Sports | Cape Gazette

Sports

Cape hockey controls CR to improve to 12-0

Dave Frederick

8 hours ago

The Cape field hockey team outshot visiting Caesar Rodney 32-1 Oct. 15, running the roster en route…

The Eagles are a mess

Sumner Spence

10 hours ago

For the last two weeks, the Eagles have found completely different ways to lose! On Sunday, in…

Savannah Hope wins 2026 Exile Oktoberfest skim…

Aaron R. Mushrush

11 hours ago

Hope may float, but at least one Hope in the Cape Region prefers to skim: Savannah Hope. After…

Athletes of the Week Oct. 16

13 hours ago

Wilson Ingerski This Shippensburg University junior was named the Pennsylvania State Athletic…

Delaware women’s lacrosse visiting Champions Stadium…

Dave Frederick

13 hours ago

Delaware women’s lacrosse - As part of its fall exhibition schedule, the University of Delaware…

Lace Up for Ag Literacy 5K draws crowd to Hopkins…

Tim Bamforth

14 hours ago

The Lace Up for Ag Literacy 5K was held Oct. 10 at Hopkins Farm on Route 9, as 136 finishers kicked…

Cam and Dale: Rescue Royals chip in combined five…

Aaron R. Mushrush

1 day ago

After starting the year 1-4, the Delmarva Christian boys’ soccer team improved its record to 6-7…

Hastings' 28 kills lead Seahawks to 3-1 victory…

Aaron R. Mushrush

1 day ago

A negative week for Sussex Academy volleyball turned positive when the girls used their…

Cape hockey rolls past IR 6-0

Dave Frederick

1 day ago

The Cape field hockey team outshot Indian River 23-0 en route to a 6-0 win to run its season…

Cape soccer bites the Bulldogs 3-1

Dan Cook

1 day ago

The Cape soccer team moved to 9-1 on the season with a 3-1 victory over Brandywine Oct. 13 in…

Hopkins Dairy Farm is a relaxing space and welcoming…

Dave Frederick

3 days ago

Atomic Balmy - It was a balmy Saturday morning at Hopkins Dairy Farm, where children from 8 to 80…

Cape volleyball celebrates seniors with win over…

Dan Cook

4 days ago

The Cape volleyball team honored its Class of 2027 seniors with a 25-9, 25-13, 25-12 win over…

Cape football does it again with come-from-behind…

Dan Cook

4 days ago

For the second straight week, the Cape football team rallied from a 14-point deficit to pull out a…

Cape girls' flag football falls 25-18 to IR…

Aaron R. Mushrush

4 days ago

A big play to open Cape's road game against Indian River sparked hope early in the Oct. 9 flag…

Royals clip Seahawks 3-0 in volleyball

Aaron R. Mushrush

4 days ago

A fast start in the first set of the Delmarva Christian volleyball team’s Oct. 9 match against…

Cape soccer sinks Bucs on Senior Night

Dan Cook

4 days ago

The Vikings met the Buccaneers on the Legends Stadium pitch in a land battle Oct. 8. The skirmish…

Cape hockey holds off Milford 3-0 to stay unbeaten

Dave Frederick

4 days ago

The Cape field hockey team improved to 10-0 on the season Oct. 8 with a hard-earned 3-0 victory at…

The Eagles are falling apart

Sumner Spence

6 days ago

On Sunday, the Eagles lost one of the most disappointing games I’ve seen in my 20-plus years of…

Kings Creek CC hosts Ladies Invitational

Fritz Schranck

6 days ago

Kings Creek Country Club held its 18 Hole Ladies Invitational Oct. 1, with dozens of players…

It isn't over until it's over

Eric Burnley

6 days ago

After a week or more of high wind and heavy rain that shut down fresh and saltwater fishing, some…

Athletes of the Week Oct. 9

1 week ago

Alan Hernandez-BecerraA senior center mid on the Cape boys' soccer team, Alan has developed…

Cape XC wins Tidewater Invitational

Tim Bamforth

1 week ago

The Cape cross country team put together one of its best showings of the season Oct. 7, as both the…

Rehoboth Boardwalk Buddy Walk turns 20

Dave Frederick

1 week ago

Twenty years ago - At the first Buddy Walk on the Boardwalk in 2006, my nephew Mike was a guest…

Cape unified flag football scoops up first two wins…

Aaron R. Mushrush

1 week ago

A pair of victories has put the Cape unified flag football team at 2-1 on the season after the…

Seahawks' volleyball bounces back to beat…

Aaron R. Mushrush

1 week ago

A 3-0 score is a 3-0 score, but the Sussex Academy volleyball team made both results this week look…

Cape soccer downs Seahawks 2-0 in Route 9 rivalry

Dan Cook

1 week ago

There have been epic rivalries throughout the sports world, from the Yankees and Red Sox in…

Cape hockey hits early, surges late to ground down…

Dave Frederick

1 week ago

The Cape field hockey team is moving through action/distraction week focusing on the frenzy in…

Royals volleyball downs Wildcats on Senior Night

Dan Cook

1 week ago

The Delmarva Christian volleyball team moved to 6-4 on the season with a 25-9, 25-13, 25-14 victory…

Let the good times Royal

Aaron R. Mushrush

1 week ago

On a beautiful fall day Oct. 5, Delmarva Christian cross country teams were able to enjoy some…

No springing chicken sitting in a sideline field…

Dave Frederick

1 week ago

Toxic shock - Cape football will host Appoquinimink Friday night in the dreaded Homecoming game, an…

