Sports

Proper catch-and-release techniques ensure fish live...

Eric Burnley
3 weeks ago
With the new regulations recreational fishermen will be saddled with in 2020 and even more...

Coach Jim Alderman staring down serious surgery

Dave Frederick
3 weeks ago
Coach Jim Alderman - An alpha dog running up a great dune. That big ol’ boy, a Lineman for Life, is...

Athletes of the Week Dec. 27

3 weeks ago
Andre Currie Andre is a four-year varsity wrestling letterman at Cape. He is 11-4 with six pins on...

Cape Region Golf Year in Review 2019

Fritz Schranck
3 weeks ago
Dec. 31 marks the end of this column’s 21st year and an eventful 12 months for Cape Region golf...

Looking back at 2019’s fishing action

Eric Burnley
3 weeks ago
When I look back on 2019, I find the fishing was much better than 2018. The spring was very wet,...

Happy New Year to my running and racing readers

Tim Bamforth
3 weeks ago
Last week on the night before the weekly Snow Hill invitational, the Cape girls enjoyed a pre-meet...

DNREC announces hunting seasons opening in January

3 weeks ago
For hunters still looking to harvest a deer, firearm deer seasons opening in January provide the...

Fiona Paul wins Holiday Havoc powerlifting meet

3 weeks ago
Fiona Paul, 9, the youngest member of the Rehoboth Beach Barbell Club, competed at the annual...

Cape football holds end-of-season banquet

Dan Cook
3 weeks ago
The Cape football squad celebrated its season Dec. 15 at Cape Henlopen High School. Letters and...

Slam Dunk to the Beach tips off Dec. 27-29

Kenny Riedel
3 weeks ago
Since its inception in 1990, Slam Dunk to the Beach has brought the biggest names in high school...

Governors Challenge basketball tournament set Dec....

3 weeks ago
High school basketball talent from across the nation will travel to Wicomico County this week for...

Hockey 4 Haxton makes annual fun at Mariner

Dan Cook
3 weeks ago
The annual Hockey 4 Haxton Scholarship Indoor Tournament took place at Mariner Middle School Dec...

Family Friday night at Cape’s Big House

Dave Frederick
3 weeks ago
High flyers - Cape alumni Randy Rickards, Jon Warren and Jordan Howell were at the Cape Big House...

Cape swimming remains undefeated

Dan Cook
3 weeks ago
The Cape swim teams moved to 3-0 with the girls’ 123-46 and the boys’ 110-58 wins over Sussex...

Burton drains two free throws to sink Lake Forest 50...

Kenny Reidel
3 weeks ago
Ja’Vaughn Burton sank two free throws with 2.5 seconds remaining to propel the Cape boys’...

Beacon wrestling beats Mariner 51-31

Dave Frederick
3 weeks ago
Beacon versus Mariner wrestling Dec. 18 at the Cape Big House was won by Beacon 51-31, serving as...

This is the Eagles’ make it or break it game

4 weeks ago
On Sunday, the Eagles play the Dallas Cowboys for the right to make the NFL playoffs this year...

Cape boys battle CR for indoor track title

Tim Bamforth
4 weeks ago
After six hours and 13 events, the team title for the boys’ indoor track meet in Snow Hill, Md.,...

Christmas carol parodies

Fritz Schranck
4 weeks ago
This part of the year is steeped in tradition, and so, in keeping with that custom, it is time once...

Remembering an outdoors Christmas morning

Eric Burnley
4 weeks ago
I really miss not having young boys to buy Christmas presents for this time of year. When my two...

Athletes of the Week Dec. 20

4 weeks ago
Ja’Vaughn Burton “J-Roc” went off for career highs of 23 points and nine steals in the Cape loss to...

Cape connections across the generations at The Big...

Dave Frederick
4 weeks ago
Mackenzie Irelan - A Cape senior wrestling manager and all-around stellar student, a bonnie lass...

Cape wrestling rolls over Wilmington Charter 61-9

Dave Frederick
4 weeks ago
The Force of Wilmington Charter got smoked at Cape Henlopen Dec. 18, losing to the Vikings 61-9 on...

Delmarva Christian boys’ and girls’ bball remain...

Dan Cook
4 weeks ago
The Delmarva Christian boys’ basketball team defeated previously unbeaten Delmar 80-64 Dec. 17 at...

Sussex Academy swimming downs Sussex Tech

Dan Cook
4 weeks ago
The Sussex Academy swim teams made history Dec. 16, earning their first wins over Sussex Tech in...

