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Sadness only lasts half the bus ride home
Dave Frederick
1 day ago
Right said Freds - Fred Harvey and Fredman, two Cape-connected friends for a long time, met on the...
Cape boys’ lax rides fourth-quarter surge to 15-7...
Dave Frederick
1 day ago
Upside down state tournament seeding for boys’ lacrosse had a venturesome and powerful Cape team...
Cape baseball advances to quarterfinals
Dan Cook
2 days ago
The Cape baseball team defeated Lake Forest 12-2 in five innings May 27 to set up a match against...
Cape takes third at Henlopen Conference Championship
Fritz Schranck
4 days ago
The Cape Henlopen High School golf team finished third in the Henlopen Conference Championship,...
Fishing tournaments raise money for good causes
Eric Burnley
4 days ago
There were two outstanding tournaments held last weekend. Each raised money for good causes and...
Tatnall beats Cape 10-9 for girls’ lax title
Dave Frederick
4 days ago
The Cape Henlopen girls’ lacrosse team lost in the state championship for the first time in 14...
Cape softball falls to IR in state tournament
Bruce Walls
4 days ago
The Cape softball team’s season came to an end May 25, with a 6-1 loss to Indian River in the...
Delmarva Christian softball to face IR in semifinals
Dan Cook
4 days ago
Kaylan Yoder threw a no-hitter May 27 to lead the No. 2 Delmarva Christian softball team into the...
Important 10 days for the Phillies
Sumner Spence
4 days ago
The Phillies are going on one of their longest road trips of the season, and finally playing...
Athletes of the Week May 26
5 days ago
Haley Archambault
A Cape senior thrower and throwback (great kid), her career began at...
Anniversaries and championship seasons bring the...
Dave Frederick
5 days ago
Numbers game - I always say numbers track your life, and if you say them out loud, one of two...
A blizzard of runners do the DQ Dash on Lewes Beach
Tim Bamforth
5 days ago
Five years ago, Dairy Queen’s queen Ashley Diehl organized the DQ Dash to raise mondy for the Go...
Tatnall snaps Cape girls’ lax’s 13-season title streak
5 days ago
The Cape Henlopen girls’ lacrosse team lost in the state championship for the first time in 14...
Delaware track & field sprints to end of season
Dave Frederick
5 days ago
Track is like wrestling; both are sports with team scores, yet individualized by events, with...
Delmarva Christian student-athletes hold college...
Dan Cook
5 days ago
Delmarva Christian High School held a letter of intent signing and all-sports ceremony May 22 in...
Cape boys’ lacrosse tops Indian River 24-1
Dan Cook
5 days ago
The Cape boys’ lacrosse team topped Indian River 24-1 in the opening round of the DIAA state...
Beacon boys’ lax team completes unbeaten season
6 days ago
The Beacon Middle School boys’ lacrosse team capped an unbeaten season May 11 with a 13-0 win over...
Cape advances to girls’ lax state title game
Dave Frederick
6 days ago
The Cape girls’ lacrosse team ran a pair of 10-2 halves at Sussex Academy May 23 at Delaware State...
Cape softball blasts into second round
Nick Roth
6 days ago
The Cape softball team powered its way into the second round of the DIAA state tournament May 23,...
Cape boys’ volleyball wins state title
Dan Cook
1 week ago
Cape upset top-seeded and previously undefeated Salesianum May 23 to win the DIAA’s first...
Lewes Base Ball Club wins doubleheader
Ron MacArthur
1 week ago
The Lewes Base Ball Club won a home doubleheader 11-8 and 8-1 over Diamond State Baseball Club of...
Cape, Sussex Academy win relay state titles in...
Dave Frederick
1 week ago
Freaky Friday - The Cape Henlopen 4-by-800-meter relay team ran a one-heat Division I final May 19...
Cape boys’ lax beats IR 23-2 to win Henlopen...
Dave Frederick
1 week ago
Indian River High School is lifting off a boys’ lacrosse program that seems well suited for a beach...
Cape girls’ lax beats Charter Force 22-2 in...
Dave Frederick
1 week ago
The state tournament semifinals for girls’ lacrosse are set for Tuesday, May 23, at Delaware State...
Sussex Academy girls’ lax downs Ursuline
Dan Cook
1 week ago
The Sussex Academy girls’ lacrosse team moved to the semifinals of the DIAA state tournament May 20...
Cape softball tames Sea Wolves 3-1
Dan Cook
1 week ago
The Cape softball team moved to 11-6 May 19, with a 3-1 victory over visiting Conrad School of the...
Sussex Academy soccer defeats Conrad 3-0 in DIAA...
Dan Cook
1 week ago
The Sussex Acadmey girls’ soccer team moved into the second round of the DIAA state tournament May...
Cape golf team completes match season; conference...
Fritz Schranck
1 week ago
The Cape golf team concluded its 2023 match season May 15, with a tri-meet at the Ed “Porky” Oliver...
A fantastic fishing trip out of Ocean City
Eric Burnley
1 week ago
May 15 was the opening day of black sea bass season in Delaware. I made my reservation on the head...
Race 4 Warriors runs through state park
Ryan Mavity
1 week ago
Racers took a scenic tour through Cape Henlopen State Park May 13 as part of the annual Race 4...
