Sports

So much for Red October

Sumner Spence
12 hours ago
The Phillies had a very disappointing ending to their season Tuesday night when they lost...

Athletes of the Week Oct 11

20 hours ago
Jaxon Benton Few football players have had a better start to their playing careers than...

Sports columns are quirky observations reflecting...

Dave Frederick
20 hours ago
Jumping the shark - Most coaches are cautious and don’t want to be bitten by arrogance or...

Cape cross country teams claim Henlopen North titles

Tim Bamforth
20 hours ago
The Cape cross country teams took on the Riders of Caesar Rodney and the Golden Knights of Sussex...

Seahawks soccer makes prey of Cape 2-0

Dan Cook
1 day ago
The warm and fuzzy feelings of friends and travel club teammates are put on hold for 80 minutes...

KSI’s 3 Club Golf Tournament a success

1 day ago
KSI’s 35th annual 3 Club golf tournament, officially renamed the KSI Clifford T. Crouch Memorial 3...

Cape beats Sussex Academy in fast, furious and...

Dave Frederick
2 days ago
A fast and furious field hockey friendly at Champions Stadium Oct. 8 saw Cape Henlopen protect its...

Delmarva Christian field hockey can’t ground Eagles...

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 days ago
A young Delmarva Christian field hockey team was undone by an experienced Holly Grove squad 12-1 at...

Delmarva Christian volleyball is money against...

Aaron R. Mushrush
3 days ago
For the first time in the 2024 season, the Delmarva Christian volleyball team has climbed above the...

We are all cousins; the connections transcend time...

Dave Frederick
3 days ago
Mormon melding - I have no clue as to the foundations of the Mormon religion or how it relates to...

Cape football defeats Saint Mark’s at Homecoming game

Dan Cook
4 days ago
The Vikings met the Spartans on the Legends Stadium turf field of battle Oct. 4. And when the final...

Cape soccer ties Caesar Rodney 3-3

Dan Cook
4 days ago
After 100 minutes of intense action on the Riders home pitch, the Cape and Caesar Rodney soccer...

Cape unified team stages late comeback to topple...

Aaron R. Mushrush
4 days ago
The girls and boys on Cape’s unified flag football team have begun 2024 with a win streak after...

Delmarva Christian soccer celebrates five seniors...

Aaron R. Mushrush
4 days ago
Although the Delmarva Christian boys’ soccer team lost its Senior Night game 2-0 to Delmar Oct. 3,...

Royals fend off Golden Knights at the purple castle...

Aaron R. Mushrush
4 days ago
Battling the first of two mid-Sussex neighborly opponents, Delmarva Christian staked its claim as...

Sussex Academy hosts Senior Olympics swim meet

Dan Cook
5 days ago
The annual Senior Olympics swimming competition was held Sept. 27, at the Sussex Academy Aquatic...

Cobra Golf – speed thrills

Fritz Schranck
6 days ago
Cobra Golf continues to stress the aerodynamic qualities of its driver lines, a design and...

Old Inlet Fall Surf Fishing Classic tourney sees...

6 days ago
Old Inlet Bait & Tackle held its Fall Surf Fishing Classic Tournament the weekend of Sept. 28-...

Eagles better get their act together!

Sumner Spence
1 week ago
On Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles had an embarrassing performance against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers...

Athletes of the Week Oct. 4

1 week ago
Chase Ballinger A junior honor roll student at Sussex Academy, this three-year starter for the...

Pete Rose has a statue in Cincinnati and Wall of...

Dave Frederick
1 week ago
Dirt Bag - I see an image of Pete Rose sliding into home plate on his stomach obscured by more dirt...

Dogfish Dash draws nearly 1,700 runners to Milton

Tim Bamforth
1 week ago
There was a total of 1,690 registered runners at this year’s Dogfish Dash, a long way from 2006...

Sussex Academy soccer rises with 2-1 win over IR

Dan Cook
1 week ago
The boys’ soccer contest between Sussex Academy and Indian River was a matchup of two premier teams...

Cape hockey beats Caesar Rodney 8-1 to stay unbeaten

Dave Frederick
1 week ago
A three-day festival of field hockey under the lights at Champions Stadium was highlighted by the...

Seahawks fly south to knock off IR field hockey 5-0

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 week ago
Sussex Academy field hockey moved to 7-1 following its 5-0 away win over southern rival Indian...

IR volleyball ends Sussex Academy’s division dominance

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 week ago
The Sussex Academy volleyball team’s reign over the Henlopen South ended Oct. 1, with a 3-0 home...

Pale ale runners saunter around Milton for Dogfish...

Dave Frederick
1 week ago
Dogfish Dash - Running with friends is good for what ales you; other exercises pale by comparison...

Hodgson follows through on promise to stop Cape streak

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 week ago
Hodgson’s 28-23 victory over Cape Sept. 28 is proof positive all three phases of the game matter...

Seahawks defend nest from invading Blue Jays in...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 week ago
Sussex Academy volleyball may be a little protective of its 2023 Henlopen South title. Flying to a...

Sussex Academy soccer shuts down Worcester Prep in 5...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 week ago
Securing the fifth shutout of the season in dominating fashion, Sussex Academy boys’ soccer moved...

