Sports

Cape basketball falls to Howard in quarters

Dan Cook
6 minutes ago
Three players scored in double figures, but seventh-seeded Cape fell to No. 2 Howard 72-64 in the...

Beach boys spread the love to advance to quarterfinals

1 day ago
No. 7 Cape put on quite the show for the home crowd in their 73-55 win over No.10 A.I. DuPont in...

Coaching change for Sussex Academy golf team

Fritz Schranck
2 days ago
A new head coach joined the Sussex Academy golf team for the 2026 season. He brings plenty of...

Lewes once had country’s largest menhaden operation

Eric Burnley
2 days ago
A recent editorial in the Baltimore Sun has prompted a response by Ben Landry, vice president of...

Busy time of year

Sumner Spence
2 days ago
From the second week of March into April is one of the busiest times on the sports calendar. March...

Athletes of the Week March 6

3 days ago
Grayson Davis Cool as ice and ready to sacrifice, Grayson and Nick Walker were back-to-back hammers...

Brag sheet of wrestlers includes GPA

Dave Frederick
3 days ago
Brag sheet - Bragging on yourself is considered annoyingly uncool and needy unless someone asked...

13th Lucky Leprechaun 5K on tap March 8 in Milton

Tim Bamforth
3 days ago
The popular 13th Lucky Leprechaun 5K will be this Sunday morning, March 8, at Irish Eyes in Milton...

Cape girls’ basketball falls in DIAA second round

Dan Cook
4 days ago
The Cape girls’ basketball team’s dream of a DIAA state title fell short, as the No. 2 Vikings...

AI equals acquired immunity for photographers who...

Dave Frederick
6 days ago
Catch a shooting star - William Penn wrestling coach Joe Archangelo went out with a shazam Saturday...

Local girls fare well at swimming championships

Dan Cook
6 days ago
The Cape and Sussex Academy girls’ swim teams made it to the top 10 in the state, as the Vikings...

Cape boys’ swimming places sixth at state championships

Dan Cook
6 days ago
The Cape boys’ swim team finished its Henlopen Conference season undefeated and was confident in...

Cape unified basketball finishes season with smiles...

Dan Cook
1 week ago
The Cape unified basketball season came to a close Feb. 26, with a 67-67 tie. All players smiled...

Grayson Davis, Nick Walker win wrestling titles for...

Dave Frederick
1 week ago
Cape Henlopen crowned two state champions inside its own house Feb. 28, with freshman Grayson Davis...

Inaugural Food Bank fundraiser tournament set for...

Fritz Schranck
1 week ago
The Food Bank of Delaware is holding its inaugural Sussex County golf fundraiser at Rehoboth Beach...

Trout opening day is set for March 7

Eric Burnley
1 week ago
As I write this, I am looking at 12 to 14 inches of snow. And yet the opening of Delaware trout...

Olympic recap

Sumner Spence
1 week ago
For the past two-and-a-half weeks, I really enjoyed watching all of the different Olympic sports on...

Athletes of the Week Feb. 27

1 week ago
Cale Baker This Cape senior is a head-to-toe unorthodox wrestler who uses a lot of arms and legs...

Athletes are ready to bust loose

1 week ago
Wrestling Immersion Program - The only way to learn the language of a championship state wrestling...

Four downstate athletes win state track titles

Tim Bamforth
1 week ago
Delaware sent 44 indoor track & field teams to Pennsylvania for the state championships Feb. 21...

Unified Basketball reception celebrates inclusion...

1 week ago
Cape Henlopen School District Superintendent Dr. Jenny Nauman hosted a special event, Unified for...

Mariner hosts Middle School Unified Basketball...

1 week ago
Mariner Middle School hosted the unified basketball tournament for Cape district middle school...

Two days behind the camera, yet I often miss the...

Dave Frederick
1 week ago
What’s going on - Wrestling is the most intense sport; the dual meets are like indoor football...

Delmarva Christian crowned ESIAC champions for...

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 weeks ago
Playing to a packed house, the Delmarva Christian boys’ basketball team defended its ESIAC...

Cape wrestling wins Henlopen Conference tournament

Dave Frederick
2 weeks ago
A two-day wrestling tournament is a wellness clinic of constant motion with performances and...

Cape girls’ basketball wins conference title

Dan Cook
2 weeks ago
The Cape girls’ basketball team jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, defeating Early...

Ducks and other birdies

2 weeks ago
A Ducks Unlimited vanity license plate or decal on an SUV’s back window in a Cape Region golf...

Fishermen are waiting for the thaw

Eric Burnley
2 weeks ago
Sooner or later, the water will thaw out and folks will be chafing at the bit to go fishing...

The Phillies are back

Sumner Spence
2 weeks ago
I think there are five specific Phillies players that must have great starts to the season for the...

Athletes of the Week Feb. 20

2 weeks ago
Helaina Arnold-Decyk This Cape freshman left her mark on the newly established girls’ wrestling...

Sports is a connect-the-dots game; the older you get...

Dave Frederick
2 weeks ago
Coach of the Year - The Tubby Raymond Delaware Coach of the Year Award, as voted by the Delaware...

