Cape 9-10 softball all-stars fall 7-0 to a powerful Laurel team
The Cape 9-10-year-old softball all-stars ran into a buzz saw June 12 in Laurel pitcher Kylee Hill, who threw a no-hitter in a 7-0 shutout over previously unbeaten Cape. Cape had defeated Nanticoke 10-0 and Millsboro 3-2 earlier in the District 3 tournament. Cape has to fight its way up from the lower bracket to challenge for the District 3 banner. They are set to play Lower Sussex at 7 p.m., Thursday, July 14, in Georgetown.
McKenna Boyle took the loss for Cape, but not before striking out seven Laurel batters. In the four-inning mercy rule, no-hit win over Nanticoke, Boyle put 13 batters in the book via the strikeout. She mowed down eight batters in the 3-2 win over Millsboro.
“We’ve been riding on McKenna’s shirttail in the pitching circle,” said Cape coach Pat Brown. “We took a tough one with Laurel. They have a hard thrower on the mound.”
Dan has worked for the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years as a photographer and reporter, covering high school sports and happenings around eastern Sussex County. He won a photography award from the National Newspaper Association, and numerous awards from the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association. A Delaware native, Dan graduated from Cape in 1972 and returned as a teacher and coach in the 1980s. He retired from the classroom in 2016. He was inducted into Cape High’s Legends Stadium in 2016. In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife, two sons, grandchildren and dogs.
