...

If an idiom is about to fly out of your mouth, cover...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Grandmom Rose looked balefully at me as I flashed my first driver’s license and said, “As you...

The relaxation of rules should benefit athletes by...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
The rules of engagement have been relaxed for coach contacts with athletes in the summer and it’s...

Flashbacks and hallucinations of former Cape...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Eleanor Davis of Ellicott City, Md., celebrated her 85th birthday last Sunday by rolling around her...

Larry was a colorful character who kept it real

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Larry McLaughlin lived on my street since we both went country, and before that outside of Philly...

Those who study history are condemned to remember it?

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Those who study history are condemned to remember it; the good news is in these modern millennium...

Sit back, have friends over, watch from a safe...

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Tim Cisco is from upper central Pennsylvania and most days locally you will find him up a tree with...

He was simply the best, better than all the rest

Dave Frederick
14 years ago
Last Sunday at Cape Henlopen High School was the 15th running of the Bill Degnan 5K. Bill was the...

The summer sports scene is making my head spin and hum

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
My head is rotating like planet Earth; sometimes the light of sports knowledge is shining brightly...

Park on any paved surface and you will be just fine

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
The second turf field at Cape is getting set up for carpet bombing, but lights and permanent first-...

No, we are not all related but we like how our lives...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
I am solidly on my game, still crazy after all these years, still able to think on my feet although...

If a sporting event happens and it isn’t reported,...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
There’s lots of sports stuff going on out there one week before the summer solstice. Just let me...

When you are behind in the race, you have to step up...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
I have known Bill Collick for 35 years and he remains prime time all the time 24/7 nonstop...

Enough hubbub; time to get this baby off the ground

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
I have been inside most loops of secret stories since the three-ring days of Ballantine beer - a...

Earning a place on the fridge ranks higher than the...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
Machine ball - Back in my grandparents’ day Poppy got a new machine every year and it simply meant...

Bloated and basking, bordering on gloating, the...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
I am a 1955 fat cat on a hot rock, before small cans and dry food and engineered nutrition and...

Some things should not be said before they happen

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
This column deadline is totally out of touch with the real-time world, sort of like most Sunday...

He ain’t heavy; he’s my turtle

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
A three-legged dog limps into a Wyoming cowboy bar. “Can I help you?” asked the bartender. “I’m...

Sportsmanship is the right thing to proudly display

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
I have gotten angry mail over the years for recounting some of my coaching philosophies passed on...

The eternal struggle for balance and perspective

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
The days are crowded with clutter, mostly sports related in my world. I am in an eternal struggle...

Please keep your personal punishments private

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
Public weight-loss programs, beating the drum loudly because you haven’t smoked in six months and...

Monty Python: ‘Always look on the bright side of life’

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
Four days and seven athletic events and three thousand pictures taken inspired me to reflect upon...

Lessons taken out of context can sound stupid, cruel

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
Liz Carpenter of Lewes was selected Virginia Tech women’s lacrosse most valuable player at the May...

Women are smarter, tougher, more loyal and resilient

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
Tell young people old stories with actual dates and numbers, and they instinctually step slightly...

That is just a wrong road to go down without the facts

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
I am not an apologist for the Cape Henlopen School District and will not make excuses where...

An alien might conclude Eastern Sussex is fitness...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
Last Saturday morning I was the double intersection photographer-at-large in the town of Milton,...

Swing batter! Let’s hear some chatter out there!

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
“I stand accused of the things I’ve done!” I intend to download the ringtone of that blues lament...

I am funny, all day long; it’s just the way I pork roll

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
Former Cape players Carrie Lingo and Maren Ford are former members of the U.S. National Field...

A sign of lasting trust is athletes who can share humor

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
Some years back I actually did overhear two field hockey girls arguing over which one of them...

Cape community will comfort, care because they are...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
A spring weekend lived to the fullest: sports and youth, hope and resiliency, and absolutely...

Downside: Most people constantly crank about lack of...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
There will be no baby strollers and no dogs allowed in the run portion of the event at this Sunday’...

Colt Brennan should hold out for a Tahoe with...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
Stupid people in decision-making positions exist in all professions and I’m sure you’re thinking of...

I’m going in search of a big ol’ coconut cream egg

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
Friends and Atlantic Lacrosse and Cape teammates Bo Pratt of Wesleyan and Rory Rogan of the...

It was just a year when the writers liked the Cape...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
Cape Henlopen has become a powerhouse of boys and girls lacrosse over the last 10 years having a...

Just don’t expect Cape to lament the loss of your brain

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
Kyle White, who played point guard for Sussex Central then Cape Henlopen before going on to...

Trying to track the madness of the NCAA tournament

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
An older and quite proper-looking airplane passenger who looks like her name would be Penelope...

My boy is just stoically strong and spiritually...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
On St. Patrick’s Day, Cape girls track coach of the last 34 years George Pepper marked off the...

Flopping in frigid froth is a good way to spend a...

Dave Frederick
15 years ago
The 19th Polar Bear Plunge for Special Olympics Delaware in Rehoboth held Sunday, March 14, saw 2,...