Delmarva Christian volleyball knocks off the Warriors

Dan Cook
1 week ago
After dropping matches to Ursuline and Padua, the Delmarva Christian volleyball team took the...

Cape volleyball downs Milford 3-0

Dan Cook
1 week ago
Cape volleyball moved to 6-2 on the season with a 25-12, 25-17, 25-12 victory over Milford Sept. 26...

Royals field hockey falls to Wilmington Christian

Dan Cook
1 week ago
Delmarva Christian field hockey moved to 2-6 on the season with a 5-0 loss to Wilmington Christian...

Royals soccer falters in second half against the...

Dan Cook
1 week ago
The Delmarva Christian boys’ soccer squad fell to 3-6 with a 5-2 loss to Wilmington Christian Sept...

Cape hockey prevails at Milford to stay unbeaten

Dave Frederick
1 week ago
In a great game at Milford’s Buccaneers Stadium played between two top teams Sept. 26, Cape...

A sense of scale

Fritz Schranck
1 week ago
A practice putting green can look like a semi-neglected afterthought at some golf clubs. That...

Catchin’ croakers across a lifetime

Eric Burnley
1 week ago
Croakers have been a part of my life since a very early age. As I have noted before, I was raised...

Athletes of the Week Sept. 27

2 weeks ago
Amari Jackson Amari caught a touchdown pass for Cape on the last play of the first half Sept. 20...

Strange Eagles game

Sumner Spence
2 weeks ago
The Eagles won by a score of 15-12 on Sunday against the Saints. The defense played its best game...

Free and overpriced is how I roll through grandpa life

Dave Frederick
2 weeks ago
Afterschool special - “Keep it on the down low or everybody will know.” – Teddy Thompson...

ESIAC cross country meet held at Delmarva Christian

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 weeks ago
Delmarva Christian hosted an ESIAC cross country meet at its partially wooded course Sept. 25,...

Sussex Academy field hockey drops a dozen on Polytech

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 weeks ago
Sussex Academy field hockey opened its Sept. 24 home game against Polytech with a tally 36 seconds...

Sussex Academy soccer bests the Bucs

Dan Cook
2 weeks ago
The Sussex Academy soccer team moved to 5-1 on the season with a 2-1 victory over Milford Sept. 24...

Successful Harvest Hustle supports Village Volunteers

Tim Bamforth
2 weeks ago
Dylan Branch, 23, of Dagsboro easily ran away with the overall male title at the inaugural Harvest...

IR hockey runs into Cape buzzsaw, Vikings prevail 7-1

Dave Frederick
2 weeks ago
Indian River field hockey ran into a buzzsaw at Champions Stadium Sept. 24, losing to the unbeaten...

Cape soccer collars Bulldogs in shutout victory

Dan Cook
2 weeks ago
The Cape soccer defense allowed just one shot on goal as the Vikings recorded their third shutout...

Sunday morning Paradise Grill 5K is Pot-Nets at its...

Dave Frederick
2 weeks ago
The usual crowd didn’t shuffle into Paradise Grill at 10 a.m. on a Sunday morning for the ninth...

Linemen for Life move into the world always knowing...

Dave Frederick
2 weeks ago
Old King Cole - It was the working ranch on Cave Neck Road rolling into Milton. I’m pretty sure...

Cape volleyball falls to the Patriots 3-0

Dan Cook
2 weeks ago
Cape volleyball moved to 4-2 on the season with a 25-17, 25-13, 25-17 loss to undefeated Newark...

Cape hockey dominates Tower Hill 6-0

Dave Frederick
2 weeks ago
Don’t know much about field hockey history? Cape lost at Tower Hill Nov. 12, 2016, in the...

Cape football’s big second half turns out the lights...

Dan Cook
2 weeks ago
The Cape football team moved to 3-0 with a 34-32 come-from-behind victory over Lake Forest Sept. 20...

Seahawks hockey beats the Bucs 4-2

Dan Cook
2 weeks ago
The Caravel field hockey team had scored 40 unanswered goals in its first five games, but Sussex...

Royals volleyball flashes ability to hang with...

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 weeks ago
Delmarva Christian volleyball welcomed Ursuline Academy to the Mohr Floor Sept. 20, pitting the...

Sussex Academy soccer allows first goal of season in...

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 weeks ago
A shutout streak spanning seven halves of soccer ended 10 minutes into the eighth half of the...

Matt Blois – branching out with a unique service...

Fritz Schranck
2 weeks ago
I first wrote about golf professional Matt Blois in 2020. The Canadian’s driving skills had become...

A perfect day on the water

Eric Burnley
2 weeks ago
My good friend Mike Pizzolato and I arrived at the dock at Indian River Marina around 6:30 a.m. for...

Terrible ending to the Eagles game

Sumner Spence
3 weeks ago
On Monday night, the Eagles should have won the game against the Atlanta Falcons without much...

Athletes of the Week Sept. 20

3 weeks ago
Anthony Francis “Antman” is a junior impact skill player on both sides of the football for...

Five-year-old Everleigh flies high for Vikings Pop...

Dave Frederick
3 weeks ago
Therapy Freddogg - A few years ago, former student Mandie Manship was a substitute secretary at...

Sussex Academy cross country teams win Middletown...

Tim Bamforth
3 weeks ago
Griffin Spana, a junior from Caesar Rodney, won the overall boys’ title at the Middletown...