Sports

Thank you, Stacy Lewis

Fritz Schranck
2 hours ago
The first tee box at Seaview Resort’s Bay Course offers a sweeping downhill view of the golf course...

So, you want to catch a bluefin tuna?

3 hours ago
The international council that regulates bluefin tuna has increased the amount American...

2026! Here's to the new year

Sumner Spence
18 hours ago
The Eagles are playing the Washington Commanders this week in their final game of the regular...

Athletes of the Week Jan. 2

1 day ago
Andrew Collins In the Delmarva Christian boys’ basketball team’s 60-53 win over Washington...

Well-coached players don’t do dumb stuff

Dave Frederick
1 day ago
Don’t do dumb stuff - Forty years ago, I wrote that the Cape boys’ lacrosse team was the best- and...

Get off the couch and run a 5K in just 10 weeks

Tim Bamforth
1 day ago
Most want-to-be runners make the same mistake youth runners make when it comes to getting started...

Royals captured by Crabbers, steamed 66-51 at...

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 days ago
A 19-17 lead for the Delmarva Christian boys’ basketball team at halftime of its Governor’s...

Seahawks fly past Eagles and into Governor’s...

Aaron R. Mushrush
3 days ago
A win is a win, but a win in a semifinal is a good position to be in. Through three quarters of...

Sussex Academy boys win wild one 49-48 in Governor’s...

Aaron R. Mushrush
3 days ago
It’s safe to say the Sussex Academy basketball teams are enjoying the winter break after the boys’...

The spiritually secure hit harder than heathens

Dave Frederick
4 days ago
Sunday morning coming down - On a Sunday morning in Lewes 50 years ago, the Fred house front-door...

Royals race past Jaguars to open Governor’s Challenge

Aaron R. Mushrush
4 days ago
They Delmarva Christian boys’ basketball team’s debut in the 42nd Governor’s Challenge was a...

Cape boys’ basketball wins Ocean Bracket at Beach Slam

Dan Cook
4 days ago
The Cape boys’ basketball team won the Ocean Bracket of the Beach Slam in Lewes Dec. 26-27, with a...

Cape Region golf year in review – 2025

Fritz Schranck
1 week ago
Dec. 31 marks the end of this column’s 27th year and a busy 12 months of Cape Region golf. ...

Best way to effect change is to get involved

Eric Burnley
1 week ago
Last week, I shared the good news that the Mid-Atlantic Council had increased the recreational...

Run With Santa ends weeks of holiday races and...

Dave Frederick
1 week ago
The foot traffic holiday running season is heading toward the Race Into the New Year 5K at noon,...

Athletes of Week Dec 26

1 week ago
Grayson Davis A Cape freshman descended from 150 to 144 pounds for the Beast of the East and made...

Christmas gifts for the running and racing community

Tim Bamforth
1 week ago
The Cape Region is a unique place for running and racing, with events to choose from within a 10-...

Governor’s Cup gets prime placement in Cape...

Dave Frederick
1 week ago
In My Room - “Do my dreaming and my scheming. Lie awake and pray. Do my crying and my sighing...

Delmarva Rush excels at Cecil Fall Blast tournament

1 week ago
Delmarva Rush Soccer Club wrapped up a successful weekend at the Cecil Fall Blast Soccer Tournament...

Delmarva Christian swim teams confident at the break

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 week ago
Hosting an ESIAC quad meet Dec. 19 proved to be an early present for Delmarva Christian’s swim...

The whammy is bad, but the double whammy is worse

Dave Frederick
1 week ago
The whammy - Two extended arms with fingers on both hands wiggling coming from a sports person is...

Cape girls’ basketball beats Stephen Decatur 50-31

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 week ago
Crossing state lines and entering unfamiliar territory didn’t seem to faze the Cape girls’...

Royals sunk by the Bucs

Dan Cook
1 week ago
The Delmarva Christian boys’ basketball team moved to 3-3 with a 72-53 loss to Milford Dec. 20 on...

Christmas Carol parodies and more

Fritz Schranck
2 weeks ago
This part of the year is steeped in tradition, and so it is time for the Christmas carol parodies...

The fishing outlook for 2026

Eric Burnley
2 weeks ago
I do this every year just so people can say, “Boy, he was wrong again.” Of course, the big unknown...

Beach Slam tournament returns Dec. 26-27

2 weeks ago
The Beach Slam Basketball Tournament returns to Cape Henlopen High School with a slate of boys’...

Just what the Eagles needed

Sumner Spence
2 weeks ago
On Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles dominated the struggling Las Vegas Raiders by a score of 31-0...

Athletes of the Week Dec. 19

2 weeks ago
Noah Barbrow A junior forward on the Delmarva Christian basketball team, this honors student is a...

Great athletes snap wherever they matriculate

Dave Frederick
2 weeks ago
The Warrior - A song by American rock band Scandal (1984) reached No. 1 in Canada. The band was...

Indoor track teams get to work

Tim Bamforth
2 weeks ago
The Cape indoor track & field team traveled south to the Virginia Beach Sports Center for the...

Sussex Academy wrestling pinned down by IR

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 weeks ago
As the Sussex Academy wrestling team continues to take its lumps as the new program in the Henlopen...