Good coaching is worth its weight in gold at any level

Dave Frederick
1 month ago
Coach connections - I snuck this snap of Seashore Striders coach Tim Bamforth with talented runner...

A saturated Santa 5K runs through fog at Cape...

Dave Frederick
1 month ago
Matt Spraracino, the Harrington Harrier, ran an easy 19:11 from the foggy fishing pier Dec. 15 at...

Cape swimming powers past Seaford

Dan Cook
1 month ago
The boys’ and girls’ swim teams swept all 11 events on their way to 109-57 boys’ and 136-18 girls’...

Cape girls’ basketball knocks off Riders 49-8

Dan Cook
1 month ago
The Cape girls’ basketball squad ran past the Riders 49-8 Dec. 12 to stay undefeated in Henlopen...

Cape boys’ basketball falls to Caesar Rodney 69-60

Kenny Riedel
1 month ago
Coming into its Dec. 13 matchup with unbeaten and unchallenged Caesar Rodney, the Cape Henlopen...

Free or discounted programs available to local...

Mary Jo Tarallo
1 month ago
Skiers and snowboarders living full or part time in Delaware coastal and inland towns have ample...

The Eagles come back from the brink

Sumner Spence
1 month ago
On Monday night, even I had given up on the Eagles making the playoffs this year. Their performance...

Rudeness is a self-reflection, revealing lameness of...

Dave Frederick
1 month ago
Punks and perspective - Davey Fred, the Inclusion Kid, is a bona fide player on the high school...

Christmas golf gift opportunities

Fritz Schranck
1 month ago
There is still time to find something nice for golf-loving friends and family members among the...

Tia Jarvis scores 21.5 points at indoor track event

Tim Bamforth
1 month ago
Cape sophomore Tia Jarvis won two events and ran on a third-place 800-meter relay to score 21.5...

Athletes of the Week Dec. 13

1 month ago
Nick Cruz Nick Cruz, a 23-year-old local runner living in Milford, placed fifth overall in the...

Delmarva Christian’s Workman gets 1,000

Dan Cook
1 month ago
Delmarva Christian senior Andrew Workman hit the 1,000-point mark Dec. 11 in the Royals’ 76-31 win...

A 20-hour fishing trip for sea bass

Eric Burnley
1 month ago
At 11 p.m., Dec. 7, my son Roger and I departed Brielle, N.J., on the Big Jamaica with about 50...

Cape boys come up short at Sussex Tech

Kenny Riedel
1 month ago
Senior forward Ja’Shaun Johnson scored 20 points and ripped down 11 rebounds Dec. 10, as the Sussex...

Reasons to run marathons and the stories to back...

Dave Frederick
1 month ago
There were 2,600 reasons to run on the roads and trails between Rehoboth and Lewes Dec. 7, and the...

Cape girls’ basketball runs past Tech 76-19

Dan Cook
1 month ago
The Cape versus Sussex Tech girls’ basketball game started out with a score of 6-6 in the first...

Milford wrestling opens House of Pancakes on Cape 43...

Dave Frederick
1 month ago
Cape wrestling led the Milford Bucs 29-9 after eight bouts Dec. 11 at Milford Central Academy but...

Delmarva Christian girls top Gunston

Dan Cook
1 month ago
The Dellamrva Christian girls’ basketball team moved to 4-0 on the season with a 92-14 win over The...

Field of 2,600 marathon runners springs from a sea...

Dave Frederick
1 month ago
Weirdly unexplainable - Some 2,600 brightly colored runners sprang from the sea at sunrise Saturday...

Cape boys welcome Thompson with season-opening win

Kenny Riedel
1 month ago
Junior guard Ja’Vaughn Burton scored 10 of his team-high 14 points in the first quarter as the Cape...

Cape swimming opens season with win over Polytech

Dan Cook
1 month ago
The Cape boys’ and girls’ swim teams started their seasons off on the winning side with a 104-57...

Healthy Santa sets example for kids and adults alike

Chris Antonio
1 month ago
Local Santa Claus impersonator Dennis Huss never liked going to the gym. In fact, he hated the idea...

A no-go for the Tide

Sumner Spence
1 month ago
A no-go for the Tide For the first time in the six-year history of the college football playoffs,...

Cape girls’ basketball surges past Polytech 70-44

Dave Frederick
1 month ago
Cape girls’ basketball launched into the sophomore season of coach Pat Woods Dec. 5 at Polytech...

Cuba hat opens up conversations I never see coming

Dave Frederick
1 month ago
Cuba hat - I was at Meineke Monday afternoon getting my tire pressure checked and equalized in all...