Cape volleyball reaches state championship
Dan Cook
1 week ago
The No. 2 Cape boys’ volleyball team entered uncharted territory May 18 in the sport’s first...
Athletes of the Week May 19
1 week ago
Alexa Dougherty
Alexa is a Cape senior track girl who’s unabashed and unafraid to try new...
Rough week for Philly sports
Sumner Spence
1 week ago
The 76ers had a great chance to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. In the sixth game in...
We’re talking about practice, not a game
Dave Frederick
1 week ago
Spring strafing - I sometimes do a touch-and-go late-afternoon flyover, landing at sports practices...
Masser 5-Miler kicks off Seashore Striders Racing...
Tim Bamforth
1 week ago
The 33rd edition of the Seashore Striders Racing Series will kick off with the 30th annual Masser 5...
Lewes Base Ball Club doubleheader set May 20
1 week ago
The Lewes Base Ball Club will put its 3-1 record on the line Saturday, May 20, as it takes on...
Delaware Tech softball wins region and district...
1 week ago
For the third year in a row, the Delaware Technical Community College softball team is National...
Rehoboth Beach volleyball tournament jump-starts...
Steve McNulty
1 week ago
The Mid-Atlantic Volleyball organization pulled off another successful round of fun, competitive...
Cape boys’ tennis team grabs No. 2 in conference
Nick Roth
1 week ago
The Henlopen Conference Tennis Tournament was held recently, with Cape, Milford and Caesar Rodney...
Cape boys’ lax carves up Smyrna 23-2
Dave Frederick
1 week ago
Smyrna lacrosse fans showed up at Legends Stadium in large numbers May 17, cheering loudly for...
Cape Gazette hosts inaugural 5K
Nick Roth
1 week ago
A 5K race kicked off a day of fun in Nassau Commons outside Lewes, as the Cape Gazette held its...
Cape volleyball downs Newark Charter 3-0
Dan Cook
1 week ago
The Cape boys’ volleyball team defeated Newark Charter 25-14, 25-20, 25-19 in the quarterfinals of...
Sussex Academy baseball falls to Smyrna 7-3
Dan Cook
1 week ago
The Sussex Academy baseball team celebrated Senior Day May 15, but fell to 5-10 with a 7-3 loss to...
Smiling on the way down is the champion’s way to fall
Dave Frederick
2 weeks ago
Sundown smile -
Bailey Fletcher cleared the pole vault bar at 14-feet-6-inches May 12 at...
Cape baseball wins Henlopen Conference title
Dan Cook
2 weeks ago
The Cape baseball team won its second straight Henlopen Conference championship May 12, with an 11-...
Cape boys, Smyrna girls win Henlopen track titles
Dave Frederick
2 weeks ago
The Cape Henlopen boys’ track team banked points in the distance events and pole vault, then...
Beacon soccer downs Mariner 4-0
Dan Cook
2 weeks ago
The Beacon Middle School soccer team ran past a tough Mariner squad 4-0 May 11 at Cape’s Champions...
Cape volleyball defeats Sussex Academy to advance
Dan Cook
2 weeks ago
The Cape boys’ volleyball team shut out Sussex Academy 25-19, 25-15, 25-9 May 11 to advance to the...
Blue-Gold All-Star Football Game rosters announced
2 weeks ago
Delaware Foundation Reaching Citizens with Intellectual Disabilities has announced the players...
A tight win and a tight loss for Cape golf
Fritz Schranck
2 weeks ago
This year’s Cape Henlopen High School golf team learned once again that both the thrill of victory...
State-record tog pending certification
Eric Burnley
2 weeks ago
On May 6, Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em reported a pending new Delaware state-record tog caught by James...
Hot performances at Henlopen Conference track...
Dave Frederick
2 weeks ago
Heading into the Henlopen Conference Track & Field Championships May 11, the Cape Henlopen 4-by...
76ers miss out on big opportunity
Sumner Spence
2 weeks ago
On Thursday, the 76ers had a great opportunity to close out the defending Eastern Conference...
Athletes of the Week May 12
2 weeks ago
Ava Brown This freshman attacking mid for the Cape soccer team made her way to Lewes from...
A little girl from a fairy tale showed up in my world
Dave Frederick
2 weeks ago
The Children's Playground - The lacrosse game was over Monday night as the sun dropped out to the...
Track teams head to Henlopen Conference Championships
Tim Bamforth
2 weeks ago
The Cape track & field teams head to the Henlopen Conference Championships May 11-12 at Lake...
Rehoboth serves up beach volleyball May 13-14
2 weeks ago
More than 400 beach volleyball players have already preregistered to play in this weekend’s...
Henlopen Hericanes U9 team wins PA Classics...
2 weeks ago
The Henlopen Hericanes U9 girls’ soccer squad took home first place in the championship division of...
Cape boys’ lacrosse dominates Milford 24-3
Dan Cook
2 weeks ago
The Cape boys’ lacrosse team celebrated Senior Night May 10, with a 24-3 running-clock victory over...
Cape soccer outlasts Central 1-0
Dan Cook
2 weeks ago
The Cape soccer team celebrated the Class of 2023 with a 1-0 win over Sussex Central May 8 at...
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