Seahawks stung by Hornets in boys’ basketball thriller

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 weeks ago
Growing pains can leave scars, but those wounds can be lessons. For the Sussex Academy boys’...

Cape boys’ basketball falls to Senators

Dan Cook
2 weeks ago
The Cape boys’ basketball team started slow and fell behind early against Dover Dec. 16, and the...

Cape wrestling uses 18 bonus points to top Sussex Tech

Dave Frederick
2 weeks ago
Lightweights and underweights sandwiched at opposite sides of a back-and-fourth dual wrestling...

Royals basketball splits with the Mallards

Dan Cook
2 weeks ago
The Delmarva Christian boys’ basketball team dominated Worcester Prep 58-27 Dec. 15 to move to 3-1...

Sussex Academy swimming sweeps Henlopen South tri-meet

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 weeks ago
A Henlopen South tri-meet between Sussex Academy, Lake Forest and Seaford at the Sussex Academy...

Cute person wins Ugly Sweater 5K

Dave Frederick
2 weeks ago
Redemption Song - Flor Duerr of Dover was rocking it Saturday morning at the Redemption City Ugly...

Local swimmers collect awards in St. Croix

2 weeks ago
Four local female swimmers won age-group awards in the 29th annual Coral Reef Swim Nov. 9, in the...

Cape girls’ wrestling competes in Milford

Frank Payton and Hollyann Wettstein
2 weeks ago
Cape Henlopen High School embarked on a new voyage Dec. 12, as its newly formed all-girls wrestling...

Fruchtman surpasses two milestones

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 weeks ago
Delaware might know how much game the Cape girls’ basketball team has this season, and now Maryland...

Cape boys’ basketball outplays Golden Knights 60-27

Dan Cook
2 weeks ago
Three Vikings reached double figures as the Cape boys’ basketball squad conquered Sussex Central 60...

Cape swimmers power past Indian River

Dan Cook
2 weeks ago
The Cape swim teams moved to 2-0 on the season with a boys’ 115-50 win and a 93-77 girls’ victory...

Delmarva Christian boys drop the Jags 67-28

Dan Cook
2 weeks ago
The Delmarva Christian boys’ basketball team scored the first 19 points of the game against...

Rehoboth race caps 50 half-marathons in 50 states

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 weeks ago
It may have happened before, but one man planned a unique way to celebrate his entrance into his...

Cape Region juniors excel in PGA Jr. League

Fritz Schranck
3 weeks ago
The PGA Jr. League is a national program with junior teams from local clubs competing against each...

Many memories of Christmases past

Eric Burnley
3 weeks ago
I have many memories of Christmases past. One of the greatest was when my friend Ron Pickle gave me...

Gelof brothers hold third annual sports camp at Cape

Dan Cook
3 weeks ago
Major League Baseball brothers Zack and Jake Gelof held their third annual Youth Sports Camp at...

Another disappointing loss for the Eagles

Sumner Spence
3 weeks ago
The Eagles lost a very close game on Monday night by the score of 22-19 in overtime. The media is...

Athletes of the Week Dec. 12

3 weeks ago
Farmar Amisial The Sussex Academy boys’ basketball team is still searching for its first win of the...

I rarely read, except for T-shirts and tattoos

Dave Frederick
3 weeks ago
Run for Dad - I’m a writer more than a reader, yet I read T-shirts and tattoos. The subjects are...

Rehoboth Seashore Marathon attracts 3,400 runners

3 weeks ago
An event that’s become a half- and full-marathon extravaganza and a must on one’s bucket list took...

Seahawks bitten by Bulldogs to start Henlopen South...

Aaron R. Mushrush
3 weeks ago
’Tis the season for making wishes come true. Heading into the holiday break 0-3 may not have been...

Delmarva Christian girls bounce back to split ESIAC...

Aaron R. Mushrush
3 weeks ago
The Delmarva Christian girls’ basketball team leveled its conference record with a 42-26 victory...

Vikings swim teams open season with wins over Lake

Dan Cook
3 weeks ago
Cape swim teams picked up where they left off last season, earning a 106-38 boys’ win and a 115-39...

Cape basketball grounds the Eagles 74-58

Dan Cook
3 weeks ago
The Cape boys’ basketball team started slow but turned it around in the second quarter, outscoring...

Remember when I was young and so were you?

Dave Frederick
3 weeks ago
Remember me? Thousands of photos were already taken at Flag Alley Saturday morning at a turnaround...

Seahawks swim teams split against Riders to open season

Aaron R. Mushrush
3 weeks ago
In a thrilling meet, the Sussex Academy girls’ swimming team scored a 98-72 win over Caesar Rodney...

Sussex Academy girls’ basketball gets season underway

Aaron R. Mushrush
3 weeks ago
Two losses to open the season is the bad news for the Sussex Academy girls’ basketball team, but...

Seahawks drop back-to-back contests to start season

Aaron R. Mushrush
3 weeks ago
A sluggish start for the Sussex Academy boys’ basketball team in the season opener against Sussex...

Royals open season with tough loss to the Riders

Dan Cook
3 weeks ago
The Delmarva Christian boys’ basketball team opened the regular season with a 69-56 loss to a tough...