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People in Sports
High school can be harsh or - as the kids say - just plain stupid

Dave Frederick

14 years ago

The Baylor Bears women’s basketball team led powerhouse Connecticut Tuesday night 56-48 with 6:42...
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14 years ago

The tracks of tears rolled down the young cheeks of Cape football players as they knelt in the end...
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John Ballantyne is comfortable being up in the air. Five years ago he landed in Long Neck...
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Forty-five thousand runners, striders, sliders, gliders, rollers, bowlers and strollers - along...
People in Sports
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I love Logan Pavlik and her seven siblings and would have expected nothing less than her response...
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Katie DelCampo

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14 years ago

It’s pretty clear why Katie Delcampo is Cape Henlopen School District’s district teacher of the...
People in Sports
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14 years ago

I took pictures at Monday afternoon’s Beacon versus Sussex Academy field hockey game played at...
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14 years ago

I call it borderline personality disorder while holding a bat. I call Ryan Howard a “good kid” and...
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Mary Anne Nichols has worn many hats during her lifetime, but she never thought she would end up an...
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I’m a galloping moron who should be shut down

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I am the first to admit that, as a sports parent and sportswriter and coach all at the same time, I...
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14 years ago

Friday night is Homecoming at Cape, and one thing is for certain. Not many people come home...
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I just want a cheap screwdriver; I’m not launching a rocket

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14 years ago

When Anita Peghini-Räber enters the room she greets everyone. Though there are only three people in...
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Anita Peghini-Räber

Kara Nuzback

14 years ago

When Anita Peghini-Räber enters the room she greets everyone. Though there are only three people in...
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14 years ago

There is more than one version of the story, but the bottom line is Indian River will not be...
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Betty Streett

Leah Hoenen

14 years ago

Betty Streett’s outlook on life is along these lines: whatever you do, do it well and trust in God’...
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Dave Frederick

14 years ago

The first year the Punkin Chunkin moved west of Harbeson, a 7-mile Saturday morning traffic backup...
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Written words don’t change; they just keep sitting there

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...
Saltwater Portraits
Claudia Wiltbank-Johnson

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14 years ago

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

Charlie Brown looked at Linus carrying his contorted cat upside down looking placidly peaceful and...
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If I was the man that you wanted, I would not be the man that I am

Dave Frederick

14 years ago

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Saltwater Portraits
Jay Liesener

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14 years ago

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Dave Frederick

14 years ago

Warren Beideman, the Coach B of local Cape Henlopen High School soccer and the Henlopen Soccer Club...
People in Sports
Way cool mascot names and overcompensating camera lenses

Dave Frederick

14 years ago

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David Kirchman

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14 years ago

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Dave Frederick

14 years ago

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

14 years ago

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Dave Frederick

14 years ago

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Dave Frederick

14 years ago

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People in Sports
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Dave Frederick

14 years ago

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Saltwater Portraits
Denny Hughes

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Dave Frederick

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