Lover’s Lane 5K lures runners to Rehoboth

Tim Bamforth
2 weeks ago
The fourth annual Lover's Lane Valentine Boardwalk 5K was held in the Nation’s Summer Capital Feb...

Royals book spot in ESIAC Championship game with 59...

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 weeks ago
For the second year in a row, the boys’ basketball team at Delmarva Christian will host the ESIAC...

Sussex Academy boys’ basketball seniors get the...

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 weeks ago
Basketball for the boys at Sussex Academy has come to an end, but the lads kept fighting until the...

Cape girls’ basketball surges past Senators

Dan Cook
2 weeks ago
The Cape girls’ basketball team ended its regular season with a 74-20 victory over Dover Feb. 18...

Cape boys’ basketball concludes season 17-3

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 weeks ago
Back-to-back 30-point wins against Henlopen North foes gave the Cape boys’ basketball team an...

Cape JV girls’ basketball finishes undefeated

Dan Cook
2 weeks ago
The Cape girls’ basketball junior varsity team went into the 2025-26 season with the pressure of...

Cape unified falls to Dover in barn burner

Dan Cook
2 weeks ago
In one of the most exciting and highest-scoring games of the season, the Cape unified basketball...

Cape girls’ wrestlers reach the podium

Frank Payton and Hollyann Wettstein
2 weeks ago
Cape Henlopen High School set the standard for its girls’ wrestling program, as it wrapped up its...

‘Stay there’ and ‘short time’ are wrestling commands...

Dave Frederick
2 weeks ago
Stay there! Stay there! The coach exhorts, “Stay there! Short time!” The wrestler is on top, the...

Fred Thomas boys win program’s first trophy

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 weeks ago
Sussex Academy hosted the Capital Classic championship games on Valentine’s Day, concluding the...

Cape girls fend off rivals in back-to-back division...

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 weeks ago
The Cape girls’ basketball team showed no love to its adversaries in the two days leading up to...

Cape unified basketball celebrates seniors

Dan Cook
3 weeks ago
The Cape unified basketball squad celebrated the Class of 2026 players during its 45-38 loss to...

Cape beats Central, falls to Dover

Dan Cook
3 weeks ago
The Cape boys’ basketball team split a pair of games last week, cruising past Sussex Central before...

Cape wrestling hangs tough, but falls to Sallies in...

Dave Frederick
3 weeks ago
Cape wrestling went hard at top-ranked Salesianum in the Division I semifinals of the state dual-...

SFY Tsunami gets first water polo win

3 weeks ago
The Sussex Family YMCA’s Tsunami 12U mixed youth water polo team earned its first tournament win in...

First Tee Delaware seeks signups and sponsorships

Fritz Schranck
3 weeks ago
Each spring, the First Tee Delaware offers a variety of on-course programming for junior golfers...

Sad loss for the Cape Region’s outdoor community

Eric Burnley
3 weeks ago
The fishing and hunting community has lost a very good person. Kelly Racz of Kelly’s Outdoors in...

Cape football holds awards banquet

Dan Cook
3 weeks ago
The Cape Henlopen football team held its 2025 end-of-season awards banquet Feb. 9 at the Rehoboth...

Disappointing Super Bowl

Sumner Spence
3 weeks ago
The Seattle Seahawks dominated Super Bowl LX winning by the score of 29-13. It wasn’t even that...

Athletes of the Week Feb. 13

3 weeks ago
Geordan Downing This 6-foot-2 junior sharpshooter met the moment for the Cape boys’...

Bad Bunny and Snoop Dogg are funny names surrounding...

Dave Frederick
3 weeks ago
Bad Bunny and Snoop Dogg - Where do little melons go in the summertime? John Cougar’s Mellencamp. I...

Wardian wins World Marathon Challenge for third time

Tim Bamforth
3 weeks ago
Nine years ago, local ultra-marathoner Mike Wardian of Arlington, Va., and Rehoboth Beach entered...

Slower Lower Lax goes undefeated

3 weeks ago
Slower Lower Lax, a middle school team representing Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern Shore, made a...

Four local teams reach finals of Capital Classic

Aaron R. Mushrush
3 weeks ago
Cape basketball’s future remains shimmering, with both Beacon teams and the Fred Thomas boys’ squad...

Cape completes season sweep of Milford with 53-38 win

Aaron R. Mushrush
3 weeks ago
It might be easy to borrow sugar from a neighbor, but sharing wins in a zero-sum game is a bit...

Cape wrestlers flip the script on St. Georges

Dave Frederick
3 weeks ago
Four Cape wrestlers flipped the script at St. Georges Tech Feb. 11, as the Vikings stunned the...

Cape girls’ basketball celebrates seniors with win...

Dan Cook
3 weeks ago
The Cape girls’ basketball team celebrated the Class of 2026 Feb. 10, with a 59-25 running-clock...

Cape swimming falls to Sallies, Ursuline

Dan Cook
3 weeks ago
The Cape swim teams ended their regular season with tough but spirited losses to Salesianum and...

Young athletes bring magic moments to sports...

Dave Frederick
3 weeks ago
Sportsmanship and graciousness - I spoke to Lake Forest’s Jerusalem Howard two years ago and just...