Cape volleyball falls to Saint Mark's 3-0

Dan Cook

1 week ago

Cape volleyball seniors Harper Mamele and Amara Fruchtman reached career milestones during the…

Cape hockey dominates Hillers 5-0

Dave Frederick

1 week ago

Two storied field hockey programs, both undefeated in 2026, met on the Champions Stadium pitch Oct…

Cape football defeats Hodgson to move to 4-0

Dan Cook

1 week ago

The Cape football team came from 14 points down Oct. 2, to defeat Hodgson Vo-Tech 35-28 at St.…

Wildcats claw Royals 4-1 in boys' soccer at…

Aaron R. Mushrush

1 week ago

A late goal in the first half had Delmarva Christian boys' soccer team believing it could upset…

Seahawks' comeback strikes down Golden Knights…

Aaron R. Mushrush

1 week ago

Sussex Academy and Sussex Central are physically close to one another, and in boys' soccer, things…

Royals fly past Eagles 4-2 in cross-state field…

Aaron R. Mushrush

1 week ago

A trio of Royals proved pairs can win games from time to time, as the Delmarva Christian field…

High school girls’ golf match series underway

Fritz Schranck

1 week ago

Delaware’s first statewide high school girls’ golf match series began Sept. 28 at American Classic…

Ospreys struggling in saltwater environments

Eric Burnley

1 week ago

In a recent column, I wrote that ospreys eat fish other than menhaden. That brought a response from…

Phillies' season is over

Sumner Spence

2 weeks ago

On Thursday night, the Phillies lost decisive Game 3 in the Wild Card Series against the Atlanta…

Athletes of the Week Oct. 2

2 weeks ago

Dominic Catlett This Sussex Academy honor roll senior is making quite the name for himself on the…

College club sports: run your own show, pay your own…

Dave Frederick

2 weeks ago

No shame in the game - Collegiate club sports are the best version of blending athletics and…

Dogfish Dash runners brave nor'easter on…

Tim Bamforth

2 weeks ago

A field of 1,408 runners and walkers registered for the 19th annual Dogfish Dash in Milton held…

Cape unified flag football kicks off state title…

Aaron R. Mushrush

2 weeks ago

On the final day of September, the Cape unified flag football team played its first game of the…

Seahawks strike twice in second half to beat Delmar…

Aaron R. Mushrush

2 weeks ago

A come-from-behind 2-1 victory over Delmar Sept. 29 bumped Sussex Academy field hockey up to 4-3 on…

Sussex Academy volleyball downs the Wildcats 3-0

Dan Cook

2 weeks ago

The Sussex Academy volleyball team scored a 25-3, 25-10, 25-12 victory over visiting Delmar Sept.…

Sussex Academy soccer shuts out Wildcats 4-0

Dan Cook

2 weeks ago

The Sussex Academy soccer team moved to 3-2 on the season with a 4-0 clean-sheet victory over…

Cape pounds Poly 10-0, gets ready for unbeaten Tower…

Dave Frederick

2 weeks ago

Kailey McMahon and Teagan Baker were free-roaming freshmen in 2024. They connected for the winning…

Connected Cape champion cousins celebrate a wedding…

Dave Frederick

2 weeks ago

Cape championship cousins - The Fredericks and Rishkos are Cape-connected Sussex County cousins.…

Royals double up Seaford 6-3 in soccer

Aaron R. Mushrush

2 weeks ago

An undefeated week against the Henlopen Conference has the Delmarva Christian boys' soccer team on…

Sussex Academy field hockey sits down Bulldogs 6-0

Aaron R. Mushrush

2 weeks ago

A 1-0 overtime win over in Laurel last season was a bit frustrating for the Sussex Academy field…

Cape soccer soars past Eagles 5-0

Dan Cook

2 weeks ago

The Cape soccer team used five goal scorers in the 5-0 clean-sheet victory over Smyrna Sept. 24 at…

Cape volleyball falls to Patriots

Dan Cook

2 weeks ago

The Cape volleyball team came out sluggish and fell 16-25, 22-25, 15-25 to a very physical and…

Delmarva Christian girls' volleyball aces…

Aaron R. Mushrush

2 weeks ago

Friday Night Lights in fall means girls’ volleyball action at Delmarva Christian. In the Royals'…

Executive order a positive for fishery management

Eric Burnley

2 weeks ago

President Donald J. Trump announced Sept. 17, in the Rose Garden the Restoring America’s Saltwater…

E-Z-GO expanding off-course cart options

Fritz Schranck

2 weeks ago

The golf cart companies at this year’s PGA Show expanded their booth displays to show off even more…

Beach volleyball tourney brings coastal energy to…

Steve McNulty

2 weeks ago

The final beach volleyball tournament of the summer wrapped up on the sands of Rehoboth Beach this…

Cape hockey tops Smyrna in OT

Dan Cook

3 weeks ago

The Cape field hockey team took its 5-0 record to Smyrna Sept. 24 to meet the rival Eagles (5-1) in…

Eagles benefiting from injuries

Sumner Spence

3 weeks ago

The Eagles are 2-0 on the season so far. They won in exciting fashion over the Tennessee Titans by…

Athletes of the Week Sept. 25

3 weeks ago

Jude Bastian This smooth-striding sophomore has rocketed up the Cape cross country depth chart…

Wes Stack stories keep spinning at Sesame Street by…

Dave Frederick

3 weeks ago

Absent friend - Dr. Wesner B. Stack, better known as Wes, or his track alter ego “Boy Baby Williams…