Athletes of the Week June 6

Jaxon Clampitt

Jaxon has had a year for the record books on the mound for Cape baseball. Finishing the year 8-0, he was named first-team all-conference and first-team all-state. In the state tournament, he threw 12.1 innings, earning two wins, one in the finals over Conrad. He also collected five hits offensively in the tournament. "He has been a leader for this team since September," said Cape coach Ben Evick. "We couldn’t have felt more confident going into the finals than we did having him on the mound." For the 2025 season, Jaxon delivered from the rubber with 51.1 innings pitched. He collected 45 strikeouts and posted a 1.36 ERA. He ended the season at the plate with a .371 batting average, a .512 on-base percentage, a .947 OPS, 23 hits and 16 stolen bases. He will be attending Florida Institute of Technology in the fall where he will study aerospace engineering and play baseball for the Panthers.

Ally Diehl 

Winning the draw is crucial in girls’ lacrosse, but it is no draw with Ally Diehl in the circle. It is always advantage Cape. In three state tournament games, Ally scored 11 goals. Most of her scores came after winning the draw before bogalooing down Broadway for a right- or left-handed goal. In big-game road wins in the regular season, Ally had hat tricks in a 9-8 win at Queen Anne’s and a 17-11 win over five-time Maryland 4A champions Broadneck. “She’s the best, most impactful player in the state,” said Caesar Rodney assistant coach Deb Windett, who also served as a Cape assistant field hockey coach. “You see her looking around and directing people on the draw circle, and you get the sense she knows exactly where the ball is going.” Ally will be at open fields for field hockey on Tuesday nights throughout the summer. Cape won 20 of 33 draws in the state championship game with Diehl and Avary Miller in the circle.    

Aaden Johnson

Aaden had a great week offensively and defensively for the Cape baseball team in both the DIAA semis and finals. In those two games, he went a combined 4-for-5 with a double, three runs scored and three RBIs. Defensively, Aaden has done an outstanding job at second base this season. "He was confident and got us outs continuously," said Cape coach Ben Evick. "He has a very high baseball IQ on both sides of the ball, and you can always count on him to make the right decisions. He’s a tremendous competitor that pushes his teammates to be better and win every day." For the 2025 season, he hit .332 with an on-base percentage of .461. His OPS was .800, with a .339 slugging percentage. He also turned two double plays in the playoffs. When this rising junior graduated from eighth grade at Mariner Middle, he said, "My goal for high school is to win a ring with the baseball team." And he did just that. 

Grayce Glover

Grayce held down the keystone for the record-setting Sussex Academy softball team that hosted its first DIAA tournament game, won the program's first playoff game and reached the semifinals. In the quarterfinal against Laurel, the sophomore second basemen showed off her strength when she reached down to send a pitch almost at her knees over the fence for a grand slam. Afterward she said that she just didn't want to make the third out in that situation. In the semifinal, Grayce blasted a two-run shot in the third inning to put the Seahawks up 3-0. This season marked her third year on the varsity team, and this fall, she will begin her third year on the volleyball team and then the basketball team. Her year-round participation makes her parents mainstays in the Sussex Academy cheering section, while her freshman brother Mason is a two-year member of the baseball team and a member of the basketball squad.

Claire Lopez

Claire Bear Lopez is a seaside muppet lacrosse attacker at Cape who is known for scoring through tight windows and connecting on trick shots. She is unabashedly adventurous and had a crazy 10-point game in the state championship versus Tower Hill, scoring six goals and four assists. Claire had behind-the-head goal in the third quarter to add to a scoop shot and another from an angle somewhere between acute and obtuse that seemed impossible. Just a junior, Claire is Cape’s career leader in assists with 144, surpassing Meg Bartley and Allie Yeager with 94. Claire had a goal and six assists in the semifinal 19-3 win over Sussex Academy. “See the field” and “head on a swivel” are skills taught from Atlantic Lacrosse to the Eastern Shore Lacrosse League, and Claire epitomizes why looking for teammates mostly results in wins and championships.